Thanksgiving and new shoes
November 24th, 2006Happy thanksgiving everyone! Well no turkey here, just another standard day.
Thanksgiving dinner, HK style:
Still have a bit of free time left before I have to really get ready for finals. Had another basketball game last Saturday against the mechanical engineering grad students which was fun. Went salsa dancing Saturday night, and museums downtown on Sunday. Got dad’s ticket to Shanghai booked for January and am trying to finish the rest of my winter break plans. First week will be here in HK while some friends visit. The next week will be somewhere outside HK (beach in Thailand or city in Tokyo, what do you think?) and the final two weeks will be on the road (err… train) with dad on the mainland (thinking Shanghai, Xi’an, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hong Kong).
A few days ago I went downtown to find a new pair of shoes, which turned out to be more difficult than expected. Walking down the street in Hong Kong, you would think that selling shoes is second in popularity only to selling cell phones. Apparently my feet are too big though, as no one seemed to carry size 12 or 13. There was even a really nice Rockport store in the mall, which I was sure would have something in my size, but didn’t carry anything over 11! I finally found a 12 at a sports store, so I now have some new kicks for Sunday’s b-ball gave against the electrical engineerings.
November 30th, 2006 at 10:34 am
Nice dinner! Glad your dad is coming to China! Did you book Dragon Air? China Eastern is not good, lol.
Tokyo should be fun, but will be cold. Thailand Beach is good, Phuket is a choice. Or you may want to consider Sanya, Hainan province, china. Cheap, nearer and good beach. I went there last time with a promotion cost of less than 2000 RMB, including all my expense. Actually they say the best one is Bali, Indonesia…. A pity that you did not go to Bali last time when you were here.
And, are you going to take the overnight train to go to beijing? lol. Xi’an is a nice choice too, though I haven’t been there…
November 30th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
Wow, basketball, cooking your own food, and climbing mountains. Seems like you’re having quite an exciting time in Hong Kong. We have mountains in our backyard here in CA, but surprisingly (or maybe not) it seems that people rarely leave campus, so I have yet to hike them. I suppose that this was my first Thanksgiving away from my parents (and perhaps yours too?), but it was fun nonetheless since many other grad students share my predicament. Anyhow, I’m glad that you’re having fun!