Godt Wedding

[Aloha]

You fuckers are different.

Then again, so are Americans:

Wanna play dentist?

[Undertoad]

That attachment didn't really work but it sure sounds interesting.

[warch]

The shot of the rubberlike kid balancing on her tongue while spinning rugs has made my day. (And I think my job can be wierd.) Thanks Billy.

[And]

I would just like to mention that Billy is very, very good at finding interesting pictures to post.

Thanks, Billy!

Balancing your entire weight on your mouth has to be uncomfortable, I think...

[xoxoxoBruce]

I suspect "suspense" is Alfred Hitchcock.

[Billy]

I need your feedback, of course I like your fun post.

An anti-hijacking drill was held this morning at the Beijing Capital International Airport where more than 350 armed police of a special anti-terrorism squad "killed a terrorist" and "seized two others." All of the "passenger hostages" were "freed." The excercise -- the largest of its kind held in Beijing -- tests the emergency response capability to airborne terrorist acts. [newsphoto.com.cn]

[Billy]

Healthcare workers treat an 'injured passengers' in an anti-hijacking drill at Beijing Capital International Airport. [newsphoto.com.cn]

[Billy]

San Diego Zoo veterinarians Karen Kearns (right) and Karen Lisi perform a routine health exam on the Zoo's male panda cub, at the SBC Giant Panda Research Station, September 18, 2003. The Zoo vets determined the cub's health to be in great shape as they checked his heart rate and collected body measurements. The unnamed cub currently weighs 34 ounces and is 11.5 inches long.

Hope you recognize the friendship between the U.S. and China When you see Grant Panada.

[Billy]

Meg Sutherland-Smith, senior veterinarian at the San Diego Zoo, applies a stethoscope to the zoo's three-week-old panda during a routine examination on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at the SBC Giant Panda Research Station. The zoo's veterinary staff conducted its second exam on the cub and confirmed that it is a male, saying the panda now weighs 19 ounces, measures 10 inches long and is in very good health.

[Billy]

Bai Yun, the San Diego Zoo's female giant panda, cradles her new born cub (within yellow square) in the panda birthing den August 19, 2003. Bai Yun made world history in August, 1999 when she gave birth to Hua Mei, the first giant panda cub to be born and survive in the United States.

[Billy]

Contestants wear 'Qi Pao', or traditional dress, during the final rehearsal for the Miss China beauty pageant in Sanya on Hainan Island in Southern China September 20, 2003. The winner represents China in the Miss World beauty pageant to be held in Sanya in November.

[Billy]

Chief of Staff of PLA Navy's Southern Fleet Hou Yuexi (L) and US Navy commodore James Kelly (R) inspect Chinese honor of guards at the Zhanjiang Port in southern China's Guangdong Province Monday, Sept. 22, 2003. Two U.S. guided-missile ships, the USS Cowpens and USS Vandegrift, started a five-day friendly visit to the port Monday. It is the first time that foreign Navy ships have been allowed to visit the Chinese Navy in Zhanjiang since the People's Republic of China was found in 1949. [newsphoto.com.cn]

[Billy]

A pupil presents floral bouquet to James Kelly, who headed two US Navy ships, the USS Cowpens and USS Vandegrift, upon their arrival at the Zhanjiang port in south China's Guangdong Province Monday, Sept. 22, 2003.

[Billy]

USS Cowpens and USS Vandegrift, arrive at the Zhanjiang port in south China's Guangdong Province Monday, Sept. 22, 2003, to kick off their five days' visit to the port.

[Billy]

THE lone international brand named after Shanghai has finally arrived in the city itself. Shanghai Tang launches its first store, at 59 Maoming Nanlu, from this month.

The name, Shanghai Tang, translates into English as "The Bund", the historic embarkment in Shanghai fabled for its European architecture and known as the birthplace of 1930s glamour.

Raphael le Masne de Chermont, chairman of Shanghai Tang, explained how the name was inspired by the Shanghai of the 1930s whose charm competed with that of London and Paris.

Shanghai Tang's products combine traditional Chinese design and motifs with tongue-in-cheek humour and a contemporary sensibility. The result is a vibrant and witty fusion of "East meets West".

For this season, autumn/winter 2003, the theme of the designs is the "Miao Hinterland", inspired by the Miao nationality's traditional costumes. Colourful embroidery, glamorous ornamentation on the sleeves and deep blue colour takes the leading roles in the collection.

Long black dupioni silk coats embroidered with cloud patterns combined with fringed red scarves, suede shirt-jackets with leather trim, topstitched cotton coats with wide red floral-printed borders belted with peony-printed silk and velvet scarves, denim coats trimmed with ribbons and sequins with welt seams - all these pieces reflect a meeting of East and West.

For men, the Tang jackets are the most prominent items in the line. The Tang jacket resulted from the evolution of two traditional Chinese garments, both first worn during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). By the 1940s, what we now know as the Tang jacket became prevalent for all classes in China. Compared with the ancient style, the sleeves had become longer and wider, sometimes boasting detachable white cuffs. Patch pockets were added and the number of frog buttons became standard at seven. This jacket was worn with matching pants.

Shanghai Tang continues and innovates the tradition of the Tang jacket by offering this iconic garment in an unprecedented array of fabrics and unexpected, vibrant colour combinations.