January 18, 2004 - January 24, 2004 Archives

January 23, 2004 - Friday

Overstimulation

Here in an internet cafe in North Point I can finally upload some pictures and blog entries. It's more of a PC arcade than a cafe, though. I'm getting really dizzy from the blasting chinese-pop music, explosions on 50 sets...
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Gung Hei Fat Choi

It's been a busy couple of days. Luckily I've been moved to a much nicer room/suite dealie. It's a three-person "dorm" like I booked. The first shabby room was evidently because I arrived so late (midnight). In the new place...
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January 22, 2004 - Thursday

Nice Things About Hong Kong

The weather. I've cunningly bypassed winter, but I doubt the locals would agree. It's in the sixties during the day and fifties at night. Everyone's walking around with coats, scarves, knit hats and gloves. And complaining about the chilly weather!...
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January 21, 2004 - Wednesday

Arrival

27 straight hours of nonstop moving chairs is a hard way to get around, so I'm glad it's done. At least Cathay Pacific is a really nice airline (very much unlike Northwest). Maybe I'm biased because the Norhwest flight was...
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