Blogs, Events

Cycling and camping trips

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This trip is the second trip Simon Dawson has organised. Contributing on the catering side, it was a fun experience to brainstorm about feeding a big group of peeps. Each trip progresses, in terms of efficiency and speed. Matt and I have camped countless times in Europe and here in China, when it comes to food, we know exactly what we want: a hot cheesy pasta. Which sometimes for a big number of people is rather less feasible.

So for this time I came out with this menu:

  • Dinner: cheeseburgers with homemade patties (made patties a day before), the classic mac+cheese and jacket potatoes
  • Nibbles: tried the chocolatey banana split and the ultimate marshmallows on sticks. Subsequently Spencer and the guys went out for more tatties and fire wood, bless them!
  • Breakfast: omelette in bags (Ida and I tried this a day before, with Ida’s meticulous skill on checking the eggs) and quick oats.

Thank you internet for providing accessible online recipes and made recipes research a lot easier. What kind of excitement for the next one? Contact Simon Dawson if you are interested, May the 16th and 17th.

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Good to have a beer with view before cracking on with the cooking and stuff!

 

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Events, Photography

Pick-a-Something Purple Photo Walk

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The weekend.

The weather is nice but I am injured, so am not capable on joining the morning cycle with the boys. So yesterday I had a last minute idea about going to a photo walk. Pick-a-something challenge, means I picked a colour and spent an hour hunted and papped anything with a chosen colour. I chose purple, not earth and ubiquitous colour so that it forced me to consciously kept on looking. Qingqing joined me and chose green. Taking place in Gu Luo (The Drum Tower), Ningbo. I was really impressed on how fast my eyes are able to scan objects and find THE colour. 

Here are some of my favourite shots.

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Other

Ningbo bike route card 1: UNNC – Park Hyatt – UNNC

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hyatt route_cover2_contributorshyatt route_1The bike route cards are initiated by John Higham based on his experience biking with a set of printed postcard size cards. We piloted one of the usual route, the loop from UNNC to Dong Qian Lake via Park Hyatt Hotel. The idea is to provide cyclists with visual cues in form of photographs with arrows. It is the shortest route we have so far, if you happen to know more routes, give us a shout.

Find the pdf (23 pages). last modified on 3 October 2016:

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MapMyRide Link: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/523806116/

Updates: 3 October 2016, corrections on sequential problems.

Please drop a message if: 1) you would like higher resolution pictures 2) would like to borrow printed booklet or 3) update us with the vast changing environment by sending your picture so we can replace them. It is a collaborative effort at the end of the day!

Special thanks to contributors as mentioned on the booklet.

Bfn. Mia and Matt.

 

 

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The quadcopters

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Processed with VSCOcam with f2 presetBoth of our quadcopters are unwell at the moment, we are waiting for the new bits and bobs from Taobao! Thank you CHome Service for the Taobao support.

Update: currently we have the third quadcopter, the F330.

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Drawing Circle

Ningbo local Drawing Circle

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Update: I have a green light to start a new Local Drawing Circle in Ningbo :) I chose a Local Circle because I like the idea of meeting somebody and pass a physical sketchbook. Along with the Local Circle, I am joining the Global Circle too but my focus here is the local one.

Here is the Local Circle in a nutshell: the start date is always first day of the month. While you have the sketchbook for a month, draw as much as you want on the same book. At the end of the month, you will need to pass it to the next person. Once we are done with the 12th sketcher (in a year time), the book will need to be sent back to the first person.

You do not need to have a design background, everybody is welcome. I am not the best sketcher myself to be honest.

Let me know if you are interested to join the collaborative local mission, I will put you in touch with Angela Brew. Membership of the circle is GBP6 (60kuai) through Paypal. Link to examples, other Drawing Circles and running circles are here (VPN is needed). You can always join other type of circles: National or Global Circles. One of the sketchbook  has traveled from United States-India-United Kingdom! Have a peep at the site. Update: If you are keen on joining but the fee/ the Paypal account puts you off, i can sort it out for you. 

There will be a “Thinking through Drawing” symposium, November 7-8th 2015 in London; to meet up and talk about the books. Regrettably I do not think I will stay until November in England, but we might be able to join it through virtual meeting/review. Note: I am thinking out loud, possibly we can reproduce some drawings and put up a small exhibition in Ningbo.

To sum up, let me know if you are up for the second month or subsequent months. Your own pace and time, very flexible. Please visit the circles site too (with VPN): https://brewdrawingcircles.wordpress.com/  Bye for now.

Other links: The sketchbooks, May 2015- I started the circle, End of my sketching month- May 2015, Featured in Ningbo Focus 2015.

(graphic was drawn by me for ICoRD conference poster, January 2015)

 

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