{"id":6590,"date":"2002-04-11T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2002-04-11T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=6590"},"modified":"2022-05-02T18:57:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:57:59","slug":"hong-kong-2002-pt-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2002\/04\/11\/hong-kong-2002-pt-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong 2002, Pt. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026 plenty of baby pictures in this travelogue, April 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Erica thinks Maki is already drunk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“No I am not drunk!”, Maki proclaims.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“See, I can down this beer in less than thirty seconds… “<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“… and still not drunk!” Yeah, we believe you, Maki\u00a0;P<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just to show that she is not drunk, Maki (who had just promised her mother that she finally quit smoking) decides to light one up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oh sh*& – I should hide the cigarette, so my mother wont see this page…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ten seconds later, Maki forgot that I was taking pictures…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Get that camera away from me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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All done with drinking (at 3am), we decided that we were hungry..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maki, Erica, Martin, and Joseph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The street that was filled with people just hours ago… empty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hey Lewis, get down here! We’re waiting for you to go have breakfast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Okay, okay… Coming down!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Chinese old lady cleaning up beer bottles in front of her house, at 3:00am

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The empty streets of Lan Kwai Fong.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the restaurant, Maki realized how many drinks she’s had tonight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“And I made a bet with my mom to not smoke a cigarette in a whole year, or else I’d pay her 1000000 yen!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joseph is really tired… that’s what happens when you hang out with crazy people, hehe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waiting for our food<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maki thought I wouldn’t notice her lighting up another cigarette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trying to conceal the lit cigarette in slow motion…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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C’mon – please don’t tell my mother!
Meanwhile, Lewis devised a plot to split the money with the others once we tell Maki’s mom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Energy almost all depleted, after a night of partying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Now that the food is on the table, Maki wasn’t hungry anymore…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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So I put in a big spoonful of hot chili sauce in her soup.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maki wasn’t too pleased.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Man, I can’t believe we’re all hanging out after all these years again!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We were going to meet for Dim Sum in Causeway Bay. On the way there we spotted Martin in his yellow 911<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tom studying the menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Erica and her boyfriend, looking for an apartment to move in together next week!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maki, all sobered up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The view of Tsim Sha Tsui from the restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0different type of chicken feet…

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Roasted pig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a whole plate of duck eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joe still haven’t recovered from all the drinking this past weekend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Central district, Hong Kong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walking towards the MTR (subway) station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We took a cab to the old Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport site, which is now converted to a Go Kart course for a duel in racing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The site is also the showroom for Ferrari Hong Kong…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I didn’t dare walk in…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The course. To think that this used to be the airport lobby… strange.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The kart we will be driving around<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dave Coultard’s old ride…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I need Recaro seats like that in\u00a0my\u00a0<\/em>living room!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waiting for our race briefing…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Race briefing room. Totally concentrated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had about an hour to kill before the race, so we ventured across to the arcade game center…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had about an hour to kill before the race, so we ventured across to the arcade game center…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tom getting a cramp at playing the jockey game… Joe cracking up behind him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dance Dance Revolution, one of Tom’s specialty\u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Unbelievable… these Japanese game developers must have ran out of ideas if they had to resort to a game about Samba dancing…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After the race, we ran to the Chinese department store for some last-minute souvenir shopping, before I fly back to Minneapolis…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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(Traditional Chinese Music Intro…)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The last ferry ride this time… beautiful Hong Kong sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joseph, Tom, and Maki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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