Definitely not cool

Yes, the weather wasn't very cool today.

In fact, one could go so far to say it was very hot.

I was outside for about 15 minutes watering the cabbages around noon, and I swear my skin got three shades darker.

Banh and Nigel intelligently came over in the afternoon, bringing food of course.

Days like this make me feel sort of guilty. Like, if I don't leave the house, I'm fine and cool, because we have fairly good air-conditioning. But there are a lot of people who are not so fortunate. I actually recognise the fact that the surroundings that I live in are fairly upper standard.

It's a trade-off really. I mean, I meet a lot of people that wear really nice clothes, and have a lot of them, but their houses are very run-down. A lot of the time, I guess it's all dependent on where you put your money. Sometimes I wish I had a more varied wardrobe, although I definitely don't think it's too shabby. There's just not a lot of overly expensive stuff in there. Which is good.

But then you meet people, and by people I mean most of my friends, to which your varied wardrobe doesn't matter all that much to them. And that makes me realise how much cooler it is to have a nice house. Not that I dress like a slob. Most of the time. I have standards too.

But yeah, next time a day like this comes around, I should invite more of my friends over to avoid the heat. Seems like the right thing to do. But they must bring food. Or drinks. Either's fine.

Word of the Day: Heat

Hong Kong - the hustle, the bustle

So, Hong Kong was mostly shopping and eating and walking and talking and going to the toilet. There were a lot of people on the streets. Like, a lot. As in, you couldn't walk a 50 metre street in 10 minutes. This was probably owing to the fact that we went the few days before Christmas, it was the weekend, and general Hong Kongness i.e. people walking around, but not actually buying stuff. It was pretty hot for "winter".

There was a highlight that was really, really awkward. Like playing-Backstreet-Boys-on-your-phone-in-the-elevator-when-a-complete-stranger-walks-in awkward. Which is exactly what happened. Hilarity abounds.

We went to Disneyland on Monday, which was the pretty funs (photos here). It was a bit small though. We finished walking around in about four hours. We went on this space ride thingo, the train, and went to see the Lion King show. We bought lotsa stuff. Which pretty much sums up our Hong Kong adventure.

We'll be travelling to Ha Er Bin (further north than Beijing) for seven days. A bit of negative 30 degrees. Until next time, ciao.