Haiku is some Japanese poetry, it consists of 3 lines with each line consisting of 5-7-5 syllables. I learned it in HS and thought it was different. today I was on the subway so I made to Haiku’s (I cheated on the first one)
tian.en.ma.n soldiers glare lady fear And if that doesn’t get you, how about this one Grucci Bag fashion lady smile (oh and btw, I literally did these in ten minutes. I’m not pimping for comments, it’s just an ADD thing nothing more.) |
Archive for November 2nd, 2010
My China Haiku
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Ugly Americans to Blame for the Rise of China!
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This is an awesome poster and good explanation for it from chinahush.com. The poster was made after the opening up of China. The opening up was a movement in the late 70’s and early 80’s by Deng Xiao Ping. He basically gave the Chinese permission to make money, although interestingly enough, personal property was not legal in China till the 2000’s. But anyway, this poster is saying that their is a million dollars under the noses of each chinaman. It states that there is a huge discrepancy between the prices in China and abroad, and tells the Chinese to exploit this gap. Apparently, no where on the poster does it say to use morals, ethics, act in a humane and civil manner, nor exclude harmful toxic substances when shipping overseas……
“Title: “Made in China” March towards Western World After the introduction of Reform and Open Up, Chinese people are surprised by the price difference between domestic market and developed foreign markets. Numerous grass-root entrepreneurs smell the benefits of “made in China” and kicked off a trend of exporting and currency exchange.- from chinahush.com” |
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Chinese PLA on The Subway
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Panda Rabbit Meets the Phone
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Other Sports Techniques One Can Use in China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 2, 2010
Early I blogged ‘Block ’em Out Willy’. Where I spoke about how I used a technique called ‘blocking out’, that can be used in the Chinese subways. After much thought, I have listed some other sports and techniques that one can use on a daily basis in China to make their life easier.
List of sports and skill used |
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On the Chinese Work Ethic
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I love China, one of the reasons is that anything goes here. each day is something new and surprising. Today for instance, I was at the offices of a supplier, we arrived about 3. They didn’t know we would be coming so it was a surprise. Funny thing is that we walked around and the boss showed us the place, no less than 3 different people were snoozing at their cubicles and had to be woken up. The boss was ticked, i just smiled, this is really China. |
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Block ’em Out Willy!- Riding a Subway in China
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“Block them out Willy” – what Greg Schaeffer would yell at me during practice…
Greg Schaeffer was my basketball and football coach back in the day. The guy was great, he taught us a lot, but instead of turning this into a ‘feels good post’, I’m just going to rant. Anyway… I was thin when I was young but tall and a decent athlete, but loved to win so loved to master the basics- anything to give me an edge. Coach Schaeffer stressed this, he loved focusing on the basics. He would torture us, make us run till we puked, but loved us like family. And taught us life and basketball skills (he was also a great football coach). One of the sills he taught us was called ”blocking out’. This is a tool used in basketball, and actually wide receivers can use it too, but it is where one uses their body as a shield. The idea in basketball is to shield the opponent from the ball while awaiting a rebound, thus allowing you to get a fix on and grab it. So flash-forward to today and yesterday. I’m on the subway and surrounded by a hundred fang-toothed chinamen all trying to enter the subway or jostle for position to leave. And lo and behold, but what do I find myself doing? I am using those same basketball rebounding techniques that Coach Schaeffer had taught us. I am lowering my center of gravity and using my center of mass to block out chinamen when necessary, to impede or allow their progress as necessary, and generally acting like a subway ‘traffic cop’ with my body. The idea hit me this morning in particular as about 10 rowdy Chinese tried to board an already crowded subway. The problem is that in front of them were some elderly women and the guys were being quite rude, and smashing into them. My solution was simple, i utilized what i had been taught many many a moon ago. I stared off into space while using myself to impede the progress of the rowdies, thus providing some room for the elderly. I miss getting back to the basics…. |
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The Gentle Rap-Tap Tapping of A Chinese “Massage Woman” at Your Door
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