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Think crouching tiger hidden dragon

I easily made one of the best decision in my life by getting a massage today. Most massage parlors in HK look extremely shade. Usually located on top of shady looking brick building with AC water dripping. This place looked more legit, it only had blinking pics of the feet and not an happy smiling face indicating a happy-ending...I had no idea what to expect from the outside but once inside everything was self-explanatory. It's nothing else but a massage parlor, people go there to get massages. Downstairs is for foot reflexology and upstairs is for body. I got the body massage and I'm gonna back again very soon since it is so addicting.

The woman who massaged me or "number 5" had a heart to heart conversation with me in Mandarin. She was telling me how she supports her son to go to college while doing this. But she doesn't understand why kids in college don't show up to class. I told her it is because some stuff you can't learn from classes and that social competence is way more important than being good at calculus. I couldn't help but to think about my parents and how much work they did so I can afford this massage. I tend to take things for granted sometimes, and today was a real smack on the gong. This woman who barely received any education in her life was able to shed some light into into my conscience and my Chinese identity. I'm dedicating this post to you and to the many parents out there. yall are appreciated.

Also when I was browsing for climbing shoes today, I recognized one of HK's most famous (oldschool) actress - Cheng Pei Pei. She was in many movies I watched when I was little, King Fu Wuxia, Come Drink with Me, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon!!!!! That movie was shot 10 years ago. I couldn't believe my own eyes. How come no one else in the store recognized her?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Pei-pei