Archive for the ‘snaps’ Category
snaps | a couple home-pah’s from last month ::
Monday, April 12th, 2010:: some snaps from a couple dinner parties last month. Finally getting around to posting. // AjS
snaps | irony ::
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009:: taken in Shanghai, China, just outside the Neocha studio. // AjS
snaps | haibao’s gender finally revealed ::
Friday, October 23rd, 2009:: taken in Shanghai on Huaihai Rd. // AjS
snaps | birthday dj ::
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
snaps | my new mug ::
Thursday, October 8th, 2009:: taken on my kitchen counter in Shanghai; my new all-occasion mug. // AjS
snaps | my favorite windows in shanghai ::
Sunday, September 27th, 2009:: taken in Shanghai on Huaihai West Rd.; my favorite windows in the city. // AjS
snaps | strawberry in a jar ::
Sunday, September 27th, 2009:: taken in my apartment building in Shanghai; my neighbor’s window sill. Can anyone help me understand what the hell this is for? I see it everyday on my way to the elevator and just haven’t gotten around to asking Mr. Deng yet. // AjS
snaps | new throw-up spotted on xinle rd. ::
Thursday, September 24th, 2009:: I spotted this throw-up today in Shanghai while heading down Xinle Rd., near the the Huating Rd. intersection. I recently saw the same throw-up just around the corner from this one. Does anyone know whose work this is? If you spot graffiti or urban art anywhere in China, please share it with me at . I’d like to document it on NeochaEDGE. For more graffiti in China on NeochaEDGE, link here. // AjS
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snaps | shanghai botanical gardens ::
Sunday, September 20th, 2009:: taken at the Shanghai Botanical Gardens (上海植物园), where I spent my Sunday picnicking and lounging with friends on this grass patch of paradise. This photo was taken on my iPhone using PANO, a fun panoramic (vertical or horizontal) application I highly recommend. This is four separate photos stitched together, the application can do up to sixteen. Me like-y. // AjS
snaps | warrior sneakers in ho chi minh ::
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009:: taken in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; a pedicab driver wearing Warrior (回力) sneakers. // AjS
snaps | maoming rd. chai ::
Sunday, August 30th, 2009:: taken in Shanghai on Maoming Rd. near Nanjing West Rd.; a soon-to-be chai’d building. // AjS
snaps | shanghai electricity ::
Saturday, August 29th, 2009:: taken in my apartment building in Shanghai; an electrical box of sorts. // AjS
snaps & scribbles | vietnam ::
Saturday, August 15th, 2009:: see below for some photos and anecdotal (sometimes random) notes from a recent trip I took to southern Vietnam. This was only my second time in Vietnam, so please correct me if I got anything wrong. Thanks. // AjS
snaps ::
scribbles ::
- Vietnam is really two words and should be spelled Viet Nam.
- Pepsi not Coke.
- I have never seen stores selling caskets before. In Vietnam such stores are all along the roadside. It’s very sad to see a stack of children-sized caskets ready for the sell.
- There are a lot catholic churches in Vietnam.
- Vietnamese cemeteries are above ground and beautiful.
- Warrior sneakers and Tiger beer are the only Chinese brands I noticed in the Vietnamese market.
- Pho is of course never better than in Vietnam.
- Motorbikes not cars.
- Vietnam has some of the most interesting signage, particularly government propaganda anti-smoking, and disease awareness signs.
- Vietnamese people don’t stare, at you in fact, you’re lucky if they look at you at all.
- Some local fishing boats look like teacups floating in the water.
- In-store / shop / home Buddhist shrines have flashing neon lights.
- Quite a few people speak Mandarin. More than I would have expected.
- Samsung and NOKIA seem to be market leaders in the hand set space in Vietnam.
- A few KFC, no McDonalds. A good thing.
- WIFI internet access is fairly readily available in HCM city. The fastest internet connection I’ve accessed in years in in the HCM city airport courtesy of Vietnam Airlines.
- Vietnamese coffee is still the best coffee in the world to me.
- Automobile horns are different…they are considerably louder, at a higher pitch, and more annoying.
- Buildings are tall, skinny, and deep.
- Motorcycle helmets is a good industry to be in.
- “Same same.” is a full and proper sentence in Vietnam.
- Unlike the most of the rest of East Asia, Karaoke is not a very big deal here.
- Barefoot.
- Limes, not lemons.
- Bugs are bigger here.
- What’s the point of the last 3 zeros in local currency?
- The Mekong River is very muddy.
- The Vietnamese, like almost every country I’ve ever visited (accept Germany) appear to be quite patriotic.
- There is no subway in HCM city, although I understand that is going to change soon.
- Although the official name is apparently HCM city, most local people still seem to refer to it as Saigon. Saigon sounds much better, but
- HCM was a pretty interesting guy and probably worst have a big Vietnamese city named after him.
- A lot of graffiti tags, but couldn’t really find and proper pieces.
- There is an odd and very obvious surplus of older Western men with badly done arm tattoos running around this country.
- Palm trees and coconuts.
- To my great delight, 8bit Nintendo is still played by the average Vietnamese “gamer”
- The Saigon River-front in downtown HCM city reminds of what Shanghai must have looked like in the late 80s or so.
- Bread appears to be a pretty standard part of local cuisine…unlike most other East Asian countries.
- Petro not gas.
snaps | shanghai rain ::
Monday, August 3rd, 2009:: taken this weekend in Shanghai; rainy days. // AjS
