i've got a massive headache: I HEART HONG KONG!

I have been isolated from the rest of society for too long. For those of you who think
that capitalism is such bad thing, may i invite you to spend 6 months in the futher reaches of the Pearl River in Canton.

When i was asked to sit in for the IPO meeting in Hong Kong, my eyes glowed with the
same excited, fanatical evil that a child rapist has upon being invited to a Macdonald's kiddie party. I NEEDED HONG KONG. I MUST HAVE HONG KONG!

3 hours and one rocky train ride later, I found myself soaking up a capitalist's heaven in Wan Chai. Ooooh, the cold air-conditioning, THE SMELL OF REAL PERFUME IN THE AIR, REAL WORLD FOOD, oooooh, the books! A REAL BOOKSTORE WITH *gasp* ENGLISH BOOKS!

And the brands!! The L'occitaines, the Bang and Olufsen, the Guess, the Zara, the Calvin Kleins, the The Body Shops. GIRLS WHO DRESS DECENTLY (which is to say, indecently to some of you, but i'm not much of a moralist). Just 5 minutes in Wan Chai and my head is spinning from a high that so far only skunk can deliver.

Throwing economic caution to the wind, i fished out the dollars and shopped like a woman. Believe me. After months of looking at shit consumer goods at Guangzhou's Tian He district, i feel literally, like the proverbial kid in a candy shop.

My soul was healed merely by the look and touch of designer furniture. My olfactory receptors have come back to life again with the subtle hint of sexy perfume and teased by savoury smells of a skillful baker at the cafe.

I look forward to heading back to China again with as much gleeful anticipation as eating a bowl of cockroaches. Laced with snake bile.

But now i'm back in the harsh reality of Canton with nothing but pictures of dear old Hong Kong. I must, must get out of this country again, i promised myself a trip to either Tokyo or Seoul and I must go again. Working in a place like this, it is so important to leave for a REAL CITY at least once a month or risk going berserk.

AND FOR THE LAST TIME, HONG KONG IS NOT LIKE SINGAPORE! So things are expensive there, boo-fucking-hoo, so they have the same shopping stuff as us. Then stay home and not leave changi airport ever! hong kong has culture, identity and a history that is as rich as china's. they even have a national language! they have enough guts to express themselves and geez, what will our oriental lives be without TVB? Does singapore have any of these? nOooOoOooo.......so stop saying "it's like singapore" cause i'm sure the hongkies would be very insulted. (and if not for the disturbing fact that they're technically run by Beijing, i would be very happy to move there)

Here are some pictures of Hong Kong. But don't just look at them. Go to Hong Kong. Go now. Pick up your phone book your favourite air line and just go.