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...what makes our relationship work. As much as I'd like to deny it, the cliché, heteronormative assertion that Harry made to Sally in the 1989 movie is true: Men and women can't be just friends. Unless, of course, they both dig boys. Tumbling into bed with Kam after sharing one too many drinks is never a concern. Around him, I walk around in my underwear more comfortably than I did in my all-girl suite. The only tension that ever manifests between us is the periodic disagreement about whose turn it is to take out the trash...
...Most importantly, there's no underlying competition between us over men, which is something that creeps up slowly but surely in my all-female living arrangements. Kam christens our apartment the first week we are in town; I don’t hook up with anyone for weeks. For that first month, I joke about him getting more action than I do without passive-aggressively harboring hidden resentment...
...response, Godelia sent a scathing e-mail subject-lined “Clearing my Name” to 25 undergraduates. Addressing Collins, Godelia asked, “Are you really my friend, Kam? You smile, laugh and appear genuine to my face and then, out of no where [sic], I am slapped in the face, with your blatantly inaccurate and irresponsible article...
...Take a day in the life of Wong Kam-hung, a 38-year-old Hong Kong buyer of plastic goods. He's at the office by 8 a.m., leaves between 12 and 13 hours later, and gets back to his high-rise suburban apartment at around 10 p.m. His four kids-one is 11, one is 5 and there are 2-year-old twins-are in bed by 11 at the latest, leaving him one hour to spend with them if he's lucky. At the same time as seeing to them, an exhausted Wong also tries to relax...
...certainly isn't. Hong Kong's economy, though recently more vibrant, has for more than five years left locals with less cash to risk on the ponies. Wong's main customer base is aging, and the club has struggled to attract young replacements. Chan Man-kam, a 29-year-old computer-software salesman, was once a racetrack regular. But lately, he says he prefers meeting with friends at a bar where he can watch his beloved Manchester United football club on a big-screen TV. "Horse racing is boring for our generation," he says...