tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23001500692785426992024-03-13T12:56:43.079-07:00Kimchi and Spice and Everything Nicejetfleacityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03602900046058249027noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300150069278542699.post-19271753270977500582010-10-30T10:24:00.000-07:002010-11-05T00:00:26.291-07:00I got 99 problems and the steps aint one...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">{for our viewers who have been watching-- there was a short leave of absence due to Big Brother watching. mainland china is for the birds!......jk...[crickets]}</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">one of our typical tourist days included the trip to see the Tian Tan Buddha. big ol' buddha is sitting up on top of a mountain in Ngong Ping. lucky us, we can either take a bus up and around the mountain that will make you yak or take the cable car:</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this is just the tip of the iceberg of the Jessliisactuallyasian Theory i'm testing. before you are only <b><u>two</u></b> snapshots of our scenic journey up the mountain out of <b><u>twenty-seven</u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> taken...</span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">upon stepping out of the cable car we discover there are bridges of fire to cross to get to Great Giant Buddha on Mountaintop- starting with:</span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>PHOTO OPS GALORE!!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWbbmUSfCHbvcJdofYrx8kPUtDckSPh4mxX3ApTsstbtSZ1v_BO35JB1nbJ0pkoWGtdTqnNGF2BOBLQamvPrxQxuk5TTvKngFDaipv0c52UliXvV0tQUSKV-dgYApRnXbG-R1E8a-u1wc/s1600/IMG_0199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWbbmUSfCHbvcJdofYrx8kPUtDckSPh4mxX3ApTsstbtSZ1v_BO35JB1nbJ0pkoWGtdTqnNGF2BOBLQamvPrxQxuk5TTvKngFDaipv0c52UliXvV0tQUSKV-dgYApRnXbG-R1E8a-u1wc/s320/IMG_0199.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">then an onslaught of terrifying roundeye things like starbucks, pizza, and furries:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">our next test of endurance came the educational segment of our tour...The Twelve Divine Generals (a.k.a. The Twelve Heavenly Generals/Juni Shinsho/or more broadly, Yaksha). these dozen of dudes historically show their roots are from hinduism and they are meant to represent deity warriors protecting Yakushi Nyorai (Medicine Buddha). later, some clusterfuck happened and they became associated with the animals of the chinese zodiac. [google, you're my homeboy] so more photo opportunities ensued as we travelled down the walkway to The Enlightened One, and we resorted to this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>the ratfink herself:</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCirVS7RMYN-o3cIaIPUKENalByxtn9TNILQqRg-OVwWcOav8gi5r83Fk9dHTcvUJIVDF-OKQ2WWUa6LLum1e_1XYqe_7KRaYc4TbRJQtF6I1_MxgXIKM6FdM1eig9R_yDFJq6r2FpOq0/s1600/IMG_0216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCirVS7RMYN-o3cIaIPUKENalByxtn9TNILQqRg-OVwWcOav8gi5r83Fk9dHTcvUJIVDF-OKQ2WWUa6LLum1e_1XYqe_7KRaYc4TbRJQtF6I1_MxgXIKM6FdM1eig9R_yDFJq6r2FpOq0/s320/IMG_0216.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and for some reason, the Li's decided to do a "Life imitates art" theme:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>the dragon lady:</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikztNoZPctQ7sGNoYirB17WVd5h6IimWmZP00T0L7NV_Rd6nGfewbQOVbM9-oDrslW-BRw99pw7jbM_ViMYWI-Yeu8tAMUcctFJ8iDBXuj2JacJcFhvzO4uS9AjNMHmP71bVoT7izSOLw/s1600/IMG_0217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikztNoZPctQ7sGNoYirB17WVd5h6IimWmZP00T0L7NV_Rd6nGfewbQOVbM9-oDrslW-BRw99pw7jbM_ViMYWI-Yeu8tAMUcctFJ8iDBXuj2JacJcFhvzO4uS9AjNMHmP71bVoT7izSOLw/s320/IMG_0217.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">onward and upward-- literally. uncle no.547 had informed/warned us before hand this attraction was also known as "The 99 Steps to Buddha". i have some issues with this: 1) this is <i><u>not</u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> the buddha known as "The 99 Steps to Buddha" 2) the "The 99 Steps to Buddha" is the Ling Shan Great Buddha in Mashan, China 3) i discovered this information on <a href="http://www.buddhachannel.tv/portail/spip.php?article13502">this site</a> on the 10 largest buddhas on earth</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>[sidenote:the aforementioned site- mildly interesting. what caught my eye however, was salacious no.6, "Great Reclining Buddha and Standing Buddha" in Monyma, Myanmar. now, am i wrong that its image shown here:</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>reminds me of this image here?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>i really don't think i'm alone on this one.]</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and <b>4)</b> <b>this was <u>not</u> 99 steps.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnVKV8U55JnjtOTKFQGN-USB4S_VdNjCa8_dQIhXC1BUP2JjKEpRaeI54ZCl019Iue8G6GzoLLXKYn106pcxiBbOI_c5ZwHANdaQLudNsBAz5XaNqU-McwdUWxeYUCHAg0Ip7bX_NwMg/s1600/IMG_0219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnVKV8U55JnjtOTKFQGN-USB4S_VdNjCa8_dQIhXC1BUP2JjKEpRaeI54ZCl019Iue8G6GzoLLXKYn106pcxiBbOI_c5ZwHANdaQLudNsBAz5XaNqU-McwdUWxeYUCHAg0Ip7bX_NwMg/s320/IMG_0219.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(i briefly considered having a cigarette before embarking this trek)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVuz21rRncU-KApwSuEdSYz6u6HuomE1O9i-pQNKOfdiY05CQDfwYi_EuZN_bKVp01WQUZjk3azq7mrFXDfV_QyXIpTtyyZRf28ixb7zHUdu4wEoPqt3FHaUkQwFZ-YSMMzhAgE3dWe0/s1600/IMG_0220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVuz21rRncU-KApwSuEdSYz6u6HuomE1O9i-pQNKOfdiY05CQDfwYi_EuZN_bKVp01WQUZjk3azq7mrFXDfV_QyXIpTtyyZRf28ixb7zHUdu4wEoPqt3FHaUkQwFZ-YSMMzhAgE3dWe0/s320/IMG_0220.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(i briefly considered putting a lit cigarette out in my eyeball)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">dad took a u-turn at step no.12, sat his ass down, and looked up at us and laughed from his ivory bench. mama li was crowned victorious in the end though:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we began our downward spiral. mom joined dad on the sidelines while i explored the Po Lin Monastery (a.k.a. "The Big Hut"). i did my best to resuscitate my career as a national geographic photojournalist:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">later that evening...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we made another trip to mong kok and decided to have hotpot for dinner. now i friggin love hotpot. it's easy! pick yo broth! pick yo fixins! have fun! play with your food! blahblahchingchongblah!...i'll be damned- we decided to get something different by ordering "turtle soup in herbal broth" as our base and we were stumped:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">now <b><i>that<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">my friends is a whole farking turtle they dumped in the pot. somewhat putting on a front after looking this in the eye:</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
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</span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i ate this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ignore the bowl (it's scallions and fried garlic if you must know). they told us the whole turtle is edible. and for <i>some</i> reason insisted on emphasizing its health tonic for women. "eat the shell!" they said, "shell is for sucking!" they said. i did it. i also threw up in my mouth a little. then i ate that bean-<i>looking</i> thing. it wasn't a bean. it was a turtle egg. i threw up in my mouth a lot. and then i ate another. ralph and rally my friends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we went to another street market to buy more tchotchkes. it can be pretty repetitive with the 7,000 "real authentic imitation" products. but the <a href="http://www.engrish.com/">engrish.com</a> jewels are frequent enough:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">let's use the zoom effect:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSE9-0cv4lm2C4YeLIhKu_NkKn9P4c0XrMdmOPVgK9cLlAIHcxsM2bBfFoKcaz7N43JbUDetapoZKrs3WK0zZ1ixUibUs0w3Y0jzs6VjKvYWB1ZmCzIia4_yuYV-ED1JSseHmCh9sOTM/s1600/nofartincar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSE9-0cv4lm2C4YeLIhKu_NkKn9P4c0XrMdmOPVgK9cLlAIHcxsM2bBfFoKcaz7N43JbUDetapoZKrs3WK0zZ1ixUibUs0w3Y0jzs6VjKvYWB1ZmCzIia4_yuYV-ED1JSseHmCh9sOTM/s1600/nofartincar.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"></span></i></span></div></span></span>jetfleacityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03602900046058249027noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300150069278542699.post-34013729791098553582010-10-24T10:04:00.000-07:002010-10-24T10:12:53.165-07:00Drinking outta teacups. Not me. No way.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we. have. dim. sum. every. day.</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">dad seems to think there's 87 of us when he orders. so this is a typical spread (plus more food on the way). most anyone who reads this has done the dim sum thing and/or chinatown treks to moon villa/apollo/peach farm so i'm skipping past posting the general fewds we get and getting to the weird shit.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(and now for our close-up:)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiMNQPmUNARdoWrsLHaomWVK6N0oKBLXnI8kIaH3yM1BQ2Lv1HtXHt3yr9OcGeK0Q5XMv6DsJ37_Cx8j-JrdEgrOe6d6-KJAsncyryJG5gCybWWl40mlDqgNE_uDhfgzexSQWEWeCdNs/s1600/IMG_0103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiMNQPmUNARdoWrsLHaomWVK6N0oKBLXnI8kIaH3yM1BQ2Lv1HtXHt3yr9OcGeK0Q5XMv6DsJ37_Cx8j-JrdEgrOe6d6-KJAsncyryJG5gCybWWl40mlDqgNE_uDhfgzexSQWEWeCdNs/s320/IMG_0103.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">duck feet. i made it through 2. slather anything in enough sauce and i say anyone could pretty much eat anything. verdict: tastes fine but lotsa soft, chewy bones- too much work, not enough reward. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">i believe this to be billed as "beef with organs"- the actual concept of it getting somewhat lost in translation. it's beef marbled with intestine instead of fat. SOLD! add mustard, two slices of rye, and some kraut and i will eat the f**k out of it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">from right to left: 1) chinese BBQ version of pigs in a blanket. 2) chinese version of mystery meatloaf atop ricebed. verdict: the good never tastes bad but could be really ugly.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">[note: the blob at this point is taking a turn into Little Golden Books style with all the pictures and fewer words-- think of it like "The Poky Little Puppy" that got boxed up, fedexed, and sent to China to be made into a kabob]</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">shopping has turned into a daily activity as well. the apartment complex is attached to a mall. the mall is attached to the metro. the metro is attached to the city. the city is attached to a hole at the bottom of the see...get a nurse. <b>so</b> the first shopping venture is to the world of Sasa's (think sephora for asians). mama li likes to get all the fun kooky asian cosmetic treats. i don't wear makeup- so i like to take pictures of nutty products until salespeople yell at me.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">china clearly did not get the memo from japan (<a href="http://www.dlisted.com/node/38930">http://www.dlisted.com/node/38930</a>). that link really beats me to the punch- but does anyone <i>really</i> want to smell like coke, shame, and herpes <i>that</i> much?!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mostly this was taken in tribute to jackie, and our career in portmanteauism...not buying into the gimmick of making my eyes look dramatical- i <i>did</i> however purchase this:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i won't get into the details- but let's hope that the end effect of this product doesn't make me look like a ladyboy prostitute from thailand that has on too much makeup like a certain counter at macy's made me into. true story.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and since all females do is wear cosmetics and grocery shop (i'm <b>kidding</b>!)-- we went to the supermarket...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i'm not even going to say anything. but D- i'm lookin at <i>you</i>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and then, because i'm not a total perverted, immature monster, i took a photo of those very pretty, finely detailed rose dumplings. their rice dough skin was delicately molded and carved into beautiful flowers. think of them as the yin to my octopusballsinmahmouf yang.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">going clockwise starting from top left: red raspberry chardonnay, royal white reisling, ala port, and peach white zinfandel. despite my protests, my mother bought the ala port. upon consumption, she noted the graininess in texture from the freezer burn. i no likes. it is <u>not</u> the freezer burn.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this is fa yeung gai (flower garden market in mong kok). this picture might as well have a friggin tumbleweed go by because i took it in its <b>ONE</b> split second of an eye of the storm. as far as being a claustrophobic goes it is my own personal hell. the smell of nag champa forever fills your nostrils, there are people snotrocketing next to you, and one is terribly astonished at how brazen the sticky pork-bun-fingered chinese toddlers will dawdle up to you and grab on to your leg for dear life. despite this- i got all your souvenirs here. including this:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">jackie, it's no frederick's of hollywood- but all their shit is made in china anyway and i thought you could really add some color to your wardrobe.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">exhausted from avoiding boogers my mother and i were homeward bound to meet the patriarch for supper. never one to disappoint- he ordered our first dish:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">pigeon. gone in 60 seconds. the chinese don't use napkins (essentially the tablecloth really is one <i>giant</i> napkin anyway) so this was taken care of medieval times style. papa li is a native, and i think i might have even impressed him with my squab-eating finesse...onto the portion we like to call "Headlines":</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this is the restaurant which we supped at:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhommz0JyPDh6GJ43rWaVP8i7PKfQQOInBK7K8us4tn7do48UW_eHBVmagBjlGTd1bvuD8ASXBB2HWjAtY4omZ3bM82WcHMU-M3GZofoyF_FJMuHyfhUNhaXw7HkSgpRagY6Bqvae5rY8s/s1600/IMG_0159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhommz0JyPDh6GJ43rWaVP8i7PKfQQOInBK7K8us4tn7do48UW_eHBVmagBjlGTd1bvuD8ASXBB2HWjAtY4omZ3bM82WcHMU-M3GZofoyF_FJMuHyfhUNhaXw7HkSgpRagY6Bqvae5rY8s/s320/IMG_0159.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">there are over a 100 different species of snapper. federal palace had 11. all 11 labels varied from "African Brown Stabber" to "Humpback Red Stabber". magical.</span></span></div>jetfleacityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03602900046058249027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300150069278542699.post-72088833201320288922010-10-22T03:07:00.000-07:002010-10-25T18:29:05.543-07:00"Hang-ah ROOSE!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this post actually continues right along where i left off. we got off the plane and it's morning in the kong. we take a bus from the airport right up to our doorstep and begin our day......again.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">DMFP- if you're out there listening, think of them like the kitchen gods. but for your house. or your mattress rape room in the hobo basement- whichever. fuk is good fortune, luk is prosperity, and sau is longevity. i hope they will watch over me and my nutritious eating habits...speaking of!-- the view from my bathroom:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a view of unka's apartment right across from ours (the tall buildings to the left- i think his is the 3rd column from the right and the 37th story up.....see it?????? just kidding):</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">every single building i see when i walk out the door is so huge and ridiculous it's stoopid. so we march on and subway it from tung chung (where we are) to mong kok to go check on unka congo's pad. the public transit is awesome here. i don't have to look at homeless men pee themselves, there are no caffeine-saturated HS students screaming "N!&&@H!" at each other, and i don't feel an urge to curbstomp some BU undergrad wearing uggs and a northface jacket. it's ever-present, fast and clean (i know so cause there's a million of them orientals in face masks). that being said-- we made a short snack stop.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">for anyone who knows me- i enjoy a tasty beverage. several. smoothies, ICED TEA, grape drink, coca cola, ginger ale, the list continues....this balanced out the fact that this snack stop was a sweet snack stop. jess li does <b>not</b> enjoy sweets (a phenomenon yet tbd as to why). thusly, we ordered an iced mango slush thing and an iced coconut slush thing. mama li loves mango/coconut iced things. so do i- it runs in the family. to the left, i ordered the least sweet thing on the menu: black sesame pudding and tofu bean curd. verdict: gross. it looks like the la brea tar pits and i should find a teacup t-rex swimming in there. everyone else enjoyed it. papa li ordered the mango dao fu fa (bean curd) with fresh mango chunks on top (dish on center). and mama li ordered the mango glutinous rice dumpling in coconut (dish on right). blech.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so, we're in mong kok. this is it harborside. a bunch of ships and shit. it's pretty crazy since this is only a small portion of the harbor. let's make this educational, shall we? fact: mong kok has the highest population density in the <u>WORLD</u> at 340,000 per square mile according to guinness world records (and/or wikipedia). mong kok is also like times square. but with markets. and residents. and schools......mong kok is not like times square. but it is really effing cool. carrying on....</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">on our way home we stopped by "the ding store". my parents gave it this name since we purchase a <i>lot </i>of microwaveable glutard fewds for my mother. i snagged some shark fin soup for myself and, of course, some congee. booyah.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTOxfC68RMc1Ek9FebKBn6k0UB1b484mcO6zcZCuSbBfaTcboD69Mio1Z1ehsAS1uMgrEqpEzOlnB6dS96zex4qQ3c2UKzaJOudweibRDTJMcrrTC-eCbfAjWLM4CE8G0rfBia0RxPxM/s1600/IMG_0094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTOxfC68RMc1Ek9FebKBn6k0UB1b484mcO6zcZCuSbBfaTcboD69Mio1Z1ehsAS1uMgrEqpEzOlnB6dS96zex4qQ3c2UKzaJOudweibRDTJMcrrTC-eCbfAjWLM4CE8G0rfBia0RxPxM/s320/IMG_0094.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>"FIRST CHINESE BEE-AH!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>WELCOME TO CHI-NEES!"</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(that was for you karnes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i had my first chinese brew to accompany dinner. it was better than high life. and cheaper.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"in chinese culture first wife washes the dishes at the table and pours tea even at restaurants" (mom). np mom, less work for me. we have video of my witnessing this for my first time and my father calls me by the dog's name by accident. at their protests, i am no longer posting said video. if they're lucky- i'll bury it with the archived footage with me in a gold unitard and whore shoes doing the "single ladies" dance at a house party.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">papa li knows what he's up against with me at the table and ordered a whole fish. my memory evades me but i believe, with careful wikipedia research, this is opakapaka (hawaiian pink snapper). it was dressed with green onion and ginger and was friggin tasty.</span></span></div>jetfleacityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03602900046058249027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300150069278542699.post-24900332752013243782010-10-21T08:53:00.000-07:002010-10-22T05:43:34.292-07:00Day One Cont., Part II (fRight day)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">still getting a hang of this blobbing thing- so my last entry was cut short. picking up 756 meals after i left off during our flight, we have:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">two words. pork. belly.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">sorry taipei toiletway entries. you are voted off the island by a pussy.....(i know that was stupid but i'm leaving it too).</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BOOM- roasted! li out!</span></span></div>jetfleacityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03602900046058249027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300150069278542699.post-76673791829133293162010-10-20T03:24:00.000-07:002010-10-22T05:43:08.483-07:00"You look like you work here!" (Dad)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">my first blob! contrary to a portion of kicking and screaming had, i am very much excited to go to the kong. because really, who doesn't like not working for 2 weeks and eating copious amounts of food that send you to the john every other hour? let's get right to it. </span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this post will be exuberantly laden with pictures (<i>someon</i>e got a new itouch, and <i>someone</i> can't stop playing with it...hold your comments perverts). also, the "first day" really was a 26-hour period of time that included 1 bus ride to new york, a train ride to newark international airport, and 3 connecting flights to HK. and yes- i actually made all call times promptly.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so, for those of you that don't know, mom and dad are ballers and treated yours truly to a first class experience. my <i>first</i> first class experience being- picking up a ladyfinger in the EVA premium lounge and my father telling me that "it looks like you work here!". this being the newark airport- it paled in comparison the taipei's lounge. those chinamen know what they're doing.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mama li sent me my several menu options to choose from a couple weeks ago. so i somewhat knew what i was getting into- but this is meal no.1 of 2,437. so i chose "Noodle with Beef Sliced in Oyster Sauce" for dinner. it was accompanied with a sesame cucumber salad and a shredded chicken with bamboo pith soup (this thing was loaded with cilantro and abalone- it was retarded gewd). an overall excellent meal of many- i only wish that there was sriracha on hand. why don't they sell that stuff in travel-size packets like taco bell???</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a sidenote...the theme of this flight is "Jess Li is an alcoholic who can speak Chinese". at least 20 minutes before they served my meal they asked me what beer, wine, or cocktail i wanted with my dinner. oddly, i wasn't prepared for this so i told them red wine was fine. my mother noted that i'm the only one they asked. a keen observation. not so keen- (upon entering our first plane to anchorage, alaska) the stewardess immediately starts speaking mandarin to me as i board. i'm seating myself next to my mother and i note that this might be an ongoing nonissue throughout the trip. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mom: oh nah, everyone speaks english to you here- you'll be fine.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me: except that i don't look like i speak english to them.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mom: oh. i forgot you're not white.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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