D.D.’s Kodak Moments – It’s An Alice In Wonderland World # 2
February 15, 2011 2 Comments
Night Cruising The Pearl River In Guangzhou , China
February 14, 2011 5 Comments
Dear Friends :
If you ever bring your significant other to Guangzhou make sure you take him / her on a very romantic Pearl River Night Cruise. Cam promises you that if you do , either before or after a nice dinner at The Railroad on Shamian Island you’ll get lucky. Make sure and wear a raincoat. When you get lucky I mean. D.D. supports safe sex. Have fun and enjoy your cruise — BOTH of them.
Hu Ho Qi And The Guangzhou Gangsters Rock Shamian Island
February 13, 2011 1 Comment
Dear Readers :
Hu Ho Qi gave an impromptu outdoor concert on Shamian Island today. Once the word spread that Hu was rockin’ the joint pandemonium broke loose. CNBC’ correspondent C.C. Corder who just happened to be on vacation on Shamian Island ran and got her camcorder so she could bring you LIVE footage. You’ll see this ONLY on CNBC.
Enjoy the videos
Singing For Your Supper Guangzhou Style On The Pearl River
February 13, 2011 Leave a comment
D.D.Lumix’s China Travel Blog
Singing For Your Supper Guangzhou Style { # 1 }
By D.D. Lumix With A Little Help From Her ” Owner ” Spaced Teacher
This is C.C. speaking. Recently S.T. , D.D. Fred and I went exploring in The Eastern Section of the city. As usual D.D. was futtzzing with her shutter priority , S.T. was looking at the pretty girls and Fred was trying to mooch a meal as best he could. I however was as usual taking care of business. Check out what I captured on The Pearl River Esplanade near Dongshanhu Park.
I hope you enjoy them
Making A Joyful Noise At The Guangzhou Shifu Baptist
February 12, 2011 2 Comments
Dear Readers :
When He said “ Make a joyful noise ” this Congregation was certainly listening.
These are videos of The Guangzhou Shifu Baptist Church Choir. We hope you enjoy them.
Old Man River
February 12, 2011 12 Comments
Dear Readers :
Thanks to the kindhearted nature and Christian attitude of one of our readers CNBC is now able to place our own original video directly in our posts. There will be no more re-directing to another site to view our videos. If the truth be told this benevolent person for reasons that are a complete mystery to me is addicted to my writing , photography and videography. Shhh !! There is no reason to mention anything about her addiction to her. Addiction is such an UGLY word. Let’s just indulge her and call it as she does ” one of life’s little pleasures. “ That doesn’t hurt anybody does it? Below is our first video. I have titled it ” Old Man River”. It’s a video of Dongshanhu Park in the Eastern Section of Guangzhou , China and focusing on The Pearl River. We hope you enjoy it.
Paul
It’s A Disney World Guangzhou , China Style
February 11, 2011 2 Comments
Dear Readers :
The slide show below is of a little neighborhood park near my hotel. The Chinese have an incredible sense of the Disney aspects of life.
We hope you enjoy the photos.
If You Go Carrying Pictures Of Chairman Mao # 3
February 10, 2011 9 Comments
Spaced Teacher’s Adventures In The Middle Cosmos – China
If You Go Carrying Pictures Of Chairman Mao # 3
By Spaced Teacher
I’m certain that most of you have figured out by now that these articles entitled ” If You Go Carrying Pictures Of Chairman Mao ” #’s 1 , 2 , and 3 are my way of explaining to you all why I don’t think China will ever rule the world in spite of the current political / economic orthodoxy spewed by The Higher Minds of The Western World which can’t sing China’s praises loudly enough or long enough. RELAX guys it isn’t going to happen.
The reason China will never rule the world are rooted in a few basic aspects of the Chinese culture and mentality.
1. The vast majority of the Chinese people suffer from fecal occulus. That is known as shitty outlook for you lay people. The vast majority of the Chinese people have an absolutely shitty attitude about life in general and business in particular.
2. The education system. The Chinese education system is based upon rote learning. The ONLY thing that is important in China is to pass the test. To do that you need to know the answers. You do NOT need to know how or why something came to be the way it is. The details are unimportant. Creative thinking and critical analysis are discouraged to the point that if you persist in exercising those traits and you annoy the wrong person by doing so you may find yourself in very serious trouble. Chinese people believe that they can never be more than a slave on Chairman Mao’s Plantation.The think the highest aspiration they can have is to be a ” House Slave “.
Now imagine the Chinese mind fuck they endure when they get a crazy ass American teacher that DEMANDS these things from them? LoL I LOVE my job. If torturing Chinese students were an Olympic Sport I’d win the Gold Medal every time. lol I can only dream
3. Political corruption. I’m sure this doesn’t surprise any of you. EVERYBODY knows that when there is only one game in town then you can bet the house that the game will be rigged. Corruption is rampant throughout the Chinese system. I realize that it’s corrupt in the American system also but the difference is American politicians are smart enough to leave the populace just barely enough to survive but the Chinese politicians will take EVERYTHING if they so choose. Who ya gonna call Commie Busters?
I’ll now give you a couple of examples of these phenomena which I’ve been dealing with this week. As follows below.
Strange things have an uncanny way of happening at the most inopportune times in China. My cell phone ran out of time on Chinese New Years Day. Now as I’ve explained to you in previous chapters China comes to a standstill during New Years and Spring Festival.
So here I am in a Chinese city on vacation alone and without a phone because the cell phone company is CLOSED for The New Years Celebration and NOBODY knows for how long. In China the cell phone companies are owned by the government so apparently they can do whatever the Hell they damn well please and are NOT obligated to inform anybody of their plans. Now correct me if I’m wrong but when China came into the W.T.O. weren’t they supposed to open up ALL their markets to foreign competition? Wasn’t the government supposed to get out of ALL of their previously owned State Owned Enterprise? And here we are 20 something years later and it STILL hasn’t happened. And here I am in a foreign city by myself unable to get cell phone service because nobody can tell me how to solve the problem? Worse yet nobody gives a damn about my problem. Can any of you imagine a Western cell phone company with such abysmal business practices?
These ideas and practice of the Chinese are rooted in ancient thought and STILL pervade their society 5,000 years into it now. This particular one is rooted in the concept that ” Nothing Or Nobody In All Of China May Move Faster Than The Napping Panda Of Sichuan ” How nice it would be if somebody would drive a stake through the heart of this ancient philosophy and for once and all kill the beast and then drag China and the Chinese people into the 21 st Century kicking and screaming if necessary. There is a saying in China that states ” The ox is slow but the Earth is patient ” I think the world is beginning to run out of patience with China. What do you think?
Earlier this week I wanted to send a gift for a friend home to America and since there was no particular rush and it’s cheaper I decided to use the Chinese post office. HUGE mistake on my part. Trust me friend if you ever come to China you’ll want to avoid ALL contact with Chinese Civil Servants. Now I’m sure you think it’s horrendous in America and it is but American Civil Servants can’t even begin to compare to their Chinese compatriots in the Chinese Government in the stupidity and laziness departments. This is what I was told. ” Well sir due to the fact that it’s Chinese New Year and due to the fact that the Asian Games which took place in Guangzhou just concluded we can’t guarantee that your package will get to it’s destination.” Did you understand that clearly? It was not that they couldn’t guarantee that it would get there on time but rather that they couldn’t guarantee that it would get there AT ALL !! Your Civil Servants at work for you. lol Now I’ve been in China long enough to know what he was really saying to me. He just didn’t FEEL like doing the necessary work required and he was pissed that I was sending it the cheapest way possible.Now keep in mind that this gentlemen is a Civil Servant. His dreams and aspirations have come true. He is a ” House Slave “ House Slaves in China are very annoying and sometimes very dangerous because they’ve managed to attain some low level fairly inconsequential power that will allow them to make your life a living Hell. Who ya gonna call — Commie Busters?It’s not wise to cross them. I frequently do. It’s good sport. lol Ultimately I ended up shipping the package with Fed Ex at FIVE times the cost. Some things are worth it no matter the cost. For me avoiding the stress and aggravation of having to deal with these Dumbasses is worth the increased cost 99 % of the time.
By the way Civil Servants are the same the world over. I suggest that you read my article ” The International University Of The Perpetually Intellectually Challenged. ” Just click on the link
Well that will conclude our discussion for today. I’ll see you soon for ” If You Go Carrying Pictures Of Chairman Mao # 4 “
zaijian wo de pengyoumen / good bye for now my friends.
The slide show is of various residential alleyways or as the Chinese call them hutongs in the Liwan section of Guangzhou. China as it was in other words.
Other related articles by me that you may find interesting.
” If You Go Carrying Pictures Of Chairman Mao “
” If You Go Carrying Pictures Of Chairman Mao # 2 “
” The W.T.O. Comes To China “
“ Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season “
And That’s The Way It Is Because Queen Yes Dear Said So
February 10, 2011 11 Comments
Dear Readers :
About ten days ago my boss , Queen Yes Dear of the Empire Of Feminaterre told me she was feeling a bit blue because of the consistent snowy weather over the last couple of weeks and instructed me to post some photos of as she put it ” The Chinese flora ” in order to hopefully cheer her up. I can assure you that Queen Yes Dear is a benevolent dictator who dearly loves her subjects so normally her wish is my command.Unfortunately circumstances beyond my control at the time such as the lousy weather here and pressing business concerns prevented me from granting my Queen’s wish at the time. Today I found the time. Here are your flowers Queen Yes Dear.
I may be crazy but it seems to my eye that flowers in China for some reason are more vibrant and colorful. After you guys look at these photos I’d be curious to hear your opinions on my theory.
In my opinion the flower in the last photo is the most beautiful flower in this bouquet. This flower was prevalent in the Qing Dymasty period of Chinese history. Why doesn’t MY garden have this type of flower?
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