the HK Experience...
i've decided not to post any pics here after all, coz i've posted it all in my multiply, complete with my commentaries... i think i've sent out invitations to all my regulars here to view it in my multiply...
anyway, going to hk is really a new experience for me... really great! n sometimes funny!
one unforgettable experience was when we went into their kopi tiam or 'cha chan teng' as they call it... we were sitting down n looking at the menus when the waitress brought a few glasses of chinese tea. i didn't think much abt it, just bz with the menu, which by the way, is all in chinese... so i think if i'm alone in hk, i'll starve to death! anyway, while we were discussing wat to eat, mom took a glass of tea n was about to drink it when i happen to glance at the table next to us... i saw that they all have their chopsticks sticking out from the tea glasses and suddenly i remembered wat M told me: "never ever drink that glass of tea they put on ur table when u sit down, coz it's for u to wash ur eating utensils!" OMG!!! i quickly grab my mom's tea away from her, when she's just about to sip it! hahahaha... everyone burst out laughing when i told them the use of that tea...
but then again... my hk cousin told us we can drink it if we want to... just don't use it to wash ur utensils and then drink it lar...
anyway, it was great meeting up with my hk uncle, aunty n cousins... they were really hospitable that it made us really pai-seh... they kept bringing us out to expensive restaurants, and food in hk can be REALLY expensive!
and my cousins! they were so nice! they even planned our schedule for us... where to go, where to stay and wat to eat... cousin fei even bought me a bottle of perfume as a parting gift. so pai-seh, didn't get them anything.
both my cousins are really thoughtful lar... when cousin fei brought us to ocean park, he even thought of buying bottles of water from the 7-11 near our hotel, coz he's afraid we'd get thirsty and the water in ocean park is really expensive. he lugged that bag of water bottles (at least 5 bottles i think) all the way to ocean park! and my cousin hsiang, he went to buy me a bottle of cough drops when he saw that i was coughing badly... aww... it'll melt any gal's heart! why aren't there more guys like that ar, instead of all those losers running rampant in kl? *sigh... dunno y, all the guys in my family are so super good... after looking at them, i'll feel discontent if i settle for lesser... anyway, both my hk cousins are available now. hehehehe... any takers?
anyway, hk is a nice place to go for holidays n shopping lar... but i'd think twice (or 3-4 times!) b4 going there to stay... the standard of living there is really high! one bowl of 'dong-sui' (dessert) costs hkd16, which is approx rm8! u can get it for rm2 in m'sia... wat the heck! but their portion is really big. a plate of hkd26 fried fice can last me for 3 meals! it seems like hk ppl eat a lot. but they dun get fat, coz they walk a lot!
and life there is really fast-paced... everyone is like rushing to something... *sigh... kenot tahan lar, if life like that. but their fashion really nice. i almost wished m'sia has 4 seasons, so that i'll get to wear all those nice scarfs n boots! but during the time i was in hk, the weather was very dry... i have cracked lips even tho' i applied loads of lip balm... and now the skin on my hands, legs and face is peeling, even tho' i applied loads of lotion n moisturizers...
didn't really do any shopping in china or hk, coz in china, we were mostly brought to visit those crystal and gem shops... where they intro to u their gems and then ask u to buy... urgh! as for hk, they're all selling winter clothes now, so not really suitable for our m'sian weather...
one more thing abt hk is, their houses r really very small n compact. land there is like gold! and i think hk lists at the top among cities with the highest density of ppl in the world. really 'ppl mountain ppl sea'!
as for china... nothing much to say lar, except that their drivers are really crazy! the traffic lights can go green in both directions, and u'll have to compete with the vehicle from the other direction to see who gets to pass first... dunno what kind of system...
anyway, seeing all the xmas lights in hk made me realize that the year is almost over n helped me reflect on this past year... i think the highlight for this 2004 is my involvement with his-swineness. really a year of roller coaster emotions. to think that at this time last year, i was feeling so happy and up in the clouds. who would have thought it's all a big nasty joke? *sigh... one whole year wasted on him. so stupid n so blind... dunno what i see in him also. well, as the song goes, "shame on u if u fool me once, shame on me if u fool me twice". so i'll seal off my heart to all the selfish losers out there and start looking at super good ppl from now on (if there are any to look at, that is).
