Since I have had such a lot of positive comments about my photos I decided that I would try to make some posters and see if there was any interest in buying them. I created 5 composite posters and printed a handful of each. I took them to the girls at the book club and… Read More »
The GAOKAO is here. These three days in June torture 9 million High School students across China. The Gaokao tests the students in all areas of the curriculum. During these three days the whole country slows, building work ceases, air traffic is diverted and traffic quietens down. Well, that’s the idea but the signs outside… Read More »
People don’t like their dogs feet to touch the ground as it’s dirty so they carry them around instead of taking them for a walk. I said to her “Your dog likes walking” so she put him on the pavement and then placed her empty bag on the pavement too. The dog quickly leapt into… Read More »
One of the most difficult things to have in Nanjing is a hair cut. This is because no hairdresser speaks English and we don’t have the specialist language to describe what we need done. I just go into a hairdressers and let them do what they want. It works pretty well usually. But then, I’m… Read More »
Together with the Purple Mountian, the other main attractions of Nanjing is Xuanwu Lake. It’s huge and provides a good view of the railway station and the second highest building in China – Zifeng Tower. I decided to go there at night with my camera to see if I could get a shot of the… Read More »
We all know that girls here are extremely immature. It is said that you need to take off about 7 years to get the mental age of a Chinese girl. They play with soft toys and stick glitter on their mobile phone well into their 20’s when 15 yr old girls in the west would… Read More »
Lynn had seen the number 5 bus at the bus stop near her new house and had a suspicion it went somewhere exciting out of the city. So we decided we should get on it and see where it went. We picked a sunny day and packed our bus passes and hopped on the number… Read More »
I was sitting in Costa in Shanghai drinking a coffee and I could see an elderly Chinese couple sitting in the window reading the newspapers. She was reading some Chinese rag and he was reading the world’s worst English language newspaper – The China Daily. God knows why anyone buys it, all it has in… Read More »
I was looking for the Rain Flower Garden and I got off the bus a bit too early. I decided to walk the last part. But of course, because I have no sense of direction I soon became lost and was wandering through a part of the city which was fairly run down. There were… Read More »
I was told that if I wanted to take some nice photos I should go to a converted abattoir. It is called 1933 and is built in the art deco style. It’s incredible to think someone put so much effort into something which was built to kill animals. Surely they would not appreciate the building.… Read More »