Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong Page #2

and English lit.

So what happened?

I guess my practical side

won out.

I got my mba.

But now,

whenever anybody asks me

what I do for a living,

I feel the need

to follow it up with,

but I did study literature

in college.

Yeah. I get that.

It's not like

i went to school

to design toys.

How did you

become a toy designer?

Well, out of design school

I thought I was gonna

be the next Vera wang,

but I quickly realized

that it is much easier

finding a job

designing toys.

-Still want to do

something with fashion?

-Oh yeah, definitely.

You know, but instead

of designing my own label,

I think I'd love to own

my own boutique

and-- and be able to curate

all my own pieces.

-You got pretty good style

what's stopping you?

-Thanks.

Student loans.

Rent. The need to eat

on a regular basis.

Eating is

highly overrated.

Coming from a guy

who probably has caviar

for breakfast.

No, I have cocaine

for breakfast.

-Ahh.

-Caviar is like a--

a late afternoon snack.

So do you still write

on the side?

-I'm working on a novel.

-Oh, you're a novelist.

I think you have

to finish the book

before you call yourself

a novelist, but--

kind of.

What's it called?

Do you really wanna know?

I just keep asking

you questions

because I love

hearing the sound

of my own voice.

You're kind of sassy,

you know that?

So?

It's uh--

it's called,

"living on Hong Kong time."

You mean,

living on jet lag time?

I had this boss

when I was living

in New York,

and he said, uh,

"let's hustle people,

it's already tomorrow

in Hong Kong."

And that phrase--

that phrase like

really stuck with me

because it's

so fast paced here,

it really

is already tomorrow.

-Guess what?

-Hmm?

It's still

yesterday in L.A.

That's funny.

It's probably very true too.

I think if you gave it

a solid chance,

you'd really

like it there.

Yeah, I hear

the weather's amazing.

So what's it about?

It's a far-fetched story

about an American expat

living in Hong Kong,

and all his misadventures.

Hmm, I've always been

intrigued with expats.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

I mean they always gave

the impression

that living abroad

is so glamorous,

but when my grandparents

immigrated to the states

from Hong Kong,

their journey

was anything but glamorous.

And what makes

them immigrants,

and you expats?

Well, I guess expats

are living abroad temporarily,

and an immigrant

is there to stay.

Okay. So how long

have you been in Hong Kong?

-10 years.

-Hmm.

Do you have any plans

to move back to New York

any time soon?

-Nope.

-Okay, so...

A white investment banker

living abroad is an expat,

and a Chinese

restaurant worker

living in arcadia

is an immigrant?

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