Fire Safety Training, China-style

Many things war­rant a gath­er­ing of a crowd in China– a traf­fic acci­dent, a yelling match, small babies. In this instance, it was fire safety train­ing for a group of restau­rant work­ers– right out­side of the restau­rant, in the mid­dle of the day, in the mid­dle of the park­ing lot.

As with most events in China, peo­ple were more inter­ested in tak­ing pho­tos and record­ing the pre­sen­ta­tion, rather than lis­ten­ing to the advice that was being given.

Check out the video that our friend Chris took:

Fire Safety Les­son in China from Jessie on Vimeo.

Contagion

Watched Con­ta­gion last night. Yikes. Was any­one else really really anx­ious through­out that entire movie?! Prob­a­bly not the best movie to watch when you hear that SARS report­edly orig­i­nated 100 meters from your doorstep (approx­i­mate, but fairly accurate).

From left to right, top to bot­tom: Banyan Tree Snake, Water Law Snake, King Cobra (!!!), Golden Ring Snake (Krait), Pheas­ants, Local Water Law Snake, Seal Snake, Chi­nese Cobra, Coral Snake, Water Chick­ens, Ducks (Mallards).