OH MY GOD! Grindhouse is finally being released on dvd!!! In addition to the awesome sauce that is the double feature with trailers, we also get an extended 30 minute short film that is Rob Zombie's "Werewolf Women of the SS!!!"
Alright, so school is back in session, and the way I look at it, if I don't do really well this semester then I really need to give up on school in general. I mean, for all intents and purposes, I should really enjoy these classes. I'm taking(and you may see some repeats here) Literature: Introduction to film, Radio/television: Introduction to broadcasting, Art: Basic 2D drawing, and Psychology of sexuality.
Anyway, China!
The trip was really really awesome. I didn't think it would be, but it really surprised me. My one big complaint though is the weather. Seriously, out here in L.A. it's hot, but over there? It's frakking deadly. Difference being how amazingly humid it is. Everyday it was something like 40 degrees centigrade over there. It was like walking around in a sweaty armpit.
But other than that the trip was great. The first three days were spent in Beijing, which was really nice. We visited the forbidden city, and Tienanmen Square, as well as various other palaces, temples and of course the Great Wall. After that we flew to Xi'an for two days. We checked out this like, massive fortress/city wall that encompassed most of the city. We also looked at all the terra cotta soldiers that have been recovered. It was, honestly, a little creepy. Afterwards we flew to Shanghai, and drove out immediately to Hangzhou, where we spent a day doing something or another, I don't really remember.
The next day we drove to Shenzhen, and did more stuff that I can't really remember. I just remember getting pretty damn sick around here. It was probably a combination of the not so stellar/completely greasy food that we had to eat every day and the weather.
OH! I just remembered what we did, we visited this small city within a city that is apparently called the Venice of the Orient, because the entire town is surrounded by water, and that's actually how people get around. We had this awesome dinner that night, which is apparently at some place that is only reserved for special people, like government officials and stuff. I remember seeing a big no entry sign at the front door. It made me feel all special and stuff walking right in.
The next day we drove back to Shanghai and finally hung out there. This was probably my favorite city of the trip. We saw and hung out at all these relaxed places throughout the city, and did some shopping, and saw this block of the city that still had all this British architecture from when they controlled the area. To walk through it you would swear you were in a different continent altogether. And also, if I may geek out for a moment, this is where the park is where in the film Fists of Fury(aka. The Big Boss) he sees the sign that says no Chinese or Dogs allowed, and proceeds to kick a bunch of guys asses.
Finally the entirety of the last day was spent at the world expo, which happened to be at Shanghai this year. Apparently the entire expo is bigger than the city of Macao. Unfortunately I was told that entrance into the areas for the really big places like Japan and the U.S. would have required upwards of 5 hours of waiting.
So that was it. Aside from this, there was also a lot of time spent visiting "factories" for things like pearls, jade, silk, terra cotta, tea, and other things. Basically you would walk in and they would spend 5 minutes talking about how it was made, then spend the next hour trying to sell you stuff.
I am a bit annoyed cause I took pictures of everything I did for one of the days from the moment I woke up until I went to bed, but I can't seem to upload photos right now.
Alright, so school is back in session, and the way I look at it, if I don't do really well this semester then I really need to give up on school in general. I mean, for all intents and purposes, I should really enjoy these classes. I'm taking(and you may see some repeats here) Literature: Introduction to film, Radio/television: Introduction to broadcasting, Art: Basic 2D drawing, and Psychology of sexuality.
Anyway, China!
The trip was really really awesome. I didn't think it would be, but it really surprised me. My one big complaint though is the weather. Seriously, out here in L.A. it's hot, but over there? It's frakking deadly. Difference being how amazingly humid it is. Everyday it was something like 40 degrees centigrade over there. It was like walking around in a sweaty armpit.
But other than that the trip was great. The first three days were spent in Beijing, which was really nice. We visited the forbidden city, and Tienanmen Square, as well as various other palaces, temples and of course the Great Wall. After that we flew to Xi'an for two days. We checked out this like, massive fortress/city wall that encompassed most of the city. We also looked at all the terra cotta soldiers that have been recovered. It was, honestly, a little creepy. Afterwards we flew to Shanghai, and drove out immediately to Hangzhou, where we spent a day doing something or another, I don't really remember.
The next day we drove to Shenzhen, and did more stuff that I can't really remember. I just remember getting pretty damn sick around here. It was probably a combination of the not so stellar/completely greasy food that we had to eat every day and the weather.
OH! I just remembered what we did, we visited this small city within a city that is apparently called the Venice of the Orient, because the entire town is surrounded by water, and that's actually how people get around. We had this awesome dinner that night, which is apparently at some place that is only reserved for special people, like government officials and stuff. I remember seeing a big no entry sign at the front door. It made me feel all special and stuff walking right in.
The next day we drove back to Shanghai and finally hung out there. This was probably my favorite city of the trip. We saw and hung out at all these relaxed places throughout the city, and did some shopping, and saw this block of the city that still had all this British architecture from when they controlled the area. To walk through it you would swear you were in a different continent altogether. And also, if I may geek out for a moment, this is where the park is where in the film Fists of Fury(aka. The Big Boss) he sees the sign that says no Chinese or Dogs allowed, and proceeds to kick a bunch of guys asses.
Finally the entirety of the last day was spent at the world expo, which happened to be at Shanghai this year. Apparently the entire expo is bigger than the city of Macao. Unfortunately I was told that entrance into the areas for the really big places like Japan and the U.S. would have required upwards of 5 hours of waiting.
So that was it. Aside from this, there was also a lot of time spent visiting "factories" for things like pearls, jade, silk, terra cotta, tea, and other things. Basically you would walk in and they would spend 5 minutes talking about how it was made, then spend the next hour trying to sell you stuff.
I am a bit annoyed cause I took pictures of everything I did for one of the days from the moment I woke up until I went to bed, but I can't seem to upload photos right now.
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I'd also watch Piranha again (triple feature again?
Glad you enjoyed your trip!