NiHao Amigos! I am DanDan, an artist, inventor and explorer.
DanDan's Five Years in Beijing City
HOME IN BEIJING DECEMBER 2007 - DECEMBER 2012
I was born in Beijing on Christmas Eve 2007, citizen of mini-superpower Finland. For my first five years my home was in Beijing. Then, beginning of 2013 I moved to Helsinki, Finland. Below pictures of my birth and my first five years in Beijing city.
Cheers!
- DanDan 聃聃
My Fifth Year in Beijing City: 2012
BUSY WITH MANY NEW THINGS
- My 5-year Birthday celebration!
- Moving to Helsinki. Winter in Finland can be fun
- Temperature -23C, the sun is low, we are on frozen sea
- Today I will test the deeper pool
- Going to boat trip on park lake
- At the Chinese gate
- Monster day show
- HeiMao JingZhang is my favourite cat-police
- This playground is... ok
- Daily exercises
- I don't want to play ice hockey!
- Play time with YaoYao
- Ready for the game
- Rubber boat naps
- The Dance, music by Infected Mushroom
- The World and Me, at downstairs dance studio
- To lunch restaurant with YaoYao
- The face from the movie 'American in Paris'
- I want that!
- Get-prepared for a PLA show
- The white device is Roland HPD-10 hand drum
- I give a free show every day by my Roland GW-8
- 'Spiderman without Cape' show will start soon
- I have a dream... no, I have an idea!
- I threw ball into basket during a Glory event and won a Dragon
- Responsible thinking since December 2007
- Fly Show before the trumpet plays
My Fourth Year in Beijing City: 2011
ARTS, DANCE, SWIMMING, PLAY
- My 4-year Birthday celebration!
- Is this the real me?
- I'm Singin' in the Rain
- Milk time, thanks cows, peace to everyone
- She is YaoYao, and we run
- My fault-tolerant dual system in use
- Art wall in my Workshop
- Napping at my Workshop is allowed
- Subject/Yes ; Abstract/No
- Summertime in Finland - ice cream to everybody
- Concentration, swimming competition soon starting
- My Workshop is often busy
- This Mini-007 works at GuangCai Garden
- We had this 'Hello BaBa' moment in SanLiTun Village
- Hey You, with the spots!
- Many discos and night clubs at Workers Stadium
- My baby joga, Beijing style
- At Golden Resources Shopping Mall, JinYuan, in Beijing West
- GuangCai Mansion garden was my playground for three years
- Learned this stretch at my gym
- My Superman pose, it always works
- Swimming. Now!
- A shark in front of Beijing Blue Zoo
- Revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen's statue is here, too
- BaBa likes empty shopping centers
- Gucci. Wow.
- We are heading towards... a big brand!
- We are heading towards...
- JinRongJie Shopping is also known as Seasons Place
- Let's go downstairs to French Culture Center
- Boys checking the hotel
- Breakfast time!
- Walk trips around Workers Stadium
- Swimming several times per week!
- Bobby Scooter in heavy use
My Third Year in Beijing City: 2010
PLAY, DANCE MOVIES, MUSIC
- 3-year Birthday celebration!
- Now
- Now
- Now
- My toy story
- Now you knows much about my hobbies!
- The best dance movie that I know
- Some nights we did gym
- Some nights we did billiard
- Swimming hall in Glory Mansion was my favourite
- Some nights we went swimming
- Bears at Workers Stadium
Above-209: October 2010, Beijing.- Relax!
- 100-lane bowling hall beside my home
- We played in +28C
Above-206: October 2010, Beijing. Glory Mansion.
- Swimming is my new hobby
Above-205: Summer 2010. Beijing. Glory Mansion.
- Courtyard games in hot Beijing
Above-204: September 2010, visited Locarno, Switzerland.
Above-203: July 5, 2010, Beijing.
- I'm gonna show you how!
Above-202: July 5, 2010, Beijing.
- Let's listen that Kraftwerk's Autobahn again!
- Park trip with YangYang and YaoYao
- Sun City yard games
- Sun City yard games
Above-198: February 28, 2010, visited Naha City, Okinawa, Japan.
Above-197: February 27, 2010, Beijing.
- Photo safari works in Beijing hutongs
My Second Year in Beijing City: 2009
DRUMMING, PIANO, WORKSHOP, LEARNING CENTER, FRIENDS
Above-196: December 16, 2009, visited Maspalomas, Canary Islands.
- He is Mr Vincente, the boss of this restaurant!
Above-195: November 25, 2009, Beijing.
- My holiday trip needs military level planning and pre-preparing
Above-194: November 18, 2009, Beijing.
- Can you play drums like they do in Swedish Military!
Above-193: November 19, 2009, Beijing.
- I send 'Dong-Dong' to my Swedish friends!
Above-192: November 18, 2009, Beijing.
- Swedish Military drums like this!
Above-191: November 18, 2009, Beijing.
- Let me give you adults this advice: we children already know it!
Above-190: November 17, 2009, Beijing.
- I like U.K! There the cows with names give more milk!
Above-189: November 15, 2009, Beijing.
- A real fan of puddings!
Above-188: November 14, 2009, Beijing.
- Indeed! My drinks are milk and juice, maybe Champaign in phase-2
Above-187: November 13, 2009, Beijing.
- My Chaplin dimension!
Above-186: November 5, 2009, Beijing.
- Relaxing with Pentik Bear
Above-185: October 16, 2009, Beijing.
PopCorn eating entertainment!
- JayJay The Jet Plane! That's Me!
Above-184: October 16, 2009, Beijing.
- Tell me again that story about Brazillian Electrician!
Above-183: October 13, 2009, Beijing.
- In fact eagles never singly fly...
Above-182: October 13, 2009, Beijing. Sun City.
- Dimension in child education
Above-181: October 12, 2009, Beijing.
- Andrew, me and the girl who's got the ball
Above-180: October 12, 2009, Beijing.
- You could become much faster with that Rubik's Cube
Above-179: October 10, 2009, Beijing.
- My way of morning porridge
Above-178: October 9, 2009, Beijing.
- Time to have Lao Beijing ZhaJianMian, my favourite
Above-177: October 6, 2009, Beijing.
- Mini-Ninja plays Chopin
Above-176: October 6, 2009, Beijing.
- Soon Mini-Ninja is ready for Mendelssohn!
Above-175: September 30, 2009, Beijing.
- I know how to keep the beat
Above-174: September 28, 2009, Beijing.
Andrew's Birthday Party!
- That's me, then Andrew and German friend Jungner (right)
Above-173: September 27, 2009, Beijing.
- Old MacDonald had a farm...
Above-172: September 23, 2009, Beijing.
- No Jeep for me, Ferrari has appetite for rubber...
Above-171: September 23, 2009, Beijing.
Testing TongTong's, my friend, Jeep.
- Gun, sounds, lights, and high wheel-archs!
Above-170: September 23, 2009, Beijing.
- Workshop begins in my Learning Center
Above-169: September 18, 2009, Beijing
- Why not! Why not! Why not!
Above-168: September 18, 2009, Beijing.
- What a groovy day...
Above-167: September 18, 2009, Beijing.
- In Sun City's park with my friend LeLe
Above-166: September 16, 2009, Beijing.
- Searching for a rocket
Above-165: September 13, 2009, Beijing.
- Busy! Meeting in Beijing MoMa, then another in Naga
Above-164: September 13, 2009, Beijing.
- Enough of old Chicco infant car seat!
- My new Recaro toddler seat has 5-point harness and face forward
Above-163: September 13, 2009, Beijing.
- Watermelon Man wants juice
Above-162: September 8, 2009, Beijing.
- With TongTong in Learning Center
Above-161: September 8, 2009, Beijing.
- Time for snacks with Tommy
Above-160: August 27, 2009, Beijing.
- What makes a radar?
Above-159: August 24, 2009, Beijing.
- My 20-Month Birthday!
Above-158: August 20, 2009, Beijing.
- Squawk! This Polly wants a biscotti!
Above-157: August 16, 2009, Beijing. Stomp Out Loud!
Above-156: August 7, 2009, Beijing.
I really have great plans.
- My project has spirit of innovation...
Above-155: August 2, 2009, Beijing. Purple Jade Villas.
Drummer Rebel with a cause - CHANGE!
Above-154: July 24, 2009, Beijing.
- My 19-Month Birthday continues
- Today my favorite music is Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius
Above-153: July 24, 2009, Beijing.
- My 19-Month Birthday party needs stardust
Above-152: July 23, 2009, Beijing.
- Tomorrow will be my birthday again!
Above-151: July 12, 2009, Beijing.
- Black armband with a red flower
Above-150: July 9, 2009, Beijing.
- DanDan watch the Kites
Above-149: July 9, 2009, Beijing.
- DiTan Park, Rytan Park, a lot to learn
Above-148: July 3, 2009, Beijing.
- Experimential learning, my way!
Above-147: June 30, 2009, Beijing.
- Because The World is Round...
Above-146: June 30, 2009, Beijing.
- My Australian friend is six days younger
Above-145: June 29, 2009, Beijing.
- Thinking of Lunar Helium-3
Above-144: June 30, 2009, Beijing.
Above-143 June 24, 2009, Beijing.
- NiHao! I am DanDan, exactly 18 months old: Day-549
Above-142: June 24, 2009, Beijing.
- Bernhard, thank you for the HIPP - XieXie!
Above-141: June 23, 2009, Beijing. Anyone fancy a milk!
Above-140: June 22, 2009, Beijing. Learning Center momentum.
Above-139: June 20, 2009, Beijing.
- I have never been on Kodachrome!
Above-138: June 15, 2009, Beijing.
- NiHao! XieXie! ZaiJian!
Above-137: June 11, 2009, Beijing.
- We need International Toy-Day!
Above-136: June 10, 2009, Beijing.
- Energy/Yes. Smile/No. Next!
Above-135: June 4, 2009, Beijing.
- Mr President, blogging is boring if my blog gets blocked (rolls eyes)
Above-134: June 3, 2009, Beijing.
- They call it 'information advantage'...
Above-133: June 3, 2009, Beijing.
- Modern times, but some things seldom change
Above-132: June 3, 2009, Beijing.
- Revolving door experiment!
Above-131: June 3, 2009, Beijing.
- Hanging with my American friend Andrew
Above-130: May 19, 2009, Beijing.
- If I had a dog, my dog would be the fastest dog on planet
Above-129: May 19, 2009, Beijing.
- And The Beat Goes On...
Above-128: May 11, 2009, Beijing.
- I will propose a Nobel Toy Prize for that!
Above-127: May 11, 2009, Beijing.
- My first 500 days passed with many small bangs
Above-126: May 8, 2009, Beijing.
- I have many friends
Above-125: May 7, 2009, Beijing. At Learning Center.
Above-124: May 7, 2009, Beijing.
- Actually, this is hard without Ray-Bans!
Above-123: May 7, 2009, Beijing.
- Doing my "Thinking Baby" again
Above-122: May 5, 2009, Beijing.
- Is it true that every bottle of champaign can go flat?
Above-121: May 4, 2009, Beijing. Ready!
Above-120: May 4, 2009, Beijing.
- Mamma-Mia! They have a waterbed emergency!
Above-119: May 4, 2009, Beijing.
- Trust me, I know how to overspeed
Above-118: April 25, 2009, Beijing.
- All this water comes from making of the stars
Above-117: April 25, 2009, Beijing.
- Lifting my water level to 70%, then to a meeting
Above-116: April 24, 2009, Beijing.
Today is my 16-Month Birthday.
- Sometimes I am a cleaning baby!
Above-115: April 22, 2009, Beijing.
Onomatopoetically accurate VWORP!
Above-114: April 22, 2009, Beijing. Lobby times.
Above-113: April 22, 2009, Beijing.
- French bread, artisan-style, soon from French Culture Center
Above-112: April 13, 2009, Beijing.
- Take-five at my Learning Center
Above-111: April 10, 2009, Beijing.
- Well, now I'm a ScratchMan
Above-110: April 10, 2009, Beijing.
- Scratches from yesterday's 180° volt
Above-109: April 8, 2009, Beijing.
- For me de-learning is not a big issue
Above-108: April 8, 2009, Beijing. Coming!
Above-107: April 6, 2009, Beijing. Ball games are my new hobby.
Above-106: March 18, 2009, Beijing.
- Summertime, and the living is easy...
Above-105: March 16, 2009, Beijing.
- Strawberry fields forever...
Above-104: March 16, 2009, Beijing.
- Quik training for Space Shuttle trip
Above-103: March 5, 2009, Beijing.
- Round table sentiments, exactly
Above-102: March 3, 2009, Beijing.
- Today I worked in kitchen backroom
Above-101: February 27, 2009, Beijing. Big Boy!
Above-100: February 25, 2009, Beijing.
- Thank you, DaGe, for this new jacket
Above-99: February 25, 2009, Beijing.
- Let me press that button to restart economy!
Above-98: February 25, 2009, Beijing.
- I want short-term gains and long-term prosperity for all
Above-97: February 18, 2009, Beijing.
- My contemporary dancing style!
Above-96: February 13, 2009, Beijing.
- To be young and tired feels glorious
Above-95: February 11, 2009, Beijing.
- I want butter cookies by New Zealand recipe
Above-94: February 8, 2009, Beijing. Watershow by The BathMan!
Above-93: January 29, 2009, Beijing. Bath simulation in process.
Above-92: January 27, 2009, Beijing. The Bobby Scooter boy.
Above-91: January 26, 2009, Beijing. Gr8! Tubbie Custards!
Above-90: January 25, 2009, Beijing.
- Downloading OrchidPower, do not interrupt
Above-89: January 25, 2009, Beijing.
Teletubbie on the catwalk!
- No, it's me, DanDan, dressed for Ox Year!
Above-88: January 24, 2009, Beijing.
- Birthday! Today I am 13 months old
Above-87: January 22, 2009, Beijing.
- Do you want another one!
Above-86: January 21, 2009, Beijing. My HIPP Cafe.
- One more please!
Above-85: January 19, 2009, Beijing.
- Symmetricals make me sometimes dense!
Above-84: January 19, 2009, Beijing.
- Formula milks and these are my favourite: Piltti, Bona, Gerber, Heinz, but only Hipp Rocks!
Above-83: January 12, 2009, Beijing. Me and Mr Gekko.
Above-82: January 8, 2009, Beijing.
- Soon I learned how to negotiate better terms
Above-81: December 31, 2008, Beijing. The DanDan Show 2009!
Above-80: December 31, 2008, Beijing.
They say my voice will be heard, they said:
- Sir, you have got the advisor role in our decision-making process
My First Year in Beijing City: 2008
MILK, TEETH, CHOPIN
Above-79: December 24, 2008, Beijing.
- My 1-Year Birthday Cake!
Above-78: December, 2008, Beijing.
- Watson water delivery!
Above-77: December 14, 2008, Beijing. Golden Lion Restaurant.
Above-76: December 13, 2008, Beijing.
- Last night I got two more teeth, in all eight tooth now
Above-75: December 12, 2008, Beijing.
- It's Friday! Just nod if you can hear me!
Above-74: December 9, 2008, Beijing.
- Can't you see, this all makes perfect sense!
Above-73: December 9, 2008, Beijing.
- Busy in the kitchen!
Above-72: December 7, 2008, Beijing.
- Boring, there is no question about it!
Above-71: December 5, 2008, Beijing.
- Can you see it!
Above-70: November 24, 2008, Beijing.
- My monthly birthday, today 11 months!
Above-69: November 5, 2008, Beijing.
- Let me help count those Obama-votes!
Above-68: November 1, 2008, Beijing.
- Busy me! What's next!
Above-67: November 1, 2008, Beijing.
Today I go out, swinging!
Above-66: October 25, 2008, Beijing.
A little cry.
Above-65: October 24, 2008, Beijing.
Say something, I take a listen.
Above-64: October 24, 2008, Beijing. My 10-month birthday!
Doctor visit No.7 one vaccine, small cry. Length 76cm, weight 9,840kg.
Above-63: October 21, 2008, Beijing.
To put a long story short...
Above-62: October 21, 2008, Beijing.
Standing up became my daily routine.
Above-61: October 15, 2008, Beijing.
In nine months I managed to get up onto my feet, myself without any help! Above picture is my first time ever I raised up to stand.
Above-60: October 14, 2008, Beijing.
Swinging professional doing slow speed.
Above-59: October 9, 2008, Beijing.
- To the point, indeed
Above-58: September 20, 2008, Beijing.
- Here is what I would say... First of all, what is important is that... to move into new direction... Yes we can. Be the change.
Above-57: September 19, 2008, Beijing. Home sweet home.
Above-56: September, 2008, visiting Borneo, Malaysia.
Speeding around Borneo!
Above-55: September, 2008, visiting Borneo, Malaysia.
My first time ever in swimming pool! Great Fun! More! More!
Above-54: September 7, 2008, visiting Borneo, Malaysia.
Across the South China Sea. Kota Kinabalu at Shangri-La TanJung Aru Resort. Orangutans, here I come!
Above-53: September 2008, Beijing.
I have learned two hand clap!
Above-52: September 4, 2008, Beijing.
Minibath in the morning.
Above-51: September 2, 2008, Beijing.
Eight months nine days, and six teeth!
Above-50: August 31, 2008, Beijing. Outing!
I enjoyed breast-feeding for 8 months. Fun is ending now. Viva Formulas.
Above-49: August 24, 2008, Beijing.
Today is my 8-month birthday! I have speed. Sometimes I repeat the words I hear pretty accurately.
Above-48: August 22, 2008, Beijing.
The DanDanLand. Moment before play.
Above-47: August 20, 2008, Beijing. Recovering from a crash.
Above-46: July 2008, Beijing.
Seven months old, I will conquer the gravity!
Above-45: July 2008, Beijing. Yes, I like milk.
Above-44: July 2008, Beijing.
Doctor visit No.4 was my official maintenance at six months. Strategic data 71cm, 9.280kg. Growth business! Vaccines: double shot with half load crying, third shot to the arm!
Above-43: June 22, 2008, visiting Italy, Rome.
I had my 6-month birthday in Rome. I did as the Romans do, enjoyed: the Colosseum, Spanish steps, Via Veneto, Vatican. Had breast milk in Antico Caffe Greco (1760). Got my first tooth in Rome!
Above-42: June 2008, visiting Italy, Capri.
From Sorrento I took a speed boat to hot island Capri.
Above-41: June 2008, visiting Italy, Sorrento.
Bongiorno! Need a break, come to Sorrento!
This view is from Grand Hotel President.
Above-40: June 2008, airborne, above Siberia, Russian Federation.
Finnair hostesses are quite friendly.
Above-39: June 2008, Beijing.
- To the airport and Rome, please!
Above-38: June 2008, Beijing.
- Bongiorno! I will travel to Italy
Above-37: June 2008, Beijing. Deep thoughts. What is this all about?
Above-36: June 2008, Beijing. There are times I just crash to bed.
Above-35: May 2008, Beijing. My turning point, new perspective.
Above-34: May 2008, Beijing. I enjoy. My life is comfy.
Above-33: April 2008, Beijing. Four months. Toe tasting party.
- Impossible is Nothing! Outz!
Above-32: April 2008, Beijing. Piano.
I listen Chopin in the mornings. I play piano in the evenings, contemporary and modern. I hit a tone and listen it fading. I say NO to perfectionism and YES to Goose Pimples!
Above-31: March 2008, Beijing. I begun to do gyms.
Above-30: March 2008, Beijing.
What would you like to discuss with me?
Above-29: March 2008, Beijing. Three months, learning styles!
Above-28: March 2008, Beijing. I couldn't hold it longer: SMILE!
Above-27: March 2008, Beijing.
At three months of age I visit parks.
- They call me DanDanMian, XiaoTuDou, XiaoMianBao...
Above-26: March 2008, Beijing. Testing. Cool.
Above-25: March 2008, Beijing. Suddenly I noticed these five!
Above-24: March 2008, Beijing. I dreamed about milk & peace.
Above-23: March 2008, Beijing. Dreaming again!
Above-22: February 2008, Beijing. Bath and towel belong to my Top-10.
Above-21: February 2008, Beijing. Life like a colorful game!
Above-20: February 2008, Beijing. Let's get Wild!
Above-19: February 2008, Beijing. Calm as jam.
Above-18: February 2008, Beijing. Then I found these!
Above-17: February 2008, Beijing. Hands-up, Sir!
Above-16: February 2008, Beijing. Hands-up. Milk. Hands-up. Milk...
Above-15: January 2008, Beijing. Hands-up rest is best.
Above-14: January 2008, Beijing. I learned the milk. Short 2-3 hour intervals of it fits me best.
My Birth Week in Beijing City in 2007
WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME
Above-13: December 25, 2007. Beijing. My second day of the life.
Above-12: December 24, 2007. Beijing. My first day of the life.
Above-11: December 24, 2007. Beijing.>br>
Caesarean section process took one hour ten minutes. Mama is already back in her room. Let's roll!
Above-10: December 24, 2007. Beijing. Warming lamps felt good.
Above-9: December 24, 2007. Beijing.
I left my foot stamp beside my mother's mark. Now I am official and under warming lamps. In a few minutes I reach 36C, then we go to see Mama.
Above-8: December 24, 2007. My strategic data here 51cm, 3.570kg.
Above-7: December 24, 2007. Beijing.
Sealing of my umbilical cord which fed me just a moment before. Tube work and making of my belly button. I got one injection. Now I prefer milk.
Above-6: December 24, 2007 at 9.22AM Beijing local time.
Doctor: "It's a man!"
Hear my high-C! THANKS to the team! THANK you Mama! Hello Papa!
Above-5: December 24, 2007. Beijing.
Here I come - Model Citizen DanDan! I will perform my high-C after my nose and throat are cleared:)
Above-4: December 24, 2007. Beijing.
They prepared Mama well! Thick tubes are oxygen tubes, for me through Mama. I can hear it, they are coming! Caesarean section, minimum cut, based on my head size.
Above-3: December 24, 2007 at 8:55AM. We go to the sterile region!
Above-2: September 2007, Beijing.
That's me, DanDan. This is one of the very first pictures of me.
- Wow, ultrasound tickles!
Above-1: December 2007, Beijing.
That's my Mama! Soon I am ready to come out.
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