Honky Tonk Man

Its been a long time since I wrote last but you probably havent noticed. I'm still in Hong Kong, and comin towards the end of my internship. 2 weeks left. Me, Kim and Nicky went to Singapore to see my aunt on her birthday on the 7th July and Kims on the 9th. Great to see my Aunt, Uncle and cousin Wendy. Will need to put up some pictures of that.

They took us to some amazing places to eat, pepper crab and chilli crab was tasty beyond words. Because you get Indian, Malaysian, Indonesian, Chinese...... and more, theres just a delicious range of styles, I described it as an "unbelievable Asian fusion of culinary genres" while chatting to Lloyd Grossman the other day. I also suggested his next book should feature some of my recipes such as my signiature dish of slow-boiled Hand crushed super noodles with sliced pepparami and balsamic vinegar.

Its funny how we get all these fads of certain ingredients like everything thats supposed to be luxury. Like when I was workin in Somerfield and Sainsbury's, ah back in those golden days..... (rubbish supermarket work for people who dont know British supermarkets). Take a bag of salt and vinegar crisps, shove them in a fancy packet with "Taste the difference" witten in fancy writing, call them hand cracked sea salt and balsamic vinegar and hoody hoo! look at me Im pure rich and eating hand cooked potato chips!! la di da! what exactly does hand cooked mean anyway? how hot are these people's hands? I have tried putting raw things on my hands and no matter how patiently i waited I couldnt cook jack shit!

Now, i have hands that are either freezin cold or hot to the point of being a bit clammy...even sweaty. Those of you whove had the pleasure of holding my hand will know this. Thats right ladies... I'm tall, skinny AND sweaty hands, Im quite a catch!
WLTM a fun, 20-something girl, GSOH, must be dull so at partys my stories seem funny in comparison, preferably non-smoker with absorbant hands, perhaps talcum powdered palms.

Been seeing family in HK. Played a lot of Mah Jong. Am workin Dolly Partons (9-5's) monday to friday at Kpmg, well actually 830-530, and have Mandarin lessons tues, thurs night and saturday morning, so have managed to learn a fair amount. So can speak to my grandparents (they dont speak any english). Though conversation usually breaks down when I dont know the word for a few things. strange gesturing and pointing then turns into a weird game of charades where my grandma guesses and i dont know what she's saying. She asks something in mandarin like "what kind of work are you doing?" I misunderstand her and say "Yes" and then nod as she looks at me confused. Then my aunt translates and it all goes swimmingly

Theres some cheap flights to Australia so gonna try and go to Melbourne to see Brendan, Dave Tidy and maybe a few other friends. Though times approaching fast so need to get my finger out. Anyhow here's some more pictures. Edlyn is a friend i made in King Kong, really nice girl, a good laugh though she's just gone back to the states. We went up the Peak a few days ago and here are a some pics. Oh Ed, if you're reading this, facebook is so much easier for puttin photos on than this blog so ill put mine up soon, if you put yours up then we can just nick each others.

Anyhow, Its been a great experience living here, the food is amazing and cheap. Hong Kong girls are hot. though a bit nuts.