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he filmed parts of as tears go by at this restaurant in yau ma tei, kowloon. yesterday, uncle, frankie, and i passed by it after seeing a film. the interior has these pretty tile patterns.



uncle and i then met with auntie alisa, my mom's younger sister. we talked for a few hours at a coffee place in times square, a mall at causeway bay (hk island). of all the places to shop, i think i like causeway bay best b/c there's a mix of malls and street stores. some of the streets are really narrow, but the buildings run pretty high up so the space feels small and tall at the same time.

today i had lunch with my mom's cousin? who is head of research at the hk film archive. she was really kind and offered to set up an informal position for me in her department since their intern from england didn't come through. i mentioned my difficulty with cantonese and she said that it was better than she had expected, which i'm going to take as a positive remark. she's giving me a week to figure out potential topics for my research. there are many swimming in my mind, but it's become a matter of really narrowing it down. BEING SELF-DISCIPLINED IS HARD.

after dinner i went to my first library in hk!!! at central. it closes at NINE PM. and is kinda hideous. i tried reading for a bit but i kept being distracted by people. i thought that with all the places to see, all the people to observe, i would forget that i was away from friends and alone, but it's only made me more lonely because there's no one to share it all with. the more i think about how much i'd like to meet someone like me, the more i doubt people's interest in different things. i don't like feeling this. it just makes me feel sad. also it's strange to feel other without looking other. also i have never felt so voluptuous in my life. I MISS HAVING FRIENDS :c