Shanghai Sherry

Suckling Pigs and Gamelan

2009-12-11T01:30:00.000+08:00

I finally made my way to Bali this past summer and all I can remember from it are the faint gamelan echos and a lingering scent of jasmine. Leaving after ten days was heartbreaking.

Shooting film again...

2009-09-09T22:52:00.004+08:00

Takes me a while to get the stuff digitized- modern technology has got me spoiled. Here are photos from my daily bike ride to and from work. Enjoy...

Lost and Found: Hong Kong Dub Station

2009-08-27T00:36:00.004+08:00

it's kinda like finding a burrito shop in the middle of inner mongolia- surprise and relief that's followed by reserved hesitancy. they've been around since '92, mixing ambient sounds of the east with the sultry badass dub beats that make you want to bounce. go on with jo' bad self!

check out their sound at http://www.hongkongdubstation.com/

Spotted: Neighborhood Love

2009-08-25T19:15:00.001+08:00

Came across this on Juztapoz. The SF Zine Fest happened this past weekend in GG Park. How bad do i love this tee? It was taken with a polaroid app for the iphone- in fact, the whole photo is pretty damn awesome.

Photo credit: Evan Pricco

Guiness

2009-08-17T18:13:00.000+08:00

Wow, it's been a minute. Heavy duty traveling has been keeping me busy as a bee- Lagos - Seoul - Bali - Shanghai. I'm shooting analog film again so don't have much digital stimulus to upload as of late, but here's a few from Nigeria for now.

Nosaj Thing = Good Music

2009-04-14T18:31:00.001+08:00

and i hear he might be coming to shanghai... shhhh!

Colorful Singapore

2009-04-03T11:48:00.006+08:00

Inverses spotted.

A Beautiful Substitute for Fireworks

2009-03-27T11:26:00.001+08:00

Dashuhua started as a tradition 500 years ago, where molten iron is thrown against the backdrop of a wall to entertain a crowd.

DMZs and perfect halos

2009-02-15T13:17:00.005+08:00

catfish and cyclos

2009-02-05T12:55:00.004+08:00

nem nuong in nha trang, mr. chen taking me around in saigon, royal tombs by motorbike in hue, meeting "charlie" the war journalist in hanoi, cham ruins with david near danang, morning markets of hoian, pictorial narratives of a forgotten war... a most memorable trip.

Hockey Virgin

2008-12-24T00:19:00.002+08:00

First ever hockey game... was in China?? Ya. Korea vs. China... was a bit disappointing, as no kalbee sandwiches were served. Tae han nin guo!

Cranial Murmurs

2008-12-22T17:08:00.002+08:00

Sitting around my temporary apartment and suffering from end of year bug aka pre-holiday tapeworm diet aka the china blues. Reading Lisa's blog I feel obligated to do some sort of end of year synopsis (not to be mistaken for the end of the Bush years summation below) but I don't seem to be able to summon the passion nor the energy to really put any conclusion to the current So Far. Here's some visual aid instead...

Screwed

2008-12-03T15:17:00.001+08:00

Five Days

2008-10-30T19:03:00.002+08:00

Til I start a new summation of my experience here in China. One that, with all intentional use of an unoriginal thought, marks the beginning of an end- that is, if everything goes as planned. It's really not that cryptic- Obama gets elected, I move home, utopia ensues. Easy peezy.

So here's that summation so far:

Peezy!

Found Words

2008-10-05T10:28:00.002+08:00

the time has come, the walrus said
to talk of many things
of shoes and ships and sealing wax
of cabbages and kings
of whether the sea is boiling hot
or whether pigs have wings

- Lewis Carroll

Compliments of my dear Lisa.

Para Lo Que Sabes

2008-09-22T00:11:00.001+08:00

post track and field celebration, take 1

2008-09-15T11:39:00.001+08:00

Beijing Olympics
Originally uploaded by sherryworld

this was our geeky way of celebrating our (collective) first olympics event ever. photo taken by chinkling.

Blogger Blocked- Post from Alt Sites!

2008-08-15T15:38:00.001+08:00

Olympic Day @ Glamour
Originally uploaded by sherryworld

So I'm posting from Flickr. Take that biatch! :)

Olympic ceremony pomp and circumstances was preceded by an inebriation prefunk party at Glamour Bar. Shanghai was fairly quiet save for the occassional laowai party such as the one we almost witnessed but didn't. Instead we found ourselves with grub from Thai House at Scott's pad with about a dozen or so of our fellow comrades.

Leading up to the days of the Olympic festivities, certain websites were mysteriously unaccessible, such as blogger.com and other free speech harbinging sites. Today, Carolyn and I are off to BJ for some good times with Chinkling and friends to test the limits of debaucherism. In the meantime, excercise your fiber optic acrobats and post your blogs from alternative sites!

this doesn't happen often

2008-08-01T12:59:00.001+08:00

photoshop blue
Originally uploaded by sherryworld

Blue skies were spotted from the office window today. Headed out for a stroll...

Something in the Water

2008-07-30T19:33:00.003+08:00

Multiple violent stabbings have plagued Shanghai in the last month leading up to the Olympics. Hmmm... correlation maybe? Them crazies!

http://twurl.nl/he3y81
http://twurl.nl/b45dj5
http://twurl.nl/f0i3tl
http://twurl.nl/p87fjp

Ming Dynasty Architecture

2008-07-28T18:29:00.001+08:00

Xitang, China
Originally uploaded by sherryworld

This picture does not do it justice, but this is one of the most beautiful entrances I've seen in a while.

China's Dirty Watertowns

2008-07-28T18:12:00.001+08:00

Xitang, China
Originally uploaded by sherryworld

Xitang is 90 minutes from Shanghai by bus in the county of Jiashan. Was wack we had to pay an entrance fee into the town as the gov't has completely deemed it an "historic town" but still worth the trip for breathtaking undisturbed Ming dynasty architecture.

Ms. Cleo

2008-05-27T00:40:00.004+08:00

Steph aka Aunt Jamaima aka Ms. Cleo aka Tanya Stevens. Just show her your tea leaves.

Photo courtesy of Mr. Sean Tucker.

Chinglish

2008-05-09T17:54:00.002+08:00

Vivian spotted this sign somewhere. High-larious.

Says she:
"Besides being hilarious, this is a good example to me of how the process of learning Chinese loves to smack you around. These are five very simple characters that even a beginning student knows, but how does one translate them into "When you are getting off with your lover"? Fortunately my trusty Pleco dictionary comes to the rescue and explains that "花前月下" is a 4-character phrase (I would say 成语 but not sure if it is one) meaning "an ideal setting for amorous dalliance". Ahhh. Actually now it makes perfect sense."

Today's Chinese Lesson

2008-05-08T18:30:00.003+08:00

Work provides erratic but useful Chinese lessons. Here's what I learned:

非常:
feichang often

抑扬顿挫:
yiyangduncuo proverb signifying lyrical

商务:
shangwu business

合资企业:
heziqiye joint venture

成语:
chengyu proverb

创意:
cuongyi creative

发展:
fazhan develop

市场营销部:
shichangyingxiaobu marketing department

跨国公司:
kuaguogongsi multinational company

非同一班:
feitongyiban proverb signifying unique

知名度:
zhimingdu visibility

表现:
biaoxian performance