We're in line crossing the Chinese border over to Shenzhen, a tiny lady security guard walks over to me, puffing up her shoulders in an over-sized all black uniform,
"FOREIGN! YOU!"
BAM,flip up my HK ID. Her eyebrows go up, the people in the "Foreigners" line go "OHHHHH" loving that she's mistaken. She's already made them feel like foreigners. She turns and glares at them, snarling only as a released hound can. She stares them up and down. Glancingly moves onto the next person. This person's Jen.
"DEFINATELY FOREIGN, YOU!" pointing in her face.
Jen shows her Canadian passport, Securitantrum Lady brushes that to the side,
"HONG KONG ID OR NO ENTRY, YOU, FOREIGNER! "
Jen says "HOW RUDE! You don't know me! You're probably a nice lady, but I'd never yell FOREIGN in your face!" Holds up her HK ID.
BOOM!
Securitantrum Lady faints into the arms of her drug-sniffing dog partner. The whole Foreigner line goes absolutely APESHIT! Screaming pointing laughing cheering, one of the moms throws her baby at Jen and she kisses it,
"You're not a Foreigner anymore, buddy!"
She's like Oprah, "You're a resident, and you're a resident, we're all Hong Kong Residents!"
2 fully armed Imperial soldiers walk out and place a sash across her shoulder with "RESIDENT" written across it.
And we all dance the Chicken Dance, very popular here.
Here's a picture of us enjoying a beer and cider after we entered into Shenzhen, China!
"FOREIGN! YOU!"
BAM,flip up my HK ID. Her eyebrows go up, the people in the "Foreigners" line go "OHHHHH" loving that she's mistaken. She's already made them feel like foreigners. She turns and glares at them, snarling only as a released hound can. She stares them up and down. Glancingly moves onto the next person. This person's Jen.
"DEFINATELY FOREIGN, YOU!" pointing in her face.
Jen shows her Canadian passport, Securitantrum Lady brushes that to the side,
"HONG KONG ID OR NO ENTRY, YOU, FOREIGNER! "
Jen says "HOW RUDE! You don't know me! You're probably a nice lady, but I'd never yell FOREIGN in your face!" Holds up her HK ID.
BOOM!
Securitantrum Lady faints into the arms of her drug-sniffing dog partner. The whole Foreigner line goes absolutely APESHIT! Screaming pointing laughing cheering, one of the moms throws her baby at Jen and she kisses it,
"You're not a Foreigner anymore, buddy!"
She's like Oprah, "You're a resident, and you're a resident, we're all Hong Kong Residents!"
2 fully armed Imperial soldiers walk out and place a sash across her shoulder with "RESIDENT" written across it.
And we all dance the Chicken Dance, very popular here.
Here's a picture of us enjoying a beer and cider after we entered into Shenzhen, China!