In Pajamas

Home sick today. Not homesick, like I miss HK homesick. But at home, sick. As in, the food here is so dirty everything that goes in wants to come back out.

And what do I decide to do with my day at home, sick? Read Harry Knowles's review of the Social Network, of course. And yeeeeah, he basically wrote the review I would've written http://www.aintitcool.com/node/46685

His short-ish review basically waxes poetic about the opening scene ahhhh it's the scene I can't stop obsessing over either. I think I had a visceral reaction when he said she doesn't need to study cos she goes to BU. Then when she said you're always gonna think people don't like you because you're a nerd, but it's really because you're an asshole... I loved that line. Describes so many people, although replacing the word "nerd" with others. And Harry mentions the opening scene of JJ Abram's Star Trek, which I freaking love.

P.S. Front page byline in the Phnom Penh Post today! YES.

Near Russian Market, Phnom Penh

Christmas in Cambodia

My Christmas present to myself: finally watching the last season of Lost, which I bought at the Russian Market yesterday.

Happy F'n Birthday!

I got dragged to this event last week. Even worse, I got ambushed. My friend said, let's meet at Lane Crawford. Ack! Little did I know, she meant, let's meet at Lane Crawford's 160th birthday bash featuring the most beautiful people in Asia.

Of course, having no knowledge of this tiny little detail, I put on my wide-leg Habitual jeans from 8 years ago, a t-shirt, and Reef flip flops. Yes. REEF. I might as well have been going to the beach, but this was just supposed to be quick dinner between school projects.

I got in through the back door because of course, if you've been following the story you'd've realized, I had no invitation. I downed two glasses of Veuve Cliquot in front of minked mannequins. Literally. In my Reef flip flops. 

It was one of those parties that make you wonder if the average height in Hong Kong is actually 6'1". Yeah that's Susie Bubble up there. I saw a woman go up to her and ask to take a picture. Susie did, but then I swear she dissed her with a kind of "I'm too famous to be chatting with you" turnaround back to her cool crowd.

Then we were required to watch Daniel Wu play ping pong. Don't ask. I refrained from repeatedly asking my friend, "Can we go to Te for dinner now?"

Hurray for MPF

Yesterday I walked by a guy with a big camera pointed somewhere in the sky, and I thought my usual thought: "Look at this fool taking an 'artsy' picture of nothing that he's gonna post on Facebook so everyone can comment on the 'cool' star lens effect.

But I looked up anyway. And took my thought back. Because this fool caught something AWEsome.

HSBC's idea of a celebration? Winter lights facing the harbor?

<-- Yes. I wish they were being ironic.