Street Racing: Slowly Revving Up Again

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I approached Fai tonight because I needed to go out and take some photographs for an article I might or might not be writing about the racers and documentary. I felt very awkward, as I have been avoiding them for a bit now. But I admit lately, I have made more of an effort, waving as I walk pass, patting him on the shoulders if he was fixing a car and then waving and walking away. The tension of the whole drama with the other shop is dissipating, and although I don’t want to hang out.. I can from my desk hear they are testing out a new fuel injector.. I know that I owe them at least a rough cut of what I have.

He said he would take me out at some point. It’s a slight promise. I hope I can hold him to it. These men are not ones to keep promises to strangers, although really after a year I am not. But I know now, just because last week they said I could film, it doesn’t mean I can continue to next week.

It’s how they relate to each other, and I can’t expect them to treat me differently than each other.

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Published by Yan Sham-Shackleton

Yan Sham-Shackleton is a Hong Kong writer who lives in Los Angeles. This is her old blog Glutter written mostly in Hong Kong from 2003 to 2007. Although it was a personal blog, Yan focused a lot on free speech issues and democratic movement in Hong Kong. She moved to the US in 2007.

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