November 22, 2005

• …and there goes November…

  Wow! I can’t believe November is almost done already. This year has really flown by and soon, we’ll be starting a whole new year all over again. Geez, I guess it’s true, time really does fly by when you’re having fun…

  So Paul and I went to watch the sneak preview of RENT last night at the Kabuki Theater. I hadn’t ever seen RENT before, so I really didn’t know what to expect. I had planned on watching it the last time I was in NYC, but got sidetracked by Bombay Dreams instead, which I still don’t regret watching. Regardless, it turned out to be a fantastic movie, waaaaaaaaaay better than what Chicago, the movie, was. The audience was pretty cool too, albeit rowdy and annoying. We had to stand in line for about 2 hours before they would let us in, and of course we had to be “lucky” enough to stand next to this group of about 50 high school drama students, all ready to belt out every song in the movie–how pleasant! Other than that, it was a great movie and I would definitely recommend seeing it…

  In sticking with movies, Paul and I also went to see the midnight showing of Harry Potter on opening night. It wasn’t as crowded as I had anticipated, but it was still pretty packed nonetheless. I was a little disappointed with this particular Potter movie, perhaps it was because of all the hype. Also, I think they tried to make this one more action packed than the previous ones, but in doing so compromised a little bit on the fluidity of the whole movie. Overall, it was a good movie though; I wish they had given the little Asian girl a larger part though! They could have such cute little Hapa kids together! haha

  We had a CUHK-Berkeley reunion, minus Jenny, on Sunday. It was great seeing everyone again. I totally had a blast reminiscing about all the great times we had in HK and catching up with what everyone was doing now. Man, I really wish I was back in HK again. I miss Hong Kong! While I was in Taipei, I kept thinking about how much fun I had had in Hong Kong, and how much I wanted to live in Asia again. Ugh, avian flu or not, Asia still holds a special place in my heart. Speaking of which, I’ll be leaving for Singapore in a little more than a week’s time. Yes, I’m going back to Asia, but only to Singapore this time. I’ll be bringing my work with me though since I’m on a time crunch for my documentary. They want it done by the end of December, so in order to do that, I’ll have to bring some of the background research with me so I can write the script up while I’m in Asia. Hopefully I’ll be able to stay on task and get some work done, but yeah, no Christmas present for me this year, haha…

  Oh, so while I’m on the topic of my documentary, let me just tell you that this whole documentary process is quite tedious and tiring. I’m responsible for everything–doing the background research, writing the script, all the interviews, all the filming, editing, and so forth. Ugh, I need a crew, or at least an assistant. Hmm, I think I might have bit off more than than I can chew. While it’s fun and all, this is an incredibly daunting project. Whatever, it’s for a good cause and I’m actually doing something meaningful with my life and skills. Yes, I’m trying to find the silver lining, hopefully this is it, haha…

  Hmm, so I’ve realized that I’ve done a lot of traveling in my life thus far. Here are all the places I’ve been to already:

  Asia
  - Battambang, Cambodia
  - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  - Srey Sisophon, Cambodia
  - Khao I-dhang, Thailand
  - Bangkok, Thailand
  - Phuket, Thailand
  - Pattaya, Thailand
  - Tokyo, Japan
  - Beijing, China,
  - Shenzhen, China
  - Guangzhou, China
  - Taipei, ROC
  - Hong Kong, ROC
  - Macau, ROC
  - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  - Singapore

  Australia
  - Sydney
  - Gold Coast
  - Melbourne
  - Cairns

  Europe
  - Wiesbaden, Germany
  - Frankfurt, Germany
  - Koblenz, Germany
  - Berlin, Germany
  - Mainz, Germany
  - Hannover, Germany
  - Heidelberg, Germany
  - Stuttgart, Germany
  - Zurich, Switzerland
  - Paris, France
  - Lyon, France
  - Nice, France
  - Cannes, France
  - Monaco, France
  - Bordeaux, France
  - Barcelona, Spain
  - Granada, Spain
  - Madrid, Spain
  - San Sebastian, Spain
  - London, England
  - Amsterdam, Netherlands
  - Budapest, Hungary
  - Vienna, Austria
  - Rome, Italy
  - Naples, Italy
  - Padova, Italy
  - Venice, Italy
  - Pompei, Italy
  - Vatican City
  - Brussels, Belgium

  US
  - um…I’ll get into that one later, haha. There are too many cities in the US.

  Anyhow, I’m always looking for new and exciting places to visit, any suggestions?

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