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Fri, 24 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Photo Gallery
shops, scenery
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Fri, 24 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [359]
Morning walks to run errands, which might be buying a hatchet for splitting bamboo, or looking for wire cutters, often end up at the early lunch in the faculty cafeteria. This is located in the public services part of the hotel we are staying in. There ... Read more >
Tags: abstraction, local wandering, teaching
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Photo Gallery
West Lake, Downtown Hangzhou
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Tags: downtown hangzhou, residential, street cat, west lake
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [301]
16: Transition from Rectangles to Planes to Bamboo Poles
It rained like the dickens for part of the night and our waterway is back to muddy greenish. For the past several days there has been more English speaking at breakfast than ever before, ... Read more >
Tags: assignment 2, bandung conference, planes of paper
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [441]
We finally gained access to the Bauhaus Collection here on campus. It took a couple inquiries to find out when, if ever, the place actually opened to the public and if there was anything in it beyond time lines and photographs. Turns out that a small ... Read more >
Tags: basketball, bauhaus at caa, being other, crowds, downtown hangzhou, traveling solo, west lake
Mon, 20 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Photo Gallery
scenes, community, alleys, merchants
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Mon, 20 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [420]
The day begins with the bad air headache, windows closed, yet a good sleep. It is obvious that people here have accommodated the shifting quality of the air they breathe, just as they accommodate the smell of sewage, the new towering buildings and disintegrating ... Read more >
Tags: air quality, asian mind, decrepit but good, eating out, generosity, local culture, shopping, vegetarian with pork
Sun, 19 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Photo Gallery
Wushan Square, Wu Hill, West Lake, Crowds
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Sun, 19 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [494]
The public lecture on American Sculpture was well attended. From the number of cell phones out taking pictures of the images, it seemed there was real interest or at least curiosity about some of the art. The relaxed atmosphere at dinner afterwards was ... Read more >
Tags: apple, crowds, cultural patterns, hangzhou, social life, targa nuts, west lake, wu hill, wushan square
Thu, 16 Apr 2015 | By sidi | Views [213] | Scholarship Entry
"Yellow air..." I whispered to myself. For the first time in my life I could see air; I couldn't see people at the other end of the open market. The air pollution and overcrowding could not lessen the excitement in me or the great feeling of the very ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [453] | Comments [1]
Our way of operating has been slow to adjust. We tend to ask a question or pose a possibility to see how things would work. As soon as we mention anything, our hosts create a plan, jumping into action. When we consider the situation and choose differently, ... Read more >
Tags: city farming, country kitchen restaurant, generosity, hangzhou downtown, neighborhood blight, wealth, west lake
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Photo Gallery
walk on the wild side, West Lake, country dinner
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 | By kayla-cassie | Photo Gallery
Beijing and Shanghai
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 | By moresbbb | Views [1035]
At first I was a little uncomfortable, a little confused. The old man stood in front of me, looked me up and down and drew heavily on his cigarette. Initially I tried to avoid eye contact; ‘perhaps he’ll go away soon’, I thought. Some ... Read more >
Tags: china, dancing, finding yourself, pyjamas, singing, westerner
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