Hong Kong Day 5: Carbs, Coffee, and Consumerism – 7/16/08

Sharing Tables
At the restaurant we went to for lunch today (a late lunch, it was 2:30 in the afternoon), we had to share a table with two other families. This is because many of the tables at the restaurant fit ten people or more, and when it gets busy, your choices as a customer waiting [...]

Hong Kong Day 4: Getting Fat, Losing Money – 7/15/08

Slabs of Butter
At the breakfast joints around here, when toast is ordered, the bread comes mounted with a large yellow slab of butter, at least an inch thick. “What would you like today, sir?” “A butter sandwich, with extra butter. Make it two inches thick today, thank you.” I did not know butter could be [...]

Hong Kong Day 2: Clubhopping – 7/13/08

99% Humidity
Yep, my dad told me that Hong Kong was up to 99% humidity. I asked him, “What does that even mean?” He didn’t reply, or at least I don’t remember what the reply was. “What’s 100% humidity then?” I asked him. Still no keen response. I concluded for my own sake that 99% humidity [...]