Toilet Signs

What do you think about while in the bathroom? I've always loved the short story that Paul Jennings wrote called "The Velvet Throne" which is part of the short story collection Unmentionable , something of an amazing kid's book. In the story, all the little messages that people scrawl on a particular public bathroom wall comes true. Yes, sounds a little weird, but so is most of Jenning's fiction, you wouldn't believe it till you read it.

So, this is what I saw in a bathroom today. I was out having a coffee in Sai Kung with my mum. They do say that caffeine is a diuretic.



The person who did the translation obviously thought he was ever so clever, using "easy come, easy go" as a basis for reminding people to flush. *sigh* The wierd language fragments people pick up and reuse without actually understanding it's meaning. I just don't know how the hell to interpret this. Of course it's easy to go when you need to hurry to go to the bathroom, due to the call of nature being particularly shrill and urgent. But WHAT does it have to do with FLUSHING? Those poor gweilos are going to be so, so confused. I think most of them are going to have strains of the Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen running through their head when they're doing their number 2.


This is the other thing that was stuck on the cubicle wall. Juueeest sayin', those people at the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong are a little creepy. I would not want a toilet that had arms, that had a face that could stare at my butt as I did my beeezzness. I would freak out.

Sharon Stone to Sichuan: "uhh You Sorta Deserved It"

via this post on Shanghaiist.com:



Sharon Sone doesn't like how China treats the Tibet issue and can't decide what to do about the Olympics because China isn't nice to the Dalai Lama, who is a friend of hers. When asked about the earthquake, she says the craziest lines:

"And all these earthquake and stuff happened and I thought: IS THAT KARMA... when you are not nice that bad things happen to you?"

Ugh. She is so freaking smug and confident about her answer. I can't believe that thought even came across her mind. It's like saying that Hurricane Katrina was Karma's way of telling America that it should have been nice and not invade Iraq. WTF. How can a natural disaster be "payback?" What a moron.

L adds: Fuck celebrities. What an airhead.

Crayon Shinchan The Adult Empire Strikes Back.

feeling too lazy to comment fully but i will just say that this is somewhere between lowbrow brilliant and highbrow despicable. haha. this clip just says so much about the way we live now. awesome.



i wish i was Google savvy enough to download the full movie. but alas, sigh.

L adds: This says so much about how much I feel like a larva in the moth filled adult world that is full of nasty sneezy moth dust, dead moths lining the windowsill, and bright lights that are dangerous and beautiful.


i.e. I am so lost. Crayon Shinchan, I identify!

What These Two Banana Mamas Like

So, it's been discussed that this blog aughta be more about what we like and not what we are angry about. Well. I like a lot of things that have nothing to do with anything. Currently, I am in love with Scottish actors.


Isn't he the most charming man? I didn't know I was into pasty complexions until I saw him in the movie Becoming Jane (a mediocre movie btw. When is that Anne Hathaway going to get a really good, meaty, complex role?) I think it's his nose. It's just got so much character in it, it's so big.... has anyone seen that Futurama episode where aliens mistake human noses as their sex organ? Haha well 'neways... 

Next on my Sexy Scots list is Ewan Macgregor of course, he's got an interesting nose as well, but not nearly as humungus as McAvoy's. Actually, I'm nearing the end of my list. There's Sean Connery of course, but that's a bit of an embarrassing crush isn't it, he's a bit old for me.


... and he sounds like a stuff in this interview huh? Still, the kilt is terribly attractive on him. I'd like to see more men in kilts. And for the love of St. Bernard will somebody write a Scotland based romance novel that isn't complete drivel. (I still read the ones that are complete drivel. If it is discovered that I have a brain tumour, it will be noted that the primary cause was reading drivelous Scottish romances while supressing their drivelousness in the back of my head, wherein the tumour is situated.)

The Post American World

I saw this episode of Charlie Rose a week ago. Fareed Zakaria, the editor of Newsweek International and just published a book titled The Post-American World, which I just ordered on Amazon.com. The screenshot is really funny but I swear it's a good interview.



Zakaria doesn't write about the fall of American power, but rather, the rise of the rest of the world. I opted for the free "super-saver shipping" and haven't gotten the book yet so I can't comment on how good/fair it is. The interview is really interesting because they touch upon so many topics that are important to us (well, me at least): the 08 elections, international politics, trade, globalization, being "green," America, etc.

Loretta says: Hong Kong is on the cover of this book!

Hong Kong TVB Journalists

I've wanted to be angry about this in this blog for about a month now, and I apologize for the massive delay - it's a news-related item dating back to April 8th, when the Olypic Torch arrived in Paris for one leg of it's international relay marathon.

TVB has created this documentary called (rough translation) "Broadcasting the Olympic Flame" which is a bit of a travel program dedicated to introducing the places that the torch visits as well as broadcasting the relay torch run itself. After watching the above linked episode (PLEASE note the episode "Paris Part 1" at about minute number 3 of the clip) I wanted to throw about ten empty water bottles at the TV (so as to make a loud noise to vent my anger, but not actually destroy the TV, or more likely, the wall surrounding the TV, I'm awful at darts and archery).

WHY WHY WHY are these journalists who REPRESENT HONG KONG speaking ENGLISH in FRANCE to FRENCH POLICE OFFICERS??? My father gets pissed of when I claim that there is a lack of intellectual spirit in Hong Kong, that I dislike how we're rather uncultured and rude (just like I hear some Americans complain about other Americans...there are so many comedic films and cartoons about how silly Americans look and sound) and I'd much rather live in New York or London, but honestly, this is too much. This is simply dangerous to my blood pressure.

The journalist in the documentary is trying to get closer so that the cameraman can film him running alongside the Olympic flame, I presume. There are black suited, black bereted police officers lining the street on either side of the torch bearer to discourage any violent disruptions. The Hong Kong journalist says "Hey, easy! Easy!" in ENGLISH to the FRENCH POLICE OFFICER when they to to push and force him back onto the sidewalk. He then tries to explain himself, saying "We're just the press, we're press!" To the police officer, again in English, who makes it clear that he's not going to put up with any more bullshit.

WHAT THE FUUUUUCCCK!!!!???? IF YOU ARE A JOURNALIST IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, CAN'T YOU AT LEAST LEARN HOW TO SAY "WE ARE PRESS" IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE, AS A MARK OF RESPECT??? Bloody hell, everyone knows how proud and touchy the French are about their language and their culture, what were they thinking when TVB sent these two IDIOTS to Paris? I do NOT think it's too hard to learn two or three sentences in another language so you don't look like you're barging into someone else's country and expecting them to pander to you. It's your duty as a tourist to be respectful of the locals, and even more so if you're a journalist.