June 30, 2006

 

 

Introduction

 

The month of June went by in a blur.  Many things happened.  First and foremost, I went on vacation to Hong Kong for 2 weeks.  Then when I was coming back, I found out that my high-school friend in Halifax proposed and got engaged.  When I thought I had finished addressing all my concerns re: the 1000s of emails I had to catch up, I find out birthdays, housewarming, and multiple social events were being set up before my residency would start on July 1st, 2006.  It’s all about to end, but now that residency has started, the end of my life is about to begin.  Lets start talking.

 

 

Hong Kong

 

From the period of June 3, 2006 to June 18, 2006, I was in Hong Kong – well that’s not exactly true because I did visit Macau and Zhu Hai.  Hong Kong equates to family visits, being a tourist, eating, and shopping.  Lets talk about my family, which is on my father’s side.  They were all hospitable and gave me many gifts.  I wish to thank them all.  Here are some memorable pics I had.  I selected only a few!

 

 

Figure 1.  I’m sitting on the Disney train that goes around Hong Kong.  To my left are my two aunts (Aunt 3 & 4).  There are only two stops onboard the Disney Express!

Figure 2.  It sure looks like Hogwart’s Express (from Harry Potter), but it was the train that goes around Disneyland.  Thank god it’s free to ride.  But where’s the A/C?  Heh.

Figure 3.  My cousin’s two kids: Paul and Matthew.  We were at Peking Restaurant near Ocean Terminal in Hong Kong.  There were Caucasians +++ here.  Tourist hotspot for Peking duck I guess.

 

 

After family, there were the things I ate!  When I travel, I *always* attempt to sample the local delicacies.  Surprisingly, Korean food in Hong Kong was disappointing.  It tasted the same!  However, Japanese sushi and Thai food were quite different.  The use of different local fish products as well as spices made these two ethnic restaurants a MUST TRY.  Oh yeah, I made sure I had some immunity against Traveller’s Diarrhea.  Otherwise, whatever goes in comes back out quite quickly.

 

 

Figure 4.  When you go to Macau, you gotta try the Portuguese Egg Tart.  It’s like a Chinese egg tart except it’s all egg and no milk or water.  Eaten fresh?  It’s awesome.

Figure 5.  I love these crayfish.  Very juicy.  Part of the fun is to go to the store, select the seafood you want, and then bring all of it to the restaurant and have them cook it for you.  Yummy!

Figure 6.  Again, in Macau, you have to try the Portuguese Pork bun.  It’s famous.  However, there is a quota that they sell a day and only at a certain time.  So get to the island of Coloagne on time or you get none.



Conclusion

 

I’ve decided to keep this blog short and sweet this time around.  I’m two months behind in my blog!  Must catch up.

 

 

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