http://ftp.lovejy.net in discovery and appreciation of all things new and old Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:44:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "I can tell you are a good person from your kind eyes. I hope we meet again someday!" I was Yonghe Gong Lama Temple, and this lady came up to me. She wanted me to take a picture of her, first asking if there was a fee. When I told her ... http://ftp.lovejy.net/?p=380 I had a wonderful first afternoon in Beijing- after the visa office, I took the subway to Gulou Street, where I spontaneously rented a bike from a random hostel. I rode around by myself for about two hours and happed upon the old drum and bell towers. I decided to ... http://ftp.lovejy.net/?p=375 Like pretty earrings? Check out my new Goodies section! On the left, under "More", or just click here. Happed upon beautiful Tibetan earrings while scouring a fabric market and wanted to share my lucky find. :) More photos there, but just a few to get you started... http://ftp.lovejy.net/?p=362 Today is my 270th day in Shanghai. My slowness in updating has been partly due to my indecisiveness on what to blog about. At first this was a place for me to write about my feelings and my revelations, then a place for fun pictures, then a place for dreams ... http://ftp.lovejy.net/?p=339 1. You can feed certain human medicines, both western and Chinese, to a kitten - like tylenol, de-wormer, and huang lian su. 2. It's possible to be a succesful artist and own a thriving unique/cozy/ coffee shop, without having gone to school related to either. 3. As of tomorrow, "yellow mold season" ... http://ftp.lovejy.net/?p=336 1. I have to be sensitive to, but not sensitive about client demands, especially if they are particularly difficult and unreasonable. Try to accomodate them as much as I can without taking their criticism personally. 2. Another way of thinking about careeer path, via Ricky's friend's:"My Dad just read me something ... http://ftp.lovejy.net/?p=333 Went to Zhujiajiao yesterday with Ricky and his friend visiting from the States. It's a small water town, kind of like a little Venice of Shanghai, but quiet and quaint. You can walk along the river, but you can also venture into the residential alleyways, where we saw this little ... http://ftp.lovejy.net/?p=328 a random collection of some of the more memorable moments in may... i thought about just leaving all of these little pictures without any explanation, but i thought it'd be more fun if you actually knew what was going on in all of these. maybe next time, i'll just leave a ... http://ftp.lovejy.net/?p=297 I'm going miss nights like this, detouring through Jingan Park to the nearest metro but making a spontaneous liesurely stop at an outdoor cafe for peach tea. Click on Comments to see the whole panorama. :) http://ftp.lovejy.net/?p=288 Since my last post. I seriously cannot believe how time flies. The days go by so much quicker when you have a job. And even though there are so many more things I want to post about, the longer I wait, the longer I postpone, and then I end up forgetting ... http://ftp.lovejy.net/?p=284