I had a mild case of food poisoning on Wednesday so after popping some meds for safe measure, I passed out in my bed.
Day 3: Living the life of a TVB character
A few years back, I was a closet fob. I was listening to tw/canto/j/kmusic and was watching k/j/tw/ch/canto/sg drama (yes i kid you not, all of them). Now that I am actually in Hong Kong, I recognized several landmarks from various drama. There is a ferry that connects Kowloon to HK island called Star Ferry and I realized that every single drama has a scene where the characters are jumping on a ferry to get back home/go to work. While I was waiting for the ferry, I had a sudden epiphany that it was this exact ferry that they take! How awesome. Upon the arrival to the other side of the sea, I arrived on Hong Kong Island, the financial hub of the country. There can only be one word to describe my initial reaction: OVERWHELMING. Overwhelming in the sense of HOLY SHIT THERE IS 10X MORE PEOPLE THAN IN KOWLOON type of overwhelming. After getting lost on the small streets, I stumbled upon a very steep road where there is an escalator that goes up to god knows where (I stopped half way and I still don't know if that is a stairway to heaven) called Shelly Road (part of it leads to SoHo, yes, just like in NYC). Once again, a mental flashback of a drama scene came to mind and I then realized how common this area was too!
Speaking of life of a TVB character, women characters are usually uber sweet or uber bitchy mean, i-am-going-to-fuck-you-up-if-you-are-in-my-way type of mean and jump on the first rich character. I had dinner with a friend who lives in HK and she's telling me how all the girls here are fighting to find a rich man and hope to marry him and not have to work ever again. Rather scary if you ask me
Day 4: Big Buddha (Tai-O)
To be honest with you, this is a destination where you do it once in your life to say "I DID IT" and carry on with your life. The highlight is there is a GIANT statue of Buddha and the scenery is BEAUTIFUL. That's about it. If i were to come back, it will be for hiking since there are a myriad of trails and the mountain sceneries are just breathtaking. I just don't know how people deal with the heat... imagine 20km of roads to walk.. in a mountainous area?
Day 5: Macau
Yet another greatly overrated destination. Sea sick people beware, the ferry ride can get bumpy and if you have a sensitive stomach, chances are, you'll get to see what you ate prior to the ferry. Macau is known for two things: cathedral/ruins and casinos. The ruins are literally ruins: one of the main highlight is a cathedral that is built next to one of the biggest fortress in Macau. The catch, all that is left of the cathedral is the front wall (And the arches) that's it. The rest burned down a few centuries back. The other ruins are the remains of fortifications. The casino itself are also pretty underwhelming. Maybe I had expected something like Vegas where there are BIG statues with lights and what not. I went to the Venitians and if it wasn't for the sign that says: "Venitian hotel", I would have never guessed. The outside looks like a typical 5 star hotel. Inside, it's golden, big and nice. The casino area has a surprising amount of bacarrat tables, a bunch of slot machines and your usual games (craps, blackjack, roulette etc) and ONE poker table area (with a 500$ buy in which is about 60$) where it's a cash game. My biggest beef is that people can SMOKE. Terrible.
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