Ok, man. Do something about it! Organize a party that everyone will be compelled to save up their halloween mojo for. Or stage a one man/woman Halloween picket on wenlin jie in full costume!

Os.elocin, I totally agree, but that is not the issue. Never let an agent out of your site on the day of your "monkey show" service. Get paid before, during, or directly right after. Its your own fault if you don't. On another note, its a huge shame "musicians" in this town prostitute themselves the way they do just because they are laowai. Done it many times in the past and its just gotten sickening to me lately. Meanwhile legit lower paying bars are lacking real bands because everyone is playing stupid Monkey shows.

Who cares about the proper date for Halloween, "Bad Boy"? We're in China! Have fun walking around alone in costume on a school night!
Halloween is my fav. The more nights, the better!

Hi all. Anybody see footage of the basketball brawl? Where here's a bit of it.

v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjk2MTE1MTQ0.html

I live here. I've played a lot of basketball in China and I've watched a lot of the pro teams in China play foreign teams. From sandlot games to pro league games, its damn interesting to watch how brutal fouling is tolerated. Its also interesting to see how locals and pros alike really gear up to play foreigners. For my own playing experience, I just chalked it up to sandlot style play and also Chinese players viewing it as a fun and unique opportunity to test themselves against foreigners. But after watching quite a few pro games on CCTV5 and finally this brawl, I have to say its getting a bit weird. Its like institutionalized frustration. China wants so badly to compete at basketball WAY before its time and I think they're just tired of losing. When the rules of any game break down, its all fighting...and fist fighting is definitely something that is quite common here. Lowest common denominator arrives really quickly when you're getting beat by 20 points every game. When I watched the video, two things struck me: 1) the gang up: There was a scuffle between two players and IMMEDIATELY the four other members of Baiyi swarmed the Georgetown player in question 2) bad bad sportsmanship: later as one Baiyi player was connecting with consecutive blows to the head of a prone Georgetown player, his teammate stood right over him and watched. Check any NBA or NCAA game and you see players trying to intervene or stop their teammates from pulverizing other players. Also, Georgetown players looked like they were trying to restrain themselves and the Baiyi guys were PICKING UP CHAIRS to use as weapons.

Good luck to any Chinese team playing abroad where they're not supported by a homogenous adoring nationalistic crowd when they mete out cheap shots when they're once again getting their butts kicked within the rules of the game.

Hi, my wife and I are fast and furiously working on a boutique hostel very close to the green lake area and should be completed by the beginning of June. It will feature private rooms all with private baths, a pizza kitchen/cafe and a rooftop patio. Please keep your eyes open for ads for the Cottage Inn Kunming. It should fit your bill.