The Joy of Going Solo
It's only today that I realise how much I miss having a single room all to myself. This room mate of mine is getting scarier by the day. He talks alot, but the scary thing is that keeps talking to himself. This zi yan zi yu-ness of his is getting scary, so much so that when he really talks to me, I never respond because I don't know if he's doing another 'smeagol', you know ... like talking to his 'other half'.
Smeagol talks to the other room mate more often because the other guy is also from China, but I think smeagol just pissed him off today. The other guy was sound asleep, when smeagol started singing real loudly with his headphones on. And to be blatantly honest, it was screechingly horrible. The other guy woke up, gave a look of frustration, and went out of the room. Thank goodness I have a good pair of apple earphones.
Well that's for solo room. On to something else, solo outings! It's fun to go around the island with company, but sometimes it's really nice to just go around by myself, getting lost and finding my own way around. My first solo adventure a few days back was at Tsim Sha Tsui, walking around harbour city, the roadside streets, and watching the symphony of lights. It wasn't exactly very 'wow', but nonetheless still nice! I thought it was a really smart use of their financial district, and the coordination of the lights with the music at victoria harbour was really good. It made it seem like the buildings could really talk to each other, despite being hundreds of metres apart.
My second solo trip today was much more exciting. I finally found the famous 'heng xiang' lao po bing my mum and gf talked. It was at Causeway Bay Sogo, and of course, since I was all the way there already, I just had to eat krispy kremes again (yes putting on more and more weight!). I realised that the orginal glazed one was actually much nicer than the flavoured ones. The gang keeps saying that krispy kremes is a little over rated and a little below expectations, but I personally still think its quite good.
I then made my way around Causeway Bay, IFC mall, getting lost, before I finally found the mid-level escalators. Apparently it's this long stretch of escalators running through a few streets on this mountain, with each street higher than the previous. The shops were mostly cafes, bars and chill out places. So I just took the escalators all the way up, and when I reached the end, I kinda didn't know where I was. I could have gone down the stairs back to where I took the mid-level escalators, but I decided to take 'the path less travelled', and officially got lost! Haha I landed up in some rich apartments area, so I followed some ulu path next to the winding main road all the way down the moutain.
But guess what, it was a blessing in disguise, as I landed at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Apparently it was free, and eventhough it was just a small park-like zoo with one small reptile corner, one mammals section and one aviaries section, I kinda found it interesting. I stood there for almost half an hour (with wild squirrels jumping above me) watching the different kinds of monkeys swiniging around freely in their gigantic cages, before I made my way to the aviaries section. They had a whole range of bird species, and it was quite a sight. Eventually, I landed up at this big open space with a fountain at the centre of it, and it was only then that I started cursing myself for not charging my camera battery before I came out. I eventually only managed to squeeze in one shot of the pink flamengos, before my camera died on me.
After I came out of the Gardens, I actually realised that I was just a street away from the peak tram. So knowing where I was then, it marked the end of my 'hor-lan' adventures. Till my next solo adventure!
Smeagol talks to the other room mate more often because the other guy is also from China, but I think smeagol just pissed him off today. The other guy was sound asleep, when smeagol started singing real loudly with his headphones on. And to be blatantly honest, it was screechingly horrible. The other guy woke up, gave a look of frustration, and went out of the room. Thank goodness I have a good pair of apple earphones.
Well that's for solo room. On to something else, solo outings! It's fun to go around the island with company, but sometimes it's really nice to just go around by myself, getting lost and finding my own way around. My first solo adventure a few days back was at Tsim Sha Tsui, walking around harbour city, the roadside streets, and watching the symphony of lights. It wasn't exactly very 'wow', but nonetheless still nice! I thought it was a really smart use of their financial district, and the coordination of the lights with the music at victoria harbour was really good. It made it seem like the buildings could really talk to each other, despite being hundreds of metres apart.
My second solo trip today was much more exciting. I finally found the famous 'heng xiang' lao po bing my mum and gf talked. It was at Causeway Bay Sogo, and of course, since I was all the way there already, I just had to eat krispy kremes again (yes putting on more and more weight!). I realised that the orginal glazed one was actually much nicer than the flavoured ones. The gang keeps saying that krispy kremes is a little over rated and a little below expectations, but I personally still think its quite good.
I then made my way around Causeway Bay, IFC mall, getting lost, before I finally found the mid-level escalators. Apparently it's this long stretch of escalators running through a few streets on this mountain, with each street higher than the previous. The shops were mostly cafes, bars and chill out places. So I just took the escalators all the way up, and when I reached the end, I kinda didn't know where I was. I could have gone down the stairs back to where I took the mid-level escalators, but I decided to take 'the path less travelled', and officially got lost! Haha I landed up in some rich apartments area, so I followed some ulu path next to the winding main road all the way down the moutain.
But guess what, it was a blessing in disguise, as I landed at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Apparently it was free, and eventhough it was just a small park-like zoo with one small reptile corner, one mammals section and one aviaries section, I kinda found it interesting. I stood there for almost half an hour (with wild squirrels jumping above me) watching the different kinds of monkeys swiniging around freely in their gigantic cages, before I made my way to the aviaries section. They had a whole range of bird species, and it was quite a sight. Eventually, I landed up at this big open space with a fountain at the centre of it, and it was only then that I started cursing myself for not charging my camera battery before I came out. I eventually only managed to squeeze in one shot of the pink flamengos, before my camera died on me.
After I came out of the Gardens, I actually realised that I was just a street away from the peak tram. So knowing where I was then, it marked the end of my 'hor-lan' adventures. Till my next solo adventure!
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