Photo #5: Cable Car with Aunt 6 & Uncle Bobby

Aunt 6, Uncle Bobby and I in the cable car in Hong Kong.

There are seven towers that connect the cable car over mountains and rivers.

For seven towers and 35 some odds minutes...we were taking photos and waiting for the monkey camera. If you know them...we were waiting and getting ready at Tower 2.

More photos of Hong Kong Trip #2 to come...

Ah Mah

I've only been here for four and a half days and already, Ah Mah is killing me with her antics. I think that's the only word for it because senility is not quite it. The reason I say this is because she is still as peppy as ever.

Sandy, you'll love this. I really recording this 'cause you'd appreciate it. I'm dying just thinking about this one.

Friday night, we got home from Aunt Winnie's house and we're settling down, unwinding and watching tv. But like always Aunt Amy is calling to see when we got home and how everything is--even though she was there, on the subway with us...

Anyhow, Aunt Iris is talking on the phone and Ah Mah wanted to shower only she thought Aunt Iris was conversing in the bathroom. I stepped in and told her that she wouldn't do that because it's gross to use the bathroom while talking on the phone. But she wouldn't believe. I kept telling her for like 20 minutes only she wouldn't believe me.

Finally after the phone call sounded like it was coming to an end, Aunt Iris emerges from HER ROOM and Ah Mah's like I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN THE BATHROOM! There was a lot of arguing between Ah Mah and Iris over how gross she thought she was and why Ah Mah couldn't hear that she was really talking from her bedroom. I just couldn't stop laughing hahaha

Coffee Prince

Since I've been here, I am catching up on some of my old hobbies...eating non-stop and walking it off down at the gym on the fifth floor...sitting...and sitting until the wee hours watching Korean romantic comedy/dramas. This holiday has been all about the Coffee Prince.

As I watch, I am amazed by how much more I understand the Korean culture. I am really proud of how I have adapted and will most likely continue to love that place. Even though I complain about lack of a lot of what I'm used to...knowing that I am learning and acquiring new life experiences is helping me cope with the fact that professionally, nothing new is happening.

I think I am doing a great job developing that personal growth part of my year...just like Karen says it's important to do--have a professional and personal goal as each new school year approaches.

Personally, I think it's pretty clear. Professionally, I've learned that education is not a business. Enough said.

Anyhoo, back to Coffee Prince...Korean romantic comedies are always hilarious...but it's even more hilarious when you understand what they do and why they do the things that they do. Even all the product placements are friendly reminders of my temporary home. And even though the storylines can be somewhat repetitive with gender roles and class divides...the story reminds truthful to life and romance in Korea. I definitely think you should buy this one Marcie! Check it out with your friend...you two will stay up to watch this for sure...

Until next time...

Hong Kong

Being in Hong Kong brought back a lot of wonderful memories. The smells alone...yeah, well. Here are some photos from last summer:

Christmas present? Hong Kong!!!!

So I am in Hong Kong for Christmas and I am once again in search of words. I keep wanting to utter thank you in Korean and bowing to everyone I meet...even that lady with the mole.

I am thankful that I am not in Korea right now. Here are some reasons.


Ah mah. She supplies me with hilarious stories about my dad. She also keeps calling me by Sandy's name...but that's alright. Sandy stayed here for a long time the last time she was here so she said she got used to saying that name. In my opinion, she can do whatever the hell she wanted and I wouldn't mind that much. She is also eating a lot of snacks. She keeps buying jello for me and then eating it all for herself. It's also pretty funny how she keeps yelling at my aunts for "leaving her behind". All they did was walk three steps faster than she could hahaha

Greetings at the airport. Getting picked up is the best. Immigration also took all of two seconds because of my HK ID card. Way to go duel citizenship!

I don't have to worry about drenching myself at the sink. At home I am constanting worried about that nob being turned the right way, because if it isn't, you get frickin' drenched all over again. On one side. Now, I can just stand there and wash my hands and stay DRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. sheesh.

There is a bathtub here. Bubble bath. Enough said.

Warm weather. It was 21C today. SUCKERRRRSSS!!!!

In a few days, this list will most likely accumulate. I miss Korea only a tiny little...not so much bit.