China has some great sayings, and some are…. well.. not so great. Oftentimes my Chinese friends will passionately tell me that they have a great Chinese saying that will stir me to my bones and expose me to some greater light or path on understanding. They then go on and on and on with this saying that makes little or no sense to me and leaves me scratching my head thinking, wtf does that mean. Then they look at me with eyebrows arched expecting some reply, any reply, so of course I nod in a sage manner and wink at them, pat them on the shoulder and say ahh yes, what a wonderful thought my Chinese brother. when in all reality I merely want to find some good Beijing noodles to sate my hunger. But this saying is story is ace, its from From The Civilization of China- by Herbert A. Giles (The book is great, and a fast read and I will post more, but check this out)…its from the teachings of Lao Tzu. this is a story of how a virtuous man lives “a moral or virtuous life summed up as,” Mighty is he who conquers himself” here is the story so all you chubbers join me and rejoice in our virtue!!!! |
Archive for October 20th, 2010
Fat or Virtue in China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on October 20, 2010
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On-going Saga of Comments to my site
Posted by w_thames_the_d on October 20, 2010
Hey, I have been receiving and reading all of the comments, but have still had a problem responding to them and allowing them to appear. I will figure something out soon, and thanks for responding! |
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Pretty Good Post about China…
Posted by w_thames_the_d on October 20, 2010
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Lost in Love or Just Plain Lost- Air Supply to China-WTF
Posted by w_thames_the_d on October 20, 2010
My attention span is quite limited, but I am good at getting to the heart of things and so it is with this background that I say that I think the music group Air Supply is coming to perform in China. Air Suppl? WTF??? I mean Air Supply 1-are they still around? 2-they were old when I was young, and I am old I see this ad on the Beijing subways and sure enough, it appears to show the fossilized remains of that old ‘hair band’ air supply, one guy balancing himself on an octogenarian leg and his aging npartner almost collapsing at his feet. So I got to wondering, is this true, is Air supply coming to China, and if they are , then in what frigging parallel universe is Air Supply still relevant… then I answered my own question, its China that marvelous country where anyone and anything can still reinvent itself , not convinced, read on (great run on sentence, I know) -in china they are just now discovering the rubics cube, no shit, they play with it all the time -Mike Tyson is doing some tour here, of heaven knows what -Stephon Marbury is coming or has been here -Allen Iverson supposedly was in talks with local Chinese teams -my local pharmacy uses that one old chinese adding machine, the one with the beads on the little wires, I forget the name So I began to think about it and it is true. China is kind of an accepting place, they love it if you show them a little love, treat them like a big player on an international scale, its all about face. And china can market any foreign good to the locals, they have a somewhat limited perspective on what is ‘in’ and thus love a foreign (read as white face). I have seen this all over the place, people with no or limited skills come to China, only to enjoy a ton of success, much attributable to the graciousness of their Chinese hots. Then I got to thinking of me …. and the fact I am in china….and I … um… have had decent succes… so what does it say……. about …………………….me |
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Hard at Work in China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on October 20, 2010
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Special Massage in Beijing?
Posted by w_thames_the_d on October 20, 2010
Hmm, I wonder if this place cuts hair, as the barbers pole implies or actually provides other services… any ideas…. |
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Luxury Living in Shanghai China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on October 20, 2010
This comes from chinahush, it shows some Shanghai apartment buildings. The scenes are scary but I remember when I first came here and looked at some local college dorms, they looked remarkably similar. The buildings are over 80 years old which is good for China, whose modern places dont last more than 15.
Longchang apartments. |
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Are We Not Men, We Are Devo- D E V O
Posted by w_thames_the_d on October 20, 2010
Remember that group DEVO? I was looking at a photo of the chicom leaders, which I cannot find, but their hair reminded me of DEVO. I have heard it is kind of compulsory to dye their hair that jet black that they all have. Here is a photo so DEVO and the leader of China. |
- devo
- china
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