Mat Igarashi is an avid gamer who lives in Hawaii and devises new EDM in his spare time. All of the music heard in Alex and Michael and Hannah will be original, produced entirely by Mat. He will be setting the scene for the nightclub Republic in Calgary, where Alex works, meets Hannah, and dances with her and Michael. Mat’s music will have a huge impact on the atmosphere of the show, and we are hugely grateful to him for contributing his talents.
To hear Mat’s previous work, visit SoundCloud at Urb4N.
I’ve been here almost 10 months, and I’ve seen quite a few things I still haven’t processed yet, or wasn’t sure how to classify. “Random” seems as good as anything.
When a new shop opens in Zhongshan, bouquets of flowers on stands and BIG blow-up dragons appear!
The flowers are always lovely.
Some displays are VERY extravagant. This is a lion dancer getting ready to open a travel agency!
These are their flowers! Notice the bright cloth wrapping around the bases holding the flowers?
This is the same kind of arrangement, but in Xi’an. Smaller flowers, more greenery, tulle instead of wrapping. Same idea, but different region. Neat!
Also in Xi’an. Want to buy a fur coat from behind a piece of corrugated tin! Totally legal!
This is glimpse into the grounds of the technical university in my neighbourhood. I can never go in to see it properly without being on business in there. ALL schools have this kind of gate.
Mosquito and sandfly season was hard on me. (Sandflies are midges.)
Never had a mosquito net before coming here. It helped against the mosquitos. The sandflies…eh.
In Hong Kong. Just thought this was cool,.
I came down with the flu, and the pharmacist gave me…THESE. The box came a package of tiny straws to suck back the medicine in these vials.
The instructions.
Me at a coffee house I’ve discovered. Instead of number, they give you a teddy bear to track your order.
Little girl on her way to school on a rainy day.
The Flower Market of Zhongshan. Where they sell more than flowers.
Tropical and deciduous trees going up the mountain. Just on the other side, more building.
China is skyscrapers and high finance. It’s also people selling domestic rabbits out of cages on the street.
Roosters outside of a play school.
Not sure…
During the winter, I had to get this hand warmer / hot water bottle to defrost my hands. It was the Year of the Monkey, so…
Google is everywhere!
Yes, while you get your car washed, you can have chicken meat, goat meat, or dog meat. Your choice.
I wanted to do something utterly different, because, once again, I was on my own for New Year’s. So I cashed in the travel points on my credit card and got a room FREE for two nights at the Jasper Park Lodge. And then I splurged on the spa and marvellous food and just wandered around the lake and read a book. I don’t DO that anymore.
It was amazing. Not only the BEST massage of my LIFE, but the whole setting is just utterly beautiful. Everything was decorated for Christmas, it felt like a proper VIKING house, with enormous fireplaces, and big squishy chairs. And the resort was full to bursting – it’s a pricey place, but it’s obviously hugely popular with families, I think because you can get a completely separate cabin if you want, and there’s skiing, snowboarding, skating, tobogganing. AND you can bring your PETS. It was full of dogs! I loved it!
I hope this bodes well for 2015. Rehearsals for Ugly Princess begin this Saturday, so that should be a sign.
Oh yes. Photos.
Christmas Tree in Emerald Lounge
Don’t feed the bears!
View from my building’s terrace.
DON’T. FEED. THE BEARS.
Gingerbread house big enough to stand in…and marked Do Not Eat. Temptation.
