Monday, June 12, 2006
Hong Kong: a guide for dummies

1) You need at least 200 HKD (which is equals to S$45) to get a nice teeshirt:
i wanted one that said "donald has all the power" but it was HKD210 so it got me slightly depressed.

2) Shop names require more creativity.
some of the coolest shops have really darfy names. like "apple store" and "ICE/FIRE" and "herioic rendezvous"

3) There are few homosexuals.
hah definitely less than thailand, i remember the last time i was assulted by one with an umbrella cuz i refused to buy a jacket from his-her shop.

4) (oh yes) The population doesnt value umbrellas
my SUPACUTE ASTRO-BOY umbrella only cost me 4 bucks is that cheap or what?

5) Hongkong guys have a thing for poodles
A typical hongkong girl (with a boyfriend) has big permed hair, and a cute jap-like face

6) Stall owners are big fat liars
one claimed her S$10 converse shoes were real. another told me she needed the money to feed her poor hungry family back in china.

7) Tong Tong (or is it Ting Ting) trains're fascinating
they're at least two hundred years old, super cranky and musty

8) Restaurant owners are usually multi-billionaires.
since the people there hate staying at home, they eat out most of the time. restaurants're PACKED and there're snaking queues outside.

9) Every day is New Year's Day.
seriously. the stores dont close until midnight, and the streets're cluttered with its so packed short people suffocate (thank goodness i'm tall!)

10) To stay connected with the world, visit yoghurt shops.
this cool yoghurt shop called "yuglio" near my hotel provided free internet services! haha, except you'll have to pay a bluhdy S$8 for a yoghurt! :(

11) Learn your 4 times table well
you're required to be very proficient at math if you want to do some serious shopping, and automatically divide everything by 4. (i cant help it if i happen to be a math whiz. heh heh.)

12) High chanc e of choking on noodles
you see, the noodles there're so cheap, and there's sucha wide variety...... i think most people's guts're clogged with these stringy yellow things

13) Stock up on batteries for the remote control
there's so so much super entertaining drama serials being screened! i watched one called "zui hou zhi wu" :)

14) Stock up on drinks as well
someone tell me why the only drink sold in stores is vitasoy?!?!!??

thats all for now so you think you can dance is on, ahhhhh!
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1:05 PM`