The first day of the 2008 Modern Sky Music Festival was not exactly what I have imagined.
It could have been really better if the audience didn’t have to wait in the queue for 3 hours before buying a ticket and entering the site. I missed at least 3 bands, including one of my favourites, AK-47.
However, [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2008’
Pictures From the First Day of Modern Sky Festival 08
Modern Sky Music Festival, First Outdoor Music Festival in 2008
Just to drop a quick note that 2008 Modern Sky Music Festival, a 3 day outdoor rock fest and the first outdoor music festival this year, will start tomorrow. The whole RecordingBeijing.com team, that is, me, is going to record the whole process. Stay tuned for exciting videos and photos.
Picture source: http://www.modernsky.com/news/news990.html
Olympic Moments-From a Different Angle (Final Part)
Sculptures inside a shopping mall. Note the first 3 athletes are all Chinese.
Inside a night bus. Bus clerk wearing the armband is now one of the security volunteers.
Student volunteers crossing street.
A Golden Retriever peeking outside of the car window.
Dozing in a bus.
Kids playing with their grandma at the entrance of a residential building.
The elderly of [...]
Olympic Moments-From a Different Angle (Part 4- More on South Luogu Lane)
Wondering in the Hutongs.
A craftsman showing off his works of “Hairy Monkeys”, a traditional craftsmanship. Cicada legs and Magnolia are being glued together to make miniatures of monkeys, which play different roles in a series of stories.
Kids playing with a bronze basin (don’t remember what it’s called in Chinese), when rubbing the sides of the [...]
Olympic Moments-From a Different Angle (Part 3-South Luogu Lane)
South Luogu Lane, where fantasitc bars and shops gather, is another hot spot with rich Hutong culture.
Girls posing in front of the gate of the lane.
A cafe shop.
The famous Pass By Bar. The owner’s fantastic photographic works of Tibet on the wall.
A small shop selling traditional Beijing paper-cuts.
A dress shop.
A gift shop.
A dress shop selling [...]
Olympic Moments-From a Different Angle (Part 2-More Doors)
More Siheyuan doors.
Note the stone steps and sculptures.
Another one.
Yet another one, with milk box and newspaper box on the wall.
Moments of 2008 Olympics-From a Different Angle (Part 1)
I know it’s a bit late. But I gotta do this sooner or later (it took me quite a while to resize the pictures). During the following 2 or 3 days, I’ll post a series of photos I took during the period that the Beijing Olympics was being held, most of which had no direct [...]
Poisonous Milk Incident Update
Mayor and Party Secretary of Shi Jiazhuang City (where the poisonous milk manufacturer Sanlu Group is located) removed from office.
Head of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the PRC resigned.
Number of infected children exceeds 50,000. Some expects more.
Children’s hospitals around the country flooded with parents and their babies.
A great number of people [...]
2008 Midi Music Festival Postponed for the Third Time
According to Midi School BBS, the 2008 Midi Music Festival has been postponed for the 3rd time. Rock fans have to wait for another 10 days after the golden week holidays.
Organizers say the main reason for the delay is that the Olympic Sports Center Stadium will not be available for the festival during the golden [...]
5 Tips to Live Like a Real Native Beijinger
The life style of native Beijingers has been described as slow, laid-back, and open. Living in a busy and crowded city like Beijing, true Beijingers prefer to enjoy life, rather than wasting it chasing money and fame. Keep reading and find out how you can live like a true native Beijinger following 5 simple steps.
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