‘Yuyuan Garden is an excellent model of classical Chinese gardening architecture under state preservation. It was built during the reign of Ming Emperor Jiajing (1559) as the private garden of Pan Yunduan, administration commissioner of Sichuan Province. With an area over two hectares the Garden is famous for a number of architectural marvels, including the Big Rockery, the Naturally – Hollowed – Jade Boulder, the Hall of an Emerald Touch of Spring, the Ancient Opera Stage and the Innter Garden. Also well-protected in the garden are precious cultural relicts showing the best of China’s tradition of art.’
Through the ‘Old City’ of Shanghai which is apparently very close to my current place you can find your way to renowned Yuyuan Garden. The weather left much to be deserved on Sunday as a result there weren’t that many people as usually and I could have a rather comfortable stroll through the idles and gardens.
[My mother addressed me recently to show some ‘faces’ of the LFS staff. For the reason of being (at least trying to be) a good son I added some of them…]
Being home again I watched the Olympic basketball opener USA vs. CHN on TV. Looks like this year nothing would cross the path of the Dream Team to its more than deserved gold medal.
This mainly was my weekend-update. All the best to you guys!
And keep commenting…
Michael
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August 11, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Min Jie
U don’t like MSN, I know, that’s why I leave my MSN mail address here~~~Ha!^_^
I fight against the horrible domestic internet security control and try to get here, so actually I take respect on U and your blog, although I put your grimace on my blog \ (^_^ ) /
Good luck, mood & health in Shanghai.
August 13, 2008 at 5:59 am
max
echt beeindruckend! war das ein betriebsausflug? unterhältst du dich auf englisch mit deinen kollegen oder geht schon was auf chinesisch? cu
August 13, 2008 at 10:00 am
oakgoeseast
ich muss dazu sagen, dass ich bei dem betriebsausflug NICHT dabei war! das sind beide ältere photos vom staff. es sind aber alle zu sehen darauf, darum hab ich sich mit rein genommen.
ich muss mich vorwiegend noch in englisch mit den leuten unterhalten. bin aber dabei mir das daily life auf chinesisch anzueignen natürlich…
August 15, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Papa & Chris
Hi Mike,
returned last evening from a business trip to Japan, telling to Chris (our family chef) that steaks in Japan (Tsuruoka (Yamagata prefecture) – seems to be a equivalent to the famous KOBE beef). Like Modal – they are unbelievable soft.
I am always stunned by the accuracy and organisation skills of Japanese.
Now we are studying your reports and are fascinated about the number of events you have experienced in that very short time. Reports are excellent.
It seems to be that it will take you some more golf training sessions in order to get close to your brothers performance :-).
Keep enjoying China and have further interesting weeks in the LFS team.
Looking forward to further reports.
Best regards to you as well as Ernst and his team
Papa & Chris