Hi, I'm glad you stopped by.
My name is Lizbeth. Grab a panda and join me as I leave Las Vegas in pursuit of adventure in China's tea houses, classrooms, dirt roads, and industrial cities. I shoot with a Nikon D3100 and am sharing my journey through it's lens.
Share with me, talk to me, ask me: Feel free to leave any questions or thoughts in the ask box below.
Photography by Lizbeth Arias is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Do You Want to be Pan Pals?!
好久不见，Tumblr！
我现在住了在美国内华达拉斯维加斯。去年我住了在四川。我找中国的笔友。如果你要写信，我们可以写中文还是英文。
好不好？:D
In case any of my grammar is wrong, here’s my message in English:
Long time no see, Tumblr!
I now live in the United States in Las Vegas, Nevada. Last year I lived in Sichuan. I am looking for a pen pal in China. If you want to write, we can write in Chinese or English.
What do you think?
I like writing letters to people! I also think writing would help me practice Chinese (and maybe help you in someway too)! If anyone is at all interested, let me in know in a reply or message.
谢谢，
艾鹂 （中文名字）
Liz （英文名字）
Hyobin's 4,000+ Miles for Cancer
My amazing friend Hyo is spending her summer biking across America, over 4,000 miles from Baltimore to San Diego, in order to raise money and awareness for cancer. Hers is a truly inspirational story of passion, action, and strength. Hyo is a great example of what a community ally looks like.
The challenge of biking across the Unites States also comes with the task of raising $5,000. If you are in any way able to help her get just a little further in her journey, I encourage you to donate to her cause through the link. If you can’t, you can still follow her journey and training leading up to her epic ride this summer.
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ONA - Fine Camera Bags & Accessories
This makes my mouth water more than a chocolate chip cookie.
5 Secrets to Taking Better Travel Portraits
Matador has some pretty handy photography-related articles.
Gearing up for photography class next semester!
(via China’s Complicated Web Censorship Regime Explained in 20 Minutes)
Great clip, worth watching.
China’s Complicated Web Censorship Regime Explained in 20 Minutes
Very interesting.
Maybe it’s because Nevada ranks 50th in education in the US, maybe it’s because Las Vegas is the worst city for K - 12 education in the country, but being back has really made me miss the discipline Chinese students have. Of course China’s school system has its own slew of attention worthy problems, but their students definitely study harder than almost any kid I’ve met in this state.
Bubble Tea.
Next project: black tea and milk, chai, or vanilla homemade bubble tea.
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Restoring Faith In Humanity of the Day: CEOs take a lot of flak for their exorbitant salaries and bonuses, but Yang Yuanqing just became quite a bit more popular with about 10,000 of his fellow employees. Yuanqing, the head honcho of PC maker Lenovo, dispersed his $3 million bonus to all his employees. The distribution averages out to roughly $314 per employee — almost an average month’s salary for factory workers in China.
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Restoring Faith In Humanity of the Day: CEOs take a lot of flak for their exorbitant salaries and bonuses, but Yang Yuanqing just became quite a bit more popular with about 10,000 of his fellow employees. Yuanqing, the head honcho of PC maker Lenovo, dispersed his $3 million bonus to all his employees. The distribution averages out to roughly $314 per employee — almost an average month’s salary for factory workers in China.
[theverge]
yay!
Canon EOS 5D
Just got home. Hopefully next time isn’t too far off, and it’ll either be in China again or some Latin American country.
Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
The world’s largest employers. Might be a bit surprising to you.
