At the fodder factory, a great little restaurant in cao chang di – We have set up here for downloads of the camera footage. While here, Matt is sampling a mirin type of dressing that he wan’ts to know more about for the dinner tomorrow night. He will mix it with cucumber and seseme. The dressing is very morish.
We have set up to shoot at the barber with the little dogs. They have the chinese soap opera blaring – and the dogs are running around like mad eating old bones. The light is a bit dark. We have tried to match it up to the same viewpoint that we had in Turkey. We set up the camera on old dog bowls. The camera I have, a Nikon D7000 shoots for up to 12 minutes at a time – so its a constant run back and forth to keep the camera running. Mid download of footage another lady came in for a hair cut – so I missed the start. Then a big coal truck started unloading tonnes of coal out the front of the shop – so the sound will be a mess anyway. Pablo is at the back of the restaurant, surrounded by staff while he is playing. They all have the phones out taking photos of him. I wonder what will happen when he gets back to australia – and the constant attention will diminish.
The hair dresser speaks no english, so we put viki, from Platform China on the phone to translate what we wanted. Viki then road over on her bike to have a chat with them. Viki has been a great help – she is from Taiwan, moved to Beijing with her boyfriend, Lee, a few months ago.
The internet has gone down at Platform China. Viki is starting to stress, as the other residents from Norway, Per and Tuuna, are getting annoyed as well.
I don’t think Viki can come to the dinner tomorrow night, so Jamie from platform china is coming instead – had a quick chat to julia as well. I think I might get some more white cotton, and also another chip for my camera.
We are starting to map out a few dates – Matt got in contact with a friend from Port Douglas who lives in Shanghai – so we may head down there. I think I will need more time in Chongqing than I think. It seems to take a while to get things organised here, so need to cater for it.
Well, four hours later, shoot is done at first hairdresser. It looks great. They shifted the seat from the middle, so not great = but while that was happening a women was in a contraption getting her hair permed in the corner, so by accident, it still looks good.
