1. I have to say, truly, this is the first time i've ever seen Chinese people line up.
You can see the line wiggling up and down, and extending out of the photo. Chinese shoppers lining up for a bus? Totally rare and i was very pleasantly surprised!!
2. And this is what we get up to in our spare time.
That's right, my brother and i fight a lot. Also a lot of verbal abuse on the lines of somebody being stupid, or fat.
3. 'Deception' paints funny imagery in my head. And it's happening in my neighbourhood. I wonder what types of deception my neighbours are falling for.
Old energetic people doing some early morning taichi - out of sync
"B" stands for Chinese Bikey Gang
Took a while for these men to line up and pose - inside 'old-style street' of Shanghai
"C" stands for Chinese Christian Revival
Anymore obvious, and this shop would close down
"D" stands for Chinese Drinks Deliverer
Men who deliver these drinks usually have very very strong leg muscles, however little they may seem
"E" stands for Chinese Exotic Bird Performance
Sequence of events: (1) Customer pays bird owners money, (2) bird owners go onto the boat and order the birds to jump into the water, (3) birds look for fish in the water and come back up after 10 seconds, (4) if the birds don't come out of the water with fish, the customer gets their money back
"F" stands for Chinese Foreigner (at the Markets)
The t-shirt the 'lao wai' foreigner is wearing says: "No DVD, No Watch, No Souvenir, No Handbag, No Sunglasses, No Tattoo, No... Maybe Massage"
"G" stands for Chinese Garden Water Waster (!) Man wasting water in Fudan University - On-lookers not impressed
(Picture of the time frame - but it is too wide!) Wonder Girls - look it up Google
In this post are my top 10 handpicked 'favourites'!
A 'favourite' is not necessarily someone i hang out with, or necessarily someone i like. A 'favourite' is someone who has a certain weird/strange/funny character quality that stands out to me. So if you are in the list, it doesn't mean that i like you =] (!!).
Anyway...
For each person, i will use a few descriptive words to describe them.
Take a look.
1. Zaya - Mongolian, aged 21 Tags: Hugely good at dancing, cute expressions, one of those girls i just want to take photos of
3. Clara (Claz) - Australian, aged 22 Tags: Energetic, bouncy, moves and stands funnily sometimes
Looks like a bird!
4. Mika - Finnish, aged 24+ Tags: Simple and innocent, makes funny actions The below is a sequence of photos showing a tired Mika trying to sleep on a long public transport journey. But it was hard. Hohoho.
(what the!) ??
5. Ryu Ei - Japanese, aged 23 Tags: Tremendously shameless and pure laugh, finds more things funny than the average person
6. Michael - Chinese, aged 20 Tags: Big big smile, bounces up and down when he sings, doesn't mind people touching him (great quality)
7. Claire - Korean, aged 26 Tags: Genuine and 天真, cute small actions, has an American/Chinese/Korean English accent which is very imitation worthy, totally ignores guys who like her (good quality), my cell group leader
Small feet
8. Mark Cai (阿蔡) - American, aged 23 Tags: Says random things, witted humour, unconformed perspective of life
9. Xiu Yan (Soo Yeon) - Korean, aged 22 Tags: Cute, cute small actions, shy, 天真, the one who took up the biggest percentage of my camera memory
10. Geoff - Australian, aged 22 (the guy on the very right) Tags: Hilarious Chinese, fair conduct, very sociable
For one of our final exams for a subject taught in English, a student asked the Chinese teacher whether it is an open book exam or a closed book exam. And the Chinese teacher replied in English: "Even if it was open book, do you have a book to open?" (Since people prefer to use money on things other than books =])
Hong Kong's Hillsong band from Hong Kong City Church visited our Church in Shanghai. As they played the song 'Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?', i noted the significance of the meaning of the lyrics sung in this particular song. That it is time for the Chinese underground Church to open up the doors and let the music play, and not be afraid of the authorities because the Church of Jesus Christ is a Church that carries power.
Here is a letter to my mum to summarize my overall experience of Shanghai:
Hi Mum,
Number of girls slept with in China: Zero. I think that 花花世界 is not in the city.
You can see the line wiggling up and down, and extending out of the photo. Chinese shoppers lining up for a bus? Totally rare and i was very pleasantly surprised!!
Man dances shamelessly in mall walkway
Old energetic people doing some early morning taichi - out of sync
Took a while for these men to line up and pose - inside 'old-style street' of Shanghai
Anymore obvious, and this shop would close down
Men who deliver these drinks usually have very very strong leg muscles, however little they may seem
Sequence of events: (1) Customer pays bird owners money, (2) bird owners go onto the boat and order the birds to jump into the water, (3) birds look for fish in the water and come back up after 10 seconds, (4) if the birds don't come out of the water with fish, the customer gets their money back
The t-shirt the 'lao wai' foreigner is wearing says: "No DVD, No Watch, No Souvenir, No Handbag, No Sunglasses, No Tattoo, No... Maybe Massage"
Man wasting water in Fudan University - On-lookers not impressed
(Picture of the time frame - but it is too wide!) Wonder Girls - look it up Google
Like a little kid
Looks like a bird!
(what the!) ??
Small feet
