tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55103872012-02-16T09:35:15.510-08:00A one-way ticket from Utopia to DystopiaThe rancor of the rank-and-filepeijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comBlogger1691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-56067307093053898062011-12-14T03:20:00.001-08:002011-12-14T03:20:11.783-08:00Buying ebooks from China: My guide thus far...so most of your know i'm an avid reader and i've been fully converted to the digital reading experience. I read on my Samsung Galaxy S, I read on my iPad 2, I read on my Macbook Pro. So, the question I'm putting before us today is how best to get the e-books that you want in an efficient and cost-effective manner. I have 4 "ecosystems" to choose from 1. amazon2. apple 3. google4. illegalas you peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-78275966954377390292011-07-08T23:06:00.001-07:002011-07-08T23:06:05.632-07:00Train to kashgar Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-71540715700826811842011-05-11T05:28:00.001-07:002011-05-11T05:28:09.903-07:00Peijin's Movie Podcast Episode #4: Julian Schnabel's "Miral" Moviebites4Miral by Peijin Chen Listen on Posterous my thoughts of the Julian Schnabel movie "Miral", about a Palestinian girl caught in the middle of the conflict. Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-63029203729862269542011-05-09T23:55:00.001-07:002011-05-09T23:55:07.481-07:00Peijin's Movie Podcast Episode #3: Buddha Mountain, Umberto D., 3 Idiots Moviebites3 by Peijin Chen Listen on Posterous Latest episode of my movie podcast! Listen here, or subscribe to me on itunes! Thanks Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-63832950336655735002011-05-01T00:26:00.001-07:002011-05-01T00:26:23.535-07:00Peijin's Podcast Episode #4: Les Petits Mouchoirs/Blue Valentine/Another Year/Fish Tank/The Rite Moviebites2 by Peijin Chen Listen on Posterous Reviewing some of the best and worst of recent movies that I've seen! Check it out, subscribe on Itunes! Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-49125346436571456002011-04-28T08:17:00.001-07:002011-04-28T08:17:46.994-07:00Peijin's Podcast Episode #3: Original Music! "Sin All Day" Sinallday5. 2 by Peijin Chen Listen on Posterous dug out this old song from last year and re-recorded it...drums don't work well, but take a listen. Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-90087053701544513632011-04-24T14:16:00.001-07:002011-04-24T14:16:24.566-07:00Peijin's Podcast Episode #2: Original Music! "After All These Ages" Afteralltheseages by Peijin Chen Listen on Posterous Well i've been working hard at this song, which i started sometime in the winter. Put down some drums, background vocals, synths, scratches and other goodies. Still a work in progress, but hope you like. Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-39134225364859830302011-04-21T09:26:00.001-07:002011-04-21T09:26:48.452-07:00Peijin's Podcast Episode #1 Moviebites1 by Peijin Chen Listen on Posterous This is the first episode of my podcast, where I'll be talking about movies, politics, China, and whatever else captures my interest. This episode is about some of the films that I've watched over the last week or so, including Haevnen, 13 Assassins, Serpico, The Way Back, and The Eagle. Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-17356511008159003722011-02-23T01:52:00.001-08:002011-02-23T01:52:32.338-08:00Walking through the forest at beihaiMy Location@17:52,2/23Beihai, Guangxi, China, Jinhai'an Avehttp://m.google.com/u/m/z44Cz9 Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-91508967034662503052011-02-20T00:25:00.001-08:002011-02-20T00:25:59.075-08:00Pudong airport Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-12985329432002027862011-01-19T04:56:00.001-08:002011-01-19T04:56:14.863-08:00An afternoon at Corona Del Mar See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-10442434733672130012011-01-19T00:31:00.001-08:002011-01-19T00:31:21.229-08:00Mother dearest Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-35858745767174387612011-01-10T21:30:00.001-08:002011-01-10T21:30:57.146-08:00Pixie the dog Fort Greene Brooklyn Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-88348254265179713322011-01-10T20:22:00.001-08:002011-01-10T20:22:07.848-08:00Untitled Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-66965838226105454162010-12-25T01:44:00.001-08:002010-12-25T01:44:06.112-08:00Self-portrait on Xmas morning 2010 Posted via 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peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-60115909084212290322010-11-16T20:32:00.001-08:002010-11-16T20:32:55.386-08:00Shanghai Fire 12 /陈培进 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-35218148842350683982010-11-15T09:19:00.001-08:002010-11-15T09:19:03.149-08:00Shanghai Fire 13 /陈培进 Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-47029391152608878272010-11-15T09:07:00.001-08:002010-11-15T09:07:24.787-08:00Shanghai Fire 12 /陈培进 Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-417407101979317032010-11-15T09:04:00.001-08:002010-11-15T09:04:37.271-08:00Shanghai Fire 11 /陈培进 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-56892351160460520442010-11-15T05:59:00.001-08:002010-11-15T05:59:52.591-08:00Shanghai Fire 10 /陈培进 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-61196634827831313212010-11-15T05:55:00.001-08:002010-11-15T05:55:25.243-08:00Shanghai Fire 9 /陈培进 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-27294021008362875372010-11-15T05:42:00.001-08:002010-11-15T05:42:30.223-08:00Shanghai Fire 8 /陈培进 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-63144065335392676092010-11-15T05:29:00.001-08:002010-11-15T05:29:33.471-08:00Shanghai Fire 7/ 陈培进 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-21039259708349217002010-11-15T05:21:00.001-08:002010-11-15T05:21:48.678-08:00Shanghai Fire 6 / 陈培进 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-1598769442506178562010-11-15T02:29:00.001-08:002010-11-15T02:29:53.270-08:00Shanghai Fire 5 /Peijin Chen See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-88423922594059027382010-11-15T01:13:00.001-08:002010-11-15T01:13:29.641-08:00Shanghai Fire 4 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-86124017150747737672010-11-15T01:10:00.001-08:002010-11-15T01:10:02.695-08:00Shanghai Fires 3 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-78431083587990980482010-11-15T00:02:00.001-08:002010-11-15T00:02:22.907-08:00Shanghai Jiaozhou lu fires 2 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-86017353739517966332010-11-14T23:51:00.001-08:002010-11-14T23:51:39.028-08:00shanghai jiaozhou lu fires 1 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-17647801195157672342010-10-31T20:37:00.001-07:002010-10-31T20:37:33.441-07:00staring at that IM contact liststaring at that IM contact list i sometimes wonder what each online person is doing at this momentwhat kind of sofa chair or seat they are sitting on what the weather is like if they have colds or headaches or more pressingly, what they are thinking about lifeat this very moment.and i hope that they in some way care about me.They are always so tantalizingly there, but not there and whenever i peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-10983801405499439732010-10-28T20:12:00.001-07:002010-10-28T20:12:38.525-07:00Cognitive Dissonance with Chinese Characteristic Or my Life as a TranslatorThis is some of what i have to translate today--and this paragraph in particular makes my head explode.Why? Notice the mixture of revolutionary language--mobilization, praxis--and 21st century capitalismis interesting but it's hell to translate, in some way because the revolutionists' idiom is lost on me-- the cliches corporate capitalism, also present here, are much more familiar to me, though peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-1447222733379894132010-10-27T09:17:00.001-07:002010-10-27T09:17:43.777-07:00Contradictionsthe journalistic impulse to bear witness, to explain, to describe, to encounter the Otheris at odds with my more introspective, elitist, and intellectual side. The latter tells me that life is more bearable to both study and act upon in those rarefied realms it tells me that i am always more at home in the world of my own ideasand emotions I have ceased to be able to be social. I know the game peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-84900610581278302432010-09-16T10:36:00.001-07:002010-09-16T10:36:12.794-07:00Mr. Chen goes to Santiago de Compostela Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-58569636397922995132010-09-15T11:29:00.001-07:002010-09-15T11:29:15.288-07:00the best part of my journey... Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-29040036832821363302010-09-12T12:24:00.001-07:002010-09-12T12:24:33.607-07:00berlin rotterdam amsterdam leyden See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-44313342726364720412010-09-12T11:07:00.001-07:002010-09-12T11:07:48.799-07:00one night in Madrid See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-82747257439967923932010-08-25T12:47:00.003-07:002010-08-25T12:47:34.242-07:00me and Charly, a cat from Berlin Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-84537471731087082692010-08-25T12:47:00.001-07:002010-08-25T12:47:24.720-07:00me and Charly, a cat from Berlin Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-3347677642260925522010-08-20T02:52:00.001-07:002010-08-20T02:52:52.105-07:00Lars Vilks and a day in the Swedish countrysideWe went to take a look at the public art that Swedish artist Lars Vilks created in the countryside, by the sea. These wood and stone structures remind you ofsiege towers and fortresses--but made of driftwood and somewhat haphazardly nailed together. That is what gives them their "aesthetic" quality but on the other hand, according to the artist and builder, who was on site yesterday doing routinepeijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-44909909691914639792010-08-14T09:35:00.001-07:002010-08-14T09:35:44.196-07:00What the Duck cartoon sums up corporate capitalism via bobkrist.com like this cartoon. should be more goodies at the website, whattheduck.net. Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-70360843935784006822010-07-26T10:54:00.001-07:002010-07-26T10:54:01.541-07:00知足 I met Hope and Ryan in the little beach resort north of Nuweiba where i was staying. We had all signed up for the walking up Mt Sinai at night so that you cancatch the sunrise trip, and during this time we got to know each other a bit. They are a lovely couple, and are now working in Hebron as part of a Christian peacemaker team. Although it's nice to meet people from other countries, it's also peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-79008154703631444912010-07-26T07:47:00.001-07:002010-07-26T07:47:21.783-07:00my mediterranean diet Well, everyone knows of the virtues of the mediterranean diet. This is just to remind you of how good that shit looks too. Tahine, pita, and a Greek salad. The can of Stella (Egyptian beer, supposedly owned by Heineken?) is not pictured. This is what i love about this region. you can get the food anywhere but it just tastes a hell of a lot better here. Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-22600023369988946782010-07-26T07:05:00.001-07:002010-07-26T07:05:39.636-07:00Jebel Amman Jebel Amman--Rainbow Street--a slightly trendy place for young people to hang out. We visited the lovely Royal Film Commission, walked around the hilly streets, watched the sun go down. It was nice. Lots of young people, some playing guitar, as you can see. Would have been cooler if i'd seen this with younger and less jaundiced eyes Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-19553109357853936132010-07-26T07:02:00.001-07:002010-07-26T07:02:16.933-07:00The Suez Canal See and download the full gallery on posterousDid you know you can fish for crabs in the Suez Canal? you do now. I ended up here by accident--because there were no buses to Taba in Nuweiba, so they told me to go to Suez, after which i found out i still had to go to Nafa to get my bus. I stayed only a night in Suez, but it so happened that my hotel was near the canal so i decided to check it outpeijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-18783478383642496112010-07-26T06:19:00.001-07:002010-07-26T06:19:00.352-07:00the one and only commandment Here I am, at the top of Mt. Moses as they call it, Mt. Sinai, where Moses received the ten commandments. If, however, there was only one rule to live by, it would have to be this: love someone, and love them well. Love them with everything you've got. The rest really doesn't matter. I've not done that yet. I hope to remedy this before I die--so that one day I can climb up the mountain in the peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-15273565293139499842010-07-26T06:15:00.001-07:002010-07-26T06:15:19.375-07:00Ferry Terminal, Nuweiba, Egypt count yourself lucky if you get off a few shots here, since the white policeman in the upper left hand corner will make sure you don't get more than that. This infamous ferry is known for being delayed--which can mean anything from an hour to 12 hours. IN our case, it was about 2 hours late getting there and then took another hour before everyone was loaded on and could take off. Once on there peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-35474687468418789422010-07-26T05:51:00.001-07:002010-07-26T05:51:01.312-07:00(not quite) drinking the sea at Gaza as many of you know, the whole point of my middle east trip was to get back to the Gaza Strip, where I had spent some time in 2001. This picture is of the land crossing at Rafah, on the northeastern corner of the Sinai peninsula. This is the closest that I got to Gaza. They never let me in, even with my affidavit from the consulate in Cairo. Oh well. The blockade will end some day. In the peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-86146739853753428792010-07-26T05:18:00.001-07:002010-07-26T05:18:00.191-07:00pictures from Egypt, Jordan, Palestine 1 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-72512765523961890462010-07-25T12:35:00.001-07:002010-07-25T12:35:12.817-07:00me at the Cinema Jenin guesthouse in the morning Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-32013081719232035392010-07-22T14:29:00.001-07:002010-07-22T14:29:34.994-07:00me and a cat from East Jerusalem Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-6102508010818182682010-07-22T06:25:00.001-07:002010-07-22T06:25:31.888-07:00me and a jordanian cat in Amman Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-27427650765394866172010-07-13T08:37:00.001-07:002010-07-13T08:37:34.545-07:00IMG_9387 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! via flickr.com Old cars don't go to heaven, they go to Egypt. Love the old jalopies here, ranging from the Peugeots to the old diesel Benzos, Datsuns, and even a Camaro here and there. But it's hard to photograph, you see the texture everywhere but the camera lens is never as discerning as human is, you have to use the camera lens to narrow down the focus of what you see, and then present peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-47198167491672575752010-06-18T22:18:00.001-07:002010-06-18T22:18:01.176-07:00Endgame: a demo song Download now or listen on posterous endgame_demo1.mp3 (8493 KB) This is basically the second or third song that I wrote, this was back in 1999 or early 2000while i was living in Seattle. It was dedicated to one person at the time that I wrote itbut now I suppose it's a song about any number of people that are--or in most cases, were--a part of my life. peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-25892759228380885122010-06-18T05:10:00.001-07:002010-06-18T05:10:01.462-07:00demo of my song i wrote called "Flaws" Flaws4Test3 by Peijin Chen Download now or listen on posterous flaws4test3.mp3 (10108 KB) this was recorded in my kitchen in Shanghai. Friday, June 18. let me know if you like it/hate it think there are specific places i could improve on. Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-32810144583337575482010-05-08T10:32:00.001-07:002010-05-08T10:32:50.785-07:00and yet anothermore and more i think i ought to go back to Gazabecause everything else I do seems to me to be pissing my life away. The fear of death and meaningless plagues me every nightand sometimes it just takes the requisite bit of alcohol to coax me to sleep. But there are plenty of times where i try to tough it out and the older that i get the less viable that seems. Now more than ever it's whatever peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-6208272628183819122010-05-08T10:23:00.001-07:002010-05-08T10:23:53.421-07:00too much of a good thingThere are times when I think that, spurred by Facebook and just pure nostalgiathat i have made too many friends, and that perhaps this needs some snipping and pruning.Most of the time, people do this with regards to facebook, because it gets too unruly what with all the random people that you added. But Facebook has made me realize that in fact, trying to keep up with everyone means that I am inpeijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-29297634293692914562010-05-07T08:38:00.001-07:002010-05-07T08:38:37.540-07:00Amygdalize this, bitchYou know how psychologists are always doing research on what happens in the brainwhen people are presented with unfamiliar situations or faces? Once you're somewhat sure about what part of the brain you're interested in and some kind of metric or method for measuring things the next step is to theorize how people come to be that way, if it's heritable or just something that the fate determines bypeijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-76818382599195358412010-04-29T22:35:00.001-07:002010-04-29T22:35:49.042-07:00Peijin's Shanghai Expo Propaganda Do's and Don'ts*Don't:--Show Yao Ming in a tux playing congo drums. You know I love homos**, but I'm sorry, that shit is just gay. --Show Liu Xiang running with his hands in the air up the stairs. Y'all know I love people with Down's Syndrome*** but I'm sorry, this shit makes him look like a fuckin retard, waving his hands in the air.--Show how Chinese people 'help' foreigners. The Chinese guide or volunteer peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-71223403709977275062010-04-18T18:39:00.001-07:002010-04-18T18:39:58.202-07:00thoughts in the year of mass exodusIt started with a few people airing thoughts of discontent the longing to be somewhere else, to be with someone else,to be doing something else, and before you knew it, people are selling their furniture and buying their tickets home or to new places. I was riding my bike home in light drizzle when it hit me--all of the sudden,I wasn't sure where I was going, or why. Home is not a place, it's a peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-36728823681656905682010-03-26T05:49:00.001-07:002010-03-26T05:49:13.986-07:00Chen Mimi at age 5 See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-81612184576307916522010-03-13T10:21:00.001-08:002010-03-13T10:21:17.064-08:00overrun by cattails
Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-64469422799527145842010-01-28T19:34:00.001-08:002010-01-28T19:34:31.202-08:00Apple quality absorption, lasting all day use, a woman's best friend--the iPAD
via hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net even if you're post-menopausal, you might have some bladder problems that goes for the guys too! Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-69021851336629696392010-01-20T10:48:00.001-08:002010-01-20T10:48:53.024-08:00in search of lost time, shanghai style (in B&W of course)
See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-6989488962126250022010-01-18T08:27:00.001-08:002010-01-18T08:27:38.535-08:00chinese fans E'gao David Beckham and Tracy McGrady (among others) #Avatar style #china #fb
via sports.163.com beckham looks all right as as a blue man. either that or i've been smoking too much unobtainium Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-23484454620135326152010-01-10T07:15:00.001-08:002010-01-10T07:15:54.663-08:00A few ways to Twitter from behind China's GFW
So most of you know that Twitter and Facebook are blocked in China. However, for those unable or unwilling to use proxies or VPNs to get on these sites, there are some alternatives. 1. Brizzly. Located at Brizzly.com, this site allows you to add multiple twitter accounts as well as your Facebook stream, and its all within the same site. If you don't want to open the site up you can also installpeijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-9469770860686727102010-01-08T02:45:00.001-08:002010-01-08T02:45:52.049-08:00obama inspired firefox browser
check out my Obama inspired Firefox browser. This is the Firefox China version, in English (does that make sense? No?) where you can choose a bunch of themes (there are thousands upon thousands of them, many of which don't have anything to do with Michael Jackson, believe it or not) and this is one i found that was kinda interesting. Though it also sets the default fonts which is strange, but peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-71121191025988488892010-01-04T11:06:00.001-08:002010-01-04T11:06:34.020-08:00@cmar55 has some nice pics from the Chinese countryside. This is one of em
via flickr.com so this is the reason people carry around ultrawide angles. Sweet 16. Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-89546923338730486522009-12-30T02:13:00.001-08:002009-12-30T02:13:51.613-08:00Jan 1--Shanghai world expo online goes live, in English. includes 3-D models of 48 pavilions 网上世博会英文版元旦开通 48个三维展馆同步上线
网上世博会英文版元旦开通 48个三维展馆同步上线 2009-12-30 15:44 来源：东方网 作者：张海盈 共 0 条评论 关键字：展馆,藤头村,三维虚拟现实 东方网记者今天从上海世博局了解到，2010年1月1日，上海世博会将正式开通网上世博会英文版。网上世博会是中国2010年上海世博会的两大亮点之一，它通过互联网平台，运用三维虚拟现实技术，把上海世博会3.28平方公里园区，以及园区内150多个展馆搬到互联网上，使全球网民能足不出户，就能体验本届世博会的盛况。 东方网记者张海盈12月30日报道：东方网记者今天从上海世博局了解到，2010年1月1日，上海世博会将正式开通网上世博会英文版。同时新增48个网上展馆三维外观，全球网友在上海世博会开幕前提前“先睹”西安大明宫、peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-44760395682166870502009-12-25T00:06:00.001-08:002009-12-25T00:06:09.246-08:00the chinese netizen, surrounded: a graphic representation
interesting little graphic showing all the chinese govt agencies and media/content providers that are involved in the simple transaction between the chinese netizen sitting in front of her computer and the things that they are reading. it's a bit pessimism inducing so i would advise you not to stare at this thing too long, unless you don't read chinese, in which case it probably won't be of peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-4103222344703492302009-12-21T03:40:00.001-08:002009-12-21T03:40:41.745-08:00ok this is the final version, at least for tonight (analoops song)
Analoopssong 2 by Peijin Chen Download now or listen on posterous analoopssong_2.mp3 (4653 KB) argh its getting late, making too many silly mistakes. hopefully this is a clean version. Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-67786451179611847292009-12-21T03:26:00.001-08:002009-12-21T03:26:39.728-08:00version two of the Analoops song....
Analoopssong 2 by Peijin Chen Download now or listen on posterous analoopssong_2.mp3 (4653 KB) that other one was WAY too rough shouldnt have let that see the light of day. this one is shorter and simpler, which goes to show my lack of self-editing skills are as lacking in the musical sphere as they are in the writing sphere Posted via email from peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-25588855177314540112009-12-21T02:43:00.001-08:002009-12-21T02:43:38.908-08:00Electronica 007/video game theme song (composed on Garage Band)
Analoopssong by Peijin Chen Download now or listen on posterous analoopssong.mp3 (6939 KB) guess i'm having a "productive" night with these songs. I'd like to think this is training for something down the road but I doubt it. But it's a fun exercise in creativity nonetheless. God bless apple computers. Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-65528393669258827032009-12-20T22:22:00.001-08:002009-12-20T22:22:46.991-08:00a soft rockish Garage Band song i did tonight
Steelstring by Peijin Chen Download now or listen on posterous steelstring.mp3 (3784 KB) There are far sexier combinations out there, but sometimes they are easy to start and hard to finish this one was a bit smoother, if only because with purely acoustic things i'm a bit more in my element. Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-59638940119945695852009-12-19T04:09:00.001-08:002009-12-19T04:09:39.325-08:00a rough new electronic song i made (take a listen)
Zealot4 by Peijin Chen Download now or listen on posterous zealot4.mp3 (3710 KB) just messing around with all the loops and things i have for Garage Band. This isn't a finished product though i took as far as I could today. Might try to add some vocal elements later, but this is it for now. Might make for some good exercise workout music? Posted via emailpeijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-19623844297031459792009-12-18T05:28:00.001-08:002009-12-18T05:28:34.480-08:00Best Of...精选 - a set on Flickr (revamped version of my personal favorites from pictures that i've taken)
via flickr.com i recently noticed that i haven't updated my "best of" set to reflect the many thousands of image that i've taken in the last 2 years, so here's a somewhat expanded and revised version of that set. It still needs to be trimmed somewhat, but I do like the images here and i hope you will too. Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-55904618407793189052009-12-14T18:23:00.001-08:002009-12-14T18:23:11.567-08:003 a.m. Gallery: Another world revealed (including pictures i took in shanghai)
via cnngo.com a few months ago CNNgo.com asked me to take some pictures of construction sites around Shanghai but around 3AM--and i wondered what the point was, because why not do it at 11pm, who would be able to tell the difference? But i stuck it out, even though it was raining. I wasn't entirely pleased (i'm a perfectionist, so those words can't be taken literally) with what i got but here peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-83015267017485319062009-12-07T19:42:00.001-08:002009-12-07T19:42:50.531-08:00China's Property laws and forced demolitions--some thoughts
I opened two blog posts/ articles today, and both happened to mention the Chinese law that purportedly protectsprivate property, and which is therefore used by those tenants in China who are trying to resist forced demolitionof their homes.You might know that this whole thing has been thrown in the media spotlight again b/c of the recent self-immolation of a woman in Chengdu over the demolition peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-69275555629948400172009-12-07T10:11:00.001-08:002009-12-07T10:11:00.711-08:00cats and cerveza
Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-77359740161804754742009-12-06T03:53:00.001-08:002009-12-06T03:53:39.685-08:00Sign the Petition :: Hands Off Texas!
“Something wicked this way comes…” ~ Macbeth Skip to the petition form » The Obama Team and the Democratic National Committee have Texas in their sights. They chose to have their annual September meeting in Texas’ capital city because they think they can turn Texas BLUE in the next election. Working with Organizing for America, they have announced plans to place over 30 paid peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-54514024660646570562009-12-05T11:14:00.001-08:002009-12-05T11:14:58.466-08:00新版西游记造型雷人：悟空似忍者龟 白龙太时尚 (monkey king in the new journey to the west looks like a ninja turtle)
绿毛孙悟空憨态可掬。 小白龙造型时尚。 昨天（3日），新版《西游记》曝光了一组吴樾版孙悟空的绿毛造型以及钱泳辰版小白龙的剧照。绿毛的孙悟空带着一些可爱的正义感，头顶一溜白毛的小白龙看起来十分时尚。详细>>> via news.xinhuanet.com i dont know about looking like a teenage mutant ninja turtle--to me he just looks like he took a swim in Kunming's Dianchi Lake and took a nice long bath in the algae blooms. Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-76797748873441912442009-12-05T10:39:00.001-08:002009-12-05T10:39:34.267-08:00《孔子》明年1月上映 “打戏”挑战《阿凡达》_新民网
via news.xinmin.cn this is what Confucius looks like. Still expect him (or Chow, rather) to pull out a piece in each hand and start blowing people away, especially those who are not philosophically sophisticated in the ways of rules and rituals. Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-31036149349445572672009-12-03T21:06:00.001-08:002009-12-03T21:06:25.751-08:00商务部投放中国制造（有字幕）Made in China - 视频 - 优酷视频 - 在线观看 - 中国制造 广告
via v.youku.com so this is the "made in china" commercial that is hitting the airwaves on CNN in the US (and elsewhere in the world?) at the end it says "made WITH china"--which is a clever rewording that i think makes the message more clear--we are not making stuff in China--all of us are making stuff together, with the help and contribution of China (be it labor, parts, whatever) Posted peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-67906517193976799062009-12-03T19:34:00.001-08:002009-12-03T19:34:53.209-08:00North Korea 'panic' after surprise currency revaluation |
via guardian.co.uk the country that couldn't possibly get more fucked up has just now done just that. god i feel sorry for these people, especially after seeing how cool south korea is. If you dont have food or money, how can you see Rain? or Jaurim? Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-6316255449993270402009-12-03T19:32:00.001-08:002009-12-03T19:32:49.109-08:00if you're mac is stuff to the brim with apps....you can relate to this
via flickr.com some nice wallpaper i found on flickr--for mac nerds Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-41741962200012264482009-11-30T18:16:00.001-08:002009-11-30T18:16:35.501-08:00Shandong china has world's largest solar-powered office building?
via news.163.com now all they need is some sun. funky looking building. think i would like to work there--well, i mean i would if i didn't hate offices, working, and capitalism. Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-16974788911438752082009-11-27T21:11:00.001-08:002009-11-27T21:11:49.675-08:00Mono in Shanghai - a set on Flickr
via flickr.com this is a set of my photos from last night's MONO show at the Mao Live House in Shanghai. they are a post-rock band from Japan, considered one of the best in Japan and in the world--in this genre. Last night was their first show in Shanghai. SOme of the pictures are repeats--ie B&W versions of color photos. Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-27428621445906918722009-11-27T04:11:00.001-08:002009-11-27T04:11:26.317-08:00Jinuo Minority Wedding - a set on Flickr
via flickr.com a set of pictures from the Jinuo ethnic minority wedding on JInuo mountain. I ran into these people by accident, and they were friendly enough to let me drink and eat with them. Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-45634368486423242462009-11-27T01:20:00.001-08:002009-11-27T01:20:26.237-08:00because losing sux
Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-66020464017934785212009-11-26T21:57:00.001-08:002009-11-26T21:57:32.917-08:00鹤岗矿难已确认107人遇难 部分遗体已经开始火化(图)——人民网·重庆视窗——重庆主流新闻网络媒体
via cq.people.com.cn relatives of the hegang miners that perished in the accident a few days ago. they are cremating the remains of some. this picture breaks my heart Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-17089746120049681092009-11-26T08:36:00.001-08:002009-11-26T08:36:24.683-08:00Mininova limits its activities to Content Distribution service at Mininova blog
Hi all, Today is an important day in the history of Mininova. From now on, we are limiting Mininova.org to our Content Distribution service. By doing so, we comply with the ruling of the Court of Utrecht of last August. Unfortunately the court ruling leaves us no other option than to take our platform offline, except for the Content Distribution service. According to the verdict (Dutchpeijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-25428037690701575132009-11-25T09:00:00.001-08:002009-11-25T09:00:55.159-08:00these catz think they own the place!
Posted via email from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-86881723746660126702009-11-21T16:26:00.001-08:002009-11-21T16:26:10.199-08:00黑龙江鹤岗煤矿爆炸_网易新闻
via news.163.com video and multimedia coverage of the heilongjiang hegang 鹤岗 coal mine accident on netease. already 87 dead 21 still trapped Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-13057733725818071782009-11-20T20:46:00.001-08:002009-11-20T20:46:56.854-08:00Barack Obama's handwritten letter to the Southern Weekly? (weekend?) and its reader
via club.pchome.net i guess this aroused a bit of "controversy", it was made less than fully accessible by some people, with respects to some certain other people Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-87847690981804386442009-11-12T04:20:00.001-08:002009-11-12T04:20:35.083-08:00Cheap Hotels in Kunming, a short list
I found most of these with the Mango City website (1rest.com), which is a travel site not unlike ctrip or elong but probably not as well known, at least among foreigners (most of whom have heard of the latter two). Anyway i found some hotels in the Kunming city center that have 1-2 beds and free broadband and tv, and they are all under 120, so not uber cheap but basically the next step up from apeijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-20822185975890760772009-11-07T08:21:00.001-08:002009-11-07T08:21:42.220-08:00to be (on facebook) or not to be (connected)
i keep vacillating between wanting to commit facebook and general social media suicide and, well, not doing that--staying alive. to be or not to be...connected？ previously, i was somewhat known for being connected. For being on the pulse, for caring, for trying to understand, analyze and then interpret that information for other people. when it comes to china, there's a huge demand for that, peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-49537591015831892102009-11-05T05:28:00.001-08:002009-11-05T05:28:00.226-08:00访中东欲"代言"乐购 布莱尔被批以权谋私_新华国际_新华网
via news.xinhuanet.com so tony blair is trying to get Tesco a contract in the middle east....? he sure looks like a traveling salesman in this picture... Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510387.post-47388611683914439012009-11-05T05:23:00.001-08:002009-11-05T05:23:03.917-08:00上海迪士尼项目获批 选址周边房价飙升_网易新闻中心
戴德梁行提供的数据显示,“迪斯尼可能落沪”的消息传出后,浦东川沙的土地价格便直线上涨,房价也在两三年间从每平方米2000元-3000元上涨到现在的每平方米13000元,涨幅在300%以上,远超同期上海全市不到80%的平均涨幅。中原地产提供的数据则显示,和“迪斯尼概念”相关或者沾边的二手房房价,今年3月-10月间总体上涨超过30%。 via news.163.com irrational and idiotic, like much of the rest of the world Posted via web from peijin's posterous peijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09640313164503312296noreply@blogger.com