Hong Kong - Friday Already

Well how quickly has Friday come around. It will be a week since we left already and it hardly feels like we have arrived. Going to work I suppose takes some of the effect of the whole thing away from me. I am nearly fully set up at work now and by Monday I should have no restrictions as my complete systems should be moved from London to Hong Kong.

Today was a nicer day than some of this week. It did cloud over quite severely later in the day and there were even a few spots of rain but all in all it was a good day. The humidity and heat are still a little brutal to me and when people say it is quite cool today I just think cool for here, not cool!

A couple of colleagues took me out for lunch and we went to a Vietnamese place just off the bottom of the Mid Levels escalator. I was surprised that I recognised the place that Catherine and I had gone to eat when we came through here in '99 on our way to NZ. I had remembered that it was off the Mid Levels Escalator but was surprised i remembered so clearly when I saw it.

After our lunch we headed down the street and I was shown where the Pub District was. Apparently it is the one part of Hong Kong where you might forget that the population here is 98% Chinese. It is apparently crawling with Brits and other 'Caucasians' and t can resemble being in a street in a European country. I guess we may try it one day but it is not a place I am desperate to go to.

We also went to the Shanghai Tang store on the way back to the office. This is the place that I have been warned if I take Catherine there it could ruin me. The place was full of very nice things. Silks and Fabrics upstairs and followed up by furniture and more clothing downstairs. Thanks for the warning Robin, I will do my best to keep Catherine as far away as possible.

We have arranged to meet some other expats tomorrow. We are going for lunch at the Aberdeen Marina Club which I am looking forward to. They have a child close in age to Rhiannon so it will be nice to meet some other people who have been here longer with children who can maybe give us some advice or tips.

As for Sunday I believe Catherine has booked a table at a restaurant that is popular for it's Dim Sum in the Times Square complex as a Fathers Day treat. More food, that seems to be a lot of what Hong Kong is about actually. I am told there is a huge eating out culture here and with the selection available in all honesty I am not surprised.