That’s right. We reused that photo. As the loud and insightful Mary Poppin’s character put it, “We does what we like and likes what we do.” Chimneychew-roo. The Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Ikea opened at the end of August and has been packed with modern trend and comfort seekers ever since. Customers arriving by a mixture [...]
Oct 15, 2008 | Categories: China, Nanjing, When in China | Tags: chinese capitalism, consumerism, IKEA, Jiangsu, social commentary | 3 Comments »
Actually, that should say: Clap your hands, show your belly and Yell. EEEEeeww. That’s right, eeew as in gross because deodorant is virtually unknown and mid-section modesty is non-existent. This is not just a lao wai passing judgement, this is a lao wai passing on a pertinent warning. Take this man: shirt rolled up passed [...]
Jul 31, 2008 | Categories: Beijing, China, When in China | Tags: Beijing, belly, clapping, forbidden city, grilz, prosticutters, staying cool | 1 Comment »
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Jun 25, 2008 | Categories: China, When in China, Yichang | Tags: Chinese people sleeping, Expat, funny places to sleep, Ridiculous, sleeping, sleeping at school, sleeping at work, sleeping in vehicles | 5 Comments »
A quick gander at the above picture will set the scene and circumstance: a well-dressed man is vending inflatable rat hammers in what appears to be pleasant public space, shaded by full trees, with an expensive car parked on the street, and several passersby. But closer examination reveals that the picture is not so unexceptional [...]
Jun 01, 2008 | Categories: China, When in China, Yichang | Tags: Balloons, Expat, hygiene, Ridiculous, sanitation, spitting | Leave A Comment »
While it is well documented that Chinese people tend to gape at foreigners, it is unfair to leave it at that – they stare indiscriminately at everyone and everything (we once witnessed an entire street of people, ourselves included, gawking bewilderedly at a Chinese man in short, pastel shorts). As you can see, wherever there [...]
May 20, 2008 | Categories: China, When in China, Yichang | Tags: Chinese, chinese people staring, Construction, Expat, Ridiculous, Western education, western manners | Leave A Comment »
Write it off as a side-effect of decades of isolation? Preposterous! The International Herald Tribune’s Vivian Toy, a Chinese American, recently published this article about her experience visiting China with her children who are half-white half-Chinese. Toy’s scattered story of a defensive American mother reacting to Chinese people being Chinese also offers short notes on [...]
May 04, 2008 | Categories: China, When in China | Tags: Being Different in the Peoples Republic of China, Chinese, different, Expat, gawking, International Herald Tribune, Ridiculous, staring, teach in China | Leave A Comment »
When in China… Carry Everything on Your Bike
Apr 04, 2009 | Categories: China, When in China | Tags: bicycles, bikes, carrying crazy things, Humor, methods of transport, Motorcycles, ridiculous chinese people, social commentary | Leave A Comment »