Decided to write something after my friend asked me why I've stopped blogging... Actually even I started getting sick of looking at my blog that hasn't been updated... I think I told her that I've been too busy, and I wasn't kidding. But if you ask me what I've been busy with, I can't really tell you.

Anyway, a little something of what I did over the May Day holiday. Some people thought I was nuts to take time off from work to go to this place for a pathetic conference/summit that seemed to be very bizarre in nature... It's a Asia Pacific regional summit for my university. Kinda like a gathering for the alumni, but on a major scale because of all the BIG shots... You can call it a conference, I guess. This is one of those rare occasions that I met so many "important" people. Felt a little (actually quite a bit) insecure cos many of my fellow alumni are what I'd classify as "upper" class folks. It was rather intimidating at first, but I couldn't care less after a while. Thankfully most of them were quite easy going and some seemed just as insecure as I was. Hahaha.... Maybe some just put up a really good act. Anyway, it was good that we had a common ground; we all (ok, not all) graduated from the same university. A rather beautiful one, I must say. Met some really interesting people. I wanted to laugh when I saw a bunch of young people all gathered together. I could tell they were from commerce from a mile away. And I guessed it right, they were commerce students on a course trip or something. Mind you, I wasn't laughing at them, but I was laughing at the idea that we could always tell which ones are from commerce or engineering or arts in school, from the way people dress and behave. Most Engineering students always dress pretty shabily (like I was and still am) whereas commerce students always dress up like they are going for an important meeting.

Had some pretty interesting conversations. Most of the time I had to pretend that I had some sort of intelligence... which wasn't easy... Hahaha.... Of course, I'd prefer to have some quiet conversations with a smaller group of people, but I guess it was an interesting experience. Although I was really tired after talking to x no. of people that I'm starting to (not surprisingly) have problems remembering their names/faces now..

Let me see, the last time I went to HK, I spent V day at the space museum watching some underwater documentary on Omnimax. That was a much more enjoyable trip, hanging out with friends that made the trip all the more worthwhile.

This trip round, it felt more like a business trip, although I thought (naively) that I could do some R&R. Too short a time, and I realised I'm not a good shopper under pressure.. Get very stressed actually, when I shop with a deadline in mind. Come to think of it, I don't enjoy shopping much. Sometimes I hate it. For some female friends of mine, they find that hard to believe.... Anyway, I really didn't have anything in particular that I REALLY wanted to get. Even my usual shopping stops of VCDs/CDs shops started to look all the same to me after 10-15 minutes of walking around... Although I still got 2 movies and 1 CD. Heh. Very proud of myself that I spent less than I thought. =)

Really like the different modes of transport there, with star ferry being my favourite. Attempted to take some photos from the ferry terminal but I guess it didn't turn up too well. I think star ferry is one of the best thing they're still keeping.



This is also the first time I had a taste of what "New Territory" is like. Interesting aside, it's a rather incovenient location for tourists. I got a little nervous and started praying when I reached the place at 1:30 in the morning, especially when I was the last person on the bus when it reached the interchange and I wasn't sure where exactly was the hotel... All sorts of stories/images started racing through my mind as I got off the bus. Thankfully some nice bus conductor showed me the way and it didn't take too long before I got back to my room. There was some slight delay because I actually went to the wrong tower (this hotel has 2 towers) and I suddenly realised it looked different. Hahaha....

All in all, I must say that HK has a special place in my heart. I've always thought that it's vibrant and full of energy. Come to think of it, many places have a special place in my heart..... But I'm not sure if it's me that's changed or the city, but it looked a little tired and jaded this time. The government has done a decent job to make it a cleaner place, but I felt that something is ... missing. What is it? Is it because I didn't get to spend time with the city? Or is it because I was too distracted? Hmmm....