http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:08:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the non-profit photography centre I work at. It's called Three Shadows. The centre is the first art space dedicated to photography and video art in China. I translate, talk to international media and arts orgs, think of crazy, innovative exhibitions, and learn photography with some of the coolest ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung/2007/09/29/what-i-am-doing/ You held my head over the edge of the bed. I remember it now, but at the time I thought I was dead. You put a pan there, and held back my hair. How can I repay you for saving me? How can I repay for saving me and my ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung/2007/09/29/stuck-in-my-head/ So, I haven't written in um.. six months. Oops. It's as if I'm writing to a jilted love -- guilt and regret have thoroughly sunk in. But I swear, you've been on my mind all the time! Life in these months have been amazing. I've traveled throughout the dirty south of ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung/2007/06/07/77/ Chinese kitchens are rarely bigger than that pictured below. With only a two woks, a microwave, and no oven, cooking Thanksgiving dinner can get pretty hairy. Nevertheless, Lynn and I masterminded a meal that included Peking duck/KFC fried chicken as turkey substitute, mashed potatoes, assorted veggies, roasted sweet potatoes, and ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung/2006/12/04/a-few-pictures-of-thanksgiving-in-beijing/ A bowl of rice porridge. Two vegetable stuffed bao zi (buns). A roasted sweet potato from the vendors outside. Cost: 5 kuai, or 60 cents. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung/2006/12/04/the-perfect-fall-meal/ During the National Holidays, I traveled to Shanghai and Hangzhou. I should have known that traveling during the National Holidays is nuts -- imagine a holiday that has no tradition of barbeques, or family get-togethers, or presents; all people do on this week-long vacation is travel. Nearly 1.3 billion people ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung/2006/11/05/59/ My friend Clifford recently pointed out the nature of the word 'play' in China. Play, or 玩 (say wan), is ubiquitous. Little kids running around after school -- they're going out to 玩. Old people playing cards or mah jiang -- they like to 玩. Young people drinking themselves silly ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung/2006/10/11/yesanpo-%e9%87%8e%e4%b8%89%e5%9d%a1/ I've finally settled into life in Beijing...after fully re-discovering Chinese bureaucracy's penchant for long lines, official red stamps, and flimsy multiple receipts for everything from residence permits to pencils. I'm perpetually surprised that through the frenetic inefficiency of it all, things still get done. Luckily, my room has been a safe ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung/2006/09/22/living-conditions/ Apologies for the absence. Apparently, wordpress.com is not accessible from China. Hence, the salvaged entries have been post-dated. Sol! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung/2006/09/12/a-brief-note/ I really enjoy the sound made when you drive under a bridge. Woosh woosh woosh as each pillar passes, then boom, free. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/stung/2006/09/12/driving-081806/