LONDON CALLING

i had decided to go to london instead of beijing after nami noticed how unhappy i was about going back to asia. strange that she had to point it out to me, suppose i've adjusted to seeing the future as already determined. since coming back to swat, i've increasingly felt this sense of resignation. hong kong was exciting, but not quite what i was looking for or expecting. the city really made me realize how existence is constructed by time and place, or just forces that you have no control over. which isn't to say meaning cannot be made of experiences and that there is no purpose to live. but. i'm definitely having trouble keeping myself going these days.

also ants have invaded our room and i keep feeling them on my arms and hands even though there aren't any there.

REmember

so i'm no longer in hong kong as one might think from the last entry. this week is my third at swarthmore and it's only begun to dawn on me (for the third time) that there are really only like three places to go. it sux. but anyways i'd been slowly and intermittently processing this summer in hong kong and after reading midnight's children in my literatures of globalization seminar, i thought i might do some remembering and finally publish this post.

top five fav. things to do in hk:
1. taking the tram across hk island while drinking sake
2. overlooking the beaches of stanley market
3. seeing the skyline from the peak
4. shopping at festival walk
5. eating condensed milk toast in mongkok

top five fav. things to do in ny:
1. eating ice cream outside the chinatown ice cream factory
2. picnicing in central park by the bethesda fountain
3. seeing the whale at the museum of natural history
4. going to shows
5. walking around the west village

between hk and swat, i had four days in nyc and got to spend time with chichi and xing and nami.

the whale!



the elevated acre!