It is very early in the morning. When I caught the bus there was a line outside of Bob's Doughnuts - all happy people. Pleasantly tiddly. The present fog presents yellow circles of haze around the street lights. Beautiful, yet immaterial.
Golden haloes in the mist.
Tonight I have listened to karaoke, and heard the very gates of hell. San Francisco, after closing time. Back to the office.
But no matter.
I wish to present a few youtube moments.
The first one is a classic.
Bus Uncle - Ba Si Ah Sook:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsYRQkmVifg
In this clip, a Cantonese gentleman shows both his most eloquent side, and represents the Hong Kong salt of the earth at its expressive best - vituperative, foul mouthed, wishing one primary action upon your maternal relative.
Oh, also completely off his rocker. Beauty.
Seeing as 'bus uncle' mentions reproductive acts several times, he deserves to be embedded:
BUS UNCLE
There then. Wasn't his insistence upon congressional action, in all of its parameters, totally charming?
The second video is a woman who wants sharkfin soup. Lordy, that desire fills her world. Whatever else may happen, she is intent upon that specific goal.
Please enjoy her persuasiveness here:
SHARK FIN SOUP
Having seen the video, we both feel for her, don't we? Surely sharkfin soup is the best thing in the known universe? Anything more soul-satisfying there cannot be!
This woman would agree:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue1SAgWHygM&feature=related
As a third item, I would like to present the woman who missed her flight.
NO BOARDING FOR YOU!
Indeed, how could it come to this? Maybe you shouldn't have stopped for snackies? Damned shame in any case - they should have held the flight.
You cannot be blamed for being late.
And this wonderful clip shows the Cantonese interpersonal dynamic better than anything else.
MUNI BUS SMACKDOWN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rm4SazjKsQ&feature=related
It's the only clip that needs no translation.
屌!!!
All of these embedded videos illustrate Cantonese people in action.
Really, whoever came up with the term "inscrutable Oriental" sure wasn't talking about this bunch. No one who operates at full volume deserves the sobriquet 'inscrutable'.
More scrutable than these people you cannot get.
How can you not love them?
They're operatic.
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Jesus Christ. What a drama queen. Why didn't they start beating her to get her to shut THE FUCK UP?!?
Anonymous number one: nope.
Anonymous number two: what, and miss out on the best tantrum ever?
Besides, you'll have to admit, nothing mysterious OR inscrutable about any of those girls, is there?
Over the top, out in the open. No hidden agendas.
Going home now. Fourteen blocks, twenty minutes. Around sixty degrees outside I would guess. Two small cigarilloes.
Tomorrow is another day. Dang this is gonna be a long weekend!
I no longer really like weekends.... as you may have guessed.
Please explain the following. Perhaps in a full blogpost:
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2010_12_26_archive.html#5451923232707211568
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