preemptive strike

this is my favorite picture of hk that i took last year. picture = a thousand words and this one really char- acterizes what hk is for me; a lot of beautiful, tall buildings.

okay, so this is my hk blog for 2005 (obviously). i have 16 days before i have to get on a damn crowded plane and stay there for about 14 hours before i get back on firma terra again. at least there's going to be a layover in tokyo.

as usual, i'm not too excited about spending my summer... or as some would call it, summering, in hk. i'm putting out about a grand to spend a month in the grueling heat and humidity. i wouldn't mind it as much if i didn't have to deal with the likes of my parents.

don't get me wrong. of course, i love my parents. love them to death. but then when you have to deal with my controlling father and demanding mother for almost a month... well, it's just not pretty.

yes, almost a month. in fact, just about 4 days short of a month. so all the vices that i love, i will not be able to take part in. it's sort of funny that i didn't even turn to the drink last year. i should have, but i didn't. oh wait, come to think of it, i did drink some beers last year. but not nearly enough to forget what i had to deal with last summer.

i think the differences this year are: 1. my father is getting a bit worse, 2. i don't have the pleasure of going to japan for a week, and 3. there isn't the excitement of starting graduate school when i come back. no, in fact, i have to look forward to ethnography and graduate seminar (killer courses, i've heard).

well you and i, collapsed in love. and it looks like we might have made it. yes, it looks like we made it to the end.

so what do i need to prepare myself for this trip. a lot of drinking. i mean a fucking lot. luckily, my birthday party will be happening the friday before (i'm leaving on sunday), so that's not going to be a problem.

the only thing that is troublesome is leaving deidra alone for a month. she's a strong woman, but still, i rather not have her be alone for such a long period of time. it doesn't help either when she's complaining about missing me and the such. there's not much i can do about that. it's like a tug-o-war with me being in the middle. my parents (well, mostly the controlling one) telling me that i need to concentrate on them when i'm in hk. then deidra wanting me to phone her once every couple of days.

good stuff, eh?

that's why i never really liked summer. back in my younger days, my controlling parent would always want me to study and so this time of the year has always been a fucking bitch to deal with. now that i'm older, it's still a fucking bitch to deal with. hahaha, it's so painful that i could almost cry.

i love bobby vinton. i really do. he's so underrated.