Apr 30, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, What Are Sidewalks For | Tags: animal parts, Chinese vendors, claws, Humor, knives, sidewalks, skulls, social commentary | Leave A Comment »
This handsome structure is a classic – even the grime coating the exterior is original. While it may not scream luxury or social prominence, this architectural ode to grayness allows its many residents the comfort of knowing they are living in a building erected at the absolute lowest cost possible – no frills, no silly [...]
Apr 29, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Prime Real Estate | Tags: apartment, buildings, chinese homes, housing, Humor, property, real estate, social commentary | Leave A Comment »
As you fine, intelligent people are all aware, for millennia the land of the Great Wall, Gunpowder and The Floating Hat has been miles ahead of the competition. Now folks, don’t panic! but kindly lift your chin upwards from the folds of your neck – I’d advise you keep your mouth from gaping as the [...]
Apr 28, 2009 | Categories: China, Modern Wonders of the World, Nanjing | Tags: chinese air, Humor, miracle, nonsense, Pollution, Ridiculous, social commentary | Leave A Comment »
Hey, it looks just like me! Have you ever wanted a view of the real China? Are you the sort of tourist who loves to dive into the heart of a place and see how it ticks, warts and all? You’re in luck. Inside Communist China’s new Living Museums, otherwise known as human zoos, the [...]
Apr 27, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, This Ridiculous World Guide | Tags: chinese people, human beings, Humor, park, sleeping people, social commentary, workers, Zoo | Leave A Comment »
Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 64 There is a new stench in the monkey house. In addition to the usual miasma of scattered manure and stale ejaculations that your primordial brethren so love to assault your intruding nasal passages with lay heaps of molding unconsumed Chinese food morsels, at once proving the ape’s superior [...]
Apr 25, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: breaking the rules, Humor, monkeys, ridiculous chinese people, social commentary, teaching your kids to be idiots, tormenting animals, Zoo | 1 Comment »
Mobility! Nature! Simplicity! Here one of the great ironies of modern life presents itself in full – by opting against a central location, the endless conveniences of a civilized city, and the benefits of living elbow to elbow in a thirty-floor cement block, you may actually be able to find peace, quiet, and space in [...]
Apr 20, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Prime Real Estate | Tags: chinese city, Humor, nature, peace, property, quiet, real estate, simplicity, social commentary, space, xinjiang, yurt | Leave A Comment »
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Apr 01, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, What We Could Sell if Only We Owned a Tricycle | Tags: crappy dishes, dishware, Humor, lead paint, social commentary, street vendors, tableware, things to eat on | Leave A Comment »
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Mar 30, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily | Tags: Alleys, Chinese Food, Clams, Gross, Humor, Oysters, Seafood, Shellfish, social commentary | Leave A Comment »
Nanjing, CHINA – There is a new odor floating around the streets of China as of late, causing more puckered noses and headaches: paint. Groups of young patriots have taken it upon themselves to increase the Redness of their nominally Communist country – in quite a literal sense. Aside from hanging the national flag and [...]
Mar 26, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, NEWS FLASH | Tags: communism, Nationalism, paint, patriotism, red, social commentary | 2 Comments »
This property aims to dissolve the border between Civilization and Nature, to open the possibility for a more harmonious, organic life. The load-bearing tree’s canopy combines with fabricated materials to create shelter in a most ‘original’ sense, and an inviting open-air patio lures inhabitants in like the suggestive mouth of a cave. Always changing, it [...]
Mar 24, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Prime Real Estate | Tags: architecture, chinese homes, Humor, multiple generations, nature, property, social commentary, tree in house | Leave A Comment »
“Never before in my life have I seen something so ridiculous as a little shit dog in 4 carefully laced up and double knotted high tops.” That’s what I said last week when I saw my first baby-shoe sporting pooch. Later in the week, not a half block from the first sighting, we spotted the [...]
Mar 22, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Very Fashion China | Tags: chinese dogs, dog shoes, Dogs, Fashion, Humor, Poop on Sidewalk, social commentary, timberlands | 5 Comments »
Nanjing, CHINA – The two story meat, veggie and instant noodle mart near our house has always been special with its escalator and “LEG WATCH CARE!” sign. Now it is even better. With the advertised additions of a pool, greased dance floor, and X-treme freestyle cart ramp, Suguo may finally reach that previously unattainable 12-60 [...]
Mar 18, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, NEWS FLASH | Tags: dance floors, grocery store, Humor, old Chinese men, signs in english, Supermarket, swimming pool | 1 Comment »
Offering the same views as the pricey new apartments across the way, this rooftop abode includes an expansive terrace overlooking Zhong Shan Road, the perfect spot for a barbecue or sweeping your garbage onto pedestrians’ heads. If your children fail the entrance examination to the adjoining high school, they can always climb through the bathroom [...]
Mar 17, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Prime Real Estate | Tags: chinese homes, Humor, rooftop property, social commentary, terrace | 1 Comment »
How to Properly Cross the Street: A Lesson In Efficiency Follow these 5 easy steps: 1. Walk slowly, never fully stopping, for if you interrupt your flow the way will be lost. 2. Look neither left nor right. 3. Ignore all vehicles, especially large ones. The acknowledgment of their existence means acknowledging their superiority. 4. [...]
Mar 14, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Videos | Tags: chinese street, death defying street crossing, Humor, instructional video, safety, social commentary | Leave A Comment »
Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 60 See that mark? That carefully printed red symbol on the far right that looks similar to the tattoos American teenagers like to have injected permanently into their skin? Unlike those, this is not a sign of innocence. This is the chai, indicating the approach of doom. The mark [...]
Mar 13, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: Anthropology, butcher, change, Chinese neighborhood, destruction, Progress, tofu man, vendors | 2 Comments »
It is a stigma China may never shake. Today it is the source of many unfair prejudices and a great number of jokes; the internet’s tubes are filthy with inflamed diatribes, dog-friendly campaigns and slogans, and reports of official attempts to curb the ancient custom of canine consumption. Coming to China on the proverbial eve [...]
Mar 08, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Vietnam | Tags: Chinese Food, dog meat, Dogs, Eating Dogs, gou rou, things chinese people do to their dog, ugly lap dogs | 1 Comment »
This property proves that privacy is no more than bourgeois decadence. In place of four walls, the living room of this home enjoys all the benefits of openness – natural breezes in place of sterile air conditioning, the red sun instead of pricey fluorescents, and panoramic views. There is also plenty to foster the children’s [...]
Mar 07, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Prime Real Estate | Tags: homes, housing, property, real estate, walls | Leave A Comment »
Nanjing, CHINA – A recent series of public posters hopes to bolster the average Chinese person’s understanding of foreign emotions through the study of common facial expressions. The posters, which are a project of a local magazine, display eight “faces,” each meant to represent a particular feeling, attitude, or intention, all of which have been [...]
Mar 03, 2009 | Categories: America, China, Nanjing, NEWS FLASH | Tags: Foreigners in China, George Bush, Humor, public service posters, understanding laowai | 1 Comment »
No Quiet on the Eastern Front Not long ago I experienced a profound realization. I was leaning from our office window at the time, one hand supporting my body by grasping the swinging metal bars, while with the other I launched an aerial assault upon a pair of wailing cats perched on the patchwork roof [...]
Mar 01, 2009 | Categories: China, Crimes Against Posterity, Nanjing | Tags: cacophony, chinese construction, din, going insane, Humor, Noise, War | Leave A Comment »
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May 08, 2009 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Signs of Thought | Tags: bad translation to english, English signage in China, Expat, Humor, social commentary, xinjiang | Leave A Comment »