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Well, vacation is over.How do I know? Well, I got back into Beijing on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday afternoon flew onto Shanghai. Today was my first day of work and any illusions I've had about a gentle slide back into work have been ruthlessly dashed. I... ...full story at Imagethief

from Imagethief on Mon, Jan 08 2007

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