Ordinary Gweilo

4 responses to “Something new, something old”

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   rachel m. wasser

   Oct 22, 2004

   Thanks a lot for the mention. I’m kind of attached to my blog’s name (“Hello, Kitty!”), but since nobody else is, perhaps I’ll scrap it in an effort to get linked to. Though some might construe that as selling out, it seems the title has become a hindrance….
   To explain: when I first moved here from the US, I couldn’t get over the Hong Kong attitude towards cute. Three months later, I’m still consistently shocked by the total, non-ironic acceptance of cute. My students turn in papers with Sanrio stickers on them, and they keep their writing implements in carrying cases shaped like soft little puppies. Astroboy has his own credit card… and almost an entire store in the Shatin plaza! Everyday, I wake up to face a Hello, Kitty world. So I choose to say, “Hello, Kitty!” back to it. With a heavy dose of irony that I fear doesn’t come across in my two-world blog title.
   I miss irony. But maybe genuine enjoyment is better…

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   Chris

   Oct 22, 2004

   You certainly shouldn’t change the name just to please a few miserable old bloggers like me!!
   Irony’s good for me, so on to the blogroll you go! Writing about the “non-ironic acceptance of cute” should keep you busy for many months.

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   ranchero elpaso

   Oct 25, 2004

   Chris. Was it really so strange?
   Compliments aside, thank you for the plug. And truly, everyone I know is snottingly sick, so make sure to drink those vitamin Cs, rest easy, and I herebye bless thee with a curse of a thousand hour-long massages from legal receptionists with small noses. All hail with great praise.

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   Flying Chair

   Oct 27, 2004

   New blog on the block

   A new Hong Kong blog has entered the fray- say hello to Hello Kitty!

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