Wednesday night, some of us went to the Happy Valley Racecourse in Causeway Bay to see some horse racing! We got there right before the second to last race & the place was filled with Westerners (some very attractive gentlemen might I add, haha)!!! That night, the theme at the course was Oktoberfest, so they were serving German food, beer, and many girls were wearing dirndls (those traditional German dresses). The course was PACKED, so it was difficult to manuever around, but we luckily found a spot to stand right by the fence that provided us with a great view of the races - the race goes by so fast & the horses are so pretty :) I also don't think the people attending the races really watch the horses at all - it seemed as if everyone was just standing around drinking & talking to eachother. It was definitely a fun experience, but since we got to the course a little late, I'd like to go back again before I leave.
*Happy Valley!
*Gosia, Melody, Anna G., Silvia, and I :)
We had the day off Thursday because of graduation, so Anna G. & I had planned to do a day tour of the New Territories - the area outside of Hong Kong Island & also where Lingnan is located. However, Typhoon Megi was expected to hit HK Friday night, so they cancelled the tour right before we were getting ready to leave campus since the warning signal 3 was in place. I thankfully did not get to experience my first typhoon because Megi passed right by HK & headed for east China instead. Since the tour was cancelled, we had a great Western breakfast at the Flying Pan in Central (exchangers - go there, its amazing!) & decided to head to Stanley for the day. I had already been to Stanley, but the market has many interesting trinkets & a nice ambience. I'm sure I'll go back again before I leave in order to get Christmas gifts for my family :) After Stanley, we ventured off to Hong Kong Park in Admiralty. The park is quite small, but has a teaware museum with really neat tea sets, an aviary where there's 600 pretty, colorful birds, and an Olympic ampitheater where the opening ceremonies for the East Asian Games took place. The aviary was really neat, but after a while, I started to get paranoid that one was going to attack me, haha!
*Waterfall in Hong Kong Park
*Pretty birdies :)
Yesterday, Celia, who is a local here at Lingnan, took Anna G. & I shopping in Mongkok, which was so nice of her to show us around :) We first went to a mall & Fa Yuen (Garden) Street, which were both filled with small shops selling clothing, shoes, and accessories. The majority of the clothes were quite reasonable (between like $8-20 USD), which was very nice to see for a change. I now know where everyone in HK shops because it was soooo busy! Unfortunately, you aren't allowed to try the clothes on because they are all "free size" & once you pick out what you want, they go in the back & give you what you picked out in a plastic bag. I didn't like that you couldn't try the clothes on, but I took a risk and bought stuff anyways. One of my shirts ended up being wayyyy too small (it was much smaller than the one on display) & another had like a big bubble on the back of the shirt that is super weird (obviously I only looked at the front like a dumby). It's a good thing they were cheap because it'd be too much of a hassle to take them back as they probably wouldn't understand me anyways. Lastly, we went to Cotton On - a chain men's & women's clothing store that originated in Australia. It's probably not a good idea that we went there because everything was SO cute & I know I'm going to want to go there all of the time now, haha! Our shopping day was great & I'm now happy to know that stores other than Gucci, Prada, Chanel, & Burberry exist in HK :)
Well, that's about all for now - until next time, love you all!!!
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