I LOVE your long entries, just love them! It's like my daily treat to read what you've written. I get so excited to see what you've posted I can't believe I haven't checked LJ since Friday!
I opened a new window so I could comment on your pics and type at the same time *lol*. I have so many questions and comments for you!
That apartment building is absolutely amazing! It looks so modern and beautiful. I don't think I really knew what I was expecting from your pictures. I know that alot of Asian cities are very modern (I catch every show I can find on Asian cities on Discovery Channel), but I guess...no, I don't know. I was so surprised. It's a beautiful building. And I love the windows! The fact that the guards take their jobs so seriously is really awesome too. No one is like that in the states. If someone is a security guard they're a "rent-a-cop". It's a hated job, a job for someone who can't get anything else. Forget politeness and a sense of security. I wish Americans would find more respect and honor in their jobs (myself included!)
Those hardwood floors are gorgeous! And part of me really likes the entertainment center. I think it's pretty neat how they decorated some for you too *lol*. How long are you going to be in this apartment? I'd wait until you got settled into your campus housing before we start decorating your place. But color - you just need some color. So beautiful prints on the walls, maybe some throw blankets on those oh-so-80s leather-looking couches. The entertainment center is awesome though. You can put up pictures and trinkets you find. I think it's neat. What's up with the red velvet on the tables? And all the glass? Ca-razy! Well...isn't red supposed to be a lucky color or something?
I would love to see a picture of the top of the table, with the inlaid mother-of-pearl. I am not a big fan of Chinese furniture, but the artisticness/craftness of the pieces is to be respected. It's always amazed me that people can take some wood and carve delicate scenes into it and make it seem so life like. And mother of pearl inlay is just gorgeous. I think it's neat that a table like that would be in an apartment, a rental. You know in the states furnished apartments would never have anythign that exquisite in them.
The built in cabinets! Oh, what a dream!! I can only wish for built in cabinetry and storage! *sigh*
I personally LURVE your blue kitchen cabinets. I do. I will not lie. I love it! I think they are cheery and happy looking. Embrace the happiness that is your kichen cabinets! The water heater hanging on your wall is very weird. I think I prefer ours nicely tucked away out of site. I have to ask - do you think the Chinese spend more time out of their homes than in, so maybe that's why things like a water heater are just hung on a wall - it's not such an important thing because they're not home really to say, "Gah, I hate that thing sitting there!"
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Date: 2006-08-06 01:51 pm (UTC)I opened a new window so I could comment on your pics and type at the same time *lol*. I have so many questions and comments for you!
That apartment building is absolutely amazing! It looks so modern and beautiful. I don't think I really knew what I was expecting from your pictures. I know that alot of Asian cities are very modern (I catch every show I can find on Asian cities on Discovery Channel), but I guess...no, I don't know. I was so surprised. It's a beautiful building. And I love the windows! The fact that the guards take their jobs so seriously is really awesome too. No one is like that in the states. If someone is a security guard they're a "rent-a-cop". It's a hated job, a job for someone who can't get anything else. Forget politeness and a sense of security. I wish Americans would find more respect and honor in their jobs (myself included!)
Those hardwood floors are gorgeous! And part of me really likes the entertainment center. I think it's pretty neat how they decorated some for you too *lol*. How long are you going to be in this apartment? I'd wait until you got settled into your campus housing before we start decorating your place. But color - you just need some color. So beautiful prints on the walls, maybe some throw blankets on those oh-so-80s leather-looking couches. The entertainment center is awesome though. You can put up pictures and trinkets you find. I think it's neat. What's up with the red velvet on the tables? And all the glass? Ca-razy! Well...isn't red supposed to be a lucky color or something?
I would love to see a picture of the top of the table, with the inlaid mother-of-pearl. I am not a big fan of Chinese furniture, but the artisticness/craftness of the pieces is to be respected. It's always amazed me that people can take some wood and carve delicate scenes into it and make it seem so life like. And mother of pearl inlay is just gorgeous. I think it's neat that a table like that would be in an apartment, a rental. You know in the states furnished apartments would never have anythign that exquisite in them.
The built in cabinets! Oh, what a dream!! I can only wish for built in cabinetry and storage! *sigh*
I personally LURVE your blue kitchen cabinets. I do. I will not lie. I love it! I think they are cheery and happy looking. Embrace the happiness that is your kichen cabinets! The water heater hanging on your wall is very weird. I think I prefer ours nicely tucked away out of site. I have to ask - do you think the Chinese spend more time out of their homes than in, so maybe that's why things like a water heater are just hung on a wall - it's not such an important thing because they're not home really to say, "Gah, I hate that thing sitting there!"