Reading Time: < 1 minute 来美国将近27年，很多方面已比较适应，包括她们这里(比较坑叔）的英制。英里，英寸，英镑等，不过我在心里换算一般还可以，因为换算相对简单。就是这个华氏的温度换算比较麻烦: (F-32)x5/9, 后来碰到一个当过海军飞行员的老兵说他们的一个简化的八九不离十的算法：(F-30)/2 好像也还可以啊。我告诉我小女儿：我的脑子里还是摄氏度。她们也知道，她们的理想室温是70华氏度，我们是75度。哪天等我做了美国总统（不过我做不了，因为我不是在这里出生的），要等我的女儿做了美国总统，我让她把这英制改了，我估计英国🇬🇧现在也是用国际的米制了吧：没去过英国 it’s on my list: no pressure girls 🙂 芝加哥到香港的直达航班 在小红书上听到这个，跑到她家网站一看，果然有 ORD to HKG 航班，价格也还公道。看来美国的航空公司短期内是不会开通 ORD to PVG 的航线了。 It looks like this flight started on October 3, 2023. Quote the article: The three-times-weekly flight, operated by the airline’s state-of-the-art Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, will depart Chicago at 4:05pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Reading Time: 6 minutes Since pandemic, I have been back to China twice, last year in the spring break of school year 2022/2023, which was the 1st time I visited China since pandemic, when the PRC (People’s Republic of China) just relaxed in-bound travel in Jan 2023, and I booked ticket on Jan 29, 2023 via Expedia.com – refer
Reading Time: 2 minutes I would like to list some of the Chinese restaurants I visited in this trip (and in the past). I will also list some web sites which I think will be helpful to plan Chicago trip. Chinese restaurant Lao Sze Chuan (web site here): this is the first Chinese restaurant I visisted in Chicago (2001?).
Reading Time: 3 minutes We are back from Chicago. Visited the Premium mall (near Aurora) yesterday, and was quite impressed. This was my first trip to the Aurora mall, and I was surprised to see so many premium brands and shoppers (esp. the crowds at Coach store). Judging by the size of crowds in the mall, it seems the
Reading Time: 2 minutes We came to the windy city yesterday, and today we visited quite a few places: Michigan Ave. (magnificent mile), Millennium Park, Art Institute (outside, no inside tour yet), Navy Pier, China Town. All with the 3 day CTA pass and CTA train/bus. I did not totally forget about stock market yet. This noon when I
Reading Time: 3 minutes First I would like to say Chicago is freezing cold. I did not spend much time outside, but I did feel it when I was waiting for the bus and train from Midway to hotel (and back). It’s a short trip, 29 hours exactly (4PM yesteday to 9PM today), and the main purpose was taking
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