“My boyfriend can’t believe that you’re over 40,” my friend told me recently. Apparently he could believe it about our other friend, but not me. This isn’t surprising to me. I’ve been getting the exact same reaction from many people who met me for the first time. My reaction was always to be flattered. I […]
Ashley’s Birthday @ Upper House & Salisterra
We had dinner to celebrate Ashley’s birthday at Upper House, a restaurant at Pacific Place in Admiralty. It was difficult to figure out where it was! Ashley had to walk outside the restaurant and fetch me near the lift. 😅 May and Beulah arrived soon after, and we all had steak. Ashley was excited to […]
New Year’s Day @ Mong Kok
On New Year’s Day, I met up with my friends Beulah, May, and Mico for brunch at a Japanese restaurant called Shinko in Mong Kok. Beulah’s boyfriend Pax and his sister Pamela were here for the holidays, so they joined us. There was a funny moment when both Mico and Pax (who is based in […]
New Year’s Eve 2024 Junk Boat Party
I welcomed 2024 on a junk boat to watch Hong Kong’s first proper new year fireworks since Covid happened. We just paid for the boat rental (350 hkd each) and brought our own food and drinks, so it was way cheaper than others (apparently in Klook they sold for as much as 1000 hkd), which […]
2023 Highlights
2023 was the year of revenge travel and reunions for me! I did a lot of stuff inside Hong Kong, too, including events I held as an official Girl Gone International host.
Noche Buena Hotpot @ Coucou
For Christmas eve, my friend Beulah invited me to hotpot noche buena at Coucou with her boyfriend Pax and his sister Pamela, who were both on vacation here. We enjoyed the food and the conversation. We then to Beulah’s flat for Christmas salubong. We drank wine with gold flakes, played a couple rounds of Exploding […]
Kes in HK: Pacific Place
My friend Kes was on vacation in Hong Kong with her family and in-laws, but she found time to meet up with me on Christmas eve afternoon. We went to Pacific Place because she wanted to check out Goyard, and it worked for me because it’s walking distance from my place. After shopping and taking […]
Gotta Wear More Clothes
It’s once again cold in Hong Kong, and I realize I have very little experience with cold weather, even after having spent 4 winters here. Winters here do not involve snow, but the humidity here makes it colder. That means, 10 degrees celsius here is colder than 10 degrees in drier countries. This morning I […]
Pinoy Christmas Party 2023
Our Christmas party was held at our friend Beulah’s flat. We ordered Filipino food from Bedanas and The Fat Kusina. We thought TFK’s food were all delicious, especially the palabok. We ordered way too much and had to “Sharon” (from the lyrics “balutin mo ako…”) or take home a lot of leftovers at the end […]
Lu LuWan Shanghai Private Kitchen
This week we had our office quarterly event at a Shanghai private kitchen called Lu LuWan. The food was delicious, though I would have preferred if the pasta was not cold noodles.