Shanghai Baby and The OC
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By the way, I'm sorry I wasn't able to update much last week. I was, yet again, out sick after recklessly eating loads of shrimp during our department dinner-meet.
I think I was quite productive at home nonetheless. I was able to finish Wei Hui's novel Shanghai Baby. Many thanks to Jeosa for shipping me a hard-bound copy supposedly for my birthday. I read an article about the book last year that it was banned in China and that copies of it were confiscated in bookstores by authorities. That actually just helped the book on its way to the international best-seller list.
After reading it, I need not wonder why it was banned for a while. It opens up China to the world as this new liberated country embracing western culture and lifestyle. It's a deliciously written erotic story of a budding novelist who got torn between her boyfriend and a married German lover. Wei Hui wrote as if she’s conjuring a spell - dizzying, intricate and personally hand-woven. Reviews say the novel's basically her autobiography which explains some real-time juxtaposition between Wei Hui's life and her lead character.
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P.S.
We're going crazy with The O.C.! There has never been such guilty pleasure since Dawson's Creek. The OC has been reaping awards lately and the producers, cast and writers just deserve it. I can't sell it to whoever's reading this more - just watch it from the beginning. Oh, by the way, it's pure mush. The kind you'd like to watch just to get goose bumps. They're on their second season now so you can't go wrong.
Calling Stephanie Penalosa: I'd like to get those OC seasons 1 & 2 CDs now!
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By the way, I'm sorry I wasn't able to update much last week. I was, yet again, out sick after recklessly eating loads of shrimp during our department dinner-meet.
I think I was quite productive at home nonetheless. I was able to finish Wei Hui's novel Shanghai Baby. Many thanks to Jeosa for shipping me a hard-bound copy supposedly for my birthday. I read an article about the book last year that it was banned in China and that copies of it were confiscated in bookstores by authorities. That actually just helped the book on its way to the international best-seller list.
After reading it, I need not wonder why it was banned for a while. It opens up China to the world as this new liberated country embracing western culture and lifestyle. It's a deliciously written erotic story of a budding novelist who got torn between her boyfriend and a married German lover. Wei Hui wrote as if she’s conjuring a spell - dizzying, intricate and personally hand-woven. Reviews say the novel's basically her autobiography which explains some real-time juxtaposition between Wei Hui's life and her lead character.
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P.S.
We're going crazy with The O.C.! There has never been such guilty pleasure since Dawson's Creek. The OC has been reaping awards lately and the producers, cast and writers just deserve it. I can't sell it to whoever's reading this more - just watch it from the beginning. Oh, by the way, it's pure mush. The kind you'd like to watch just to get goose bumps. They're on their second season now so you can't go wrong.
Calling Stephanie Penalosa: I'd like to get those OC seasons 1 & 2 CDs now!
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