Shop til you drop (or til you're broke)
To add as explanation for the pictures: 1. This is how you loosse money in Happy Valley 2. Erkki and Jussi going to Vietnam for the weekend-- that's why the crazy hats. the picture is taken on the balcony of our apartment on Thusrsday. 3. Chi Lin Nunnery in Diamond Hill - as said HK is full of contrast even when it comes to temples/monasteries which exist as peaceful oasis among all the high-rise apartment buildings. 4. Quiz: what is this? (hint: one of my afvorite snacks, but in Hk it is not as soft as it should if made the German way). 
Wow, I was REALLY upset on Tuesday! It is not worth it- why do I tell this to myself every time and it never works? Maybe I should comfort myself with the fact that being upset is healthy? (or at least better than never being upset… ?) Anyways, someone mentioned that I should maybe not directly write it down- smart?
As a counterweight to the negative “zen” of the last entry: the rest of the week was much nicer! We went to the horseraces on Wednesday- this is the only place you can gamble legally in Hong Kong (they don’t even have the Hedelmäpeli or other such machines here) and there are two racecourses: in Sha Tin and in Happy Valley on HK Island. We went to the latter, which is the smaller one of the two, but still huge- and the atmosphere is very intense (people take it VERY seriously, it is in all the papers etc.).
Thursday was classes and then going out to diverse clubs. The evening started with a Latin/Mexican Party in La Bodega, loud South American music, everybody dancing and singing along. We then went to another club called Hey Hey (and there is also a bar in Lang Kwai Fong called Hei Hei), more locals but fancy with roof terrace etc. Someone told me later that is is supposedly the hang out-place of the triads- this should explain the police raid on the place when we were there. Music off, lights on, police men in adidas training suits and some in uniforms came in, all doors blocked- we got only out by having take our IDs… that was pretty interesting! Decided to go home after that…
Friday was shopping in Causewaybay, Central and TST (Tsim Sha Tsui). I finally found a decent priced bookstore- books, especially in English are pretty expensive here. Comparison: I bought shoes for HKD 99; a book (non-hardcover) costs upwards from HKD 120! And apropos shopping: since HK is best classified as being a huge mall than anything else (vs. culture/history which is not so apparent or visible; most old buildings have just been torn down etc.) what tourists do here is shop! And saying this: since I live here, I have to stop shopping! It is so easy, so cheap, but still, not free… and when you live here, you see all the stores every day. Ok, I came here with the minimum of stuff, maybe 10 kg or so, which is not much for 5 months… But believe me, I have bought a lot! (and it I tempting)
Have to catch my plane now, sorry for the disorganized text!
As a counterweight to the negative “zen” of the last entry: the rest of the week was much nicer! We went to the horseraces on Wednesday- this is the only place you can gamble legally in Hong Kong (they don’t even have the Hedelmäpeli or other such machines here) and there are two racecourses: in Sha Tin and in Happy Valley on HK Island. We went to the latter, which is the smaller one of the two, but still huge- and the atmosphere is very intense (people take it VERY seriously, it is in all the papers etc.).
Thursday was classes and then going out to diverse clubs. The evening started with a Latin/Mexican Party in La Bodega, loud South American music, everybody dancing and singing along. We then went to another club called Hey Hey (and there is also a bar in Lang Kwai Fong called Hei Hei), more locals but fancy with roof terrace etc. Someone told me later that is is supposedly the hang out-place of the triads- this should explain the police raid on the place when we were there. Music off, lights on, police men in adidas training suits and some in uniforms came in, all doors blocked- we got only out by having take our IDs… that was pretty interesting! Decided to go home after that…
Friday was shopping in Causewaybay, Central and TST (Tsim Sha Tsui). I finally found a decent priced bookstore- books, especially in English are pretty expensive here. Comparison: I bought shoes for HKD 99; a book (non-hardcover) costs upwards from HKD 120! And apropos shopping: since HK is best classified as being a huge mall than anything else (vs. culture/history which is not so apparent or visible; most old buildings have just been torn down etc.) what tourists do here is shop! And saying this: since I live here, I have to stop shopping! It is so easy, so cheap, but still, not free… and when you live here, you see all the stores every day. Ok, I came here with the minimum of stuff, maybe 10 kg or so, which is not much for 5 months… But believe me, I have bought a lot! (and it I tempting)
Have to catch my plane now, sorry for the disorganized text!
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