Things about Hong Kong

There are a few things I’ve noticed in HK that I’m not used to: -

Transport

Their MTR (Tube in our case) they have signal! I’m so used to being unreachable on the mobile on the tube

The Mini bus 小巴，I don’t really have clues where their bus stops are, >.<” they are so urban and hidden you have to shout out to the driver to tell them where you want to stop. There are actually different prices to the journey but don’t know the actual prices unless you ask the driver or look at the chart in the mini bus - I know without a doubt I have underpaid twice as the driver warned me, and have overpaid quite a few times by a few $

TV

Being typical TV, there isn’t really much on apart from the typical TVB series, series on talking about food, silly game shows and the worst thing, the excessive amount of news they have! I swear 70% of TV is mainly news, stocks and shares – . –

Obsession

In Hong Kong there is a very big obsession in beauty and sliming. Foods saying are so good and enhancing their skin, slimming products the celebrities endorse and campaign encouraging people to become such skinny twiglets of size 4-6, seriously a lot of the women and fair percentage of men in HK are very slim, maybe it because of different environment, diet or lifestyle they live. Makes me feel a bit on the fatty side

Since being in Hong Kong and post Japan earthquake disaster, I keep hearing that salt helps reduce the amount of radiation. So in China and HK there has been the mass hysteria of buying salt and the market selling their salt at a higher price to the usual cheap rate of $2 a pound or whatever weight it is they use to $20 HKD of course. But even so ridiculous prices, there was even a man who died because of consuming so much salt, TV had to create a program in how to consume the salt properly >.< honestly it’s common sense! My friends and I did crack a few salt jokes saying we should order the typical salty food products for dinner

Alcohol/ Rugby 7s Weekend

I think I came to HK particularly Lan Kwai Fong during the wrong weekend!! As some of you will know, LKF is renowned for being the main Square for bars drinking and clubbing, very Western influenced. But this weekend was hectic! Felt like being back in London, on NYE – overcrowded bars and on the street filled with lairy drinkers in fancy dress.

Damaging thing in LKF, cost of alcohol and entrance to the club – 2 bottles of Corona over $100 HKD?! Entrance into a club $300-400HKD. Rip off though I didn’t go to the clubs, my friends told me they’re usually small, overcrowded and the dance floor is always rammed can’t even properly dance!

Aside from that, I was really not use to being allowed to drink on the street! People were just buying their alcohol from the 7 Eleven, as it was cheaper to the bar of course and just drinking outside, I will admit I had ¼ bottle of my Corona left to drink before entering one of the bars and doorman took my drink away…. Oh well at least I had a laugh from the doorman as he questioned whether it was 5 girls in our group. I said “Yeah if you include my mate Kafai” as we know he’s still a man, but possesses many nicknames including Woman (hahahhahaaa)

Ok this will do of this chapter of blogging under this topic, I’ll throw some fun posts very soon!