2019-05 Monthly Selected Photos

Wang, Guansong

2019-11-09 5 min read Monthly Selected Photos

Shenyang in May

I come back to Shenyang in the beginning of May. Just as Shenzhen is ready for the summer season, the land in Shenyang is still in color or dirt. Getting off the plane, you can tell the experienced traveller by them putting on Canada Goose coats. The airport staff also wear down coats.

In the world of the Game of Thrones, it’s a remarkable achievement for a northerner coming back from the south alive.

Shenzhen in May has already passed the spring flower season, while it is still a land of dirt in Shenyang looking down from airplane.

A Canada Goose coat is a worthy purchase for people in north, because you can wear it half of the year.

Eva

Eva still recognizes me. She doesn’t go hide when she see me. She has more chicken liver and shrimps in Shenyang than she did in Beijing. Yet she doesn’t gain any weight. As always she still dislikes the White.

Good to see Eva again. She still knows me since she doesn't hide away.

The smart P30 Pro manages to recognize that Eva is a cat.

Shenzhen University

I visit Shenzhen University in a weekend. I expected mostly modern buildings in a relatively newly built university. But the campus looks old and simple. The trees by the street are full of huge jackfruits. The staff have to climb the tree and fasten them by wires, otherwise they will fall down and hurt passing pedestrians. The botanic garden is delicate but doesn’t stand out in the campus, because the whole campus looks like a botanic garden.

There are a couple small koi fish in a pond in the botanic garden.

The staff is fastening the jackfruits using wires, in case they fall down and hurt people.

Albizia julibrissin (Persian silk tree, pink silk tree) is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae, native to southwestern and eastern Asia.

A lot of birds live in the Wenshan Lake. There is a wooden shed in the water for the ducks, whose roof is made in solar panels. Maybe ducks like hot showers too. Someone is walking a rabbit in the lawn, getting all the attention of the kids.

Someone brings a rabbit to walk, attracting all the kids around.

Art Gallery

There is an art gallery of “national styles” in the first floor of the Galaxy World building. I finally check it out in a weekend. There are two ongoing exhibits: Sculpture of TENG Wenjin and K’o-ssu of GU Jiandong.

The bronze statue of Mr. Deng is made by a team led by TENG Wenjin. This is an interesting exhibit. Every work has a description written by the artist. His theme and style are closely related to the real life.

K’o-ssu (Ke Si) is a type of tapestry to weave with fine silks and gold thread. Differently from embroidery, each side of the work shows the mirror image of the other. Each work has a note stating its name and time to finish, most of which take between 10 to 20 years. This kind of art work doesn’t tolerate any error: one mistake results in a restart from the very beginning.

The whole painting has an owl on the left and a dog on the right fighting, while the rabbit is getting away. The expression of the rabbit is nicely done.

$\There is a god in everyone's mind. The one of my father is the old donkey of ours.\$

The Window of the World

All people tell me there is nothing to see in the Window of the World. I still need to at least visit once to know how boring it is, even though I am almost certain that I’ll regret it.

In my memory I had a blast at the World Park in Beijing when I was a kid. Maybe the duplicates in the World Park were better, or maybe I was too young to realize it is pointless to squeeze the world in a park. I want to know what the African brothers feel about those plastic pyramids. A vine grows around the buildings of Manhattan, which looks like the post apocalypse world. I wanted to take a fake tourist photo in front of the Notre Dame, but I’m afraid I may look like a Godzilla in Paris.

Some students are drawing the Notre Dame. I wanted to take a fake tourist photo, but it will look like a godzilla invading Paris.

I wonder what the African brothers feel about these plastic pyramids.

The vines grow out of the buildings of Manhattan and pull the buildings aside. It looks like an apocalyptic movie scene.

The Manhattan island. It would be nice if a cat run into the scene.

About Butters

Maneki Neko

I am happy to own a Maneki Neko, and to see its two giant brothers.

Butters’ Morning Run

Lately I try to get up early and run in the mountain park, around the Yabao reservoir. The milage is less than 4 km but the mountain path really tests my cardio. Sometimes I go to the temple after the run. I never see the cat there in the morning.

There are a few maple trees in the temple.

The mountain is covered by cloud after rain.

A waterfall in the mountain. I suspect it is man-made.

There is a sidayway going up, which seems to connect with Yinhushan. My time is limited on the workday morning so I go back to the old path.

I don't know what flower these are, fallen on the ground after the storm last night. There is some kind of deep and thick fragrance in the mountain air. This fits the scene described in a poem.

Butters’ Food

To cut down the calorie intake, I start to bring homemade lunch. It is tasteless because of lack of oil and salt, but good enough for me. I develop a craving for guava recently. I cannot help myself to buy four of them whenever I go to supermarkets. Once I forget to eat them they will clog my fridge.

I forget to eat them recently yet still buy them, so they pile up ten in the fridge.

For my mom's birthday, I cook a meal for myself.

Butters’ Plants

I tried to domesticate some wild plants and failed, so I decide to buy some like normal people do. I don’t know why the landlord install the wine bottle shelf, but I am going to grow a plant wall on it.

Jasmine smells great. I put it in front of the bedroom window so the night breeze comes in with fragrance.

Asparagus setaceus, commonly known as common asparagus fern, lace fern, climbing asparagus, or ferny asparagus, is a climbing plant in the genus Asparagus. Despite its common name, the plant is not a true fern, but has leaves that resemble one.

I will build a plant wall out of this bottle shelf.

Wild flower. The grasses are easy to root but they will grow into a slender vine.

Mint. I killed a few mint pots in Beijing but everyone online says they are easy to care. Now I realize they live in the south.

Butters’ Craps

Attracted by the cat theme, I buy the book of “I Am a Cat”, the tote bag and a sake set. When I checkout, the clerk reminds me that “The book is different than the pop fictions; it is full of implicit philosophy and needs slow reading. And the sake set can be used as a vase.” Apparently I look like a person who doesn’t drink.

I also manage to hang the tenuguis out.

Some friends wish me “happy birthday” in group chats. Never turn down others’ good will, so I light a candle to celebrate.

$The successful marketing of Sisyphe attracts me buying a book of \I am a Cat\, a tote and a sake set. The clerk tells me the sake bottle can be used as a vase. So I guess I don't look like a person who drink.$

It has been a year since I bought this tenugui of peeking rabbit, and I finally hang it out.

The iron pot looks fancier next to the jasmine flower.

Some frineds wish me a happy birthday in the group chat, so I light a candle to celebrate.

Butters’ Bad Taste

Even though it has been an old joke, but the speech videos of Jack Ma still attract lots of people in the airport bookstore. I know every character on the banner, but still read it wrong.