October 25, 2005

• still at work  but listening to the music of the english/carribean guy, which is...very interesting  shaggy, barry white, marvin gaye, frank sinatra, bob marley, coldplay, nina simone, bits of chris rock and eddie murphy's standup comedy, and lots of old artists i don't know, all mixed up together. the rest of his team take the mickey of this guy's taste in older music, but i like the mellowness of it and many of these songs can be found in my ipod too . i kinda stand up for him every time they tease him because it takes guts to be different  and his dad is a guitar player in a band, so i think they shouldn't mess with him because he has listened to a whole load of stuff that the rest of us don't normally get to hear. also i think they shouldn't mess with him because he is superfit  

  
  

  i'm reading a strange book i borrowed from shee ming's library, it's called 'chasing the dragon'. it's written by jackie pullinger, an english woman who went to hong kong about fourty years ago with zero money or connections and tried to help the gangs overcome drug addiction by...preaching to them the word of god. i don't think she was a model citizen by any means. also the book is heavily edited to play down the struggles and emphasize the successes. however, the story is definitely interesting, if only because i've never come across such a close description of the triads or Kowloon Walled City. it must have been quite an experience to be there. still a third of the book to go.

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