From a first timer’s point of view, two questions come to mind -

1. what are they all saying? and more importantly

2. why do i have so little money?

The first day was spent energetically checking out the shops and the million ways to part with your dollars. In that short amount of time, I’ve managed to mentally calculate that I would need 15,000 HKD to buy all the toys I want and go home happy. I don’t have that much so I’ve resigned myself to go home in gloom.

I still have fantasies though of sharing the same elevator with Chris Martin. Which I constantly remind myself what the trip is all about.

I’ve also realized how painfully difficult it is to find WI-FI here in HK. I needed my fix so the closest thing I could get was a pc in a net cafe with a keyboard perpetually stuck on caps lock, shift and tab. Took me thirty minutes to type this entry, half the time of which I spent waiting for the shift key to spring back.

Promise to look for a decent wifi place so I can answer all the email that’s been filling my inbox to the brim.