Bling-Bling china style

Picked up this gem recently for 15 kuai!

a letter of support from rufus

"man I really like those tungsten night shots. your still a prick but those are nice"
-rufus blow

Calligraphy Class #3

With a every stroke of the brush I feel myself growing more powerful!

Why I am Never Coming Back! by Benjamin Paul Radcliffe

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4 more holgas

I shot these on tungsten film. These all had a 60 second exposure. If anyone knows anything about tungten film at night and long exposure nightphotography please let me know!

2 kalegas 2nd anniversary party

saturday night we all went to the 2 kalegas ( name of a bar ) 2nd anniversary party. Anna ( aka the russian ) sent me these.

monday morning propaganda

another weekend another nanjie

saturday night/sunday morning we left nanjie around 5am only to return after the soccer game sunday evening for the 50 kuai all you can eat all you can drink special. There we bumped into the dutch girls. it got ugly we closed nanjie down again.

beijing football championships

On Sunday my buddy nick's football team played in the league championship game versus africa united. Africa united has been undefeated for 2 years. Africa united won the championship game 3-0. The loss didn't stop us from celebrating!

duck... duck.... GOAT!

?I ate zui la de duck wings for dinner last night so here.

midnight riderz - BEIJING

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vietnam photo gallery

My vietnam photos are the current featured gallery on toycamera.com check them out!

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another night another nanjie

Nanjie is being torn down in a few months. We are trying to spend as much qaulity time there as possible. Especially since they have a all you can eat & drink until 9pm for 50 kuai special. I unfortunately missed the special arriving there around 11pm-ish. we made up for lost time with a rack of tasty tiny little beverages. Afterwards we then hit rickshaw to watch the soccer championships. around 3:30am I came to the conclusion soccer is really fucking boring. so I jumped a cab and headed back to dongzhimen nei!

tibetean rug expertise

A buddy of mine wanted to buy a tibetean rug. He needed an expert to help him find the perfect rug. I have been to tibet and have purchased rugs in the past therefore i was just the man he needed. One might wonder what my services cost. The answer is one hummous and falafel pita sandwich.

Here are photos of the rug/antiques market and the 2 finalists. which is the prefered tibetean rug?

calligraphy class #2

this class we designed a personal seal and carved it into a stone "chop". A chop is basically a stamp to sign your calligraphic works with your symbol. I used an ancient chinese character can anyone tell me the translation?

4 Treasures of the Study

I recently purchased the 4 Treasures of the Study. In chinese they are known as Wen Fang Si Bao.
They are the Brush ( bi ), Ink ( mo ), Paper ( zhi ), and the Stone ( yan ). Now my calligraphy will become even more powerful!

btw the whole set cost me roughly $30!

Monday Morning Propaganda

Bowl o' chicken

My upstairs neighbor anna aka "the russian" had a get together at her casa last night. Our contribution to the festivities was a shrink wrapped chicken we cut open and placed in a bowl. festivities continued on into the wee hours of the morning..... again!

BTW i was told this morning there was only a tiny little skeleton left from the bowl o' chicken

more holgas

two turn tables and a bongo

Last night i hit the bar shooters to hear my friend from chinese class play the bongos while his friend spun vinyl. ( rare in beijing most dj's play ipod playlists )

Unfortunately they were promoting new shot recipes and were giving away racks of shots. In beijing shots are rarely purchased individually they are purchased in racks of 12. 3 of us split 2 racks. my liver hates me.