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    In the abstract

    Posted on February 13, 2009 by Roger
    blue-and-white-wall
     
    Blue and white wall, with heart

     

    Today’s thought – Tibetan proverb: When becoming older and older, one might see the dead corpse of gods.

    If any one knows what the hell this means, will you please email me? I’m a little dense. Or maybe this saying is just too abstract (more on this subject later in this post).

    It’s another “sunny” day today, so I must depart soon for a bicycle ride. Here’s some smarmy lyrics to get me in the mood:

    I think I’ll go for a walk outside now
    the summer sun’s callin my name
    (I hear ya now)
    I just can’t stay inside all day
    I gotta get out get me some of those rays
    everybody’s smilin’
    sunshine day
    everybody’s laughin’
    sunshine day
    everybody seems so happy today
    it’s a sunshine day

    ….Cant you dig the sunshine
    Love and sun are the same
    Cant you hear him callin your name?

    http://www.lyricsdownload.com/bunch-brady-it-s-a-sunshine-day-lyrics.html


    greasy-fried-egg-on-toast

     

    What I ate: 1

     First, I had to fortify myself: I chose the classic egg on toast. This version has several advantages: 1) I toast the bread in the pan with canola or olive oil, which means it’s really greasy; 2) I break the egg on top of the toast, then flip it over so the egg fries on the bottom, smooshing it down a little with the turner; 3) It’s gooey, stickey, messy to eat, with that runny-egg thing going on; 4) the bread is whole wheat – that’s good for you, right? 5) Did I mention that it’s really greasy?


    niu-rou-la-mian

     

    What I ate: 2

    After breakfast, I had to have lunch – a steaming bowl of 牛肉拉面 niú ròu lā miàn, ramen or “hand-pulled” noodles with beef in soup. This is my favorite noodle restaurant, and next time I go there I’m going to ask the noodle maker to let me take photos of him in action.

    The business at hand: the theme today is abstract, as in isolated details taken out of their original context. “Abstraction uses a strategy of simplification of detail, wherein formerly concrete details are left ambiguous, vague, or undefined.” [source][/source]

    This is the second photo essay based on my recent bicycle rides with my new camera.

     

    ego-2

     the new EGO building, Dongda Jie, downtown Chengdu

    The only bad thing about this building is that it’s almost un-photographable from ground level, thanks to the wide tree-lined street and lack of any clear view of the whole structure. The whole facade is “abstract,” in a Frank Gehry-ish way; “EGO” is spelled out in giant letters of metal panels.

     

    Posted in Personal history, Teaching | Tags: Chengdu, China, expat, expatriate, Food, life in China, Photography, restaurant, Sichuan, Street Views, 成都 |
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