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Just Another Day at a Chinese School

Oct 30, 2011 | Categories: China, Jinhua, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: Chinese students, costumes, crowds, flags, panda, photography, sports, stereotypes

See the Street Cats of Zheshida Old Neighborhood

“The Street Cats of Zheshida Old Neighborhood is a collection of feral cat portraits taken in the Zhejiang University old teachers’ dormitory neighborhood in Jinhua, China. The cats live in a similar fashion to their homeless human counterparts; mainly they survive on handouts. They spend their days digging in trash cans, eating through plastic trash bags and resting in the sun. I save the meat from most of my meals for the cats and to pay me back they pose for my camera. Despite their blackened muzzles, the cats remain dignified in their posture and behavior. They rarely fight over food or space and all (but Pushy Susan) wait patiently for the delivery of their scraps.”

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Sep 03, 2011 | Categories: China, Jinhua, Photo Essay | Tags: animals, cats, garbage, neighborhood, photography, Trash

New Project: RESOLVING CHAOS

Dear Reader,

This Ridiculous World has started a new project based site called Resolving Chaos. It has not quite grown to its full fledged glory but any feedback or suggestions would be much appreciated. We will leave This Ridiculous World as is for the time being because we feel it contains an entertaining archive of our time spent adjusting to Chinese culture. Feel free to dig around past posts and explore our new site Resolving Chaos. As always, thanks for reading, I hope you find something worthwhile.

Sincerely,

This Ridiculous World

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Jun 17, 2011 | Categories: China, Jinhua, Letters to Whomever | Tags: projects, update, we love our readers

Ideas Like Plastic Bags

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May 16, 2011 | Categories: Art and Garbage, China, digital art, Jinhua | Tags: color, digital art, Expat, ideas, plastic bags, thoughts, Trash, ubiquitous, unstoppable

Romance of the Western Chamber – a Review

An adaptation of a famous Yuan Dynasty play, the silent film Romance of the Western Chamber offers 45 minutes of jerking eastern theatrical acting, ridiculous head gear and awesome close-up clips of swords clashing. Sources tell us that the original version was nearly twice as long, but the remaining portion did not seem to need anything more. Here is the entire film in case your interest is piqued:

A scholar randomly stops at a monastery to study. There is a girl living there with her family. The scholar falls in love. Bandits come for the girl. “Whoever saves my daughter can have her hand in marriage,” says the mother. The scholar thinks hard. An idea! He sends a brave monk with a letter to a powerful general who comes and defeats the bandits. The scholar is happy and worn out. Crazy dream sequence. “Go pass your exams and my daughter is yours,” says the mother. How do you think it ends?

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May 04, 2011 | Categories: China, The Escape List | Tags: adventure, cinema, reviews, silent films