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Birthday
• 1983-08-05
Gender
• Male
Location
• Vancouver, BC
Member Since
• 2003-08-02
Occupation
• Writer; Part-Time Hero
Real Name
• James

Personal

Achievements
• Visiting eight different myO friends in person thus far
Anime Fan Since
• Winter 2001
Favorite Anime
• Neon Genesis Evangelion, .hack//SIGN, Naruto, Bleach, Beck, Peacemaker Kurogane, Ranma 1/2 (the guilty pleasure)
Goals
• Visit the myO friends I've missed thus far; complete a cosplay from 300
Hobbies
• Writing, Gaming, Kung Fu, Movies, Acting somewhat strange in general
Talents
• Can recognise most quotes from almost any movie/show on first listen; Can recite the entire 12 days of Christmas by memory

myOtaku.com: SomeGuy

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Quick recap of Hong Kong
Man, it's funny. It really seems like I'm mission-critical at work these days. The past two weeks was changeover at work (we're shifting into Christmas mode) and I wasn't there to help out . . . neither was "Boromir", who has been on vacation as well. Heh, the whole of New Westminster has been screwing over that store! But yeah, even before I landed back in Vancouver my supervisor called my house to see if I was back yet and ready to work . . . which I wasn't . . . . . and since Friday I've been working long hours since. Funny, huh?

I guess this is what happens when "Boromir" tends to be less picky about the employees he hires . . . yeah, that's right Boromir, I'm talkin' to you if you're reading this. You hired a few good humps, dude.

Let's not worry about that now, though. Let's talk about Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a freakin' cool city and I'm sad I didn't get more time to play around there. Just as the Indian-Canadian comic says, they ALL know English over there which made a lot of times much easier than they might have been otherwise. Lotsa English on the signs, all PA announcements are bi-lingual, and escalators go your direction on the left . . . well, that's just something that kept messing me up, no biggie.

But yeah, got there with my dad, we ate some more dim sum (we did that a lot this trip), met up with my sifu and another guy from the club . . . it was good. Heh, afore-mentioned guy from the club was apparently very much looking forward to my arrival since he'd have someone to chill with.

And chill we did! We walked around some shopping districts, had a drink at the "foreign people district", rode the tram back and forth a lot (the tram rules! Ride for as long as you need to for just $2hkd!), and saw a bunch of posters for "Gedo Senki". Another day we went up to "The Peak" with my dad, saw some amazing sights from the top of Hong Kong Island, had a picture taken with a wax statue of Jackie Chan . . .

Oh yeah! The Avenue of Stars! Think Hong Kong version of Hollywood Walk of Fame that also includes handprints that's along the waterfront. Cool stuff . . . heh, a ton of actors and actresses I'd never heard of before, but eventually they got a little more contemporary. So for me, I took pictures of the stars of (including my foot):
Raymond Chow, Bruce Lee (no handprints for obvious reasons), Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, John Woo, Yuen Wo Ping, Tsui Hark, Chow Yun Fat (no handprints yet), Andy Lau, Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui (also no handprints, same reason as Bruce Lee), Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, and Stephen Chow (two pictures because I needed to get a v-sign hand in there with it . . . he needs to get his ass down here to put his hands in the cement too!). There's also a statue of Bruce Lee doing a fighting pose. I took a picture with it in the same pose (among other things) . . . definitely a cool place to be; it also has little info kiosks that tell you about different eras of Hong Kong (or Chinese) cinema and stuff. I didn't read enough of 'em, sadly . . .

Oh yeah, up on The Peak they also have a "Bubba Gump Shrimp Company" restaurant. Yeah, THAT Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. We didn't eat there, but I bet it would've been fun . . . . . I did buy a shot glass and a ping-pong racket for my brother, though (got a picture on the Forrest Gump bench, too).

So yeah, Hong Kong's a cool place. Lots of history for such a relatively newer place compared to mainland China, but with clearer skies, "Do not smoke" signs, brilliantly delicious tea with milk, and pineapple buns with butter inside them (boloyao is unhealthy love). I'd love to go back again some time . . . who's coming with me?

In other news, I have my photo album from Zhengzhou, China up on my photobucket (it's the city that hosted the kung-fu competition). A quick guide: white jacket = Canada, blue = America, yellow/green = Australia. Enjoy the pics, the Silent Hill fog, the monks, the martial artists pretending to be monks, the martial artists, the Engrish(!!!), and the insanity of it all:

http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/emonkataren/Zhengzhou%202006/

In local news, I bought "Justice League Heroes" which doesn't seem too bad, I'm working this afternoon, and I sent in a Halloween story to theO for that contest though it'l probably get axed for being too long (I'll post it here if that's the case).

I'm done now. Cheers! More of the trip later!
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