Thousands of years before stand up comedy, Chinese laughed at xiangsheng, or “cross talk.” (More on Wikipedia) Basically, it’s just like stand up except it usually involves two people. By bouncing the dialog back and forth, cross talk allows for some pretty amusing scenarios. It’s very, VERY funny (if you can understand it). If you [...]
We recently purchased a bilingual version of the classic American cultural board game, LIFE. In light of the recent economic turmoil, I kind of played it this time in a new light. Every step of the game, from getting married to buying a house and retiring, is mandated. Interestingly enough, you can purchase home insurance [...]
Part of living in foreign country are the daily encounters with UFOs–unidentified foreign objects. Here’s a recent collection of “close encounters” I captured with my cell phone.
I call it the “trash-o-vator.” After a long, hard day a work, this is NOT what you want to see as you head downstairs. Thanks, but I’ll wait for [...]
What are the chances that a construction worker would happen across an ancient Chinese artifact in Beijing? For the last few weeks, one Beijing construction worker has been claiming just that.
Outside the entrance to a construction zone in the Central Business District, the proud owner exhibits his very own “Crystal Skull” — a miniature, muddy [...]
Chinese and China-bound will appreciate this: A Mao Zedong-inspired armchair. CHAIRman Mao!
It orginated here. I found out about it on one of the Web’s best reads, Boing Boing (http://boingboing.net). Check it out if you haven’t already.
Remember when Google was just a search engine that made really good use of white space? Well in case you haven’t noticed, Google is in the advertising business now. No Web site banner or margin (or other white space for that matter) has been spared.
So when I recently ran into this Google-branded sanlunche (a kind [...]
Nokia has a secret. If you’ve seen Transformers, you know those little Swedish cell phones pack a big punch. But have you seen them dance?
诺基亚有秘密。如果你看过《Transformers》，你就知道那小的瑞典的手机真棒。但是，你曾经看它跳舞吗？
In other news, I just discovered the Chinese title for Transformers literally means “Shape-transforming King Kong.”
