HK Day 1

I am exhausted!

Last night I couldn't sleep again! Woke up at 8 to get my fitness first passport and to buy Grace Kaya Butter. (Singapore speciality)

Left for the airport at 9:15am. Not smart. Should have left 15mins later and then I would have dodged the morning peak hour charge.

I have to say that the flight seemed SO LONG. I could only sleep 2 hours, the rest I was staring off in space anxiously waiting to land. I have no idea how I used to take long haul 18 hour flights.

And there I was, in Macau. One irritating thing about the Macau airport is that the washrooms are located AFTER immigration. What an evil tactic!

The cab ride from the airport to the ferry was 10 mins and 48dollars. Once I stepped into the ferry, it was uber chaotic because it was 3:25pm and I was rushing for the 3:30pm ferry. Turns out the ferry was at 3:45pm so wasn't too bad. I went around asking people (in cantonese) how to buy the tickets and they replied to me in Chinese! (Putonghua) Slap in the face.

Ha. but I managed.

Meeting Grace was awesome. and we took a cab to hang out at Doug's new 'crib'. I really like it, and it is a steal (compared to singapore rental prices). I think that if I wasn't moving back home, I would definitely move to HK. Singapore rental prices have shot up, HK is cheaper to live now, plus the city is more vibrant.

City is more vibrant, but I have to say that the people here seem pushy, rude and on a whole really disappointed or unhappy with life. NO one smiles! (No one smiles in Singapore either, but there are more occurences of 'blue moons')

Doug treated Grace and I to dinner and dessert. He lives near the steepest street in HK. Walking up this street is an amazingly quick cardio work out, guaranteed to increase your heart rate! Hah!

I'm now blogging at Grace's apartment. Will take photos tomorrow.

Tomorrow its gyming at Fitness First followed by Wong Tai Sin Temple. See what the future has in store for me.

Coughing like mad and suffering from lack of sleep. I hope that HK can give me some sleep. That's my real wish for this trip.