Just another nice day - TGIF

I took a break from working in front of my computer and snapped some pictures of the city and the golf course from the balcony.

Nice breeze, nice humidity, nice temperature (today was a solid 25C, or 77F)... overall a very very nice Friday indeed! Ready for the weekend!

 

Hong Kong (Part 2)

Here are some pictures of other little things I saw in HK.

View of Hong Kong Island.
 
Dad, look what I found. There are a bunch of plaques on the ground along the ferry pier and about half of them have handprints. Look at how dirty Jackie Chan's plaque is. I guess everyone want's to see how they measure up to the man, hehe.
 
Some very confortable and cheap public transportation! Also a great tour bus.
 
Dad, look at the store I found. I think the cheapest shirt I saw in there was 100usd. I see why you like your shirts so much now...
 

More friends - Hong Kong!

What's better than 2 friend's visiting you? 3 friends visiting! Corina decided that we were having too much fun without her and decided to join the party. This time, Chris, David, Corina and I spent the weekend in Hong Kong. We did some sightseeing, shopping, and lots of eating.

We're making our way up the longest set of escalators in the world. Here's Chris and Corina (and David).
 
We're really gaining some altitude. Apparently people use these escalators to commute to work every day. In the morning the escalators go down. In the evening, the escalators go up.
 
Some crazy crowds over near the Mong Kok station. I think HK might be a bit crowded for me.
 
Got to meet up with Xian (an ME friend from Stanford) and Nancy for lunch and a bit of walking around.
 

Visits from friends - Splendid China

So what's awesome about this post, is I get to talk about Chris Li (one of my favorite roommates) and David Yao also. Chris and David had to come to Shenzhen to do some work, so we got to hang out - practically every day of the week! One weekend, since our plans to go to Macau fell through, we decided to go to Splendid China instead. Splendid China is right next to Window of the World and has the same concept. Let's miniaturize some monuments and put them in an amusement park. In this case, this was a mini China!

Emperor's Qin's Terracotta Army
 
The Great Wall (with buildings and such behind it...)
 
Me and Chris!
 
Somewhere cool-looking. I forget.
 

Taipei

I spent a few days in Taipei with a coworker during Chinese New Year. I didn't seem to take that many pictures though... However, I spent my time eating, and sightseeing and I have a picture of each.

This was my lunch from a Taiwanese vegetarian buffet. All I can say is the Taiwanese know how to do good vegetarian food. Susan, Sirena... who's jealous of food now, eh? :P
 
This is the view from the top of the Taipei 101! I'm on top of the world!
 

Chinese New Year in Shenzhen!

[This is the beginning of a few catchup blog posts...hehe]

I spent New Years Eve packing for my trip to Taiwan. When midnight struck heard lots of firecrackers, so I ran outside to my balcony with my camera and just sat for half an hour listening to fireworks and taking pictures. It was pretty awesome!