Notes from Mo's Diary
October 23,7 pm
Seeing Victoria Harbour from the air and watching Hong Kong skyscrapers blinking like inverted stalactites always leave me speechless, a rare moment for me when I am at a loss for words to describe what I see. I am always awed by man's capacity to create something from nothing, to conjure a building that started from the wispy threads of an architect's imagination, now transformed to reality.
I see the IFC building from my vantage point,Hong Kong's tallest building,88 storeys high, the number of floors extremely auspicious in Chinese culture. I see the other tall buildings - the International Commerce Center,Nina Towers,Central Plaza,Bank of China Tower and One Island East. I marvel at seeing it all lined up at night, waiting to be admired, from a distance.
Another day,another trip that's work-related. We're flying in to Hong Kong for the Studio 23 Goodtimes show aired every Tuesday. But oh don't get me wrong, I enjoy the perks of traveling and wouldn't exchange this experience for anything in the world.
I look out the window and look at the differing heights of the buildings and thought of how serendipitous that the show's subject this morning dealt with the highest peaks, only this time it's on the best examples of human twin peaks!
According to Insider.com, Jessica Simpson was voted as having the best bosom in Hollywood along with Carmen Electra, Scarlett Johansson, Linday Lohan and Tyra Banks.
I made my own list of local celebrities and Maureen Larrazabal won (real or not, she tops my short list). Sunshine Cruz is no.2 and Grace Lee, who's now busy watching a movie beside me (is it Cruel Intentions?) made it to my no.8 list. Some of the callers gave their opinions, but I stood pat on my list.
I hear the pilot's voice over the intercom updating us on the weather in Hong Kong as the plane lands in Chek Lap Kok Airport, another iconic example of human marvel engineering. I buckle my seatbelt and straighten my seat, my thoughts on breasts and tall buildings dissipate as I ponder on the view outside.
I look out and say a silent prayer for my own peak experiences -hearing Bamboo live a few days ago, receiving a lot of gifts from fans during my birthday celebration, TV and radio shows left and right, night and day..
I thank the One - you can call him Allah, God, Absolute Being, Jah, Divine Being, Infinite Spirit. Life is sweet, and I'm extremely grateful.
"Time to party?" Jo, the Mojo, asks beside me. He was sleeping a while ago, but he's wide awake now.
"Yeah, ready when you are!"
"Let's go!" Grace Lee pipes in.
I smile.Mojo's hit it right on the button. It's time to celebrate and have another peak moment. It's time to party!
(Postscipt:Some of the topics in this blog were discussed in the Goodtimes show today, specifically Mo's impending trip to Hong Kong that day for their Studio 23 tv show and Mo's own list of local celebrities based on the Inside.com article.Notes from Mo's Diary is a work of fiction, and thus Mo's thoughts and reflections on this blog do not reflect the real Mo Twister's views, but from the imagination and point of view of this blogger. Goodtimes! Pictures of Hong Kong courtesy of flickr)
