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Friday, November 15, 2002
Nurses This morning we went to Pamela Youde Nethersole Emergency Hospital. It's out in Chai Wan, and it's the teaching hospital mom used to work at. It's not the actual building, that was torn down awhile ago, but the new building is still affiliated with her school. We went to visit some of her classmates who weren't able to come for lunch that day. 
HK has cool nurse's uniforms =) EY HK I had lunch with Peter Fong. Peter used to work in the Ernst & Young downtown Toronto office when I was on my double work term (W01 & S01), but he transferred to HK cause his girfriend is completing her Masters in Taiwan. 
Lunch with Peter was fun. We went to the Thai Basil in Pacific Place off Admiralty station. I haven't talked to him in a long time, so it was good catching up. We compared HK and TO, espeically the people. One of Peter's funniest observations is that in HK, Rosie is normal sized =) Some of you have met Rosie before, she came up to Waterloo for Gladys' piano recital in July. She's TINY. SUPER TINY. She's not even 5 feet yet, and she's 2 years older than me! But it's true, Rosie isn't that out of place in terms of HK sizes... I'm a giant! And Peter...we'll he's even bigger than me. He took me up to the HK Island EY office. They have three floors, 15, 16, and 17. I can't remember the name of the building, but I think it's the Bank of America building. 17 is where Peter works, and I met his co-worker Eric, who surprisingly speaks Canadian English, without an accent. Found out he's from Vancouver. Figures he's not HK. Went to 16, which is audit (AABS). Went to 15, which is audit/AABS again, and is the floor Gladys worked on when she was in HK (W01). It's SO crowded in the bull pen!!!! At least in comparison to the TO office. We have wall dividers and we have our own actual desks when we sign in for one. But in HK, picture a countertop, about the depth of the MC 4th floor rooms where the tables are grey and the chairs are attached to the desk. Stick one person and laptop and files in pretty much every seat n that room, not even every other seat. That's how close they sit to the person next to them. And no wall dividers either, the "divider" is about 7 inches high, just enough to install electrical and network outlets, and the divider only exists with the people in front of you, absolutly nothing separates you from the people on either side of you. Other than the huge stack of files, that is. I was so appalled, and shocked, I took pics 
Afternoon Tea Met up with my parents and my dad's friend, had afternoon tea at the Mandarin Cafe. They had scones and Devonshire cream =) Yummy, haven't had that in a long time! Complete with Orange Pekoe =) 
Dad and Uncle Hing Peak Finally went there =) It`s gorgeous, though it was kinda foggy today so the view wasn`t perfect. Took the bus up, rode the tram down.  
Family Dinner was at my cousin`s place. They are kids of my 3rd Aunt. They have kids too, so it was another night of being called Bui Yee. 
Mun Fei Bui Goh, his wife, twins Alicia and Nathan both 4 
Mun Sze Bui Jeh, her husband, kids Jonathan (8) and Sharon (7) 
The kids 
Me and the kids 
Me and the adults, including the kids's grandpa, my uncle Kids were fun, but wore me out. These four are much better behaved than Dickson from last night. Pretty neat, the twins speak Cantonese and English, the other two speak Cantonese and Mandarin, with some English. So we were all jabbering in many languages, plus baby garble =) Saturday Nov 16 2am // Friday Nov 15 1pm Thursday, November 14, 2002
Another Cousin Day Spent the day with Shirley. Today was a half-day for her, due to Parent-Teacher Interviews (remember those, way back in grade school?), so me, mom, and dad met her at the TST MTR station. Parents left (yey!) and me and Shirley went for lunch at The Spaghetti House. Total bill $210 HK = $42 Cdn. Rip off considering we ordered 2 pasta entrees and two soups. I suppose all western-style restaurants are a rip in HK. Though they did have a set lunch for two for $120 which is a really good deal (appetizer, entree, drink), but we didn't want to eat any of the entrees available to choose from. We wandered Nathan Road afterwards, and slowly made our way to the Esprit Outlet in the basement of the Sheraton. Huge sale there, everything was 70% off!!! I ended up buying a pair of white, light, almost wind pants. Not that I normally wear white pants (unlike Gladys, who gets lost in the snow with her huge white coat), but the pants only cost $39 HK!!! That's less than $8 Cdn! Still couldn't beat Christine's $5 Cdn pants though =) Bought some other stuff too, though nothing compared to $8 pants... We got tired and thirsty after shopping, so we went to McDonalds =) I ordered a small orange juice and small fries... but the orange juice was SOOOO SMALL!!!! It's about the size of the cups McD gives you when you rent their cooler and buy their orange syrup. I couldn't get over how small (and what a rip) their OJ was, so I took a pic =) My hands are not that big, so you can see for yourself how small the cup was. Also, the straw was normal length, and I pushed it as far into the cup as it would go. Unbelievable! 
Family Dinner was at my mom's eldest brother's house. My Dai Cow Foo ("dai" means big, as opposed to using the number one, "cow" refers to my mom's brother, and "foo" is male. His wife is Cow Moh). Their only child Ada (Bui Jeh) is married and has a kid Dickson (I dunno where Chinese parents find English names). Dickson's 6 turning 7 in January. I suppose for a HK only child he's a good kid, but I thought he was really naughty!! Worst part was that he calls me Bui Yee... Yee means aunt... I felt SO OLD!!! Tomorrow's worse, meeting a bunch of other cousins and all their kids, and I think they all call me Bui Yee as well... Oh well, mom and dad are Bui Yee Poh, and Bui Yee Gong, which makes them sound like they're 100 years old =) 
Mom and Dai Cow Foo 
Our Family and Theirs (less uncle the camera man) My cousin's husband couldn't come for dinner. He works in the film industry as a Martial Arts Director. He teaches the movie stars how to look like they know what they are doing in the martial arts fighting scenes. Apparently he's listed in the credits of many Chinese movies. I have no idea, since I just figured out today that his last name is Poon. Never seen the guy, just the wedding pics, and they have been married over 10 years. It's a different definition of family life. Most of the filming is done in China, so my cousin's husband is not in HK much. Ada said she sees him maybe once or twice every 2 months. He calls home less than once per week, usually to see how Dickson is doing, but Dickson doesn't have much to say to his father other than "Are you coming home tonight? No? Good, I can sleep with mommy." I think Dickson pretty much treats my uncle (his grandfather) as a father figure. My uncle is really great, he takes care of Dickson all the time, plays with him, and trys to discipline him, though my Aunt (his grandma) is better at yelling and having him listen. I guess some things I just won't understand about how others can accept and be content with the way things are. I'd be really unhappy if my family was the way Ada and her husband are. But I guess some situations in life you just can't control. I can't tell if she's happy, or has just accepted the way things are. Ada is really sweet, she's very gentle and quiet, very graceful and elegant. She used to be an actress, hence how she met her husband. When she talked about her and her husband, she seemed very matter of fact, detached, unemotional, but I dunno, I hope she's happy. I guess to a mother, as long as she has Dickson, she's happy. Friday November 15 3am // Thursday November 14 2pm Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Weather Depending on who you ask, you'll get a different answer. For example, mom's been complaining about the heat since we got here. But for me, the weather's been comfortable, though it's been getting increasingly hot and sticky the past couple of days. I've been wandering around HK in jeans and a tshirt, though I bring my sweatshirt or fleece cause all the air con machines indoors are on max. Shirley Ga, you've seen her before, they have visited us in TO. But she's grown up now, she doesn't really look like when she was little, I didn't recognise her when I first saw her. Shirley goes to the International Christian School, and chose to take Drama this term. Their school put on two plays, of which she was in one of them. We went to go see the performance tonight, and surprised her with flowers at the end. Needless to say, she was embarassed, as all 14 year olds would be, and didn't really want to take pictures with us, but we made her anyway =) Scary thought, I'm 10 years older than her! Oh well, so's Joey, and Ga and Jackie are 13 years older than her =) 
Me and Shirley.. and the flowers "Vacation" Today was prolly the most slow and non-rushed day we've had so far. This morning we had EARLY (ie out the door by 10:30am!!! SOOO early!!!!) morning dim sum with Dad's old co-workers. Dad used to work in the tunnels (sui doh) that run under Victoria Harbour, connecting HK Island with Kowloon. Kinda cool, my dad uses the number 36 at the end of his email addy, and for other things as well. I never understood why that was his favourite number, but I found out today that was his employee number when he worked in the tunnels. I guess they all referred to each other by their employee numbers, cause they still remember each other's numbers. 
Dad and his tunnel buddies After we ate, there was... nothing to do!!! For once there was nothing planned, our day was not full of rushing from one place to another. We had time to wander around... and go grocery shopping!!! =) I LOVE grocery shopping, it's my favourite kind of shopping (I miss Zehrs!), even better than clothes. We went to Wellcome (yes, that's how they spell it) and we went to CRC Shops as well. I ended up buying different bottles of milk (milk comes in small, one serving sized bottles), trying to find one that tastes like th milk in Canada... unsuccessful. Oh, and they spell yogurt with an h, yoghurt. Strange... Then I got my hair cut =) The guy thinned it, and then cut it so that it's V-shaped at the back. SOOO nice, my hair is so much lighter now!!! Paid $88 HK. Not bad investment considering the last time I cut my hair was Sept 2001 =) That was it! The evening was dinner at some place that had good wonton noodles, then the theatre to watch Shirley's drama production. Oh, and I've been playing with nail polish again =) My nails are getting long, but I don't want to cut them, but I tend to bite them when they get long, so I've been experimenting with Shirley's nail polish. She's got a bunch of colours, including black. Mom was grossed out, but I settled on something a little tamer. Thursday November 14, 12:30am // Wednesday November 13, 11:30am Tuesday, November 12, 2002
MUJI! MUJI! [sigh] I wish I was there... Rollerball pens? Highlighters? Face paper?? Oh yes, be careful... Mr. Shuen Jong Sahn was not communist. =P And furthermore, not that anyone from the Chinese authorities would read your blog, but be careful about making blatant communist statements. I *do* hope you get back. =P Free at last!!!!!!!!! Today was lots of fun =) I went out with my cousin Jackie... without dad.. without mom... without Goo Jeh (her mom). It was SO nice! We just wandered around, chatted, got to know each other, made fun of our parents (hehe!). 
Jackie This morning (actually, afternoon, we both like to sleep in!), she picked me up from my uncle's, and we took off. Got downstairs, meaning to take one bus, but then a different one showed up that would get us to the same area, so we ran to catch that one instead. I felt like a real HK person, running for the bus like they do in Chinese shows =) We got off near Jordan, on Nathan Road, and started to wander on the street. So funny, Jackie is like me, we like to eat =) So we looked at stores, thought about eatting, and decided to walk slowly towards where we wanted to eat, shopping along the way. Walked to the building where they have Muji in Tsim Sha Tsui, and ate in the food court there. Then we went to Muji =) The entire store screams "GLADYS YAM" =) I bought SOOOO much stuff there (don't worry, not $280 Can worth!), but everthing fit in a teeny tiny bag! The stuff was really nice, and fairly expensive =) Oh well!! We kept wandering around, and eventually wandered to the harbour. Jackie took me to take the Star Ferry to get across to HK Island, since I hadn't gone on the ferry yet. The ferry was cool! It's nothing like the ferries we have to get to Centre Island, this ferry rocks back and forth like mad!!! Some of my pics are all crooked, cause the boat moved while I was taking the pic =) 
Star Ferry, with part of HK Island in the background We took the ferry that goes from Tsim Sha Tsui to Wan Chai. Got off and wandered around there as well, managed to wander to Causeway Bay. Bought more clothes =) Tops at $50 a piece (= $10 Can) and they were nice too! Actually, it's really weird, the fashion here is so funky, so... not me! But I bought some of the stuff anyway, so now I have all these really interesting tops... You'll see when I get back! We went to eat again, of course! Went to some milk company and ate Dun Dahn (some sort of egg thing), and this other thing that's made of milk and ginger. It was pretty good =) We needed to get back to Mong Kok in time to meet my parents for dinner, so we ran (again!) to the bus stop...and ran into my uncle (her dad)!!! He works for the bus company, so since he was there, we got on the bus for free =) I had a lot of fun today. Not for the shopping, but cause I got to hang out with and get to know Jackie. In Canada, we don't hang out with our cousins much. I thinks it's a combination of our personalities not matching, and that our parents don't hang out much together either. For most people, being close to cousins is normal, but for me, this is a new experience. It was fun getting to know Jackie. There was a lot I could ask her about her life that she would tell me, that I knew I'd never find out through my dad and her mom. She told me about her personal life, about her goals and her career, about her boyfriend (we were thinking of going to his workplace so that I could meet him, but that didn't end up working out), and about how things are at home. The real things in life, things that make her who she is. We got along really well. We like similar things, and enjoy just hanging out, without rushing like the rest of the HK world. We're also really silly =) We're so silly, we bought similar tops, hers in pink (she likes pink...we differ drastically there!), mine in black, and we're going to wear it to dinner on Sunday night with the entire family =) HK Education I'm glad I went to school in Canada and not HK. But one about HK is that they have TONS of statutory holidays. Jackie teaches English at a Primary School. The reason why she had time to take me out today was cause it's Mr. Shuen Jong Sahn's birthday today, hence a national holiday. You can pretty much take any strong, communist leader from China, find out his birthdate and the day he died, and that's prolly a national holiday. And during Chinese New Year, you can often get the entire week off school! Dinner... ...was with mom's Nursing School classmates. In Chinese it's called "Lah Dah Sow", but in English it's Nethersone, or something incomprehensible like that. Not much, same old, complete with me being handy dandy photographer. 
Wednesday November 13 1:30am // Tuesday November 12 12:30pm Grr... either blogspot or the internet here was wonky last night, it cut off most of the blog... So here's the blog again from yesterday (Monday). HK streets... Pastor Tim has figured out why the streets in HK are so messed. UW's first Urban Planning co-op student was sent to HK. =) heheh =) I though that was funny =) I found what I missed!!! I miss grass, I miss peace and quiet, I miss... well, Banff and Lake Louise, actually =) But I found it (sort of) today!! We went to Clearwater Bay, at this park. There's an area where people fly kites, on top of a scrawny hill, but it faces the Bay. There are mountains all around, and the ocean and various islands can be seen from the summit. It was gorgeous, and the first time since I got to HK that I couldn't hear the sound of cars =) 
The pics are a little hard to see, cause it was foggy, and the sun was starting to set. But if you look carefully, you can see the beautiful beach at the Bay. We didn't get to go to the actual beach though. Animals From my cross-Canada vacation, I was already thoroughly amused with all the wild animals I saw. Little did I know I'd see wild animals in HK as well! Most of the hills here are named for what it resembles. For example, Lion Rock (See Jee Sahn) is supposed to look like a lion. So when I was told there is a Monkey Rock (Mahn Low Sahn), my imagination went nuts trying to figure out how a mountain top can look like a monkey. Apparently, this mountain is named not after what it tooks like, but after the occupants. There are TONS of wild monkeys living on this mountain! As we drove by, I saw a bunch sitting in trees, some walking around, and one sitting on the metail railing by the the sidewalk. Then on two separate occasions, a monkey ran across the street right in front of our car (going 80 km/hr), causing us to break suddenly, so that we narrowly missed smacking his bright red butt. Sorry, no pics, we were driving too fast. In Canada, cows are normally found in farmer's fields, enclosed in some sort of a fence. Not in HK. We saw cows in the middle of the street! Actually, they were walking (in pairs and in single-file) down the sidewalk. But it was the funniest site, it was like a bunch of cows were strolling into the nearby village to go for coffee or pick up groceries! Sorry, no pics of these either, going too fast again. Food Being Chinese, it's no surprise that everything revolves around food. Lunch was dim sum (again), with mom's old co-workers from when she worked as a nurse in the maternity ward at Evangel Medical Centre (now Evangel Hospital). It was neat, seeing mom get all excited about seeing her old friends again. The most frequently asked question was "Was it you or your sister who had the appendectomy the last time you were in HK?" =) That's how they remember us, Ga, as either the sick one, or the healthy one =) Aside Last time we were in HK was 10 years ago. All four of us came that time, and we took a tour bus trip into China. On the day after my sister's 17th birthday, we walked on the Great Wall, flew to Shanghai for the next stop on the tour, and my sister managed to get appendicitis. China's not a good place to get sick and need an operation. Thankfully, Shanghai had a Canadian Embassy, so my parents went there with my sister, and went to the local hospital as well (I was 14, and spent the entire day in the hotel room, watching cartoons in Mandarin.. except that I didn't understand a thing). The Canadian Ambassador was really awesome, she found two plane tickets for Ga and dad to fly back to HK to have the operation instead of having to get it done in Shanghai. When dad and Ga landed in HK, the ambulance people asked where they wanted to go, so dad asked them to drive Ga to Evangel Medical Centre. Ga got special treatment, since all of my mom's old co-workers were so excited to see us =) So they remember Ga as the one they tended to... I was the one who visited the hospital and ate all of my sister's food yummy, non-hospital food that she wasn't allowed to eat =D 
Mom, Dad, and a bunch of nurses, and a nurse's husband, and a nurse's mom Dinner was with Uncle Benny. Those of you who grew up at TCBC should remember Uncle Benny, Auntie Gladys, and Chelsea. Uncle Benny's living in HK now, and him and my dad still keep in touch, so we had dinner with him and his wife, Auntie Helen. They just got married this past March. He showed me a recent pic of Chelsea. Scary that for someone that I remember from my childhood, there's no way I'd recognise her if I saw her on the street! She looks so different now!!! 
Mom and Dad, Uncle Benny and Auntie Helen And that was it, for Monday November 11th. Monday, November 11, 2002
If you are amazed by the skating rink in the mall at Gow Loong Tong... then you should have gone to West Edmonton Mall while you were out west. Not only do they have a skating rink, they also have an indoor beach! With waves and everything! I'm not kidding. I'm glad you put up the pictures. I've never seen Shirley before. BTW, your photo of the view from Shatin isn't loading up. All the other ones are fine though. Thanks for all the details. It helps me feel like I'm partially there with you guys. I can't believe how much I'm longing to be with the family... and it's not even because you're shopping like mad, but rather it is seeing a different side of mom and dad... the happier side, the more joyful side, the side that brings back memories of our childhood. I'm going to see the Santa Claus Parade this Sunday because I want to re-live those joyful moments. In fact, I have wanted to go every year but usually I can't find anyone to go with me... luckily this year someone sacrifically agreed. I hope you've been able to find some quiet time while you are in HK. It's a busy city and dad loves to keep the schedule packed when on vacation (...thus the term vacation is pretty ironic). And with all the noise and pollution (and your addiction to the internet and bad sleeping pattern), it's probably pretty hard to concentrate. Remember to consciously try to find God in the midst of a whirlwind of activities, to slow down and talk to him face-to-face. Make it your priority. Any new prayer requests? BTW, what's the weather like there right now? One more comment: a shirt for $30-40 cdn is not too much to pay, especially if it's a nice blouse (long sleeve and collared of course). HK streets... Pastor Tim has figured out why the streets in HK are so messed. UW's first Urban Planning co-op student was sent to HK. =) heheh =) I though that was funny =) I found what I missed!!! I miss grass, I miss peace and quiet, I miss... well, Banff and Lake Louise, actually =) But I found it (sort of) today!! We went to Clearwater Bay, at this park. There's an area where people fly kites, on top of a scrawny hill, but it faces the Bay. There are mountains all around, and the ocean and various islands can be seen from the summit. It was gorgeous, and the first time since I got to HK that I couldn't hear the sound of cars =) I *like* the word "alight"! =p Also, since you have internet, you *know* that the internet is a vast resource of information, you can visit: www.m-w.com or www.dictionary.com if you need to look things up. =p Lastly, why don't you also practise your Chinese while you're there, too? =p Almost done tax... Sunday, November 10, 2002
Yeah, I blog a lot... But take pity on me! This is the ONLY time I get to communicate in English, at a speed that isn't slow motion, where I'm still understood. I'm afraid if I don't practice English, I'm going to develop fobby English and we'll be alighting everywhere!!!! But yes, the details are for me to remember, and also for Ga (who is my sister BTW... from the chinese "Ga Jeh" which means older sister), who unfortunately couldn't come with us, but would actually be interested in all this family stuff =) Broadband = highspeed Bandwidth is the size of the "pipe" bringing the Internet to your computer so broadband is just a really big pipe. To make things easy just equate it with highspeed internet. Assorted Comments: 1. I thought you talked a lot, but that's nothing compared to these monster posts! They're soooooo long. =) This isn't a bad thing because after the trip you'll be glad to have such a detailed record of your travels. I suppose you're compensating for not having Yo the videographer to document each moment. =) 2. Besides, the good thing about the blog is that when I get sick of listening to you I can just leave the page. =) Toodles. I'm going to get killed... No, not because I managed to severely annoy the Godfather of HK's worst triad. No, not because the pollution is overwhelming and I've inhaled more second-hand smoke this past week than in my entire life (smoking is allowed pretty much anywhere in HK... and even when not allowed, many people don't listen). I'm going to get killed in HK cause the stupid cars are on the wrong side of the road. When you cross the street, what have you done your entire life? You look for cars before crossing, right? We've been taught that since kindergarten. Problem is, I keep stepping onto the street, and looking to my left. When I don't see a car, I start to walk. But OF COURSE I won't see a car. Cars are flying towards me from the RIGHT, not the left, since HK follows the British system. Eeeesh, you have no idea how many times I've messed that up. Same problem when trying to board busses. I instinctively cross to the wrong side of the street, before realising the approaching bus is travelling in a direction opposite to where I want to go. Thank goodness Dad has some idea of where we're going. That's why I like the MTR and the KCR. Can't get messed up on those. BTW, for those who think Waterloo has messed up streets, you haven't seen the layout of a metropolis built around mountains yet. I don't think HK has a single straight road. Every single street we've been on twists and turns and changes direction constantly. Some of the streets look like they were built to go around a building, instead of erecting a building on a street. Church We went to the Chinese Methodist Church, North Point today. As I hypothesized, I didn't understand the sermon =) Well, I understood parts of it, but not the entire thing. But that's ok, I brought my English bible, so I read that instead. When we got to the church, some of my parents' old friends spotted us, so they started chatting. My parents soon discovered that one of their friends was chairman for today's service. At the end of the service, the minister asked whether there were any newcomers visiting the church this week. Mom and Dad didn't say anything, kept looking down, and pretended they didn't hear, cause they didn't want to get up and be introduced, etc. So the announcements continued. However, the chairman closes the service, so before he closed, he introduced mom and dad by name, forcing them to have to stand and be recognised. I got away with sitting because he didn't know my name, I was just referred to as "their daughter" =) heheh =) My mom's number three sister (Sahm Yee Mah, "sahm" being the number 3, "yee" refers to materal side, "mah" means sister older than my mom) used to be married to one of the leaders of the North Point church. He's older than my parents, and when they were kids, my uncle (Sahm Yee Gerng, "gerng" again refers to husband of my aunt) was like a big brother to them all. It was really cute, when Yee Gerng saw my mom, he kissed her on the top of her head, like she was still the little kid that he was used to taking care of. Kinda reminded me of me and Sam. Kiddo, no matter how old or how tall you get, you're always going to be my little brother =) 
Me and Sahm Yee Gerng We had Dim Sum with a bunch of my parents' friends. It was much less painful than I was expecting, mainly due to the fact that none of the wives came for lunch, only the men came, so there were very very few questions asked about me. Mom told me that when they were kids, these guys were really bad, always causing trouble, playing tricks on each other, and on others. They certainly showed their mischievous side during lunch, when they continually harassed each other, teased each other, and retold old stories. =) I was laughing throughout the meal, it really was a lot of fun =) Family Then we went to visit my dad's number three sister, Sahm Goo Mah. She's pretty old, and has grown kids a lot older than me, though we are of the same rank/generation. Not much, just sat around and chatted. The most interesting part was when she told me how my dad's older brother died. Cause my Yeh Yeh had two wives, and my Mah Mah was the second wife, dad wasn't born yet when his number four brother died when he was 21. 
Sahm Goo Mah and Dad Dinner was with my mom's number four brother (Say Kow Foo, "say" is the number four, "kow" refers to the maternal side, and "foo" cause he's a brother), his wife (Say Kow Moe, "moe" means my mom's brother's wife), Kow Moh's father, and a nurse hired to take care of Kow Moh's father. Say Kow Foo is one of my favourite relatives on my mom's side. He's really cool, cause he's not overly chatty, but says interesting things. And when he explains things, especially when explaining in Chinese, he takes the time to make sure that I understand. If I don't, he explains in English, and for a man his age, his English is really good. 
Mom and Say Kow Foo Not much else today. Oh, aside from shopping =) G2000 was having a sale, ladies dress shirts for $50 HK = $10 Cdn, pretty good deal! Picked up a bunch, since Ga will prolly end up taking some... like always =) I think I'm completely over the tax-free limit now =) Don't forget Rememberance Day. Monday November 11 2am // Sunday November 10 1pm Responses, etc. 1. So does ANYONE know what broadband is? Has anyone heard of it before? 2. Yes Gladys, I love the British accent. It's so elegant, especially that lady's voice on the MTR. But I really don't like the word alight...makes me think aflight, as if I'm flying off the MTR... or the other thing it reminds me of is a chinese person trying to say "alright", but can't pronounce the "r", thus the phrase becomes "Please mind the gap when alrighting the train" which doesn't make sense... ai... 3. Ryan, you *are* a geek =) A golden one, at that!! Glad to hear you're enjoying work, I hope Yo is as well! 4. I miss grass!!! There's NO grass in HK. It's all cement, or the fake grass. Even the places where they place soccer (which is pretty big here) it's not real grass. So weird. There's tons of green, cause HK is a bunch of mountains, so there's shrubbery everywhere. But no grass. 5. Sorry if the site is now really slow to load. I just added pics, though some will prolly be amusing only to Ga. Here's the listing of what I put up: Sat Nov 9 1. Pizza Hut - dad, aunt, uncle 2. Pizza Hut - me, cousin, mom 3. Pizza Hut - menu 4. Shatin Wed Nov 6 1. The Rink 2. Cemetary - mom, me, dad 3. Cemetary - grandparents Tues Nov 5 1. The Kiss - dad, aunt, uncle Here's another pic of dad being... well, his usual goofy self. The "lady" is a huge ad that's in the background. I positioned myself so that it looks like dad's kissing her on the cheek. Though the pic my uncle wanted me to take was of her kicking dad in the head, but I couldn't adjust to that angle without him noticing =) 
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