Hong Kong – Everyone who knows me knows that I am HK born and raise, my love for this city is endless and I am completely bias towards this place. Every time I visit, I contemplate moving here. Despite my love affair with Toronto, I think I could pretty easily pick up and leave if the right opportunity (money) came up. I could even start up an indie night and a poutinte street stand to bring a little bit of Canada to HK. Anyways, here are some notes from the best city on Earth.
- HK is so fricken clean. There is no eating or drinking allowed on any public transportation system. You can’t even eat or drink in paid areas. So good.
- No one pushes or shoves to get onto the subway, not even during rush hour. Far cry from Beijing or even Toronto, where you pretty much have to lower your shoulder to bowl someone over sometimes. Well, that’s what I do anyways
- The Octopus card is amazing
- Public transit system works on a variable pricing system where you pay for how far you travel. So if you go from say, Queen to Union, it’d cost about 50 cents, but if it’s Finch to Union..4 bucks. Makes perfect sense.
- Clothes here are so cheap. so so cheap. I picked up like three sweaters, a hoodie, seven pairs of socks, 3 ties and some underwear for like 120 bucks cad. I don’t even know why I bought 3 ties. Thanks, Uniqlo!
- The food here is exceptional..sushi that melts in your mouth. mmmm.
- Gotta love the view, and the weather
- You can buy alcohol at 7-11. I don’t even think there’s a last call here.
That’s it for now I guess.