Category Archives: Journals by asst25

https://uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/a1ab55932a94d6c01572dd0957b175e3/exploring-hong-kong/index.html Yu Laoshi started today’s class describing Hong Kong’s culinary scene, such as the fusion between international and Chinese cuisines, wet markets, street food, and Cha Can Ting – we went to one in Tuen Mun for lunch a bit … Continue reading →

A street corner on a sunny day in Hong Kong is quite the place to people watch. It’s a place to be bumped and jostled, to be sold a suit, to share a coconut with a friend. A street corner … Continue reading →

“I can’t believe we can do all this in an afternoon!” Said Haley as she looked out majestically into the mountains. Today’s theme was food culture, with an in-class discussion about Hong Kong’s food culture and visits to a 茶餐廳 … Continue reading →

What role does food play in a city’s cultural identity? How does food become part of one’s individual identity? Does food bring people together or is it exclusionist? Today the students offered multiple ways of interpreting Postcolonial Affairs with Food and … Continue reading →

Another unexpectedly great day in Hong Kong. After an enticing class about food and a feast of a lunch at a nearby Tea House, we walked a bit around the wet market in Tuen Mun (I don’t think I’ve ever … Continue reading →

Today was a wild day, starting with our trip to a traditional Hong Kong Tea House. While there we ordered plates of food piled high with a mixture of western fired chicken and Chinese Wok-cooked noodles. The taste of the … Continue reading →

Today’s events really began and ended surrounded by food. Our lecture was about food culture in both Hong Kong and China more broadly. Afterwards, we all went to a “tea restaurant,” which is a type of restaurant favored by locals, … Continue reading →

Our lecture today was about Hong Kong Cinema. With a brief overview we learned about the origins of the Kung Fu genre along with the ridiculous comedy of Stephen Chow. When I think about movies my mind never wanders to … Continue reading →

Forest is an allusion to frenzy, disorder, the notion that surroundings are moving faster than characters in the scene. The surface interpretation of Wong Kar Wai is that he directs without a completed script and produces fragmented stories, but there … Continue reading →

I found today’s class particularly interesting. I’ve come to realize how much I enjoy class discussions, especially when it involves learning new things that I have never encountered with before. Besides Chungking Mansion, I believe I watched a couple of … Continue reading →