The Longest Way

Global Business

Christoph — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:23:55 +0000

The weird beard made it into 全球商业 – Global Business:

Cool!

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Prinzregentenplatz 16

Christoph — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:58:34 +0000

Thought I’d let you in on something that few people know.

This is Adolf Hitler’s house:

From Random Things

It’s his registered residence during the last years, and it’s in Munich, not in Berlin.

There’s a police station in it today.

Soundtrack: Cool V – “Fuck Nigga”

3 comment(s) for this post:

Andreas:
19 Jan 2012 Really interesting place.
Steven:
25 Jan 2012 粉我.... hahaha.... www.weibo.com/flakpanzer
Christoph:
25 Jan 2012 Andreas: most interesting thing about Munich. Steven: 加了！

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no class?

Christoph — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:57:44 +0000

Today I did something stupid.
I went to class and found out that there was no class.

Alas!

So anyway I walked around and played with the GoPro for a while.

Took some footage of what it can be like to be old next to an escalator:

Then I ambushed some people who were going to rub the lion’s head at Odeonsplatz for luck:

And finally I tried the integrated intervall function:

Seemed to work just fine.

Soundtrack: X – “Los Angeles”

2 comment(s) for this post:

Kristian:
15 Jan 2012 Spending the day writing. Thought of you. Best of luck with your novel(s). 仰屋著書
Christoph:
25 Jan 2012 Nice 成语!

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glowing

Christoph — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:24:54 +0000

These last weeks have been tough. Deadlines had to be suspended. I’m still struggling.

Anyway, last night I had Alpha Noble with a pro:

(French brand, not cheap.)

“What do you think?” the pro asked me after the first shot.

I didn’t want to embarrass myself, so I mumbled something along the lines of: “a 7 out of 10, goes down easily, but lacks individuality, might be good in a mixer.”

The pro said only one word: “sour.”

So we were going to give it a 6 or something.

The evening went on, I went into the vodka, and soon I was listening to myself telling stories about tears in Turpan and swindlers in Detmold. I realized that I had had too much to drink, so I went home.

Then, much to my surprise, this morning the pro sent me a mail: “the vodka was pretty good,” he said, “there was no hangover.”

And he was right. So this one turned out to be a 7, or maybe even an 8. I am not sure.

…

Then I did some work.

…

Then I went swimming:

I lay my head down on the water.

The water was cool and soft, and it didn’t know about deadlines.
It was everywhere.

It felt very soothing.

Soundtrack: Morcheeba – “I Am The Spring”

5 comment(s) for this post:

Kristian:
29 Dec 2011 AWESOME POST!
Steven:
29 Dec 2011 AWESOME PHOTO!
ZMH:
31 Dec 2011 AWESOME DRINK!
Lars:
01 Jan 2012 AWESOME READERS!
Christoph:
25 Jan 2012 AWESOME READERS INDEED!

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I(H)C48 – choices

Christoph — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:45:13 +0000

I forget where this one was taken:

May 20th, 2007, somewhere in Hubei (湖北).

福禄寿 (happiness, money, long life) – do we just close our eyes and see where it takes us?

Soundtrack: Portishead – “Roads”

3 comment(s) for this post:

Kristian:
23 Dec 2011 I would choose Happiness.
Kristian:
23 Dec 2011 have chosen*
Christoph:
25 Jan 2012 Yeah, it's a tough one.

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Saint Nicholas

Christoph — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:16:05 +0000

Got this in the mail today:

From my little sister. For St. Nicholas’ Day!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!

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the diploma

Christoph — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:28:31 +0000

Just got something cool in the mail:

The Кинофестиваль Вертикаль (“Vertical Film Festival”) from Moscow sent me this award. They apparently liked the weird beard video for its originality. Awesome!

Thanks guys, thanks Russia! Большое спасибо!! )))

…

And on a totally different note:

Yes? No?

Soundtrack: Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”

8 comment(s) for this post:

ZMH:
04 Dec 2011 your face expression kinda answer it itself...doesn't it? :D
Lars:
04 Dec 2011 A definite NOOOO! LOL
Lars:
04 Dec 2011 except your 2nd name is Norbert or something... ;-)
wuh:
05 Dec 2011 lass die Luftballons hängen, Fleife
Daniel:
06 Dec 2011 Maybe! ;)
Mako:
07 Dec 2011 Ahh I'm delighted to see Movember still going strong on your end of the world ;)
Ana:
20 Dec 2011 YES totally! =)
Christoph:
25 Jan 2012 Haha, I didn't keep the stache. :)

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I(H)C47 – humidity

Christoph — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:39:23 +0000

When I was roaming through the province of 广东 (Guangdong), I noticed clothes everywhere.
They only dry slowly under the hot, humid weather of the South:

There’s an old saying: yesterday’s sun won’t dry today’s laundry.
I guess today’s sun probably won’t either.

Soundtrack: Dumbfoundead – “Bitch”

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I(H)C46 – pride of a chef

Christoph — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:17:35 +0000

Night food is something special in China.
I wasn’t always able to handle it health-wise, but I loved going out at night to get a snack on the roadside.
There was one place in the far South of 广东 (Guangdong) that I particularly liked:

March 9th 2006. 湛江 (Zhanjiang).

Maybe the best stir-fried eggplant ever.

Soundtrack: Dumbfoundead – “BRB”

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TLW Literature 72: Polly Greeks

Christoph — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:26:41 +0000

Remember the book by Nathan Hoturoa Gray that I thought sucked so much? Well this one is about a part of the same trip, only it’s written from his girlfriend’s perspective:

Author:	Polly Greeks
Title:	Embracing the Dragon
Time:	2002
Destination:	Great Wall of China
Length:	a few months
Type:	mostly hiking
Rating:	5/10

The girlfriend

The story: In 2001, PG is working as a journalist in New Zealand. She does and interview with Gray (who at the time is trying to walk the length of the Great Wall), falls in love with him and decides to tag along. They walk together for a few hundred kilometers, share the hardships and the joy, and eventually they make a decision on their relationship.

I thought it was funny that Gray’s account of the whole ordeal was just so horrible, while this one wasn’t that bad. Okay, PG doesn’t have a clue about China (like Gray), but she seems to have a broader perspective than him. And by broader perspective I mean that she doesn’t just talk about her esoteric findings all the time. There is the story of a relationship to tell here, and a strange country that is worth to explore, and PG tries her best to do that. In fact, just when she is taking her time to give us a few details about the people she meets (like the rich guy who takes them in on his country estate), her writing is really at its best.

So why is this only a 5/10 then? Well, the book could have used some more polishing. I would have particularly liked to get rid of Gray’s bullshit (“‘The Chinese can tell what you’re thinking. They’ll respond accordingly,’ Nathan told me.” p.45), and some of the factual errors were a bit unsettling (“It’s hard to believe that there’s just one official time zone for the whole of China. It’s just too big. It must surely be sunset in Eastern Kashgar while people to the far west are just preparing lunch.” p.189)

But it wasn’t a bad read after all.

A 5/10.

2 comment(s) for this post:

Mike:
28 Nov 2011 I didn't see this book among your literature reviews. Red Dust: A Path Through China by: Ma Jian Don't know what the Chinese title would be, but have you heard of it? If not you might want to give it a read. It's about a guy who walks and hitchikes around China, From Beijing to Dunhuang, then to the South, Hainan and finally to Tibet.
Christoph:
28 Nov 2011 Hey Mike, thanks for the tip. I got it here, the Chinese version, but I am a bit intimidated by it, because it's a xeroxed copy that's hardly recognizable. I ordered the English version though, just to be sure! :)

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