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Hi Gfreeze1,
I am not sure if I am getting your question right… I have been to BOTH mountains: Qingcheng Qianshan and Qingcheng Houshan… They are actually two different mountains. Qingcheng Qianshan (前山) refering to the “front” mountain – and not the “frontside” of the mountain… So “Qingcheng Houshan” is the Mountain behind “Qingcheng Qianshan“… Trying to walk (along the road) from the main entrance of the “front” mountain to the main entrance of the “back” mountain might take you 60 something minutes…
I think it is possible to spend the night at the top/near the top on both mountains – but I think the two mountains are not connected…
Hope this helps a bit…
This sounds cool. Do you have any DJ sets online by chance?
Hi Charlie, I have been planning on uploading a few mixes to my soundcloud. I will send you a PM once I have done so – hopefully during the next few weeks…
If you make it before midnight you might catch me playing some oldskool Chinese Disco, Funk, Boogie & City Pop tunes from the 70ies to early 90ies…
…and you might have one of Hise’s early free shots!
Fiete
@RobertM: Would it be possible to just teach classes on Tuesday and Thursday?
Thanks!
Nice one! Thanks for sharing that link. Definitely one of the best “laowai” comics I have read. The author got an eye for the small details of life. Quite a few “Fritz the CAT”esque characters. I think I have met a few of them…
“Bye Bye Lao Wai was written in 2007 and was drawn throughout the following five years. The author is Nevadan by birth, Montanan by heart, Texan by education and Chinese by intoxication…”
Gonna be playing “Can’t Shake It” from Andres new 12inch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj-TY6k_sG4
…that’s how I like my deep house; soulful, funk, jazz, hiphop… and a dose of Detroit grittiness.
They look nice! Gonna look them up… I usually wear the super-basic Feiyue ones:
In China Feiyue seems just to be a brand for cheap sport shoes – but in Thailand they are actually sold as expensive trendy street wear. I bought a pair in Thailand. Really nice design and colors. Never seen those ones any where in China…
Fiete? Back in Chengdu? Long time! Welcome back.
Thanks Charlie. I have been back since a month now. Just working to much – and not really going out anymore… Gotta change that!
Fiete plays the sweetest jams. Definitely worth going just to pick up some killer new music.
Jacob! Muchas gracias! Still waiting for that mixtape from you… 🙂 I will come down to your shop some day – and pick it up. Been planning to do visit your shop for ages. And I want to fix my bike – and join one of them bike rides…
…getting ready for tonight!
TOTAL FREEDOM Boiler Room Los Angeles DJ Set
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esxu8j5Wmcw#t=124Table Tennis on the weekend sounds good to me… Sichuan University (the inside table tennis area) is probably the best place I know in Chengdu – and not expensive either. I am not really good (basic skills) – but enjoy playing on a fairly competitive level…
Drop me a message… 182 0033 1343
Gotta buy a racket first. Any recommendations? +/- 100rmb…
Hi,
No, you don’t need to be a native English speaker to receive a Foreign Experts Certificate. You can be a native Japanese speaker – and receive a Foreign Experts Certificate. But if a school employs you as an English teacher – you need to be a native English speaker to receive the Foreign Experts Certificate. So, in case you aren’t a native English speaker (because you are from France) – some schools will work around this rule – by employing you as a French teacher – in which case you would be receiving the Foreign Experts Certificate for being a French teacher. I have a friend who is from Spain – the school applied for his Foreign Experts Certificate stating that he will be teaching Spanish and English. It worked out fine. He is mainly teaching English – and having a few private Spanish students at that school…
If you are from a smaller country like Denmark for example, it might be a little more difficult to get the Foreign Experts Certificate, because the person from the Education Department (!?) might question if there are any students for Danish language in Chengdu.
“I was also warned that other schools/agents falsify documents to go around this rule. So you would still be working illegally.”
Yes, some schools do that. Or most schools do that in some way. But if you got all your papers in order, got two years of work experience, a bachelor’s degree etc… then they mostly won’t have a reason to falsify any documents…
Hope this is of any help. Cheers!
Spinning 45′s till 5am? Noooo… why did you have to post that. I didn’t want to leave at 12:30am
Like AM said – they were only supposed to play for 90 minutes. So who could have expected that. But it seemed they very much enjoyed the night, the crowd response and basically just were having a blast…
Some Chinese guest asking for ‘No Woman No Cry’ – and then going all karaoke over it… Tippa Irie handing over the mike…
For the last 30 something minutes Tippa was introducing each song “This is ‘the grand final’ “… just to play another song…
Long night…
Oooft. What a night! Anyone else struggling this morning?
Only got home at 6 something this morning… Really good night, great crowd, irie vibes all over… Tippa Irie delievering a stellar perfomance, riding some sweet riddims – and getting everyone excited. And the crowd returned the vibe… And then Tippa Irie & his Selector kept spinning 45’s till 5:30 something… Playing classic Reggae & Dancehall tunes from the 60ies – 10ies… Original Soundsystem vibrations…
Yes,… and like Charlie already mentioned – the sound was top, the bass felt right…
Andy & Dave! Thanks for an amazing night – and all the hard work for making this happen! Big up…! What’s next…?! Keep the fire burning…
Looking forward to Tippa Irie and some good times skanking Reggae this Sunday. Just watched these lovely videos of Tippa Irie’s classic “Hello Darling”:
Original music video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZR_47QHPFs
“Live” version on TopPop (Top of the Pops?!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIYl40WNrvs
Both videos have that very unique 80ies Charm. Some 30 years ago… Nice UK Reggae vibes…!
Nice video with Tippa Irie at the Boiler Room with legend Rodigan…!
“Grooves – Balearic. Electronic. Sunshine.”
DJ Hiroshi + Fiete. Every Sunday from 21:00 – 1:00 at the new Machu Pichu 2.
Address and location: New Machu Pichu
Liam, I am new to this forum. As I don’t seem to figure out how to send you a private message – I will just do it here…
“It’s a really fascinating game but I’m sure there are 10 year old Chinese kids that could beat me.”
Maybe even 5 year olds… I didn’t really have classes at the Sichuan Weiqi Association – but they helped me find a school, gave me some contacts, introduced me to a private teacher… I ended up having most of my classes at the “Children’s Palace”. Most students were between 5 – 12 years old. I guess by age 13/14 you are either a professional Weiqi player – and if not – you probably focus on the “gaokao” (<span class=”st”>college entrance exam)… When I started my classes I was already playing at a 2-3 Dan level – but nevertheless the first 3 months were kinda tough. People were wondering aloud why a foreigner would learn Weiqi (it being a Chinese game – and therefore I could never really be good at it). Whenever I lost – it proved their reasoning true – and when I won I was just lucky… After 3 months this stopped. Maybe I was commited enough, the ”laowai” novelty wore off – and for the rest of the year I was just another student, studying in class with the other kids, joking with them, taking part in some tournaments in Chengdu – and I definitely improved a bit…
</span>Drop me a PM – and we could meet at my place, a tea house or at the Machu Pichu (I think they have a board and stones there) for a little game some time…
Cheers…
Hi Liam,
thanks for your reply. I kinda started playing Go when I was 15 (20 years ago). In 2005 I visited Chengdu – and studied Go for one year at the Sichuan Weiqi Association + private teacher. But since then I haven’t been playing a lot (hardly at all)…
“I’ve seen impromptu games pretty regularly in People’s Park, usually old Chinese guys but they seem to be into it…”
Yeah… I have watched some of them play. But not really what I am looking for. Rather have some “private” games at a quiet teahouse – or at my place. Playing outside can get quite competitive – often turning into “China” against “The Laowai” games – with 20 people standing around you and discussing the game… 😉
How long have you been playing? You started playing Go/Weiqi in China? Well – if I happen to find somebody to play with – I will drop you a message…
Cheers; Fiete
