Although the weather and outerwear are still a bit dreary here in Shanghai, I did notice some pops of color in terms of footwear:
It’s a relief to finally see some color around town, especially since it has been raining for the past few weeks and most Chinese people are wearing their inevitably boring and bland rain and cold weather gear… But seeing these colors today have given me hope that Spring is just around the corner!…
Read More →The new week is almost here, so prep for it like Chinese people do and find the side of a road or ferry or any place that provides something you can put a leg up on and stretch out.
Hope you have a good, loose week!…
Read More →One morning after not being able to sleep, I decided to take an early scooter ferry to Pudong for no reason other than to take some pictures, and after touring the Shanghai equivalent of Jersey I remembered why I never go there… There’s really not much to see or photograph, and the true chaotic nature of Shanghai and its citizens that I love so much seems to be hidden or pushed back behind giant, glistening skyscrapers and wide boulevards.…
Read More →In order to assess the validity of this statement that there are losers everywhere, I’ve decided to continue providing some more samples to be considered… So what do you think of this guy?
From the back he looks like a pretty normal Chinese person (actually dressed not too shabbily), and you may have noticed that he’s carrying a cigarette (also very normal for Chinese people)…
But by now you may have noticed that this guy is actually just a kid… I’m guessing around 12 years old, although the smoking may have made him age a bit.…
Read More →Since our Chinese friend from Raffles stated with her shirt “look at all these losers you find them everywhere,” I decided to put her shirt’s statement to the test. So this week, I’ll be posting different subjects and I’ll give you my perspective on whether he or she is a loser or not… And be sure to comment and offer your own perspective!…
Read More →The New Year always brings with it many resolutions, most of which will be broken within the first few weeks of the year… I broke some of mine already, but was able to get back on track because Chinese New Year was January 23rd, giving me a second chance.…
Read More →It’s officially 2012 on the East Side!! The streets are littered with red paper and the people living here slightly more deaf than before, but China will be mostly cleaned by daybreak and people should mostly have their hearing back. It’s the auspicious Year of the Dragon, so nothing can dampen Chinese peoples’ spirits, especially since they are on holiday for the coming week and they get to light off many, many more fireworks.…
Read More →Last year as Chinese New Year approached, I noticed a lot of Chinese women Gettin’ Their Hair Did. In what ended up being one of CPHNS’s most popular posts last year, I captured some priceless shots of women with large, colored, and sometimes a bit overdone hair (big hair was also exceedingly popular in the 1930s to 1949).…
Read More →My trip to Hong Kong was quick yet productive (which is why I haven’t had time to catch up on blogging until now), and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the Lane Crawford team and visiting their stores again. I ended up checking out their Canton Road store first, as they recently launched their new, younger, more conceptual retail experience called “lab” there.…
Read More →Dearest Readers,
I wanted to say thank you to those dear friends that care enough about me and this blog to help me out by snapping some pictures of Chinese people wearing/doing amazing and ridiculous things, as I always appreciate seeing these pictures and hearing the reactions of the people that took them.…
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