Air China aircraft with the famous Beijing Five (Olympics mascots) pretty sure taking pics is not allowed?
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SOGO Department Store in Taipei : There is a recession here in Taiwan?
From what I was told, yes there is.
This is inside the SOGO department store in Taipei.
So who is buying the Hermès, the Louie Vuittons, the Tods, and the Cartiers? I guess it is the same everywhere you go. The top of the pyramid is not really affected despite the global economic downturn. So they have to downsize from Mercedes Benz to Lexus. No tears from me for them…
I finally saw it with my own eyes! Sound machine inside public toilet to mask the embarrassing noise…
I have heard about this along time ago: Japanese women often flush the toilet as soon as they enter the stall to mask the embarrassing noise people naturally make when in the bathroom. This act of civility turned out to waste a lot of water resource. At first, they tried sound machines with music, etc., but still did not see significant reduction in water usage. Finally someone (or some company) came up with the idea of duplicating the sound of toilet flushing. This time, success.
I have always wanted to see one and after so many years, finally saw one in the luxurious restroom at the Takashimaya Department Store in Taipei (which also has the bidet-toilet seat…)
I only took a picture of it (while fully clothed mind you!! Was just there to take the picture…) But someone actually videotaped it here on Boing Boing. Glad to know I was not the only one fascinated by this thing.
Starbucks in Beijing in the “Bar Street” @ Bei Hai (North Sea)
I have not travelled around the world enough to be a credible source, but from what I have seen, this is probably the best looking Starbucks…
The Great Wall of China was my great slide. WEAR GOOD SHOES! How come nobody tells you that?
These picture shows the slippery slope up the Great Wall. It was snowing and bitterly cold when we were up there. We couldn’t even walk up to the very top of this section of the Great Wall. My 6 yo ran up and couldn’t get down on his own. So I had to pull myself up along the railing, and then slid down the middle of the wall on my behind with my 6 yo doing the same ahead of me. It was so slippery that even sitting on the seat of my jeans, I still needed to try and grab the surface with my gloved hands and shoes as much as I could to stop myself from sliding all the way down to the landing.
People were laughing but probably also envying my courage in making a fool of myself. LOL.
So many people were wearing suits and dress shoes. And we even saw women in high heels. I cannot even imagine how they got where they were in those!
Inside the Chinese palace is full of tragic tales and horror stories…
The said Concubine Zhen entered the palace when she was thirteen and soon became the Emperor’s favorite. I guess the Emperor’s still-young (according to the modern standard) windowed mother, the Empress Dowager Cixi was not too fond of this fact.
There are so many titillating stories about Cixi. I often wonder whether she was born evil or was forced by circumstances to grow into such a ruthless power-hungry figure.
On our outings to admire the various palaces, I could not help but tell my eldest the horror stories behind the grandeur of Chinese dynasties, including what it means to be an eunuch and what it takes to bind a woman’s feet.
I think I have forever scarred him. “All that glitters is not gold.”
Mission accomplished.
I didn’t know that you need a Chinatown in China…
’nuff said.
If you think turtles are cute, how about turtles with head of dragon? They are everywhere…
At one of the Ming Tombs (resting place of one of the thirteen Emperors during the Ming Dynasty)…
and inside the Forbidden City.
My first picture taken inside the Forbidden City is a sign that warns against vandalism
Mind you, the grammar is correct. But nobody speaks this way. And this sign is everywhere inside the Forbidden City.
It always amazes me that folks cannot seem to find other folks that can properly translate a language into another language. I believe even if you go on Yahoo! Answers and ask your language translation questions, lots of native speakers (or people who have mastered the said foreign language) will help you out, for free!
Would you want to have your wedding picture taken with Chairman Mao? Apparently lots of newly weds do.
