I literally crawled out of bed this morning at 10am (very Exorcist, I know) to prep for my first yum cha. Angel, Larry and I reached Jade Garden, opposite Times Square and as we walked to Su-Lin and her friend Trish and bf, Simon at the end of the restaurant, I got excited looking at the food on the other tables.
When our food finally arrived, it was quite disappointing though. Other than the prawn chee cheong fun and fried yam dumpling, which were spectacular, the rest were ho-hum and I much prefer my regular haunt, Hua Ting at Orchard Hotel back in Singapore.
Brunch was really funny cos Trish was quite a character and Imran and Ivy, who joined us very much later, added to the fun. Soon, we became loud enough to match the typical Hong Konger and it was laughter and jokes all around. Trish showed us pics of her and Simon’s new apartment at Wan Chai and the view was spectacular and she did a great job in making the place real cosy. However, the rent is about S$4,500 and it’s just a one-bedroom! Can die.
After brunch, I followed Su, Imran and Ivy to their Muay Thai class at Lockhart Road (a short walk from Times Square) and it’s on the same street (like two steps away!) from the gorgeous Jia. I thought of checking it out since Matt’s such a big fan of Muay Thai. It was quite empowering see these women kicking and punching their lives away. I’m contemplating to pick it up. It’ll be a good self-defense skill to have too! And maybe I can finally have the toned back I’ve always dreamt of.
I left after 30 minutes. It was funny seeing kids in the class just ganging up to corner their Thai instructor who let them did it even he could easily defend himself. I went back to the streets and seriously, the amount of people in HK……. If you think SG is bad on a Saturday. HK is at least double of that on a weekend.
I headed to The Body Shop to buy myself an aromatherapy burner and energy-boosting oil. I haven’t got my ass to burning it. Bah. Another day!
Went to a cha chan tin around the corner with Angel and Larry for supper and they don’t have the condensed milk toast I’ve been lusting after since my first night in HK. Damnniittttt.
Matt went to have the Hungry Ghosts’ Festival dinner with my parents and bro tonight. It’s his first time and I found it so funny that he’s keen on going. I was on Skype with him then he left it on while he went for dinner. He popped back up after a while and grabbed a bottle of red and a couple of beers from the fridge cos he and my bro complained about how they served beer with ice.
Kirsten and Seth were over at my place today too and Kiks just hung in my room for two hours straight with Matt, while I’m on Skype with them. It was so nice and sweet cos that girl usually runs around the whole house. But staying 2 hours straight at one spot. That’s a record! I’m also impressed how clear Skype was. I could hear Seth gurgling in the living room!
I watched as Matt gave her a set of stickers he just bought from a boy who waits outside train stations till late to sell out his stickers and I smiled when he brought out a set of colouring pencils and markers and papers for Kirsten to paste the stickers and draw on. I beamed with pride every time Kiks brought up what she’s done to show me on Skype.
Last week before I left, I started to tell Kiks Matt’s name and today I asked her again on Skype and she remembered! Should see that grin on Matt’s face after she said it.
After that, they played their usual “upside-down” games, amongst others and soon, Kiks was sitting on Matt’s lap watching nursery rhymes and Kungfu Panda on YouTube intently while he chats with me.
Such a sweet, sweet sight.
