Dear family, this is wenlan... i highjacked jared's blog account. with his permission. haha...
it has been 2 weeks since i am back home in China.
i love it here. it takes me a while to get used to it though,
the traffic, the lack of space, and the fast paced city life.
i am still trying to cope with it.
however it takes me no time to get used to shopping for deals! lol...
it was labor day holiday here yesterday and we took it off and went shopping in a crazily busy shopping district.
i came across this amazing
chinese brush paiting artist on the sidewalk while waiting for my business partner kim to park his car.
what makes him different from any other good brush paiting artist is,
he does not have hands...
i timidly dropped a 20RMB bill, (which is about 3 bucks. less than what a burger cost),
the guy's wife told me i can pick two paintings. TWO!
so i did.. and when i squaded down and went through the paitings, i asked him,
can i pay another 20 and get a custom made piece?
he said, briefly in two words, "ke yi"-- "can" in chinese.
so i got this piece just for me.
in black and white,
"yong qi"-- chinese for "courage."
he improvised a ancient poem by its side too, "diligence could get you where you want to be"
this is the best shopping i've ever done..
it has been 2 weeks since i am back home in China.
i love it here. it takes me a while to get used to it though,
the traffic, the lack of space, and the fast paced city life.
i am still trying to cope with it.
however it takes me no time to get used to shopping for deals! lol...
it was labor day holiday here yesterday and we took it off and went shopping in a crazily busy shopping district.
i came across this amazing
chinese brush paiting artist on the sidewalk while waiting for my business partner kim to park his car.
what makes him different from any other good brush paiting artist is,
he does not have hands...
i timidly dropped a 20RMB bill, (which is about 3 bucks. less than what a burger cost),
the guy's wife told me i can pick two paintings. TWO!
so i did.. and when i squaded down and went through the paitings, i asked him,
can i pay another 20 and get a custom made piece?
he said, briefly in two words, "ke yi"-- "can" in chinese.
so i got this piece just for me.
in black and white,
"yong qi"-- chinese for "courage."
he improvised a ancient poem by its side too, "diligence could get you where you want to be"
this is the best shopping i've ever done..
Wow!! That is amazing. What a talented guy.
ReplyDeleteWe miss seeing you and Lorkan -- it's only been two weeks?!?!
That's awesome, We cant wait to go on a trip to China...it will be an adventure!
ReplyDeleteThat is the coolest thing! What a great deal too!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! hey if I ever lost my hands I would still figure out a way to do make up and art. That's so cool that that guy does that. I miss you and Lorken when you get back we will have to do something fun.:) love ya!
ReplyDeleteThat was me Shannon.:)
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