Today’s date is a palindrome – 22022022. How cool! But I’m not here to just talk about that, but the cold. Unlike Elsa, the cold does bother me. I just found out from Twitter that we have now is called the cold snap. Yesterday it was 7 degrees but felt like 1 degree – according […]
CNY 2022 @ Frites & West Kowloon Park
The fun thing about Chinese New Year in Hong Kong is that you get 3 public holidays. In Singapore there’s only 2, while Philippines has only one. So yesterday, I met up with my friends May, Beulah and King to celebrate CNY at Frites in Tai Kok Tsui. I know, it’s not Chinese food, but we’re […]
Adrian’s Farewell @ The Optimist
It was my colleague Adrian’s last day at work yesterday, so we Filipino colleagues had a farewell lunch for him last Thursday at a restaurant called The Optimist. Here’s their set lunch menu: I got the gambas al aljillo for appetizers, braised beef cheeks for main, and chocolate brownie for dessert. Everything was delicious, though […]
New Year’s Day 2022
Today I met up with Guohao’s friend Vivian, who had moved from Singapore to Hong Kong last month. Guohao had sent some stuff for me through her, and vice versa, so we agreed to meet up for lunch at Kam’s Roast Goose, a famous restaurant here. I got the roast goose leg and roast pork […]
New Year’s Eve 2022
I had the full day of on the 31st of December, 2021. Another last day of the year. I only had one planned item for that day – a morning facial appointment at High Society. But I ended up having a packed day. Mama’s Kitchen After getting the facial, I walked towards Mama’s Kitchen, a […]
Christmas Staycation 2021
Now that I have a few Filipino friends in Hong Kong, we planned a Christmas party to start on the afternoon of Christmas day itself. Since none of us had a big enough apartment to fit everyone, we decided to book three hotel rooms with one of them having a kitchenette where we could house […]
Tai Tong Sweet Gum Woods
My friend May suggested we go to Tai Tong Sweet Gum Woods, which is known for its colorful leaves in autumn. So off we went on the 19th of December with Mico, Neil, King and Beulah. I made the mistake of not researching beforehand, and thought it would be easy to get to, so I […]
Office Christmas Party 2021
After over a year of being in a pandemic, we tried to figure out a way to have a fun office Christmas party to boost the morale of the employees. We had gotten a hugely discounted quote from Novotel and had turned it down, but after hearing that other offices were also starting to have […]
Tea @ Tiffin, Grand Hyatt
Last Saturday, I had afternoon tea with May and Carol at Tiffin in Grand Hyatt Hotel. May had wanted to try this place for a while now, she said, and had booked it two months ago. That’s how popular it is on weekends. There’s only one set for afternoon tea, so you can’t choose the […]
Eternals and Korean BBQ
Last Saturday, my friends May, Mico, Beulah, King and I watched Eternals, the latest MCU movie, at the Pacific Place cinema. The movie was a very long 2 hours and 36 minutes. That’s the second longest MCU film to date, second only to Avengers: Endgame which clocked in 3 hours and 2 minutes. But while […]
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