Twitter Weekly Updates on 2011-02-27

February 27th, 2011   Filed under Opinion

  • 最近加班厉害，每日到2-3点，周末也闲不着。想找个地方老老实实待了养老的了。 #
  • 再看《辛亥，摇动的中国》。我们所看到的历史，由于出于史官之笔，多有美化和夸大。捅破外面那层窗户纸一看，原来如此。所谓的辛亥革命，不过是靠日本人支持，靠雇佣兵，靠窝囊的满人贵族，在一系列巧合下成功的。共和不一定比君主立宪更适合当时的中国，正如今日中国实无民主的土壤。 #
  • 最近开始喜欢听古典音乐。推荐一个很棒的电台，可以在线收听。一天24小时有各种古典音乐，不仅有古板的经典音乐，也有最新的创作的音乐。 http://www.classicfm.co.uk/ #
  • 实在不想出差所以顶了最后一班去深圳的飞机，预计0020到深圳机场 http://t.co/d5Q9vY7 #
  • test with twitter tools #
  • WP Twitter Tools, can you get over the wall? #
  • 发现Wordpress安装Twitter Tools这个插件后竟然不用翻墙上twitter发推，怒赞、狂赞、盛赞！ #
  • 世界之窗 http://bannka.com/u/10158 #
  • 正在利用Wordpress+Twitter Tools插件做Twitter同步新浪围脖的测试。 #
  • 牛丸牛楠粉 http://bannka.com/u/10220 #
  • 继续尝试Twitter同步新浪微博。 #
  • 继续测试Twitter与Sina同步。 #
  • 后窗 http://bannka.com/u/10271 #
  • 晚饭：炒米粉＋猪肝粥 http://bannka.com/u/10302 #
  • OT working on ppt slides http://bannka.com/u/10325 #
  • Go to bed http://bannka.com/u/10331 #
  • 开车的注意了，车船税草案二审涨价，官媒竟称“车船税调整近九成人受惠”，纯属偷换概念。所谓的9成人受惠是以第二稿与第一稿草案相比下降，ZF也跟奸商似的，第一稿先标个高价，第二稿再搞大促销，但实际上仍然比原价要高。http://alturl.com/wy6sq #
  • Happy valley http://bannka.com/u/10369 #
  • Pack for next stop http://bannka.com/u/10379 #
  • 晚饭：大肉卤蛋饭 http://bannka.com/u/10418 #
  • 前天刚注册的LinkedIn，今天就被墙了，以后找工作也要翻墙了。 #
  • Change for an earlier flight. Home http://bannka.com/u/10492 #
  • Bought a flight insurance for 20RMB http://bannka.com/u/10500 #
  • 从今天起，坐飞机买航空保险。尽管买保险时有种不吉利的感觉，还是有份保证为妙。飞机坐多了，概率就大了。20元保60万，还成。 #
  • 京沪快线几乎被东航垄断，航班少折扣少，机场来早了，想换个早班飞机回家都不得。垄断害人啊。ps人民的人。 #
  • 据说是辛亥革命时党人自治炸弹的方法：普通香烟铁罐，装入盐酸、液体然料，掺入铁片，中间留孔，用玻璃管装上硫酸，封好，最后用铁盖盖上。投掷时靠撞击引发。 #
  • 文笔很差，但如作者所冀，可去符号化 http://bannka.com/u/10508 #
  • 文笔很差，但如作者所冀，可去符号化 http://bannka.com/u/10509 #
  • Swap the snow on the car http://bannka.com/u/10630 #
  • Launch: hot spot http://bannka.com/u/10631 #
  • 瘟疫危机 http://bannka.com/u/10721 #
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Conversation with two rural migrant workers

February 22nd, 2011   Filed under English entries, Opinion, Work

I was working at the hotel room when the house keeper knocked my door. I opened the door and found two house keepers, one elder women at her 40s who seems like a veteran and a men at his early 20s who seems quite young. I let them in and when they are cleaning my room I had a short conversation with them.

Who are they and their situation in the city

The lady comes from Sichuan province and has been at Shenzhen for over 10 years. She is the house keeper of my floor. From her looking I can tell that she has been working here for several years. Her husband is also in the city working at property management company. They have a child at hometown but they didn’t go back to hometown for five years.

The young man is a part-time worker. He comes from Henan province and just came to this city early this year to join his wife who probably working at a factory. He told me that he didn’t go back to hometown during this Chinese New Year. This is his firm time not at home with the his family during CNY. He feels said for that. He is paid by working hours at price of 9RMB/hour.

Why they leave their hometown

I asked them why they come to Shenzhen instead of staying at hometown growing corps.The young man told me that because there are not much to do in the field. So there are excessive labor in the rural area.

On the other hand, the elder lady told me another more important reason. It’s because they can hardly make money through farming. The only situation that farming can bring some decent income is in the “good years”. Good years means that there’s no flood, no drought and no plant disease. In this good years, they don’t have to invest much on irrigation or pesticide and can still harvest. However, “good year” is a kind of rarity in recent years. They have to invest much on irrigation, pesticide and chemical fertilizer. These extra investments make it hard to earn some money by selling grains. So she had rent out his several acres of land to others at a price of 300RMB/year.

Their future choice

I finally asked a question about their future. Do you plan to stay in the city? How?

The young man told me that he is considering going to a factory as soon as possible because he now earns too little. He heard that Foxconn could pay about 2000RMB/month (1500 base salary + overtime working compensation) for new workers. However, he feels that in these high inflation years and in such a high price city, 2000RMB is too little. Sometimes, he considering go back to hometown city. But there offers even lower salary. He is obliviously in a delima.

On the contrary, the women has made up her mind to stay in the city. She believes there’s no hope in the rural area. She and her husband would try their best to dwell at Shenzhen what ever efforts it may take. In fact, they have brought a house in the suburb area of the city. This house solved the biggest Hukou issue. She told me that they are going to bring their son to the city next year.

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Twitter Weekly Updates on 2011-02-20

February 20th, 2011   Filed under Opinion

  • 周日下午，雪霁，和媳妇、岳母、母亲逛后海。站在白雪覆盖的湖面上，望着岸边石栏、垂柳、阁楼，更远处是灰蒙蒙的胡同和温暖的夕阳，这才是北京的样子，北京不是上下6车道的马路也不是寸土寸金的商品房。 #
  • 入住深圳Westin，窗外是世界之窗。不过由于已经厌倦出差，再好的酒店于我也是味同嚼蜡。 #
  • 这就像古代两国之间为了避免战争交换太子做人质一样，只不过这回中国把大把人质送去了，美国却没给天朝进贡一个人质。中国威胁美国？扯淡！ RT @chenillen: 美国政府统计，中国部级以上的官员（包含已退位）的儿子辈74.5%拥有美国绿卡或公民身份，孙子辈有美国公民身份… #
  • 想入宾得饼干头，想玩儿黑胶唱机，想拜个床头收音机闹钟，想要的还真多。 #
  • RT @rtmeme: RT @ChenYun RT @gynix: 美国兰德公司发表【十年后中国将成为最穷国家】:1,中国人不肯承担责任和义务;2,中国人没有信仰;3,中国人的政治只有欺骗和背叛;4,中国人不懂体面和尊敬的生活意义;5,中国人的价值观建立在私欲之中;6… #
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Valentine’s Day

February 14th, 2011   Filed under English entries, Life

I traveled to Shenzhen this morning. However, it’s an important day to express your love to the other part. So I asked my sister to buy a bunch of roses and deliver it to my home after work and didn’t tell my wife. My wife called me when she saw the roses. I can feel that she is pretty happy. She told me that she felt a little of sadness on the subway to home when she saw many other girls were holding flowers. I’m happy that I made a right move : ) Happy Valentine’s Day, my dear.

She took a picture of the roses and send to me. Not quite clear but better than nothing.

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Twitter Weekly Updates on 2011-02-13

February 13th, 2011   Filed under Opinion

  • 中医感冒分风热和风寒，风热要解毒，风寒要发汗，一般说的姜糖水是崔汗的，适合风寒。 #
  • 老家的表弟告诉我现在地里的小麦用手一捏就碎了，开春要浇透，但减产是肯定了。 #
  • 刚把一个烂醉如泥的家伙送到医院，体会了什么叫"死沉"。 #
  • 看完了白岩松的书，合上封底时竟把书名都忘了，再看了下封面叫《痛并快乐着》。收获不大，可归入名人出书一类。为其对古典音乐的推崇和对为人父的感悟算是收获。随着年龄的增加，越来越难被流行音乐打动，古典音乐的渐渐接过接力棒。 #
  • 年后开工第一天，接项目经理电话，正在T2等今天最后一班去上海的飞机，估计午夜到达，到酒店后还要画会儿PPT。这半年多一直在出差，实在可恶。等混满一年，要找个出差少，钱多，活少的东家。 #
  • 昨夜离开北京，今天她就落雪，真想回去看。为什么自己会那么期待北京下雪呢？ #
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Cost of driving back to hometown

February 6th, 2011   Filed under English entries, Opinion

This Chinese New Year holiday, I drove back to my home town Gaomi, a rural area near Qingdao, Shandong province. I had several ways of travel back home, by train, by air or driving by myself.

Since my wife and my mother would go together with me, the travel cost shall consider the total cost of all three. After comparison, I finally decided to drive home because it’s the most economical and convenient.

During this travel I found an interesting yet easy formula to calculate the cost of long distance driving in China. The total cost of long distance driving is approximately 1RMB/km, in which 0.4RMB is toll fee and the rest 0.6 is fuel cost.

Option Time Cost Money Cost Convenience
By air 5h
1h30m fr home to airport
1h30m fr BJ to Qingdao
2h fr Qingdao to village		 900 RMB
cheapest flight found on kooxoo, 300*3, not including taxi fee		 Inconvenient
It’s the fastest way, however, it needs someone from hometown to pick us  at the Qingdao airport and drive home which is about 70km away.
By train 7h20m
1h30m to train station
4h50m fr Beijing to Gaomi
1h from station to village		 735 RMB
second class seat 245*3		 Extremely inconvenient
We have to take a taxi to the train station and take another one from station to hometown village. Most of all, it’s extremely hard to get a ticket during this time.
Driving 7h
600km distance, 100km/hr, plus 1hr of rest		 600 RMB
Fuel cost: 340RMB=8L/100km * 6.8RMB/L * 6
Toll fee: 260RMB		 Most convenient
You get on the car, pedal to the metal, and then, you are there.



Driving route from Beijing to my hometown

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