Monday Update…
We get to have Monday early here in China (because of the time difference). Don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing. Here’s a few updates from the Bring Me Hope China Documentary and other events from the weekend.
Macgyver Battery… my battery creation is causing buzz in the audio which has forced me to keep looking for a battery solution (just found one this morning on TaoBao (China’s Ebay). It just came out which means Chinese guys have reverse engineered the Panasonic batteries!)
Camera Crew – Here is the video I took of our crew the other evening (shot with the little Kodak Playsport waterproof cam) Irene is the Assistant Producer, couldn’t be doing this without her.
Random Chinese Greatness – This picture was taken on Saturday by Irene as we were moving Long Qing into her new house. I’m guessing these 3 elderly ladies didn’t have enough money for a cab. The lady on the end must be using some kind of Chinese Kung Fu to hang on.
We don't need no stinking taxi...
Filming in America…
So, here I am sitting in Starbucks in Big D listening to an instrumental version of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Die” over the SBUX speakers. I came here to unwind after a weird experience which I will share with you:
I went downtown to film some shots of typical American life and continue warming up my chops on the Canon 550D. Well, it turns out you can’t film in America anymore. I was filming in the Plaza of Americas and was promptly kicked out and made to delete all the shots I had taken inside of there. So I moved outside which I figured was a “free” place and then a different security guard showed up and said people were asking if I was a terrorist filming buildings. He said he was surprised the police hadn’t stopped me yet because of 9/11. So I packed up and came to Starbucks.
8 years ago when I first went to China I had incidents happen there like this. Now it seems I can film more freely in China than America. Interesting…
On a side note, I can’t believe it’s taken Starbucks this long to appear on the new blog.
Hi, I'm Roger. I'm a Husband, Father and a believer in something a heck of alot bigger than myself. Love coffee, making movies, watching movies and hanging with my fam. You can check out the amazing city where I live in China here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunming --- Thanks for stopping by...