This Wednesday’s Wonder: Wishes in Hong Kong.
The first time I visited Asia (the opportune word here being “I,” because Frank lived in an Asian country during his childhood), we visited a few temples. Temples are sacred sites, much like churches and other religious edifices. However, I’ve never been one to revere sacredness. When I was younger and didn’t know any better, my prayers would consist of asking for more bubble gum.
To which I never got more bubble gum.
I gave up on this fortnightly ritual in about the second grade and stuck mainly to dandelion wishing, as that seemed to yield more results.
But back to the temple wishing. Since that first visit to Asia, I’ve taken just about every opportunity to write a wish and place it on a wishing tree or in a box in the hopes that some Buddhist, Taoist or Shinto God could hear my wishes. It never changes: one million dollars. Nor am I asking for much, am I right??
But, there was one time I didn’t get all wishy. And that was at Hutong in Hong Kong, where the photo below was taken. It’s a restaurant with some amazing food and an even more amazing view. We ordered –what felt like– just about everything on the menu; including some soft-shelled crab with Sichuan dried chili. The moment we ordered it, the waiter leaned over and said solemnly: “the crab is very spicy.” We didn’t blink twice and decided to order it anyway, certain that the “spicy” of which the waiter spoke was merely a warning of some lightly-peppered crab.
We were wrong.
The spicy crabs were delicious, but they proceeded to “burn us a new one,” so to speak. I felt myself wishing that instead of taking the opportunity to wish for a million dollars, I instead wished for a million gallons of milk. Or deadened tastebuds. Or perhaps that I could magically transform into a smoker.
So there. That’s the story of the time I learned to wish for something more useful: like mylanta. Or a new pair of chonies.
Lots of wishes here…lots
What do you wish for?
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