Tuesday, January 11, 2005

speed dating @ shanghai

i find this post (in chinese) interesting. it is an invitation to a speed dating, which involves 8 girls and 8 boys, each of them has 8 minutes to chat with one member from the opposite group, then rotate to the next. so s/he end up with some skin-deep impressions of each member of the other group, and the invitation says, “this is just a prelude”.

the venue is in a tea house (not here!), and to attend, you need to pay 38 yuan. that's it.

8 minutes! 8 girls! 1 hour!

OMG, this will be the most exciting one hour for his whole life.

posted @ 7:21 PM

Zhang Yimou named best director by US critics

via: china daily

also read: 8 reasons we should defend Zhang Yimou (in chinese)

zhang's recent movies represent a trend in china towards commercialization and materialism. he is a quick learner of american marketing and PR, but in the process of becoming a marketing guru, he loses something critical to a good movie - the plot, and the power of love that makes people impressed and moved.

there is one chinese word for his recent movies - mei su (means cater to people's vulgar tastes)

zhang is a vivid example of how china is polluted by materialism.

there is a rare case against this trend, though, read this: the exception

posted @ 2:25 PM