Ivan Teoh

Last weekend, Beijing weather was very good. I decided to grab this golden opportunity walking around Qian Men East. Qian Men was renovated and turned into walking street. I took hundreds of photos. I will write some explanation on each of the photos. Qian Men (前门) is the gate that separating between inner “Man Chu [...]

The dinner at Da Dong restaurant was great. The food there was fine. Awesome atmosphere. Hmm. What else I want to say. Oh yes. Booked early if possible. We went to the one near Dong Si Shi Tiao Qiao Xi (东四十条桥西). We booked the reservation two weeks earlier. Great experiences having dinner there.

I found this idiom very meaning while I was in the bus on the way to dinner. This idiom “一清二白” means “be perfectly spotless”. The picture also perfectly matched the idiom, one spring onion is representing one (一) green or clean (清) and two tofu are representing two (二) white (白).

First time I saw this old fashioned taxi on the road in Beijing. I only saw this kind of taxi in old times shanghai films. I can’t believe I saw it’s running on the Beijing street with my own eye.

This time was kind of short visit. On the way home from Tang Jie’s art studio at Back Street (后街） art zone, Cai Xiao Xiao was friendly enough to drop me at 798 art zone. I visited couple of art galleries before heading home. I wasn’t stay there for long due to the warm weather.

It is weekend, I finally got some spare time for uploading the photos that were taken during visiting Tang Jie’s art studio in Back Street (后街) Art Zone, Beijing. It was a lovely day. Blue sky and warm yet windy day. Tang Jie also introduced us to other artist in the neighbourhood. All of them [...]