Entries: Michael Koliska

heavenly ice cream

When it gets dark in Shanghai - heavenly creatures on four wheels spread their wings. They come out to distribute refreshments to the overworked and stressed citizens of Shanghai. And obviously they have a TV in their back

Video van in the streets of Shanghai

Watching TV on Shanghai’s streets is no problem just take a look at the video van.

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Shanghai tour start, 31 hours in the making

After our 31 hour odyssey from Champaign to Shanghai we finally were welcomed by Charrise, our tour guide for the trip from the airport to the hotel. Charrise explained wonderfully the meanings of the name Shanghai and gave us a lot of other trivia.

Charrise our special guide in control - holding tight to the bus and telling us about Shanghai:
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Wasting time and lounging

United’s planes have mechanical issues - apparently and we got to lounge and pay for even that. What a wonderful life.

This is how it looks when you have to waste time...:
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3 hours 36 minutes and counting until mission start

Better late than never - and so I finally scribble some words onto the blog. Haven’t slept much the last few days - no I didn’t party but I tried to get some additional things moving. So I went to Chicago about 23 hours before our departure from Urbana to meet some Chinese soybean buyers. They spent over $ 2 billion on their shopping spree through the midwest. But unfortunately most people were more interested in lunch than in talking to me. Yet in the end I got what I needed an interview during which my lunch got cold.