First Surgery

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Hanging out with my own kind is always a bless. Thanks for bearing with my bad ears, Matt. I just can't hear things properly tonight. Lol, but I did catch every little details of your eye-opening Shanghai's Expo trip for sure. Ironic enough to be reassured of how "civilized" Chinese has got after nourishing in their poisoning culture, I have officially claimed Chinese to be the man kind cockroach. Can you believe that kids can wee-wee anywhere in the Expo, and see as an ordinary thing?! Chinese citizens shit on the street?! Wheeling around walking pedestrians like they are moving road blocks? An Italian restaurant manager calls a group of "blind" Chinese customers " lower men" when they refuse to pay with cash instead of credit card, while a clear sign indicates "Cash Only" at the entrance? I ask Matt, "Were you ashamed to be Chinese at the moment you witnessed the whole scene?" And he looks down and nods his head. Without self-realization, self-reflection, and self-commitment, crawling up of the modern Chinese Dynasty is the nightmare to the world. The man kind cockroach will spread very corner of the world very quickly. Their eye sight is so poor when they rarely look with their eyes, not realizing how disgusting their existence is. Anyway.

Seeing Yvette was the highlight of the entire evening. Thanks for chilling with us after a tiring day. High 5! I wish you the best of luck at school and work ;)

Yesterday was my first day working on the make-over of Foot Specialist's website. Sitting on a chair for 5 hours straight is a killer move for an ever- moving monkey. Tho, it's a great practice to concentrate my brain on one thing. I have no doubt how much I like being original. Nothing is better than being paid to be creative. Each opportunity like this is a gift from God (If God is not dead) I wish more will come to my way.

I am proud to announce - No More Alcohol In My Life. Drinking is like slamming on the gas pedal to accelerate the death of my liver. This is the least I could do to stay in advertising in the long run (if I could ever get into this business) After all, health, family and creativity are my top priorities. *Fingers crossed I hope everything will be all right. No news is good news.

Moon Festival Hot Pot

We came together to celebrate the belated Moon Festival tonight. There were no moon cakes, nor lanterns, nor candles. But the night was filled with laughter, care, and love. Nothing is better than surrounded by great food and beloved ones. Okay, I know hot pot is not so eco-friendly, but this is what Hong Kongness love to do. It explains why each Hong Kong citizen is guilty for producing so much greenhouse gases each year, hehe.

It was my first time in more than a decade to celebrate Moon Festival in Hong Kong. Not so much moon cakes were munched though. My mom used to buy me a lantern each year when I was small. I remember I had always wanted a traditional paper rabbit lantern (Mama, don't get me wrong. I still love the lanterns you bought me! I was too shy to tell you what I wanted) Yesterday night my childhood dream came true; my elementary classmate went to get rabbit lanterns for the 5 of us! Yawning was non-stopped after work for everyone, but we had a good time lighting lanterns and candles in a neighborhood park.

Looking at my rabbit lantern, I wonder if Gloria, one of my mates, is true about the tradition of lanterns. These paper rabbit lanterns were hand-crafted in paper-offerings shops.What is a paper-offerings shop? Super suspicious Chinese believe that their ancestors can have a joyful after-life in hell if they burn paper-made items to them. This is what paper-offerings shops do. You name it, they tailor-make it. The hottest item is Ferrari now. Anyway. An owner of a paper-offerings shop claims that lit a lantern can bring you good luck. But no lanterns should be kept once it's been lighted. Thinking of this makes me shiver.

The first thing to do in the morning is placing it in a garbage bin. Sorry, rabbit!

Cha-Cha-Cha

I never knew dancing is my passion until I had my first ballroom class today. Learning the basic steps of jive and cha-cha already got my blood pumped up. But my feet are not in love with my new 3 inch dancing shoes. It was so much fun to sink in and move the body with music. I was nervous when I hit the dance floor with Ronnie, my dance teacher, later that night. It was wonderful to dance with other dance teachers as well, thanks to my dance buddies Betty and Betsy. Despite the dancing, yummy food and nice wine were served all night long. I anticipate to dance smoothly on the dance floor very soon.

First T1

What a surprise when the Typhoon sign appears on the television! I complete forgot September is the typhoon season still. According to Chinese calendar, we are still in August (I don't know how Chinese people get this) so more tropical storms will visit this city until November. This sounds crazy, but I actually anticipate for the typhoon to pummel! It has been two years since I experienced the last typhoon. This is getting exciting.

Two movies upset me very much in the last two days. They are both fantastic movies. The Secret In Their Eyes is romantically sad. Every character is too stubborn to let go of the things they care the most. And all of them cannot change the things that are out of their control. Life is full of unfairness. Although it was a happy ending at the end, but the process before leading to the end was not delightful at all. In fact, my heart felt like it was clutched by an invisible hand very very tightly. Same happened after watching The Stool Pigeon. Within 129 minutes, both movies revealed the dirty side of humanity.

First Week in Hong Kong

Being in Hong Kong is surreal. I know I should not feel this, but I truly miss Toronto. Too many knots are tied to the GTA. Falling in love with Hong Kong seems more difficult than anything at this moment. Though it has only been a week, but I feel like I have lived in Hong Kong forever. At the same time, something is not right. Disconnection with this place has only grown stronger. Sometimes I feel so lonely that I weep before going to bed. I don't know when this loneliness will go away, hopefully it will vanish once I start my plan :(

Long time no see, St. Michael's pals!

It was wonderful to see my Hong Kong elementary schoolmates. Some of them had never interacted with me before tonight. What an excellent opportunity to know them again! The dinner gathering took place in a Korean restaurant located in Causeway Bay. Serving with fabulous Korean food, you can enjoy the nightscape of Kowloon right across Victoria Bay through the windows.

One interesting insight is that none of them are active Facebook users. Compare to the popularity in North America, Facebook does not play an important role to mid-twenty Hong Kongness. Indeed, they do not know why they don't use it much. Is it because of busy work life? Distance between people are not far? No need to interact online when meeting up is so easy? Friends are not all over the world? This is worth the time to dig in.

Majority of people might not realize that Advertising is actually a profession. I was chatting wtih my security guard on my way back home, hoping to grasp Hong Kong localist's general ponit of view towards Advertising. I realize that most people miss the piece of knowledge of how much talents it requires to support the field. I would say Hong Kongness only recognize the creative aspect of Advertising, but not so much of research and marketing. Perphas this happens not only in Hong Kong, but every place in the globe as well. Too little knowledge about Advertising; too little appreciation to the industry.

Second Day in Hong Kong

Believe it or not, Hong Kong is really strange to me now. Home sweet home? No way. This is not my home anymore.

Once upon a time, Hong Kong and I had such a strong connection. I begged to stay without going away. Now this Congrete Forest only makes me breathless with the sky height congrete walls.

Way too many things are different than Canada. Hong Kongness never wait for passengers to get off the subway before they rush in; plastic surgery is the new hip for boys and girls; bone skinny is still too fat.

I need time to get used to this "new" environment. It's not going to be easy, I can only give my best shot.

HONG KONG

How should I say it? HELLO HK ;) !!!

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long time no see, blogger ;)