Teaching kindergarten, a lot of my life is spent hanging out with babies. So it’s only natural that they end up as topics of vlog-versation. But we’d probably talk about them anyway, even if I wasn’t a kindergarten teacher; they make for such good people watching. And, they’re always out and about! Seriously, Luzhou babies are always on the go.
Anyway, this playlist brings together a view on baby-livin’ in Luzhou. We think they might know something …
We’re upping our game this week; For the past month, we’ve been working behind-the-scenes on some new features for the Uncle’s Shorts. This week, we’re super excited to be rolling out some of those new bits: interviews and city shots … with much more to come in the future! It’s a way to move my face out of the spotlight, and put the focus more on Luzhou, and the cool and interesting people we know here. Both personally and creatively, it’s already been very fulfilling. We hope you like it, too.
But we don’t really mind if you don’t.
As for this episode: A massage and a supermarket cause and relieve anxiety for Emily this week, but not in that order. And, we talk to our old friend Jessi about her life.
The Kung Fu Boys were filmed in Black Dragon River Park, Lijiang in 2015. They wrote this movie for our English class. Filming was never completed due to attendance issues.
The big window in the Mango Tree Cafe provides such nice light, and an excellent view. I love writing there, and I love looking good while I’m doing it.
A high-maintenance playlist for a low-maintenance woman
This week’s playlist brings together a collection of hair and makeup videos … from the perspective of a person who doesn’t always enjoy those things. My kingdom for a wash-and-wear hairstyle!
Time flies when you’re making videos! It’s been nine months of short filmmaking for Uncle Foreigner and we’ve been oh-so chuffed to watch our baby develop.
To celebrate the growth so far — and in anticipation of exciting changes to come — we’ve put together a compilation of all of our videos since we first started posting in earnest last December. The clips are in order of posting, so you can chart our journey from those first embryonic ideas onward. Look at those teensy, little toes on Uncle’s Shorts No. 1!
Next week, we’ll be back to your regularly scheduled, all-new programming … this baby’s taking confident steps out into the world.
During jumping jacks tonight, my trainer chanted 减肥！减肥！which means “lose weight! Lose weight!” But I chose to translate it as “Have cake! Have cake!” So I will be having cake with dinner. #cake
We recently marked the anniversary of Peter’s hospital stay last year. (In fact, coming soon is the anniversary of the date that he came home … a much happier day.) And a friend’s recent gift of some pomelos reminded me of some of the hope I had felt while Peter was sick.
The view outside of our apartment complex in Lijiang, 2015. We really were right in the shadow of the Himalayas. They started paving that road just before Chinese New Year 2016, but they had not finished it by the time we left in May.
Did you know that Uncle Foreigner uses all original music by Peter Sikoski to score its videos? It’s true! For the early part of this year, we’ve been using work by Peter from earlier on in his life, back when he was a rocker. But for the past few months, Peter has been working hard composing original scores for each new video. (Take a gander at our studio on Instagram.) To celebrate that fact, we’ve put together a playlist of just the music; just close your eyes and imagine you’re in China! With some Americans!
Listen to the whole playlist on our YouTube page, and keep coming back as we update it with the latest tracks!
