Archive for January, 2010

Jan 21 2010

Being creative

Published by Ron Mertens under Personal

Lately Michal is praising creativity all the time.  It turns out that being creative is good – not just because you invent startups and become rich – it’s also a great way to channel your energy, to overcome emotional and physical problems. In short – it’s really important to be creative. You don’t have to [...]

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Jan 20 2010

Avatar

Published by Ron Mertens under Web Sites

Michal has posted about this a few minutes ago, but here’s my chance to write about Avatar, too. We’re back in Israel now, and a couple of days ago we went to see it.  It’s one of those ‘must-see’ movies, and I also wanted to check the 3D, of course.
Anyway, the movie is great! We [...]

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Jan 13 2010

Best things to see and do (and eat) in Chengdu

Published by Ron Mertens under Travel

Here’s a short list of Chengdu’s top attractions (according to us, anyway):

The Pandas, of course
There are several nice renovated streets in Chengdu. We loved Jin Li, Qin-Tai and the 3 alleys near our home.
Parks – there are several great parks in Chengdu. Huan-Hua-Xi (near DuFu), the parks near Qin-Tai, Yongling, Tazishan (with the beautiful birds-cage)
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Jan 11 2010

Chinglish

Published by Ron Mertens under Personal, Travel

Everybody who traveled in Asia (and other places, of course) have seen those funny mistakes these guys make in English. It appears everywhere:  official places (we saw a “polace” sign in a police station), parks, places of business and on products (Michal bought a small notebook, which proudly stated “We only do well”). Here’s some [...]

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