Overboard

A couple of days ago, Dan invited me on a small boat with some of his new HK friends for a night cruise to Lantau and Lamma island. The entire trip took around two hours and I was sea sick the entire time. The waves were pretty strong that night and I could not stand up for the life of me. I ended up lying down, feeling horrible, and closing my eyes. One of the boat operators - she looked like she could be my grandmother - thew open a door for me so I could get some air and I remember hearing her laugh. We apparently stopped at Lantau for the fireworks but I couldn't see them. I asked Dan to tell me what they were like. When we finally arrived in Lamma and I set foot on land, I felt so much better. And then the delicious seafood came. I like the idea of going to tanks and picking which ones you want to eat. A man at our table picked our fish and was so proud of it (it was the best fish I've had in a long time). Then Dan and I tried to catch the fast ferry back, but kept mistaking our boat for private boats. We ran back and forth from the dock, saw a one-eyed dog (this doesn't have to do with anything, but I thought it was special), and finally found it on our third try. On this boat back, old men were strewn hapharzardly on benches, half asleep, half reading, half smoking.

This past week was also the AFI fim festival. Alley invited us to go see the comedy "Big Dreams Little Tokyo" at the HK Arts Center. The movie, besides being smart and funny, raised some interesting questions concerning language and cultural identity. The director (he also played the lead role in the movie) was also there to answer some questions/talk about his film. I'm quite impressed. I think he's only 25.

Yesterday, a few of us stopped by the Fringe Club for a "drum jam", which is free and open to the public. There were tons of drums and other percussion instruments to play around with. Amazing how many investment banker types showed up! Anyway, the group had lots of energy (it seemed like about 40 people) and we played for an hour.