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Trashy! Beijing Art!?
One thing you quickly learn to appreciate in Beijing is the fact that EVERYTHING is recycled or put to good use. No matter where you go there are people making good of what, to some, is simply trash. Today there was a man outside of the University loading up his bicycle with a massive heap of packaging that came from Dell boxes. ...at the end of the video he yelled at me. :( But I have no idea what he said... His pile of trash reminded me of my 3D design class and I considered it a true example of Beijing ART! Not to mention the acrobatic feat of balance to keep all of the foam on the bike and driving that load on a Beijing street? INSANE! Here's a video of his creation:
Youku.com on THIS 中国 SIDE of the Great FireWall...
So, there are advantages to the Great Fire Wall. What are they? Full length movies on Youku... What is Youku.com? Well, it's like YouTube, but... BETTER? (that's what a girl in class told me last week) hmm. The catch? If you try to load it from the USA, you get an error: But if you load it from China? You see the the full-length feature film which looks like this: Yeah for Intellectual Property...
Street food in Beijing and a crowded elevator at school
These are typical moments in my daily routine... Street food in the morning for breakfast is fabulous! McDonalds ain't got nothing on these guys!!! Yes, and the elevator at school. I often climb 8 flights of stairs...You'll see why!
Peking Opera
Clip edited together on my iPhone with ReelDirector for iPhone...nothing fancy, just 60 seconds from the Peking Opera. Hope to get even more editing in later versions of ReelDirector.
Sliding down the Great Wall of China...
Today's adventure was to the Great Wall of China...short video of us sliding down!