Smurfmatictag:smurfmatic.net,2005-02-14:/blog//32008-05-15T02:36:03Z...the blogMovable Type Publishing Platform 4.01Penny Arcade Expo 2008 banner ad perpetuates stereotype?tag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21822008-05-15T02:28:53Z2008-05-15T02:36:03Z I am a fan of Penny Arcade, but do you think this ad for Penny Arcade Expo 2008 perpetuates the Asian chick / Caucasian dude stereotype? I was going to say Caucasian dork, but the Asian girl is actually...Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
I am a fan of Penny Arcade, but do you think this ad for Penny Arcade Expo 2008 perpetuates the Asian chick / Caucasian dude stereotype?
I was going to say Caucasian dork, but the Asian girl is actually the one holding the DS.]]>
Short & Maletag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21812008-05-14T21:39:40Z2008-05-14T21:45:25Z Omg! But then again, the South Chinese average is lesser than world standards. Moreover, my brother is kinda tall, and so are uncles and my paternal grandfather (apparently, it jumped a generation or more with my father, and myself)....Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
Omg! But then again, the South Chinese average is lesser than world standards. Moreover, my brother is kinda tall, and so are uncles and my paternal grandfather (apparently, it jumped a generation or more with my father, and myself). (youtube video)]]>
The first movetag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21802008-05-12T02:48:57Z2008-05-12T03:11:03ZMy first move was to take down the After This Our Exile poster from the wall on the left side behind my bed. Unwittingly, it might have had a negative effect on my mood for all these months living here......Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
poster from the wall on the left side behind my bed. Unwittingly, it might have had a negative effect on my mood for all these months living here...
On the other hand, I've now placed two new posters, including that of the "spankin'" rock show at 2 kolegas (because of that tag, that picture, which I linked to here, is by far my Flickr's account most popular, despite it being added less than a month ago - bunch of hypocrites :D).
The other poster is one of Cheer Chen on her scooter. <3
Taking pictures with a regular point-and-shoot, after about two months on a SLR (Pentax K10D), is a very big downer. Why is there no need to look in the viewfinder anymore? Where's my extraordinarily short depth of field?
Anyways, my next camera will be a SLR, that's for sure.
I feel like living somewhere else. Montreal is kind of like the woman who will always be there for you. Aren't we always attracted by that which is not here?]]>
Ready to bursttag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21792008-05-11T21:45:28Z2008-05-11T21:46:23Z Taken at my parents' home....Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
Taken at my parents' home.]]>
Métro Boulot Resto down!tag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21782008-05-11T16:21:01Z2008-05-11T16:25:01ZI forgot to transfer my domain registration to the new webhost for metroboulotresto.com and so the site has been down for almost two weeks now!...Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
metroboulotresto.com and so the site has been down for almost two weeks now!]]>
Remembering the best partstag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21772008-05-10T23:15:28Z2008-05-10T23:45:51ZWhere did those six weeks go? Arriving in Hong Kong remained a blur. I met my grandparents and stayed for three full days only before making my way to Taiwan. In Kenting, I saw Cheer Chen live. I also went...Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
Where did those six weeks go?
Arriving in Hong Kong remained a blur. I met my grandparents and stayed for three full days only before making my way to Taiwan.
In Kenting, I saw Cheer Chen live. I also went to Spring Scream, and biked like I never biked in my whole life (12km one-way to the music venue, sometimes in total darkness, on the side of the sea). In Taichung, I got lost, but eventually found my empty hostel. I was creeped out, because it was empty, in the middle of nowhere, and felt like some sort of spirit of a tormented assassinated backpacker was to pop out at any moment. Then, I was in Taipei for two days, visiting more night markets, and hung out at a student cafe, and took pictures with the giant sitting Chiang Kai-shek.
Back in Hong Kong, I hung out. I took a bus to Kowloon and got lost, walked for two hours and a half in a part of Kowloon that I did not know. I went on an artistic storytelling tour of Hong Kong, to Mount Davis, and then South Bay Beach.
Then, I went to Beijing... I did see Tian'anmen, and some of the Olympic venues. I went to a rock show at D-22. I met an architect who showed me a habitation complex being built. I went to party with a distant relative learning Chinese in town, and then watched live hockey on the internet. I met my friend's friends living in Beijing, drank with them. My friend surprised me by staying one in Beijing w/o telling me in advance. I bumped into young overseas Chinese entrepreneurs who opened a cafe/design shop on a new commercial street. I saw a Mongolian music performance. I played role-playing games. I visited universities, and took pictures with my Canadiens shirt in front of Peking University.
Then, back in Hong Kong, I saw marches... Bumped into a Labour Day march on Hennessy, and the day after, I was at the torch relay in Wan Chai. Then, the day after, some high school students in various uniforms appeared in Causeway Bay, as I was doing shopping, parading perhaps for their school end thing. Then, I went to Kaiping in China, by boat, to visit those diaolou, and ate fresh chicken. I came back by Shenzhen, where I visited relatives' factories. I met with one of my blogging world heroes in Hong Kong, and shopped at UniQlo.
And finally, after a 14-hour trip back to North America, a 6-hour wait in Newark, and 1.5-hour flight, I will be home!
Leaving Hong Kongtag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21762008-05-10T01:49:26Z2008-05-10T01:51:09Z Taken on the A11 bus to Chek Lap Kok HK International Airport. I will be back in Montreal this Saturday night!...Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
Taken on the A11 bus to Chek Lap Kok HK International Airport. I will be back in Montreal this Saturday night!]]>
Cedric in Polaroidtag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21752008-05-01T09:02:25Z2008-05-01T09:03:09Z Taken in Beijing, on the last night....Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
Taken in Beijing, on the last night.]]>
Beware of girls chasing boystag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21742008-04-28T16:14:40Z2008-04-28T16:16:25Z Seen near Peking University, in Beijing....Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
Seen near Peking University, in Beijing. ]]>
Cedric and the CCTVtag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21732008-04-25T20:52:41Z2008-04-25T20:55:59Z There was a CCTV bus on the Peking University campus......Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
There was a CCTV bus on the Peking University campus...]]>
Peking Duck at Quanjude 全聚德tag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21722008-04-25T03:55:12Z2008-04-25T04:00:10Z A chain restaurant operating throughout China and also Overseas, but based in Beijing, Quanjude (全聚德) is probably one of the most places to go for Peking Duck....Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
A chain restaurant operating throughout China and also Overseas, but based in Beijing, Quanjude (全聚德) is probably one of the most places to go for Peking Duck.]]>
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Totoro love from Beijingtag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21712008-04-24T03:14:07Z2008-04-24T03:50:26Z I've been doing well, and consequently in lack of time to sit down in front of my computer to post the many many things that come across my mind. Most of it will surely have to wait until I...Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
I've been doing well, and consequently in lack of time to sit down in front of my computer to post the many many things that come across my mind. Most of it will surely have to wait until I come back to Montreal.
While I was travelling in Beijing, the most touristey stuff I've been doing was to visit Tiananmen Square (I am a sucker for impressive modern stuff - especially Communist stuff), and Wangfujing. I didn't really look, and all I can find is a really dynamic city, where everything is being built or rebuilt. Everything is bigger than in Hong Kong, but it would also seem that certain things (the subway epitomizes this) are just slightly below in terms of quality/design...
After a Friday night at the punk/rock bar D-22, Saturday on an expat bar/club adventure, and Sunday morning watching the Habs lose and then crawling my way to home under the rain, on Monday, I did role-playing for the first time (something called Warhammer), and then on Tuesday, I went out to Ho Hai with a Canadian-Chinese learning Chinese in Beijing (and later meeting randomly a new friend - realizing how expat world is so so small, even in BJ) and was invited over by one of my good friends in Montreal's Beijing friends (see photo above). On that same morning, we saw the Habs eliminate the Bruins in the last chapter of a thrilling 7-game series. On Wednesday, I was treated to Peking Duck by a Montreal friend's friend, before hanging out at Tsinghua University, and then heading home to stay in, finally.
Today will be a ride again, as I am meeting my colleague in Montreal, who also happens to visit family in Beijing. And then, I am invited to board games with expats! But not before eating dumplings with a friend's friend, a Canadian-born Chinese now learning Chinese medicine in his parents' hometown of BJ! Tomorrow, there is nothing planned, but I am almost certain that it will just plan itself out...]]>
Chiang versus Maotag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21702008-04-17T19:03:59Z2008-04-17T19:10:46Z There was a lot lot more people at the Forbidden City's gate in Beijing, than Chiang Kai-shek's Memorial in Taipei....Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
There was a lot lot more people at the Forbidden City's gate in Beijing, than Chiang Kai-shek's Memorial in Taipei.]]>
Radio Centre-Ville interviews Cedric in Taipei and Beijing!tag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21692008-04-17T03:06:47Z2008-04-17T03:24:39ZListen to the Cantonese language show of last week, and this week! I was a guest on the show, with a little difficulty last week (had to run down to the nearby 7-11 to refill phone while they were airing),...Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
last week, and this week! I was a guest on the show, with a little difficulty last week (had to run down to the nearby 7-11 to refill phone while they were airing), but it was a little better this week, I think.]]>
In the nation's capitaltag:smurfmatic.net,2008:/blog//3.21682008-04-15T19:24:57Z2008-04-15T19:26:22Z I arrived tonight in Beijing......Cedrichttp://smurfmatic.net/
I arrived tonight in Beijing...]]>
I am a fan of Penny Arcade, but do you think this ad for Penny Arcade Expo 2008 perpetuates the Asian chick / Caucasian dude stereotype?
I was going to say Caucasian dork, but the Asian girl is actually the one holding the DS.]]>
Omg! But then again, the South Chinese average is lesser than world standards. Moreover, my brother is kinda tall, and so are uncles and my paternal grandfather (apparently, it jumped a generation or more with my father, and myself). (youtube video)]]>
The other poster is one of Cheer Chen on her scooter. <3
Taking pictures with a regular point-and-shoot, after about two months on a SLR (Pentax K10D), is a very big downer. Why is there no need to look in the viewfinder anymore? Where's my extraordinarily short depth of field?
Anyways, my next camera will be a SLR, that's for sure.
I feel like living somewhere else. Montreal is kind of like the woman who will always be there for you. Aren't we always attracted by that which is not here?]]>
Taken at my parents' home.]]>
Taken on the A11 bus to Chek Lap Kok HK International Airport. I will be back in Montreal this Saturday night!]]>
Taken in Beijing, on the last night.]]>
Seen near Peking University, in Beijing. ]]>
There was a CCTV bus on the Peking University campus...]]>
A chain restaurant operating throughout China and also Overseas, but based in Beijing, Quanjude (全聚德) is probably one of the most places to go for Peking Duck.]]>
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I've been doing well, and consequently in lack of time to sit down in front of my computer to post the many many things that come across my mind. Most of it will surely have to wait until I come back to Montreal.
While I was travelling in Beijing, the most touristey stuff I've been doing was to visit Tiananmen Square (I am a sucker for impressive modern stuff - especially Communist stuff), and Wangfujing. I didn't really look, and all I can find is a really dynamic city, where everything is being built or rebuilt. Everything is bigger than in Hong Kong, but it would also seem that certain things (the subway epitomizes this) are just slightly below in terms of quality/design...
After a Friday night at the punk/rock bar D-22, Saturday on an expat bar/club adventure, and Sunday morning watching the Habs lose and then crawling my way to home under the rain, on Monday, I did role-playing for the first time (something called Warhammer), and then on Tuesday, I went out to Ho Hai with a Canadian-Chinese learning Chinese in Beijing (and later meeting randomly a new friend - realizing how expat world is so so small, even in BJ) and was invited over by one of my good friends in Montreal's Beijing friends (see photo above). On that same morning, we saw the Habs eliminate the Bruins in the last chapter of a thrilling 7-game series. On Wednesday, I was treated to Peking Duck by a Montreal friend's friend, before hanging out at Tsinghua University, and then heading home to stay in, finally.
Today will be a ride again, as I am meeting my colleague in Montreal, who also happens to visit family in Beijing. And then, I am invited to board games with expats! But not before eating dumplings with a friend's friend, a Canadian-born Chinese now learning Chinese medicine in his parents' hometown of BJ! Tomorrow, there is nothing planned, but I am almost certain that it will just plan itself out...]]>
There was a lot lot more people at the Forbidden City's gate in Beijing, than Chiang Kai-shek's Memorial in Taipei.]]>
I arrived tonight in Beijing...]]>