Impression shanghaiaise -HSBC 上海印象- 滙豐銀行

從前位於上海外灘的香港上海滙豐銀行的舊址現在已經成為上海浦東發展銀行。大家也許能想像這企業在上海以至中國的潛在意義。



C'était le siège social de Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation à Shanghai. Le locataire ou propriétaire, dans un cas ou l'autre, est Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD) actuellement. On imagine le pouvoir ou l'avenir nominal de cette entreprise à Shanghai ou même en Chine.

Since Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD) is occupying the former headquarters of HSBC (by NO means Home Savings Bank of America, as a friend of mine who was geopolitically challenged answered INCORRECTLY with a straight face when asked what the acronym stands for!!! The correct answer appeared above in the French paragraph) at The Bund in Shanghai, one could only imagine the potential influence of this bank in Shanghai or even in China.

新英雄闯荡上海滩，不带户籍个个英雄

这篇文章在上海泛起很多回响。。。甚至听说前总书记江泽民也关注事件。。。。。我想方言是每一个地方的根，广州、深圳等地已经去广州话去得很多了。广西的南宁也不将广东话了，见：
http://forum.tvb.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=13893

其实最要保护的再次一点的次方言如广东的四邑方言（台山，新會、恩平、開平），或吴语的宁波、苏州话等等。比较强的上海话和广州话现在还是安全的。中国是一个大国家，所有人应该讲一个共同的语言，比方说普通话，但是同样地，方言应该保留下来，否则我们各自的根也没有了。

讲方言不是没有文化的表现,但也可能是因为上海话的历史不长才导致这样的误会。上海话大慨是浙江和江苏方言的结晶品。若果上海只是像南宁那样的非一线城市，它的方言已像广东话在南宁一样消失了，所以保留方言还是要看那所在地的政治和经济能力。

separated at birth

Quelles sont les deux bâtisses ici? Elles ne tiennent aucune relation...
你知道這兩棟不相關的建築物的名字嗎？
Can you name these two unrelated buildings?
cliquez sur les photos pour les réponses. 在照片上按按來看答案。Click on the photos for the answers.

aw 2009!

又新一年咯！ My new year was spent in Shanghai, a delayed and extended stay actually. I was planning to be there for Christmas, not for New Year, but end up staying way into 2009, til almost Jan 10th, before heading South back to Hong Kong. 2008 was a mixed year in terms of mischances and fortunes. I would not ask for a better year since life is a roller-coaster ride, hopefully we get out in one piece at the end!

我希望2009年會像我在上海看見的繁榮景象一樣好，雖然不一定是越多越大就越好。其實2009年的開始並不是和平，只看看Gaza地帶便知道，但是新一年還是有新的希望。然而我的是壞的開始，好的結局。


L'autre nouvel an, le temps passe vraiment vite, comme on est dans la dixième année qui commencent avec 20--. 2008 n'était pas parfait je ne souhaite pas un meilleur que avant, comme la vie est des montagnes russes. Bon voyage à tous.

上海Shanghai 2009

呀！我終於回到上海了，上一次來的時候應該是2002年的秋天，那時是跟旅行團的。這回就完全不同了，是自己來的。很幸運地，我又一次從沙發遊的網站找到能接待我的主人家，所以有不用住酒店或青年旅舍咯！你叫我怎能不愛Couchsurfing呢。我的host是剛剛來上海的英國人，雖然他來了時間不長，但他依然能教我一點新東西-坐五毛錢的渡輪過黃浦江！我看這是旅遊團也不能提供的罷！New year's eve was spent walking in the city of Shanghai, from JiangSu Road (江蘇路) all the way to People's Square(人民廣場)to Nanjing Road pedestrian district all the way to the Bund. AND, get this - my host Ben from CS took me on a .5rmb ferry trip to the very heart of PuDong (well almost as close to Jinmao(金茂) and the newest highrise...something he should be very proud of since he is new to Shanghai. In the evening we headed to "The Hut" bar briefly before taxi-ing to Ben's friend for a house party - hostess Eileen made superb spaghetti. I ate more than a few bites even though I had a full meal prior. Although there were only six of us at this house party, it was an eccentric start to 2009, something I did not imagine even just two weeks ago. Yes, I am a spontaneous person who takes in future as it comes, without excessive, anal-retentive planning ahead!