Yeah, so I guess that may be my next stop or so... My cubie (Cube Mate on my current project, kinda like room mate will be roomie) a.k.a Yowo is planning a trip to Hong Kong. So obviously I have never been there and I think it would be really cool to go, so we are both planning to go check it out maybe with some of her other none work related friends. There is a beauty pageant that is somewhat close to her heart that we will be going for and then ofcourse to sight see and experience another culture. We also plan to stop at Shanghai and depending on one of my cool friends schedule, I may get to go to Thailand... I think it will be really cool.Anyway, we may be going sometime in the next couple months and so while we are at it she is everyday trying to mentally prepare me for this trip. I didnt realize how clueless I am about Asian cultures. I think she is having a kick out of it and so everyday I ask a serious question that comes across as funny to her so she provides answers and then we laugh at my ignorance.
So this week, in trying to prepare me for the trip, we went out for some Thai food. (I've had Thai before so no big deal). Being the not so adventurous eater, I had orange chicken and I was feeling all proud of myself when she mentioned that orange chicken will not be an option in Hong Kong considering that it is an Americanized Thai meal.. I was like what? In that case, I'll have to have rice and soy sauce with fried chicken everyday :) for every meal.
I also got to listen to some Hong Kong artists R&B songs today.... I mean seriously, if I wasnt paying attention to the words, I would not have realized that it wasnt English. It was really good stuff. I mean I expected that it would be.
I think the funniest thing I said was that I wanted to dress up as a geisha and she was lik
e... "No cubie... We will not be doing no such thing... Do you know what a geisha is?" She gave me the 411 :).. She said we can wear kimonos and take pictures but thats about it.Part of our discussion leads to the story of Mulan and she breaks down the inaccuracies of the movie to me.
Okay so I think I gave her enough things to laugh at today... I'll keep you all posted on how my preparations for this trip goes. I have a few movies to watch to prepare me for this. I am excited. Please share any suggestions you may have.
2 comments:
Awww - Cubie, you're too cute. I'm going to miss laughing so hard at work once I roll off the project. It's ok though, we'll have a blast in Asia, eating orange chicken and McDonalds everyday..haha We need to put you through Asian boot camp..hehe
Your cool friend says: We'll have to talk about Thailand, I'm still arranging accomidation and timelines so not sure whats happening yet! Hong Kong is WICKED tho!
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