Amazing Long Weekend

On friday we had the Summer Dayze junk boat trip which left from Sai Kung. It was perfect weather with blue sky and the unlimited drink and food went down well. I spent a good part of the day in the sea laying on a giant inflatable ring that could hold about six people. I wont write too much more about it because you can see a video i made on the previous post.

Saturday I went to Shek O beach and it was again a fantastic day. I sunbathed and slept/snored/swam most of the afternoon and then we all had Chinese food in the local village. That evening I went to the cinema to watch Wolverine and would advise anyone who likes that type of film to go and see it.

Sunday involved another beach trip but this time to Deep Water Bay. I swam and sunbathed then we all had a BBQ.

As a backdrop to all this is the swine flu. You might have seen in the news that Hong Kong has had a first case of Swine Flu and shut down an entire hotel as a result. Well this 'contaminated', hotel is about 4 minutes walk from my flat, which means that on Saturday morning Wan Chai was like a ghost town. The MTR was so quiet it felt like I was one of the only people in Hong Kong!

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Sneak Preview

I have just made my first ever video about how I spent Friday (yesterday) in Hong Kong. Before I show anyone who is actually in the video I thought I would give you a sneak preview. I have to go to the beach now as it is amazing weather and friends are waiting for me at the Flying Pan for breakfast.

Click here for my video!

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You Swine

Hong Kong is buzzing with talk of Swine Flu, and the melodramatic news headlines are not helping.

That's right, Swine Flu is 'creeping closer' like some type of evil fictional character in a childrens story.

On the train to work this morning I discovered that if I cough people look at me like i'm holding a gun to their heads. Previously, you would just get looked at with suspicion, now you get looked at with fear.

This fear is understandable if you lived in Hong Kong during the period when the SARS virus hit. I did not live here during that period though, so for now I am fake coughing to get past annoying people on the train.

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This weekend I will be mostly... hurting

Why will I be hurting I hear you ask?

Because I will be doing... THIS


again.

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A couple more

OK, i will stop now

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Photo editing

I have some new photo editing software and I thought I would share the results with you. The idea of the software is that it makes pictures look like they are models. Almost like looking at a picture of a model railway. It's easier to just show you an example.

1) Hong Kong skyline

2) Wan Chai from the revolving restaurant

3) Golden Gate Bridge, San Fran

4) Times Square, New York

5) Toronto, Canada

6) Boston, USA

What I have learnt is this software seems better at editing city pictures more than anything else. And that my job has sent me to some cool places!

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McFlurry

Yesterday evening I went swimming in Victoria Park. I have never been swimming in Victoria Park before as it is a little further away than my local swimming pool. There was only about twelve people in the pool so there was no shoving, splashing or old ladies to avoid whilst doing laps. This made it worth the extra distance.

The pool is outside so I could float around and watch the bats zipping overhead eating insects. It was also nice to look at the skyline and feel sorry for the people in the office buildings having to work late.

After the swim I decided I deserved a McFlurry ice cream from McDonalds before watching a film at home. I went up to the counter and indicated what I wanted by pointing and requesting it in English, but this got me chicken nuggets. I tried again by repeating my request for a 'McFlurry' but this time the worker thought I said 'double cheeseburger'.

Finally after numerous attempts I pulled out my last resort idea. I put on the most over-the-top Chinese accent in the world and said 'Mcfloooooooooorieeeee'. The McDonalds worker looked at me as if I was mad and replied "Ahh, you want McFlurry, you just say so!"

I got my McFlurry but i'm now not sure if I have technically been racist in my actions to obtain it.

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