Funmurphys takes the weekend off, but not Conrad! This must be kiss a dictator month for the left, but the Great Gweilo is having none of that. I haven’t been to Shanghai (surprise!), but I did spend a month in pre-earthquake Kobe. It seemed pretty technologically advanced to me – right down to the instructions for the western style toilet in hotel. The eastern style toilet is a hole in the floor, and needs no instruction, just good knees.