Nothing is really opened

The commie promised to open up the firewall for Olmpics; not quite; screening is still going on; and random choking seems to occur to the speed. Right now, I am typing from a computer remotely from Canada. Gmail chat is blocked; the blog site is blocked. Even the proxy server couldn't route the blogging site. Something big must be happening. Or maybe some hick computer tech in the backroom of the Shanghai Telecomm ADSL support screwing around with the firewall. Some sites are fast, some are not accessable. NYtimes put a stupid big ad at the front page, the commie firewall could not interpret it so the site is not accessable except with the proxy i used; but then I had to wait for the ad server from NYTimes to time out before I can read anything. AC website, not accessable again. Not sure what AC put in the background to cause the blocking; must be a picture acts as a background.

As of today, someone form the property management place posted a sticky note (reminder) us to report to the police station. Actually more for my iron-wife than I. She uses US passport; so by law, she has to report to the police station within 24 hours arriving. She has not done it in years. But now is being enforced. This is from the Olympics clamp down people. And will be more "rules" as Aug 8 comes closer. Watch it on TV, nevermind coming. The foreigner visa has just doubled the price. Mutliple entries are not issued until at least oct 1 of this year.