Day 2

HELLO!

I started off the morning with a small workout at the "gym", and as I was raining sweat, it was literally pouring rain in Hong Kong at 7am bright and early.

My sissy and I being pretty

TOAST BOX: poached eggs & Malaysian coffee

We grabbed a small 'pre-breakfast' at the hotel before heading to the downstairs mall "POPCORN", my dad really wanted to try this Malaysian style'd breakfast cafe called TOAST BOX, so we did. The coffee was super yummy, and the food was good (though I was too full from "pre-breakfast" already to try everything)... We got the thick toast (regular / peanut butter), spicy dried shrimp in buns, and 3 orders of poached eggs :)




There's one important fact that you guys should know (esp. those who tend to start the day early / are planning to go to HK)... Pretty much the day doesn't start for the mall until 11pm (usually at the shop's discretion). So don't expect to do anything until noon time... Which was what I did (aka, go back to the hotel and nap because we were done breakfast at 930... argh.)

Raining sweat from biking hehe - the death seat on the bus - lunch at Maxim's Cafe - staring fish lined up at (for) dinner.

Nothing special today really, just hit up UNIQLO (my go-to clothing store in HK) and SASA (my go-to make up store *Also, seeing the confused faces on sales associates when I gave them my UBC card for the student discount... priceless. I mean, please, it's not that weird.). Napped again before dinner afterwards, and headed to dinner with my porpor and that side of the family. We got dessert (mango sweet soup, grass jelly, red bean etc etc) take out to go, since my sister and her husband had to do the tea ceremony with the elders at my porpor's house.



*Due to high demand of the dessert I didn't have time to take pictures of the sweets, BUT I did take pictures of my aunt's cat LOL*

Clearly this cat is not having any of it. 

Busy day tomorrow! :)
My sister and her husband's Thanksgiving Mass and small family gathering/dinner for post celebration!
See ya'll soon.

Night of Arrival & Day 1

I almost fell asleep at dinner and I'm pretty sure I'm going to fall asleep in front of the screen super soon too.. So I'll get straight to it!

HELLO MY FRIENDS :) 

Cute family, huh?

I'm in Hong Kong again! Last time it was for my grandma's (porpor) 80th birthday, this time it's for something very special and different. My sister's married! Yayyyy, my sister and her boyfriend got hitched in Vancouver about a week ago, and since most of our relatives are in Hong Kong and the elderlies weren't able to make it, we're having a thanksgiving mass and mini banquet in HK to celebrate. 

Night of Arrival: 
I've never felt so glad to be alive after a plane ride until this flight LOL. The turbulence was kind of out of control, and I had to close my eyes and say a little prayer just to get by. The airplane food was... disappointing.. CONSIDERING (I repeat), CONSIDERING that I am a fan of airplane food; Air Canada's airplane food was weh-weh. I was able to catch a few movies on the flight though: Wolverine, Her, Cinderella Story (throwback whattwhatttt) and a mini animation called 'Ryan'.

Airplane food and view from the top

The weather in Hong Kong was a disgusting 32 degrees of humidity, and apparently it's just the beginning of sticky skin and heavy breathing. We checked in at the Holiday Inn Express in Tseung Kwan O (bare essentials at it's finest, considering that it's an airport hotel; but we're just there to sleep anyways so whatevs). Grabbed a quick dinner at the downstairs mall (a mall called POPCORN ...) and literally ptfo'd at 11pm. If it wasn't for some drunk-ass who got locked out of his own room next door, I probably would've been able to sleep throughout the whole night and not be woken up by all the door bangin' and knockin' (he started knocking the door for 3 minutes straight near the end).

Went to check out the "gym" on the 8th floor called "Green Terrace": includes full patio and a really nice view!

DAY 1:
3 cheers for time difference!
Woke up at 5am and laid in bed until 6 (I can hear my friend Charlotte making barf noises from reading this part as I type it...). Grabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel and headed to the "gym". Why "gym"? Like I mentioned, this hotel is new but since it's an express hotel, the "gym" consisted of 3 bikes and 2 rowing machines (fml). Not to mention, the "gym" is found on the 8th floor... outdoors (32 degrees and creating puddles of sweat = the b e s t).

"Workout" (barely anything *cries) in the morning at the "gym" in 30 degrees...

"Dad I think it's raining"
"No, it's just the water dripping from the air conditio-" 
"Ew"

Just to list what my dad and I accomplished in 2 hours (including travel time):
1. Applied for a new HK ID (lost it *cries) --> 20mins
2. Renewed China passport -->30mins
3. Brought my dad's camera in for repairs -->25mins

Canada doesn't even come close when compared to Hong Kong's pace and efficiency in their services. It's like your life is being fast-forwarded for you when you're being served (which is not a bad thing, it saves you a lot of time actually).

Headed to dimsum with my porpor and family and we made our way to Ap Lei Chau to visit my grandpa (yehyeh) for the Chinese tea ceremony (in which the newlyweds pour/give tea to the elders in respect). Not long after we headed to dinner (meal after meal after meal... deal with it.)

Let's say it isn't a proper Wai family dinner if there isn't seafood. So we had dinner at Kam Bo, the go-to neighbourhood seafood restaurant. After a few sips of white wine (hehe) and scarfing down the first 2 dishes, jet lag and food coma took a major toll on me and I was falling asleep for the rest of the dinner (whoops).

Dim Sum with PorPor - Seafood dinner with YehYeh & Family (pictured: lobster, Australian abalone, scallop)

Fast forward and now I'm in bed finishing this blog post.
I'm going to be in Hong Kong and travelling for a while, so I'm probably not going to be doing something super exciting everyday. So forgive me for skipping a few days or whatnot.


Imma include a little glossary of relatives names in Canto pinying, since I will probably be mentioning them throughout the blog...(to know... if you care HAHA)

YehYeh = grandpa, my dad's dad
Bak Fu= uncle, dad's older brother
Bak Leung= aunt, Bak Fu's wife
Gu Ma= aunt, dad's older sister
PorPor= grandma, my mom's mom
Yee Ma= aunt, my mom's older sister
Kau Fu= uncle, my mom's older brother
Kau Mo= aunt, Kau Fu's wife
Sam Kau fu= uncle, my mom's 2nd older brother
Sam Kau mo= aunt, Sam Kau Fu's wife

Yu Hin (Dominic), Chapman, Diana, Kevin = my cousins from HK

BYE FOR NOW, GOOD MORNING TO YOU PACIFIC TIME-ERS and good night for me :)