I Suck At Girls

I just finished reading one of the funniest books ever. Justin Halpern, creator of Twitter sensation @shitmydadsays, one day announces that he's decided to propose to his girlfriend. His dad gives Justin some advice: before doing so, he should take a day off and think back over everything he's learned in life about women, relationships, and himself, before making his decision. So that's what he does - revisiting his pivotal experiences with the opposite sex, beginning with his first crush in elementary school.

The awkwardnesses, the first times, the high-five-to-self moments - they're all things we remember about dating (or trying to date) girls. The situations he gets himself into are hilarious. And with his dad's patented brand of no b.s. wisdom interspersed throughout, this book had me laughing out loud as I was reading it on the plane.

Bape x Marvel Comics Spider-Man

We're launching a Marvel Comics collaboration we did with A Bathing Ape, coinciding with the release of The Amazing Spider-Man movie. More details here.

Wasted Youth, Pt. 38

Your garden variety one hour delay out of Beijing..

Airline: China Eastern

Route: Beijing - Shanghai

Delayed flights: 38

Total time spent waiting: 2 days

Best Wishes

Hang your heart's desire here.

Ooddles Of Noodles

This shop is famous for making bowls of goodness,

one loooong noodle at a time.

Tea For Two

At a traditional tea house along the river bank in Huanglongxi (黄龙溪镇), a historic town near Chengdu, dating back 1700 years to the Qing Dynasty.

Scorpions On A Stick

Appetizing as they looked, I didn't have the nerve to try these deep-fried 'delicacies'.

Layin' Pipe

Kwan Zhai Xiang Zi (宽窄巷子), meaning "wide and narrow alleys", is a restored pedestrian area in Chengdu, taking the traditional architecture of the neighbourhood and converting it into tea houses, restaurants, and shops selling curios such as these mega-long pipes. No idea of their actual purpose, except for possibly annoying people 2 tables over with the smoke from your stogie.

Peacocking

Red Pandas

Also at the Panda Sanctuaries are red pandas, which are indigenous to the Himalayas and southwestern China.  I think they look more like red raccoons though.