Cantonese all the way 没有不可能！

One of the best parts of Hong Kong for me is the fact that I can morph several identities at once and pull them out on demand. Most of that included switching languages when I needed to; so mostly Cantonese with my family; English with my American friends, and semi-Cantonese/English with my HK friends. I spent most of the day with Felix today with occasional breaks back at home with my aunt. We went suit shopping again today and bought another two sets of really cheapo suits. I didn't really have time to get a custom-made suit with all the works...next time, I'll have to spend a lot more time out here in HK to really make good use of my shopping experience.

I met up with three old friends today! Felix: American exchange student with me at CUHK; Adith: very nice local HK student from CUHK met on tour trips; and Vincent: my roommate who we would debate in Cantonese about societical norms. It was really cool and such an amazing flash back to meet up with them again.

Adith, Felix, and I met up first to go shopping in Sha Tin, an old CUHK favorite and in fact, one of the largest indoor malls in the world. She introduced me shops that were more upscale and places I should go to for real designer suits. We had a good time catching up over shopping ideas and let me know her bf knows how to shop for suits well. I'll have to hook back up with her for suit places next time with more time to do a better search. We offered Salsa dancing tonight but I think she was a little bit nervous about it. Next time, I'll have to use a better bait. :-)

I also met up with my former roommate at CUHK, Vincent. It was really nice to meet up with him again as I haven't talked to him in about 2 years but we caught up like we never left the dorms...we discussed everything from fashion, the job market, our own jobs, relationships, traveling...in Cantonese (with English words sprinkled throughout). It was fun to have someone who knows exactly what I'm saying with me feeling comfortable discussing fun topics in CATNONESE! The timing was almost too good as he was leaving tomorrow for mainland China and I got a chance to see him on mid-Autumn's festival. He's also planning to visit Japan sometime within either late this year or early next year which I'm so excited. I love hosting guests but after I can pretend like I know the area well. So I wouldn't let him come until at least the end of the year, but it's nice to know some more people who are definitely coming!

Felix and I were pondering why we liked HK so much and also the cultural differences we notice since we somewhat straddle the fence. For us, we agree that Mullets are out and shouldn't be a part of HK fashion. The bright colors with the Japanese influence can stay because on certain people, looks really good. The polite culture (ke qi 客气）is a little bit confusing, especially when it comes to money and who's supposed to pay for what but I think we have a gameplan in place. The desserts at Hui Lau Shan is still one of the most delicious places I've been to...and when I retire, I'd like to bring it to the USA. I found out that one of my favorite desserts today doesn't have grapefruit but instead pompello. Maybe it's the same fruit but I just realized they translate it as Pompello instead of grapefruit.

Oh yum!