Hong Kong 2002, Pt. 3

 April 8, 2002  Posted in Uncategorized

This documents my travels to Hong Kong to visit some good friends overseas. Also travelling from Japan is Maki Takeuchi who decided to take a few days off as well to all gather. It’s been about 4 years since I last visited, and everything is pretty much the same as before, except we’ve all grown older.

Oh yeah of course the most important thing about this trip – my good friend Tom and Jess have named me the godfather of their daughter Megan Lin… plenty of baby pictures in this travelogue, April 2002.

Woke up this morning and Tom’s mom told me to grab my camera – she wants me to document the “correct” procedure for helping Megan take a bath…

Here is the tub
Hold her by the chest, so that she feels safe (maybe because she can grab on to your arm – natural human instinct I suppose)
Hey Jess why aren’t you watching? Just kidding – she was preparing for the next step… drying Megan.
She did not cry for one second – maybe it is the experienced grandma technique…
Once you towel-dry…
Then you spread baby powder all over, to prevent rashes…
I guess it felt so good she started giggling, in her own, infant way
All clean!
See – now Lewis you can help a baby take a bath… um, maybe later.
All clean, and sleepy again…

This is what I love about Asian cuisine. No I don’t mean the fancy schmancy restaurants – you can have those anywhere (try Los Angeles or Vancouver). But the real great places to eat don’t have advertisements (they don’t need any) – Tom told me of this place years before, while he was working at a hotel nearby in Tsim Sha Tsui

Here we see the food delivery boxes, piled up next to our table
The food that may spoil are kept in the refrigerator
The menu is tacked right onto the glass window that divides the kitchen and the dining area
That’s our hostess / waitress / cook / cashier lady
The customers
Another view
The entrance to the restaurant
Yeah right – temporary for the past 5 1/2 years… I don’t mind at all.
Joe, my eating companion this afternoon.
The restaurant is located right next to this fancy hotel across the street
… right under a bridge
This is the only pathway to the resturant… without any signage – the only way you would know to walk down this narrow path is via word of mouth – still the best method of marketing, in my opinion.
In Hong Kong there is always construction going on…
Joe and I walked across to Harbour City (a shopping center in Tsim Sha Tsui). Here is where all the cruise lines dock when they come to Hong Kong.
The “Star” Ferry that takes people across to the Hong Kong side.
Another cruise ship that is ready to port in
On board the “Star” ferry
Joseph, contemplating life
The Hong Kong side of Hong Kong…

Boy did I pick the wrong day to take pictures – it was rainy/foggy all day.
Exiting the ferry, while others are boaring for the ferry to take them back to Kowloon side
Tom and Jess interviews another maid, and invites Joseph, Benjamin, and I for dinner.
Joseph and Ben
Tom demonstrating his master skills at his PS2 boxing game
Joe and Ben too tired to join in and challenge Tom
The proud grandmother showing Mergan off to Ben
I’ve known Benjamin since kindergarten, when we both attended Dominican School in Taipei… it’s been a while, Ben!
Megan staring at her grandmother