day 1: woke up reluctantly at 4am only to drag myself out of bed at 4.30am for a 6.30am flight, thru it all, i kinda worried that i might break down due to the 'excitment' and fear of 'facing the world alone'.. forced myself to sleep throughout the flight (if possible, i'll not take budget flight again, it's so boring!)..
went straight to Luk Yu TeaHouse for dim sum lunch upon arrival and met this lovely old jap couple, with my broken japanese and their limited english, we managed to break the ice of sharing same table.. they are just so lovely and his wife also had the same asthmatic inhaler like me~ food is not that fantastic but it was nice experience *first step of overcoming depression alone overseas* and a high tea at Ho Hung Kee for its excellent smooth porridge!
did something which i'd never do - went up The Peak for night skyview on HKG.. it's totally expensive but the really cool breeze is just what i needed to cool myself down from the city heat and walking.. reminded me of Kaoshiung harbour where i really had my peace up at the hillslope, overlooking the brightly lit harbour (i'm supposed to wait for daybreak but..i dun remember if i did); reminded me of YangMingShan over Taipei's night city where i had such fun thrilling ride up the hill in pitch darkness (it's so spooky that i didn't dare to turn my head around or look behind, just in case i see 'something'.. we just keep driving forward in those dark small bushy lanes).. i know i'm in HKG, but being with natural really brings my memory so close to taiwan.. i miss those confident and carefree days..
completed my shopping mission for boots within 5mins in ladies' night market.. i like the 2 pairs so much that i barely bargain on price, as long as they're reasonable affordable to me..
day 2: breakfast at Australia Dairy Co was a great mental challenge - it upset my whole body system esp my emotions that i had to rest at macdonalds to calm down.. yes, the scrambled eggs are excellent but i prefer the macaroni soup.. trust me, if u ever think of going there for breakfast, brace ur heart for a really noisy fast-action atmosphere (definitely wrong place for depressed person).. otherwise be like me, just concentrate on eating and get out fast~
practically walked the whole of Jordan-MongKok area in midst of maddening crowd.. it's so pack with people i just merely followed the crowd instead of shopping around..
on my return flight i reflected seriously on my 'performance'.. not bad cos i didn't break down even though day 1 was quite tough, facing the chaos streets and noisy crowd. it's so hard to find a quiet cafe to rest in hong kong island! but i survived and adapted well on foreign land exploration.. overall, i must say i did myself proud cos i know i'm learning to cope depression alone overseas and start doing what i used to enjoy - individual travel..
will i go back to HKG again? nope! perhaps another 5yrs more~ gwen told me once - people who like taiwan dont like hongkong; and people who like hongkong wont like taiwan.. TRUE - i vouch for it!
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