Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Architecture in China is changing. There’s a tiny bit about it in the latest GR54. After looking through the article, it’s a great feeling to have just been there and checked all this out and know the scale and grandeur of each of the things they talk about. But actually there’s a bit more, and maybe you’ll see that in the latest GR. I’ll post some photos of my own adventures to these spots really soon. Check out the link.You’ll see clearer photos. Mine are pretty good too and I walked right up to the top photo building while in construction!
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Tired of reading about Eric and Martin’s Hawaiian shaved ice stories, I decided to get my own while here in Taipei while working on a new movie, Like a Dream, directed by Clara Law. While on a break from promoting John Woo’s Red Cliff, Chang Chen took us to this place that had an interesting list of toppings. Unlike the brightly colored fruit squirts you get from the Hawaiian style, in Taiwan they cover the ice in a brown sugar type syrup followed by your choice of unrecognizable but tasty little tidbits piled into a hole dug out of the middle. The addition of the solid matter filling gives you a nice variety of different textures to balance out the ice. Kinda like a Donutman donut but in ice. Above was my concoction. Under that strawberry jelly is some chewy boba cha type balls. As Borat would say, “Very nice!”Chang Chen had peanuts and a flan like custard in his. A very strange combo indeed but it actually tasted quite good. Antonio opted to have the sweet tofu instead but by the look on his face here, I bet he was thinking, “Damn, I shoulda had the ice.”
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I guess this is the equivalent of Southern Rap in China. A little like Nelly’s Country Grammer. If you can actually pick out what he’s saying thru his country accent, it’s hilarious.
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Sorry for the sentimentality but I am just taking some time to reflect. I arrived here in Hong Kong exactly 11 years ago today. Above is a tiny little entry from my journal/sketch book that was written exactly 364 days and 23 hours ago. What crappy hand writing! Looks like I gave myself 1 year to find my path. I wouldn’t have guessed that less than three months later I would be cast for my first film, Bishonen and my life would change forever. Isn’t life interesting. I was dealt a good hand and have been rolling with it ever since. I’m well aware others don’t get chances like mine and I am so so appreciative of this gift I’ve been given and all the support I’ve received along the way. Thanks for all the love!
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