So I'm actually going to make this brief. Only, I say that now and heavens knows I am a talker and when I write my blogs I basically just pretend that I'm talking to someone so I can go on and on and on.
So it probably won't be short, brief, or to the point. But you know what? Life isn't meant to be thought of as brief. I know so many people think a great motto for life is "Live like you're dying" or thanks to what's his name "YOLO" (bleh). But I think that if that is how you live, you'll be too focused on the present. Sure, the present is great and all. But sometimes its good to dwell on the past. Because your past is ultimately what brought you to your present and it is also what is shaping your future. And now that I have gone off on some crazy tangent that has nothing to do with Hong Kong, I feel like I should reel it in and come back to the purpose, if I can even remember what it is.
Right. So Hong Kong. (and please note that my title rhymes)
I fell in love with HK the first time I went there and I was extemely excited to have the opportunity to go back, even if it was only for 24(ish) hours and especially because my school took the tab. Another side tangent...(that was redundant) I am SO INCREDIBLY grateful to my school forever everything they have done for us. They take us to cool shows and give us free food and the teachers are all so so nice and give me medicine when I'm sick (which is practically always). And seriously, they booked us such a NICE hotel for HK. We told them to just get us a dorm room somewhere and it would be fine and dandy. But no, we get set up in a 5 star (maybe it was 4, but whatever) hotel with a BATHTUB. Oh man. So cool. So nice. I couldn't believe it.
They paid for our flights, gave us spending money. I mean seriously. We got an allowance. I mean, it was crazy and I just still a little flabbergasted. But okay.
The highlights of HK round two.
1) I was reunited with Starbucks...TWICE. And because I have an awesome mom, I used my iphone app to pay for one of my drinks with money she loaded on it. That's right, my momma treated me to a starbucks in HK.
2) I ate LASAGNA. That's right, you heard me. We decided no Chinese or Asian food of any kind. No rice, no noodles (okay, I guess Italian is noodles, but its different). So we spoiled ourselves on Western food. For dinner we went to the Spaghetti House and it was beyond delicious. I was drunk on lasagna and it was awesome.
3) We acted like annoying tourists. I mean, part of me was a little embarassed by it, because we were being so goofy (okay, I was being so goofy) but I couldn't help it. I was on a vacation and was full with delicious food and there were SO MANY white people and I felt like I didn't stick out as much and that was so nice and so I acted a little more like my crazy self...but of course that kinda made me stand out again. BUT THATS OKAY. I'm loud and crazy and I like to have fun and race Jake through the metro hallways and pose doing the YMCA in front of a sign for the HK YMCA and I like not stepping on the cracks even if it means I gotta walk really funny. And I like to sing out loud. So there. I'll be me.
4) The night market. No I didn't buy anything because I couldn't find what I wanted and no I don't want to talk about it because I'm still a little angry. BUT what was so amazing was that we stumbled upon a little street performance by some awesome hippy looking dude with a pony tail and he was singing "Heartache Tonight" and he saw a group of white kids come up and so of course he was all like "ooohhhh gotta get one of them up here" and of course Jake goes up. But does Jake know the song...noooo. But then I was seen singing in the audience. Next thing I know he grabs me by the hands and I'm sure my face was beet red but I grabbed the mic and belted out the rest of the song and danced around in a circle and I just felt so alive. And I never felt more like my father's daughter. That song will now forever hold a special place in my heart and I will probably never feel any heartache over it either.
5) The Avenue of Stars is always a fun area to walk around. I mean you have gorgeous views of Victoria Harbor and the HK skyline and there are tons of people from all over the world and it was just super cool just like last time.
6) I ate fish and chips. And get this. It was at an English pub called Bulldogs... Well, way back when my father was in the Navy and he went on a tour that stopped in HK...he went to a place called Bulldogs. OH MY GOODNESS HOW COOL IS THAT. Sure, it probably wasn't the same place, but it could have at least been related. And even if it isn't, I mean, we are still cool.
7) Just the fact that I was IN Hong Kong.
8) I took a bubble bath. While reading a book (well, a book on my tablet...not exactly the same thing but close enough).
9) I made a new friend. We realized while boarding our flight back to Guiyang there was another white guy on the plane and it is pretty rare that we see other white people in Guiyang so it was pretty exciting. Turns out he lives here and is playing soccer on a pro team in the city. I mean, how cool is that. Everything was just so so cool. We exchanged contact info and ended up going to his game the following weekend which was also incredibly fun. I didn't really realize how much I missed going to sporting events. I mean, probably half of my income goes to baseball and soccer games and so it was nice to be able to have a little part of myself here that I didn't think I'd have.
I wish I could think of a 10. It would make a lot of sense to have 10 top moments. But alas, I'm drawing blanks. Of course I'll probably think of something later and then it will be too late but bullocks who cares. Nine is a better number anyway.
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