placeintheworld
Swanky

Swanky

Ducks

Ducks

Rabbids

Rabbids

Somehow it feels digital

Somehow it feels digital

The US, where hotel rooms are designed to let you rest and not to show-off, where the beef in your pasta is real, where tap water is so clean it can be drinked, where the society is so legalistic there is a backlash. How did we get here? What does it take for a country to get here? How long is there still for China to go?

History is our collective memory. If our collective memory is taken from us––is rewritten––we lose the ability to sustain our true selves.
Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
Third time doing laundry at this hotel. Think I used too much detergent. 
This place has some really cute drawings on the walls.

Third time doing laundry at this hotel. Think I used too much detergent.
This place has some really cute drawings on the walls.

In case there are doubts of Apple’s popularity in China… 
(taken with iPhone 4S)

In case there are doubts of Apple’s popularity in China…
(taken with iPhone 4S)

Looks like I’m not the only one who stays at the cafe past midnight.

Looks like I’m not the only one who stays at the cafe past midnight.

They’ve got publicly shared bikes here! Free/really cheap to use. Need to get a card for each district though.

They’ve got publicly shared bikes here! Free/really cheap to use. Need to get a card for each district though.