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Flying back to Nelson for lunch

2012-01-26T15:07:00.001-08:00

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Our destination is in sight!

2012-01-26T13:10:00.001-08:00

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Above the Marlborough vineyards, it starts to rain a bit. A helicopter has no windshield wipers :)

2012-01-26T13:05:00.001-08:00

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Up in the air - Marlborough Sound

2012-01-26T12:58:00.001-08:00

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Ready for take off - flying by private helicopter from Nelson to a winery in Blenheim

2012-01-26T12:42:00.001-08:00

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My view for the next 30 minutes #smallplane #newzealand

2012-01-24T11:30:00.001-08:00

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Seafood & Chardonnay dinner in Auckland, loving it!

2012-01-22T23:45:00.001-08:00

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Leaving Guangzhou for Auckland, China Southern's biz class seats are better than expected

2012-01-22T08:32:00.001-08:00

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Leaving Guangzhou for Auckland, China Southern's biz class seats are better than expected

2012-01-22T08:30:00.001-08:00

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Safely landed in Shanghai after a relaxed flight from Bangkok

2012-01-01T00:28:00.001-08:00

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Lunch at the Six Senses resort on Koh Samui, beautiful location!

2011-12-25T22:09:00.001-08:00

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On board Thai Airways to Bangkok, Scott is reading the Wall Street Journal

2011-12-21T16:28:00.001-08:00

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Dad's Steak Sandwich during meeting at Element Fresh with Sam & Vennie Flemming and Bill Kung

2011-12-13T03:25:00.001-08:00

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Happiness is... tasting 2 Staglin Cabernet Sauvignon vintages during a nice dinner

2011-12-12T04:54:00.001-08:00

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Silicon Valley Bank wine tasting & dinner at Napa in Shanghai

2011-12-12T03:28:00.001-08:00

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Terrace of Mr & Mrs Bund at 1:30 AM, most lights in Pudong are off by now

2011-12-09T09:29:00.001-08:00

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After party at Mr & Mrs Bund with the Commissarissen

2011-12-09T09:04:00.001-08:00

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On stage at #IVS2011 getting ready for our session. Nice conference!

2011-12-06T21:33:00.001-08:00

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In Kyoto, going to a temple for a Zazen (meditation) session with a group of VCs and entrepreneurs

2011-12-06T15:58:00.001-08:00

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On board MU to Osaka, flying economy today (short flight) and they gave me complete front row #emptyplane

2011-12-05T23:15:00.001-08:00

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The nicest cars in Shanghai can be seen at Scott & Elaine's school every day

2011-12-05T18:45:00.001-08:00

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Scott (in the middle) and his class performing 6 little snowflakes

2011-12-05T18:29:00.001-08:00

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At Soong Ching Ling school for the Christmas show, Scott will announce his class and song - 1st time public speaking :)

2011-12-05T18:15:00.001-08:00

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All parents are eagerly taking pictures of their kids - and I'm taking one of them

2011-12-05T18:13:00.001-08:00

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Done! Half marathon in 1:35:53, new personal best time!

2011-12-03T17:39:00.001-08:00

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10 min before start of Shanghai Marathon, professional runners entering start area

2011-12-03T15:21:00.001-08:00

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At the start of the Shanghai Half Marathon 2011 (on The Bund), starting from the first row

2011-12-03T14:37:00.001-08:00

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Rolf Becker and his big band in concert at 1933 in Shanghai!

2011-11-26T06:44:00.001-08:00

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Monthly birthday party at Zlong Games

2011-11-23T23:41:00.001-08:00

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Leaving grey and snowy Moscow, happy to be back home in Shanghai in 12 hours

2011-11-19T21:23:00.001-08:00

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At the gate for my flight to Larnaca, I won't miss this flight again!

2011-11-14T23:09:00.001-08:00

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On board SU530 from Shanghai to Moscow with a glass of Russian Champagne and my book. Aeroflot is better than expected so far.

2011-11-13T09:32:00.001-08:00

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At GDC China 2011 (Game Developers Conference) in the old Shanghai Exhibition Center

2011-11-11T23:15:00.001-08:00

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After marathon dinner with my dad and sister at the Waldorf-Astoria

2011-11-06T18:30:00.001-08:00

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Done! 3:42 #nycmarathon

2011-11-06T10:39:00.001-08:00

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1st Avenue in Manhattan

2011-11-06T09:05:00.001-08:00

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Half way - in Queens 1:47 half marathon

2011-11-06T08:40:00.001-08:00

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So many runners #nycmarathon

2011-11-06T07:33:00.001-08:00

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And off we go! #nycmarathon

2011-11-06T07:20:00.003-08:00

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Brooklyn!

2011-11-06T07:20:00.001-08:00

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Checking out OccupyWallStreet. Unimpressed, bunch of jobless hippies in tents

2011-11-04T10:37:00.001-07:00

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Watching the Groupon IPO at the NASDAQ

2011-11-04T08:20:00.001-07:00

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I am such a tourist, taking pictures at Times Square...

2011-11-02T19:26:00.001-07:00

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On board Continental 86 to New York, excellent seats for the 15 hour flight

2011-11-02T00:23:00.001-07:00

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At the TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing VIP dinner

2011-10-31T05:48:00.001-07:00

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All flights to Beijing canceled, so taking bullet train. View from lounge over railway station main hall.

2011-10-29T20:05:00.001-07:00

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Bought a few bottles of wine :)

2011-10-22T06:02:00.001-07:00

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Monthly company birthday party with the game distribution team at Spil Games Asia

2011-10-21T02:15:00.001-07:00

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At the finish of JP Morgan run with my dad, according to Grace I finished in top 10 (out of 3000 runners)

2011-10-20T02:43:00.001-07:00

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Elaine hammering away at the SCL Open Day

2011-10-13T20:26:00.001-07:00

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Open Day at Soong Ching Ling, watching Scott play in his classroom

2011-10-13T20:08:00.001-07:00

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Complimentary dessert at M1NT Shanghai - and I didn't even tell them it's my birthday!

2011-10-11T06:58:00.001-07:00

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Back home after 25 km run (2h17m) with my dad in Sheshan area

2011-10-09T03:56:00.001-07:00

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Lighting the barbecue in our garden

2011-10-08T02:23:00.001-07:00

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Having a beer in the Sky Lounge with a view over most of the center of Amsterdam

2011-10-06T09:57:00.001-07:00

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Great view from my hotel room over a still dark Amsterdam

2011-10-04T21:35:00.001-07:00

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Elaine enjoying a pasta bolognese at Pasta Fresca on Hongmei Lu

2011-10-01T04:58:00.001-07:00

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Sipping Champagne at Floortje's (friend of Scott & Elaine) birthday party

2011-10-01T02:34:00.001-07:00

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Going for a long run with my dad in Sheshan (outside Shanghai)

2011-09-30T20:30:00.001-07:00

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Hartmut Ostrowski, chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann, speaking at Stars 2011

2011-09-26T02:40:00.001-07:00

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Dinner in the Rittersaal (Knight's Chamber) of Castle Hohenklingen in Switzerland #stars #2011

2011-09-25T11:47:00.001-07:00

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View from the castle over Stein am Rhein and the Rhine river

2011-09-25T10:08:00.001-07:00

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Walking up to the castle above Stein am Rhein for dinner

2011-09-25T09:53:00.001-07:00

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City tour of Stein am Rhein with the participants of #stars #2011

2011-09-25T03:13:00.001-07:00

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Excellent speech by Lord Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick at #stars #2011

2011-09-24T23:50:00.001-07:00

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Good Swiss wine and interesting speeches during dinner #stars #2011

2011-09-24T11:35:00.001-07:00

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Mona Sutphen, former White House deputy Chief of Staff, speaking at #stars #2011

2011-09-24T07:41:00.001-07:00

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Prabhu Guptara giving the opening speech at #stars2011

2011-09-24T07:20:00.001-07:00

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Arrived in Stein am Rhein - I have a suite with view over the old town and Rhein river!

2011-09-24T01:10:00.001-07:00

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It's slowly getting light in Frankfurt

2011-09-23T22:00:00.001-07:00

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Relaxing with glass of wine on board LH flight Shanghai-Frankfurt on my way to speak at conference in Switzerland

2011-09-23T08:08:00.001-07:00

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Dessert at Kathleen's 5, met tons of interesting people tonight

2011-09-22T05:44:00.001-07:00

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Speaking at the Silicon Valley Bank dinner in Shanghai

2011-09-22T04:53:00.001-07:00

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At Kathleen's 5 for the SVB dinner event, will talk a.o. about entrepreneurship

2011-09-22T02:40:00.001-07:00

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Complete silence in the UnitedStyles office, everybody working hard

2011-09-21T18:58:00.001-07:00

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Eating hot dogs at the Soong Ching Ling school picnic

2011-09-16T19:50:00.001-07:00

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Impressive presentations at the #DEMO conference in Santa Clara, CA

2011-09-13T10:41:00.001-07:00

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Last weekend I had a Kendall-Jackson Grand Reserve in Xiamen, so today I decided to visit the winery in Sonoma!

2011-09-10T14:14:00.001-07:00

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New iPad cover: Super Hero, a social game made by our Shanghai studio

2011-09-09T14:52:00.001-07:00

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Suddenly heavy rain in Shanghai, all bike riders wait below the bridge next to our office

2011-09-08T00:10:00.001-07:00

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Got some nice goodies from the GM/owner of Dutch company Uniekaas, who wants to enter China with great cheese concept #tjiezi

2011-09-07T03:01:00.001-07:00

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Wheels down in Shanghai, everybody rushing to get out of their seats the moment we stop #spilgames #outing2011

2011-09-03T21:37:00.001-07:00

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Having an iced latte next to the beach on Gulangyu - I love this island!

2011-09-02T21:19:00.001-07:00

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Giving a speech during dinner at the Spil Games Asia outing 2011 in Xiamen

2011-09-02T04:03:00.001-07:00

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Sitting on the beach in Xiamen with a cold beer and a book #spilgames #outing2011

2011-09-02T01:18:00.001-07:00

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Safely landed in Xiamen, I forgot that @KLM now also flies to this Chinese city

2011-09-01T20:50:00.001-07:00

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In a motorcycle taxi on my way to Hongmei pedestrian street

2011-08-30T06:31:00.001-07:00

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Elaine has her first day at Soong Ching Ling today, she's still a bit nervous

2011-08-28T18:32:00.001-07:00

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The best parties in China are still at M1NT!

2011-08-26T10:20:00.001-07:00

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Decadent night in M1NT with the Commissarissen!

2011-08-26T09:36:00.001-07:00

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Sushi lunch with @Joop next to the UnitedStyles office

2011-08-22T21:44:00.001-07:00

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New Japanese brothel opposite our compound on fire... Too much competition?

2011-08-21T05:57:00.001-07:00

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At 4 pm EST we'll be live on a.o. Bloomberg and CNBC for NASDAQ closing bell ceremony! #Tudou #IPO

2011-08-17T12:40:00.001-07:00

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Gary is doing a video press conference with China while the rest of the team is on Weibo and Twitter

2011-08-17T07:16:00.001-07:00

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Grace and me with the official NASDAQ listing certificate!

2011-08-17T07:09:00.001-07:00

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The Tudou team during the NASDAQ IPO - Aug. 17, 2011

2011-08-17T06:34:00.001-07:00

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Officially listed - first trade will take place in about one hour

2011-08-17T06:30:00.001-07:00

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While running past NASDAQ I saw Gary doing his 1st TV interview of the day - he actually saw me as well, he waved at me while talking :)

2011-08-17T04:49:00.001-07:00

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Hongxu Road looks like a river from my car - and the typhoon is not even here yet #heavyrain #shanghai

2011-08-03T22:08:00.001-07:00

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Ho-pin Tung is visiting us, he had a Tag Heuer event in Shanghai today

2011-07-30T05:20:00.001-07:00

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