hello kitty hello hong kong

It's been 5 days that i've been in the land of flowing canto, milk tea and "cha chan ting" (hong kong cafes, that mostly open 24 hours). I was just telling Marilyn last night over Tsui Wah (one of the hong kong cafe joints) how i might actually love to live here.

Tsui Wah's fish ball and fish cake noodles in fish soup

Tsui Wah Hong Kong Milk Tea

 A few reasons:

1. To fulfill my lifelong dream of marrying into a gang/mafia circle.

2. I love the fact that there are chinese medicine shops all around. I am a true believer of ying and yang, "liang chas" (chinese teas) and all things traditional.
3. 24 hour Hong Kong cafes
4. The weather has been absolutely glorious!! And i can wear my scarves and jackets.
5. Love the cantonese dialect, how it sounds, how it rolls off the tongue...

I think there are tonnes of other reasons, or maybe i just want to get out of SIngapore. Often than not, the grass is always greener on the other side anyway.

It has been a good 5 days, i think my antibiotics have proven to work, i haven't coughed in possibly 5 days.

Got lost everyday, learnt once more to appreciate public transport, rolling down the stairs of the apartment, almost falling on the MTR, falling in love with Star Street, the small cafes and of course the Monocle shop, shopping and more shopping, looked for stock for Hungover Sundays, had amazing chirashi, checked out an Agnes B exhibition, ate more Tsui Wah and stalked a Hong Kong celebrity. CAN I JUST STAY HERE IN HONG KONG ALREADY PLEASE?

SPOIL: a cafe somewhere in the nooks of Star Street

Me & Sally <3

Part of the Exhibition, somewhere in the gallery somewhere in the corner of Star Street

Some store front, somewhere in Hong Kong

Poptart Boys loving the Monocle Shop

In the Monocle Shop

A few other things i discovered thus far, i love being alone. Not that i don't enjoy meeting friends and hanging out, BUT all the time in the world to dress up before going out, wander the streets amidst everyone else's rushing and really just soaking every bit of life, Hong Kong and the smallest pleasures like having an egg tart.

Dress from ASOS, Balenciaga Part-time, Agnes B scarf, Hungover Sundays Necklace, H&M stockings, Steve Madden Red Boots

Polar Bear Hat with paws (Streets of Bangkok), Les Queues de Sardines stockings, Black Leather Jacket (Streets of Hong Kong)

I also had the blessing of having amazing friends here. So over many meals of food, coffee, drinks and cake, we talked about life, friends, Singapore, love, Zouk, Butter, and much more.

Betty's Kitchen at IFC Mall- Tea set for 2 (looks better than it tastes!)

Onion Soup at The Press Room, Hollywood Street

Mari, me & Celeste at Savva

Varlhona Dark Chocolate Martini at Savva (DAMN GOOD!)

The Crunch Cake & Ginger Cheesecake at Sevva (VERY YUMMY!)

Chirashi at Sushi Kuu, Wellington Street (SHIOK!)

I'm trying very hard not to have holiday blues, because i'm only going to be here for 4 more days =(

2012 i promised myself to only seek joy, and cut out the emoshit. So far so good, though i still miss him and when i think about him, my heart melts and i feel that weakening in my knees then i just try to let the feeling pass me by.

So last night, i ended up walking the night street at Kowloon, where i'm currently staying with Marilyn, and drama of all times: we were in 7-11 with RAYMOND LAM. To be completely honest, i have no idea who he is. But because in Hong Kong, there are so many good looking guys, my eyes are constantly on the look out.

So i spotted him, and i told Mari: look at that guy, he's so cute! Then she starts to go into this psychotic panic mode, like how i was seeing Edison Chen in Tokyo. And then i'm trying to buy juice and she FORCES me to buy orange juice, when i was looking for apple juice.

We end up outside 7-11 and i'm trying to tweet about this celebrity sighting, while Mari is trying to drag me across the road so she can be a fan girl and stare at him from afar. To cut the long story short, she almost makes me tweet about the white porsche being Raymond Lam's, and we end up standing behind a glass door across the street from the 7-11 staring at him. -_-

After what feels like the longest time, he comes out of 7-11 and hops into a cab. And Mari rushes home to try to calm herself down.

Hong Kong celebrity sighting of Raymond Lam and end result NO PICTURE OR NO AUTOGRAPH. HAHAHAAHA TOO HILARIOUS.

Me & Marilyn

This post is too long. This is really the result of being lazy. I'll update more again, but i finally bought the hello kitty frames!! They are really cute! Wondering if people would love them if we sold it on Hungover Sundays? Thoughts??

  

Rushing out now to collect stock for Hungover Sundays! Till the next post!
xx