62 year old Guangzhou man is New York City's Sad Panda

Since around March this year, a sad-looking panda has been spotted roaming the streets of New York City — on the subway, in Times Square, at various parks and around Wall Street's bull statue. Over the next few months, the Sad Panda has intrigued and fascinated New Yorkers — his short disappearance on Wall Street led a few concerned individuals to put up a missing notice, and his great makeover as Spongebob Squarepants did not go unnoticed. Turns out this Sad Panda is a 62 year old man from Guangzhou, Chen Jialing, who has now lived in the United States for many years. He confides in journalism student Michelle Tay the story of how he became Sad Panda after being forced to leave his former restaurant job. Read all about Sad Panda on Gothamist here, here, here, here, here, here and here Can't see the above video? Time to whip out your credit card and buy yourself a VPN!


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Can we chip in to buy this man a Haibao costume for Expo 2010?

He's adorable! I want him standing in my house, lending a sense of ennui to every moment of my life.

Wow. A lot of this leads me to suspect that I've had a run in with him before, when a Spongebob was shoved down in the middle of the streets of Times Square. Same tip bag and we gathered he was a very elderly man when we tried to help him up. http://tofunator.xanga.com/698638131/getting-fobbier/
(story's not complete in that entry unfortunately)

Does he ever make appearances in Times Square?

Wow, your Spongebob was definitely the same guy. Poor chap.

I'm with thedustyrebel on that one. Apart from the same observations of the make of the costume, Mr Chen told me he's tried going to Times Square but found there were "too many people in Spongebob suits". So it could be ANYONE. And from the resilient nature I can sense of Mr Chen, he wouldn't be sobbing. Kenneth: Not him LAH ;)

Oh my god... reading that just made my heart break.

I don't think it was the same guy. First off, your Sponge Bob had a plush costume. Sad Panda as Sponge Bob has a polyester type costume. Also, Sad Panda is only found downtown in the Financial District.

In my mind I squeeze one off on the left cheek,
say please, while mm watches in glee and rubbing one like it's a disease.

say sad panda, won't you crash my honda?
he replied nada, like lydia,
whores of media, no needia. Tog dawg, She's E.L.A.I.N.E and she's says she feeling me, I rather you be mudering me than smoking me, or smoking me rather than holding me, I know no one feeling me.
But I'm fingering, lingering and shimmering you is like fingering, her butt, hurt,hertz for lows and itching for blow, I let go my load!

nasty nasty bad panda.

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