tami-chan Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 I found Hong Kong very modern when I lived there in the 80s. There would be an occasional chicken on the transit train, but that's because the Cantonese seemed so zealous about eating fresh food and going to market daily. I miss the Tai Po market. It was so many years ago, but I miss things in Hong Kong more than I miss NYC. I was going to school at CUHK up in the New Territories. Beautiful country. I like HK! and we Asians do like to go to the market everyday...too bad in the US, with the busy sched-that's almost an impossible thing to do! Tami, you should expect your first shipment of rice and fish heads next month, you must refer to me as "papa-san" or alternatively, "The Great White Savior" going forward. I expect a picture and a grovelling thank you note with you dressed in the burlap sack that the rice comes in! Your new adopted name is Tami-kat stew.ROFLMAO!!!!:lmao:!!! Tami-kat stew! burlap sack the rice comes in...hmmm...very short dress then! Short burlap dress....with uggs....yes!
meerkat stew Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 I've visited some homes there and it was interesting, reminded me of my childhood home. I remember living in an apt with 3 generations in the space of 700 sq feet. Not just the Cantonese, pretty much all Asians prefer fresh food. I remember my parents getting an LIVE chicken. They were like, what do I do with this. The students' homes I visited were very small as you say, and in huge high rises. But did not feel impoverished, just cramped. Parts of the Mongkok area had population density of over a million people per square mile, but of course weren't a whole square mile. I regret not going back in all these intervening years to get some snake wine I ate some truly "interesting" food over there, some things I definitely wouldn't be adventurous enough to eat today.
tami-chan Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Many of the ones I've met still have the old mentality. They think the US has all the good stuff, lots of money (US dollars and remittances), their jobs were appointed and they got an monthly paycheck if they did or didn't work. When then come to he US, that $500 USD, is not so impressive; they don't know one has to work HARD to get ahead AND their old ways of doing things don't really apply in the US. Oh well, what can you do sometimes. Ah...ok I understand. But many are willing to work hard-most even. I think many expect it and are happy that if they work hard, they can see the "fruit of their labor". BTW, what do you have against burlap sacks?
meerkat stew Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 very short dress then! Short burlap dress....with uggs....yes! Sorry, dear adopted daughter, I can not have the "kat stew" name compromised by your brazen and unbecoming displays! You must wear a modest burlap sack dress all the way down to your ankles! The uggs must go too, as they are a sign of your weakness to western imperialism. You must wear modest slippers with no heels! Do these things and the rice will keep flowing your way. If you are really good, I will include some delicious Sriracha hot sauce for your rice and fish heads! :laugh: That is all, Your esteemed White Savior
tami-chan Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 (edited) Dear Papa-san (my esteemed white Savior), I am profoundly sorry for the audacity of even considering wearing such worldly and corrupted ways of dressing. Please forgive me. It is not my wish to tarnish your name. I look forward to the sack of rice and the fish heads you will be sending. Thank you in advance. your loving adopted daughter, Tami-kat stew PS: I just checked my "uggs" and I realize it was made in China and it is actually called "fuggs". ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! Edited January 24, 2010 by tami-chan
meerkat stew Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 PS: I just checked my "uggs" and I realize it was made in China and it is actually called "fuggs". Ah bonus points for you dear daughter for being frugal and buying knockoffs. You do the kat-stew name proud! Sorry for the derail pizzaman and good night all!
jerbear Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Tami, you should expect your first shipment of rice and fish heads next month, you must refer to me as "papa-san" or alternatively, "The Great White Savior" going forward. I expect a picture and a grovelling thank you note with you dressed in the burlap sack that the rice comes in! Your new adopted name is Tami-kat stew. Ah...ok I understand. But many are willing to work hard-most even. I think many expect it and are happy that if they work hard, they can see the "fruit of their labor". BTW, what do you have against burlap sacks?Being an warm blooded male, I think you are cute, hence I think the burlap sack does not fit you. As referenced above, hint hint.... Many of them do try to work hard but in the US it is NOT 1 hour of work that gives you the most pay. Many immigrants from the old country do not understand that. Even some that where on the waiting lists from years back still want to come here. After they work for a few weeks they want to go home. Starting out in the US in Chinatown with no benefits, hourly wage, 6 day weeks; for what we think are meager wages. It is not easy. To top that off, having Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after you is not fun.
tami-chan Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Goodnight, Stew! Being an warm blooded male, I think you are cute, hence I thiit nk the burlap sack does not fit you. As referenced above, hint hint.... oh I see...it totally makes sense! I should be nude! just kidding.... Many of them do try to work hard but in the US it is NOT 1 hour of work that gives you the most pay. Many immigrants from the old country do not understand that. Even some that where on the waiting lists from years back still want to come here. After they work for a few weeks they want to go home. I agree....I think the attraction is that in many third world countries people probably think that there is no sense is working very, very hard because their mobility is from poor to not so poor...in the US, there is THAT chance to prosper...to move from poor to middle class if you work hard. Starting out in the US in Chinatown with no benefits, hourly wage, 6 day weeks; for what we think are meager wages. It is not easy. I agree. To top that off, having Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after you is not fun. Jerbear...let it rest...it was so long ago, my friend..you are legal now....
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