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Showing posts with label China. Show all posts

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Only In China

 Looks like a temporary traffic light or removable traffic light because of the wheels (if and when needed) or when the situation arises for a need of one!
 nothing strange about hanging clothes at the window, Malaysian flat dwellers do that all the time
 but...a penchant for red under-garments? Maybe  CNY is round the corner
 Mothers with babes in arms. One babe is breastfeeding, the other babe has his booties showing
another boy who has split pants (makes you wonder, the most vital part to be protected from the cold is actually exposed so blatantly and vulnerably

bacon on the go
 double decker to transport as many as humanely possible
except that it does not seem humane
 this dog knows where to get his lunch
 At first I thought, oh no! I have chosen the wrong cubicle, mine has the door vandalised!
 then I saw: every door has a cut-out hole, the owner has painstakingly sawn out a square in each door
 do you have the guts to use this toilet? Every which way you turn, you will have your front or back in full view of everyone, might as well not have the door or wall (taken in the men's toilet)
homeless women enjoying her lunch by the sidewalk, oblivious to stares.  Later, she picked up all her worldly baggages and went on her way.

 this beggar is all but prostrate on the wet and muddy sidewalk, he stayed that way for hours
 can you count how many geese? Gravity defying and balance challenging. Those at the bottom of the cage must have been squashed, if not suffocated.
Another one that defies gravity, old man shows you what recyling is all about.

Friday, April 22, 2011

China Signs: Warm Tips and Warm Reminders

English in China suffers from the "Lost in Translation" syndrome and "interference of mother-tongue" or simply put: the nuance of the language and subtle points are just missed.

 this is found in the taxi: Only ladies and children are allowed to sit in front

 if you are not done with "surferring" you can borrow the personal handyphone!

 Swank Lady meets Pizazz Boy!





Luckily not cuckoo

 I honestly do not know what this is selling!!


Warm Tips to exhort you not to do drugs, gamble or indulge in  porn!
 More warm reminders: this one is in perfect English and faultless spelling at the Airport


You have to "keeping" off the grass, but you can smoke here!



you will never see this sign in Malaysia!

 In the hotel rooms they have this baffling pictures with moral values.
"the ass ways his ears" I have analysed and synthesised this phrase and I have come to the conclusion: I do not know what it means.

Remember to catch happiness when it flies by you.


 The real happiness of life doesn't come form a huge fortune but from the feelings of your heart......(good advice!)


After passing so many of these signs, I manage to capture one, there was also "Do not drive drunkenly" and "Do not drive hurriedly" besides "Do not drive tiredly".
Climbing lane
Do and me or Do Ray Mi?
Yao Ming, their proud export
Graphic signs that do not need words


Pay attention to the hygiene



The chinese words "Mi Ni" means "mesmerise you", I think.
In every cubicle of the  toilet there were these signs


ranging from the ribald

to the  bawdy


And some that plain stumps you!



China Cars

The Chinese burgeoning bourgeois or nouveau riche have good taste in cars. At the very least, these cars are seldom or never seen on Malaysian roads.
this man owns a sleek Masserati

He later overtook our bus and sped off leaving us far behind

At the 100-yr old temple  we saw this Lacrosse






A Buick






And a Porsche at the Mona Lisa club, Phoenix Hotel, Guangzhou.