Fun Stuff > CHATTER
Blog Thread 5: A New Beginning
Welu:
Let your heart be your guide. It will tell you if the dick is there.
Is it cold in here?:
I saw a piece of silk embroidery from Suzhou, which I gather is about an hour from Akima's birthplace.
If you had told me that the human race was being replaced by a superior species, and that this artwork was a sample of what they could do and proof that they were beyond human, I would have believed you.
Akima:
Yes, Suzhou (苏州 Soo-Joe) is 100km or so from Shanghai. It's an attractive place, with a lot of old buildings along canals. It's a popular tourist destination, so in places it's a bit tacky, but it still has a lot of charm, and anywhere sampans still ply the waterways warms my Huangpu-waterfront heart.
Silk embroidery has been an established art-form in China for many centuries, with the oldest surviving piece coming from a tomb built in the 5th century BCE, I think. Suzhou is particularly renowned, and is the centre of one of the four main styles of embroidery, Su Xiu (苏绣, soo-shiu).
dr. nervioso:
My parents lived in Suzhou for a year. I am a little bit bummed that I never was able to visit, but then again, I don't think I would have enjoyed it that much. After a few days I probably would be stressed out by the crowds and the traffic. Same reason why I don't plan on living in NYC or LA.
Is it cold in here?:
I got good news on a biopsy report. It wasn't the carcinoma that two doctors had suspected.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version