In HK

Time: 9:46am
Mood: kinda sick..
Song of the moment: Mariah Carey - Shake It Off

I'm finally here! Hong Kong! My birthplace.. my motherland.. whatever you want to call it! And I'm loving it so far! Just being here makes me happy! The moment my plane landed I felt a sense of being home. Aside from my 9h layover before I went to Korea, the last time I was in HK was 7 years ago. Things havn't changed too much since I was last here except the fact that my grandparents don't live near a MTR (subway) line :s just makes getting around a little bit harder.

I've been here for 3 full days now (this is my 4th) and I've done quite a bit. The first two days I spent with my Aunt Fanny and Uncle Daniel (my mom and my Pau Pau went to Shanghai for a couple of days). I also spent some alone time window shopping for a camera and my soon-to-be Coach purse :D Now that my mom's back, I've been pretty much spending time with her. I'm glad she's here, because I can actually visit relatives without feeling a bit awkward. It's not their presence that makes me awkward, but the language barrier. My chinese is a bit rusty to begin with, and I'm still quite shy about speaking chinese. In fact, I spend most of my time conversing in english, except to my grandparents. so it's good my mom is there because she can do most of a conversing.

Yesterday was the most eventful day so far. I went out with my mom to apply for my HK ID card. I'm eligible for one because I was born here :) We had lunch at Causeway Bay and did some window shopping before she went up to visit an old friend. We spent quite a bit of time in Sogo, where I bought myself a new bikini! It was $100HKD! Sweet deal! After Sogo, we headed to my mom's friend's place. This friend was her old accupuncturist teacher.

After leaving her friend's place, we parted ways. She went to see my Gung Gung (I've visited him quite a bit since I arrived in HK). I went off to meet Freddy. I havn't seen Freddy in years.. and it was good to see a friend in a different surrounding. We went to Starbucks to just chill and catch up on each others lives. He had to go teach english on the Kowloon side and was wondering if I wanted to ride the MTR over there with him. I thought, why not, because I was supposed to meet Bernard (my other friend), and I knew he lived on the Kowloon side. The MTR ride there was just crazy.. so busy because it was rush hour. I was just sandwiched between people :s Before we got on the train, Freddy and I having a debate. HK follows certain British-isms such as driving on the left side of the road. So while on the escalator, we noticed that people stood to the right and people passed on the left. We found this peculiar. He told me that someone told him in the UK, the passed to the right, but I told him otherwise. While on the tightly packed train, we noticed 2 British men standing near us, so to indulge our curiosity, Freddy asked them. Turns out the they stand on the right, pass to the left! hahah!

I met up with Bernard in Mong Kok. It was 7:00pm and the streets were pretty busy. Bernard took me to this local restaurant for chicken and rice.. it was pretty good! He took me back to his apartment because he had spilled ice tea all over his pants (aww hahha that really sucked!) and he needed to change.. and man! His apartment was sweet! not because it was spacious (because it was pretty small). But all the rooms had a bed that was stored in the celing! He showed me... the bed is suspended by these thick conveyor-type belts and it slowly lowers from the celing. it was crazy! most awesome thing ever! haha! Afterwards, we went out for dessert, then I had to head back (didn't want my mom and grandma to worry. for flips sakes, I have a curfew here! I havn't heard that word in so long! and I'm 25 *grr*)

I'm going to visit my mom's aunt today.. apparently she's not feeling to well (she's a bit under the weather). Gotta rap this up (my mom is impatiently waiting for me!)