Shanghai Surprise
(Blonde Redhead - 23)

You never know what you'll find in foreign lands. I found this on Absolutely Fobulous.

Great conversation piece...as is evident from the following...

Khiem: I wish I found this before you guys got married...I would've got this for you as a wedding gift!

Friend: she's on travel but I suppose i can still use it for personal use
jeez...4-6 weeks delivery. patience is a virtue...how ironic

Khiem: well before you couldn't wait to lose your virginity...now you have to wait to get it back...sounds fair to me.

Friend: i don't actually understand what you're supposed to do with this thing

Khiem: I'd like to help you out there
but it's a bit graphic for this time of day

Friend: the thing looks like a rorshach ink tests or something
i think i see fallopian tubes

Khiem: you are really examining this thing aren't you?

Friend: i've saved it to my desktop
why do you ask?

Khiem: why stop there...this would be great on a christmas card
I couldn't look at it for more than 5 sec

Friend: hey, great idea. my wedding thank you cards are still on the 'to do' list

Khiem: awesome...nothing says thank you like a hymen

Friend: correction, nothing says thank you like a broken hymen
this is interesting. did you click the link the company site?
it says the package contains 2 x artificial hymen
obviously, we know why you would need 1
but the second one seems, i dunno, superfluous

Khiem: in these parts of the world...you might have 2 wives

Friend: we can split the costs..in?
$15, that's a fair price

Khiem: just becareful cutting the package in half...I want my hymen intact

Friend: damn, too bad you didn't find this thing earlier. we just missed halloween

Khiem: it's never too late for a costume party
you could go as a virgin magnet or a de-virginizer and just have a few of those sewn on your shirt

Friend: costume party? i was going to drop it in the kids' loot bag
that was too much. i don't feel good about that last joke

Khiem: the kids are much more mature these days
if you decide to get this...just make sure the wife is not using it when she goes horseback riding
I hear you can lose it that way
or riding a tractor

Friend: you are right:
Main causes of hymen tore or break:

* Strenuous exercise (Gymnastics, sports, martial art, horse riding, etc)
* Premarital Sex
* Childhood accident (Hard object)
* Wearing a tampon for the first tim
from the website

Khiem: you really thought I was making that up?
I'm not the boy that cried broken hymen

Friend: loved that story, can't wait for them to make the movie

Khiem: they're rating PG-13
like I said...kids are much more mature these days

Friend: the product description for this thing is fascinating
there are so many spelling mistakes
and the grammar...my goodness
my favourite line: The artificial hymen will melt inside the vagina so will not fall out

Khiem: at least it doesn't say "it melts in your mouth, not in your hands"

Friend: Hymen-M's

Khiem: Wow...we might be taking this too far...

Friend: That boat passed awhile back.

Khiem: The little man in the boat passed awhile back.

Halloween Pictures
(Monster Mash)

So I'm up at 4 am in HK. Jet lag still hasn't subsided. Here are some picture from the Halloween party.





The rest of the picture can be seen here...

i am stanadian

faster than we thought we'd go
(Smashing Pumpkins - 1979)

This song always reminds me of driving around the neighborhood during my teenage years with the window down, the music blasting and my head stuck out the window. That's the key to a great song. It captures a period in time and brings back waves of memories you would have never remembered on your own.

So I'm back in the Honger. I mean Hong Kong. Day 1 of 25. It's gonna be a long month for me. This will be the longest I've been away from my family and friends since the early 2000's when I moved to Virginia to live with uncle. Luckily Sonia is flying down to visit in 9 days. Something to look forward to. I do have some friends in the area as well so it'll be nice to catch up with them.

Saturday was the Halloween party and SD and I dressed up as Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon. I'll have to upload those pictures some time in the next week. Was a fun party but definitely felt rushed since I had to wake up the next morning and pack to leave. I really need to learn to cherish those times a little more. Live in the moment and not the future so much. I don't mind living in the past so much since reflection never hurt anyone. That is as long as you don't reflect and regret so much.

Sunday I got on the plane and bumped into Irene. She's here for work as well and she does this trip every other month she says. Is this the trend of our generation or is this just a trend within my circle of friends? It seems we're all jetsetting all over the world for work. I don't remember my parents ever traveling for work. Then again, they were never in technology/business. They were also married with children at a much younger age. My generation is all about career first, family second.

So if you're ever on a plane full of old Chinese people, try not to freak out at the really odd behaviour and poor manners. This one old guy kept leaning up and rubbing his groin against my shoulder as he got things out of the overhead compartments. He did this about 5 times during the flight and not once did he say "excuse me". There was also this lady in one of those face masks who kept getting up in the aisle near my seat and doing stretches for 10 minutes at a time. I'm sorry lady, it's not a pilates class. When we landed, I think I opened the door for at least 5 people at the airport and hotel and not a single thank you. Such a culture shock for me but I'm learning to deal with it one awkward moment at a time.

I just hit the 7/11 here to stock up on snacks and supplies. There's a 7/11 on every corner and they're very convenient. Especially convenient for a jetlagged North American who just woke up from a 5 hr nap in the evening. The terriyaki chicken with cucumbers and instant noodles definitely hit the spot. Now time to do some reading and back to sleep so I can be semi-conscious in front of the client tomorrow.

Good afternoon N. America.