Archive for March, 2009

March 28, 2009 0

Weekly Twitter Updates

By sushipan in sushipanda

Getting my Shelter pre-game meal: two filet o’ fish and rubbery fries at the Mac. #
@cmar55 honestly, you want to go even further BACK in time? in reply to cmar55 #
@jennwong and @sammy6001 stood helplessly by while I did it. in reply to jennwong #
@jennwong yes that was me. You made me down a nasty [...]

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March 27, 2009 2

It feels nice

By sushipan in sushipanda

It feels nice to be cared about. I’ve had multiple people tell me this week that they were worried about my liver. Part of building up a start-up studio like ours is to put ourselves out there, make people aware of who we are and what we do, and that entails me entertaining people a [...]

March 25, 2009 0

Cursed Asian Glow

By sushipan in sushipanda

There was a post on Shanghaiist yesterday about how Asians who have an inherited enzyme deficiency suffer more than just public humiliation at having their faces turn tomato red upon imbibing. It also means that they’re at an increased risk of throat cancer.

An ALDH2-deficient person who has two beers a day has six to ten [...]

March 21, 2009 0

Weekly Twitter Updates

By sushipan in sushipanda

heading to Pier 39 for a rejuvenating salad, which will be immediately offset by copious amounts of red wine across the street at Bliss #
none of the torrents on tvrss.net seem to be working. I need my Colbert/FNL/Lost/Daily Show/Office fix very very soon. Help! #
Could really go for a piping hot bowl of corn chowder [...]

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March 20, 2009 1

Two pictures of my office

By sushipan in sushipanda

Republic officially started its Shanghai operation on July 1st, 2008. About a month and a half before that, Clint and I were still struggling to find studio space for our office. Through sheer luck and fortune, we came across our current location, 696 Weihai Lu, which is in the heart of downtown Shanghai, a block [...]

March 19, 2009 0

An awful lot of trouble

By sushipan in sushipanda

Just saw this after walking back from lunch at Pier 39 on Jinxian Lu and I had to take a picture. There’s poignant symbolism to this woman going through this amount of trouble to dry her family’s clothes. Even though no vehicle short of a tank could knock these clothes off the wire, she [...]

March 17, 2009 0

Some funny tidbits from the last two weeks

By sushipan in sushipanda

Once again, I’ve been MIA on this site as I’ve had a shitload of other things to take care of. Mainly, drinking a lot and shaving. Yes, I’ve been doing a lot of shaving, and not just on my face (that one was for you, ladies!).
Actually, Republic has been busy with three projects at [...]

March 14, 2009 0

Weekly Twitter Updates

By sushipan in sushipanda

Excellent brunching at Closed Door http://twitpic.com/22wqk #
Picture from meeting with all the artists in our little art space at Maleonn’s studio: http://snurl.com/drra6 #
@cmar55 you are what is known in professional circles as an alcoholic in reply to cmar55 #
just got home from photographer Ken Goh’s opening party at his sweet new studio. Lots of [...]

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March 7, 2009 0

Weekly Twitter Updates

By sushipan in sushipanda

Zen’s chicken in glutinous rice. Dry and oversalted. Needs more cowbell http://twitpic.com/1w92k #
@terencelau I liked Crystal Jade until I saw a rat scurrying across the floor. Dan dan noodles were awesome. Still, go to Royal China. in reply to terencelau #
Having dim sum at Zen in XTD. Boo. Royal China way better, read the @Shanghaiist [...]

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