shanghai south railway station - its like some vast arena or stadium - crowded always and yet still void of any real life
It is a strange building, like so many in China, especially in Shanghai - It has a vastness, a function and yet it is void of life - I have always felt that a building which is full of people has "life", think of "Central Station" in New York or even a much more modern building such as the beautiful almost post modern wave like, 'Southern Cross Station' in Melbourne, Australia, the former building on the same site was called (in a very Australian way by the street that it was on) 'Spencer Street Railway Station' which functions as a shopping hub as well as of course a busy railway station, it is full of life, energy and a particular 'feel' that I'm sure the architects of the 'Shanghai South Railway Station' would be envious of if they knew about it.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
arch
Thursday, February 18, 2010
ningbo taxi # 3
looking for a cab in the rain is difficult anywhere, but over "Chinese New Year" in China, its almost impossible - I waited for 40 minutes in the rain - (end of rant)
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yesterday had another name - nong tang # 27
the snow has melted - the cold darkness engulfs the "nong tang" (alley) - Gaoqiao
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blanket
after the loud (and more than annoying) Chinese New Year fireworks, I woke up this morning and overnight it had snowed, A new year (The year of the Tiger) the world outside my bedroom balcony is white - Happy Valentines Day
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milk box
at the foot of the stairwell of my apartment building - Ningbo Dahongying University - Gaoqiao
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rest
over the ubiquitous Chinese "New Year" holiday everything close's down. Construction site - Gaoqiao
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Friday, February 12, 2010
99
wall near the edge of town, overlooking a new apartment building complex - Gaoqiao
Nelson Mandela walked free 20 years ago today - let the world celebrate, no more walls between us
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she walks close to home
an elderly woman walks in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) - early afternoon - Gaoqiao
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he has somewhere
late afternoon - after a brief rain show, narrow "nong tang" (alley) - Gaoqiao
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we see the world through the space - nong tang # 26
after a brief rain shower - the light reflects on the hard cold stone of the "nong tang (alley) - Gaoqiao
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5:30pm - three and another with fog
four young men, walk along a long straight road - Gaoqiao
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Monday, February 01, 2010
last taxi - Life Track
on the way home from the airport - saying goodbye for about two months (until I visit) to the two most important people in my world
the literal translation of the characters on the wall read (in English) 'Life Track' - perhaps appropriate given the significance of today's events.
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lights - i saw these last night
two electricity pylons - Haishu - near the center of the city
1/240th @ f/4
64 ISO
5.9mm
China's power consumption rose 6% in 2009
Power use climbed to 3.6 billion megawatt hours, the National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement on its Web site. The growth rate is 0.47% point higher than 2008
I cannot imagine what the electricity usage will be, if and when China's growth (which has of course) been been very well reported elsewhere, will be in decades to come, after speaking this week to several people concerning the reported continued rise in China's power consumption, the only explanation I can get is that "China(of course) has a right to continue to grow...."- but actually my only answer is (and only can be) why not learn from the mistakes of the so called developed countries and NOT REPEAT THEM
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he walks - nong tang # 25
bright afternoon sunshine, cuts into an otherwise dark alley (nong tang) - Gaoqiao
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