Hello and Goodbye Hong Kong!

This is the 7th time I've come to Hong Kong (including my birth period) and even though I know what to expect when I come here, I still lose myself under the hustle and frantic rush. I visited a newly opened gay bar, Volume which was pretty packed after midnight, and met a couple of interesting locals (courtesy of Wynne's introduction to her gay friend). It is always fascinating to find out how the gay community thrives in different regions of the world.

I am glad I got a chance to see the friends from college, my family, and the place again. I wonder if I could really live here again as a working boy - I guess I will find out soon after I complete a few interviews in the upcoming months.

Things I missed about HK (not necessarily in this order)
- food with immensely packed flavor
- shopping
- direct and colorful speech (in Cantonese)
- familiar friendly faces
- talking on the phone in the subway while underground and traveling
- stores open late

Things I could have lived without in HK
- 80% humidity in 32 degrees C heat
- water dripping on my head from air conditioners overhead
- conversations that revolve around food and $$$

This time around, I noticed that every street corner I turned to, always had some Japanese influence. If it wasn't the three sushi or sukiyaki restaurants lined up, it will be the Japanese clothing brands or actress. In my pictures to be posted later, you will see all the crazy influences from Japan in HK. Perhaps now, I just have a Japanese eye..

Ahh...I will miss you HK...again.