Not a bottom
It was one of those moments where it just happened so naturally~
A sign, an image and a thirst. Having a camera helped, too.
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Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Finger on my lens, again
You know your watch in Sanlitun
Still getting used to my new hand-me-down camera and its lens where I usually put my finger. Not that that blur takes away from this shot, by any means.
No revealing tats
No revealing tattoos
There will be plenty of photographic evidence of my having gone crazy at this party - Yen's 5th anniversary. It was a timely outlet for the pent-up frustration building up inside me. My friends could not know how much pressure I am under, but surely they could guess my crazed behaviour was due to some stress they had hitherto unknown. At least I was a happy madman - with the best of friends.
Tuanjiehu Park Pool
Anonymous hot guy
The first visit there a couple of days ago was awesome. The BF & I joined a couple of friends in the gay quarter. It was like being at Destination - minus the smoke-filled rooms & predictable music. My beginner's luck did not let me down ~ when entering the change room for the very first time, there was a tall, beefy & HUNG Chinese guy all lathered up in the shower giving everyone a full show of himself. Good thing we could cool down in the pool right away!
My hard day at the office
For today's filming, I wasn't expecting this.
It was *almost* enough just watching him.
But it turns out oiling him up was tops.
Super horny daze
Starts out with the long weekend at the Strawberry Festival,
then ends up with me naked in bed in front of a film crew -
then ends up with me naked in bed in front of a film crew -
with another guy... and I'm going back for more!
Hot DJ... has a name~ Jaume Prats
Questionably hot - certainly crazy - DJ
Hot half-naked boy
Super-cute bartender whipping up Mojitos
In all fairness, none of the three days at the Strawberry Festival in Tongzhou led me to the point of getting naked in front of a camera - during or after. Though I did get 'lost' on the way back to my place on the first night. I couldn't hold myself any longer after drinking so much and had to get off the train to find a washroom, somewhere - anywhere! Still not used to the no-walls in many of Beijing's public washrooms. Potentially cruisy places, I suppose - but there's no way I could endure the smell any longer than it took to empty my bladder.
So how did I end up naked in front of a film crew with another guy, you ask? Well, I wish I could give all the details, but due to the terms of my contract I'm really not allowed to divulge anything about this movie. However, I can and will say: it is a gay film, I get to be naked with another guy and there are more nude scenes to be shot in the coming days. Exciting, to say the least!
CCTV sucks - again, again & yet again
Three strikes for CCTV. They are now permanently out.
Not on my TV set or computer screen ever again.
Not on my TV set or computer screen ever again.
As a guest in China, I rarely get terribly political about much.
But my main reason for staying here is because of the tolerance towards homosexuality even the Chinese leadership has espoused.
But there will be no more graciousness from me for the network which blatantly broke the law and caused a spectacular fire that killed one fireman and injured 7 others ealier this month. Their negligence may even lead to a ban on fireworks in Beijing next year. Their legal wrecklessness is one thing.
Now their moral judgement has sunk to a new low by not only editing out parts of Sean Penn's acceptance speech at the Oscars for his role in "Milk", but also by not even to bother correctly translating what he had to say.
So much for tolerance at CCTV.
Watch what he really had to say here!
Valentine's Day & Night
In the wee hours of the Valentine's Day we had already known for only on few hours that we (and the entire 11th floor of our building) would have to move out of our place next to Destination in Gongti.
So we decided to head over to Destination - one "last" time with a group of friends and got drunk - one of us more than other. I ran into an old friend and he introduced me to a Chinese friend of his who spoke great Japanese and so we pera-pera'd all night - tanoshikatta! It was the BF's turn to get drunk, and he didn't disppoint ;-) I was amazed he didn't have a hang over when we awoke relatively early.
One of our neighbours decided to help us find a place, so it was he who ran around to a few estate agents and within 12 hours we had new place to move into near Dongzhimen - incredibly just a few 100 metres from where we set off our first fireworks with friends at the start of Chinese New Year. Is that destiny or what?
The BF's family and I went out to pick strawberries in the north of Beijing on Valentine's Day. Then it was off to have sushi with friends at The Place for dinner. From there it was off to another friend's house for a Valentine's Day party where it was suggested tops wear blue and bottoms wear red. Not everyone participated in the dress code. I wasn't sure what to wear, if anything at all. In the end I wore blue and the BF wore red. I did my best to chat up all the reds ;-)
We knew there was a Fridae-sponsored event at Destination but were shocked to see such a huge line up outside when we arrived. It turned out to be blast and not as crowded as I'd thought. The music was fine and there were so many new faces. I wonder where they usually hang out ~
Not leaving Destination alone
In case you're wondering, the BF took this shot
In case you're wondering, the BF took this shot
Valentine's Day gay wedding in Qianmen, Beijing~
Tedious Destination
What the hell is this place up to?Where is their justification for raising prices on admission and drinks?
Consumer prices are coming down in the midst of looming deflation. Hello?
The security guys are a downright rude bunch of goons: perhaps a good thing if you hadn't already bought an (overpriced) entrance ticket and were just loitering about and looked like a gay-basher.
Gay crackdown in China?
A friend just told me about Oasis in Beijing being raided recently and I found the article here:
http://shanghaiist.com/2008/03/31/a_big_gay_crack.php
http://shanghaiist.com/2008/03/31/a_big_gay_crack.php
Video snapshot I took in front of Destination on 8/9 March.
How distressing that the guys at Oasis were detained and/or taken away! I truly hope they are all okay. That’s surely not going to be good for their business in the future. A real shame. Their new location near Dongsishitiao is a nice place - though not at all like a Western bath house, it was quite hopping with a nice mix of young/old & local/foreign guys … and action to be had all over the place.
I was inside Destination during the first police “raid” on the night of the 8th/9th March. If I recall correctly, it was at midnight that the music suddenly ended. Friends who had just arrived outside were not allowed in. Then before we went out to meet them, security told us we would not be allowed to re-enter. There were a couple of police cars outside with their lights flashing, but no obvious (uniformed) police presence inside.I departed China as previously scheduled a couple of days later, and since friends who have gone to Destination said it’s not as busy as it was before the brief closure. (Perhaps not a bad thing as it was sometimes packed beyond comfort.)
China is generally not gay-unfriendly. My Chinese partner & I held hands everywhere we went - though we are certainly not out to his family. If there’s any complaint I have about being gay in Beijing, it’s that there aren’t enough gay bars or venues.
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