One man’s mission to share with the world the fine art of cufflinks.
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series….
Today’s links are “Red Eye” stones set in gold plate that were bought many years ago during some time in Beijing on business. Red Eye was appropriate as your scribe was subjected to countless banquets toasting the camaraderie of our Sino compatriots…it felt like an eternity of fine food and countless toasts of fine vintage reds and cold cognacs. Our travelling party did manage to survive and many transactions were concluded but your scribe was near to self admission to a detox clinic on my return home! Your scribe shuddered every time he heard the toast that roughly translated to bottoms up…..”Gumbeeeyyyy”
China is the new frontier and the statistics of humanity are most enlightening. At one banquet your scribe had the opportunity of sitting next to the elected head of a trade union in China. He proudly let me know that he had been democratically elected to his post by all the members of his trade union in the resources sector….all 50 million union members participated in the poll for his re-election....... 50 MILLION!!
Thanks to GeoHive, here is a startling statistic for you…..China’s population as of yesterday was 1,351,525,468 people. There are 38 babies born every minute in China and you can feel the growing strains in every facet of daily life there.
It really is the land of growth and the engines of industry turn at a hectic pace. Your scribe was lucky to have visited the construction site of the new Beijing International Airport designed by one of your scribes heroes Lord Norman Foster of Thames Bank. In my wander around the huge Terminal 3 building site, there was a staggering 75 operational construction cranes working on the site. It was quite an eye opener.
The Red Eyes are worn with a white Savile Row cotton shirt and a commemorative silk tie for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Til Later
ONWARD
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series….
Today’s links are “Red Eye” stones set in gold plate that were bought many years ago during some time in Beijing on business. Red Eye was appropriate as your scribe was subjected to countless banquets toasting the camaraderie of our Sino compatriots…it felt like an eternity of fine food and countless toasts of fine vintage reds and cold cognacs. Our travelling party did manage to survive and many transactions were concluded but your scribe was near to self admission to a detox clinic on my return home! Your scribe shuddered every time he heard the toast that roughly translated to bottoms up…..”Gumbeeeyyyy”
China is the new frontier and the statistics of humanity are most enlightening. At one banquet your scribe had the opportunity of sitting next to the elected head of a trade union in China. He proudly let me know that he had been democratically elected to his post by all the members of his trade union in the resources sector….all 50 million union members participated in the poll for his re-election....... 50 MILLION!!
Thanks to GeoHive, here is a startling statistic for you…..China’s population as of yesterday was 1,351,525,468 people. There are 38 babies born every minute in China and you can feel the growing strains in every facet of daily life there.
Beijing International Airport at night….80 Million PAX per annum and rising!
It really is the land of growth and the engines of industry turn at a hectic pace. Your scribe was lucky to have visited the construction site of the new Beijing International Airport designed by one of your scribes heroes Lord Norman Foster of Thames Bank. In my wander around the huge Terminal 3 building site, there was a staggering 75 operational construction cranes working on the site. It was quite an eye opener.
The Red Eyes are worn with a white Savile Row cotton shirt and a commemorative silk tie for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Til Later
ONWARD
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