Audrey's Angry Birds Journal 奥黛丽的愤怒的小鸟杂志

One thing that we're doing over here is trying to write in our journals. Even the little kids are giving it a shot.  Here's my little daughter reading a part of her journal recently and I thought it was cute. My favorite part: "I have way to much sisters so i dont have any time to interduce their names because..."

TWO WEEKS of Vacation!! What to do with it?

NEAR OUR HOME LOCATION IN CHINA

TODAY is the beginning of eight days away from engineering! What to do? Start with prayer. Figure it out. Get er done! So many creative ideas.

First inspiration item: Call SJ. Hey SJ! Trying to get a hold of you...  Second inspiration item: Music in China. Make some.

Third inspiration item: Find a hardware store! Get PVC pipe, make green screen walls for set.

Comments: 

SJ Just call me! I also have Skype on my phone September 30, 2013 at 10:30am · Like 

 GJ I tried that . Hey you call me, then I might have the right number... I am on Skype now

SJ My Skype name is ********* 

GJ ok, looking up right now... 
  Off to the "Hardware Stores" to find stuff to make the green screen walls for the sets. I've got green screen curtains from America, but nothing to hang it on. 

 GJ Christa is off to GuanYingQiao to meet with the committee for International Woman's Group in ChongQing, of which she is now a part! After that, going to visit a new family here in ChongQing, the K's who are from America, work for Ford. A lot of social things planned for this week. And a lot of creative things as well. So fun to have the change of pace. 

 SRA Have fun! Let me know how it goes, getting the green screen set up!

 KSR I am so enjoying your journey...only wish we could come visit you guys 

 CM christa is superwoman 

 GJ Thanks KSR, and you guys are welcome anytime! 

 JN How bout us? Can we come visit? 

GJ Of course, get over here JN! 

 RJ We want pictures and videos of all your fun creativity ASAP!! 

GJ OK! but we are ramping up still lol 

 GJ Had a setback with some puffy eye allergic reaction to some soap yesterday… opposition in all things I say! Life was not meant to be easy, just worth it! 

 SRA Uh oh! Hope it's getting better.. 

RJ Oh boo! Sorry Dad!! 

 GJ My eyes look like raccoons. No pictures forthcoming… 

 SRA Aww poor dad! 🐼 Kinda like this face? Lol 

JIE FANG BEI PEOPLE-- UNCUT 解放碑人 ChongQing, China 重庆中国

Such a fun adventure, many of the Chinese people who live here in ChongQing get out at nights after work and go places, its like an event every night because there are so many people out. Loving being around all of these people, so many of whom are super friendly. Not all of course, but so many are. Of course we are a novelty of sorts in this city, way inland... a 1000 miles from those large cities like ShangHai or BeiJing which have a more significant "westernized" element...  but ChongQing is a much more authentic Chinese culture experience, IMO.  Because of the lack of western influence.  I like it.

Comments:

LB Keep these videos coming, I'm loving it !

RJ Too cool! I'm glad you guys are having this adventure and posting videos so all of us can join you!! I love that random people come up to you and want pictures with you! It's hilarious!

SRA Hey dad, I remember that song! Isn't that something I did on the chordboard?

GJ Hey Bear, yes, that last song is one that you wrote (Mayan Eyes) and the one before that, one that I wrote (Straight Line). Great instrumental music, upbeat. You wrote that song in 2007.

SRA Cool! Such a long time ago, I can't wait to not be busy and start writing music!

Grant's COMBAT SIMULATION VIDEO in China's DaZu Long Dragon Lake Island

Grant's COMBAT SIMULATION in China's DaZu Long Dragon Lake Island.

I went on a company retreat last weekend and part of the activity was CS (combat simulation games). Its a step up from laser tag because, well, just watch... the island (take a boat to get there), the jungle, the empty brick houses/compound, etc. and the uniforms, etc. Although he is not seen much in the video, you do see the view from his camera during the battles while shooting (looks like a video game, first person lol).  Watch:

I have never sweat so much in my life. Salt water constantly going in my eyes. It was hot, humid, the clothes were hot, and the helmut was hot. Like war (what would I know?). My backpack when I finally took it off, was also dripping, yuck! I needed water, and lots of it.

Afterwards we had dinner, played board games into the night, etc

Comments
KEB That looks fun.

CS That is amazing! How fun! I even had Jason with me, we were both glued to the screen watching Chinese laser tag. Love you all! xoxo

SJ That looks like fun! Mostly the terrain.. You would have a more realistic experience of it was paintball though.. Funny coincidence, you were playing Halo music through the video, and at 2:25, the girls number is 117.. That's the main characters number in halo.. Nerd moment over!

GJ too funny SJ. I thought of you when I was there. I thought how much cool this would be to actually do paintball, for you, not for me because it hurts too much ha ha. At first I thought we were going to be doing paintball, because I just couldn't understand the language. But then it turned out to be this

GJ my favorite part was at 4:50 where I did a suicide run just charging into a bunch of people blazing guns, camera rolling LOL

KM are you a game designer? or are you being prepared for what could happen in the future there??

SJ I would be more worried about here in America Krista.. In fact, go find some combat simulation somewhere near you and prepare yourself..

JRT When 5 year olds can be kicked out of school for pointing a finger and saying "bang"... are there really CS in the USA?

PIRATES and STUFF 洪崖洞 hong2 ya2 dong4 Chongqing China 重庆中国 HD

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

Our family made a visit to the HongYa Dong area in downtown Chongqing in the YuZhong district on the peninsula there between the Jialing and Chang rivers. We went with our friend Lynn. We did all kinds of things that day and it was a complete blast.  One of the highlights of our trip was the street, A walking street, they had a lot of things to see and there was this pirates statue, the statue of the headless pirate and you could get up behind the statute and put your head or rather put your chin on top of this little platform and pretend you were the pirate. When Lynn got up on this ended up Pirates face our little girl Audrey just lost it fell to the ground laughing, For a long time.

We even saw a movie later that night, the White House Down movie, and I thought of all those secret combinations in play seeking for power and although it is only a Hollywood film, to me completely believable and plausible, because there's so much of that in our history of the world.

More Pictures from the trip!  A beautiful place.

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

photo © 2013 grant johnson enoch studios

Our Music Studio Arrived... and we set it up!

Our STUFF from the USA arrived on the boat last month, and we FINALLY got things going on setup. 

Here's The STUDIO  and Adam is busy writing a bunch of new songs, and the rest of us are going to get busy! Practicing singing, writing lyrics, scripts, storyboards, videography...  Lots of fun creative stuff to do...

So we have a spot upstairs with a view of the lake, and lots of fans to keep cool, and studio monitor speakers plugged into a 240/120 V converter so it will all run. Now the chordboard is actually there to help create music tracks, but we are working on a new version of it called Meridi. New software in the works. Works on a touch screen monitor. So exciting...

Our loft studio in Chongqing China... the creative place

Comments:

JS Let the Studio games begin!

Grant Johnson Oh yeah! There's actually some really good places in here to hang some green screen (over the balcony, or from the high wardrobe cabinets, etc.) We even have LIGHTS ha!

JS YAHOO! I am thinkin of producing a High School Talent competition - could be great fun or great trouble - we'll see
... too bad I dont have GJ Services - but I'll make do
...Or...I can send it all overseas and have GJ Svcs do the editing etc.!

Grant Johnson ha!

LH So there really is a "Slow Boat to China."

GL Hey! Are those Mackie 8's or 10's? Setup is looking good. 

Grant Johnson Hey GL, those are actually Yamaha monitors. Smaller, but very capable. I got 5 for surround sound (if I ever get into that).

Grant Johnson LH, more like a slow moving company. I think our stuff sat in China for about a month before they finally got around to getting it to our house. Same on the other end in the USA. I think the boat ride was about two or three weeks. But total moving time? 11 weeks. It's actually okay, because we really needed to spend a lot of time getting a jump start on the language, and actually still do…

Grant Johnson The Chordboard STAC is fired up and running. Adam is once again making multiple track scores on logic Pro. I am also beginning to dabble in my music again too. So exciting times!

SRA And I just got my keyboard fixed again! Time to get movin!

Grant Johnson I meant to like your comment 10 TIMES!!!!!!!!!!

Lightning Storms at our Apartment in Long Hu Xi Yuan looking at Long Hu Lake