speaking of shibuya, i just booked a ticket to be in tokyo from this sunday (2 nov) thru weds (5 nov). this fallacy of cheap flights within southeast asia is bullshit. there are cheap flights to bangkok ~US$78 each way. that's a good price. but a flight to tokyo isn't even close to that. hopefully my last boss is reading this and wants to contribute to this effort. we'll see how those negotiations go. anyway, if you find yourself in tokyo over those days let me know and we'll kick it. i'll be doing some work, but hopefully will find some time to hit the omotesando pretty hard.
being that i have my apartment all set up, i figured what better time than to see who i know in hong kong. i did a quick gmail search and came up with something absurd. here's where the story begins....
turns out i bought this ridiculously awesome watch about a year and a half ago......
the wheel on the right side broke on me and i wrote an email to the company - know1edge - asking what to do. after a few emails back and forth, a girl named annie provided amazing custserve and essentially paid for everything to get fedex'd back to her (in what turns out to be hong kong), repair the watch, and fedex it back to me. i was really impressed. anyway, i found our conversations from mid '07 and decided to e-mail her to see if she's even in hong kong and if she had any tips or tricks or pretty much any info for me. what did i have to lose? here's the e-mail i sent her.....
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Hi Annie,
My name is Danny and as you can see below, we had e-mailed last year about a watch that you had repaired for me. Do you remember? As it turns out, I have come to Hong Kong to learn Chinese and see the city for the next few months. I'm wondering if there is a know1edge shop I can check out. Also, are there other similar stores or just generally awesome things you can recommend?
I know this is a bit random, but I figured I'd give it a shot. Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it!
Take care,
Danny
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ok so it's pretty straightforward. i didn't really know what to expect, if anything at all. i mean it's a fuckin ridiculous e-mail to send someone. our relationship was based solely on a few e-mails between us strictly to figure out how to have my watch repaired (which, by the way i had purchased from a canadian website, c-apsule.com). fine, who cares. here's her response......
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Hi Danny,
what happened today? i have no idea. what will come from know1ng the unofficial mayor and mayoress of hong kong? i have even less of an idea. any tips dealing with majesty in general would be fantastic. wantastic.
My name is Danny and as you can see below, we had e-mailed last year about a watch that you had repaired for me. Do you remember? As it turns out, I have come to Hong Kong to learn Chinese and see the city for the next few months. I'm wondering if there is a know1edge shop I can check out. Also, are there other similar stores or just generally awesome things you can recommend?
I know this is a bit random, but I figured I'd give it a shot. Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it!
Take care,
Danny
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ok so it's pretty straightforward. i didn't really know what to expect, if anything at all. i mean it's a fuckin ridiculous e-mail to send someone. our relationship was based solely on a few e-mails between us strictly to figure out how to have my watch repaired (which, by the way i had purchased from a canadian website, c-apsule.com). fine, who cares. here's her response......
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Welcome to Hong Kong! As it turns out, we are the unofficial Mayor & Mayoress of Hong Kong, let me know if you're looking for anything specific.
8FIVE2SHOP: Officially carries the whole line of Know1edge and other brands. Check the map: 8five2.com It's located on Hong Kong Island side in Causeway Bay where there are a lot of other Street fashion shops to check out. Check Superfuture.com
Food for a really local experience:
Tsuih Wah: Chicken Curry (famous with the locals)
Jade Garden: for the best dimsum
Parties & places check: alivenotdead.com
Good luck on your Chinese!
Annie
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I'm sorry, what? Let's review that first paragraph........
"As it turns out, we are the unofficial Mayor & Mayoress of Hong Kong, let me know if you're looking for anything specific."
what the fuck is the unofficial mayor & mayoress of hong kong? who had i just e-mailed? i thought you were the girl who was nice enough to help me fix my watch. but holy BALLS you're the unofficial mayoress of hong kong? and who is this mayor you speak of? At this point I wonder if she knows bambi, everyone's favorite mayor of the lower east side. this is one of the few times when i really didn't know what to say to her or how to e-mail her back. i mean how do i respond to the mayoress of hong kong? like with "dear your highness" or something? i did a little bit of research online and found some stuff about her and her husband. turns out they may be local celebrities. i'm not really sure. it seems they are in their own minds, at the very least.
needless to say, i went to the shop and really liked it. there was a dude named brian (who may/may not be her husband/the unofficial mayor of hong kong) but he spoke really good english and was interested in my story and new york. he says he's going to ny on the 8th of november so we covered some basics. they happened to have a really good sale on t's and shorts so i did alright. on my way out he told me to drop by any time so i'll be back to try to enter their unofficial kingdom.
i decided to take the long way back to mike/sara's just to take a look at central. heres the early side of rush hour down by the water....----------------------------
I'm sorry, what? Let's review that first paragraph........
"As it turns out, we are the unofficial Mayor & Mayoress of Hong Kong, let me know if you're looking for anything specific."
what the fuck is the unofficial mayor & mayoress of hong kong? who had i just e-mailed? i thought you were the girl who was nice enough to help me fix my watch. but holy BALLS you're the unofficial mayoress of hong kong? and who is this mayor you speak of? At this point I wonder if she knows bambi, everyone's favorite mayor of the lower east side. this is one of the few times when i really didn't know what to say to her or how to e-mail her back. i mean how do i respond to the mayoress of hong kong? like with "dear your highness" or something? i did a little bit of research online and found some stuff about her and her husband. turns out they may be local celebrities. i'm not really sure. it seems they are in their own minds, at the very least.
needless to say, i went to the shop and really liked it. there was a dude named brian (who may/may not be her husband/the unofficial mayor of hong kong) but he spoke really good english and was interested in my story and new york. he says he's going to ny on the 8th of november so we covered some basics. they happened to have a really good sale on t's and shorts so i did alright. on my way out he told me to drop by any time so i'll be back to try to enter their unofficial kingdom.
what happened today? i have no idea. what will come from know1ng the unofficial mayor and mayoress of hong kong? i have even less of an idea. any tips dealing with majesty in general would be fantastic. wantastic.
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