Heh, a funny thing happened... well, my BF noticed it. I was in the Sony shop looking for a pair of in-ear phones with a short lead, and my BF said the shop assistant was trying to explain to me about the earphones. But I was totally ignoring him. And he was a bit dis-heartened and tried again, and my BF decided to acknowledge him. I think I know why. People who have been to HK and shopped there would know at least 3 sales assistant making a bee-line for you, talking and sales-pitching at the same time. So I sort of learned to ignore all that. And I was still in this mindset when this sales guy tried to talk to me in the shop. It was not deliberate. You can thank the attitude obtained in HK from been harrassed day in and out! But it's all good, I bought the earphones in the end. :) I was getting them regardless... Anyone have any experience stuck with them, after coming back from HK? Chat about it.
Well, adjusting back to expensive ol' Ireland again! I am only glad of the nice bearable weather, I won't complain too often about it, the sun's nice and warm, and I don't miss sweating profusely!
But food here is sooo dear! Even my work subsidised lunch total equals a lunch special for 4 persons at Maxim's (changes everyday)! And man.. beer is so cheap in Park'n Shop (their version of tesco supermaket, but cheaper and more choice). And I still have 2 bottles of Erdinger chilling in the fridge in HK! :-)
Travel is still crappy here, I waited over 20mins for a DART the other day! Give me 2-3 minutes for a train anyday! And the smart cards, they were so handy! Sigh... whine, whine, whine... Well, at least I have lots of things to look forward to when I go back to HK (unless Treetypie has anything else to say!) :-P
Well, I am back from HK, and I am welcomed with over 2000 spam comments on all my blogs... *sigh* In only 2 weeks. And some crap was floating on the board as well, so I got rid of that, so apolagies if there were non-related stuff. I am the only person admining, and I had no internet access during the time I was in HK the past 2 weeks. It's typical, isn't it?!?
Well, I can breathe again. It feels like the air conditioning is constantly on now, since I got off the plane in Shannon. ;) Heh, it's nice to be back though. I miss HK already, but that is enough plane travelling... BA with babies and toddlers screaming their lungs out. It's like a they are in it altogether, once stops and another starts, it's like a stereo with babies crying and wailing! The ozzie beside me was about to loose his rag. It feels good not to be sweaty and sticky from the weather, and hopping from shade to shade.
It's gonna be really frustrating now to get use to Dub transport when I get back up tomorrow, and start back into work on Monday. HK transport is so sufficient. They apolagised for a 10s delay due to signal failures. And I saw in the recent news about MTR 4min delays spiralled to 10min delay during rush hour! That is still less than our DART arrival times!
I am still finding it really funny that people hear me speak and react very surprised that I speak fluent Cantonese, since I was brought up overseas (and also that many overseas kids speak Hakka). My BF got his chance to speak a little bit more Chinese. Heh. It was all a good experience. The wee typhoon an' all! It really just whooshed past, and did not affect us in Tai Po at all. Just spoiled a trip to the Bronze buddha (tour cancelled cos of signal 3 at 5:20am that morning). But it was an experience for my BF, my BF's dad and my work collegue. All I could say about HK, it's really hot, hot, hot there!
Chinese tourist groups to be allowed to visit 27 European nations (Xinhuanet news). This is brill news.
Was searching for some packages, and found the HK Visa site has a cool offer... Offers and promotions to Macau.
Treetypie's friendly reminder aboutMOSQUITOES, and the danger of Dengue fever. Oh boy.
And don't forget my last post about Japanese Encephalitis!!!
And also be aware that this is typhoon season in HK, from HK goverment news site - Four to six typhoons expected this summer. Joy!
Chinese hand-writing recognition view from Gizmodo. Oh since I am on the subject of Chinese stuff, check this NEC's touch-panel only phones specifically released for the Chinese market.
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