Product Shots and What not

some products shots of things i have purchased and a few other pics.

there is a law in beijing which prohibits giving away plastic bags. you have to buy them if you want them, it's only a fraction of a cent but psychologically its working on some level. they now have these kind of bags they sell everywhere for like 25 to 50 cents. you are supposed to then remember to take them with you when you go shopping which i always forget so i have a pile of these now. so i guess the law is not really working on me because me stupy

this middle aged woman was pretty disgusto

i hated crocs way back before they got popular and i still hate them now. back in astoria my desk was by the window and everyday i would see this red headed weiner guy come out of his house wearing is bright orange crocs. i wanted to sheit on his big baby shoes. and now in china they even have limited edition crocs! i think these red and gold ones are like olympic crocs. they even had this huge crocs mini store across from the actual big store. there is actually a crocs store. me hates


a restaurant called hollywood. its a chain. it has cheap quasi japanese and american and chinese and who knows what else food.

i had to get these bad boys for bob, 3 pairs for $1.40. the kuma-san club socks are especially sweet. bob likes to wear weird socks if you are wondering. look out bob these are coming your way soon!


sweet spicy flavor and black pepper rib-eye flavor. msg all around.

2 different pizzza flavored snacks


i bought this book of childrens book illustrators for less than 10 dollars. it's chinese and i have my doubts again as to if it is legit.

i was walking along with angel and bam there was this random gallery. i liked what i saw outside and was blown away by what i saw inside. and angel verified that this guy was really good. so i bought his book and hope i can be inspired because i bought chinese ink and a brush at the art store.


here is the secret. I use Mars Steadler HB pencils. i like to experiment around with other HB's though so lets see how these chinese brands measure up.

this book im almost sure is not legit but it has lots of foreign illustrators i would have never been exposed to otherwise. it does suck being ripped off by fake chinese publishing companies like what happened to me earlier this year.
my friend QQ brought this huge tiger back from fujian. it is really heavy. that poor girl was carrying this around the whole time just so grandma jason could be happy. thanks qq! and if you think thats bad i got 2 more to add to my collection which i will post later on

Wandering Around Beijing

It's become a routine to party on satuday and spend sunday wandering about beijing. For some reason things are clearer and i notice more on these post debauchery nights. i've come to love these sundays. My true grandma mode comes out, also the inner woman and i actually enjoy shopping/browsing/perusing for various grandma like things.

me and angel went to "Steak and Eggs" on the same street of western places by my house. it was pretty bad. i am again disappointed. i should just stick to chinese food. the "biscuit" was obviously store bought. the country fried steak was pretty weird. my eggs over easy were pretty raw, sent back to cook and came back broken and super cooked. their sign says "a true north american diner" there is a picture of a guy paul on the banner. i've seen him through the window a few time walking by. i asked where paul was from and they said canada. that explains the north american part and also the sidewalk chalkboard sign advertising an october 13th thanksgiving dinner deal. this is not a "true north american diner"


yummy! these cakes and pies look good but they probably taste like garbage and will disapoint

angel's peel job on the left, my american peel job on the right

a true north american gal. yummy


i was digging this girls style in 7-ll. i saw that she works at the starbucks across the street from my house the other day


i was also digging this girls style in a weirdo way though. she is like the asian human version of patty mayonnaise from that old nickelodeon cartoon show "Doug"

all of the sudden one day these started popping up everywhere. they are a barrel with a bike constructed around it for cooking these yams.

awesome. yes lets!


went to the art store


the smallest bar i've ever been to. it was probably 12x12
this is one of the karaoke spots we frequent

Bling Time

i hate buying things in china. you always have to bargain. all i needed was to buy a new mouse but there are no real computer stores like best buy or circuit city or something. they are all markets where you have to bargain and walk around and test the waters to make sure you're not getting ripped off. i wasted an hour trying to get a mouse playing the bargaining game.

there was a swarm of cats climing these trees trying to get to these birds

this korean food wasnt that bad. still havent found anything like korea though.

i looked at this room in this apt. in dongzhimen but doesnt fit into my plans so my friend ended up taking it


this lamb soup was pretty delish. it had these cube-ular things that were like noodles only cubes

this place is basically hell for jason. it is called "the bookworm". now its not because it is a book type establishment and the last book i read was 14 years ago in 7th grade when we had to read the old man in the sea. its because it is filled with pretentious foreigners most of whom have nothing better to do while their spouses are at work. not my cup of tea. i had to wait for my friend there and was cringing at the convos flying around in there.

Angel's friend anne knows the owner of like every club in beijing. this is bling, a new hip hop club. this dj booth is a rolls royce phantom or something like that i think.

we drank this jonny.


at karaoke after you have drinks in you these chicken nuggets taste like each one blessed by buddah and put in a basket for your enjoyment

the morning delivery at the dimsum place

if there was ever a spokesperson for not drinking too much here he is. lookin' good jason, lookin' good. its worse in person believe me. others can vouch for me too. i wish my mom was here to slap me.

and then make me some tomato soup.