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i just wrote this whole entry and then stupid explorer exploded and took it with it. god damn piece of shit microsoft application crapola.


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first things first - two members from my favoritist band EVER (www.afireinside.net) is working on an electronica-inspired side project and has just laid some tracks. i'm listerning to one now and i know i'm slightly off-balance groupie person, but i really like it. go take a listen and support your local artists.


http://www.myspace.com/blaqkaudio


still in hong kong. will probably be here for another 2-3 weeks. talk about overstaying my welcome!!!! i know i'm the baby cousin and all, but a housguest for a record 4-5 weeks can't be fun for everyone. my cousin and his wife have been more than awesome. they prolly don't give a shit that i'm still here, but i do... it's kinda like the favor system that puzo writes about in the godfather (if you haven't read it, do so). i do all the taking now - crashing at their pad, getting floated constantly for meals and entertainment - and in some way it will come back to them via my parents in some way.


my sister just left after staying for a bit over a week here in hk with me. she was in india and nepal, and stopped over for a bit of civilization. it was an interesting anthroplogical study to see how we each dealt with the situation - i think i learned a lot about how our roles in life enmeshed and determined a lot of our own development as people. on one hand, she knows the hk family branch much better than i and understand decades more cantonese than i do. eons. lightyears. my vocab consists of random foods and a smattering of baby talk - 'close the door,' 'brush teeth,' 'take off shoes,' 'shower,' and, 'where's your dad?' knowing that, it was still very interesting to see how i reacted when i first arrived (very tentative, polite in an over-compensating sort of way which only functions to make everyone else uncomfortable), and how she dealt with it (authoritative, older-sister style, reassuring to everyone). a nice stroll down the path of internal observation.


the weather has gotten warm again, and humid. it was unexpectedly cool last week, so my sister and i were wearing random assortments of clothing we'd happen to have with us plus my cousin's sweatshirts. true to hk stereotypes, i'm about my cousin's size. he's a boy (oops, i guess a man since he's like in his thirties). his wife is literally the size of what i think i might have been in the fifth grade. i'm not exaggerating. she wears a size 4 shoe. no borrowing anything from her wardrobe! i'm lucky i brought 2 pairs of jeans with me - i'd be hatin life right now if i hadn't. i guess we're typical ABCs - tall with some bigass feet. altho on the subway you do see some tall-ass people so i guess times are a-changin. ever so slowly.

contemplating seeking work in hong kong. it's the civilized version of asia - people actually walk around you or apologize if they bump you, there is a general level of hygiene, and wonderful stores like kiehls and city super (organic bath products in china. can you stand it?) and artsy-fartsy areas exist where you can check out local designers and artists. love love love. i've already bought some clothes made by local designers. mainland china has its perks - you can live so very nicely on very little cash - plus i have some good people there. best friend and on down, actually. and i actually miss my yoga studio, as stupid as that sounds. but there's that wildness to it, that so very blatant unfamiliarity everywhere. you never know if you're getting what you want - a facial, a cosmo, some shoes - or if it's some chemical-ridden fake that's going to burn off your face or fall apart on the street or make you suddenly lose your eyesight or something.


i'll shut up now. managed to download a couple of photos for your enjoyment.



my cousin angel, my other cousin's wife biann, my sister, me. i think we'd just eaten some enormous meal because we're grinning like imbeciles. well, we tend to eat enormous meals with regularity, anyway.

ck and me, obviously the same night. i think we're in mong kok.

this one is actually in vietnam, before i arrived in hk. cyn and me after our rock-climbing day trip. have you ever seen a grown woman engage in multiple full-body pull ups in order to avoid embarrassing herself on some stupid rock? well, i embarrassed myself anyway.