Archive for August, 2008

Day 133: I hate my bathroom

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK! MY BATHROOM WREAKS! I don’t even know what that smell is! It used to be just shit, but now it’s like shit plus piss, jizz, barf and roadkill all blended into vapor that has spread into my entire apartment.

It’s definitely from the bathroom because the smell is 10 times stronger in there. I can’t stay there for too long because I feel like the odor would get attached to my hair and my clothes, and stay in my lungs. In fact I DO feel it in my lungs, and my throat, but I don’t know if I’m just imagining.

For the record, my bathroom is totally clean! An ayi comes once a week and she does a fantastic job. I don’t make a mess either. I’m definitely getting some kind of spray tomorrow, though it won’t help much.

I’ve notified the guy I’m supposed to notify and I think he said he’ll look into it the next time he’s in my area. When the hell is that gonna be.

I’m gonna start brushing my teeth in the kitchen, with a brand new toothbrush. I should evacuate the towel too.

Day 132: Tianzifang

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Walked around Tianzifang yesterday with a few people. Let’s see if I can remember everyone’s names… Jady, Jenn, Aviva, Harman, Khalid, Bonnie. (Bosephone didn’t come because her other friends were more important than us.) Later that night we watched the Olympics Closing Ceremony at Zapata’s. Boring as hell, but congrats to China for the 51 gold medals. Anyway, photos of Tianzifang below.

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Day 131: C’s again

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Went to C’s again Friday night. Met some people from USA’s East Coast. Apparently they know sign language.

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Day 129: My desk at work

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Above is a pic of my coworker Yu Zhen, aka Zack. He’s behind the iMac.

Day 124: C’s Pub last Friday

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Friday night a group of us went to a really shitty looking but cute bar called C’s Pub. You can scrawl whatever you want on the walls there (and many have already drawn the obligatory penis). Unbelievably cheap drinks. Thanks Jady for inviting everyone!

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Girl lip-synced another girl’s voice

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Yang Peiyu and Lin Miaoke

So there’s this controversy about how the little girl (Lin Miaoke) who lip-synced at the Olympics Opening Ceremony was actually lip-syncing to another little girl’s voice (Yang Peiyu). (Details here.) Personally I don’t see anything wrong with that.

One girl is more photogenic than the other. It’s not a mean thing to say. If we call one of them ugly, then yeah that’s mean and totally wrong considering how they’re children, but that’s exactly what people are doing by making this a big deal.

Look at them. Both of them are adorable, but Lin Miaoke looks better in front of cameras so she’s in the show. I haven’t heard Lin Miaoke sing, but Yang Peiyu probably does a better job and therefore her voice is in the show. Keyword: show.

The organizers took the best elements of the two girls and put them in the show. It’s as simple as that. If people are going to criticize that, they might as well criticize the entire Olympics for being unfair and not awarding everybody Gold medals!

Day 118: Bitching

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Wanglaoji is badass for putting random cheerleaders in my area for people to gawk at. Thank you, Wanglaoji! Anyway, on to unrelated complaints.

  1. The connection to my web server is still awful. I’ve reverted the photography page back to the way it was. The connection’s too poor to work on it.
  2. My bathroom has been smelling like a Beijing hutong public restroom. The smell comes and goes, but it sucks. I always flush, and my aim is just fine, so it’s not me.
  3. Lately it’s been impossible to maintain a comfortable water temperature for showering. I keep having to rinse myself in the few seconds before it gets too hot or too cold.
  4. I have 100 RMB banknotes stashed at my place, and so far I’ve come across two fake ones. These came from the fucking bank!!! I’ve lost $30 USD because the bank gave me fake money.
  5. I’ve been doing sit-ups, but I still have love handles! I may have to start jogging in this muggy Shanghai weather.

I miss California.

Day 117: Olympics Opening at MAO

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Watched the Opening Ceremony in Shanghai at a small club called MAO.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics opening on August 8 was pretty awesome. Zhang Yimou did a fantastic job. I watched it at a small club called MAO with some locals and fellow laowais. It was great until my exhausting three-hour journey back to where I live.

Yes, three fucking hours, because I waited for the metro to open since I was too cheap to take a taxi which would have cost me over 100 RMB because I live so goddam far and mother told me to save money but I slept through my stop and had to turn around and fuck it I’m taking a taxi next time.

But anyway, here are some pics from Friday night through Saturday morning.

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Day 115: Beijing Olympics begins

Friday, August 8th, 2008
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Olympic condom rings

The 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony begins in about 4 hours, at 8:08 PM. Let the harmonious mayhem begin!

In other news, access to my host server is still unbelievably slow from here. I assume it’ll go back to normal in a couple weeks when the Games is over.

Day 112: Slooooow connection

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008


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I’ve disabled the photography link because I’m redoing the photography section, but the connection to my host server has been so slow these past several days that I haven’t been able to make any progress. I wanna kill some Fuwas.