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Comment on Shanghai Lester School & Technical Institute by David Barlow

David Barlow — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:26:00 +0000

Nice photographs, well done :-)

I am a photographer / artist based in Shanghai for the next month or so. I have spent many hours at the Lester Institute, mainly at night when the the place takes on a whole new personality. With the help of a friend who works in the Shanghai Central Library archives, managed to find out that the Lester Institute has had several incarnations. Obviously as a school, then — then in the 60s as home for the insane — and finally as a hospital. The pond at the back, complete with cherub apparently strangling a swan is both enchanting and disturbing at the same time ;-)

Do drop me a line if you would like to meet up one day for a day or night shoot.

Comment on Tobias Berg, vol. 1 by Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:52:32 +0000

According to my original plan, I should be on about vol. 8 by now. Maybe something this weekend? Don’t hold your breath, though.

Comment on Tobias Berg, vol. 1 by Terence

Terence — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:16:58 +0000

When is Tobais Berg Part II being posted?

Comment on Shanghai Lester School & Technical Institute by Terence

Terence — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:52:29 +0000

It’s no Shanghai’s Fisherman’s Wharf, though

Comment on Tobias Berg, vol. 1 by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:54:10 +0000

Late, but at least it got here. Needless to say, I will not be relying on China Post for shipping of the completed product.

Comment on Tobias Berg, vol. 1 by Terence

Terence — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:49:40 +0000

So you finally received a piece of mail from China Post. Congratulations!

Comment on A Beijing commute by How do you get to work? :: Treadly and Me

How do you get to work? :: Treadly and Me — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:21:15 +0000

[...] Velorution points readers to a photo essay of a Beijing commute – very cool. [...]

Comment on Another Beijing commute by everybody’s working 9-to-5 at you used to be alright

everybody’s working 9-to-5 at you used to be alright — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:07:10 +0000

[...] inspired by one of andrew’s posts about his commutes in beijing, and probably of zero interest to anybody who is not me, this is my daily commute in shanghai. [...]

Comment on Why Chinese is so damn hard by Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:44:35 +0000

Fair enough. The issue he raises about allusions to earlier literature exists in English literature as well (most commonly with references to Shakespeare and the Bible). Still, I get the impression that classical Chinese takes this to an entirely different level and presupposes a great deal more knowledge.

I will not disagree that English is hard. I would hate to learn it as a second language. Given its many parents, it’s not surprising that it’s full of inconsistencies.

“English is a crazy language” is actually the introduction of a book called “Crazy English” that I loved when I was growing up. Thanks for your comment, and for reminding me of a fun book!

Comment on Why Chinese is so damn hard by Lee

Lee — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:29:43 +0000

“A passage in classical Chinese can be understood only if you already know what the passage says in the first place. ”

That statement is just totally untrue.

Well, I agree Classic Chinese is damn hard,(But why learn it? Since nobody use it anymore.) Classic Chinese does take a long time even for sinologists to understand the full meaning of a sentence.

And Modern Chinese is just EASY compare to English, no grammer, no plural or non-plurals, no present or past tense difference, no -ing, no -ly, no loopy and wiggy tongues. Only thing is hard is to memorize the characters, but since Mao’s cultural revolution have banished most of the hard, complex ones.

Go find an article called “English is a crazy language.”