One of the things I DO like about HK is the ability to shop until obscenely late at night. Whilst this makes me feel decidedly guilty when I consider the hours people must be working, it sure as hell makes for a great post-work experience and a genuine feeling of being alive and part of something because everyone’s out on the streets. Now, if this was the UK, circa 10.30 we would have dickhead pikeys throwing up and lurid jocks on the pavements with their cans of stella shouting their (dubious) acquaintance with you. Not here. I’m not saying that people might not be getting loaded, but it doesn’t tend to detract from a pretty groovy ambience at street level.
Whilst I managed to avoid the designer shops (which were shut for some awful reason) I bought a copy of Tina Turner’s greatest hits in HMV. Well…it was sale price and someone’s got to keep the old love in her Alaia, don’t they? Back at the ranch, said purchase was robustly celebrated by TT dancing in my hotel room which ended up with me doing something subtly shite to my back. That and the whammy from jet lag finally managing to kick me in the bollocks, led to a shite night and thankfulness for a really cushy day. 30 minutes work cannot be bad and we have a day off tomorrow! I’m here for ‘staff development’ purposes but I seem to be doing precious little of the activity as far as I can tell – in fact the only person being ‘developed’ seems to be me and my dancing capabilities!
We are off to one of my favourite restaurants tonight – located at the top of HK island. It possesses great food and a lovely location and whilst one of the staff members on the trip drives me somewhat demented, I try to remember that she does, in fact, have a good heart.
Singers tomorrow and more raj-queenery on the cards in Raffles. I shall come home consumed with guilt (and gifts for Sleepy and wife).
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I think the only problem I'd have there is the fact I don't like Chinese food. It seems an awful long way to go for a Burger King!
Careful with that back!
Well, on the whole, when we were at Mayhem, the only place Sleepy and I got to go to for training was the Marriot Hotel at Port Solent, aka old sewage farm, so I think Honkers and Singers is pretty cool.
I do have a Chinese food related question though. I love it, especially Tang's, opposite the Co-Op in Elm Grove. I think Chinese food in Britain has been 'cleaned up' for the British, whereas here, we have loads of Chinese people and to my British palate the food doesn't seem as good because, apart from the Chinese fastfood type places like the Flaming Wok, they haven't westernised it, so you get the knobbly bits and gizzards that we just won't eat.
So, in formerly British Hong Kong, where does the food fit on that spectrum?
Hahahahahaha...combination of jet-lag and good old Jack D's methinks...or is it Freudian....*does Dr.Evil look* don't you mean CRISP-e and wife?
Oh, I'd love to see that blush :))
Or is Crisp-e Sleepy's wife? I need some JD...all this surreality.
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