Two full days of music pretty much right on the lake. Good fun. Some bands were pretty crap, but some were great. I will definitely be going to see Lions of Puxi again, and a few biggish Chinese names. The chick in Pet Conspiracy 宠物同谋 is a nutter I would like to meet, and their music was worth the effort.

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C says: it was so emotional
Big K says: it was
Big K says: and I’m glad you were there with me
C says: plus the gravitational pull of the moon AND the sun played havoc with my inner wellness
Big K says: Me Too (hug)

13 Jul 09 Posted in News

Xixi Wetland Art Museum // Hangzhou // China // Studio Pei-Zhu

Chinese studio Pei-Zhu has designed the Xixi Wetland Art Museum located in a rural nature preserved near Hangzhou, China. The concept stems from the interaction between building and nature. As leaves fall from trees they arrive naturally on the ground. The resulting form creates shelter against the earth. This design creates the genuine qualities of scattered, fallen leaves and shelter through five buildings.

via Xixi | archiCentral.

My newly found great Chinese English Dictionary NCIKU suggest:

黑木耳露 – heimuer lu – Juice of black edible fungus

So where did they get this name from? I have tried looking up wood-ear fungus on Wikipedia, and there is no reference to anything to do with Judaism.

However a search on Wikipedia for ‘jew ear‘ did come up with this:

Auricularia auricula-judae (syn. Auricularia auricula, Hirneola auricula-judae) is commonly known as Judas’s ear fungus or Jew’s Ear, the name from which it derives the “judae” in its scientific name, or as the jelly ear fungus. It was said that Judas hanged himself on an elder tree, which is the origin of the name. The term ‘Jew’s Meat’ was a deprecatory term used for all fungi in the Middle Ages.

I stand corrected, and should learn some more English.

If you want to drink Jew’s Ear Juice, go to a Lianhua Supermarket.

Anyone know where is the Gulfstream shop?

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Some dont even class as Chinglish

I dont know what Mexican terrorists and this bulding site have in common. But I hope the designer who made this hoarding got properly fired…

Metal rock on metal sea