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In Beijing for the weekend.

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This was Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai, the new Terminal 2.

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Disembarking in Beijing, nobody waits.

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Beijing.

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My friend took me to an area called [URL="http://www.chinatravel.net/feature/Beijing-s-Hidden-Bohemia-Nan-Luo-Gu-Xiang/1471.html"]Nanluoguxiang[/URL], old preserved houses that're now converted to tiny cosy bars, restaurants, and shops. Very very cool.

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One of the converted 'courtyards,' a lot of restaurants are in this style.

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Tiny tiny bookshop, that's the width of the space.

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We saw the crowd from afar and wondered what the hell they were queuing up for. Waffles :roll: We bought some too :oops: And the girl was really cute. 8)

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The Chinese have a way with appropriating cultures and remixing them. Another variation is the Maobama. :lol:

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We stepped out of Nanluoguxiang onto the road and was walking on the pavement when I heard music and saw a tiny door way. Walked in and the wall was plastered with this and graffiti, there was a pipe expelling smoke that smelt like it came from a grill; and at the end of the short passage way, a tiny room: It was a restaurant serving kebab (Xinjiang, Northern Chinese cuisine) :roll:

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After which we came across a speaker dangling on the electrical wires. I thought the voice was calling for a revolution, traced the wire into a shop which sells dried fruits or something. I assume the owner was playing a recording that flogged his goods :roll:

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This was just freaky weird. I think it's 'Clown Flowers' in English, they have a website and they do deliveries :|

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We walked past a hot pot restaurant and I noticed these pots on the ground outside the restaurant, steaming hot. Saw the girl sitting there so I assumed she's tending to them, for when a customer orders one or wants a top-up.

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[URL="http://www.timeout.com/cn/en/beijing/restaurants/venue/806/xinjiang-crescent-moon-uighur-muslim-restaurant.html"]Crescent Moon[/URL], a restaurant serving [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang"]Xinjiang[/URL] cuisine. Xingjiang borders Russia, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, etc.

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Their cuisine is very un-Chinese (a lot of mutton and beef, grilled with Indian spices). You can see grilled meat on top of pulled noodles (handmade), oxtail in brown sauce (sic) and grilled mutton and lamb.

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This is a typical DVD shop, everything is pirated. I spent 380 RMB (55 USD) which is a fair bit because one DVD costs 15 RMB (2 USD) :lol:

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The two locals are burning 'incense paper,' it's used for ancestral worship or praying to the gods. Monday is a holiday (which is why I took a break and came to Beijing) because it's Qingming. It's an annual thing the Chinese do when they visit their ancestral graves and 'shaomu' which sorta translates into 'clean grave.' Out of respect to the ancestors, every year they visit, they burn some religious stuff, and they tidy the graves of weeds and whatever. I think someone might've passed away there if they're burning incense papers in such a public spot.

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We were looking for beer and chanced upon this sports shop still open in the middle of the night ... thinking 'no way ...' we went up to it and ...

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Yup, besides the sports equipment, they had instant noodles, snacks, and liquor. They also had ice creams :roll:

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lol, sounds so much like korea

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Those are money shots, good times, feels like a tour, the captions are great. The Bejing airport reminds me a lot of San Diego's actually...

I can't believe how cheeply they sell pirated dvds in public, at least in NYC they have underground basements :lol:..

..I look forward to living in real a city again one day...

these new photos are great, I'm curious what were in those steaming pots though :lol:

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^^ Me too ! Thanks again. It's like I'm going travelling while at my computer.:D It's so different when it is someone you know rather than some travelogue on TV.

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The last of my pics from Beijing weekend. These are mostly taken at an art compound called [URL="http://www.798space.com/index_en.asp"]798[/URL] which used to be a factory space.

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This is at some contemporary art gallery. The exhibition these people were checking out is a project by a local filmmaker. He put on an ad looking for people with 'restless hearts' and found prostitutes, musicians, etc. So the portraits are of the people he found, and there are small LCD screens showing their interviews.

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Same gallery.

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The cafe across the contemporary gallery, they like dinosaurs.

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I took this in some art gallery, just thought it was cool :oops:

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This is some random huge space that used to be a factory. There's heaps of these random art spaces. The vibe reminds me of [URL="http://www.carriageworks.com.au/"]Carriageworks[/URL] in Sydney.

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Leftover equipment in the ex factory space.

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This is a mezzanine level in the factory space, beneath it is a shop selling random arty design stuff.

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Close up of the roof. Chinese characters say 'Mao Ze Dong's Thoughts.'

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Random equipment, there're a few of them strewn about.

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Yup, you can see someone sleeping on the bench.

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This Mantis-bike was next to a street stall selling old rusty vintage toys.

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Lots of statues strewn about. The problem is there are no plaques with the artist's name or description.

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An installation, I couldn't figure out what it was. The room was pitch black and these images flickered across the wall too fast to be seen. Thought it would make a cool picture, reminded me of Tomato visuals for Underworld.

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This was in the kitchen at the back of a cafe where nobody would've seen it.

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Graffiti, in China!

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I walked through this dark dim lit tunnel that was in complete disrepair. There were all these stuff on the wall, I thought it was kinda funny you couldn't even tell if the mess was an art installation.

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Dhar :Anal:

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This pretty much captures the mood of the corridor.

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At the end of the corridor, we came to an opening to the street, and a flight of stairs. This was next to the stairs.

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We went up the stairs to explore.

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Graffiti on window. That's your typical Chinglish.

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This was in a digital art space, very cool. They had other animations and some huge paintings on the wall that were done by one artist and then passed onto another one for 'remix.'

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And in the middle of 798, we came across this huge tar pit.

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How fucking random is that??

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And it's operational!

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I'm sure the couple shouldn't be crossing the mound.

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I thought these were workers' lodgings (well this is China) but closer inspection through the window reviewed a belt to transport the tar or whatever that black stuff is.

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Pipes, gives you an idea of what used to be here before the conversion.

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Nose picking is common in China.

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Random couple getting professional pictures taken. The girl's all dressed up and the guy's like wearing casual clothes. I saw another couple, the girl was in white and looked like a wedding gown, but her partner was in t-shirt and jeans, and they were posing for pictures in a similar setup. :roll:

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Right next to the tanks in the couple shot, was this huge flat space :shock: Perfect for a concert or a party. Yup that's someone sleeping as well.

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My friend says that's the symbol for some German (?) industrial band.

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I'm assuming this is some sort of kiln. I thought it looked like a cute monster/pac-man.

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Love the fluidity of the arrows, like a school of fish. They remind me of something.

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So we were looking for the way out when I walked past this door and heard a dog barking. You can see it in the corner. This was on a Sunday and the place looked deserted. WTF. :shock:

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We ended the night in an area called [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanlitun"]Sanlitun[/URL], a city area with malls. There's Uniqlo, the largest Adidas in the world, a cinema, Puma, Apple, Mizuno, Northface, Comlumbia, etc.

But just a block a way is this side street with food stalls and small bars where expat kids hang out. We sat down for some grilled meat skewers. This is Xinjiang cuisine. The skewers are resting on some flat bread which is resting on a plastic bag on the table. That's how the stall operator served it to us :lol:

And that's my Beijing trip. Might go again with colleagues who'll no doubt bring me around to the bars and explore the nightlife more.

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Really enjoyable read mate and ... amazing photos

Cheers

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All of these pics are way too cool, thanks a ton for sharing. I've been wanting to visit asia forever, seeing these makes me want to go even more, seeing real photos, not press shots.

Also that symbol is for [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einst%C3%BCrzende_Neubauten"]Einstürzende Neubauten [/URL]

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Cheers, China is a new experience for me too so thought I'd share it. To be honest a lot of Shanghai and Beijing is just expanse of buildings, I'm just visiting the interesting spots and taking pictures of them. I spend 90% of my time at work!

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^you're great photographer man...and the captions bring depth to the meaning of many of them that may not always be obvious, which is great.

...that flat space would be a cool place to throw a party no doubt...

...the arrows photo with your description of the school of fish made me think of that holograph diesel fashion show.

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Great photos and insight, thanks a lot for sharing this!

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My art director drew that for fun. I thought it was rather sweet, I feel like a father now. That would go up on a fridge :lol: That's me with my headphones, they think I look like a Teletubby. And that's a Fillet O Fish in my mouth, my shitty dinner last night. And the rest are my team naturally.

The stuff in Chinese says something like "I'm stuck here every night with you guys when you work overtime!"

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Not quite sure how I missed this thread before.. but your pics are awesome.. Its wonderful to see how you have captured this city.

Thanks for sharing and looking forward to some more pics!

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My art director drew that for fun. I thought it was rather sweet, I feel like a father now. That would go up on a fridge :lol: That's me with my headphones, they think I look like a Teletubby. And that's a Fillet O Fish in my mouth, my shitty dinner last night. And the rest are my team naturally.

The stuff in Chinese says something like "I'm stuck here every night with you guys when you work overtime!"[/QUOTE] So cute :lol: Now get back to work :lol:

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I have a few greek friends who lived in an around Manhattan for 10 years and have now been positioned (via their company) in Shanghai. I hear unbelievable words like "NYC doesn't even compare" and it really makes me wanna go see what all the hype is about.

[QUOTE=res0nat0r;829485]sweet! you have to let us know how it is. i think living in that city would be an amazing experience. i am super jealous.[/QUOTE]

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I just re-read the entire thread and I'm so ready to fly out to Shanghai. I think I could hook up with my friend who's working there and do a 2 month stint. Another 2 places I know for sure I could head out to, are Dubai (we have a second office there) and Greece (nearly all of my client base is from there).

But back to the thread, feather, you've really done an incredible incredible job with the photos and posts. Hope you continue to enjoy your work and life in China.

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nice pics - agreed on the sentiment that local living pics are always more interesting than crappy tourist guide books.

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I didn't take this, it's supposedly a sign from the portable toilets around the World Expo.

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Some more pictures from Beijing. Went with local colleagues this time and they brought me around.

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So I was wondering what was going on ...

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Turned out to be some blood donation drive and it's all taking place in the bus.

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This is a fairly common cart you see in Shanghai/Beijing, they come in yellow, blue, or green. It looks like a rubbish collector, not sure if the different colours signify anything.

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This is the entrance to a food street.

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And this is one of the food they sell ... :shock:

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Brave expat bargaining on price.

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Slightly more appetising-looking food.

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I'm assuming those are egg rolls.

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And balls ...

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A side street selling trinkets.

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A lot of trinkets. Did I mention Chinese love pandas?

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I think these are cow tripes or stomachs.

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More creepy crawlies.

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So you have (from the left) centipedes, sea horses, no idea, scorpians, frogs or lizards, and in the bottom left, starfish. The scorpians on the sticks are alive and wriggling around, which is really sad and gross.

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On the left is the famous CCTV building in the background, but what's interesting is the brown building on its right: It's completely burnt up and looks like the shell of a building. I have another picture later on.

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I had breakfast here, thought the signage was hilarious, they must've not changed it sine the 70s or the restaurant's inception.

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The nice tree-lined road where we had breakfast. That's a Bentley. And the barb wires on the left are part of an embassy compound.

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My breakfast. Good ol' french toast.

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So China is full of these random sculptures. There's no context for them. I'm walking along a street and all of a sudden there's this Mario Bros mushroom. It must be attached to some kinda underground exhaust because of the steam spewing out of it.

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This is the main CBD stretch in Beijing. That's Samsung or LG's Twin Towers.

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Down the sidewalk, I noticed these things in the ground which must be broken because they were spewing water. Twice somebody stopped to wash their hands. I'm not sure if their hands were dirty or they thought hey, free water, why not?

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Ice skating rink ...

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in a mall!

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Here's the CCTV building again. You can see the burnt out shell behind it. So the story was during one festivity, fireworks were set off and that building caught on fire. They've not done anything since though you can see a crane. Not sure if they're still trying to salvage it. I was surprised the CCTV building was fine since it presents a much larger target.

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Obviously piracy is a problem in China, thought this was pretty funny.

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A pretty cool bar in Beijing's Sanlitun Village called Apothecary.

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A really nice cafe opposite Sanlitun Village called Bookworm ...

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Reminds me of Melbourne.

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Some random pagoda ...

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A roadside stall selling what passes for kebabs.

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This is a bell tower. In the old days before clocks, someone would strike the bell in the tower to keep time.

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A convenience stall, this is very common.

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Colleagues brought me to this really chill laidback bar that looks like a huge house has been emptied and converted.

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The interior is divided into different sections so it looks like ... I don't know, a club house. You'll never find something like this in Shanghai. Again, this reminded me of Melbourne :(

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My boss ...

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getting trashed at pool by my senior art director.

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China's favourite past time: Mahjong.

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I guess the game of mahjong tired him out.

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Street stall. Yup, that's meat on the hot plate.

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This is what I might do on a weekend in Shanghai:

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Hunt for food I crave. In this case, ramen.

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Visit the supermarket Carrefour. The first thing that strikes you is the smell due to local produce like dried meats hanging around.

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Meat for DIY bbqs. I was told by security to stop taking pictures in Carrefour :NotMe:

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Another random weird sculpture. Some of you might recognise the blue figures, they're the mascot for the World Expo. I'm assuming each variation in costume represents a culture or whatever.

But seriously, are these people on drugs? There is a fascinating naivete in the public sculptures and imagery used in government communication.

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Thank you again . I really do enjoy these posts.

Btw do you know where your title under your name came from yet?

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Err no I don't know where the title came from. Did someone else have it? It's very familiar. I assume it's because I post so much in the boob thread.

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I saw it on skahound's

Maybe it's what you get when you get to 10,000 :lol: Not everything is about the boob thread :lol:

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Oh but the user title came on a few posts past 10k though, not at 10,001. Damn I thought I finally had a custom title :what

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Well maybe it is about the boob thread. :)

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Loving all of the pics! Looks like a fun city to explore...lots of hidden spots here & there. I think you'll enjoy living there.:)

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Really diggin this thread. Very nice pictures of Shanghai.

I'll be in Hong Kong from Sept. 1 - 7 and Shanghai from Sept. 7 - 14 for the world expo and just to generally check the city out. If anyones going to be in Shanghai around that time let me know. I'm going to try to brave some of the epic lines I've been hearing about at the expo in hopes of seeing a robot playing violin in the Japan pavilion :p

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Thought you might like to see this Feather...times have certainly changed haven't they?

[video=youtube;IlIx0VvGK1E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlIx0VvGK1E[/video]

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I think we just opened another office in Shanghai, I might be there before the end of the year. I bloody hope so.

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^cool

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Just came across this thread. Great journey through pics!

Thanks feather.

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[QUOTE=feather;859606][IMG]http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/luobote/toilet.jpg[/IMG]

I didn't take this, it's supposedly a sign from the portable toilets around the World Expo.[/QUOTE]

ahaaha

Love the french toast and sausage pic :D

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[QUOTE=anonin;868247]Really diggin this thread. Very nice pictures of Shanghai.

I'll be in Hong Kong from Sept. 1 - 7 and Shanghai from Sept. 7 - 14 for the world expo and just to generally check the city out. If anyones going to be in Shanghai around that time let me know. I'm going to try to brave some of the epic lines I've been hearing about at the expo in hopes of seeing a robot playing violin in the Japan pavilion :p[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Kamal;868661]I think we just opened another office in Shanghai, I might be there before the end of the year. I bloody hope so.[/QUOTE]

Awesome, hit me up when you guys are in town :D

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FFS! Now Demonoid is [URL="http://www.herdict.org/web/explore/detail/id/CN/2309/32767;jsessionid=47238FBA7DA9F9D514BBD582738C7E26"]inaccessible[/URL] without a VPN. What. The. Fuck.

FUUUUUUCK! I have to get out of this place.

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happy now?

[QUOTE=feather;862143]Damn I thought I finally had a custom title :what[/QUOTE]

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:shock::p:shock::what:lol::lol::lol:

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Great title feather :p

So how do these custom titles work again?

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your post count doesn't qualify having the answer to that question.......yet

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[QUOTE=feather;869575]Awesome, hit me up when you guys are in town :D[/QUOTE]

it's confirmed, i will be there before the year ends. be in shanghai for 2 weeks. most likely sometime in sept / oct. what are your plans looking like? let me know.

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Awesome! ... but I'm planning a trip to Sweden/Amsterdam between Sept 22-Oct 10. :what

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no worries, my dates aren't fixed yet but will keep you posted.