Totally forgot some stuff from my week, so I guess having a blog really will come in handy. So, I decided earlier this week to go "exploring" by myself becasue I wanted to challenge myself a little. I hadnt ridden the MTR by myself yet so figured i'd give it a try. My plan was to go back to this one place i'd already gone to and just walk around and take pics. but when i got off the MTR i wasnt quite sure how to get back to it from where i was so i went to this park instead. It was called Kowloon Park and i hadnt been there yet so I decided to just go. I'm so glad i did too. It was a little cloudy that day but the park was still soo beautiful. there are fountains everywhere and there were little kids that were part of a field trip i guess and they were so cute just roaming around the park . I just took in all the sights, the elderly people, the birds, the sights, the sounds, it was really peaceful and cool. There was a maze there too, but it was kindof a kiddie maze cus adult sized ppl can totally see over the hedges, but that didnt stop me from going in hehehe. Totally tried to stalk these birds that were hopping all over the place but they were madd fast so i only got a few pics of them. Then I saw this bird sitting in this tree, partially hidden, and decided that would be a really cool pic, so I took some of my new little buddy. Time went by so fast in the park. Before i knew it i had been there for over 1 1/2hrs and hadnt even gone through a fraction of the park cus its freakin enormous. Can't wait to go back, esp when the weather gets really sunny and warm and all lovely like lol. So, i eventually left the park and wandered around for awhile. I saw this Temporary Street Market so decided to check it out and see what they had....Bad Idea. I walked in and the 1st thing i see are all these carcasses of pigs, cow, chickens, and ducks, skinned and missing heads! I mean i guess its like a butcher shop type thing, but when ur alone, its in this suspect alley, ur a female, and all the guys in the market are like "hi, hows it going" and are trying to get you to come over and look at their merchandise it feels a little like something out of a horror movie. But it was fine, I walked around a little and then left.Totally stumbled into a mini mall type area which had this cool bakery where u could see the bakers making the breads and pastries and stuff, and all the machines they used. So, I went in and bought some yummy pastries. One was a curry pastry that had potatoes, and of course curry inside, and it was kindof spicy and really good. I also go a pulled pork pastry that i didnt like too much, but then finished it all off with this amazingly scrumptious Apple Strudel Pasty that completed the meal perfectly. Cant wait to go back and try to find that place again so i can get more Apple Pastries. Oh, so i decided to take a pic of the area where u could see them making the pastries and the bakers didnt like that so much. they totally started yelling at me and telling me "no pics allowed" so i left LOL.
A few days ago I also went exploring again but this time went to a completely random stop and it was called Festival Walk I think. Its this humongously huge mall (so many MTR stations lead right into malls its ridiculous) and it has an AMC Movie theatere and an Ice-Skating Rink. TOO COOLL!!! Can't wait to go back to both with friends and have some fun :) The Movie person said the movies are in english but that one or 2 are in Chinese. I wanna see both kinds cus i think the experience is totally worth it. Got myself some KFC which was really good. They're spicy chicken wings are tasty. A lot of ppl say the KFC here is better than the one in the states, but idk cus i havent had KFC in the states in a long time, but it is good here.
Oh, jeesh i have a lot to write about, I totally went to Modern Toilet for this girl Sandy's birthday the other night. I totally saw it featured on Food Network once and was like "OMG if i ever get the chance i'm totally going there" So i went. The food was so so but it was more for the experience than anything else. I had Beef Curry, Soup, and rice and it looked so "belongs in a toilet like" it was way cool. My friend Cyrus played a prank on me which was really funny. I went to go to the restroom and on one of the walls theres too figures, one a boy and one a girl, and its says restroom above it and says push. So, he was totally like,"yeah the bathrooms over there, but dont forget its push not pull" So i go over and try pushing and nothing happens, so i try pulling and thats when i realize its a wall and im an idiot. I turn around and like 5ppl from our group are totally looking at me and laughing. it was too funny. Me and my friend Houng decided we wanted to get the strawerry ice-cream dessert and finish the entire thing. Now, this is one huge dessert that made of shaved ice, ice-cream, fruit, raisins, and tons of other stuff, but we wanted to challenge ourselves by eating the whole thing. We did actually finish the whole thing, but by the time we were done i couldn't feel my face it was so cold and we were both shivering like there was no tomorrow. Side note, apparently Red Beans are like the Dessert of Choice here in China so i've had it a bunch of times. Im not a big fan of it, so it was really crazy when we realized there were red beans in the middle of our massive dessert. It was funny and annoying all rolled into one lol.
Aight, i think i've caught up on everything from last week. I should def try doing this more than once a week so it wont come out so long....eh who am i kididng im a lifetime prcocrastinator, or atleast a temporary member :D
Saturday, January 23, 2010
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Hey dude its dave hope your having a great time over there, that market you were talking about with all the carcases and heads sounds awesome but thats just coming from a cook.
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