So after I ended last night, I went to bed in a bunk bed with my grandma, I had top bunk and before getting in, there were so many bugs up there! I freaked out a little. Haha. But sleeping nonetheless was nice. I ended up waking up around 6AM and went out in the early morning with my mom and grandma to go for a morning stroll. It’s so different compared to later afternoon or in the day in general. It was so nice and so peaceful out, with a nice breeze and tad bit of rain. I’m going to take pictures next time I’m out and you’ll get to see. After we came back we sat around for a bit while waiting to go out for “early tea.” We had to do a short walk there, which wasn’t too bad, but we ordered SO much food just for an early tea, which is so intense. I’m going to gain so much weight! Food was so amazing though compared to any other place to be honest. My uncle, 3rd oldest of the Ko family, looks EXACTLY like my grandma and it was so funny to see him squint because his eyes really became a PURE line; it was awesome.
After our large early tea, we went to go get my Hong Kong ID and that didn’t take too long. We took the cable car and it was weird because you don’t pay when you get on, but you pay to get off. Isn’t that weird?! Haha. At the immigration tower with the office where I get my ID, I had to get my picture taken and its so much better here in HK because they have a computer sitting in front of you so you can see yourself and they’ll crop it and show you and if you don’t like it, they’ll take more until you do. Pretty ballin’. Afterwards we went shopping and went to a straight up market. You won’t understand unless you actually see it but I’m somewhat culture shocked. The market here is very different. People could work without a shirt on, hair all over the place, smoking and what not. There was actually this one guy holding a box of meat and he sneezed RIGHT into it, laughs it off, jokes about swine flu, puts the box on the floor, drops a chunk of meat, and puts it back in the box. A lot of things, such as meat, seafood and what not just out in the open and you think “Man, this can’t be healthy” and yet we seem okay with it. Shopping this way is much cheaper and it’s always been this way, it’s a huge business so it’s acceptable.
We came home sat around for a bit and we went out again to get some groceries and bought a camera for Ivan. I now have to sit around thinking about what camera I want. There is way too much to think about but I guess I’ll have to do it sometime soon IF I want to buy it here. The warranty here for the body itself is decent and worldwide but no warranty on lenses. Mom says its no big deal so I may get it here. I’m not sure anymore. I have to decide on the model I want. They speak in Cantonese here and I have NO CLUE what to talk about! So I’m just standing there agreeing with whatever they say. This Internet is POWERFUL slow. My YouTube video is taking forever to upload. Maybe 5 hours even. That’s what Facebook said at least; Now it says 9 hours….Pathetic. I want my extreme highspeed Internet back. Hopefully it gets better AFTER the modem gets put in.
While people were playing mahjong, I took a small 2-hour nap. Jet leg isn’t HORRIBLE but I’m feeling it when I’m not doing much. Haha. We then had a small dinner and then we hung out and showered and now its time for bed. So far, HK is doing me well. I’m still being lurked; I’m allergic to something so I’m getting hives every so often, itchy eyes, and all that other fun stuff; haven’t exactly bought much yet which is a good thing; people tend to get in my way and I’m getting angry with that; lot more homeless people then I can actually imagine; a lot more advertising from big billboards to people standing on the street trying to give me a flyer; people who try to con us, mostly my brother [giving us a small little toy and asking for money, reminds me of Europe]. That’s it for now so I’ll update you with more details tomorrow, hopefully we’re doing something fun then. Haha.
Thanks
-Allison
After our large early tea, we went to go get my Hong Kong ID and that didn’t take too long. We took the cable car and it was weird because you don’t pay when you get on, but you pay to get off. Isn’t that weird?! Haha. At the immigration tower with the office where I get my ID, I had to get my picture taken and its so much better here in HK because they have a computer sitting in front of you so you can see yourself and they’ll crop it and show you and if you don’t like it, they’ll take more until you do. Pretty ballin’. Afterwards we went shopping and went to a straight up market. You won’t understand unless you actually see it but I’m somewhat culture shocked. The market here is very different. People could work without a shirt on, hair all over the place, smoking and what not. There was actually this one guy holding a box of meat and he sneezed RIGHT into it, laughs it off, jokes about swine flu, puts the box on the floor, drops a chunk of meat, and puts it back in the box. A lot of things, such as meat, seafood and what not just out in the open and you think “Man, this can’t be healthy” and yet we seem okay with it. Shopping this way is much cheaper and it’s always been this way, it’s a huge business so it’s acceptable.
We came home sat around for a bit and we went out again to get some groceries and bought a camera for Ivan. I now have to sit around thinking about what camera I want. There is way too much to think about but I guess I’ll have to do it sometime soon IF I want to buy it here. The warranty here for the body itself is decent and worldwide but no warranty on lenses. Mom says its no big deal so I may get it here. I’m not sure anymore. I have to decide on the model I want. They speak in Cantonese here and I have NO CLUE what to talk about! So I’m just standing there agreeing with whatever they say. This Internet is POWERFUL slow. My YouTube video is taking forever to upload. Maybe 5 hours even. That’s what Facebook said at least; Now it says 9 hours….Pathetic. I want my extreme highspeed Internet back. Hopefully it gets better AFTER the modem gets put in.
While people were playing mahjong, I took a small 2-hour nap. Jet leg isn’t HORRIBLE but I’m feeling it when I’m not doing much. Haha. We then had a small dinner and then we hung out and showered and now its time for bed. So far, HK is doing me well. I’m still being lurked; I’m allergic to something so I’m getting hives every so often, itchy eyes, and all that other fun stuff; haven’t exactly bought much yet which is a good thing; people tend to get in my way and I’m getting angry with that; lot more homeless people then I can actually imagine; a lot more advertising from big billboards to people standing on the street trying to give me a flyer; people who try to con us, mostly my brother [giving us a small little toy and asking for money, reminds me of Europe]. That’s it for now so I’ll update you with more details tomorrow, hopefully we’re doing something fun then. Haha.
Thanks
-Allison
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