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  • Housewarming... late!

    2008-07-21 11:05PM / 標準BLOG / 會員可以看
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    I am egregiously tardy with this, but I hope it can fall under 'better late than never.'

    Someone sent me a set of salt and pepper shakers. They are GREAT because they are totally guy-centric.

    Absolutely un-metrosexual and not feminine in the least. And thank god for THAT.

    Thank you Peachey!

    It was also a sort of homecoming for them, as you can see:


    In related news, Sidney's sister Jacqueline gave me a set of glasses. I admit I haven't opened them yet, but that's because I have yet to have any guests in the house.

    But I put them on the shelf in the kitchen, anyway. The other day I noticed the label:


    "Each tumbler got its own color. Never mixed up with your friends while playing mahjong."

    Beneath that, it says "Caution: Do not use for" and has three illustrations:

    1. A guy getting a bottle broken over his head.
    2. A dishware equivalent of 3-card monte.
    3. That Chinese cure where they put suction glasses on your back and raise those godawful welts.

    I'm not kidding!

    They're made by Idencity, who explain their concept thusly:

    more than living

    Hong Kong people are being stereotyped as workaholics and materialists for ages. It is their ignorance of arts and lifestyle that makes Hong Kong a "Culture Desert".

    It might be true in some sense, we have been overlooking the quality of our life for long enough. We worked very hard for living in the past, but people are now asking for more.

    Ironically, we grab things from outside. As long as it is made in Italy, France or Japan, regardless if it suits us or not, people get mad about it. Globalization strengthens the linkage between people, however, standardizes everyone and erases individual characteristics.

    We need something which really belongs to Hong Kong. We should have our own icon.

    We believe every city has its own identity, which is very unique to anywhere else. Our goal is to share our experience of exploring Hong Kong with the public. We capture glimpses of our daily life, which people might have seen before or even they are part of it.

    Our task does not limit to appreciation of artwork, we merge arts and daily life together. We go for good quality, well designed and worth for value products. We aim at not just living in Hong Kong, but actually living WITH Hong Kong. That's what "more than living" means.

    =============================================
    The glasses couldn't be any more local. I promise only to use them during mahjong and not for gang fights, swindling, or traditional medicine.

    Not that those aren't local too...

    Thank you again Peachey for my salt and pepper shakers!

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  • JustKelly
    留言於2008-07-25 10:40AM [举报]
    I like the S&P shakers.  They're very manly.  :D
  • peachey
    留言於2008-07-22 10:39AM [举报]
    Ohhh!! Skin-scraping. What memories that bring up. I used to do that for my mom with one of them there Chinese soup spoons and a little jar of tiger balm. Never knew what that was for.
  • peachey
    留言於2008-07-22 2:19AM [举报]
    You're welcome. Yup, made in China. Too bad you can't use my shakers for cupping.  

    The colored glasses are good for not mixing your own drinks either. haha. Or like if you have OCD - must drink tea out of blue tumbler, etc. keke
  • AlbertV
    留言於2008-07-22 1:43AM [举报]
    Very nice salt and pepper shakers...seriously...I do like them :) Cute gifts!!!

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