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June 17, 2005
Back From Reality
Guangzhou was polluted, rainy, humid and sweltering. But maybe through romance-tinted glasses, it has its unique charms too. Between urban gardens and malls filled with faux-designer goods, I found reprieve, rest and romance.
Perhaps it is also because I felt strangely at home - steeped in cantopop, cantonese, Chinese and strange Cantonese cuisine. Like walking the grimey streets of NYC's and Frisco's Chinatown, listening to Cantonese conversed unabashedly, I thought of my grandparents as usual. Being in Guangzhou and the chinatowns of the world bring me back to a childhood of loving grandparents, gorgeous food and blabbering Cantonese.
Speaking of which, I'm blabbering now. Sleep now. Reminisce later.
Some pictures coming up. When I finally clear the backlog of work.
Posted by lainey at June 17, 2005 01:03 AM