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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Very Intimate Kissy Huggy Licky

bus #117; Beijing, China

PDA has just hit Beijing, China - and I am honestly not used to it. In NYC - couples are not even this touchy in public. Here, they kiss, they sit on top of each other, hug and are constantly nuzzling. It's like they discovered human intimacy but forgot that it should be left for private spaces - but wait - they don't have private spaces at home where they can take their "girlfriend" or "boyfriend" home and fool around. Most people live with their parents until they marry - it's totally normal for someone who is 28 to live at home if they are unmarried. So I guess public trans is the new makeout spot for now.

He Makey me Want Buy Pink Motorla

HePingJie Bie Kou; Beijing, China

When I see the long red haird man wrapped in cashmere blanket - it sooo makes want to go out and buy a pink motorola phone.

Lingerie Fashion Show on Bus #117

#117; Beijing, China

Some of the buses here have TV's installed - and usually they play some Mr. Bean, CCTV news, Soap Opera Recaps - but today they showed a NYC Fashion Week Lingerie Show on the fREAKIN BUS!!!! Is this not the funniest moment ever? But hey when this came on, the bus became silent and all eyes were glues to these model's bodies.
here is one lingerie model's behind in a black thong.

Antique Shopping in Beijing, China


Dong San Huan; Beijing China

Want some trinkets from say the Qing or Ming Dynasty? Or at least very great copies of antiques?

Furry Friend Fashion Titillation #2

Beijing, China

I have yet to find a Fashion Titillation in Beijing yet - but this man pulls off this baby fox like animal off so well that he wins the award. It's not easy to wear a baby fox you know - but PETA is far away and plus I think it's quite practical to wear this fox in the winter - it's feet can tickle his chin when it's get's really cold.

Furry Friend Fashion Titillation #1

Beijing, China

I have yet to find a Fashion Titillation in Beijing yet - but this man pulls off this baby fox like animal off so well that he wins the award. It's not easy to wear a baby fox you know - but PETA is far away and plus I think it's quite practical to wear this fox in the winter - it's feet can tickle his chin when it's get's really cold.

This is the "Other" Beijing at Night


New Sanlitun - right of Yashow; Beijing, China

Beijing is more active at night - that's when all the trucks and workers can build without pedestrian, biking or automotive interference. All your village workers (waidiren, nong ming) emerge and blend their dusty skin into the night. If there're not adding more floors to a new building, they are transporting dirt away to build the foundation of a new building.

This site is where the New Fashion Quadralateral of Sanlitun will be located -it will be a taste of LA's Santa Monica, NYC's 5th Ave, Milan and Paris.

I snuck in here in between trucks unloading dirt - the video is short because the next truck was coming in to take dirt away so I had to stop. But this gives you an idea of the rapidness of Beijing's growth. I would not be surprised at all if I were to walk down this street tomorrow morning to see that the entire foundation of this building has been built.

Non of the workers are from Beijing. there are from villages and other provinces. The situation parallels California's hypocritical relationship with Mexico. Just like California, Beijing welcomes the villagers/farmers as construction workers, but they have no other priveledges and they are expected to go back to their province when the work is finished. they are not given a Beijing residency card - without this card - they do not have access to the social services that Beijingner's have access to - like schools, health care and etc. The workers here are recruited from their home province to Beijing by these large construction corporations - as these companies know that they don't have to pay them as much as Beijing citizens. The workers live in squalid buildings and they definitely do not shower everyday. It's 16 hr workdays 7 days a week. There are a lot more workers during the winter because they do not have farming work back in their province/village - so they come here to Beijing for construction work and send their earnings back home. But there has been so much corruption lately as bosses have not paid the workers when the work is done - the boss or entire company will vanish. A lot of these workers are illiterate - so they sign contracts without truly understanding the stipulations. Hey starting to sound more and more like how USA treats their "alien" un-documented workers right?
You can tell who a villager/non-beijingner is right away - they have dust,dirt, grit in every crevice of their body. Their skin tone is darker and more wrinkled - their Mandarin is noticably not on tone.
I like riding the public buses b.c it's the only time I can listen to them talk, and be in the same space with them as equal riders. You won't find them really on the trains.

Glimpse of Beijing's KFC Gastronomes


Gongtibeilu; Beijing, China

I am absolutely fascinated by how much they love Western fastfood here! This is the most empty I have ever seen KFC since it opened on Christmas eve.
Note the music that is blasting out of KFC - goes with the whole fried chicken theme right? Usually they are playing some generic reggae.

Cutting Split Ends on the Subway


2 Line; Beijing, China

9pm on Sunday
Most people are usually sleeping on the train
but one girl here is cutting her splits ends, the other talking about how she doesn't like her black nail polish anymore.

1. Post-Holidays Decorations: Red Lanterns

Sanlitun Lu; Beijing, China

3. Post-Holidays Decorations: Budweiser Holiday

Sanlitun Lu; Beijing, China

Budweiser wishes you a merry christmas - because a merry christmas always has white horses riding on top of beer froth

2. Post-Holidays Decorations: Heineken Holidays

Sanlitun Lu; Beijing, China

Heineken Beers wishes you a Merry Christmas.

4. Post-Holidays Decorations: Beers for Holidays ehh?

Sanlitun Lu; Beijing, China

Christ-mas here is all about partying, drinking, clubbing and drinking.

5. Post-Holidays Decorations: Spanish Tapas Holidays

Sanlitun Lu; Beijing, China

Spanish Tapa X-mas special in Beijing China - Well this is a global city right?

6. Post-Holidays Decorations : Happy New YEars

Sanlitun Lu; Beijing, China

See how the taped up the Happy New Year paper over the Happy Christmas?

9. Post-Holidays Decorations: Half Price Beers List

Sanlitun Lu; Beijing, China

8. Post-Holidays Decorations on Sanliltun: Corona Extra

Sanlitun Lu; Beijing, China

Corona's in Beijing on X-mas - well they got the X-mas tree right.

7. Post-Holidays Decorations: Chill with Santa

Sanlitun Lu; Beijing, China

This bar is so overly decorated that it's name is covered.