Much Better =)

It is around Monday 5:30 pm EST (Tuesday 6:30 am here) ... Thank you God for answering my prayer and needs ... I feel much better yesterday. I don’t know if you would call it a 180 flip, but it was close. I lighten up =)

It is funny that I can still function with only 4 to 5 hours of sleep ... but I don’t feel like sleeping if I’m not dead tire ... actually I cannot fall back to sleep. I have not check my mail yet as I’m typing this in my room with no windows ... and no wifi access =( ... I will try to upload this morning if I can get past the 2 dogs =P

I thank everyone who has been praying for me and wishing me the best. =)

Recap yesterday:

Bargaining is a must have skill in HK ... price can drop by 30% or more if you good ... but it takes work and a lot of BSing. I got a BS and MS in computer science, but if you talk binary with the merchants, it does not work =P If you do not know you stuff and lingo, you will get ripped off ... aka me ... haha ... I’m very thankful that Joe and Vivi is there to show me the ropes of the trade.

Everywhere I go, I see stuff that I can buy for my sis ... but I just don’t know which are the best ... what I can fit on the plane ... there are so much to buy around here ... everything you can think of ... it is like one big eBay store =P I even got yelled at for trying to take pics so sis can see her options =)

Here, you can go the mall where all the prices are marked and brand name are sold ... or you can take your chances in the market and bargain for everything ... and lots of aftermarket stuff ... and rejected stuff. Yesterday, I went to a district that sells all electronics and PC goods ... wow ... it is like one big Flushing computer show back in the states. You can go to the high end store front with glass display or ... the very creepy gangster like areas ... where you look up the pictures and codes on a white wall ... tell them the number and they will phone it to “the guy” ... and then it will be delivery to a “drop off point” at a “certain time” ... hehe ... very criminal like =P

Once again lots off food ... for example ... sticky rice in a drum stick ... or golden mushroom wrapped /w pig skin.

lol ... I finally get where Chica gets her “need for speed” (driving wise) ... she also talks and acts like the natives here ... everyone here talk, eat, walk and drive fast ... not a moment to loss, not a moment wasted. If I never come back to HK (yea, I was here on vacation many, many years ago) ... I would never fully appreciate the culture ... her roots grew deep here in HK ... I’m only an island boy =P ... moreover, for my other Asian friends ... I finally understand what they were talking about.

I miss Chica ... I really do ... I will call her later ... that would really make a good start for my day (^o^)