the waiting of 100+ cabs in tianjin station was a turning point. after that it's all good

taxi experience in tianjin

as expected the taxi driver chatted w me in a heavy accent. he said the word "du che" (堵車) like "du4 ce1" as i didnt kno what he meant for a time. but it feels hospitable the driver introduced me some knowledge bout the european concession.and sometimes sang songs himself. and the cab that drove me back was a weirdo i have to say. i was having a chewing gum in my mouth and the 60-yr-old gave me an advice:stop eating chewing gum.he explained to me the basic spirit of china lay on RU. we should all ruled by what Confucian said and keep a good image of oneself, while chewing a gum looked bad. i had every reason to contradict him but cool with that. after all he's a 60yearold. this was one of few times i held my argumentative words back hehe

never live in a beijing hotel anymore

already knew the hotel i booked was decent but wasn't ready to know it was so great! it locates in the european concession and so is western style. loving its ornament but strangely in a room for 2 there were no curtains in the bathroom while both the doors of shower room and bathroom are transparent...d-_-. is it why i paid much less than i did in beijing to such a decent hotel room in downtown?

the european concession

seems like locals call it 五大道. i lived in Guilin Road, should be one of the five. i went to the club on foot to look at houses and plants around. i know many places in this area looks luxurious and dazzled. but Munan road scarcely have a light. there were national flags hang over every houses.it felt slightly different when i saw them in such a surrounding from anywhere else in common places in china. maybe the flags in a non-administrative-sight look real :b

old people gathered in the park and danced to some screepy music. beside them were erhu players.

after the gig i initially planned to take a cab back. but i realize immediately i stepped out of the club. how could i find a taxi late night in a small road? so i had to walk back hoping not to be robbed or stalked. thank god i was safe and the walk was pleasant in late summer breeze.

it's not that atmospheric when in daytime. after leaving the hotel i spent one hour and a half wandering around. bumped into a gloomy building. its bricks are gray and old, nothing special compared with other houses like cakes. but on a small board it said :tianjin peace hotel. wow, this is the famous hotel! so took a second look at it and i felt it somewhat epic... as i kept on walking there came a small group of military band. a passby told me it was an opening ceremony for travel festival. young ladies that obviously werent han stood on colored mobile platforms beside models of some symbolic places in tianjin. coincidentally we met for the second time after we walked in a big circle. this time i waved hello to the beautiful ladies and they smiled haha.

hmmm there was a horse stables bit stinky and a stadium. think it'll be much harmonious if they make some sculptures rather than simply paint pictures of sports outside the wall of stadium

the gig in nic club

the club was under an art studio. i saw some transformers and other creative stuffs on display. the most impressive one is a giant white kid standing beside the stairs.we all think it's awesome to have such a combination of art and dance music, making me think of 798. 

douban cheated me bout the beginnin time and obviously i arrived too early. i went to the bartenders - all kawayi kind jjs. they're rock people and one of them, the super cool jj, is a vocalist of a new post punk band herself.(just googled her, her name is liu di). and i went upstairs to talk to Mr.Toupo and Chris from Britain.They prefer new rave?? 

i thought it would be weird to dance in friends' gig but it turned out all fine. when listened to the loud music things became simple. i love it as the music was diverse from minimal techno to electro house to progressive and tech trance, from 128 to 140(crazy /o\). and was in a way toooo unpredictable XD. awesome to hear sander kleinenberg - this is our night and this is miami in a rowwww! never knew this is our night could be so exciting to hear in loudspeakers- even the sound system was merely makeshift. miami was certainly a classic, it makes everydody loves electro house. didnt know who played techno minimal, some of them were pretty tasty. yuan played sander van doorn - bliksem after lethal industry. (is he copying gareth emery??) tech tranec is another tide. i'm okay without visual effects, this switch was like a rapid dive from a steep cliff.

what i mean by saying too unpredictable are several accidents. toupo was asking me to take more photos of the crowd in the rest room when a brutal stop of music occurred and all the people started to scream. the vocalist explained us it was not an accident but a sudden silence on purpose to incite the crowd lol. afterwards yuan told me taylor's computer crashed! and even more funny, at the very end, what i called trax disorder befallen on us. i didnt know who made this miracle, euro dance for several seconds and flashy house for another few seconds WTF?! when the euro dance track was confirmed to be played i muffled my ears and the gg gave me a napkin to keep the sound outta my ears hah.what a f'cking mess from then on. no logic and no smooth switching, all i know is infected mushroom's becoming insane also appeared.

i also took 9 vids despite dim light. the outcome is all the vids were all black-_-b. skyscraper was among them. better than in a computer.

met a bundle of nice peeps there. the light dancer with blue and red rays won the most psychedelic photo prize! and Fim won the most professional animal prize for carrying a heavy SLR in such a leisure occasion -_-b. Mikkel and his colleague shared the most energetic dancer etc... yes niiiiiice to see mikkel and will again. (But Kimbo's in Spain now)

and i love all the bartender jjs xoxo!