Well… probably not really. Not these guys anyways. In the last couple months, I’ve caught about 5 different people wearing these Ramones shirts, mostly in the colors below. I only managed to snag 2 pics but I’ll continue to be on the Ramones hunt.
Ramones Fans in China?
New Apartment is coming along nicely!
Despite the fact that some buildings don’t really like to stand, ours so far has, and the development of the commercial parts of the Bayside Gardens complex is starting to come along nicely now! We’ll be moving in in probably March now, according to the wife. After looking at 5 hours worth of tiles for the apartment last sunday, I’m about all renovated out, and we haven’t even started yet.
The Mobile Styrofoam Army 1st Division
The Mobile Styrofoam Tank Division
Some things just amaze me. This Post on nikdaum.com reminded me of what a few of us watched going by Big Bamboo downtown last week. A bike, with a woman on there somewhere, surrounded by styrofoam boxes came rolling down Nanyang road in the early afternoon. Judging by the boxes in the front, it’s not the same one, but what would be more scary is the frequency of these sightings.
Once again the phone camera doesn’t do it justice. I’m really going to have to bring my wife’s camera out with me more often.
The Livingston Death-mobile
Livingston American School, the new bane of my existance. In the last three months, I’ve been at least knicked by 3 cars while riding my bike to work. The 2nd one I posted about earlier. The first was 3 months ago on the way to work, and the latest, some jackass in a Suzuki Swift decided to create his own lane on Hami Road, thinking that his car could squeeze through a space no wider than my bike, while I was next to him squeezing by. I’m truly becoming an Angry Cyclist.
Livingston, however, have the most asinine bus drivers. For two years I’ve traveled the same route to work, mostly by bike, and I almost always see one of their buses. A few times now, one of their drivers either cut in front of me, nearly missing me, got so close behind me that I thought I would be served up at the Roadkill Cafe, or drives so close to the curb, while I’m riding next to the bus.
This particular bus however, didn’t kill me using vehicular homicide. As I was on my bike, and it’s tough keeping up with this fucker while holding a (rather lousy) camera phone, I inevitably couldn’t get the money-shot, a large obnoxious plume of cancer gas eminating from the tail pipe. It’s not bad enough that they’re lousy drivers, they also have no sense of vehicular maintenance.
Seriously, Livingston. Get with the program here. You’re an international school. Fix the damn buses. You’re supposed to be representing my country of origin. Obnoxiously black smoke plumes coming out of the exhaust, stinking up the last half-mile isn’t the way to do that.
According to Metersbonwe, he (it?) is apparently.
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| From Shanghai China- Miscellaneous Pics 2009 |
I spotted this last sunday, after a nice bout of binge eating & drinking with the missus at one of our favorite buffet restaurants by Loushanguan station. Meters/bonwe is apparently at the forefront for Transformers apparel, and their designers created a couple dozen designs. Another can be seen on their taobao page (click on the image to see it more close up).
But wait… who’s General Grievous?
Star Wars' General Grievous
One of the cooler villains from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones is all. Wielding not one, but FOUR lightsabers is pretty badass in my humble opinion. Anyways, enough with the geekdom.
General Grievous a Transformer? You be the judge.
Is there a new Transformer that just happens to be a distant cousin of Grievous? Guess we’ll find out when the movie is out on DVD (this week Shanghai-time).
After all that I had to put up with getting it, I finally walked out of Building 8 in Xinzhuang with Drivers Licence in hand!
I went back last Friday for the final time, to take my test. I looked into the office and did NOT see the “Copy!” girl in sight! Yes! I won’t go to jail for manslaughter today! After waiting there for about a half an hour, talking to a Belgian guy who apparently doesn’t HAVE to take the test, I took mine, scoring 93 out of 100, and…
She walked in. Damnit!
I waited an additional 10 minutes in line, praying I wouldn’t end up in her line. It didn’t work. It was my turn, and she was free.
I gave her my paperwork, she looked at it, looked at me… and smiled! I’m thinking, what the hell? I hate you! Don’t you hate me too?
Of course not. She doesn’t read my blog.
She stamped away, gave me my papers, sent me downstairs to pay another 55 RMB, and wait for the card’s lamination.
While waiting for my licence, I began thinking… Was I too harsh on her? Did I perhaps get a little carried away last two times I met her? Perhaps she truly IS a decent person and I’m simply overreacting. I could’ve had a “This is China” day.
Then I realized something. NO ONE ASKED ME FOR MY PASSPORT A SINGLE TIME!
Shanghaiist yesterday posted this fantastic little clip on their site, and the first thing I thought was… Swiss James NEEDS to see this. So, James… enjoy!
Star Trek on DVD & Blueray
Star Trek is so far ahead of time, that it can be both DVD-9 AND BlueRay all at the same time!
