http://superfreakymemories.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:11:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:17:41 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=679 In the Chengdu airport on the way to Hong Kong.  Our Sichuan Airlines flight to Shenzhen was delayed an hour & a half.  This woman was pacing around with her baby swaddled on her back, and Jenny helped me ask if I could take their picture. Mr. Cute Baby here is smiling at the gestures [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/06/history/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/06/history/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:35:01 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=630 Finding a newspaper headlining President Obama’s history-making election was a bit easier in China than in the U.S., where my emissaries failed to track down copies of the New York Times, Washington Post, etc. because they all sold out repeatedly.  People wanted a piece of history, and I’m no different — my version just ended [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/06/history/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/25/pudong-starbucks/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/25/pudong-starbucks/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:54:01 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=488 Part of the Pudong skyline in Shanghai.  Also nearby on the river were McDonald’s and Häagen-Dazs stores.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/25/pudong-starbucks/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/20/paul-pierce/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/20/paul-pierce/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:07:58 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=474 The captain of the world champion Boston Celtics makes an appearance at No. 7 Middle School in Chengdu.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/20/paul-pierce/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/01/the-good-ol-song-of-wahoowa/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/01/the-good-ol-song-of-wahoowa/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:30:41 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=369 So there I am at the Three Gorges Dam, the largest such project in the world, surrounded by hundreds of Chinese and foreign tourists.  Then I hear something very, very familiar, I follow the sound through the crowd, and before I know it I’m staring at this guy.  He’s busking away while keeping an eye [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/01/the-good-ol-song-of-wahoowa/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/jingli-starbucks/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/jingli-starbucks/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:44:24 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=92 America in China.  The facade and the furniture were different, but the coffee smelled the same.  Look closely, and you’ll see a westerner — one of the few in evidence that night — inside with her laptop.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/jingli-starbucks/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/12/america-in-china/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/12/america-in-china/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:11:33 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=72 On my way to school, I found myself behind this man and his small son. America is right here on the Chengdu sidewalk, in this man’s Mickey Mouse backpack and basketball-in-a-bag.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/12/america-in-china/feed/ 0