One Late Afternoon in Beijing 午后北京

When we drove pass this area 百万庄 in the west part of Beijing. I saw this kind of old gray three floor flat. That is very typical "old" style flat in Beijing. At that moment of taking this picture,  I dreamed  that I moved back to Beijing and rent an apartment in this building. I go down stairs and buy groceries and food in the small shops near by. I meet friends and eat in the small restaurant  not far away from where I live....  

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We were waiting by the side of street for Auntie who was going to a bookstore nearby to buy some travel books for her holiday trip in Japan. I bought Anette some local food. She tried it and kind of liked it. The late afternoon light was nice.....I like this kind of "daily life" pictures which we took in Beijing. I suppose it is because that I wish for living there for real, ...so I pretend, and I imagine....

A Piece of Green in Beijing 北京的绿

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There does have this kind of green and peace in the outskirts of  Beijing. Sometimes, I really miss Beijing and China. I know how chaotic it is there now in big cities such as Beijing....Well,  still, I dream about my life after retirement....I will definitely live a quite life somewhere in China with a whole piece of green and peace....And I will go to the park to do the morning exercise, and talk with old people and friends in Mandarin; I will use time to make good food, take care of plants, read books, make some small things and do not bother to think much at all....

Beijng 2011 Today Art Museum 今日美术馆

 

 

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The above picture is my own photography "art work" :p) 

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Today Museum in Beijing. Not so many people in the museum, Anette and I had a good time there. I took many pictures of her that day, and it is such an enjoyable thing to do ---- taking  pictures of your small kid and seeing her wandering around and running up and down stairs.......

Beijing 2011 Millitary Museum 军博

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We were visiting Military Museum in Beijing. It was Daddy's idea. Anette was together with Daddy to see what he is interested in. I brought Anja along with me. There was a military art exhibition so I had some thing to see. Unfortunately, it was a not nice one for me though. Maybe I am biased to the word " Military". 

The museum was built in 50's . It is an architecture in  the style of former Soviet Union. The scale and volume of space is huge,  the lighting is tremendous,  the materials which are used are spectacular. ...It is so interesting to experience these Communist Architectures coming back to China. The years of living in a capitalist country have given me some new perspective to look at the things which I was grown up with in China. ...not easy to articulate though.

The lady with 3 children in the painting  is Mao's first wife. She was killed in the Civil war during 30's. 

Beijing 2011 Hutong 2

 

The pictures I took would probably show a part of  the  "real"  Beijing ------the part of Beijing which is so messy, gray, not modern at all,  smell of the ordinary people's daily life.... And, this is the part I love most. I hope it would be like these forever ....

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