Monthly Archives: November 2008

Shanghai Ugg boots

By Cankles | Published: November 30, 2008
While it’s well known that ginger kids are best suited to colder weather, my feet have been walking iceblocks since Jack Frost rode into town recently. So, while walking around the street markets near Yuyuan Garden I was pretty chuffed to run into these Gorilla Ugg boots: Half man, half monkey and 40RMB poorer my [...]
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Victoria’s Secret, secret collection

By Cankles | Published: November 24, 2008
I was walking down Shaanxi Lu the other day and spotted these in the shop front. Hot or not?
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Eat the pomelo, eat the pomelo, eat the pomelo

By Cankles | Published: November 19, 2008
You say pommelo, I say pomelo – is the sweeter father of the grapefruit and now in season around China. I was first introduced to the giant of citrus about a month ago and keep going back to the fruit shop weekly, sometimes twice a week, to grab one. It’s certainly healthier than the dumpling [...]
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Empire of the Sun film clip shot in Shanghai

By Cankles | Published: November 18, 2008
A few months ago Luke Steele (Sleepy Jackson) and Nick Littlemore’s (Pnau) who make up the band Empire of the Sun shot a film clip for their first single in Shanghai. The song is called “Walking on a Dream” and is pretty cool. Don’t take my word for it, check it out below: Empire of [...]
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Chilling out in Hangzhou

By Cankles | Published: November 18, 2008
After living closely with Shanghai’s other 20 million residents for a period of time its recommended to get the hell out of dodge occasionally. Last weekend we did just that and caught the train down to Hangzhou. Hangzhou is a lazy 180km south of Shanghai and is one of the more stunning areas of China [...]
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Touch football in Shanghai

By Cankles | Published: November 11, 2008
This week I went to the midweek touch football (that’s touch rugby or 6 down for you South Africans) at Huo Che Tou Stadium. It’s been a while since running anywhere except on a treadmill and I haven’t ran faster than a canter since dodging some traffic on Beijing Lu about a month ago so [...]
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Tune in: New Pants

By Cankles | Published: November 11, 2008
New Pants are a pop/new wave indie group from Beijing and definitely worth a listen. This song is called ‘You’re My Superstar’. If nothing else watch this video for the dance moves.
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