HK Day 15 (Thu Jul 12)

so where did the time go? is my 3 weeks really almost up? i definitely feel the pressure to make the most of it, but that usually results in me doing very little. :P had this discussion with Eric the other day (yesterday?) about how we tend to start missing a time before it ends, but that usually helps in not regretting not making the most of it later (even if i don't actually succeed in the endeavor...).

so what happened yesterday... i think i tried to get a bit caught up on responsibility (though probably didn't), then went and met Mak Yu in Mong Kok. we got dim sum (yum!) in Mong Kok, then walked through 女人街 and i took in the various shops on the street. i'd been good about not buying anything (except for WT clothes on the first day) but then i saw it. a BIG yoshi! so i had to buy it (pic to come. EDIT: pic on right; DS Lite in pic to help with scale :P). i already have a medium (okay 2) one and a small one, but had only seen the big one on eBay and web sites and not in the states. this left me with less than 200 HKD left, so fortunately we made a stop at the bank and i exchanged my "just in case" USD for HKD. there, Mak Yu pointed out the new plastic $10 HKD bills that just came out this week. they are pretty cool. they look pretty much like the existing bills, but just made of diff't materials (so sharing a pic is kinda pointless).

after i felt a little richer, we walked toward Yau Ma Tei and made a pit stop at Saint's Alp! (some will get why that's significant, others will not.) i'm happy to report the Almond Milk Tea tastes as good as the one from the old, no longer existing Bleecker St. store in NYC. again, pic to come.

afterward, picked up a milk tea to go and brought it to the IWTA office for Sifu Robin, who was working hard as usual. my left shoulder, while better, was still pretty sore, so Sifu Robin proceeded to use some cupping technique he had learned, followed by a rather intense massage on the sore spots. it helped quite a bit, with side-effects being three dark bruise-like circles and certain points be very sensitive to any pressure. but at least i can fully form a bong-sau and hold some pressure... :P

after i was healed, did a little training with Sifu Robin before we parted ways and i headed to the Leung Ting Gym for GM Cheng's class. Got to do some chi-sau/goh-sau with my si-sok-gung. :D got some good corrections and things to improve from that, and the class overall. at the end of class, GM Leung Ting stopped by briefly.

After i left the gym, i met up with Mak Yu and a couple of her friends for some Hui Lau Shan in Mong Kok (substitute for the dinner i had skipped). i was, however, dead tired from the ~4 hours of training that day, so i wasn't very good company. since i was such a loser, we called it a night and i got to get home to rest.