ManuelH

Finally been able to rummage through photos.  This is my second post on Shanghai the first one dealt with the close ups on objects and there will be plenty of those in the future. This second post has to deal with the people in shanghai from the night life, to the stark contrast in poverty and wealth that is quite obvious in the view from my hotel room.  This is still in Shanghai I will be posting Nanjin, Shuzhou, and Putuoshan in later parts.

Set to a tidbit of info:

The two Chinese characters in the name “Shanghai”, (上, shàng; and 海, hǎi) literally mean “up, on, or above” and “sea” The earliest occurrence of this name dates from the Song Dynasty (11th century), at which time there was already a river confluence and a town with this name in the area.”

- Wikipedia (where else)

Photos from a farm in Gray County about 10 mins outside of Collingwood. Where you can off-road and do some dog sledding.

Set to a hiku:

A mountain village,
under the pilled-up snow
the sound of water.

- Masaoka Shik

What you can’t do in Toronto is buy Leaf tickets and while in Chicago I managed to snag some Hawks vs. Leafs tix.

set to odds of winning:

Game Time : 8:35 PM
Vegas Odds: Toronto Maple Leafs 1.5 and the over/under 6
Offshore Sportsbooks Odds: Toronto Maple Leafs 1.5 and the betting total 6

Leafs lost unfortunately, but when you take a look at the date Friday Nov 13, 09 you can see why…

2 trips to chicago now only solidify my love for that city. Here are some photos that I have taken showcasing Chicago. I even included an image of the way they celebrate St. Patrick when the river gets dyed green.

Set to lyrics:

“I met this girl when I was three years old
And what I loved most she had so much soul
She said, excuse me little homie, I know you don’t know me- but,
My name is Windy and, I like to blow trees and,
From that point I never blow her off,”

- Kanye West

And what I loved most she had so much soul

She said, excuse me little homie, I know you don’t know me- but,

My name is Windy and, I like to blow trees and,

From that point I never blow her off

Pencil shaving can be fun too, likely some of my more conceptual work. My take on Pop Art its meant to  make something that gets discarded seem interesting.

Set to quote:

“Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?”

-Steve Jobs

I may not be an engineer but I think I got something here with the Ray gun *paten pending schematics powered by a powerpc chip.

set to: stun

Here are a few sketches I created while being slightly bored. And in light of matthew good’s upcoming album “Vancouver” I pay homage to the ‘ray gun’ one of my favourite tracks from when he was in a band.

set to music lyrics:

“Shoot me with your ray gun

Full of holes so the day light can get to what’s dark”

- Matthew Good Band

So upon buying my niece some ice cream I noticed the design on the King Kone truck, and thought about the treats I liked as a kid.  I wanted to also create something that looks vintage and fun. At first I thought of making something witty, I think thats why I left the fangs on the bear, but then I just wanted to conjure nostalgic thoughts on these items not to  reinvent them but to create them as if I were from that period.

set to a quote:

“You can only be young once but you can always be immature”

-Dave Barry

My intro into the photos I took while in the NE coast of china. With a potential trip to Hong Kong looming I feel I should start posting my last trip there. First off is a map of the places I visited. We start with Shanghai and some up close photos of interesting things there. Mind you the mountain photos might not be Shanghai but Fuji mountain in Japan but I feel its fitting seeing as it was on the way to Shanghai…

Set to lyrics:

“Oh, why did I tell you it was bye-bye for Shanghai
I’m even allergic to rice
Why don’t you stop me when I talk about Shanghai
It’s just a lover’s device”

- Doris Day

So over the years I have become a ‘Mac’ head converting people to the Apple philosophy of great intuitive design.

Recently though I have been finding it hard to sell that idea even to myself and its not just Glossy screens, black bezels or missing ports, no, this one is about the packaging of the new OS 10.6…

While previous builds where glossy and metallic with a hint of their main feature, this recent package shows a clip art of an actual snow leopard…LOL (insert sad trumpet here)

here is an image I put together to illustrate my point:and I thought the jaguar print was bad…