My new love- Chinatown.
Oh yes, yesterday was my first visit to Chinatown. I loved it. Im definately going back there sometime soon. :) Its really true when they say, you never really could embrace something unless you've actually experienced it first hand. I used to have this twisted notion that Chinatown is like a gangster's haven or something, like everyone there is just high on opium and there are plenty neatly groomed women clad in cheongsam with ceramic teapots in their hands... aaah the smell of fresh simmering chinese herbs wafting through the air. Ok wake up! That was just the crooked idea i had, induced by my years of social studies and history classes. Chinatown was nothing like that. At least not tangibly. But you could see subtle signs of the past that looks pretty much like how i painted it in my mind. You could imagine what the streets looked like back then, even juxtapose them in your mind. Its a tad magical if you could just senselessly delve into its past. I'm a a sucker for ever...