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 [...]
Filed under: 2010, Beijing, China, travel | Tagged: Beijing, China, internet meme, three wolf moon, tiananmen | 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 [...]
Filed under: 2009, China, travel | Tagged: baineng, bunny suit, China, H1N1, quarantine, shanghai, swine flu | 2 Comments »
“Therefore I am going to steal the filthy pelf from the corrupt officials!”
Filed under: Beijing, China, travel | Tagged: beijing opera, chinglish, corrupt officials, filthy pelf, lucre, pelf, translation | Leave a Comment »
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!
Filed under: Beijing, China, travel | Tagged: Beijing, Brendan Newlon, China, funny, nine-head bird, sign | Leave a Comment »
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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My problem was unfortunately pretty simple. The officer in front of me was holding my US passport in his hand, and a conspicuously absent entry visa served as clear proof that I had entered the country illegally. And now, the man with the badge, uniform, and authority to imprison me wanted to find out how, where, and why I had gotten into his country without the Immigration Department’s knowledge.
The why part of it was the easiest….
I had come for a party.
Filed under: Malaysia, travel | Tagged: Brendan Newlon, customs, Malaysia, party, singapore, smuggling, travel | 2 Comments »
06/20/07 Dear X, Today we went to this mountain called the Batu Caves, which just sticks up like a bucket out of flat land, and you go up a couple of hundred steps to the top, where there are monkeys and an enormous cavern with Hindu temples and shrines inside. After exploring the main area [...]
Filed under: 2007, Malaysia, travel | Tagged: 2007, batu caves, Brendan Newlon, food, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, travel, waterfall | 3 Comments »
06/19/07 Dear X, I’m in Kuala Lumpur with F, who just got better from having a fever for a couple days. We’re just watching movies and I’m entertaining his two youngest sisters most of the time. I can actually lift the littlest one up in the air with just my feet! Or one hand. She’s [...]
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