I’ve had a fantastic time in Beijing the past week and blessed with unbelievable Olympic seats. I went to 5 events in total: Men’s Weightlifting, Argentina v. Brazil semi-final soccer, USA v. Argentina Basketball Semi-finals, Athletics (saw Bolt break 200M record), & Boxing Finals. USA v. Argentina match.. Boxing (front row seats!).. The Great Wall… [...]
I just got back from the Athletics Olympic event tonight held at “Bird’s Nest” stadium, featuring some qualifying, semi-final, and final events– including the 200M world record setting time of 19.30 by Jamaican runner Usain Bolt: I scored a great ticket for the event, Sector A, Tier 1, Row 24, right next to the finish [...]
Tonight I grabbed a Argentina v. Brazil semifinals soccer ticket. It was a pretty fun game to be at, considering these are two of the best teams in the world facing off. Here’s a short video: Tomorrow I’m hoping to get a ticket for the track & field finals. Overall, the atmosphere in Beijing is [...]
So I’m sitting at home yesterday in Shanghai, thinking to myself “I’m 10 hours away from the Olympics in Beijing.. I have an internet business.. I’m getting my butt to Beijing!” I call my superhero Chinese friend Jay, and within 2 hours I have a train ticket and a booked apartment with high speed internet [...]
Traveling in China My good friend Melanie was kind enough to fly out to Shanghai and put up with me for 10-days while we traveled around China. We had a blast exploring Shanghai, eating at the 88th floor of the Jin Mao tower, and hiking up and down the massive Yellow Mountains (an overnight train [...]
Although I have a “2 MEG” ADSL connection from Shanghai, I found it especially slow when uploading/downloading changes using Adwords Editor. All the inbound/outbound internet traffic from China goes through the Great Firewall of China. It’s basically a sophisticated filter that blocks many websites including offensive content. Before I left Florida, I set up LogMeIn, [...]
I just moved into a beautiful 3 bedroom 2 bath apartment on the 30th floor in Shanghai, China. I’m going to be working from Shanghai for about 2 months. Of course, I brought my laptop with me and have a 2MB high speed internet connection from my apartment. I booked the Shanghai apartment rental through [...]