Monthly Archives: January 2010

Postcards-Exchange :))

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I love independent traveling a lot, but due to stupid visa issues and limited budget I still have a long way to go to fulfill my dream of "travel to 15 countries before 30". Besides, I like to send friends postcards every time I travel to a new place. Delightfully, I received lots of postcards from friends as well:))

Now I'm collecting postcards from different corners of the world.
(Im wondering when can i collect a wall of postcards, lol)
The following pic shows some postcards I've received so far, they're from:

Czech
Japan-Tokyo
UK
China-Beijing
US-Wisconsin
US-Boston
Germany
Malta
Austria-Innsbruck
Italy- Trieste
etc...

some postcards i've received from friends
So if u'd like to do me a favor, you can ask me my address via
Facebook massage - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/trytobecool?ref=name
or send email to me - monica47love@gmail.com

As return, I can send you a postcard from Knoxville, TN, United Stated to you if you want:))
You can be my friends, my friends' friends, or someone who even barely knows me - as long as you want to send me a postcard:))

Thx a lot!

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Saying goodbye to Google China

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Eariler today, I followed a tweet from Twitter to this link, A new approach to China. After reading this entry, I felt so sad!

I'd been working as a vendor for Google China during Oct, 2008 to Apr, 2009. (Except some very detailed ActionScript codes, I have NOTHING TO DO with Google or Google China)

Personally, I am quite sure that every Googlers from Google China loves this country so much. Google China had tried its best to improve the search experience in China and had achieved a lot of great localized projects,  including Google Music. And I can't imagine how big trouble/pressure they've faced since it'd be a nightmare to censor every single word in the serach result pages. Even with the best affort, Google China was blamed for many times about "spreading illegal information" in search result pages.

Quit from this country would be a great relif for those hard-working engineers. (Though Baidu also faced the same troubles, they are based in Beijing and easy to control/compromise.)

Goodbye, Google (China)!

Pictures of Google's headquarter in China (via a friend of mine who's working at Google China):

Say bye to 2009, say hi to 2010!

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Happy New Year 2010, it seems to be a "better late than never" wish for now, ha.

As you guys might know, we've lost three biggest web sites: Twitter, Youtube, Facebook in 2009, we will surely lose more in 2010. So in the last day of 2009, I made a decision and moved ifgogo.com's hosting server from Beijing to Newark, NJ. And in 2010, My company's going to focus on markets outside mainland China.

It's not some bad news, and I'm not going to complain or angrily blame anyone! Blaming and complaining cannot change anything. Since most people don't care – they even don't think a bit about it! It's what those people deserved, and the improtant part is, they just enjoyed. I just understand now.

Let's enjoy our life in 2010 across the pacific and equator :)