and then there were two

lots to say, lots to say but i'll try to be somewhat brief. my class is down to two and some exciting news came up after class yesterday. akiko (remember her? 30~ half japanese half ecuadorian girl who lived in ny for 10 years etc) and i are the only ones left in the class and its getting harder. i can now say "where did you go for dinner yesterday?" and "tomorrow i will go to Wan Chai to drink beer". great. anyway, it turns out that akiko is married to this dude jason who grew up in cranston, RI, just like Sandstorm (my mom). they wouldn't know each other but it turns out jason went to cranston east (also like the storm) and had sandstorm's mom as a teacher in the early 80s. lets review: i am in hong kong studying mandarin and in my tiny class of just me and one other person, my classmate's husband had my grandmother as an english teacher 25 years ago. what the fuck are the odds of that one? talk about small worlds and after alls.

the other night i had chicken with steamed rice and veg for dinner......



it was takeout from the restaurant at the ground floor of my building and was HK$33 (~US$4) and it was alright. maxx described this place as "same same" and i dont blame him. i can't remember if i did or didnt get sick but lets not get caught up in any details. its a somewhat healthy cheap as shit dinner option for a monday night. they almost know me downstairs. they still hate me and look at my big round eyes like any other local does but then they smile afterwards.

to follow up on my last post re: kanye's recent failure, please review this article if you have a chance. this self-proclaimed "top black owned tech blog" agreed with me. sidebar - what the fuck is the top black owned tech blog? can't you just be down? anyway, the title sums it up quite well. i can't say the article was written well or even edited but it sounds like the writer is a little bitter betty about not being buds with kanye. however, he agrees with what i said the other day. kanye is a bitch. yo breez, sorry man, but have a good listen and then tell me again. if i wanted to hear some singing, i'd buy mariah carey's xmas greatest hits. like this shit.....

who doesn't love that. jews love that. love actually loves that. whites blacks greens jews mormons all love that. i know tang loves it. thats for sure.

i'm heading to seoul tomorrow to visit ace for a long weekend. there may be turkey involved. there will certainly be a whole lot of hanging out involved. my friend in bangkok always asks me why i like to hang out so much. it's not an unfair question. anyway i was telling ace about this mix i was trying to share and he encouraged me to use maestro. let's see how this goes.

maestro.fm - Playlist 1119

you'll note the aforementioned "tell em i said that" isn't on here. apparently maestro isn't yet ready for itunes tracks. i don't blame them. so take this mix and then go pickup that ti track and you'll get the idea. good shit. lemme know what you think.

i gotta be out - this has become another long one. so sorry! if you're gonna be in seoul this weekend, let me know. we'll hang out.