Last night at HK

I'm using the Japanese interface of Blogger.com, because my company's proxy routes through Japan. It never used to be like this and I can't switch it back to English. Urgh. Luckily I know the console well, otherwise I'll be so lost!

I normally blog during office hours, mainly because blogspot refuses to work at home. Although I'm able to retrieve the URL and start fiddling with the controls, it doesn't allow me to post. Everytime I hit on the "Publish" button, nothing loads and my entry doesn't get published. How frustrating.

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I came back from HK last Thursday afternoon and am still feeling rather tired from the trip. Anyway, here are some pictures I took during my short stay:

The view from my hotel room. Not a very nice one, eh?


Took a quick snapshot before heading to the office

I had so little time to explore HK. However, we did have dinner at Causeway Bay on the second night, so during our (my colleague and I) quick ten minutes power walk down the street to Times Square just to get some Krispy Kremes, I managed to snap a few pictures and because I was in such a haste to take pictures, some of them appear washed out and blur too. Damn! =(

Outside Times Square:

The weekday crowd in HK

My colleague and I were so desperate to get Krispy Kremes that we decided to head down to Times Square while waiting for our main course to be served. We rushed through the crowd and believe me, walking briskly in 3-inch boots was a real torture. My colleague remarked, "Ha. Amazing Race Asia." I replied, "Yeah. Detour: Head to Times Square and purchase 2 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts to qualify for the next round."

After our successful attempt of obtaining 2 dozen donuts, we took a stroll back to restaurant, only to find out that the Japs had eaten our main course, just in case it had turned cold. We bumped into the HK and AU manager who were about to make their way to Mongkok. Just to set my priorities right, I told the rest that I wanted to head to Mongkok, and that we'll quickly have our main course and leave right away.

We gobbled our udon and took a cab down to Mongkok to catch up with the two managers.

Another failed attempt on getting a sharp image. Too excited I suppose?


Lady's Street

Sad to say, this was my one and only chance of exploring HK beyond my hotel and office route. However, I did manage to get a souvenir magnet, a very practical and useful ashtray for Bunny, a super tacky lighter with Mahjong characters, dice and lights, and a uber big street sign that says "Causeway Bay" on one side and "Wan Zai" on the other. Kekeke. I love buying tacky stuff when I'm overseas. Well, I did promise Bunny I'll get her super cheena souvenirs from my Shanghai trip, but didn't manage to do so. So this is to make up for it!

The HK manager then brought all of us for dessert:

I've never had so much mango for dessert. Urgh.

What a pity. I didn't manage to explore other places in HK. Shall do so in July! Ha!

It's always great to be home though, to the fucking hot and sunny Singapore.