A couple months ago, I got the iThemes Security WordPress plugin and set the auto-away mode from 12:00am to 6:00am. After all, I’m asleep at those times and it would make no sense to keep my admin login and backend open at these times. Or so I thought. There were nights where I would stay up late, and just recently …
In Seattle, we have the 605-feet tall Space Needle, world famous for being the centerpiece of the 1962 World’s Fair. Chengdu’s answer to the Space Needle is the 1,112-foot-tall West Pearl Tower. Home to Sichuan Radio and Television, the tower has been in existence for 8 years — younger than the Space Needle — but only opened its observation deck …
Just last year (2013), Chengdu saw the opening of the world’s largest building by floor space, the gigantic New Century Global Center. Its main fixture is the New Century Global Mall, which occupies the center of the complex. We woke up this morning to take the Chengdu Metro Line 1, to the center. Chengdu currently has two metro lines, one …
These few days, we spent most of our time on the campus of Chengdu University of Technology. My family has a long history of affiliation with the University. It is also the place where I spent my first few years.
The beds in China are very much unlike those in the States. Unlike the plush, soft mattresses into which you can almost drown yourself, the mattresses here are a lot firmer. On my first night in China, I was not at all used to the hardness of the bed. Nevertheless, I adjusted quickly and got a good night’s worth of …