07/31 My Visit in China, Art, Culture and exporation in Singapore, Hawaii & Thailand

**Jason Manley** · July 31st, 2007, 11:27 AM

and some more...thailand rocks!

**Stark** · July 31st, 2007, 11:37 AM

Jason, if you're not gonna send me some of that food, please stop showing it! It looks so damn good. You're having too much fun and you have way too much time on your hands...DRAW!

**Diego** · July 31st, 2007, 12:21 PM

wow, GREAT pictures jason. Always a pleasure reading your comments and enjoy the colorful pics.
Thank you for sharing your adventures.

**Jason Manley** · July 31st, 2007, 12:33 PM

Stark...I work 10+ hours (today I put in 16 hours) every single day including weekends....I sleep an average of 6 hours a night. If I choose to enjoy life in those few extra hours in my day and take lots of photos, then so be it.

Honestly, I have little interest in drawing right now and have chosen to pursue other areas of creative exploration, including constant business development for CA and MB. I have gained a hundred times more experience these past few months...life experience...spiritual experience...creative exposure...and all around personal experience than had I stayed in and drawn pictures while logged into the internet. One day I will settle back in and focus on pure art with no distraction...but not right now. But, for your information, I did spend a couple hours drawing today...and I spend a few hours doing art direction, art training, and other areas of creative development each day. I have lived to work for the past nine years. Hawaii was my first vacation to a place like that in years and still I worked every night and day. One must also live some life while working hard...and that is the balance I have found lately.

What did you get done today?

Thanks Diego.

**Noë** · July 31st, 2007, 12:48 PM

Wow.. What an awesome report, with loads of pictures..
I got very sad by all the poor animals you were typing about in Shanghai. And then I saw that first picture ^^ so sweet. It looks like one of our kittens ^^ (with that I mean one of the kittens my bf and me have

)
Ah well, I have so much to say about the pictures that I just don't.. Gotta sleep soon and I want to draw some beforehands.

I just want to applaud you (Jason) for showing us all these gorgeous pictures and for giving us such great stories to go with them. It really makes me feel like I'm on a small trip myself while reading and watching. Very awesome indeed!

EDIT;

Originally Posted by Jason Manley

I work 10+ hours (today I put in 16 hours) every single day including weekends....I sleep an average of 6 hours a night.

Oh my! I couldn't do that, 6 hours of sleep a night would euhm, well, make me really tired and emotional (I always cry loads when I slept too little for a while

tonight I did 8 and I'm so tired!) Many kudos for you working so hard! Though don't kill yourself working please?

It's too bad you live to work, even though you like what you do a lot.. I would say "work to live" instead of living to work.
Is there some kind of nobelprize for selfless artists who are working 10+ hours every day to make the (art and normal)world a better place? You should get it, honestly.

Thanks!
Love
Marleen

**GriNGo** · July 31st, 2007, 12:58 PM

Hopefully on you're next business trip you'll come by South America!

**Zaknafain** · July 31st, 2007, 01:02 PM

This thread is the biggest source of inspiration for me today... thanks again for taking the time to write all this down and for posting the fotos.

**Jessica Hook** · July 31st, 2007, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Noe

I got very sad by all the poor animals you were typing about in Shanghai. And then I saw that first picture ^^ so sweet.

To expand on what Jason touched on earlier...
We're a bunch of bleeding hearts at MB Shanghai, saps I tell you!

These pics were just tooo cute not to share.
We started out with one office cat, Shau tu tu (means 'little rabbit'), she's the white one with 2 blacks spots on her head. Then, me and Jason came across a poor, starving, emaciated kitty only a few weeks old and took her in. She's the brown one, we named her 'Bean.' We simply couldn't let her die of starvation or exposure.

And then just yesterday another co-worker came across a poor 1 week old kitten that looked as if she had been thrown in the pond, but was strong enough to pull herself out, still soaking wet. Surely a baby kitten with that much resolve, deserves a chance to live. Again, we simply could not let her suffer. She fits in the palm of your hand. She has had 24 hour care since we brought her back to MB. We hope she will improve and grow strong as quickly as Bean has.

Here they are playing:

**Jason Manley** · July 31st, 2007, 01:10 PM

thanks noe...yer very sweet.

my life has good balance right now (took years to get it to do that). I have seen more in the past summer than in the past two years so my tank is pretty much full right now. all is well...work is fun lately...and things are on the up and up. no complaints out of me.

j

**Jason Manley** · July 31st, 2007, 01:23 PM

we end our trip with a couple quick pics I found while cleaning up my desktop before we head to the airport. One is downtown Shanghai after we went and had hamburgers at a chain spot with decent food called Blue Frog. The second is a myna bird that said all sorts of crazy things in english and chinese...like...bye bye!

See yall on the flipside.

J

**Diego** · July 31st, 2007, 01:57 PM

wow, more pics. Geez man, I'm enjoying everyone of them. And Yumiko, that's loads of cuteness.

Thanks again.
EDIT: I know what to do with savings. If the workshop is still running.

**2100** · July 31st, 2007, 04:45 PM

OH my god... those kittens :' ]

I'm two hours behind in my day's schedule now cuz of this thread, but it was totally worth it. Jason, Yumiko, you two should make a scrap book and publish it! I would buy$.

**Icon** · July 31st, 2007, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Jason Manley

Stark...I work 10+ hours (today I put in 16 hours) every single day including weekends....I sleep an average of 6 hours a night. If I choose to enjoy life in those few extra hours in my day and take lots of photos, then so be it.

exactly... art , no matter what shape or form is really bland if there are no experiences to back it up...so is life too, so you enjoy it, you guys deserve it!(but do I really need to tell you that?) And I’m sad your trip is over! It has been a plethora sights and written emotions/experiences that you don't get to experience everyday.. maybe Anthony Bourdain comes close .

Originally Posted by Yumiko

To expand on what Jason touched on earlier...
We're a bunch of bleeding hearts at MB Shanghai, saps I tell you! These pics were just tooo cute not to share.
We started out with one office cat, Shau tu tu (means 'little rabbit'), she's the white one with 2 blacks spots on her head. Then, me and Jason came across a poor, starving, emaciated kitty only a few weeks old and took her in. She's the brown one, we named her 'Bean.' We simply couldn't let her die of starvation or exposure. And then just yesterday another co-worker came across a poor 1 week old kitten that looked as if she had been thrown in the pond, but was strong enough to pull herself out, still soaking wet. Surely a baby kitten with that much resolve, deserves a chance to live. Again, we simply could not let her suffer. She fits in the palm of your hand. She has had 24 hour care since we brought her back to MB. We hope she will improve and grow strong as quickly as Bean has.

You guys are so wonderful! There's nothing worse than seeing an animal trying to survive against all odds in a world that's not meant for them!

I've given homes to so many kittens because of it...I can't stand it. So I’d send you all cookies out of love for your kindness but I'm not sure your taste buds could handle my delicate burnt to a crisp flavor

**SEIV** · July 31st, 2007, 05:37 PM

LOL u visited Jatujak Market and Kaosarn Road

About Jatujak Market Im totally hangout there with friends like almost every weekend(Im working in one of the shop there also.)

I think you missed MBK and Pantip Plaza

**The-Mentat** · July 31st, 2007, 07:18 PM

Wow, I've been following your thread since the start I must say it's been quite an experience. It's awesome to see the cultural difference with cities here in EU/US, and beautiful to see the different atmosphere and energy of Shanghai/Bangkok. I can only hope that one day I will visit those places too cause they seem awesome to me!

Oh and it's damn nice what you've done for all the stray cats, I understand you couldn't just let them die

.

All in all really really cool to see all those photo's (especially cause I make a loooot of photo's too) and hear the stories behind them! Hell you know what? Maybe I should make a thread about my vacation too (the Languedoc in Southern France)!

**kool-ka-lang** · July 31st, 2007, 07:46 PM

Damn, this thread had me wishing you went to the philippines, to see what your impressions of the place is like.

someday, someday.

**Carnifex** · July 31st, 2007, 08:34 PM

so many different emotions are floating around in my body i can't express em...awe,shock,heart-warming cuteness...wow.
thank you,alot alot alot alot for sharing this.
words can't express the awesomeness of this all,but your stories are pretty close to it.
thank you

must work harder...

**Bhrazz** · July 31st, 2007, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by Jason Manley

We ordered understandably mediocre indian food (one can only eat chinese so many times in a row...I have no idea how they do it here).

I couldnt stop laughing after reading that. HAHA nice one!

Your trip gave me some good feelings, thanks.

And you are far away from a wuss like you said for saving that cat, your just a man with a hearth. Welcome home!