How the skyline has changed! (Patreon)

I was asked by some subscribers and friends to do the “10 year challenge”, suffice it to say I never take part in these internet fads but I'd had a few beers and went back into some old photos and was able to find a picture that was technically 10 1/2 years old and posted it to instagram. I obviously didn’t pay attention to the challenge since you’re supposed to post a recent photo too but whatever, thing is a lot of people were commenting on the skyline behind me and how much it has changed over the past 10 years and they’re absolutely correct, these days in 2019 the skyline is far more populated and so here’s a picture of what it looks like from more or less the same position albeit at night, I took this picture from the top of my old apartment building that I lived in from around dec 2006 till late 2011

It is pretty incredible just how much the city has changed but as I’ve mentioned time and time again, these changes come at a huge cost, not only do areas disappear overnight (seriously, if the government wants to build something new, they come in, kick people out and start demolitions shortly afterwards as seen in my “They’re DESTROYING my city” video: 

https://youtu.be/VV4jPPEUcMo

But there is a psychological element to it as well, the constant change and construction is not only loud and annoying, but also stressful as you can’t ever feel like things are done and settled, as soon as a road is finally free of construction trucks and barriers, another one gets torn up and then a month later the road that was finally completed gets torn up again, it’s a never ending cycle that also results in your favourite restaurant that was there two weeks ago suddenly closing and when you go out for dinner it’s shut down and empty. It really does a number on you as I love to revisit places that I used to frequent in the past and I can with a lot of certainty say that between 85 and 95% of the places I loved going to 10 years ago no longer exist.

An update is that C-milk and I have booked our tickets to Vietnam and that will be happening soon (I can’t give exact dates as there are people who would try and sabotage us) but suffice it to say that it’s going to happen soon and we both can’t wait for the new adventure and more importantly to bring something a little different yet familiar to you all, not only on ADVChina but on our respective channels as well.

This week’s video is going to be rather different and fun so stay tuned and 

- Stay Awesome

SerpentZA