via: shanghai diaries
dan made a humourous comment on this funny news, and i suddenly realize that i have lived in an unofficial winter for two months. here is the comment made by dan:
And I realized that all by myself, thank you very much. Thus, this Shanghai Daily story seemed a bit strange to me. “Winter has finally arrived, local weathermen are expected to announce today,” the story says. Looks like we’ve got some pretty influential meteorologists here. Not only do they forecast the weather — they control the seasons, as well. The story continues: “With temperatures hovering between 4.1 and 5 degrees Celsius yesterday, the standard was finally met to announce the arrival of winter. The season officially begins on the first of five consecutive days with daily average temperatures below 10 degrees.” Hmmm, I always thought winter began on the first day of winter. But I’m glad I have official permission to be cold now.
a few weeks ago, the municipal government forbid small vehicles to enter the inner-ring downtown area in order to reduce the traffic jam, the suddenly announced regulation caused huge damage to many small vehicle owners, and a few more weeks ago, the municipal government launched a “snapshot movement” to catch those traffic regulation violators, some cab drivers make joke on this saying that they would like to change job to be a snapshoter because that makes more money (200 yuan per photo, certainly the money comes from the cab drivers).
this reminds me of my good old grandma, simply put it this way - over-management with a warm heart.
thank goodness, finally we have an official winter in shanghai!