Sunday, June 29, 2008
In Hong Kong
Today I made it to the fourth and final city on my Asia tour. I left the hotel about 4:45am to catch my 6:40am flight to Hong Kong, and all I can say is yay for the upgrade to Business because I needed breakfast and a nice place to stretch out (as with my DC-Beijing flight, no one was next to me, so karma-wise, I'm probably not getting upgraded on my flight home Wednesday and will be sitting between two crying babies for 20 hours).
Got here with no problems, other than it being the rainy season and me with no umbrella. Touched base almost immediately with Max, the as-yet-unmet boyfriend of my friend Tony. Max and I have been chatting on Facebook for the last 6 months or so and the main reason behind my HK stopover is to meet him and see Tony (I have a couple other HK folks I want to see but am focusing on being flexible enough to fit around Tony and max's schedules). We made plans to meet for dinner so I headed out to check out the city and felt oddly at home here in a way I haven't in any of the other cities on this trip...in part perhaps because it's only been 9 months since my last visit, and also perhas because unlike my other stops, in HK I'm staying in the same hotel as last time.
Met up with the boys for Italian food (clam chowder pizza with extra cheese) and then we wandered down the street for cheesecake. Max still has to work tonight and Tony will spend Monday morning at his part time job so we called it a night a little before midnight. I have to say, Max was worth the wait! He is as wonderful in person as I thought he would be, a real charmer, and it's obvious how much they love each other (I haven't seen too many other male couples holding hands around HK!). Tony seems different than he was when I saw him last year, and its a fun change...he seems more relaxed and also more playful, and that seems more like the real him. We're all getting together early in the afternoon Monday and spending the day together.
A few quick points before I go to bed:
1. I have some things to write about Singapore, but they're coming after I think about them a bit
2. As I look at these entries I realize there are quite a few typos in them. The problem is that I'm using my new Asus EeePC netbook, which is fantastic as a traveling laptop, but which as a result has a tiny keyboard that's not designed for very efficient typing. Thus, some typos, and since I'm typically writing these entries late at night, I'm not in the mood to proofread. So it's not that I'm an idiot, it's just that I'm lazy.
3. After this, I think I'm done with big trips for a while. I'm having a blast but I'm a creature of routines and every week -- actually, every day -- has been different.
Got here with no problems, other than it being the rainy season and me with no umbrella. Touched base almost immediately with Max, the as-yet-unmet boyfriend of my friend Tony. Max and I have been chatting on Facebook for the last 6 months or so and the main reason behind my HK stopover is to meet him and see Tony (I have a couple other HK folks I want to see but am focusing on being flexible enough to fit around Tony and max's schedules). We made plans to meet for dinner so I headed out to check out the city and felt oddly at home here in a way I haven't in any of the other cities on this trip...in part perhaps because it's only been 9 months since my last visit, and also perhas because unlike my other stops, in HK I'm staying in the same hotel as last time.
Met up with the boys for Italian food (clam chowder pizza with extra cheese) and then we wandered down the street for cheesecake. Max still has to work tonight and Tony will spend Monday morning at his part time job so we called it a night a little before midnight. I have to say, Max was worth the wait! He is as wonderful in person as I thought he would be, a real charmer, and it's obvious how much they love each other (I haven't seen too many other male couples holding hands around HK!). Tony seems different than he was when I saw him last year, and its a fun change...he seems more relaxed and also more playful, and that seems more like the real him. We're all getting together early in the afternoon Monday and spending the day together.
A few quick points before I go to bed:
1. I have some things to write about Singapore, but they're coming after I think about them a bit
2. As I look at these entries I realize there are quite a few typos in them. The problem is that I'm using my new Asus EeePC netbook, which is fantastic as a traveling laptop, but which as a result has a tiny keyboard that's not designed for very efficient typing. Thus, some typos, and since I'm typically writing these entries late at night, I'm not in the mood to proofread. So it's not that I'm an idiot, it's just that I'm lazy.
3. After this, I think I'm done with big trips for a while. I'm having a blast but I'm a creature of routines and every week -- actually, every day -- has been different.
