like brothers on a hotel bed
Alright so the jetlag is pretty much gone... aside from me going to bed at like 9:30 and waking up at 7. that is soo not like me. but i like it. i've got some pictures. so let's see if i can show some.
recap:
day one: new years eve. as imagined, i was hanging out with my parents. it wasn't so bad. we saw some fireworks and hong kong was all lit up and then we went to Soho.. yeah, like the one in NYC.. it was pretty intense. I ended up taking shots with my dad in a room that's kept at freezing temperatures. they give you big fur coats for the cold but the vodka is all kept at "room temp." it was cool.
hong kong new years eve
soho
shots with dad in a freezer
day two: ocean park. it's an amusement park. i kinda hate amusement parks but it's alright, we did it for matt and connor. for a while it felt like i was back in the states, just surrounded by a bunch of asian tourists. amusement parks are all the same. but we did go down a ride that is pretty much exactly like splash mountain and that was cool... but i'm definitely not gonna go to Hong Kong Disneyland. I'm all amusement-parked out.
connor at ocean park... note the hat!
matthew is always playing video games
day three: shopping down by causeway bay. it was pretty cool. lots of huge department stores surrounded by asian markets of sorts. no one has any respect for anyone else's personal space. but hey, you learn not to really care. it was really crowded. reminded me of Tokyo. It's also funny because Hong Kong dollars are like 7.75 to the American dollar. So everything is priced in the hundreds and thousands and I always have to do doubletakes on the pricetags.
today is day four: i'm planning on taking it relatively easy. I might go look at some more asian marketplaces, but I think i'll just go to the gym and go swimming and do the sauna or something. Tonight my dad, Janese, and I are going out to this wicked trendy/hip restaurant with one of my dad's younger clients, some french guy. It should be pretty cool -seeing as the bill goes to my dad's company. wooo for that! I think the spending minimum is like 65USD per person. after that i might meet up with one of my BU friends who lives out here to check out the nightlife sans parents.
how much do i love connor? he's showing me all of his motorcycles right now (toys, kids, toys) and he's always all up in my business, which is fine because he rocks. matt is doin' pretty well but he's back in school so i dont see him quite as often, and he's not as obsessed with me as connor is.. but that's just cuz connor and i are best buds. and my favorite cat, taffy... is also in love with me and that makes me happy too. woo!
me and my kitty -im not sure what i'm doing but connor took this picture
view from dad's balcony
looking to the left
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
Connor: Will you open my batmobile's window?
Me: Are you sure it comes off?
Connor: It looks like it doesnt but it does.
Me: Okay I'll pull on it.
[I pull open the window that isn't supposed to come off at all and it snaps -easy to glue back mind you- off in one piece]
Me: there you go...
Connor: See? I told you it open-- oh, I think you broke it.
Me: Yep, I think I did.
Connor [snaps the other side off and stares at me blankly]: yep.
Me: it's okay, i'll glue it.
Connor: we don't have any.
imm'a gonna go find some glue. maybe they don't have horses around here. heyyooo.
recap:
day one: new years eve. as imagined, i was hanging out with my parents. it wasn't so bad. we saw some fireworks and hong kong was all lit up and then we went to Soho.. yeah, like the one in NYC.. it was pretty intense. I ended up taking shots with my dad in a room that's kept at freezing temperatures. they give you big fur coats for the cold but the vodka is all kept at "room temp." it was cool.
hong kong new years eve
soho
shots with dad in a freezer
day two: ocean park. it's an amusement park. i kinda hate amusement parks but it's alright, we did it for matt and connor. for a while it felt like i was back in the states, just surrounded by a bunch of asian tourists. amusement parks are all the same. but we did go down a ride that is pretty much exactly like splash mountain and that was cool... but i'm definitely not gonna go to Hong Kong Disneyland. I'm all amusement-parked out.
connor at ocean park... note the hat!
matthew is always playing video games
day three: shopping down by causeway bay. it was pretty cool. lots of huge department stores surrounded by asian markets of sorts. no one has any respect for anyone else's personal space. but hey, you learn not to really care. it was really crowded. reminded me of Tokyo. It's also funny because Hong Kong dollars are like 7.75 to the American dollar. So everything is priced in the hundreds and thousands and I always have to do doubletakes on the pricetags.
today is day four: i'm planning on taking it relatively easy. I might go look at some more asian marketplaces, but I think i'll just go to the gym and go swimming and do the sauna or something. Tonight my dad, Janese, and I are going out to this wicked trendy/hip restaurant with one of my dad's younger clients, some french guy. It should be pretty cool -seeing as the bill goes to my dad's company. wooo for that! I think the spending minimum is like 65USD per person. after that i might meet up with one of my BU friends who lives out here to check out the nightlife sans parents.
how much do i love connor? he's showing me all of his motorcycles right now (toys, kids, toys) and he's always all up in my business, which is fine because he rocks. matt is doin' pretty well but he's back in school so i dont see him quite as often, and he's not as obsessed with me as connor is.. but that's just cuz connor and i are best buds. and my favorite cat, taffy... is also in love with me and that makes me happy too. woo!
me and my kitty -im not sure what i'm doing but connor took this picture
view from dad's balcony
looking to the left
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
Connor: Will you open my batmobile's window?
Me: Are you sure it comes off?
Connor: It looks like it doesnt but it does.
Me: Okay I'll pull on it.
[I pull open the window that isn't supposed to come off at all and it snaps -easy to glue back mind you- off in one piece]
Me: there you go...
Connor: See? I told you it open-- oh, I think you broke it.
Me: Yep, I think I did.
Connor [snaps the other side off and stares at me blankly]: yep.
Me: it's okay, i'll glue it.
Connor: we don't have any.
imm'a gonna go find some glue. maybe they don't have horses around here. heyyooo.
posted by C Killian at 4:53 PM
2 Comments:
Sweet view! Hope you're having fun in HK! See you back at Boston fool, we're gonna party like its 2003.
BTW, I think some girl in the movie 'The Family Stone' wore the same sock/slipper/boots as you!!!
That's right you do as you're told. Keep rockin the east side!
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