A lot of people were itching to go and do “revenge shopping” after the Covid-19 fifth wave restrictions were lifted on the 21st. We go do that in Harbour City.
Archives for April 2022
Cafe Landmark {Foodee}
The HK government finally lifted some of the Covid-19 fifth wave restrictions last Thursday the 21st (why Thursday, I wonder?), so a lot of people were very excited to go out and do “revenge shopping” after 2 months of restriction. My friend May asked me if I wanted to join her at Dior in Landmark […]
Omotesando Koffee @ IFC Mall {Foodee}
Whenever we have to be at Central – whether to eat, visit a salon, or watch a movie – we usually drop by IFC mall to browse, even though we don’t really buy anything from most of the shops there which are mostly high end. We usually just buy from either Zara, Sephora, or Nespresso, […]
Brunch @ Uma Nota {Foodee}
After two months of mostly staying indoors because of Hong Kong’s 5th wave of Covid, I decided to ask my friend May if she wanted to go out for brunch during the long Easter weekend. She agreed, and when I asked her to choose among 3 restaurants I picked out of a line up – […]
The Gov’s Covid Package
Three days ago, when I went down to my apartment building’s lobby to pick up food delivery (our building has not allowed any delivery people to go up the lifts since 2020), the guard handed me this package which the HK government had sent to everyone. Inside the package are some Chinese medicines for Covid […]
Why It’s So Hard to Read Books Now
Last week, we had an episode on Banana Q: a Filipino-flavored podcast where I interviewed Eliza Victoria about what it’s like to be a Filipino author. Aside from talking about her writing process for Wounded Little Gods and After Lambana, she was also very honest about how she doesn’t really earn that much from her […]
Burga’s April Fools Prank
It’s April Fool’s Day today, so be extra cautious about taking everything you read/hear today at face value. For example, Burga just sent me an email with the subject “95% OFF everything?” but when you open it, the message says: First of all, I couldn’t possibly stock up on 10 years worth of phone cases […]