A thread not for the fragile

[monkeywiener]

I have had another dilema.

Basically we have 3 vending machines out side. 2 of them sell cold drinks such as coke, zero, nestle lemon , tins of cold nescafe coffee and some wierd bottles of chinese stuff which looks very similar to urine. The other vending machine has nuts, pretsles and some stick crisps.

Well this is the dilema....

I have been up on the power station since around 5pm dreaming of some stick crisps. The thought of them has been make me salivate and lick my lips. I was fantasising about putting them in my mouth, feeling there rough texture with my tongue. Then the taste explosion of salt which is followed by that well familiar crunch. mmmmmmm
But as it happens the snack machine wasnt working. So I am sat here with just a tin of lemon tea and thats it.
What should I do? Stop at a 7/11 on the way hope to buy some to satisfy my thirst for these stick crisps or what?

Me so hungry :(

Please help me

[tiggerblue10]

I must have been thinking about The Kinks, Lola, Waterloo Sunset etc etc.

Is that you Newsy?

[S.K.SWEDEN]

Yep - doing a bit of backpacking at the moment - Finland next stop!

Soren xx

[monkeywiener]

backpacking? whats that?

[wiffey]

It's walking around with a pack on your back.

[monkeywiener]

what sort of pack? a flat pack tent? oh how the mind boggles

[WhiteBear]

mirela are u a big fan of Andy Lau??
chinese pop singer/ actor? he sang at the closing olyimpic ceremony?

my mum says hes very very popular in China. i used to watch his films and listen to his musics etc (in cantonese of course!!) but that was over ten years ago, i was shocked when i saw him at the closing ceremony on tv,,, i was like.... mum mum its ermmm ermmm ohh whats his name? .. ,mum goes thats Lau Da Wah (not sure if thats how u spell it) lol.

[mirela]

WB you like andy lau? wow, he is really popular, im not his fan tho, there are quite few hongkong actors and singers i like, lots of them are not from main stream, more alternative:) but i like aron kwok, if you heard of him, he is same popular with andy lau, but sexier:)really really good dancer.
btw, your mum's spelling is cantonese, madarin is liu de hua, lol i used to want to learn cantonese, but give up in the end...will ask u travel tips when i sort the trip out.x

[WhiteBear]

noo im not a fan of andy lau, i just remembered he was popular in Hong Kong etc...

im not really a fan of Chinese singers/actors... dont get to listen to them as much now. last was like i said over 10ys a go, i was once a fan of Leon Li,

Li Ming (in cantonese) lol, my cantonese isnt perfect!!

i have a new Nds game called *my chinese coach* -- all mandrine, teaches speak, read n write!!


gotta go now, off to c my 30days old nephew :) x

[WhiteBear]

ohhh aaron kwok... if i right who i think think youre on about

in cantonese again.... (Cheung Gwok Wing)

:) x

[mirela]

congratulations for the new nephew, bet he is cute.spoke to grave the other night, glad the war ends finally:) phew....:P

it is a bit difficult to match cantonese to madarin lol would you feel you still got the different culture influence even you are growing up from here?
i bought estee lauder stuff today, cant wait the hongkong trip now, even they are cheaper over there, need stop the first sign of aging lol x

[WhiteBear]

mirela

ive always been bought up in a British way. Hong Kong loves the western culture and loves to keep it that way even though China had taken over. The Hong Kongers dont want anything to be changed.

If you went to Hong Kong you will find it very similar to here, just full of Chinese people lol.

but being bought up here, i do and think everything in a British way. only mum tells me when its .. chinese new year, mid august fest, and why we eat certain type of food at a particular time.... u know that stcky rice wrapped in bananna leaves or summut with bits of meat etc in it.
or the peanuts stuff? im confused. i just dont get it! i think i still to English... much simpler... someimes i do think im actually English... unfortunatly im not lol. i should be ashamed of meself, im chinese, i cant read, nor write lol

so do u think its easier to learn mandrine if u can speak cantonese? alot of cantonese speakers can speak it (just) i think they learnt it from watching and listening to chinese (mandrin)films and songs.

my mum can speak abit, she says its not perfect she guesses half the time lol her dads from Shanghi (how ever u spell it)

[Pottypoet08]

Order a pizza, or `Meditate`

[mirela]

i would say i disagree with 'take over', as hongkong belongs to china from history, but i do aware we grown up under different education, so we believe what we have learnt:) so thats why me and my taiwan friends very rare talk about history and politics...but i do understand lots people dont want to change.
i wont blame you for not speaking cantonese, few of my chinese friends who got merried here, all struggling to teach thier babe chinese, but there no language environment here... have u heard of that nickname, BBC?-british born chinese :P
i love that sticky rice stuff, but hard to buy, i dont know how to make either.i never remember those traditional festivals dates either, usually my family or friends remind me by phone, but when there is no family around, there is no much sense for me to celebrate them, only cause homesick maybe...