Lily Birthday

YESTERDAY:

  • Jackie’s auntie Michelle showed us how to take the minibus to Chai Wan
    • from there we got on an MTR to Tai Koo
    • dropped by a McDonald’s so Jackie could have a $2 USD fish fillet sandwich
    • ended up a few minutes late for lunch with grandma
    • caught up with uncles, aunties, and cousins
  • head to grandma’s to keep her company for a bit
    • paid my respects to grandpa
  • ran into Lucia, Alex, and Charlotte at the Muji
    • head to Causeway Bay together to roam around
    • ran into Uncle Johnson randomly a shoe store
    • Jackie got an ice cream in Times Square from a shop next to the grocery store
  • headed to a mall in Mong Kok for dinner
    • got there a few minutes early
    • AYCE beef hot pot
    • Japanese curry was pretty tasty
    • also they scallops were great
  • headed back to Island line with Uncle Johnson
  • took the minibus back to Jackie’s auntie’s place
  • had a sync with Sara
    • she got the Rivian internship!
  • got to sleep before midnight

TODAY:

  • morning shower
    • got way too sweaty with the blinds open in the morning
  • head to dim sum lunch in Causeway Bay
    • Amy and my Dad came too!
    • HK Jockey Club
    • caught up with a few of Jackie’s cousins
    • met her cousin’s son; had only met the daugher previously
  • got a ride back to Admiralty
  • head to Amy’s hotel in Mong Kok
    • pretty nice!
  • took a nap
  • head out to M+ museum
    • lots of construction going on
    • figured out a much better path to get there through a mall
    • pretty hot for a social
    • cooled down around 6 pm
  • took a taxi back to Auntie Loretta’s place
    • birthday dinner party for Lily
  • followed Lucia and her best friend Wendy to an arcade
    • played a neat mini-game series
  • head home

LEARNINGS:

  • not too jetlagged
    • darn cough is quite persistent though

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