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Archive for November 2009

Turkey Day

In Day-To-Day on 27 November 2009 tagged pies, thanksgiving, turkey with

It was a good Thanksgiving (感恩节). Seven homemade pies, turkey, stuffing, friends, family. It was a good Thanksgiving.

Penguins Are Great

In Photography on 23 November 2009 tagged david burdeny, icebergs, penguin, Photography with

They just are. This picture by David Burdeny reminded me of that fact. He also has a brilliant gallery of icebergs. If you’ve seen March Of The Penguins, then you know what I’m talking about, not to mention I wear all their clothes. But my fascination with them started when I was a kid. I [...]

Chinese Weddings

In Day-To-Day on 20 November 2009 tagged China, chinese, wedding with

Congrats to Yue and Sun on their marriage! Dude, what an event. It was definitely a different experience than America. Not to say it was bad because it wasn’t at all, just different. Here were some clear differences I experienced between a Chinese wedding and an American wedding. Things are last minute…BUT it’s all good. [...]

Prank War 8

In LOL on 13 November 2009 tagged amir, collegehumor, prank war, pranks, streeter with

I’ve been watching these guys prank each other since day 1, and it’s just crazy how much they have stepped up their game. I still think the Yankees Prank was the best, but here’s the latest one. Here are the rest. Both of these guys work at College Humor and they also put out little [...]

A White November

In Day-To-Day on 2 November 2009 tagged beijing, fight, snow, weather modification with

To usher in the month of November, China’s Weather Modification Office provided us with snow. Stepping out from our apartment. The local news wrote: “Beijing Weather Modification Office said they had used artificial means to increase the snow to ease the lingering drought. ‘We wont miss any opportunity of artificial precipitation since Beijing is suffering [...]

Jason & Grace’s Engagement

In Photography on 1 November 2009 tagged 798, art district, beijing, China, engagement with

A couple of friends of mine are getting hitched, and asked me to take some photos for them. We decided to go to the 798 Art District here in Beijing, which I really enjoyed before. I like this place because it’s so “industrial”. A lot of pipes, rusting metal, concrete, steam, basically it has a [...]