Pudding and Chopsticks

HAPPY NEW YEAR, uh, bring in the dragon?.. Or something.

The calm before the storm.

The storm

You can see in the distance, it’s like WW3. Think of it like every American could go buy mortar shells and light them off anywhere. Yeah, it’s that awesome.

Yes your seeing that correctly. Merely a few meters from the APARTMENT BUILDING they light off some mortar shells. Does it make me feel like a little kid again in the sticks blowing up things, YES.

I was getting it on both sides of my building so I had to race back and fourth. This was a cluster of three or four people lighting them off in the same apartment complex area. At MIDNIGHT..

Here is a photo of what the local food looks like.

Tastes terrible. The only thing I did was get tottied up on yellow wine and eat lamb ribs.

Here is a photo of police officers on electric mopeds, in case you were curious.

In the rain.

On the way to lunch today we saw the aftermath of an accident. It seems that the truck on the right changed lanes, but its trailer didn’t make the lane change before clipping the back end of the truck with the tubes. Thus, rammed the tubes back into the cab of the truck on the left.

So, uh, there wasn’t anyone there, so it happened awhile ago. Not sure if the guy made it.

Oh and this isn’t a China bashing post. This can happen anyway. It’s more like a holy sh*t that sucks post. Anyway.

Some photos of the airport.

So during one of my so exciting work days we had a supplier roll in to get something, basically money. Which meant me, being a white guy, had to go have lunch with him and some factory people.

So, we went to a place I had been before, needless to say, it isn’t my favorite place to ingest food.

Here are some photos.

Some panoramic photos from the Forbidden City when I went to kick out the jams.

Here are a few panos that I shot at the Great Wall.

So while I was trampling around the capital I went to the Forbidden City. Check it out..

So a week or two ago I headed up to Beijing to check some things out again. I went with a few friends and their family.

Here are photos of the Great Wall.

More images from though-out the trip coming soon.

Took this photo today at lunch. Had a good laugh.