Monday, November 24, 2008
End of 3 months
I have enjoyed my time here immensely. Originally for those of you that don't know I was going to come back to US from Dec 5th until March. Certain things have changed that and I have decided to come back to HK Jan 13th instead. A little bit ahead of chinese new year.
As much as I love the SF Bay Area. I feel the need to be out here for a little longer. I will dearly miss my friends and family of course but they will always be there and a "short" 12-14 hour flight back if I need to.
Being in HK has made me realize just how much the bay area has meant to me. There are a lot of things I took for granted that are not available here in HK. One simple example is that we are trying to make a thanksgiving dinner here in HK but no oven therefore no turkey, no mac and cheese, no corn bread.......Sad isn't it?
HK is also not a very big art city either. They do have some great shows come into town but not nearly at the frequency SF or NY carries them at. I realize it's kinda of sad that I didn't go to them more often back in SF.
This third month my body has been telling me no more partying for you PAT. This past weekend I turned a friend down for the first time to go out to Lan Kwai Fong to Party. Even I thought it was strange for me.
All in all it has been a great three months. I am really looking forward to a little bit of time back in SF. Food, Friends, Family and of course libations and operas around! At the beginning I didn't want to come back but now I am really excited to. I will miss parts of my life and certain people here in HK when I am gone but always a short phone call away :)
See you all very soon. This may be my last posting until I get back to SF
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Halloween in HK
There was just a massive amount of people. We had to walk in a large cirlce around Lan Kwai Fong just to get to it. I felt like a celebrity walking down the red carpet. People were standing behind gates taking a ton of pictures!
Here is a picture of who I went as take a good guess!
This was at Club Q97. Had a little too much fun there with the old bottle.....
I am sure to find random picture of me popping up everywhere on the net. Halloween has officially been "Hallmarked" in HK. It is simply amazing what a huge ordeal it is over here. Even the small children stay out late IN LKF to take in all the sites and sounds. You really have to be there to see it. Still much safer than the Castro is on Halloween but still crazy.
People simply stopped us on the road to take pictures with us. As a matter a fact when my fried the night mare before Christmas guy in the middle that you see were walking around a club in LKF we were simply stopped every few seconds to take group pictures with their friends. All I hear is whhhaaaa JOKAH! It was fun to begin with than it felt like a chore afterwards but all in all I still had a blast as usual.
Dragged my butt back home at 5:30 am again. The day after Halloween I went out again until about 3 AM. HK is crazy when it comes to this life. If it is non stop here and this past weekend simply shows how true that fact is. I saw people in costumes th, fri and sat!
I will post more pictures as they come. Unfortunately I did not bring my camera! Although it maybe a good thing because I probably would've lost it 5 times over by now =P
Do share with me your stories of Halloween if you can. I am very interested.
Take care and goodnight!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Month 2
Makes me a bit sad to think about it. But I have decided to take my move date up to late January to early February. Which means I need to rent my house out and live with my parents for 1 mont or so......That'll be interesting.
Thanks to all that have supported me on my decision.
Been pretty busy here with a lot of stuff work and life related but it has been really good.
Yesterday I went to ShenZhen to take care of some personal matters. It wasn't as bad I I remembered it from earlier during the year. Not as busy as I though immigration took me no time to pass through.
One side note. Bank of China sucks.....they make you wait in line for an hour or two just to tell you sorry you can't do that(no matter the circumstance it seems)......Moving money....I swear all they say is NO!...
1) can i have my money...NO!
2) can i exchange money...NO!
3) but it's my money!......NO!
Good luck with everything V! I hope everything turns out well for you no matter the situation. Just be happy.
Helped a friend move recently.....5th Floor no elevator....Welcome to HK haha. It's ok though happy to do it. My arms are still sore though haha quite a workout even without the luggage.
Don't get lazy now!
Will post more. Gonna try my hand at cooking in HK today.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
One of Many Weekends
This was when my friend visited me from Shanghai.
As promised here you are.
Open Karaoke HK Style. This is how the locals roll. Smoke filled room. Never ever bring or wear anything nice to events like these. You will find yourself smelling of the smoke for days. Ahhh the essence of Marlboro, Mild Seven, Lucky Strike and Kent all in one room......
Another night at Sugar......
Later that night at Sugar.......
Give me your number and I'll call
Destroyed...........
Monday, October 20, 2008
My Humble Abode
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Energy in HK
Mainly business energy and party life as well.
I find myself really pushing myself more and more and working harder here in HK than I do in the US. people around me work so hard it really gets me in the working mode. I see so many successful people here in HK and I would like to one day be one of them. Success and the fact that i believe in this company are the main driving factors in my work ethic. Because of this I can see why people party so hard here in HK.
**Partying life**
I segue into this from work because as written above partying hard is a way of life here. People need an out from their hard work days so on weekends its non stop partying here. I've noticed I can party hard and come home and still stay up until 5-6 AM without batting an eye lash. It is really quite a strange concept when I first got here but got used to it very quickly.
People just tend to drag me out on the weekends regardless and I got used to partying until 4 am going home sleeping for 6 hours and waking up to meet people for lunch. Ah What a LIFE......
You do get sick of it eventually but I haven't!
This city is always bustling. It's a bit scary when I walk out of my apartment at 1 AM in the morning in Tsim Sha Tsui and I see a massive amount of people still out walking on the street. We are talking about people of all ages. Kids, Teens, Adults, Older Generation. It's amazing to simply watch that. It blew my mind at the beginning but now I am totally used to it. That is why when my friends came they asked me what time I wanted to meet up at a club I told them 1 AM. They were a bit surprised by my answer. We are way to used to having to go out around 11 PM back in the states cause we need to get as much partying done as possible before the 1:30 AM last call......how disappointing.......
So far so good. I have not worn myself out yet. My body has shutdown on me briefly sometime 2 weeks ago when my friend was visiting and we were partying 6 days straight. Even I can't take that!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
FOOD FOOD FOOD
*this does not apply to wonton noodle bars =P
IFC is the tallest building in HK and is the same building that Batman para glided into in his recent movie. Kinda looks like a giant phallus don't you think?
Back to food. This place was pretty good. It was of the Italian flair. We had an order of one of the best cooked medium rare fillet's I have tasted in a long time! On top of the fillet was a piece of goose liver as big as the meat itself. We also had a stone oven fired pizza with hand cut pepperoni. Of course a tasty arugula, mushroom, salad.