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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Urban
I can’t believe it has taken me this long to get around to going to the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center. Well, as part of Random Museum Day, I finally did. The jewel in this museum’s crown is a huge … Continue reading
Thirties
In the tunnels connecting the subway stations under People’s Square, there’s this weird tunnel that’s decked out to look like Shanghai in the 1930s.
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Thwarted IV
After multiple attempts, the kung fu supply store was finally open! Turns out it was a single, tiny room full of tassels and kung fu school uniforms. Utterly underwhelming.
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Law
Today is my last goof off day before moving back to America from Shanghai, so today is Random Museum Day! When I was living in Xintiandi, I’d always pass this weird museum when I’d take a taxi in to work. … Continue reading
Unicorn II
I didn’t think I’d see another one before I left Shanghai, but I did! A five star taxi driver! And it was a woman!
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Forehead
I’m feeling old. Or, more precisely, I feel younger than the age I actually am and the body I now somehow inhabit. When Gene Hackman was around the age I am now, he was in The French Connection. When Bill … Continue reading
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Ignore
My seat’s flexible reading light on the train from Hangzhou back to Shanghai looked like an alien. Reminded me of this.
Ambush
Some public places in China have an “English Corner” where people come to practice their English skills. I inadvertently stumbled on Hangzhou’s English Corner. I was ambushed by a dozen Hangzhou residents who wanted to talk. Don’t want to get … Continue reading
Lazy
Having hiked up and over the hill to the Yellow Dragon Cave, I discovered that the northern approach was a simple, tree-lined path from the road. All that exercise just to get fat shamed by this sign. Joke’s on them, … Continue reading
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Matchmaking
黄龙洞 (Huánglóng Dòng meaning “Yellow Dragon Cave”) was quiet, peaceful, and the highlight of my trip to Hangzhou. Beauty. Serenity. However, my serenity was (briefly) interrupted. I sat in a pavilion overlooking this path and watched for forty minutes as … Continue reading
Crossroads
Eventually, everyone comes to a crossroads. Do you go down to the Yellow Dragon Cave? Or up the Heavenly Stairs? Turn to the Golden Drum Cave or turn to the Tiger Cave? Or use the restroom.
Cosmogony
If Chinese cosmogony is anything like Narnian cosmogony — and, honestly, why wouldn’t it be? — I assume that when Aslan (or a culturally-specific transposition) sang this land into being, a chunk of lens or something sank into the young … Continue reading