6.17.2009

Community Service?

"a community service by McDonald's"

That is the slogan on these trash cans I recently saw littered around a Chinese airport. I like a good trash receptacle as much as the next guy but lets not pretend slapping your advertisement and logo on a trash can is "community service." Lets call it like it is, advertising.

6.15.2009

Guiyang Coffee Review

Quick trip to Guiyang left me with the ever present challenge of finding coffee. This will be a short review as I truly found nothing to even review. Kunming seems like a more modern city than most other Chinese cities at times but it seems like it will be the last Chinese city to see true foreign investment. Guiyang a city a much smaller population and the feel of a not so modern city has foreign hotels all over the place and even the ever-growing Papa Johns pizza. For coffee I have never seen a hotel with coffee even worth trying but Miracle Plaza's coffee was truly one of a kind. I have never seen a pot of coffee literally boiling for hours on end especially considering even a few minutes on a hot plate usually ruins a coffee's flavor I can only imagine what a continuous boil will do for those beans.

One thing that was pretty memorable in Guiyang was this street artist.

See if you recognize his borrowed "masterpiece."

6.13.2009

This years #1 worthless invention

I will preface this post with an "only in China" warning. But where else can you buy a brand new microwave with a built in tv screen. Now even the 10 seconds you spend waiting for your food to reheat you can enjoy a bit of your favorite music or catch a few lines from your favorite movie or tv show. The sellers of this brand new microwave did fail to mention that the cost of this microwave/entertainment center actually runs the same price as a normal tv. Don't forget the 10 out of 10 doctors that suggest you spend as little time as possible closly staring into your microwave.