Guangzhou Diary: Week 4 Written on October 21, 2008, by .

19th October
In search of a bank. The continued spending of time and money is beginning to hang over me. I suppose I have to remember I cam here knowing nothing and have planned as I’ve gone. The 10 week practical in six. In fact I’m trying to cram the whole of term 2 and term [...]

Guangzhou Diary: Week 3 Written on October 21, 2008, by .

12th Oct
I’m feeling a little more sprightly, and feel I need a change of scene after being “stuck” fairly inactive at the hostel. I move hostels, to a small hotel 10 minutes walk from Xiaobei. I’ll probably have to move back to the Youth Hostel again, as prices rise during the GuangzhouFair, but for now [...]

Guangzhou Diary: Week 2 Written on October 16, 2008, by .

5th October
Weather fine. Productive Day. Go to Xiaobei area, and explore the entire Tianxiu Building from top to bottom. Starting in the lower mall section, I chat away to a few Chinese shopkeepers. I find out about the human hair for African hair extensions is mostly cut from heads of Indian girls, no mention of [...]

Guangzhou Diary: Week 1 Written on October 4, 2008, by .

4th Oct
It’s torrential rain outside. Maybe not a good day to go out exploring. Spent the morning online, updated my diary, and pondered. Ok, here’s what I have so far as a project outline. If the rain eases off, I’ll go in search of the camera market…

Intimate short documentary pieces of maybe ten pages, following [...]