That is a bicyclist just between the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in Beijing wearing the famous Three Wolf Moon t-shirt! Naturally I stalked the poor fellow, quickly zooming ahead of him to lie in wait with my camera, then following him to snap more photos of the poor lad. Creepy? Maybe. Ok, yes. But [...]
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Today as I scootered along, I passed a pedestrian who’s face was shockingly swollen and purple-black. The swelling was so extreme that rather than look like an abnormal face, it almost looked like the normal face of an alien from Star Trek or something. It was really almost twice the size of a normal face, both wider towards the cheeks and also considerably longer, even enlarging his lips, making the face look more like the head of a horse than of a person.
Filed under: 2009, China | Tagged: Beijing, blackened face, China, disease, shanghai, skin disease, swelling, swollen face | Leave a Comment »
HELLO from medical QUARANTINE in Shanghai! A kid on our flight had a fever, and I was sitting in a nearby row, so about sixty people or so are here at Shanghai’s Beineng hotel for the night. Tomorrow they’ll test the kid for swine flu. if he’s got the pig, we’re all here for a [...]
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“Therefore I am going to steal the filthy pelf from the corrupt officials!”
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And if you were wondering where that “wall paper delicacy museum” is located… Why it’s just around the corner from the “Nine-Head Bird Hotel”, of course!
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Really, if anyone knows what this is, please let me know. I was out walking past the third ring road of Beijing, when I saw something that made me wonder if I had entered the Twilight Zone… Any ideas? Concerns or fears? hopes? Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound very tasty… Makes me think of [...]
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Sometimes it seems that this polite compliment is given a little bit too easily. I may start to doubt the sincerity of your amazement with my skills if the praise is given too quickly!
Ah but gets more interesting…
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9/14/06 Dear X, I’m flying from Beijing to Shanghai in the morning to catch my afternoon flight to Brunei which has a bit of layover before getting me to Singapore by 1pm the next DAY! Then I’ll be eating FOOD before I even get out of the airport probably. I’m going to go straight to [...]
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9/11/06 Dear X, I was definitely changing (or rather creating) my schedule according to whims. The train from Nanjing to Xi’An was OK. But it was 15 hours long, and Ihad to drag ALL my belongings (can’t travel light now that I have no home-base city at which to leave things) up and down LONG [...]
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