Vacationing in Hong Kong
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008 6:42PM / Standard Entry
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Thanks to all who dropped me a line despite the fact that I haven't logged in for awhile. I've been in HK and hanging out with my brother has been great. Every time I attempt to go online or get around to AnD, my battery life of my laptop has drained to 10 minutes...So today I finally charged my battery before coming on.
Happy 2008! I think I must have gotten younger because I've been able to thrive on 5-hour sleep!
Honestly, I'd thought that I would have a lot of free (boring) time in HK allowing me to work on my thesis revisions. I've been here since Dec 29 and I have yet to open my Word document! And I'm not in a hurry to do so.
You can check my brother Bob Shi's page as he highlighted what we've been doing.
It's been great to meet all the artists and I can't even keep up with all the names. We went to the Fringe Club and Times Square...on Sunday to see the big band concert. I was zoning out but enjoying the music on the sidelines. Most of the artists do look like their pictures but I was surprised at how tiny most girls are in Hong Kong. Or I've forgotten that I was brought up on hearty foods in the West.
I played Wii for the first time and it was fun. I sucked at the optical stuff which Berton and my brother rubbed in my face a couple of times. Yes, I'm an artist but I suck at the optical trickery. Aha, I'm more analytical, okay! I did enjoy the olympic games. Yes, the swimming event was SOOO hard. My player was so slow that for most of the time, he was out of the picture. I was so confused as to what to do. I was good at jumping only. My team mates abandoned me half way through the event so after my arms were sore from swimming, I had to fence with Steven, of all people. He's an expert, in case you don't know. I liked the ping pong but can't tell you how or what I did to get the ball over...I was clicking, moving and swinging all at once.
Wow, I dedicated 1 whole paragraph to Wii.
I really really enjoyed the jazz at Captain's Bar. Unfortunately, we arrived late. Gigi, from Toronto is way cute and I love bossa nova. It was so random but I ran into an ex-student from art school from more than 10 years ago. He was also visiting and lives in LA (where we met at school). We never took any classes together but he was around. We made plans to meet at a jazz place tomorrow night somewhere in Central. I don't know my way around but I'm not afraid to ask people.
Last night, an ex called an proposed. Funny how the new year can propel people to do things that they feel they need to do. It felt more like a business deal than something romantic. Being a female, I think we have more pressure to settle down as we get older. I've been told that I have a youngish looking face so I can "fool" people, according to my dad. But I'm not out there to fool people. My grey hair gives it away. And although I can live on 5 hours of sleep, my double eye bags remind me that I am aging like everyone else. I'm interested to know what your thoughts are regarding marriage and proposals, etc.
Yesterday, I went to see this "doctor" who can diagnose your problem by looking at your knees. I slipped a year ago and haven't recovered fully. Anyhoo, he was able to tell that I suffer from neck and lower back pain...he did something to my knee caps and the nerves around that area. It was very brief but intense pain. For 3 months, I cannot do any exercise, extend my legs on the sofa, kneel, rotate my hips, etc. I was really surprised at how often I "kick" as I put on/take off my jeans. And over the course of 2 days, I tried on 25 pairs of jeans. And surprisingly, I don't feel the usual strain on my lower back as I bend over to pull up the jeans. The guys in Yuen Long most of the week and the rest of the time, he's somewhere in China. I'll post his number some time later. I can't do yoga either. So when I go to the beach later, I can only float! Didn't foresee that!
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