http://superfreakymemories.com Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:31:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/01/22/mr-lau/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/01/22/mr-lau/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:56:12 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1086 On my way to the Philippines, I stayed in at the same hotel in Hong Kong as during our last visit with the students — specifically so that I could return to this man’s restaurant a few blocks away. A friendlier manager, you could not find. And the Cantonese food, oh, the food was so [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/01/22/mr-lau/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/06/how-nice/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/06/how-nice/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:42:50 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=694 Chilled chicken for only $HK 33.90 at the local Wellcome grocery!  What a great deal!  Who could resist?  And it even comes with the head & a sleepy facial expression!  GREAT. The fresh meat section of my local Trust Mart leaves me similarly … “cold”, let’s say.  I’m not used to seeing my fresh meat [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/06/how-nice/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/06/lightning-earth/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/06/lightning-earth/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:06:24 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=702 I’m really not sure what this means.  Maybe there’s a power line (a “lightning” wire, perhaps?) below that would react unpleasantly to a shovel.  Another suggestion was that maybe the soil is there as part of a lightning rod setup, so there’s somewhere for the charge to go after a lightning strike to the pole.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/06/lightning-earth/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/hong-kong-heineken/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/hong-kong-heineken/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:59:19 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=690 I’ve always thought Heineken bottles were eminently photogenic.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/hong-kong-heineken/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:17:41 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=679 In the Chengdu airport on the way to Hong Kong.  Our Sichuan Airlines flight to Shenzhen was delayed an hour & a half.  This woman was pacing around with her baby swaddled on her back, and Jenny helped me ask if I could take their picture. Mr. Cute Baby here is smiling at the gestures [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/aki-jenny/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/aki-jenny/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:19:17 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=769 At the Chengdu airport on the way to Hong Kong for the SAT subject tests.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/aki-jenny/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/dog-man-staredown/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/dog-man-staredown/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:15:35 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=755 On the bench next to the dog is the dog’s carrying case.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/dog-man-staredown/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/hong-kong-graduation/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/hong-kong-graduation/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:11:35 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=562 Spotted this family taking photos on a Hong Kong bridge.  The girl saw me right before, waved, and called out, “Hi!”  She seemed happy.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/hong-kong-graduation/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/waiting-whistling-watching/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/waiting-whistling-watching/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:56:20 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=620 This boy seemed calmly abandoned. This “New Town Plaza” mall was the size of a small city.  The map even indicated a Ben & Jerry’s store (!) somewhere on the distant end of its vast reaches, but when the alternatives were, “The journey will be long and perilous; only some of you will make it [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/waiting-whistling-watching/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/nostrils/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/nostrils/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:55:53 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=548 This must be the view most people, those shorter than me, normally see. Aki took this photo in the “Ocean Theatre” of Ocean Park as we waited for the Sea World-esque dolphins show to begin.  I wanted a photo of me awash in the Chinese multitude, but you can see what is probably an Indian [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/nostrils/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/hans-n-franz/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/hans-n-franz/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:41:01 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=560 My student Hans waiting in line for the cable cars at Ocean Park in Hong Kong.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/hans-n-franz/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/into-the-breach/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/into-the-breach/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:55:48 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=570 My students wave from a balcony inside the test center at Hong Kong’s Lock Tao Secondary School before entering the test room.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/into-the-breach/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/before-the-test/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/before-the-test/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:45:00 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=614 With Aki & our students before the SAT in Hong Kong. Sue/Sushi is holding up her admissions ticket, which, um, didn’t exist half an hour before the test.  She is a fortunate girl, that Sushi…]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/before-the-test/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/shelly/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/shelly/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:44:04 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=574 Nervous before the test.  A moment later, she asked if I could have some of my intelligence, so I gave her all I had to spare.  Shelly got the raw end of that deal. I think the mosaic on the side of this Hong Kong school is interesting; such Christian iconography is out of place [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/01/shelly/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/cantonese-food/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/cantonese-food/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:54:07 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=572 Most American “Chinese” food comes from the Cantonese branch of Chinese cooking, indigenous to the south of China and not easy to find elsewhere.  In Chengdu, I’ve been craving “Chinese food” because Sichuan cooking is very, very different (and proudly über-spicy).  My first trip to Shanghai offered a glimpse of more familiar fare — Shanghai’s [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/cantonese-food/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/emma-wanted-a-photo/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/emma-wanted-a-photo/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:19:31 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=608 … so we took one at the Chengdu airport, on our way to Hong Kong. Emma dreams of going to UVa to study politics and is preternaturally poised & responsible — a natural leader.  On the day of the SAT, she practically made herself a member of the adult team when admission ticket problems cropped [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/31/emma-wanted-a-photo/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/29/chengdu-class-photo/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/29/chengdu-class-photo/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:02:06 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=854 On the last day of class before our trip to Hong Kong for the SAT.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/29/chengdu-class-photo/feed/ 0