Hello from Hong Kong!
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Greetings from Hong Kong! I just got back from the Temple Street Night
Market. Very cool. Overwhelming clouds of insense and cigarret smoke...jade
trinkets galore, cigarettes, bootleg copies of Return of the King (I may have to
go back and get one of those) and just about any other kind of junk you can
imagine. I tried to get photos of the crowdedness and coolness of it, but it was
too cramped to get a really good shot.
On my way back to the subway station (Hong Kong's subways are very slick by
the way) I got hailed by a couple of fortune tellers. Since getting my fortune read
was one of the things I wanted to do at the Market I went over. I figured that if
they were signaling to the white girl who probably had 'Tourist' in big red letters
tattoed on her forehead that it meant they probably spoke English. Nope.
The woman called someone who spoke English on her cell phone. While they
waited for the guy to come the man read my face and my palms. Of course, I
couldn't understand a word of it, and the only English he knew was 'Very Good.'
When he ran out of things to say he pulled out a pack of purple backed tarot
cards and had me choose six. Imagine my surprise when it was a bootleg deck
of manga based Tarot. Half of them looked like Kaori Yuki maybe? Artwork I've
seen, but I don't know the artist. The other half were the inside flaps from the X
manga. Imagine my surprise when he flipped over Kotori and Fuuma cards!
Mostly the couple and I laughed a lot because none of us could understand the
other. Eventually the English speaking guy came over and translated my face
and palm readings. I'm going to post as much of it as I can remember. Now,
dear readers, I expect you to remember this in case it comes true!
1. I am a good daughter. I bring good fortune to my parents, and my sister, if I
had one.
2. My parents are going to live a long life.
3. I am also going to live long. My ears say so apparently. Until 93 at least.
4. By the age of 26 I'm going to have so much money I can't spend it all. If this
comes true, I'm coming back to Hong Kong, finding these people and giving
them a generous bonus. Ha.
5. I should not wear the color red. This is a shame, since I've collected quite a
red wardrobe lately. Heather, if you ever read this, make sure your bridesmaid
dresses are not red.
6. I shouldn't get married until I'm 28.
7. My future boyfriend/husband is going to be very tall and handsome.
8. I'm going to have two girls and two boys. Ha.
9. I'm apparently sad about something right now. News to me. But it's also a
very peaceful time for me.
10. If I go to a foreign country I shouldn't take lots of money out with me. And
who says you never hear anything useful at a fortune tellers?
I might have to go back to the market again and see what another fortune teller
says. Maybe they'll tell me that I'll marry Mickey Mouse like the fortune teller
when I was in 2nd gra
Greetings from Hong Kong! I just got back from the Temple Street Night
Market. Very cool. Overwhelming clouds of insense and cigarret smoke...jade
trinkets galore, cigarettes, bootleg copies of Return of the King (I may have to
go back and get one of those) and just about any other kind of junk you can
imagine. I tried to get photos of the crowdedness and coolness of it, but it was
too cramped to get a really good shot.
On my way back to the subway station (Hong Kong's subways are very slick by
the way) I got hailed by a couple of fortune tellers. Since getting my fortune read
was one of the things I wanted to do at the Market I went over. I figured that if
they were signaling to the white girl who probably had 'Tourist' in big red letters
tattoed on her forehead that it meant they probably spoke English. Nope.
The woman called someone who spoke English on her cell phone. While they
waited for the guy to come the man read my face and my palms. Of course, I
couldn't understand a word of it, and the only English he knew was 'Very Good.'
When he ran out of things to say he pulled out a pack of purple backed tarot
cards and had me choose six. Imagine my surprise when it was a bootleg deck
of manga based Tarot. Half of them looked like Kaori Yuki maybe? Artwork I've
seen, but I don't know the artist. The other half were the inside flaps from the X
manga. Imagine my surprise when he flipped over Kotori and Fuuma cards!
Mostly the couple and I laughed a lot because none of us could understand the
other. Eventually the English speaking guy came over and translated my face
and palm readings. I'm going to post as much of it as I can remember. Now,
dear readers, I expect you to remember this in case it comes true!
1. I am a good daughter. I bring good fortune to my parents, and my sister, if I
had one.
2. My parents are going to live a long life.
3. I am also going to live long. My ears say so apparently. Until 93 at least.
4. By the age of 26 I'm going to have so much money I can't spend it all. If this
comes true, I'm coming back to Hong Kong, finding these people and giving
them a generous bonus. Ha.
5. I should not wear the color red. This is a shame, since I've collected quite a
red wardrobe lately. Heather, if you ever read this, make sure your bridesmaid
dresses are not red.
6. I shouldn't get married until I'm 28.
7. My future boyfriend/husband is going to be very tall and handsome.
8. I'm going to have two girls and two boys. Ha.
9. I'm apparently sad about something right now. News to me. But it's also a
very peaceful time for me.
10. If I go to a foreign country I shouldn't take lots of money out with me. And
who says you never hear anything useful at a fortune tellers?
I might have to go back to the market again and see what another fortune teller
says. Maybe they'll tell me that I'll marry Mickey Mouse like the fortune teller
when I was in 2nd gra
