Clever Turtles

A night out in Itaewon and John blurts out all sorts of wisdoms...I remember the Koreans being very annoyed and 'Tyrone' in particular. It was a fun night in the end though when we moved to a small club in Hongdae where we danced pretty much all night and where there were lots of creepy guys.

On Saturday Night, May 19th 2007, José, Owen, Jessica, Kevin, Cat and moi went out in Kangnam area, but before all the dancing started, we sat down for some fruit soju to hear the American and Brit quarrel about...themselves...

Growing up in the Netherlands as a Chinese I cannot remember a moment in which I felt I was treated differently because of my ethnicity. There have been curious questions and misunderstandings, especially in the early days when Asia was not regarded yet as an upcoming economical force but as just some mysterious incomprehensible piece of land in the East.

Remember when Angelina Jolie got a baby from Cambodia? And how everybody thought it was all cute and noble of her to adopt a baby? After little Maddox, Angelina went on a world tour and adopted a girl from Ethiopia, a boy from Namibia and her latest member of the happy jolie-pitt family was a Vietnamese boy....I think Angelina is a little bit on a baby-adopting frenzy.

Have babies become collectibles nowadays? Four countries down, 148 to go? Do you have a kid of from Paraguay for me, because my adoption agency made a mistake and now I'm stuck with two Thai babies.

I have been in China for almost 6 months now. I have made a few tiny trips out of town but in general I have been passing the days in Beijing. In summary I have to say I am loving it. Although I am never *strike* not always happy to go to work at 7.30 in the morning, I feel intensely happy and lucky every evening when I am on my way home for a relaxing evening or prepping up for a hang-out with friends.

Jenny doesn’t use pole-shaped objects for stripping.

Jenny will bitch-slap every person trying to put money in her panties.

Jenny already donated her army gear to the Stripper Pole Korean Kimchi Army.

Jenny does not like the colour Red.

Jenny is not really Chinese.

Jenny is still from the block and keeping it real.

Jenny is not Jenny’s real name.

Jenny has lesbian tendencies.

Jenny enjoys eating icecream and chocolate, not hanging up side down on a stick.

Mostly though: 남자는 다 되지야!

I went out shopping with my Canadian friend the other day at 西直门(Xi Zhi Men). Important to note here is that my Canadian friend is black.

It is Tuesday night and my phone rings at bloody 4 am in the morning. My colleague – semi-drunk – on the other side of the phone is surprised that I am asleep. Whatever dude, just get to the point. Crazy semi-drunk colleague was having a drink (or hundred) with three of his Chinese amigas and they thought it would be an excellent idea to wake me up and ask me whether I could hook his three friends up with any of my lao wai friends.