So long Hong Kong!
Before I share my thoughts on Hong Kong I want to share a message with all of you that I recieved from my brother Jeff. To me, my brother Jeff was, and i emphasize the word was, one of the smartest people I knew. He holds a masters degree from Harvard, and this fall will pursue his PHD at the University of California San Diego. To me he’ll be my brother Jeff, but soon to others he’ll be Dr. Gagnon. When I write posts he always responds with good words, however this last time was different. I honestly feel dumber after reading this in his e-mail. I’m hoping those who care about him will sit him down and get to the root of this cause quite frankly i want those 10 seconds back Jeff where I had to read what you wrote. So here it is, you tell me what you think.
Jeff Gagnon wrote: (Saturday July, 29 2006 – 10:34:18 PDT)
“Don’t forget that King Kong played ping pong with his ding dong in Hong Kong all day long so sing a song in your tongs.”
Ok, so let’s get back to reality. Hong Kong is in my opinion New York City with chinese symbols but without huge assholes, overpaid athletes, and shitty sports teams…had to put that in there.
The traffic, the pollution, the massive crowds of people are here like they are in most big cities. It is very westernized and seeing all the white guys with business suits and cell phones pinned to their ears makes you feel like you are in an american city. The Skyline is like absolutley nothing i’ve ever seen in my entire life. It stretches so far across the harborfrount of Hong Kong Island it hurts your neck trying to look at it. The best views are from the waterfront in Kowloon. There are serveral Islands that make up Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island and Kowloon being the main two, seperated by about a ten minute ferry ride. Hong Kong can definitely make ones wallet feel extremely light. Prices are right on par with what they would be in the United States. When you go from buying a beer and a meal in Vietnam for about $2, to paying upwards of $12 it is a crushing defeat. I spent most of my time walking around the city and doing some thinking. It had been a while since I’ve been on my own so the time by myself was nice.
I would like to share with you that I’ve had numerous dreams the past few nights that have absolutely scared the hell out of me. No, they weren’t of my teeth falling out, or that dream where you realize you went the whole semester without going to that one class and now you can’t graduate. They were dreams that I was home from my trip and I didn’t know why…holy crudbugglers, they are not. Now that I’m halfway through my trip the thought of coming home is becoming fairly relevant but it’s still a long way off and I don’t want to ever think it will happen.
So as for Hong Kong, i can’t imagine ever really wanting to come back. It’s a nice place to look around and shop if you have money. The culture here is lacking in my opinion. I mean, either go completely western or chinese, they seem to want to lie somewhere in the middle, maybe it’s better that way.
Tags: Asia, Hong Kong
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