After a long and boring flight (the Qantas 767 I took didn't have their on-demand entertainment system, or the TV screen on the back of the seat for that matter - the food was surprisingly good though), I made it to Hong Kong and will be here for the next couple of weeks. The
internet here's still not 100% after the Taiwan earthquake, plus the fact that I'm no longer living in whoop-whoop anymore here (I've got a heap of restaurants, Maccas, HMV, adidas, Starbucks, a huge shopping centre and the MTR to get to everywhere else all a 10 minute walk max
) mean that posting will probably be a bit more sporadic while I'm here. The net seems particularly slow to Australian sites - US sites are a bit better, so I've signed up to the
BlogMailr.com service to hopefully work around this - its a service that allows you to post blog posts using email.
My cantonese seems to be keeping up ok after not using it for a year, but I'm still struggling sometimes - I managed to walk into the ladies section of a clothing store yesterday and didn't realise until I was in there, while the sales people were trying to work out whether I was cross-dressing seeing as I wasn't responding to them
. Its unfortunate how bad the english skills are here though - the local Maccas keeps a small version of their menu on the counter so people can order by pointing because the school kids behind the counter can't understand the tourists.
Alright, I gotta get moving before the cleaning lady gets here and gets angry. I've got a HK mobile number by the way, so I won't be receiving any calls or messages on my Australian mobile number until I get back. My new HK mobile number is +852 92206467.
P.S. Sony apparently decided their
blu-ray platform is to be porn-free, so if you want your high-def porn, you better get a HD DVD player. Luckily I bought a 360
.