As we’ve said, the people in Hong Kong are warm and
welcoming. But we’ve noticed that JP is
getting more love and attention than the rest of us. Today, we went to the Immigration Office to
apply for Hong Kong ID cards. JP and
Emma are not required to get ID cards (or they’re ineligible depending on your
perspective) so when they took pictures for the ID cards, JP was left out of
the fun. In an effort to temper his disappointment
from being left out, I offered to take his picture with my phone. As I knelt down to show the picture to JP,
his sister come up behind him and put her arms around him for a big embracing hug
– except when I looked up it wasn’t his sister.
It was a Chinese woman that worked in the Immigration Office. Hello!
STRANGER DANGER!!! Several women
began gathering around doting over JP, offering candy, hugs, high-fives,
fist-bumps and anything else that would get his attention.
We’ve had similar
experiences on the train, in restaurants and about the city. Amazingly – and concerningly – our shy boy is
starting to ham it up! He used to hide
behind his mom if a close family friend addressed him to say hi. Now he’s proclaiming that he is ‘3’ and loves
moths to all of Hong Kong!
I feel like there are serious ramifications to this, but I
can’t quite grasp what they are yet.
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