HK Day 16 (Fri Jul 13)

so i've fallen behind my usual d+1 blog updates. perhaps this means i have been less lazy and have been doing stuff! perhaps...

so on Friday the 13th, i got up extra early to go meet Sifu Robin at the Leung Ting Gym to hang out and watch a TVB camera crew film a commercial for an upcoming TVB television series. Unfortunately for Sifu Robin and i, the popular actresses that are to be in the show weren't part of the commercial. still, it was interesting watching them do multiple takes of the same 30 second bit (at least initially :P).

afterwards, we headed to the IWTA office. since i had no other plans (this should not be news to those who've been reading the blog), i decided to catch up on some reading. i looked through GM Leung Ting's book, Skills of the Vagabonds, which talks about a lot of the tricks that people used in the olden days that were thought to have been magical, and often times the same types of techniques were used by those who practiced Ninjitsu (and the Chinese practitioners that preceded it).

we ordered in lunch, and after lunch i continued my reading by looking through the Chinese version of Roots and Branches of WingTsun (mostly at the pictures), followed by the English version. even though i own Roots of WingTsun, i haven't read it carefully in over 2 years. it was good to re-read many of the stories about the history of WingTsun. it was quite fascinating how different things stood out to me, perhaps since i've evolved in my own thinking and understanding of WingTsun in the past couple of years.

after the office closed up, did some training with Sifu Robin, then grabbed a small dinner before heading to Shek Tong Tsui for Sifu Leung Kwok Wah's class. because of a long wait for the bus, i got there on the late side. Anna was already there working on her Siu Nim Tau (小念頭) form. She's "shopping around" for a si-fu/class, trying to see which situation is most suitable for her. i helped give her some corrections, observe the class, and do some training with the students.


after class, i picked up a drink from 7-Eleven while Anna got some Korean food for dinner. we went back to her place, and later headed to Privé at Lan Kwai Fong. Met up with her friend Moon, and later ran into Wendy with some of her friends, and then Colin with some of his friends. i'd like to stress how freakin' annoying it is that people try to smoke and dance at the same time. if the stench of cigarette smoke wasn't bad enough, you have to worry about getting burned in a crowded space. Unfortunately, this happened to Moon while we were just hanging out by the bar. the only other complaint was that they rotated DJ's, so with three or four different DJ's, we heard several songs as many times.

afterward we were homeward bound when Colin asked if we were hungry. we made a (great!) decision to grab slices of pizza at a place called Cul de Sac (i think). while not New York pizza by any means, it definitely hit the spot at 4 am. as we headed to the taxis, we passed Volar and Colin asked if we wanted to pop in. i wasn't sure if he was serious or not, but i think he was. we were all pretty beat and so headed on our merry way home (for those who aren't up to date, i'm being hosted through the generosity of Anna and her apartment).

of course, once back, Anna and i were brilliant and got on our computers! she managed to sneak off to bed without my knowing. by the time i shut down my laptop, i looked into her room and it was bright in there. i was thinking she left the light on when i realized that the source was the big light more commonly called the sun. i confirmed this by looking at the window in the living room (where i'm crashing). great. fortunately, i was still able to fall asleep without much delay (usually i have trouble when there's light).

all in all, it was a great last Friday night in Hong Kong.