Saturday, May 28, 2005

Huangpu river and wifi This afternoon we spent on the terrace of Paulaner, watching the boats sail by on the Huangpu river, while enjoying a couple of beers. Very relaxed. The weather was nice, sunny and about 26 degrees, although some clouds came in later. We sat at Pudong site of the river, and sitting there for a while you really realize what a fantastic city Shanghai has become. The skyscrapers of Pudong behind you, the classical buildings of the Bund and the skyscrapers of Puxi in front, plus a mixture of small local boats and huge oceangoing containerships passing by in between. Qi had her laptop with her, because we had to discuss some things for which we needed a computer, and we found that we even had wifi there. A total of seven connections, of which most did not work. Strangely we also found a very weak signal for New Heights. This is the restaurant on top of 3 on the Bund, which was accross the river, at least 300 meter away from us. Can wifi travel that far over water, or did someone else also name his/her signal New Heights? 10:15:25 PM    comment []

Sideways Last night we watched Sideways, and it was such a great film that I decided to mention it here. It is a film about two friends who go on a one-week wine-tasting (and as it turns out womanizing) road trip through Califinornia[base ']s vineyards. A mixture of (sometimes black) humour and a lot of personal dramas. It[base ']s best to watch it with a good bottle of wine, as there is lots of wine trivia in the movie, and you are certain to become thirsty from watching the actors drinking bottle after bottle. I loved it, and it sits in my top-3 for this year (the others? 1. Ray and 2. Kinsey). If you can get your hands on a DVD or if it plays in a theatre, go see it! 10:04:02 PM    comment []