Say

I love John Mayer! He always has the right lyrics that seem to fit a moment. He can make words connect into happy little melodies that make me want to hum with the birds and buzz with the bees. Alot of artists can do this actually, but John Mayer gets credit for now because he makes me swoooon.

Say

Take all of your wasted honor
Every little past frustration
Take all your so called problems
Better put 'em in quotations

Say what you need to say

Walking like a one man army
Fighting with the shadows in your head
Living out the same old moment
Knowing you'd be better off instead

If you could only
Say what you need to say

Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for giving over
You better know that in the end
It's better to say too much
Then never to say what you need to say again

Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open

Say what you need to say

Sexxx and Cyberport

On yesterday's Tuesday afternoon, two floor mates and I decided to watch a movie at Cyberport. It is a IT-themed infrastructure hub area on my side of the island. The architecture is very futuristic looking. I think I saw the Jetsons at the post office there. According to good ol Wikipedia, the design and area is suppose to attract quality IT companies to "help make Hong Kong the digital city of the Asia-Pacific region." Amazingly though, the area is quite isolated. I would think such a cool looking place would be filled with people! I mean, everywhere else in Hong Kong is packed with people. I guess it's because there aren't any retail shopping stores...Anyway, we watched a HK produced tragic romantic film called "Butterfly Lovers."

We were going to watch "Painted Skin" instead, but the trailer for Butterfly Lovers looked much more appealing. Plus, I was leaning towards a cantonese language movie since I am eager to improve my cantonese! Turns out, we regretted the choice as soon as the first 25 minutes passed. OH MY GOSH. I never felt such fake romance. They had famous actors in the movie, but the director and production of it all was just too over-the-top for me. Charlene Choi, one of the Twins, had such a fake and bubbly personality that just didn't fit the period of the movie. I don't even want to go on and list everything that was bad about the movie. The only justification for my staying in the movie was that entertainment in HK generally lacks quality--so I pretty much asked for the disappointment when I chose to see this. I swear I looked for reviews, but since it's a new movie, I couldn't find any.

I still haven't made my huge blog about my stay here, but for now, I will just try to update on what has been going on. If I don't ever write anything at all and just waited until I wanted to write one big one, I don't think I'd ever get to it. So, writing little blogs now will keep the ball rolling.

Dum dee dum dee doooo. Cultural moment of the day (though not a big one)! I sometimes walk around or wash my fash with my towel wrapped around my head for my wet hair. It's fair to say that girls do this. Well, when I was in the restroom washing my face with my towel on my head, a girl came in and exclaimed a surprised,"OH!" She then spoke in cantonese saying,"Wow, how interesting! Why do you do that?" I told her why and she said I'd have to teach her how to wrap the towel around her head sometime.

I have cultural moments almost everyday. I should keep note of them because they remind me that I am an alien here. Yesterday, a floor mate asked if I have ever watched pornography. I told her I've only seen porn in a motel because that was all that was available on TV. She widened her eyes and said,"Really? I thought you'd be the type who watched porn all the time!" Oh well, I wasn't offended. They thought I arrived to Hong Kong single and ready to mingle with 100 ex-boyfriends from the past. A100 (status equivalent to Available with 100 ex's). She wasn't as surprised as me though! Here is a girl who is a virgin and who has not had one boyfriend. She thinks that having pubic hair would decrease the friction of penis penetration during sexual intercourse, thus less "pain" would be inflicted upon the female. WHAAAAAT!?!?!?!!? Oh, that's another topic to be talked about. Sex education in Hong Kong is very poor. Well anyway, before I diverge any farther, let me go back to her interest in pornography. So I asked her if she watched porn, and she said she did. I asked,"Why do you watch porn?" (That's a fair question to ask in this scenario. It is given that people usually watch pornography for pleasure, but in this case, I highly doubt that.) She said it was for fun and for interest. If someone is bored, why not watch it? That sparked another question...if she was interested, wouldn't that mean she was sexually curious? This fascinated me--the thought of a innocent HK girl being sexually curious with porn and yet so oblivious to the idea of sex. So I then asked her,"So do you get horny at all when you watch porn?" The answer was,"Of course not!" You would think she were lying, but I don't think she was. It's funny. She started talking about how crazy Japanese porn was. She suggested that we should watch porn together when there was some free time...like as if it is just a tv show I'd normally watch plopped on the couch with a friend.

Wow.

Cooties link

Here's a video a friend showed me that I really enjoyed. It's a spoof on cooties.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6ylxWcwkUM

How'd I get here?!

HelloOoo!! Wow wow wow. I haven't updated since February? So not a surprise. Well, since the last time I blogged, so much has happened. Too much. I really wish I wrote an entry at least every week. I am now in Hong Kong and another chapter of my life has already begun. From February until August, I was in the states finishing my second year at UCI. I was finally picking myself up from the academic screw ups I made freshman year in the dorms staying up all night doing who knows what! I feel that I was able to accomplish most of the things I wanted to at that point of my life. I built a foundation of friends in a place away from my family and normal group of friends that I grew in my adolescent days with. I have gained a broader sense of things and have learned about my surroundings. I know what kind of people I want to be around, and I know what kind of person I should be.

Reflecting back, I really have lived quite a life. Sure, it's not so glamourous compared to Paris Hilton and the Brangelina family but I loved every part of it. Of course everyone has their downer moments but it really is true that the bad memories aren't even remembered! I know for sure that there were so many times where I just wanted to cry from stress and the "big" problems at the moment--but as they pass over, I only remember the triumph of getting over those anxiety ridden days.

So, this is me. Standing unsteadily once again, learning more about myself at the point of being 20 years old. No longer a teen! Two years has gone by since I graduated college. Wow. I think I lived pretty comfortably. I was never too far from home and even living in an apartment was still comfortable. I was only 45 minutes away from my hometown and I didn't even know how to cook. I went home every weekend to spend time with family and friends, and my grandma cooked my meals to bring back to the apartment. Ahh, the good life!

Here I am though, another point in my life where I am going to live many experiences and learn many lessons. This year will be one of my prime years I am assuming! In high school, I was excited to start college and when I entered college and experienced that part of it, I was eager for more. My goal, even before being admitted to college, was to study abroad. Diana Tran was my source of inspiration! She was abroad in Spain for a year and I just thought that was totally awesome. I knew that I wanted to do it! Soooo yeah I'm here studying abroad in Hong Kong. It's totally different and out of my comfort zone to say the least. Different lifestyle, different friends, different food, culture, school, and different identity (I am very excited to pick up my HKID by the way!!). I did it! I'm going to pat myself on the back and be proud that I really went through it. And then when I'm done, I'm going to give myself an even bigger pat on the back for finishing the experience. Shiettttt.

I didn't expect to write what I'm writing about, but when I started to type, I just started looking back. I wanted to just talk about how it's been since I got here in Hong Kong...but I guess i wanted to stop and look back at how I got here. After all, this is my blog. Years from now, I'll look here and say, "Mm, I remember this. This was a good moment for me. Amidst the many midterms and the huge paper I haven't started on, it was a good moment."

Ok, good moment's over. I planned on blogging about Hong Kong and I didn't. Reality hits--it's 5 PM, Monday, and my research paper on a topic I have no interest in is due in 6 days. Once again, I fail. I am too sleepy to write more because writing about Hong Kong will be uber long. Sigh. Nap time.