Yay for Korean films!

Yay for Korean films - they're so good. The library at my university has heaps of Korean films displayed, so i feel like i'm taking an extra subject in 'Korean Cinema.'

I reckon the best so far is 'Driving with my wife's lover' about a man who knows his wife is having an affair with a cab driver, so gets in his cab and goes on a long distance drive. Meanwhile a truckload of watermelons tumble down the road, and they go for a swim, and have other adventures.

At the moment i'm watching a film called 'Barking dogs never bite' about a man in an apartment who is annoyed by a dog constantly barking, so he finds the dog and tries to kill it in various ways, but doesn't have the guts so he just locks it in a cupboard and leaves it. It's meant to be a comedy, but so far it's a little disturbing. Will let you know what happens........

No tao for the western mind

So during my time in Hong Kong i've tried to explore eastern philosophy a bit more, especially Taoism, 'cos i find the tiny bit of information i learnt about it at UQ really interesting. My psyc course here brought in some stuff about the Tao, as did another class i sat in. However, the disspointing thing is that apparently unless you speak chinese you just don't get it. People don't even bother trying to explain it anymore. This makes me a bit sad.

Oh well, at least the bible is all written in English.

Monday 2 for 1

Monday is 2 for 1 main meal night in Soho, on Hong Kong Island. It's a horrible place, full of ex-pats and classy Australian bars, but really really good food!

I ate spinach and mushroom enchiladas, and it was goooood.

Hooray for routines!

I love routines! They make the world feel like a structured and safe place. Here are some things i like to do which make me happy;

-read the bbc news in the morning
-get my room key out of my pocket when i'm waiting for the lift up to my floor
-go running
-take my id card out of my pocket as i walk along the walkway to my building
-line my slippers up parallel to my bed
-drink tea from my thermos thing in every class

Confusing Returns

Today i returned the umbrella that dumpling lady leant me. This was a very confusing event due to language barrier. I walked in with the umbrella in the afternoon but dumpling lady wasn't there -just her other family/colleagues who don't speak any english. So obviously they thought i wanted to eat and were trying to sit me down, and when i said no they brought me the menu, and i was doing that language barrier gesturing thing with the umbrella so they thought i wanted to put my umbrella down, and so eventually took it from me and put it in the corner, presumably so i could sit and eat. And then i walked out. So they now must think i'm very weird - why did i come in, refuse to eat and leave my umbrella, and furthermore....why was i carrying an umbrella on a hot hot sunny day??????????

Creepy Sleep

Last night i had a dream that i was trying to go to sleep and getting really frustrated because i couldn't, and people kept coming in and disturbing me and i was getting really angry...

and then i woke up, and i felt tired.

Typhoon

Today there is a typhoon. I'm hanging out for it to get to level 8 so that i don't have to go to my exam on monday. I also would like to get a hat so i can have a classic moment of my hat flying off, as the guy in the sign has.

I wanted to go climb a rock today, but the typhoon won, so i slept most of the day and then went to get some food from the dumpling lady. When i was there the rain increased, and when i was leaving dumpling lady asked if i wanted an umbrella. Then she got me an umbrella, which had some dumpling flour on it, but was still very useful.

Thankyou again, dumpling lady, for providing me not only with food, but also shelter.