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elysesewell

hola hovelito

Feb 19, 2009 01:11

My Hong Kong agency emailed me: "Elyse, we have castings for you, we have jobs for you; we're waiting for you to get your ass down here, thanks." I arrived in Hongers an hour ago; my heart was breaking to leave Shanghai this afternoon, but oh my god, I'd forgotten that Hong Kong has about a million billion charms of its own. I'd been in China for ( Read more... )

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squata_hey February 18 2009, 17:20:41 UTC

Are those the mud flap chicks on that motorcyle taxi driver's jacket?

elysesewell February 18 2009, 17:25:10 UTC

Yep, to go with the Bud Light and Mild Seven (cigarettes) decals on his motorcycle. Shanzhai!

sassygirl February 18 2009, 17:56:56 UTC

sports label - Kappa

clauw February 18 2009, 18:18:54 UTC

It's the logo of a brand named Kappa :)

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whoa! just_someone13 February 18 2009, 17:22:52 UTC

Never been the first to post a comment before! Welcome back to the world of interwebz and ljs!

And since you mention it...I want to know what the best thing you've bought in China has been.

Re: whoa! just_someone13 February 18 2009, 17:23:16 UTC

damn. got beaten while I was typing.

Re: whoa! elysesewell February 18 2009, 17:31:23 UTC

A bright orange set of long underwear, cleverly elasticized to define the...declivities. I wore it to the "Mexican Nite" party my roommates and I hosted at our apartment and ended up wearing it outside, on a bike mission to collect my agency colleague from his apartment. I thought I could manage a China-style two-to-a-bike feat, but it turned out that the orange suit didn't confer the type of superpowers I thought it did.

Re: whoa! just_someone13 February 19 2009, 04:29:29 UTC

Ferk. Thats funny.

platinumpinup February 18 2009, 17:23:34 UTC

Do you ever come back to the U.S every so often?

paperflowers279 February 18 2009, 17:23:41 UTC

i want those shits. *shirts

nebula1500 February 18 2009, 17:24:17 UTC

Furnitatious?

Also - I gotta ask, re: your Shanghai dude bumping - if both of your eyes were downcast, how did you know what each other was doing? Or did you just know?

elysesewell February 18 2009, 17:35:50 UTC

You can still see: my eyes were pointing at his chest, not at my feet. Not staring at the other person is part of the whole bow ethos.

nebula1500 February 18 2009, 17:40:58 UTC

That makes sense. Otherwise I would think it would be construed as "I'm bowing! Do you see that I'm bowing? I'm so respectful!" Rather than just doing it to be respectful. Or I guess in this case regretful? Or whateverful.

dottybunny February 19 2009, 00:29:10 UTC

Is this Shanghai wide? I did not notice this when I was there, admittedly only for a few weeks. But then I did not bump into anyone either. Although I do hear about lots of pushing and shoving.