Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Seasons
by Sinmay Zau
First time I saw you, you gave me your heart; and inside it there was
gave me your hand; inside it you held the leaf-fallen deep autumn.
Last time I saw you was my short dream; in it was you and a flock of
winter wind, too.
First time I saw you, you gave me your heart; and inside it there was
a spring morning. Second time I saw you, you gave me your words, but
unspeakable was the raging fire of summer. Third time I saw you, yougave me your hand; inside it you held the leaf-fallen deep autumn.
Last time I saw you was my short dream; in it was you and a flock of
winter wind, too.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Ridic
I had some time on my hands at work a while back and went to familiarize myself with the employee database (there's over 2,300 people in our Beijing branch alone). My initial intent was to scope out how many foreigners work here, and who they are, and if I can meet them. Lost track of that goal after a bit (and there are hardly any anyway), but did light upon another FINE discovery: hilarious English names. Chinese business culture has hit upon the (in my view) odd custom of having everyone chose an English name and use that professionally. Not only on business cards, in emails, and at meetings, but between colleagues at the office, which I find weird. Especially when people choose names that are really difficult for a Chinese speaker to say, and then ask everyone to call them that. But anyway, looking at this whole long list of English names, I saw some funny, funny examples. It was so much fun I took a look at some of our company's other offices around China, too--with similarly hysterical results.
In general, people were pretty good about picking their names. Most ended up with pretty generic, if somewhat outdated or bizarre, English pseudonyms.
Guys fared pretty well (James, Phillip, Frank, Jerry), but some of the girls went astray. A lot ended up with names that were perfectly fine but a little antiquated, like Dorothy, Mavis, Betty, and Agnes. There was a propensity for really odd names—sure, they're names, but we have certain cultural associations with them, or they just aren’t used very often. There were numerous Scarletts, many Fionas and Sophias, plentyyyy of Candys, Selinas, Stellas, Cissys, and tons and tons of Crystals. For some reason, Ramona was also popular, and then, my personal favorite—there were at least thirty Yolandas.
I also liked Bonita, Teresita, Saggita, and Queena.
A couple guys reached way back and picked Ignatius and Crassus. I'm pretty sure there hasn't been anybody named either of these things since the fall of the Roman empire.
Not sure what Geejohn was going for....Bijon? Also, for the fifty or so people named Kelvin, did you mean Kevin, or Calvin? Or just not Celsius and Fahrenheit?
Everyone should know that a new office-themed porno is being released starring Kiki, Desire, Cherry, Ivory Wang, Pearl, Cloris, Hyman, and Kinky. Not kidding.
A lot of people appeared to think that English names consisted of a random collection of letters, usually with a Y at the end, and proceeded to make up names as they felt like it. This list included: Prispan, Hiddy, Nash, Wisler, Welly, Slonly, Hingis (a combination of Ghengis and Haggis?), Eleantly (were you going for elegantly? Still not a name), Licco, Harsha, Hedy, Meky, Serney, Ancy (ansty?), Paky, Simmy, Spethen, Velitte, Zuzu AND Zizi (my friend informs me this is slang for dick in French), Jussi (Juicy?), Dawa, Pelson, Retty (Ratty?), Evilyt (what? How do you even say that?), Yuly, Lundy, Cicky (is this pronounced Sicky? Kicky?), Inez, Sinky, Sgy (again, completely unpronounceable--how do they introduce themself?), Schumy, Scort (Skort?), Jerress, and Pheemarn. We come at last to the very best ones, in my opinion: Sweetot, Smallroson (what?! how did you even come up with that?), Loof, and--finally--Riddick. Forgive me, but there's really no way to describe that except as, well, ridic.
Waterling and Wakeman sound like people I should have heard of--celebrities, perhaps--but no, again, made up.
A few tried to make themselves sound sophisticated and European, but failed: Auberon, Kunthea, Jacinle, Fionnuala, and Ucifer, as well as Horitio and Fandica (in-the-flesh Spaniards, obviously), Latherihe (is that Dutch?), Enphiere and Mercharlain (French, perhaps?), and Yesky (Polish?).
I really don't know what the person who named himself Eazzy was thinking, and I can't fathom "Duff", either--were you going for the dessert, or like, old duffer? Neither is flattering.
Some people (men, I'm assuming) wanted to show how powerful and impressive they are. These guys included Ranger, Knight, Saint, Prince, Baron, Kaiser, and Caesar (all first names, of course). Lux and Rich stayed on this vein, too--aspiring Sugar Daddy's.
Some people chose names of celebrities. These included Shania, Demi, Coco, Enya, Ringo, Garfield, Homer and Simpson, Hanks, Kobe, and Federer (yes, all first names).
Then we come to the best group of all, people who chose real words that ARE NOT NAMES and used them as their first name.
There were a lot inspired by nature.
For plants, there was Jungle, Leaf, seven Forests, many Floras, as well as plenty of the following: Iris, Daisy, Lily, Violet, Ivy, Holly, Rosemary, Jasmine--ok, so far, so good, all are actually real names--and then, Apple, Minty, Berry, Fuchsia, Cherry, Willow, Hazel, Lotus, Celery, Dandelion, Maple, Olive, Basil, Hyacinth, and Carnation. Most of those are NOT names known to the English speaking world.
On the fauna side, I noted Swan, Swallow, Snake, Fish, Whale (yup, I know), Kitty, Cat, Lion, and finally, Dingo. YES. "Hello, I'm Snake Chen, and this is my colleague, Dingo Li."
There were two Seasons, an Autumn, a Winter, a Spring, and many Summers, Aprils, Mays, Junes, and an August. We went meteorological, too, with Astro, Cosmo, Windy, Sunny, Sky, Rain, and Haze, and then did some astronomy with Lunar, Mercury, Mars (4 of them!) and Pluto. Turning Greek from Roman, I saw an Apollo, several Athenas, and an Aries.
Next, some people chose to delve into geology, with names like: Rocky, Stone, Ruby, Amber and Jade.
Others turned to the sea: believe it or not, there were TWO people named Aegean, an Aqua, an Ocean, several Seals, three Ariels, the aforementioned Fish and Whale, a number of Corals, and a Coraly (again, adding a Y to any word or group of letter does NOT make it a name, people!).
Some people tried to describe themselves, ineptly: Shiny, Sparkle, Bright, Ace, Peppy, Dancy, Blondy, Teenie (for your sake, I hope you are a girl, not a guy!), Jumbo (definitely a guy), Driven, Constant, Wisdom, and Smilee.
We had a Winna, and a Balla.
To the people who chose Pinky, Purple, White, Red and Grey--come on, that's just not creative enough.
I was utterly perplexed by names like Deck, Wood, Pence, and Tassel, as well as Locke, Arrow, Ferry, Jelly, River, Derby, Health (two people were named this!), and Cycle. There was a Saver (really baffling), as well as two Sevens (why not Six, or Eight?) and a Tenth (the tenth WHAT?).
Also confusing were names that conveyed an activity, like Dash, Squall, Calling, Sailing, and Dreaming. Kite and Yoyo aren't names either, sorry, although they are fun. Ditto for Ices and Snow. And while Sunday is a nice day of the week, it, too, is not appropriate nomenclature for a person.
There were a lot of Melody's (fine)--but apparently someone named Tunes got mixed up and picked the wrong translation. Maybe that's the derivation of Chord, too?
I hope Coffee Tian and Cream Zhou work together--they sound quite complementary.
Someone named Cabernet should be careful not to come drunk to the office.
Conjunctions cannot be used as names, Even, nor can adverbs, Hence.
Some people made themselves sound intriguing and mysterious, like Cipher, Quest, and Vagary (how long did you have to search in the dictionary to come up with that word?). Others just came off as boring, like Silence, Vanilla, Lackie, Worry, Mirror, and Echo, of which I counted twelve.
Phoenix and Tiger were just too cliché for my taste.
Meanwhile, Eden, Angel (more than 10 of them) and Fairy (hopefully a girl, not a guy, again) sounded like heavenly additions to any company.
Somebody really went for it and named himself Brain. Another person with an over-inflated ego called him or herself Miracle, while not one but TWO people chose Godspeed, and another, Starlet. And finally, somebody took the plunge: Rambo.
Now for my top five favorites:
5) Icestream. I want to meet this fellow and get his business card. Imagine walking into a meeting and introducing yourself as Icestream? Bet he doesn't actually go to many meetings.
4) I know I already mentioned it in relation to the porno, but really, Kinky is priceless. "Hi, it's nice to meet you. I'm Kinky. Shall we go into the conference room?"
3) Dingo, too, been said, but COME ON. Dingo. (Whale was pretty good, too).
2) Sucker. Yes, someone was actually dumb enough to name themselves Sucker.
1) SINNER. Amazing.
In general, people were pretty good about picking their names. Most ended up with pretty generic, if somewhat outdated or bizarre, English pseudonyms.
Guys fared pretty well (James, Phillip, Frank, Jerry), but some of the girls went astray. A lot ended up with names that were perfectly fine but a little antiquated, like Dorothy, Mavis, Betty, and Agnes. There was a propensity for really odd names—sure, they're names, but we have certain cultural associations with them, or they just aren’t used very often. There were numerous Scarletts, many Fionas and Sophias, plentyyyy of Candys, Selinas, Stellas, Cissys, and tons and tons of Crystals. For some reason, Ramona was also popular, and then, my personal favorite—there were at least thirty Yolandas.
I also liked Bonita, Teresita, Saggita, and Queena.
A couple guys reached way back and picked Ignatius and Crassus. I'm pretty sure there hasn't been anybody named either of these things since the fall of the Roman empire.
Not sure what Geejohn was going for....Bijon? Also, for the fifty or so people named Kelvin, did you mean Kevin, or Calvin? Or just not Celsius and Fahrenheit?
Everyone should know that a new office-themed porno is being released starring Kiki, Desire, Cherry, Ivory Wang, Pearl, Cloris, Hyman, and Kinky. Not kidding.
A lot of people appeared to think that English names consisted of a random collection of letters, usually with a Y at the end, and proceeded to make up names as they felt like it. This list included: Prispan, Hiddy, Nash, Wisler, Welly, Slonly, Hingis (a combination of Ghengis and Haggis?), Eleantly (were you going for elegantly? Still not a name), Licco, Harsha, Hedy, Meky, Serney, Ancy (ansty?), Paky, Simmy, Spethen, Velitte, Zuzu AND Zizi (my friend informs me this is slang for dick in French), Jussi (Juicy?), Dawa, Pelson, Retty (Ratty?), Evilyt (what? How do you even say that?), Yuly, Lundy, Cicky (is this pronounced Sicky? Kicky?), Inez, Sinky, Sgy (again, completely unpronounceable--how do they introduce themself?), Schumy, Scort (Skort?), Jerress, and Pheemarn. We come at last to the very best ones, in my opinion: Sweetot, Smallroson (what?! how did you even come up with that?), Loof, and--finally--Riddick. Forgive me, but there's really no way to describe that except as, well, ridic.
Waterling and Wakeman sound like people I should have heard of--celebrities, perhaps--but no, again, made up.
A few tried to make themselves sound sophisticated and European, but failed: Auberon, Kunthea, Jacinle, Fionnuala, and Ucifer, as well as Horitio and Fandica (in-the-flesh Spaniards, obviously), Latherihe (is that Dutch?), Enphiere and Mercharlain (French, perhaps?), and Yesky (Polish?).
I really don't know what the person who named himself Eazzy was thinking, and I can't fathom "Duff", either--were you going for the dessert, or like, old duffer? Neither is flattering.
Some people (men, I'm assuming) wanted to show how powerful and impressive they are. These guys included Ranger, Knight, Saint, Prince, Baron, Kaiser, and Caesar (all first names, of course). Lux and Rich stayed on this vein, too--aspiring Sugar Daddy's.
Some people chose names of celebrities. These included Shania, Demi, Coco, Enya, Ringo, Garfield, Homer and Simpson, Hanks, Kobe, and Federer (yes, all first names).
Then we come to the best group of all, people who chose real words that ARE NOT NAMES and used them as their first name.
There were a lot inspired by nature.
For plants, there was Jungle, Leaf, seven Forests, many Floras, as well as plenty of the following: Iris, Daisy, Lily, Violet, Ivy, Holly, Rosemary, Jasmine--ok, so far, so good, all are actually real names--and then, Apple, Minty, Berry, Fuchsia, Cherry, Willow, Hazel, Lotus, Celery, Dandelion, Maple, Olive, Basil, Hyacinth, and Carnation. Most of those are NOT names known to the English speaking world.
On the fauna side, I noted Swan, Swallow, Snake, Fish, Whale (yup, I know), Kitty, Cat, Lion, and finally, Dingo. YES. "Hello, I'm Snake Chen, and this is my colleague, Dingo Li."
There were two Seasons, an Autumn, a Winter, a Spring, and many Summers, Aprils, Mays, Junes, and an August. We went meteorological, too, with Astro, Cosmo, Windy, Sunny, Sky, Rain, and Haze, and then did some astronomy with Lunar, Mercury, Mars (4 of them!) and Pluto. Turning Greek from Roman, I saw an Apollo, several Athenas, and an Aries.
Next, some people chose to delve into geology, with names like: Rocky, Stone, Ruby, Amber and Jade.
Others turned to the sea: believe it or not, there were TWO people named Aegean, an Aqua, an Ocean, several Seals, three Ariels, the aforementioned Fish and Whale, a number of Corals, and a Coraly (again, adding a Y to any word or group of letter does NOT make it a name, people!).
Some people tried to describe themselves, ineptly: Shiny, Sparkle, Bright, Ace, Peppy, Dancy, Blondy, Teenie (for your sake, I hope you are a girl, not a guy!), Jumbo (definitely a guy), Driven, Constant, Wisdom, and Smilee.
We had a Winna, and a Balla.
To the people who chose Pinky, Purple, White, Red and Grey--come on, that's just not creative enough.
I was utterly perplexed by names like Deck, Wood, Pence, and Tassel, as well as Locke, Arrow, Ferry, Jelly, River, Derby, Health (two people were named this!), and Cycle. There was a Saver (really baffling), as well as two Sevens (why not Six, or Eight?) and a Tenth (the tenth WHAT?).
Also confusing were names that conveyed an activity, like Dash, Squall, Calling, Sailing, and Dreaming. Kite and Yoyo aren't names either, sorry, although they are fun. Ditto for Ices and Snow. And while Sunday is a nice day of the week, it, too, is not appropriate nomenclature for a person.
There were a lot of Melody's (fine)--but apparently someone named Tunes got mixed up and picked the wrong translation. Maybe that's the derivation of Chord, too?
I hope Coffee Tian and Cream Zhou work together--they sound quite complementary.
Someone named Cabernet should be careful not to come drunk to the office.
Conjunctions cannot be used as names, Even, nor can adverbs, Hence.
Some people made themselves sound intriguing and mysterious, like Cipher, Quest, and Vagary (how long did you have to search in the dictionary to come up with that word?). Others just came off as boring, like Silence, Vanilla, Lackie, Worry, Mirror, and Echo, of which I counted twelve.
Phoenix and Tiger were just too cliché for my taste.
Meanwhile, Eden, Angel (more than 10 of them) and Fairy (hopefully a girl, not a guy, again) sounded like heavenly additions to any company.
Somebody really went for it and named himself Brain. Another person with an over-inflated ego called him or herself Miracle, while not one but TWO people chose Godspeed, and another, Starlet. And finally, somebody took the plunge: Rambo.
Now for my top five favorites:
5) Icestream. I want to meet this fellow and get his business card. Imagine walking into a meeting and introducing yourself as Icestream? Bet he doesn't actually go to many meetings.
4) I know I already mentioned it in relation to the porno, but really, Kinky is priceless. "Hi, it's nice to meet you. I'm Kinky. Shall we go into the conference room?"
3) Dingo, too, been said, but COME ON. Dingo. (Whale was pretty good, too).
2) Sucker. Yes, someone was actually dumb enough to name themselves Sucker.
1) SINNER. Amazing.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Stand-out Chinese Name of the Day
Say hello to Hu Deman, a writer from China Daily, who wins the prize today for Best Name I've Seen in a Long While.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
11 Amazing Fake Harry Potter Books Written in China
China, kingdom of rip-offs. Bootlegged Harry Potter comes in all sorts of guises (often paired with hobbbits) to save the day and make big bucks for the ingenious author.
Some of my favorites from this choice list of eleven:
1) "Harry Potter and the Leopard Walk-Up-To Dragon", an excerpt:
There was a hobbit, who didn't even know how to return home. He lived in a hole in the ground, and didn't know where he came from or where he was going to. He even didn't know why he had become a hobbit. This was Hogwartz School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 5th year apprentice Harry Potter.
...
After Gandolf left, the five of them rode their brooms, travelling with the wind. Trees and cars along the roads below receded. Only when they encountered the occasional passenger jet, the pilot and passengers would cry out, "Hey! Flying people!", or "Hey! Aliens!"
2) "Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll." The plot goes something like this:
Voldemort reaches out to his Chinese counterpart and protege, Yandomort, for help fighting Harry. Harry needs to go to China to track down the Chinese Porcelain Doll, which could stop Yandomort. Seems like a stupid anti-evil trinket, but, then again, so was the sorcerer's stone.
As Harry travels to China, he befriends some Chinese circus acrobats who knew Yandomort back when he was a kid -- named (literally translated from Chinese) Naughty Bubble. Turns out Voldemort killed Naughty Bubble's mom, who was named (literally translated from Chinese) Big Spinach, then took the kid under his wing and made him evil.
Can Harry and the Chinese acrobats find the doll in time to stop the 'Morts?
3) "Harry Potter and the Filler of Big." This is creative:
Harry leaves the Dursleys after a rough summer where Dudley was shacking up with a belly dancer. (I think perhaps the author here misinterpreted all of Rowling's comments about Dudley's rotund belly and came to believe that he was in love with a stripper.)
Before he goes, Bat Bug (I'm assuming that's China's interpretation of Dobby) tells him there's trouble waiting at Hogwarts. And there is: All of the students keep transforming into wooden stools. Offffff course they do.
It's up to Harry to solve the mystery and he has but four suspects: An evil student... Hagrid's gone rogue... Voldemort's shadow has returned... or, worst of all, it has something to do with the Filler of Big (aka the Big Funnel).
Wait, what? WHAT EXACTLY IS A BIG FUNNEL?!?!
Some of my favorites from this choice list of eleven:
1) "Harry Potter and the Leopard Walk-Up-To Dragon", an excerpt:
There was a hobbit, who didn't even know how to return home. He lived in a hole in the ground, and didn't know where he came from or where he was going to. He even didn't know why he had become a hobbit. This was Hogwartz School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 5th year apprentice Harry Potter.
...
After Gandolf left, the five of them rode their brooms, travelling with the wind. Trees and cars along the roads below receded. Only when they encountered the occasional passenger jet, the pilot and passengers would cry out, "Hey! Flying people!", or "Hey! Aliens!"
2) "Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll." The plot goes something like this:
Voldemort reaches out to his Chinese counterpart and protege, Yandomort, for help fighting Harry. Harry needs to go to China to track down the Chinese Porcelain Doll, which could stop Yandomort. Seems like a stupid anti-evil trinket, but, then again, so was the sorcerer's stone.
As Harry travels to China, he befriends some Chinese circus acrobats who knew Yandomort back when he was a kid -- named (literally translated from Chinese) Naughty Bubble. Turns out Voldemort killed Naughty Bubble's mom, who was named (literally translated from Chinese) Big Spinach, then took the kid under his wing and made him evil.
Can Harry and the Chinese acrobats find the doll in time to stop the 'Morts?
3) "Harry Potter and the Filler of Big." This is creative:
Harry leaves the Dursleys after a rough summer where Dudley was shacking up with a belly dancer. (I think perhaps the author here misinterpreted all of Rowling's comments about Dudley's rotund belly and came to believe that he was in love with a stripper.)
Before he goes, Bat Bug (I'm assuming that's China's interpretation of Dobby) tells him there's trouble waiting at Hogwarts. And there is: All of the students keep transforming into wooden stools. Offffff course they do.
It's up to Harry to solve the mystery and he has but four suspects: An evil student... Hagrid's gone rogue... Voldemort's shadow has returned... or, worst of all, it has something to do with the Filler of Big (aka the Big Funnel).
Wait, what? WHAT EXACTLY IS A BIG FUNNEL?!?!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Our Face
My friend Jill works at a great art gallery (that shall remain nameless in this space, just to be careful) in one of the major art districts here in Beijing, called Caochangdi. Well, it's kind of THE major art district--as the other is much more developed and tourist-a-fied. Caochangdi lies at the outskirts of Beijing and is actually a communist-era village, with artists' studios and galleries interspersed into a working-class community. The area used to be agricultural but has since been absorbed into the ever-expanding giant that is the capital city.
Recently, Caochangdi put on a major photography festival, Caochangdi PhotoSpring, in conjunction with Arles photo festival. The festival gathered artists from Asia, America, and Europe, and is showing their work through June. Some of the work, particularly that by Chinese artists, can be quite inflammatory and politically sensitive, definitely pushing the envelope culturally. The government always worries about subversive types and activists, who are especially dangerous when they congregate in GROUPS. Thus something like a FESTIVAL which allows many subversives to GATHER TOGETHER and to FORM NETWORKS, not to mention DISCUSS SENSITIVE TOPICS and DISPLAY SENSITIVE IMAGES as a way to DISSEMINATE REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS, is quite threatening.
Therefore, the government had a few things to say about the festival, and did a number of not-so-subtle things to attempt to delay or mar the exhibition, including sending police to threaten some of the gallery owners, delaying or denying the necessary permits and paperwork, refusing to allow overseas artwork (particularly from Japan--mortal enemy No. 1) to enter the country for the festival, and threatening to demolish sections (or even all) of the village of Caochangdi after the festival concludes.
This last is particularly worrisome as many of these artists and galleries have invested a lifetime's worth of savings into the spaces that they have developed in this wonderful, creative village of Caochangdi. If the village is ripped down as a political statement/warning to those who are outspoken, or to make way for new development as part of the government's urban planning efforts, Beijing will lose a vital piece of its contemporary culture and social voice, at least temporarily.*
Anyway, overall, the photo festival was really neat. If you are in Beijing, check it out! One particularly interesting artist who has work on exhibit there is Ken Kitano, a Japanese photographer who is exhibiting a project called Our Face. He's traveled around the world taking pictures of individuals who all belong to a similar group (race, class, profession, etc). Then, he layers the negatives one on top of another, until dozens, even hundreds, of peoples' faces lie one over the other. The effect is remarkably cohesive and striking, while also ghostlike and ethereal. I never would have guessed that we all look so much the same! It's cool-check it out!
*If you are interested in helping to protect Caochangdi by signing a petition against demolition, email me.
Recently, Caochangdi put on a major photography festival, Caochangdi PhotoSpring, in conjunction with Arles photo festival. The festival gathered artists from Asia, America, and Europe, and is showing their work through June. Some of the work, particularly that by Chinese artists, can be quite inflammatory and politically sensitive, definitely pushing the envelope culturally. The government always worries about subversive types and activists, who are especially dangerous when they congregate in GROUPS. Thus something like a FESTIVAL which allows many subversives to GATHER TOGETHER and to FORM NETWORKS, not to mention DISCUSS SENSITIVE TOPICS and DISPLAY SENSITIVE IMAGES as a way to DISSEMINATE REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS, is quite threatening.
Therefore, the government had a few things to say about the festival, and did a number of not-so-subtle things to attempt to delay or mar the exhibition, including sending police to threaten some of the gallery owners, delaying or denying the necessary permits and paperwork, refusing to allow overseas artwork (particularly from Japan--mortal enemy No. 1) to enter the country for the festival, and threatening to demolish sections (or even all) of the village of Caochangdi after the festival concludes.
This last is particularly worrisome as many of these artists and galleries have invested a lifetime's worth of savings into the spaces that they have developed in this wonderful, creative village of Caochangdi. If the village is ripped down as a political statement/warning to those who are outspoken, or to make way for new development as part of the government's urban planning efforts, Beijing will lose a vital piece of its contemporary culture and social voice, at least temporarily.*
Anyway, overall, the photo festival was really neat. If you are in Beijing, check it out! One particularly interesting artist who has work on exhibit there is Ken Kitano, a Japanese photographer who is exhibiting a project called Our Face. He's traveled around the world taking pictures of individuals who all belong to a similar group (race, class, profession, etc). Then, he layers the negatives one on top of another, until dozens, even hundreds, of peoples' faces lie one over the other. The effect is remarkably cohesive and striking, while also ghostlike and ethereal. I never would have guessed that we all look so much the same! It's cool-check it out!
*If you are interested in helping to protect Caochangdi by signing a petition against demolition, email me.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Chinglish
It never stops being funny. I mean, I guarantee this is how I sound every day when I speak Chinese, so I don't feel too bad about having a couple laughs over somebody's mangled English vocab and usage.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Shrieking Eels
Think crazy shit happens when you drink with your friends? I guarantee it's not this out of control. Scope it...if you're ready to be HORRIFIED.
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