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Each time I come back to HK, I get sick. It's like I know it'll happen, but I do nothing to prevent it.

In my defense, I've always been the sickly sort. I get sick if someone in the same company has a cold.

I've been fighting it for three days now, really sucks.

....I think I'll be taking a couple of sick days when I return. posted by losir at 11:13 AM

So I spent to the day with my "aunt" Sandy in Peng Chau. I had a great time playing with her two dogs while walking the mountains.

I was surprised to find out that the house costs only $420,000 HKD - which is very cheap, when you realize that the Canadian dollar is about 7 to 1. That means it would only costs me $60,000 CAD to buy a house in HK....

I'm actually very interested in returning to HK to live. I love the lifestyle here, the "hurry up and get out of my way", the food, the weather.

Of course, I came back at the best time, when it's cooler and not as humid. I hear HK people has no concept of deodorant, so you'll suffer in the summer months.

But the cheap shopping, good food at 11pm, the ease of catching a bus, and the cheapness that is the rent and electricity (depending on region) means I don't have to make too much to survive.

I don't know. I don't know if I can give up the Canadian lifestyle. I don't know if I can give up driving. I'm not sure what I want.

But each time I return, I feel like this is where I belong. That Canada, Toronto to be specific, is noting but a stopping place for me to establish enough capital to return back to HK.

The only problem really is that there are no chicks. Either they're too young, or they're foreigners. The only really good looking girl I remember so far was a Japanese tourist - shopping for cheap wallets.

....At least getting a maid here is super cheap. posted by losir at 11:24 AM

Wow, the internet is slow in this little corner of my space. I'm not sure if it's my parents' wonky router, cable modem or the lines themselves, but let me tell you, trying to surf the web is an exercise in frustration.

I went to "woman's lane" (Lue Yun Guy) today in Mong Kok area, bought some trinkets - but you have to really bargain hard to buy anything.

Take for example the salt/pepper shaker I bought tonight. They wanted $59 originally (all HK dollars), then went down to $40, $30, $25. I walked away. After a while, the lady runs over, taps me on the shoulder and said, "Twenty dollars."

My brother couldn't let it go, and I bought one too.

....Well it was pretty neat. posted by losir at 11:54 AM

I think I'm old enough to finally realize I'm no youngling. I see my little cousins struggle through the same problems I once had, thinking that the sky is about to fall, and I think to myself, "What do you know?"

I guess I sound like a right old fart now. Oh well! I guess I am.

I took a tonne of pictures but none really turned out as I had hoped. I wish I was a better photographer, but now I just think I've wasted a lot of money on my Nikon D70.

I wish I could create art, but in the end, they're nothing but digital bits and bytes that occupy a little too much hard drive space.

One of these days, I'm going to fluke another good picture, I'm patient, I know it'll come.

....I hope it'll be somewhere in HK soon though. posted by losir at 11:55 AM

Happy New Year, I guess. It's been the most quiet year I've had for countdown in well, since she and I stayed in so many years ago. Not that that matters of course, it's just yet another memory I need to purge from my mind.

I guess this past year has been quite tumultuous at best, and while what they say about the only constant is change is quite true, I never thought I'd be where I am now.

If you had told me last year at this time that the Blogger interface would change so much, I'd call you a liar and punch you in the mouth.

....New blogger equals bad. posted by losir at 10:06 PM