first day

this is a picture from hk island. across the bay is kowloon. looks to be a pretty nice day.

woke up early today so i could pack before my 2:30pm flight out to hk. 6:30am, which is really messed up. i wanted to sleep more, but deidra told me to get my ass up so i could pack. i was sleepy.

we decided to go to starbucks to get some coffee and breakfast. it's always a good idea to not get anything oil/fried/mickey d's before you travel. it's a hassle to go number 2 on a plane or in an airport.

packed. your basic shorts and shirts, shoes, undies, socks, toiletries, chocolates for the relatives and shawn's perone (tequila). i don't think i left anything that i need for this trip unpacked, but who knows. it was a short amount of time as i was leaving at around 11am for the airport.

deidra drove me to the airport. it was kinda weird cuz i haven't flown anywhere after 9/11 so i wasn't exactly sure what the security is like. first i waited in the WRONG line because some airport security person told me to go to the incorrect line. then i have to wait an 1:30 minutes to get my luggage through. but overall it wasn't too bad. i was smart and wore sandles instead of shoes... just in case.

the plane ride wasn't too bad at all. i sat in the middle section of a large boeing 747 with the personalized tv screens. since there are four seats in the middle section and only me and this other person sitting there, i had a lot of room. the flight was about 10 hours to tokyo but it seemed shorter than that for some reason. maybe it was cuz i slept a little on the way.

the in-flight movies weren't that great. 50 first days with adam sandler and drew berrymore, some japanese movie called quills about a guide dog and his unsure owner, torque which i didn't watch at all, a french film called, chaos about a woman helping a prostitute get away from her pimp, peter pan which i didn't watch, some chinese movie that i didn't watch, and charlie's angels which i didn't watch either.

the meals weren't too bad. i do hate the smell eminating from the kitchen whenever they start cooking, oops, i mean heating up the meals. lunch was curry rice w/chicken, a red bean bun for snack, and dinner was ravioli w/ cream sauce (i took a lactaid pill) and fruit. on the tokyo-hk leg of the trip, i had another meal consisting of chicken w/rice and fruit jello.

i waited for about an 1:30 minutes at narita and then took a smaller plane (more crowded and less room) to hk. met mum at the aiport express station in central. walked outside and it was incredibly humid. i was sweating heavily by the time i arrived at my parents' flat just a little before 12 midnight.

my parents told me that i looked fat.

took a shower and had some congee, called deidra to tell her i've arrived safely, then went to bed. slept for about 8 hours. saw the scars from my dad's surgery and they looked pretty fucking gnarly. big cuts.

now it's about 3pm on the 15th of july. just had lunch with my sister (noodles and little dragon buns steamed) and is typing this at her work computer. i should get off now. not sure when i'll have a chance to blog again. my parents need internet access. what the fuck is that about? no internet access.