Romain

Romain
Poster Color on Paper

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a very happy birthday, Dear.

A Man

A Man

Poster Colors on Paper

I Say Don't Count

People say 'The first is hurt' which reminds me my first weeks in Hong Kong where I am totally abroad. I was forced to share my room and sleep on a very hard bed with very hot and humid room temperature. I was forced to put more effort during classes, struggling to understand Hong Kong accent of my teachers. I was forced to do a lot of new things which I supposed not easy at all since I had no one to share with.

People say 'The more differences you have the closer you are'. When you are alone and no one is similar to you at all, you will definitely think like that, like me. You will not be picky anymore and you will simply be open to everything, to everybody. The interesting part would be the way you adapt with those people, with their culture, their way of thinking, their opinion, their thing. It is the time when you dont think about differences, but similarity. I experienced how one similarity bring you laughing the whole night. Beautiful.

People say 'Studying abroad should be the life time of your life'. Short but good. Personally speaking, I am so thankful that I chose Hong Kong (finally after some other weeks) which brought me to bunches of special persons, new experiences, and accidentally the new me. I can say anything about my time in Hong Kong but great!

People say 'Stop at the highest point, and get the best' cause after that highest point, the excitement level would significantly decrease. And if you decide not to stop at the highest point, which is translated as the best time of the time, you will end up not so exciting anymore with your life. And finally have bad memory about that particular time of your life.

People say 'Life is short' especially when you are happy and suddenly you are in the exam week already which happens to be the last weeks of your stay. And when people say that life is short they will continue with saying so make the best out of it which makes me think again, how can i make my last 3 weeks so damn great and memorable?

People say 'Dont count the time unless you wanna lose it'. Someone said 'Oh, two weeks more!!' and I said 'Just Dont count'.

People say 'The last is also hurt' but I dont want mine to be hurt. Just dont count for now, that will be fine....

Wax Crayon on Paper (3)

Psychedelic trompe l'oeil (given by Romain)

Wax crayon, colour pencil and pen on paper

Flower in the window

Wax Crayon on paper

Fireworks on silence
Wax Crayon on paper

Burping in Hong Kong is FINE!!

I am in the same class with a HongKonger girl, Celia. I can say she's really unbelievable. The way she behaves is just unpredictable and amazing! She could freely say whatever she wanna say without any hesitation. One day she even called me an 'Orange Monster' simply because I wore an orange t-shirt and was drawing monster during the lecture.

This day I was in the same discussion group with her. We talked much about our family background cause it was related with the topic of that day. She was eagerly telling me her story which was really interested and I couldn't stop laughing at all. Somehow it wasn't because of that she was funny, but she was somehow so innocent, she told the story not like a 20-years-old girl telling the same story. Well, I dont know how to explain, but she definitely got me killed myself with my own laugh.

The lecturer stopped the discussion and led us to class discussion. And I was trying hard to stop looking at Celia so I could stop laughing. The lecturer started to ask a group about their discussion conclusion. Everybody was in silence and put attention to the spoke person of that group, and so did I. Until...

"AAAAAAAAaaaaaa!!!!!", Celia made a sound. (with the highest and deepest volume ever)

and 2 seconds after..

"What!??!", I whispered spontaneously (with the lowest volume ever)

and suddenly everybody look at....


ME!
me the one who whispered with the lowest volume ever.
me the one who reacted spontaneously to that inappropriate thing.
me the one who was in shock for a while.
me the one who didn't believe that was actually...

A BURP!!!
A HIGH-CONCENTRATED BURP IN A FORMAL CLASS DISCUSSION!!!

and they were not only looking at me! but also laughing at me?!
can you help me to understand the situation somehow?!
so, burping is fine in Hong Kong. However reacting to the burp is not fine. Not fine at all.

Cry

Cry and you will be done.
Cry and you will be up again.
Cry and you will be relieved.
Cry and you will be stronger.
Cry and you will be in peace.
Cry and you will be in other time.
Cry and you will be full of sorrow.
Cry and you will be down.
Cry and you will be like a baby.
Cry.
Cry.
Cry.
Just Cry.
Simply Cry.
And you will feel you are in pain.

Saikung

These are some pictures I took in Saikung. Saikung is a fising village in New Territories, one of the districts in North part of Hong Kong. Saikung is refered as the mecca for sea food lover, both for Hong Kong residence and tourists. The day we went there, the weather was not so good. It was a bit cloudy so we could not really see further from seashore.

What was interesting for me is the transaction there. After we finished with laying down in the beach, we visited the commercial part of Saikung. There are a lot of boats where fishermen offering their fish to people standing at the pier. Once a person has picked the fish, they will directly 'kill' them. This was the most horrible part of Saikung. I saw myself a fish was being knocked with a hammer! :( No way! I rather eat cooked fish than the fresh one! Other than that, there are also a lot of boat which are functioned as house. I think they live there. Ah, of course! I told you Saikung is a fishing village!

Well, enjoy the pics!

Unique/Strange

I had a short coversation with a friend of mine.

Me : What are u up to?
Him: Just bought an ipod nano from ebay.
Me : Ah, I thought you said you dont listen to music.
Him: Well I dont like music. Ive never bought any album since '93.
Me : So what music are u putting on it?
Him: I listen to red hot chilly pepper, greenday, matisyahu, eminem.
Me : hmm... i doesnt sound like your music.
Him: Why? whats that suppose to mean?
Me : Nothing.

After a while...

Him: It sounded like you said that my music isnt excentric for an excentric person like me.
Me : exactly.
Him: well, I listen frank zappa too.
Me : ok
Him: and lordi. do you know?
Me : no.
Him: finnish band
Me : ok. sounds like you arent that happy i said your music isnt excentric.
Him: yeah. I dont wanna people think Im normal
Me : ok


Well, excentric is being different.
And being different is about two choices.
Unique/Strange.

I Sing and Nobody Listens

Postcard

I just talked with my aunty.

Her : Can I ask you a favor?
Me : Sure, why not? What is that?
Her : Can you send postcard regularly to grandma?
Me : Ah, has the last one arrived?
Her : Yes, a couple of days after grandpa died.
Me : Okay, I'll send postcard regularly.
Her : Okay, Thanks. Back to work
Me : Ok.

I realize how a small thing means so big.
I was not there when he died.
I was not there to see her cried.
I even could not talk with him at last.
They have been so nice to me.
And all I can do is sending postcard.
And that still means something for them. At least for her.

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a little thing about my grandpa, you may click here