badly drawn boy still looks

Hitlist #476
April 19th, 2010
Hangzhou

1. 1 (5) BADLY DRAWN BOY, Just Look At Us Now
2. 4 (3) KENT, Ensamheten
3. 3 (8) 林俊杰, 无法克制
4. 2 (9) HURTS, Wonderful Life
5. 6 (5) THE BLACK EYED PEAS, Rock Your Body
6. 7 (3) MUSE, Exogenesis: Sypmhony
7. 5 (12) MAXIMO PARK, A Cloud Of Mystery
8. 8 (14) MUSE, Resistance
9. 13 (6) 陶喆, 暗恋
10. 9 (7) JÓNSI, Go Do
11. 12 (6) LADY GAGA FEAT. BEYONCE, Telephone
12. 14 (4) 浪花兄弟, 想你就写信
13. 20 (2) KEANE FEAT. K’NAAN, Stop For A Minute
14. 19 (8) KATIE MELUA, The Flood
15. 10 (11) GORILLAZ, Stylo
16. – (1) 浪花兄弟 FEAT. 周杰伦, 你是我的OK绷
17. 17 (2) JOSH ROUSE, Valencia
18. – (1) BLUR, Fool’s Day
19. 11 (5) FLORENCE + THE MACHINE, Dog Days Are Over
20. 18 (5) ARCTIC MONKEYS, My Propeller

just look at us now… again

Hitlist #475

April 12th, 2010

Hangzhou

1. 1 (4) BADLY DRAWN BOY, Just Look At Us Now

2. 3 (8) HURTS, Wonderful Life

3. 5 (7) 林俊杰, 无法克制

4. 9 (2) KENT, Ensamheten

5. 2 (11) MAXIMO PARK, A Cloud Of Mystery

6. 8 (4) THE BLACK EYED PEAS, Rock Your Body

7. 7 (2) MUSE, Exogenesis: Symphony

8. 4 (13) MUSE, Resistance

9. 10 (6) JÓNSI, Go Do

10. 14 (10) GORILLAZ, Stylo

11. 11 (4) FLORENCE + THE MACHINE, Dog Days Are Over

12. 6 (5) LADY GAGA FEAT. BEYONCE, Telephone

13. 12 (5) 陶喆, 暗恋

14. 15 (3) 浪花兄弟, 想你就写信

15. 18 (3) SADE, Bring Me Home

16. 13 (4) STEREOPHONICS, Could You Be The One?

17. – (1) JOSH ROUSE, Valencia

18. 17 (4) ARCTIC MONKEYS, My Propeller

19. 16 (7) KATIE MELUA, The Flood

20. – (1) KEANE FEAT. K’NAAN, Stop For A Minute

外国叔叔

I felt like eating chicken tonight, so not thinking too long, I headed to KFC. I ordered the food, sat behind the table and then… I saw a little boy (maybe 4-year-old) staring at me. He noticed that I noticed him and seemed a bit scared. He rushed to his grandmother who encouraged him to be polite and say "hello" to me. And he did – he started asking some questions in Chinese. He called me "外国叔叔" (foreign uncle). He asked if I was married. I said "no" and asked him back: "Are you married?" "No, I’m too small!" he answered. "I’m small too!" I said. (In Chinese "small" has the same meaning as "young") The boy looked at his grandmother, then again at me and said: "You must be married! You have a watch and a beard!"
Well, I should have shaved before I had gone out. Remember that a watch and a beard make you married… in some children’s eyes.
Finally he finished eating (he had some ice-cream; he also asked why I had chicken, not ice-cream – hilarious!), came to me and said: "再见,外国叔叔!" (goodbye, foreign uncle!) – "再见,小朋友" (goodbye, young friend).

rainbow

"Yes, I’ve seen a rainbow
And I felt
the rain
Woke up to a sunrise
And I felt the pain"

[Badly Drawn Boy, Just Look At Us Now, Is There Nothing We Could Do?]

Hitlist #474
April 5th, 2010
Hangzhou
1. 1 (3) BADLY DRAWN BOY, Just Look At Us Now
2. 2 (10) MAXIMO PARK, A Cloud Of Mystery
3. 6 (7) HURTS, Wonderful Life
4. 3 (12) MUSE, Resistance
5. 5 (6) 林俊杰, 无法克制
6. 4 (4) LADY GAGA FEAT. BEYONCE, Telephone
7. – (1) MUSE, Exogenesis: Symphony
8. 9 (3) THE BLACK EYED PEAS, Rock That Body
9. – (1) KENT, Ensamheten
10. 8 (5) JÓNSI, Go Do
11. 11 (3) FLORENCE + THE MACHINE, Dog Days Are Over
12. 14 (4) 陶喆, 暗恋
13. 16 (3) STEREOPHONICS, Could You Be The One?
14. 7 (9) GORILLAZ, Stylo
15. 17 (2) 浪花兄弟, 想你就写信
16. 10 (6) KATIE MELUA, The Flood
17. 15 (3) ARCTIC MONKEYS, My Propeller
18. 20 (2) SADE, Bring Me Home
19. 12 (4) OWL CITY, Vanilla Twilight
20. 13 (9) GOLDFRAPP, Rocket

in Anhui

This is Anhui province (安徽省), city of Wuhu (芜湖). I went there last Sunday to accompany my friend who had a job interview. The city is poorer and less interesting than Hangzhou, but still I could take some photos. And after only 2 days I was back to Hangzhou.
There are fewer shops – and many people sell fruits or other items in the streets.
 
 
 
Yangtze River (长江) is there! That was the first time I ever saw it.
 
 
 
And spring spring spring! Everywhere you look! Wonderful.
 

愚人节

- 同学们,我们明天考试。
- 啊?不是吧?太郁闷了!
- 哈哈,今天是愚人节!怎么都忘了?
- 哇,原来是骗我们的。我被作弄了!
- 好了,不跟大家开玩笑了。其实。。。我们今天考试。

郁闷 - gloomy, depressed
郁闷之感
原来 - originally, at first
作弄 - tease, make a fool
被作弄 - be fooled
其实 - actually, in fact