Dan Washburn's Shanghai Diaries

flying high for amoi

fresh from flirting pictures comes video footage of one of my latest cameos in a chinese television commercial. this one, for amoi electronics, was filmed back in january at shanghai’s wei sheng studios.

check it out here: amoi.mpg (warning: this file is around 15mb in size. it could take a while to load.)

photos of the shoot: click here

another ad i was in: adHIGH.mov (6mb)

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04.10.2004, 8:00 PM · Observations, Photos, Video

old building, cold beer

added some new photos here and here.

the first batch is of the mei long zhen restaurant on nanjing xi lu, a secluded and spectacular spot in one of the city’s busiest areas. the second batch of photos is of people drinking alcoholic beverages.

so, enjoy. but remember, beware THE CLAW!

04.10.2004, 7:57 PM · Photos

sizing people up

i went bra shopping yesterday.

well, actually i accompanied someone who was going bra shopping. one of the duties of being a boyfriend, i suppose.

usually, it’s the guy who feels uncomfortable in such a situation. not so sure that was the case yesterday.

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04.10.2004, 5:15 PM · Observations · Comments (1)

“you wanna try it?” … “it seems a bit big.”

my friend luis recently introduced me to an odd japanese brand of cookies. they go by the name kittyland and have a chocolate-ish middle surrounded by two chocolate-ish wafers. both sides of the cookie are decorated with a cartoon drawing of a cute-ish animal and a saying in english. the cookies are ok. the sayings are priceless. who knew the japanese were the masters of the non sequitur? open a box and you’ll wonder what the hell goes on in kittyland.

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04.10.2004, 4:13 PM · Humor · Comments (2)