Ok, we’re live
again. Another week has passed, I’m back
on my laptop with smell of fresh coffee filling up the room, and the it’s that time again... The time to give
you some updates on what the fuck I’ve been
doing these past couple of days. So without further ado...
On Monday, the gang met up for another KTV night at Dapu Road.
This one might have been the best we we’ve done
yet. There was a lot of terrible singing but we were all feeling it and we
fucking destroyed that Titanic song. Oh my fucking god, that was intense. After
that, we took it to the Chairs Club to enjoy some live music. I really digged the evening, managed to hang out with some people form the band, and even ran
into a bass player who is actually Czech. Overall, an awesome night.
On Wednesday, I met with some of my ladies at the beer shop
on Changle Lu, and the day after, a friend of mind had a b-day party at this Barbarian bar around the corner from my place. She booked couple of tables at an open
terrace on the rooftop, and quite a lot of people showed up. I talked to some I had not seen in months. After we were done with Barbarian, we
moved to Le Baron, which would be fine, expect the b-day girl got somehow lost
on the way and turned out passing out in her home, and Le Baron was complete trash. I mean, in my opinion it usually is but whatever.
On Friday, I hung out with my Lithuanian friend for a bit.
She works close to my spot these days so first, she got me to join her for a
lunch (there’s this tiny place nearby doing
vegan dumplings), and in the evening, we hit Papa’s beer
with her colleague. Since she works in commercials and she needed to stop by at
her office for something after that, I had a chance to check out another of
many WeWork spots around. And witness some Chinese people working around
midnight. Capitalism does beautiful things to people...
On Saturday, I decided to do something with brakes on my
bike. My rear brake hadn’t
worked in like two years and since my front brake got all fucked up too
(meaning, I needed at least like 20 meters to stop the bike if was going real
fast – which I usually do), and
since my Chinese bike guy didn’t know
what the fuck to do with it, I googled some proper bike shops around, and went
to this Chains spot at Wanhangdu Lu. For cool 100 RMB, the guy changed all
wiring and I’m all set now. Feels awesome
cause I can ride with even less respect than before... Straight from the shop,
I went to Hunan Road for this Zero Waste festival (the venue was yet another
WeWork – they’re fucking everywhere). Apart from selling sustainable
cosmetics and doing several workshops on how to minimize your carbon footprint
(cause capitalism also does beautiful things to the planet), there was some
veggie stands. I tried some cakes, alcoholic kambucha, jams, and pretty awesome
red wine. I also ran to another Czech Guy selling homemade bread, cashew cheese
and some deserts. I bought every fucking item on his list (cause fuck money,
food is God), and we had a nice little conversation. There was some more
Czechs around while I was there too. Last week, I probably spoke the
most Czech in weeks...
I had couple of places I had to be in that day so I did like
40km of riding around. I randomly stumbled upon this Luxun Park – another big ass spot with lots of
nature, lakes and Chinese people chilling under the trees, on grass or on those
little boats. In the evening, I went to the West Bund to support my Dragon Burn
People. There was this pop-up party next to the skate park. People brought a
small sound system, some drums, longboards (which I totally took andvatage of) and drinks. We were selling
vegan snacks over there to raise some more money for the festival. Even though we
struggled with security guys here and there, we managed to keep that thing
going for the whole night. Oh, and there were some girls with flashing hula-hoops
doing some crazy shit too. It looked trippy as hell. Again, a great
event. I met couple of dope people over there, tasted bunch of awesome stuff,
and generally had a great time.
So there we go. Sending my regards to all of my readers, I
hope y’all good, keep on shining, we
gonna chop it up again next week!
Highlights:
- Some of the bikes and frames in the Chains shop. There were frames worth 70.000 RMB. One day, I would love to ride a bike like that. Some serious porn...
- Security guys at the West Bund. After letting us breathe, they actually joined the crowd and watched the hula-hoop girls for like an hour. Watching their faces was priceless.
- Veggie egg sandwiches at the event. Shout out to my friend who made them – absolutely dope. I even got all the leftovers so I’m still on it. God damn...
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