Figure 1. Cousins and I
Little I knew of the consequences of showing my younger cousins a good time would lead to this. To the other adults, I was a giant ‘kid’ playing children’s games. To my younger cousins, I was The Eagle (老鹰).
Despite sounding like a triad’s nickname from a Hong Kong film rerun. The Eagle and ever quite often–The Hen are actually the roles I play with my little cousins in a classic chase game–eagle catch little chickens. The game’s purpose is for the hen to protect its chicks (lined up in a row behind the hen) from the eagle which will attempt to get past the hen.
Another game popular with them is Pepsi, Cola, One, Two, Three. The goal here is for each participant to take turns to touch/step/hit one’s foot with his/her own foot. A person loses when another person’s foot comes into contact with his/her. In all fairness, I lose in this game all the time. Because my younger cousins cheat instead.
Figure 2. A game of Ice Fire
Ice Fire is derived from the classic police catch thief chase game whereby the catcher will ‘ice’ someone in order to catch them. An ‘iced’ person is not to move unless he is ‘fire’ by another person. The goal is for the catcher to ‘ice’ everyone leaving no one to ‘fire’ them anymore. My cousins cheat a lot in this one too. I have never won a game to date. It sucks.
That said, it’s great fun to bond with my younger cousins when they don’t gang up and pester me to play with them right after dinner.
Do you play these games as a child?
01 Green for suppressing coughs, cream for the phelgm.
Many thanks to my blatant disregard of how flu germs spread, I am currently down with the flu— the type which just absorbs all the energy out of you and makes you blow your noise in every piece of fabric you can find. It’s not that bad, seriously. The itching cough and the yellow phlegm is arriving.
02 Pei Pa Kao cough syrup
As far as I remember, we always referred phlegm as tam (pronounced as thumb) which means phlegm in Cantonese. Perhaps it was due to the fact no one could pronounce it properly, everyone around here seems to refer it that way.
Ways of getting rid of phelgm
Apart from finding cures in tablets, old remedies such as Bird Nest’s Soup and Loquat Syrup (pei pa kou) can help. I am not sure if it works but I would never pass the opportunity to have some bird nests. Hehehe.
Who enjoys Pei Pa Kou and Bird Nest’s soup?
Figure 1. Australian Photojournalist 2008
Back in February, I received an email from a design studio I worked previously in Brisbane informing me that they were planning to submit one of my works into Queensland Design On Show awards (formerly known as the Queensland Design Awards) along with several of their best works. I was quite excited. Very.
ku’dos, n. (sl.). Glory, renown. (Gk)
qdos, n (sl.). queensland design on show. The new name for the Queensland Design Awards, initiated and run by the Design Institute of Australia.
My submitted work was a publication design piece for the The Australian Photo Journalist (buy the book here)–the official journal of the Australian Photojournalist’ Association. It was quite the experience working with a team of editors racing towards a deadline. Not to mention the countless Saturdays I returned to the design studio just to nitpick the little stuff which can be improved.
A few weeks ago, I received word that I was among the finalists under the ‘emerging student designers’ category. A big honour, to say the least. To be judged and be recognized by my professional peers was umph all the way. And if that wasn’t enough, my work (despite only as a digital image) was being displayed as part as an exhibition at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art till the end of the month. On June 13th, the winners were announced at a gala event at the Schonell Theatre ala red is the new black.
The day when I knew the results was one of those key moments in life. That moment in time where you know you did it right and it paid off. I came up as runner up under ‘emerging student designers’.
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Figure 1. House M.D. Season 4 starts August 19, 2008.
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Figure 1. Moustache on a stick accessory
A fun little thing to have on a weekend – a felt-moustache on a stick. It comes in a set of three @ USD$12. Anyone interested in chipping in?
