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Bronze Bob. Triangle Pants...VS Oscar

My camera chief and my co-producer at work

Went on a shoot today at a Chinese clinic and managed to capture some interesting sights.

First up, I saw a boy (who was about 7 years old) hang around the clinic's waiting lobby. He was behaving like most boys his age --- playing with his toy, grabbing his mum.

But take a step closer, and you will immediately notice what was special about him. He was walking around nonchalantly, with 10 4-inch needles strategically inserted into his tiny head.

Aah, acupunture in action....I think he is here for a treatment session but boys being boys, couldn't keep himself rigid on the clinic bed.
Damn! I left my digital camera upstairs after shooting the bronze man in a red loin cloth. Shucks...great photo-op.....gone.

Oh, well, that leaves us with....

Bronze Bob. Triangle Pants!! Your brand new friendly neighbourhood hero.

We were grabbing shots of him for our TV program's opening sequence, and were very amused when he was introduced to us.

Apparently, the conservative management authority of this modern Chinese clinic found the need to add a touch of their Chinese conservativeness to Bob's bobby.



Exactly what motivated the conservativeness...I cannot tell you, because I have no idea. But I can tell you a bit more about good ol' Bob.

Bronze Bob, is actually a Chinese acupunture sculpture. And rather than bronze, as the pictures suggest, he's made out of hard plastic.

Bob has these lines and dots on him. In Chinese medical terms, they are known as Jing Mai (the lines, where an invisible energy flows through) and Xue Wei (the dots, where needling or massaging can impact our physical, mental, even sexual well-being....**)

[**Is that why heavily tattoo-ed people emit that strange, sometimes scary vibe? According to Chinese acupunture science...their electronic pulse field should be ALL SCREWED UP..hmmz...]

Anywayz, Bronze Bob seems like the proud and friendly cousin of Oscar, doesn't he?

But good ol' Oscar has something waaaaay cooler, literally --- the cold blade of the sword he holds (very carefully I might add) below his waist, in front of his jewels.


Oscar: Ooi, careful hor.

posted by audaciousjoy @ 2:16 AM