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101031_Wonder_Woman

2010-11-05T04:32:00.000-07:00

100925_Nicaragua_Punta_Tenoste

2010-09-29T10:59:00.000-07:00

100921_Nicaragua_Back_at_the_Hacienda

2010-09-29T10:58:00.000-07:00

100920_Nicaragua_Granada

2010-09-29T10:57:00.002-07:00

100917_Nicaragua_Playa_Colorado

2010-09-29T10:57:00.001-07:00

100903_Moganshan

2010-09-27T15:36:00.001-07:00

100901_Expo

2010-09-27T15:35:00.000-07:00

100805_Chongqing

2010-09-27T15:34:00.000-07:00

100601_Summer_in_Shanghai

2010-09-27T15:33:00.000-07:00

100429_Spring_in_Xian

2010-09-27T15:32:00.002-07:00

100224_CNY_in_HK

2010-09-27T15:32:00.001-07:00

100210_MADA_retreat

2010-09-27T15:31:00.001-07:00

100201_Shandong

2010-09-27T15:30:00.001-07:00

091216_xmas

2010-09-27T15:28:00.000-07:00

090901_MADA

2010-09-27T15:25:00.000-07:00

090820_Tahoe

2010-09-27T15:24:00.000-07:00

090815_Hanoi

2010-09-27T15:21:00.000-07:00

090811_Shanghai

2010-09-27T15:05:00.000-07:00

090801_fun_with_al

2009-08-08T03:50:00.000-07:00

090729_the_killing_fields

2009-08-08T03:47:00.001-07:00

090716_back_home

2009-08-08T03:45:00.000-07:00

090629_Lili_visit

2009-08-08T03:44:00.000-07:00

090621_final_days_in_cambridge

2009-08-08T03:43:00.000-07:00

090612_NYC

2009-06-23T14:51:00.000-07:00

090601_GSD_thesis

2009-06-21T23:41:00.001-07:00

081226_tripping_with_Cat

2009-01-05T16:59:00.003-08:00

081224_xmas

2009-01-05T16:59:00.001-08:00

081219_coming_home

2009-01-05T16:58:00.001-08:00

081218_my_GSD_life

2009-01-05T16:55:00.001-08:00

080912_arrival_in_Cambridge

2008-09-25T11:34:00.000-07:00

my welcoming gift:
http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/campylobacter_gi.html

080911_menlo_park_bbq

2008-09-23T16:56:00.000-07:00

080904_hike_to_whiskey_creek_with_dad

2008-09-06T01:19:00.000-07:00

Haven't hiked with my dad for too long... A beautiful day.

080903_tahoe_with_the_fam

2008-09-06T01:18:00.001-07:00

Finally met my niece baby Juno, aka. Shnoo.

080901_in_tahoe_with_alec

2008-09-04T11:30:00.000-07:00

080820_back_home

2008-09-04T11:28:00.000-07:00

Back home, some familiar faces.

080819_final_farewell

2008-09-04T11:27:00.000-07:00

Baby Buddha for a farewell drink, on my way to the airport. I'll miss you guys.

080806_Japan_safari

2008-08-27T16:52:00.000-07:00

080731_RAD_farewell_party

2008-08-26T10:11:00.000-07:00

Farewell party for myself and 5 (or, secretly, 6) others leaving RAD. I'll miss you guys...

080711_final_days_in_HK

2008-08-26T10:10:00.000-07:00

My last days in Hong Kong, trying my best to leave my mark on the city... literally.

080706_tung_ping_chau_island_adventure

2008-08-07T21:30:00.001-07:00

Tung Ping Tsao, a little island close to the China border, can only be reached by one ferry a day. We went for a little diving and beach fun, but heavy rain surprised us and interrupted our plans a bit, but we managed to discover some other interesting things on the island anyway.

080705_urban_safari_5_tai_po

2008-08-07T21:29:00.000-07:00

Tai Po is a little town out in the New Territories, and by little I mean about 150,000 people live there probably. Anyway, some parts of it are really rural and sleepy, with winding pedestrian streets, and buildings blending with the jungle.

080701_urban_safari_4_democracy_delay_no_more

2008-08-07T21:26:00.000-07:00

July 1st is the annaversary of the handover of Hong Kong from the British to the Chinese, and so is a holiday now. The pro-democracy demonstration was something of a celebration too, really relaxed compared to other political deomonstrations, a "polite protest," very chinese.

080628_urban_safari_3_ShamShuiPo_to_CheungShaWan

2008-08-07T21:25:00.000-07:00

This was somewhat of a misadventure. Our original intention was to set out to Tseun Wan, but in the process if got dark and then some loopy road layouts led us to turn around, leading us to exactly back where we started!!! But that's not the point: got to see some nice stuff, some interesting buildings and spaces.

080609_cheung_tsao_island_adventure

2008-06-22T20:17:00.000-07:00

Cheung Tsao is a small little island that Stevie, a friend from work, lives on. There are no cars on the island, and it's something of a tourist zoo for the Hong Kongers, but it's got a relaxed feel. We rented a trike, and set out with olo driving, but although he was not drunk, he managed to crash the bike into some fixed objects no fewer than three times.

080608_the_polish_beach_crusade

2008-06-22T20:12:00.001-07:00

Sunday set out to the beach at Tai Long Wan, which involves a hike. Met up with Wojtek and his brother and his brother's girlfriend, got some seafood in Sai Kung after. Wojtek had never had scallops before, explaining to me that the Communists in Poland wouldn't allow that kind of thing... So it was a nice culinary adventure for them.

080607_urban_safari_2_in_KwunTong

2008-06-22T20:09:00.000-07:00

After the jam session, we wandered around Kwun Tong, looking at the buildings and the innfrastructure, quite a brutal environment with some nice qualities ater all.

080607_rockin_in_KwunTong

2008-06-22T20:04:00.000-07:00

After a wild night at 99 Sense (this little private club in Sheung Wan that is basically some guy's house that operates as a speak-easy on the weekends) that featured some abstract-expressionist rapping from Olo to my beats on the drums, we wanted to continue jamming, and so went to Kwun Tong the next day to jam at this music studio in some old industrial building there. Olo had some trouble coming up with rapping material since we were lacking in alcohol, so he read from the pages of the economist, which needless to say produced some very unique sounds.

080606_olo_bday

2008-06-22T20:03:00.000-07:00

Olo is 28 now, this is the office celebration and the beginning of a long birthday-weekend of various types of partying...

080601_safari_to_aberdeen

2008-06-22T19:59:00.000-07:00

Hybrid urban-natural sarafi. Started out in Wan Chai, got some cheap chinese noodles, in the market, set out over the hill. Ended up in Aberdeen on the other side of the island.

080531_urban_safari_1_TsimShaTsui_to_ToKwaWan

2008-06-22T19:56:00.000-07:00

The first in the urban safari project. Got started a bit late since I dropped by the office this saturday to check on some renderings that I had running, so didn't get to go too far... Saw some nice stuff, some beautiful things, beautiful buildings, take a look:

080525_sunday_in_admiralty

2008-06-22T19:51:00.000-07:00

Some time goes by with nothing happening, feel frustrated by that, but got to take some time on Sunday to chill out by just walking through the city a bit, places that I normally go but this time with a different eye. Had this idea to start doing some "urban safaris", that is a hike through random parts of the city with no destination in mind, just us and the sea of chinese people around me that I am separate from, like being alone in the jungle.

080520_a_bad_week

2008-06-22T19:49:00.000-07:00

Don't know why, but this week was not the best, feeling down, work not good, but managed to find some nice moments towards the end...

080507_a_stroll_to_HK_art_expo

2008-06-22T19:47:00.000-07:00

Walking in Hong Kong is a unique pleasure, always something interesting. After eating duck-rice at this famous old place with this creatively-repaired table, we went to the Hong Kong Art Expo, an traveling exhibition for of various international art galleries. A Some really interesting work there, though unfortunately I have no pictures of it.

080519_be_afraid_very_afraid

2008-05-18T21:54:00.000-07:00

"http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20797485/chinas_allseeing_eye/print"

080511_wakeboarding_at_repulse_bay

2008-05-18T08:07:00.001-07:00

080507_another_RAD_week

2008-05-18T08:06:00.001-07:00

A typical week in the office... Work dotted with lunches, and ending with a really stiflingly hot evening drinking in the park, no more energy to go out,. though also feeling that's ok since the pace in this place is too fast sometimes...

080503_shoes_and_weekend

2008-05-18T08:02:00.000-07:00

A mellow day just doing some errands with my flatmate, buying shoes and also paying an arm and a leg for some architecture books... some interesting sights, trying to record many of my favorite or unfavorite buildings.

080504_leisure_activities

2008-05-10T03:56:00.000-07:00

South Bay beach, really relaxed hot day, one of the first nice ones since the winter, if is can be called that here. Water's quite pleasant, swam around a lot, checked out the beautiful girls, got a bit burned, getting tired on the beach from doing absolutely nothing.

080424_wojteks_raggae_session

2008-05-06T23:39:00.000-07:00

Wojtek spinning at the Vodka Bar, Olo dancing like he just don't care...

080419_chai_wan_party

2008-05-06T23:29:00.000-07:00

Party / Art exhibition in the warehouse in Chai Wan. Some good oil paintings, typically (for China) overly-honest non-tongue-in-cheek paintings however, featuring for example a painting of a horse galloping... Good party though.

080405_on_the_roof_in_SaiYingPun

2008-04-13T21:26:00.000-07:00

Long exposures on the roof of my apartment building... So bright with all the light from the city. The roof is a nice retreat.

080405_in_Shenzhen

2008-04-13T21:25:00.002-07:00

Bizarre psychedelic weekend in Shenzhen. After a party in Wan Chai, headed to the Rox club across the border for some deep house from DJ Moore, was awesome really, but in a weird setting of locals playing drinking games and passing out from ketamine. Beautiful women in shenzhen... In the morning, got to experience a little taste of America at Walmart and Starbucks and Pizza Hut, which are everywhere in Shenzhen, but felt bad about legitimizing these place with my gwai-lo presence.

080430_ching_ming_burn

2008-04-13T21:25:00.001-07:00

The Ching Ming festival. You're supposed to burn paper effigies as offerings to your ancestors. The polish guys made some paper Zubrowka (their favorite vodka brand) bottles, and we made our contribution.

080430_friday_ching_ming_festival

2008-04-13T21:24:00.000-07:00

080427_kangaroo_pool

2008-04-13T21:23:00.000-07:00

080325_wojteks_dinner

2008-04-13T21:21:00.002-07:00

080323_another_RAD_week

2008-04-13T21:18:00.003-07:00

080320_wojteks_bday

2008-04-13T21:18:00.001-07:00

080318_cats_bday

2008-04-13T21:17:00.001-07:00

080314_Sunday_in_the_apartment

2008-04-13T21:16:00.002-07:00

080307_sunday_in_SaiYingPun

2008-04-13T21:16:00.001-07:00