I spent almost all of yesterday just eating and shopping in Tsim Sha Tsui, which is the touristy district of Kowloon. In a way, all there really is to do in HK is eating and shopping since it's first and foremost a food and commercial paradise. Anyway, after a Japanese lunch with my aunt and uncle and 大嫂 (wife of my dad's oldest brother), we wandered around Harbor City, which is easily the biggest mall I'd ever been to. I didn't get anything though because as international as the shops are, they're still more or less like what I could find in America without being that much cheaper. Later though I went to Temple St. Nightmarket, which is basically knockoff paradise. I can't bargain in Cantonese so I had to let my aunt have the fun of bargaining, but it was an excellent prelude for Beijing (who wants to check out Wangfujing Dajie with me?).
Day 3:
Today we went to the New Territories and took a look at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It's a pretty modern looking campus, definitely not as visually appealing as Yale Sweet Yale but kind of interesting nonetheless. I was more taken with the seaside scenery - an ocean and mountain combination that the flatness that is Long Island definitely lacks.
p.s. The puppy is my aunt and uncle's - her name is 豆豆 (DouDou or "Little Bean").
Isn't she cute? ^-^
Anyway, it started randomly raining for the third time that day (the weather is super erratic and the only thing that seems to remain constant is the humidity and threat of rain). On the way home my aunt stopped to get some fruit and I couldn't help but notice that the market is much cleaner and quainter than the ones in Chinatown. Fruit is more expensive though =/
Later in the evening we went swimming at The Arch, which is one of the grand apartment buildings in Kowloon next to Sorrento.
(The Arch)
(Sorrento 1, 2, 3, *5, and 6) *Note: There's no 4 because Chinese hate the number 4 since it's a homophone for death. All the floor numbers also skip 4, 14, 24, 40, etc.Anyway, The Arch has a Sky Club, which is literally three floors of gyms, cafes, and pools stacked on top of each other suspended over air. It's the greenish glass part of the picture above. I forgot to take pictures of the interior, but living in The Arch is definitely like living in a five-star hotel all the time... envy... -_-
(View from the Sky Club)After swimming we went to my dad's sister's place in The Arch for dinner. Here's the same view as above except a little higher and at night (my camera's not really equipped for night photos so sorry about the quality):
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schwweeeet.
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