Nuff Ting Gwon: Photography, Film & Adventure

The sky is bluer here

Men greet each other by a kiss on the cheek

Women greet men by a kiss on the cheek

If you don't like kissing people, you won't like it here

Almost 40% of people live in poverty

There is 95% less begging than in Toronto

I have found out that my name doesn't work in Latin America and I need a new Spanish name. I'm not making a chiste (see notes below for definition of chiste). the beginning of my name "ste" and the end of my name "ing" are impossible for Spanish people to say. what I usually get is "Starleen" our "Audi". I have changed my name officially to Audi, until i can think of something cooler. any suggestions are welcome.

On new years eve everyone throws their work from the last year out on the street (see picture to the right)

Paper shredders are 1) slower and 2) less fun than the previously mentioned paper disposal method

Even if you don't have work papers to throw out of your window on new years, throwing anything from your balcony is fun and will be encouraged for this one day.

The word for "joke" in Spanish is "chiste" and it is fun to use in the context of an English sentence. i.e. "I know a great chiste about a parrot, a pirate and George Bush

The Spanish word for point and the Spanish word for bitch are dangerously similar

The English word for soup and the English word for sope are hard for Spanish people to differentiate.

On that note, I'll leave you with a chiste:


– Fui al doctor para que me diese unas pastillas para quitarme las ganas de fumar.
– ¿Y sigues fumando?
– Sí, pero sin ganas.

2007 is the year of the pig (boar) according the chinese calendar, but I want to give out a shout out to all the sheep and the monkeys!

Here are my pictures from the last bit.