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Abnormally Ugly Buildings in Guangzhou #4

November 24th, 2009 at 11:39 am

I don’t know what to say. I was involved in an event that did fundraising for an children’s hospital organisation housed in this building. Maybe they decided to save cash. The child’s mind in most uninhibited.

Bucking the Trend: Singaporean applies for Chinese PR

October 25th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

wow, my post got picked up and “content referenced” in a ZaoBao article
新加坡人申请中国永久居留资格
中国绿卡吃香？

would’ve been great if they had cited the reference source though

Bucking the Trend: Singaporean applies for Chinese PR

September 15th, 2009 at 7:56 pm

@me yes I think all lao wais (americants, japanese, singaporeans, jamaicans, aliens) should be able to apply as long as you satisfy the rough criterion described in the blog post

Bucking the Trend: Singaporean applies for Chinese PR

September 8th, 2009 at 11:14 am

@Edward
I know, but everyone recognises them as spam so it’s ok. It’s actually negative publicity they are doing for themselves in such a scenario. quite typical in china

Bucking the Trend: Singaporean applies for Chinese PR

September 3rd, 2009 at 5:12 pm

@Carol KTV song - just for fun, since Singaporeans here like to go PartyWorld KTV. I bought the bill - all interview subjects will be treated to lunch/dinner for free. Next topic I am planning is “Taiwanese in China. Suffering? or Enjoying?”

Abnormally Ugly Buildings in Guangzhou #1

August 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 am

the rent is rmb 1800 for a studio flat (2 stories) so it’s not all that bad

sometimes u have german neighbours with a ton of beer and leave you with that ton when they decide to move to another abnormally ugly building somewhere else in gz

Overheard in Guangzhou #1

August 3rd, 2009 at 11:26 am

@Erni, i figured most of our readers would not be on Twitter, so that thing is not up. but u can always just find my page and retweet me : )

9 Kinds of People You Meet in a Chinese Fitness Club

July 31st, 2009 at 2:12 pm

@Jay you custard. you changed your about us page pic without telling me!
i thought we had an agreement!

never teach pianists how to use wordpress.
u never know when they’ll switch keys

Maybe Jackie Chan was right about Chinese needing to be controlled

July 15th, 2009 at 8:06 pm

Jason, you’re a nice thinking young man, with great aspirations, that I’ve met. My article isolates Social Media and recent events in Xinjiang, to examine under a microscope.
It explains how Social Media can spread and blow up angry messages, resulting in many many angry people who didn’t really think, but just reacted and became angry, and told their friends who became more angry, so it needs some control. This is not just in China but also in other Asian and Western countries. Politics is not about governing smart, rational, calm, and peace-loving, friendly people. It’s making sure smart and dumb people can live peacefully together.

Maybe Jackie Chan was right about Chinese needing to be controlled

July 13th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

Thanks Sarah, great to hear from you as always. And also as always (or sometimes), we agree to disagree and leave it.

One day, when we’re old with our families and grandchildren and not a care in the world, we’ll meet and thrash out our political differences and stab each other with chopsticks but fail to silence the other because the mind is willing but flesh is weak.

I mentioned before that I won’t be a politician because there’s already too much dirt people can find on me online.

Maybe Jackie Chan was right about Chinese needing to be controlled

July 10th, 2009 at 9:51 am

@Len You got it. That’s what this post is all about - Chinese (Social Media) needs some level of control and censorship.

It wasn’t just about the one person with the false report, but all the people online who received the message, reacted, and forwarded it to more who reacted and forwarded in bigger waves. Social Media technology enabled these waves of reactions to exponentiate.

Also, let me try to speak for Sarah. I believe she was talking about Chinese Rock. Rock is an active expression of certain inner emotions and desires not effectively present in other forms of music. I believe you joked somewhere else to a particular concert pianist that real men do not play the piano. :p

For years all China had was Cui Jian and then the guy who grew bald singing the song about being a little bird who wants to fly high and away. For a People with such rich history and culture, there should have been more local rock music back then, and Chinese rock music would have progressed on to the world stage by now.

Maybe Jackie Chan was right about Chinese needing to be controlled

July 9th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

@jonimo, Arnie is all about being Fantastic.

“We have to make sure everyone in California has a great job. A fantastic job!”

More Arnie quotes here: http://bit.ly/fadoS

@gregorylent
Please feel totally at ease for taking it :)
I also came up with micro-processing after micro-reading but decided to self-censor. you can take that too. The problem is that after micro-reading and micro-processing some people have major-reactions

@Bonjour Thomas
Merci beaucoup. Yes, each media has their own agenda and it is unfortunate that China’s negative PR from historical events still affects media and audience intepretation of current events. I’m not saying that it’s actually all positive, but that media coverage can be slightly more in-depth. But I’d say the 2 twitterers I recommended, @malcolmmoore and @melissachan are do great coverage. By the way, you can still access http://www.twitzap.com, it works :)

@Sarah
Yes I agree, but it takes time to cultivate another generation. Singapore’s starting to do that too in recent years, encouraging creatitivy, discussion and debate in school. But I think China’s a totally different game, with such deep and recently complicated history, and foreign affairs. It’s a very delicate operation to slowly let loose the flow of information.

Wanted: 4 or 5 Westerners to Sit Around and Drink for Free

July 8th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

@Carol, we were waiting for your comment before we put up the next post.
Every post is not complete without your input

RMB 368 ($53) website development in Guangzhou

July 7th, 2009 at 1:08 pm

haha Ryan, Thanks for your comment.
You’d be a really cool client if we weren’t already kinda in the same business

Wanted: 4 or 5 Westerners to Sit Around and Drink for Free

July 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 am

Thanks guys. By the look of your email addresses and names, I think most of you qualify.

Bar contact is available upon request.

Exploding Pissing Beef Balls at Guangzhou ShangXiaJiu

June 25th, 2009 at 12:26 am

@jojoarez, yes. haha, 13 years. thanks for the correction. you are old and wise ;p

How Guangzhouer came to be

June 22nd, 2009 at 11:21 pm

Dear Richard,

(i) Thank you.
(ii) As you can see, I’m more formal with things.
(iii) Mike needs to shift to another blog engine/domain. Blogspot is under GFW and is a little user-unfriendly hence.
(iv) Niiicee..I like….how much?
(v) Next time you’re here, click the Facebook Connect thingy

Gong Hei Lei,
Junde

An anecdotal look at the PRD* economy

June 20th, 2009 at 10:50 am

@Jay Of course! What do I pay you for??!!? Charming MMs?

How Guangzhouer came to be

June 20th, 2009 at 2:50 am

Hey everyone,

Facebook-Connect has been enabled.

All facebook users can Click the blue “Facebook Connect” button on the top right, and then you will be able to submit comments and your Facebook name and Facebook photo will be automatically loaded.

I think it’s quite cool. haha..