Listened to more music in the morn as I slowly woke myself up.Went to a Japanese restaurant with Anna and her friend/Cantonese Tutor, Sara. Sushi and sashimi (and wasabi)... yum!
Afterward, tried to figure out what HKSAR 10th Anniversary events there were. Apparently we had missed some already (parade), but could make a protest as well as fireworks. Anna had a friend from college who lives in Singapore in town, so we met him for afternoon drinks. Went to Staunton's Bar in SoHo and chatted a while. Afterward, went to 1 IFC (International Finance Center), a huge shopping mall, where we scoped out a place to watch the fireworks. I finally convinced Anna to eat McDonald's for dinner so we went to grab it to take to stake out a place for watching the fireworks. The McDonald's line was ridiculously long. Then we got sorta lost going back to the terrace. Made it all the more exciting.
The fireworks started off kind of lame, but got bigger and slightly better at the end. Supposedly the biggest display ever in Hong Kong, but the planners didn't seem to have a good sense of building up the show at all. It was pretty flat throughout, though they set off a ton in the end; so much so that the smoke masked much of the final fireworks set off. (EDIT: Perhaps i was too far away and it was more impressive from a closer vantage point...)
I should probably get more sleep...
(btw--not that anyone really cares, but i've noticed that the dates/times on my posts are still in NY times...)
3 comments:
Umm, so the fireworks wasn't all that huh? Sometimes they are good, I am looking forward to the July 4 ones here.....It might be the last time!!
the pictures in the papers make the fireworks look much better.
so chris, are you saying i'm a bad photographer!?
i bet they photoshop'd the pics in the papers...
Post a Comment