Earlier this year, when news about Omicron came along, a friend joked that 2022 was looking like 2020 too. Wow, she is so right. Especially for Hong Kong. Since 2020, Hong Kong has been holding on to a dynamic zero infection strategy, which means they imposed the longest quarantine in the world (21 days) and […]
Hong Kong’s Cold Snap
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 […]
Monica Vinader: How They Handle Missing Items [Review]
Yesterday, I received the package I ordered from MonicaVinader.com. It’s supposedly a popular brand, so naturally I was excited to open my package of two small boxes. I opened the first box and was happy to find that the ring I ordered slipped easily onto my finger. Then I opened the second box and couldn’t […]
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 […]
The Nutcracker {Ballet}
I finally got to watch my first ever ballet last night and it was The Nutcracker, a famous Christmas ballet. May and I had bought tickets on the very first day that early bird tickets were available and scored really good seats just a few rows away from the stage which cost us H$680 apiece. […]
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