Today I went to the very top of China’s tallest building. I believe it’s the 4th tallest building in the world and pretty tall for a man of my height. It’s the Jin Mao Building in the Pudong district of Shanghai and measures to be 1379 feet tall, being comprised of 88 floors. I guess [...]
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why chinese men are so buff
by mario on 02. Jan, 2006 in china, travel
I have always wondered why Chinese men are so much more phyisically gifted than their Caucasian counterparts. Well, 10,000 miles away from home lies the answer. The government here has built a system of body-building public resources, available to all Chinese men. Everywhere you look, people are sculpting their figures, shaving off the last barely-recognizable [...]
next set of pictures
by mario on 30. Dec, 2005 in china, travel
The next set of China pictures is up and ready to go.
On a side note, I managed to catch one heck of a cold over here. Not really a surprise, considering that this place closely resembles what I’d call a human ant farm. And it probably also doesn’t help that I’ve been living [...]
picture of the day
by mario on 30. Dec, 2005 in china, travel
Terry and I went to this giant mall today. With giant malls come giant underground parking lots. Terry, of course, forgot on which floor and section he had parked his car. Since my chinese sign reading skills are non-existent, we managed to not find our car. But fortunately they have a solution for that here [...]
chinese national sports
by mario on 28. Dec, 2005 in china, travel
People tell me that the Chinese love soccer, however, with a rather painful lack of world cup titles to show for, I’d like to contend that notion. Here’s what the Chinese are really good at and despite a lack of competitive outlets, I’d argue that nobody could beat them at it.
1. Littering.
There are piles of [...]
day 2 – and I already have a routine
by mario on 28. Dec, 2005 in china, travel
No doubt, I will be doing some traveling while I am in China and I will also make sure to stop by some of those ancient monuments that everybody is talking about. But I am also going to relax while I’m here and that’s what this first few days are all about.
I wake up at [...]
arrival in Shanghai ->immediate trip to private massage club
by mario on 27. Dec, 2005 in china, travel
This is no joke, Terry picked me up at the airport, dropped my stuff off at his place and then we immediately went to a private massage club with some Austrian personal trainer named Daniel. Boy we really are not fuckin around here, are we Terry?
So, here’s the scoop on these massage places here in [...]