Elyse Sewell ([info]elysesewell) wrote,
2007-02-02 15:16:00
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feeling kinda freaky and that's no lie

Infinite props to you, commenters. Not only did your juju magic help me repair my broken internet connection, but somebody actually found my lost coat! The Pope himself could not have engineered a a more miraculous miracle and I am elated.

Anyway, here's the entry I was about to post yesterday when my computer malfunctioned:

Do you ever feel tortured by internal conflict? Like there's a constant battle between light and darkness in your psyche? Like only one side of your consciousness is capable of action and the other half is just shrieking, "Folly! Folly!"? Like part of you is going, "Don't waste your money" and another part is whispering, "Buy some of those dried lizards. Do it. Do it!"


Honestly, I've already gotten my money's worth (HK$28=US$3.59) on the dried lizard deal. Look at how much fun we're having together! Best friends forever.


I got them at a medicine shop. Hoping they'll cure my gout and clap.


Kongers always dis fast-food restaurant Tsui Wah for being "so expensive." If by "expensive" you mean classy and delicious and doesn't taste like it was cooked in harbor water, I will gladly pay the extra HK$4.
HK-style french toast with margarine and treacle: HK$16=US$2.05


I finally tried a street sweet potato.


It was unutterably divine.





In other news, the pirated LOST DVD from China has yielded new pleasures. This is the weird editorial book report description on the back cover:


Oh, Hong Kong, I love you so.





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[info]ellere

February 2 2007, 07:23:43 UTC 5 years ago

The dried lizards were worth it. Do they sell other types of flattened reptiles as well?

[info]monikajufyt

July 11 2008, 06:58:55 UTC 3 years ago

They failed because we're asking our intelligence agencies to do things they were never designed to do; they were birthed during the great wars of the twentieth century and raised during the cold war.

Anonymous

February 2 2007, 07:24:34 UTC 5 years ago

I loved Hong Kong.
Happy to hear you're having such a great time!
Love the pictures!

Anonymous

June 15 2008, 23:15:39 UTC 3 years ago

hong kong

hi!!!
omg i love hong kong food =]
i lived there for 6 years, i miss it! i live in the states now though if you ever do come around and you like food then i have a Easy Meal Preparation Mississauga (http://www.supperworks.com/) hope you come around!

[info]opium

February 2 2007, 07:25:52 UTC 5 years ago

those lizards are scary...but awesome!

[info]explore

February 2 2007, 07:26:13 UTC 5 years ago

lol @ the dried lizards. I think it would freak me out at night with those eyes.

Hong Kong looks like such a wonderful place to adventure around and take pictures. I'm quite jealous :D

[info]jackieredis

July 16 2008, 20:18:37 UTC 3 years ago

I will be taking her out to get a raincoat and a harness, I would like to get her used to walking on a leash - a little at a time of course (even though I love carrying her) I want to walk her so I can show her off, she is so beautiful.

[info]opium

February 2 2007, 07:26:19 UTC 5 years ago

P.S. I love your necklace, where did you get it?

[info]elysesewell

February 2 2007, 07:32:34 UTC 5 years ago

At incredible boutique Fat in Sydney, Australia.

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[info]lithium_glitter

February 2 2007, 07:27:09 UTC 5 years ago

What's up with all the pink hats?

[info]elysesewell

February 2 2007, 07:30:36 UTC 5 years ago

I think it was a tour group. I love the fact that they handed out those hideous hats and everybody but that one guy actually rocked them. The vanguard tourist of the People's Republic.

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[info]tmcm

February 2 2007, 07:30:48 UTC 5 years ago

that is my favorite description of lost I've ever read. Sounds like they got it off a blog.

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February 2 2007, 08:59:22 UTC 5 years ago

You were pretty much right!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/usercomments

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[info]axii

February 2 2007, 07:33:20 UTC 5 years ago

yay for Hong Kong!

[info]ving0

February 2 2007, 07:34:23 UTC 5 years ago

You really got your coat back? You must live in a movie!

[info]nymphatacita

February 2 2007, 10:43:02 UTC 5 years ago

only if she marries the guy who returned it to her.

[info]haruhiko

February 2 2007, 07:35:24 UTC 5 years ago

That sweet potato looks divine - my mother loves them and almost always has a couple roasting in the toaster oven when I visit her. :9

Those flattened lizards are awesome - my biological father is an acupuncturist and herbalist in the San Francisco Bay Area, so I spent many childhood afternoons digging through his stashes of cicada shells, powdered sulfur, deer antler, seal's penis (!), etc. However, I don't ever remember seeing flattened lizards! Maybe they're the in thing with healers now, while bear gallbladders are just so "last season."

[info]myclevername

February 19 2007, 21:18:18 UTC 5 years ago

It'd be nice if bear gallbladders were last season.

Sigh.

[info]donster2910

February 2 2007, 07:35:47 UTC 5 years ago

Ugly Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes never look too appealing and that is partially why it took me so long to fall in love with them especially when in the form of caserole.

[info]cantstoptharock

February 2 2007, 07:36:20 UTC 5 years ago

I can't believe you got your jacket back! omfg.

[info]squata_hey

February 2 2007, 07:40:43 UTC 5 years ago

Dried lizards are never a waste of money. They're an investment. If you ever get bored with it you can gnaw on it like an exotic jerky.

[info]elysesewell

February 2 2007, 07:42:16 UTC 5 years ago

Or lick it and get some killer visuals, dude.

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[info]akustatik_

February 2 2007, 07:41:25 UTC 5 years ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. i'm asian, i live in an asian country, and i still find those lizards hilarious.

[info]okskorpios

February 2 2007, 07:43:11 UTC 5 years ago

Pink hats and kaya toast

Good to 'see' you back in HK. If you like street sweet potato, try street roasted chestnuts if you haven't already.

Question: Is that you in the H-Cube condo ads littered around the MTR? The one with the woman standing on a sofa pretending to dive into a pool conveniently situated in her living room.

The angle the model's face is shot is so oblique and she's wearing a bathing cap, so it sort of looks like you, but sort of doesn't.

Cheers!

[info]elysesewell

February 2 2007, 07:45:52 UTC 5 years ago

Re: Pink hats and kaya toast

I know which ad you're talking about, but it's not me.

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[info]seungyunbaik

February 2 2007, 07:46:39 UTC 5 years ago

You dyed your hair

When did you dye it? You look better in black.

[info]myelectricheart

February 2 2007, 07:48:46 UTC 5 years ago

i grew up in hk and ive just moved back here in september. i didnt realize how much i missed it until i came back. try the thick white toast with condensed milk and peanut butter at tsui wah :)

[info]banked

February 2 2007, 07:51:12 UTC 5 years ago

i like the pink hat crowd. and LOVE your tooth necklace...!!

[info]luvsammy

February 2 2007, 07:54:55 UTC 5 years ago

those dried lizards look like tokay geckos

MEAN little bastards. It's no coincidence that every single one of those pics shows an open mouth. THEY BITE A LOT, and any chance they get. In conclusion: it's probably best that you received them in dead form. =)

[info]bo_shek

February 2 2007, 07:55:21 UTC 5 years ago

ha! you found your coat. lucky you!
will you bring the dried lizards back home? :D
i like the street roasted chestnuts more than the sweet potato. i usually buy them near the lee garden, they are delicious!
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[info]jasonbeast

February 2 2007, 07:55:38 UTC 5 years ago

The fang necklace is really neat.

[info]follydolly

February 4 2007, 22:54:54 UTC 5 years ago

agreed

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[info]skinnyinstripes

February 2 2007, 08:03:53 UTC 5 years ago

I found those hats in Japan too. In any tour group or school group everyone would be subjected to yellow or turqouise "caps", "domes", whatever you amy call them.

I couldn't do it.

[info]sexyisjulia

February 2 2007, 08:04:21 UTC 5 years ago

don't you mean best friends forever = bffl? hahaha but it's what all the cool lj kids are saying.

[info]sweetbabie1229

February 2 2007, 17:06:06 UTC 5 years ago

bffl = best friends for life


..not best friends forever.

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[info]meliasaurus

February 2 2007, 08:04:29 UTC 5 years ago

geezzzeee HKers are cheap if 2.05 for french toast is too expensive... is all food that cheap there?

Anonymous

February 3 2007, 21:29:19 UTC 5 years ago

Well...

Well, it's expensive if you can just get the same french toast down the street for $1 US, with a free lemon tea.

[info]labelme

February 2 2007, 08:17:53 UTC 5 years ago

where did you get your necklace?
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