I switched language when my cursor started blinking. I believe that each language is a different filter. they force you to consider some factors, likewise to ignore some details. Thus, although it is difficult to express the emotions that hide behind languages, we still keep trying. This persistence is the only way to be understood.
I recently traveled to Hong Kong for a bunch of reasons, and one of them makes me feel melancholy; I found it very painful to accept or to even think about. ‘Cause it’s maybe the last time I could really be there in person, for myself, especially itself.
The decision to travel was made because of two tech-events in Shenzhen. Like physiological hints, the more I treat them like excuses, the more these events cater to capital but not to me. Likewise, I found more excuses to persuade myself: I’m about to rust, I need to walk; I can make friends during the trip who may help me to find my way. But every time my mind is flying over Shenzhen, there’s a shallow river that I don’t notice, and then I land at Chek Lap Kok Airport, the other side, Hong Kong.
This was my 5th time in HK. each day I was not spending time in this metropolis; rather, I was wandering unhurriedly. I recorded everyday in a delicate glass storyboard in my memory. This city of neon lamps and shopping malls is definitely born to fascinate people, but HK also has something different. It isn’t hard to recognise if you really care about other human beings instead of only blinding patriotism.
Lok Ma Chau
First day, I was restricted by my purse so I arrived Shenzhen in 4am. That’s bad for many normal traveler but excellent for me. Luckier is the nearest Custom is open in 24H and when I pass through, I’m among the full carriage of kids. If you think the Shenzhen is a minimal China same as me, this carriage will be a junior version. They have exclusive passageway calling them cross-boundary students. 6 months a year, 5 days a week, 2wice cross each day, 2 hours+ on the mass transit, the intention of persist in is their parents believe there’s different between two education systems and made a choice that seems more struggling.
Landscape from Custom with kids
Tsim Sha Tsui
The outcome was they let me down, or I let them down, ’cause I had bad appetite and feel insensitive on flavours. The Tomato Noodle in Star Café was good, but just familiar to my home cook with same ingredient; the Kau Kee Beef Brisket Noodles was fragrant and burned my tongue. I don’t understand, is there something urgent to next in my mind? or I had any discomfort that I didn’t know? Night, I just heading hotel by bus and feel pity for wearing noise cancelling earphone till the surrounding people was blaming together, I noticed, the demonstration was begun.
"God loves everybody, Amitabha."
I never thought I could smell the tear gas in this era, and it’s happen just like try to prove my taste was working well. If you never fighting for somethings and get payback by this non-lethal weapon, you must wondering what it taste like. Is that true the gas cause seriously unwell if just contact with your skin? Don’t look at me I won’t try it for you, but I just learned one thing. Before the tear gas seasoned your day, you’ll feel pungent and coughing immediately and continuously. There’s no flavour like pepper, it’s just a command to force you stop whatever going on. Following the flavour, I’m about to the Prince Edward station, I saw the people blocked one of underground exit to in memory of few youths left these days. I’m lucky in the day, and really took myself on a flavour cruise.
One-way empty
Mong Kok
The movie, the Joker is another things you have no chance in mainland, so it emerging on my schedule second day. There’s lot of comment mentioned this movie is dangerous for misleading people to commit crimes. Many theatres hired security to prevent riot after showing. It makes me think the reason of people’s lost must be the Joker’s rational and clearness on his purpose. It persuade you with truth plus truth, result is you need revolution. And I walked in, with praying and exciting.
Theatre on a Pencil TowerThe air conditioner is stronger than the movie. It’s more relaxing than I thought, and more irrational. What the poor Joker has done is only following his disease and irrational mind. I don’t know how a totally invalid could affecting people unless they’re diseased same illness. I’m rational now because I mean real disease but laugh at joker and other poor guys.
This movie can’t moving healthy people, but on the other side, is Hong Kong healthy now? I can only tell the movie still screening instead of be banned since first. I don’t know if there’s anybody feel more angry after leave theatre, but I always thought the belief of public opinion can twist instigate, that’s definitely telling health.
North Point
18:00:44, from Kwun Tong Pier, I’m on the orient to Orient of the Pearl, the Kowloon peninsula sitting miraculously with Hong Kong island, like the whole city was unfolded. The sailing was longer than Star Ferry, the inclined line caused distance of course, but there’s still a strength forcing my heart to stay in Victoria harbour. Same boat with me is tired peoples one by one, some playing silly game, some watching silly video, all they need right now isn’t to assemble, to claim, to fight, but back to home and accompany with their family.
Unfolding Hong Kong ?
In spite of stereotyping, I repeat to myself, the Hong Kong is not special without people, the peoples is not special without the system, the system——of course was doubting——still had set something subtle to the opposite shore. That makes them shiny.
They are different. They are the prover of the people from this continent has power to be global citizen. It isn’t a big deal literally, the point is how extended of one’s soul, how unrestrained of one’s humanity. They turns out where’s your limit, the limit to how high of creation you can made, and how tenacious you can be to protect your loves.
I can’t tell why I love HK out right now, there’s no profound ends. The city just makes me feel ease, self controlled, and settle down.
