Brief HK Trip Recap

I will keep better track next time with my new MacBook! Bwahahaha... Until then...

* Definitely not enough time this time around. Last year (2006) I was back for 4 weeks and was bored for a week or so. This time I thought 3 weeks should be okay but apparently that wasn't the case. I didn't have time to meet up with all my friends - considering the fact that: i. Vincent wasn't in HK ii. Big Den also wasn't in HK iii. 老大要陪阿嫂 iv. Richard went to 深圳. Why didn't I have enough time (Though I was sick for a few days)!!!! So when people asked me how was my vacation, my answer? Two weeks too short. >_<

* Since no need to get any electronics this time, my shopping list was mainly clothing. Similar to above, I think I did not get all my target items at well. I should have go shopping alone in the afternoon of 29th (the day before I came back) instead of having a family day. Having mom right next to me slightly affected my "shopping mindset" (Really should have bought that tee and shirt from Zara). I think many sales people would be very happy to see me in my last week of vacation - since basically it went like this: "Well, let me try it on. Well I guess it's okay, keep it at the counter for me while i shop around for more"

* More on clothing. Biggest disappointment this time: French Connection. Number of items I like: 0. Biggest Winner: Izzue & Muji. Muji was really a big surprise. Never thought I could get like 5 - 6 items there. The rest was pretty average (2%, 5cm, etc), a couple items here, several items there. In general, the style this year was average.

* Newsgroup friends: A house warming party at Pak's and a CWB dinner. Had a great time in both occasions. Only hope that we can meet more often.

* Christmas Eve at Jasper's: Is it becoming a tradition? Well, I won't be back next (this) year during Christmas though. Maybe Vincent can pick up slack. XD

* Yuen Long: Since Jasper mentioned it in her latest blog. One of my conclusions in this HK trip is that normal dim sum restaurants no longer have 蓮蓉飽 - I'm not even talking about 白蓮蓉飽. Apparently they all switched to selling 流沙飽 instead. What a shame! I had to go to Yuen Long's 大榮華 for my 白蓮蓉飽 (but they were good - Yum). On the other hand, i definitely had enough 碗仔翅. =9

* Speaking of Dim Sum, I think there were only 3 days in my whole vacation where we didn't have dim sum. For those who are surprise, my parents do go to have dim sum almost every day since I was little (my dad's work schedule was rather atypical). So to me, daily dim sum breakfast/brunch/lunch was pretty normal. Oh, those couple days I missed? It's because I stayed up all night the night before. XD

* It was nice not having to drive. Considering the fact that I live in Fanling, a normal trip to Kowloon would at least take an hour. However, it felt much more enjoyable since there wasn't any need to pay attention to the road condition etc. Only need to remember to get off.

* Getting Back Home after mid-night. Not having to drive was nice, but finding public transportation back home was a pain once past midnight. However, I did figure out how to get home from CWB and Kowloon Bay via red/green van. I think i've seen signs for over-night green vans in MongKok. I'll try to figure that one out next next time.

* Gift for folks at work: another snack pack from 奇華 but don't know how they fared with last year's 鳳梨酥. Next trip might be tricky. Um...

That's it for now~