Just back from a very packed 8 day trip to Hong Kong and Macau. Managed to complete the main tasks, including Bai-san, seeing my brothers and sisters and meeting up with friends. Though I think I only managed to meet up with about 70% of friends this time. Truly sorry if you were one of the ones I didn’t manage to meet up with.
Some thoughts on my trip:
- Viruses and trojans are everywhere. My sister’s home computer was infected with trojans and spyware. I plugged in my usb memory stick into a photo printing shop’s computer to print out some of Michelle’s photos and it was infected with 2 viruses.
- We travelled by JAL, but the service was below-average. For example on the flight back they started the film “Aoki Okami: chi hate umi tsukiru made” about an hour into the flight meaning that there was not enough time to watch it to the end… Rie didn’t like the food
- Flash Memory is a lot cheaper in Hong Kong than Japan
- IT in Hong Kong is on the upswing
- Almost everyone I know is getting married or is married
- The energy of Hong Kong is as great as ever (as is the noise)
- Macau is growing but mostly on the hotel and casinos side of things
- A couple of new train lines and extensions have been added to Hong Kong in the 3 years since I was there last
- Advertising which used to be everywhere is everywhere plus a few other places
Some photos of my trip here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theninelives/sets/72157600057664021/
3 comments
have u meet up with belle? did you enjoy food in HKG?
hope everything is doing fine at your side.
Yeah, it was great to meet up with her. She’s just how I imagined her to be, full of energy and busy busy busy.
The food was fantastic except maybe for HK style sushi, I couldn’t get used to the rice. The best meal had to be a hot pot in TST where we watched Liverpool hammer Arsenal 4-1. I missed 3 of the 4 goals because I was talking to friends.
Hi…Ian,
Next time when u back to HK, u must call me ga..
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