YES! Finally I can get on my blog again. China didn't unblock it, but I found a way to get through the Great firewall. Proxy server! A proxy server works as a middleman between the web browser and an end server. When you try to access a website that is blocked, the firewall basically says to your internet connection, “Sorry, but you cannot go there.” So instead, the“proxy,” who is allowed to go there, fetch the information for us whether it’s a blog, video, or whatsoever. So now, I can get on facebook, twitter, youtube and my blog without any troubles. One big disadvantages, many pop-ups appear. This makes it sometimes annoying, but fortunately we can put the system on and off. Hopefully the China government is not reading my blog and find out about these proxy servers. That's why, better not write down which proxy server I am using ;) Anyways, I don't think the government cares about the small percentage who is passing by these firewalls. They are more interested in censorship for its local citizen.

As I have mentioned last time, the weather has been changing a lot. But actually now it has not been changing that much. It is only hot hot and hot. Yesterday was 40 degrees Celsius!! Even in Shanghai, it has not been this hot before. That's why I will take my Friday afternoon off and head out to the swimming pool. :) There is a big swimming place with many slides just outside the city center, in Minhang district. So it should be great fun. I got invited to go, so of course I couldn't refuse.

Last but not least, an update on the building which felt down...now I know who did it ;)

Blocked by China

My weblog has been blogged for months in China. I was thinking, they will unblock the blogspot soon, but unfortunately….. It is taking too long, so time to take action! I gave my sister my confidential password and ask her to help me put this online. Hopefully, I can make the people outside of China happy now, because I know you all miss my blogging so much ;)
So many things happened and so many new things to tell. One strange thing happened last weekend in Shanghai. A 13-story building with apartments just keeled over and fell down. Everything was almost finished and it was part of the “lotus riverside” community of 629 apartments and which 489 were already sold. Some people were already living in the other same constructed buildings 20 meters away. But the authorities confirmed that these apartments are safe to live. How can a 13-store apartment building just fall down like that? Authorities are still investigating. Hopefully they will get some good results and make sure it will never happen again. I was thinking to buy a house in Shanghai, but not really sure about it now.
The weather in Shanghai has been changing a lot these days. Yesterday it was nice and cool, today it is warm in the morning and rained like cats and dogs in the afternoon. The “Yangmei” season just started and this means also the rain season began. The season of the plum rains or, misleadingly, intermittent drizzle is a special meteorological phenomenon of the middle and lowland areas of the Yangtze River. Usually, the plum rain season starts in the middle of June and ends in early July which will last for about 20 days. The climate during this season is characterized by continuous rain and hot temperatures. So I guess you all will know how I feel right now; wet and hot!
The weekend I should have time to relax and hopefully the weather will then be less wet and hot ;)