The Five Best Pictures I Took During My China Trip

As you know, I was in China for four weeks, just now. I don't want to bore you all to tears with miles of text about my China trip, or reams and reams of pictures... but I want to share some of it. The best stuff, you know.

So here are the five best pictures I took during my trip. And ooh, brother, it's been hard getting it down to five.

Enjoy.

(In no particular order, some of the pictures I think are interesting:)

Out the window of the all-night train from Shenzen to Guilain: the lit inside caught a reflection on the window, as a dark tree flashed by. I believe Matt actually took this picture, but it was on MY camera.
Trees in mist in the Longji Rice Terraces in Longsheng.
The Hong Kong Skyline, always a work in progress. From a walkway near Central Station.

A boat on Erhai Lake, near Dali City, Yunnan Province, South China

A skating couple at dusk in what I believe is Qian Hai Lake, Beijing, China.


And finally, you know Korea's left a permanent mark on you, and who you are, when you're on the Great Wall Of China, and you look around in awe at the mountain ridges and the amazing vistas, stunned by one of humanity's great engineering achievements, and you think, "Hey! I'm ought to commemorate this with a selca!" (Selca is an abbreviation for "self camera" -- picture of myself, taken by myself, a recently coined Konglish catchphrase.)

Don't forget: it's not too late to nominate blogs for the K-Blog Awards at The Hub Of Sparkle. Since I posted it, it would be a bit disingenuous to nominate myself in the various categories, but if YOU, my lovely readers, like my blog (hint hint) YOU are WELCOME (hint hint) to nominate my blog for various categories, as you see fit. (hint hint)

After all: what's the fun of the internet if you can't stuff ballot boxes from time to time.
The categories for the Klog Awards (or the Golden Kimchis) are...

1. Best Overall Korea Blog, 2008
2. Most Thought Provoking Korea Blog, 2008
3. Most Current and Timely Korea Blog, 2008
4. Most Helpful Blog to Expats in Korea, 2008
5. Funniest Korea Blog, 2008
6. Happiest Blogger, 2008
7. Angriest Blogger, 2008
8. Best Pop Culture Blog, 2008
9. Best Culture Blog in General, 2008
10. Best Food Blog, 2008
11. Best Korea Photography Blog, 2008
12. Craziest Comment Board in a Korea Blog, 2008
13. Most Interesting Comment Board in a Korea Blog, 2008
14. Best New Korea Blog, 2008
15. Up and Comer - Blogger To Watch in 2009
16. Best Post or Series by a K-Blogger, 2008
17. Korea Blog Most Completely Taken Over by Obama’s Run To The Presidency, 2008

HAHAHAHAHA - Tribute to that Stupid Catchy Song, and Beardoseyo

OK. still looking for nominations for the best blogs of 2008. Seriously. I don't want to be the only one with input here, 'cause, you know, that'd be lame.


Until then: while traveling in China, I didn't shave, because I hate shaving, and my hair's dark enough that I need to shave every morning while I'm working, or I look awful.

This is what it looks like after four weeks without shaving...


After the initial neck-beard trim, which would have sent Girlfriendoseyo running, screaming from my presence, it looked like this.


Now, before I shave it off entirely, I'm offering you, the readers of Roboseyo, some input:

For one day, I will do my remaining facial hair in whatever way my lovely readers choose, on the sidebar poll:

Do you want to see Roboseyo with:

1. Mutton Chops


2. a Pornstar 'stache


3. A goatee


4. Doucheburns


5. Laser Beard


and finally...

For all the songs that get stuck in our heads...

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Go to the sidebar. Vote.

The Best Blogs of 2008

Over at the Hub of Sparkle, I've started a huge survey of what you think are the best Korea blogs of 2008.

Take a look, and add your nominations on the comment board either there, or at the Hub of Sparkle Facebook page. If you're a K-blogger, tell your readers about it, so that they can get over there, stuffing the ballot box on your behalf: after all, it's the internet!

I'm closing comments on this post, so that you put all your comments at the Hub of Sparkle's site, or Facebook discussion group.

Heh heh heh. When Insurance Advertisers cause Diplomatic Incidents...

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(from Mad TV...I think)

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