yes i hav enothing better to do at night in hongkong than to sit in the lobby of my hotel and update my blog. i took like 300 photos today
, went to visit the big buddah on the top of the hill and also the worlds most happiest place on earth.
by now i have realised mongkok aint the best neighbourhood in town haha. nothing much to write about today, really tired. update with photos when i cbf.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
hk day 2
reasons why i hate traveling with my parents
1. my mum likes to ask random people things regardless of their nature of work or who they are.
eg. my mum likes to go to a security guard/cleaner etc and ask them if they have any more sizes or if they can get her a coat from the back.
2. my dad is over enthusiastic about anything i tell him eg. i tell him i need to get a back pack and he points out every single store with any sort of bag for sale
3. my dad likes to point out random things
eg. we get on the subway and he goes: we're underground
thanks dad
eg. we go into nike and he goes: this is a nike store
4. my mum is like a small child, when she walks she doesnt pay attention to anything.
eg. mum walks in front, me and my dad stop to take photos, she keeps walking for aboout 300 meters before my dad calls out to her to tell her to come back.
5. my dad is a fool
eg. he is trying to boycott france by refusing to go into any shop that is french such as louis vuitton etc.
6. my dad is paranoid about everything, so before we left the apartment he locked my laptop and everything else in a bag with a lock on the zip. we head out and i got extremely tired and decided to go home early to chill out on the computer/take photos with the slr of surroundings later.
i get back to the hotel and i realise that my laptop is in the bag with the lock...
i was really desperate so i told hotel maintenance to cut the lock for me with bolt cutters.
i reckon my dad will be angry when he gets back, but i couldnt call him (no sim cards/phones here for us) and i literally had nothing else to do.
end of day2
(oh yea, picked up somethings today, retail therapy is making me feel better about this place)
1. my mum likes to ask random people things regardless of their nature of work or who they are.
eg. my mum likes to go to a security guard/cleaner etc and ask them if they have any more sizes or if they can get her a coat from the back.
2. my dad is over enthusiastic about anything i tell him eg. i tell him i need to get a back pack and he points out every single store with any sort of bag for sale
3. my dad likes to point out random things
eg. we get on the subway and he goes: we're underground
thanks dad
eg. we go into nike and he goes: this is a nike store
4. my mum is like a small child, when she walks she doesnt pay attention to anything.
eg. mum walks in front, me and my dad stop to take photos, she keeps walking for aboout 300 meters before my dad calls out to her to tell her to come back.
5. my dad is a fool
eg. he is trying to boycott france by refusing to go into any shop that is french such as louis vuitton etc.
6. my dad is paranoid about everything, so before we left the apartment he locked my laptop and everything else in a bag with a lock on the zip. we head out and i got extremely tired and decided to go home early to chill out on the computer/take photos with the slr of surroundings later.
i get back to the hotel and i realise that my laptop is in the bag with the lock...
i was really desperate so i told hotel maintenance to cut the lock for me with bolt cutters.
i reckon my dad will be angry when he gets back, but i couldnt call him (no sim cards/phones here for us) and i literally had nothing else to do.
end of day2
(oh yea, picked up somethings today, retail therapy is making me feel better about this place)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
hk day 1
i have succesfully landed in hong kong and landed in my hotel with my parents. i am living in kowloon.
first thing i did when i got here was check out the neighbourhood and because ive been hearing all these good things about this infamous "sneaker street" i was curious to go check it out and since i was living quite near it, it was a good opportunity.
my verdict of hk thus far is that it is as good as it is bad. doesnt make much sense.
the "sneaker street" area of kowloon is like a little cbd full of sneaker stores as far as the eye can see. unfortunately, the price is pretty much the same or even more expensive than melbourne and it is essentially 1000 stores with the same stock. every store has the same shit except a couple of stores had vans whilst most didnt.
here i am thinking that i was gonna cop a pair of cheap van eras for like 40 bucks to beat up whils t im in asia, but no, they cost like 80 aud here too =[
plane trip wasnt bad, i had john legend to put me in a trance like state for about 30 minutes and i also watched a bit of possibly the worst movie ever made in the history of man kind, its called:
kung fu hiphop
i watched the first 10 minutes, i really couldnt bare anymore. it had chicken from YnD as the main character and omg, i have lost so much respect for him. that movie really really really sucked.
anyway, hopefully my hongkong experience gets better starting tommorow. see y'all soon
first thing i did when i got here was check out the neighbourhood and because ive been hearing all these good things about this infamous "sneaker street" i was curious to go check it out and since i was living quite near it, it was a good opportunity.
my verdict of hk thus far is that it is as good as it is bad. doesnt make much sense.
the "sneaker street" area of kowloon is like a little cbd full of sneaker stores as far as the eye can see. unfortunately, the price is pretty much the same or even more expensive than melbourne and it is essentially 1000 stores with the same stock. every store has the same shit except a couple of stores had vans whilst most didnt.
here i am thinking that i was gonna cop a pair of cheap van eras for like 40 bucks to beat up whils t im in asia, but no, they cost like 80 aud here too =[
plane trip wasnt bad, i had john legend to put me in a trance like state for about 30 minutes and i also watched a bit of possibly the worst movie ever made in the history of man kind, its called:
kung fu hiphop
i watched the first 10 minutes, i really couldnt bare anymore. it had chicken from YnD as the main character and omg, i have lost so much respect for him. that movie really really really sucked.
anyway, hopefully my hongkong experience gets better starting tommorow. see y'all soon
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
holdin down the block
almost exactly one more week til i leave for hongkong/shanghai. just for those who were not familiar with my plans, they are:
(in chronological order)
hongkong for 4 days
shanghai for 1 month
melbourne for 1 week
korea for 1 semester
shanghai for 1 semester
but its funny that i've been looking forward to leaving all year, i have been imagining jamming with chinese and korean bboys and living by myself in shanghai whilst doing internship with volkswagen and also been looking forward to making some new friends in korea.
but its funny because on the eve of my departure, i don't seem like i want to leave anymore.
(in chronological order)
hongkong for 4 days
shanghai for 1 month
melbourne for 1 week
korea for 1 semester
shanghai for 1 semester
but its funny that i've been looking forward to leaving all year, i have been imagining jamming with chinese and korean bboys and living by myself in shanghai whilst doing internship with volkswagen and also been looking forward to making some new friends in korea.
but its funny because on the eve of my departure, i don't seem like i want to leave anymore.
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