After a long day of traveling, I arrived in Hong Kong yesterday. I arrived at 15:00 on Friday, HK time (02:00 Friday, Austin time). Albert was at the airport waiting for me, being the badass friend that he is. He took me to Robert Black college, where I decided to spend the next week until my flat is ready. Robert Black is where I stayed last summer, so I am familiar with the area and such. Albert dropped me off around 16:00 and I spent the next 3 hours getting into my room and taking a nap.
At about 19:30 or so, I got up and headed out for Jessica's birthday party. I had to walk down to Central to find an ATM, as I was without cash, then up to Soho to Cru, the restaurant at which we were eating dinner. I got the opportunity to meet several friends of Jess and see a couple of people that I knew from last summer. It was great to see Jess again, even if she did put "Britt(any)" on my nametag ;) Dinner was quite nice, though the chocolate martinis tasted horrible. I did my first shot (two actually), which was not bad, but was also not something to get excited about. Overall, this whole drinking thing has been rather unimpressive. Granted, I haven't been drunk yet, but I don't plan on intentionally becoming so, and I haven't noticed anything great about being tipsy.
After dinner, we went out to Dragon-I. We got the VIP, skip the line and list, treatment again, which I'm beginning to get used to hanging out with some of my friends here. I'm not as intimidated by the rich/model crowd anymore and mainly think a lot of the women just need to eat something. Overall, it was pretty fun, though there were some issues that came up that required some cheering up. We mostly sat around in the outdoor area chatting and having a good time. Next, it was down to Q, a new(ish?) club in Lan Kwai Fong. It was pretty cool, with a pleasant decor and not very crowded. I did some not-very-good dancing, but it was dancing, which is a start for me, and we had a grand ole' time for a few hours. Amazingly, I just happened to run into Marco while there. He is a friend I have from last summer that I know through Albert. Once he recognized me, he promptly jumped on me and wrapped his legs around me - funny, but why can't some of my female friends do that? ;) He was on his way out, so we chatted for a few, then he made his way out. Around 03:00 we left and people started dispersing for home. I walked with Jess up to another bar where we met Steph and Michael. At this point, I decided to leave as well, as I had been fighting jet lag all night.
The walk home nearly killed me; I had forgotten how hard those stairs are to climb when the escalators are off. Oh, wait, they call it the TRAVELATOR now, sorry. At least that removes the problem of what to call an escalator that takes you down (escalator should only be for 'up'). By the time I got to my room, my shins, calves, stomach, and kidney area were killing me. Granted, I had been on an airplane for 20 hours, walked around town before dinner, then danced some, but I'm going to have to do a lot of exercise to get into shape. I am tentatively planning on walking/jogging up to the Peak everyday, which should get me into shape really quickly. Anyways, I got to sleep around 04:30. Unfortunately, I woke up at about 08:30 :(
I spent about 45 minutes shaving and showering, then went to eat breakfast. I had good ole' congee, hot tea, and toast. It's almost like being back in Austin with the Spanish Trails ladies again, only I traded the company of pretty female friends for congee - not a good trade, imo. After breakfast, I went to the office to get a power adapter so I could charge my laptop, then left to run a few errands. First, I went by 7-11 to get a SIM card. Unfortunately, when I asked for a SIM card, the guy at the counter pulled out a list of about 10 options and all the text was in Chinese. I just went with the one that looked like what I had last year, and that worked out. Second, I walked down to Central to get an Octopus card - that's the auto-debit card for the transit system and several stores, like 7-11 and Park N' Shop. Third, I went up to the Park N' Shop at the top of the TRAVELATOR! to get a few groceries. I picked up some bread, nutella, peanut butter, tim tams, Lindt, crackers, soup, cheese, and insoles (I've been needing those for a while). Fourth, and finally, I came back to my room to catchup on emails and post to my blog, which I am currently completing :)
I have no plans for tonight, but Jess or Albert might give me a call. Honestly, I wouldn't be sad if I just spent the night resting. Sure, it's not exciting, but I had a long day(s) yesterday. Pictures from last night should be on Jess's fcbk and, hopefully, some of the other people will be uploading pictures as well. I'll copy them down later and put them up on Picasa for people to see. It's about 14:30 on Saturday now. I'm going to try not to take a nap, maybe unpack my bags, and get in some exercise, I think. Later faithful readers!
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Try not to miss me too much...
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Any plans to see the Lunar eclipse Tuesday?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070824/sc_space/viewersguidetuesdaymorningslunareclipse
Awesome, thanks for that! I'll go up to the Peak Tuesday night for a good view, as long as the weather and pollution cooperate.
When the hell did you start drinking?
And it's cool how used you are to living there already. Second time is always so much easier. I am impressed.
(and if you want a good tasting drink, try a bay breeze - vodka [preferably Grey Goose], pineapple, and cranberry)
About two weeks ago. Psychologically, I felt like I was addicted to not drinking and it would be good for me to break out of that a little. So far, I think I was right.
If there's something you have to be addicted to, though, not drinking is a good one. :) I started drinking when I was 21 and never found much value in it. Now, I've found it's a good way to take the edge off on a business trip, but other than that, I don't drink much at all.
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