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Being a VIP member in Audi is my first goal right now, because their gifts this year for VIPs is one limit of quantity artwork made by Zhu Ming who is a super well-known Taiwanese sculpture artist.

Art now is around in our cities and life; you can see many public arts on streets, building lobbies, stations and parks. It makes our life having more vitality, energy and culture. Also makes our step slowly to look out the ambiance.

I am gradually used to take pictures with my Canon 20D for what public arts I passed through; it lets me feel that Taipei city is more beautiful as a matter of fact I thought. It's so cool~

Along with the growing of sub-health among white collars, the discomfort on neck and shoulder becomes a common symptom among their daily life

Recently I found a funny stuff on my friend’s desk. When I first see the colorful necklaces, I failed to associate them with any therapy instrument. My friend told me that this necklace was not a common accessory. It is coated with Aqua-Titanium, which is able to increase blood circulation and relax muscles, so as to ease pain or discomfort on your neck and should during daily work.

 

This Titanium necklace really capture a handle of white-collar who has uncomfortable symptom on their should and neck. Furthermore, its funky design is seen as value added benefit. My friend and her colleagues even enjoy showing different style of Titanium necklaces before each other.

Formerly unpresentable pole dance is becoming the new favorite of female white-collar today. In Shanghai, some high-end dance studio are gradually starting to give pole dance course. In the dance studio where I improve my belly dance also teach pole dance

Though all the learners are dressed in high boots, hot pants and tight tops when they in class, after class I find that most of them change back to quiet and elegant female white collar. The great contrast btw in-class image and after-class image really surprise me..

With the income increase of Chinese, traveling is becoming an ever popular choice of relaxation among young people aged 18-35 y.o. Currently, there are two types of travelling, guided tour and DIY tour. Many tourists favor the former one. However, for me and lots of my friends, the self-planed trip is seen as the smartest choice. Guided tour is not seen as genuine travel and it is only for those old people and those who lacks of adventure spirit.

1 kg more is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that sought to build a volunteer network of travelers to help kids in remote areas of China by delivering much needed books and other school supplies.

I became aware of 1kg.org about half year ago when watching Touch Media in taxi. I followed the stories on blog and was amazed by how many young people were willing to help the kids as volunteers. However, I was disappointed that I didn’t see much coverage of this organization in the mainstream media.

Last year, 131 travels were organized to help kids in remote areas via ‘1kg more’. Today, 1kg.org manages a database of around 367 elementary schools which includes information on: 1) how many students are in the school; 2) what is the kids’ primary need; 3) the school name and contact person; 4) detailed directions, including method of transportation, of how an independent traveler can reach the school.

The profiles of volunteers have started to change from white collars to students. I interpreted it as that 1kg.org has created quite some social awareness of charity action on the younger generation.

Blogs, internet forums and text messages circulating in China have urged consumers to boycott French goods in response to the protests that accompanied the torch relay in Paris. And the movement to boycott French products started to spread across China like wild fire on grassland. Lists of products and brands to boycott, including Louis Vuitton, L’oreal and French retailer Carrefour, have been widely circulated.

How spectacular my MSN looks these days! Only in a single night, the sign of red heart China mushroomed before the MSN nickname of most my buddies in list