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I love Hong Kong. Every time I come back here, I realize how much I absolutely adore this city, with its bustling people, crazy lights, mouthwatering food, fashion forward, fast talking aspirational people... you gotta either catch up and go with the flow or leave if you can't take the pace. Hong Kong is one of the only places I know that in a huge crowd of people, you still feel uncrowded. I used to say to Christine before she came to visit last year that it's a life.. .there's no other way to describe this place. It's a lifestyle. And a damn good one.
My parents have been on at me for the past few days to move back here and get a job even though I don't speak Chinese. They even said that if I don't want to live with them again, I can always go and rent my own apartment, so that I would have the same freedoms that I do overseas. I guess I could... but am I ready for Hong Kong? Maybe in January if I'm disillusioned about the things I'm doing (and I have no idea what I'm going to be doing yet), then I will come back here and use it as a sort of resting place. There's an energy here that makes me want to go out and do things - to get out of bed and be proactive about my life.
Enough of that though.. the food is amazing. After the long 16 hour flight over, my parents took me to the Grand Hyatt for dinner at One Harbour Rd - which is one of the 5 best chinese restaurants in Hong Kong. If anyone ever comes to Hong Kong, the Tiffin Lounge in the Hyatt runs a dessert buffet every night that is sublime... crepes, waffles, 15 types of cakes, chinese desserts, handmade chocolates, fresh fruit... it's so beautiful. Today I'm having lunch with the parents at Bankers Club. This is at the top of an office building in Central and mom has promised me some good dim sum dishes. YUM.
One and a half days before I leave for Sydney tomorrow night... it really hasn't hit me yet - I'm kind of scared at this point for what awaits me. I know it'll be okay but Australia seems so far away... four continents in two weeks will really mess with your head and sense of reality. I love it though. I want to travel to more than 60 countries in my lifetime. I think I'm at 22 right now. so exciting!
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October 16th 2005 - Mum:
Shar - you are at 25 countries!
December 11th 2005 - ABC: I completely understand what you are saying
I am a Chinese American 20-odd year old and I have the same feelings whenever I go to Hong Kong. I really want to move there in many ways even though all my family is in Singapore, Taiwan, and the U.S. Also, I speak OK Mandarin, but not a word of Cantonese. But, if I lived in HK, I would defintely be into learning Cantonese. I think it is definitely my favorite city in the world. We'll see what happens - man am I torn - and torn in such good ways over this city! Move to HK or not to move?
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