I joined Big Boss and Boss for dinner that night at Six Furlong of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. I ordered Singaporean Bak Kut Teh for starter. It was good but it would have been much better if I had rice for the way too tasty soup. For main course I had the roasted beef sirloin with vegetables. The sauce for the beef is good but the beef could have been much tender. And for dessert I had a scoop of Movenpick's mandarin and strawberry ice cream. It was too sour for my taste but I did finish it. Ambience was good. I like the quiet atmosphere despite the place filled to its capacity.
Sunday I was up early at 6a.m. to get to St. Joseph's Church in time for the 7a.m. mass. I left home 5 minutes before 7 so I had to take a HK$15 cab ride. I was still late so I missed the first reading. The priest's sermon was about gratitude. More like multiplying gratitude. One good deed leads to countless other good deeds. I do hope I am able to take part. Unfortunately I was not able to. More on this later. Mass finished early at 7:45 so I walked to the HSBC Building tram stop. Outside the church I counted four persons selling bags and pants. And then numerous sellers from the Court of Appeals towards Duddell Street. They were again selling bags and pants for HK$20 each. The "Nike" and "Adidas" body bag even comes with a wallet. There was one selling slippers at HK$15. Noticed also t-shirts being sold. I had wanted to take a photo of the scene but was afraid to do it so obviously. So here are two taken from the stairs going to the bus stop across the HSBC Building.
Photo of the HSBC Building from Queen's Road Central.
Instead of taking the tram, I took the #2 bus to the Macau Ferry for my first tutorial class with the Open University of Hong Kong. The two-hour tutorial for B862 - Corporate Finance promptly started at 9am. There were 31 students including me. One arrived though at 10:45. I guess she thought she is with the next class. There were only less than 10 females. Most of the students are older than me, several with graying hairs. The tutor was saying "OK" in every sentence that I was tempted to count how many times he said "OK". I was tempted only as he was not boring. But he did say the first unit is the hardest so I have a lot of reading to do as I have read only the first chapter!
After class I went to IFC mall to see if there is any Apple shop as I am looking to buy a laptop. No luck there so I went to Elements, the new mall atop the Kowloon Station. Only saw one Apple laptop at Fortress shop there. It was a bit crowded that day but I did not like the layout of the Elements being Fire, Wood, Earth, Water and Metal. I prefer Pacific Place for its simple layout. Of course this is expected as Pacific Place is smaller than Elements. There is an H&M store but it was a smaller version of the first H&M store at Queen's Road Central.
I headed home after spending an hour there as I was carrying a very heavy book of about 2 kilos! My shoulder hurt last night. I am still feeling some pain now.
Anyway, I immediately got back on the MTR to go to Yau Tong as I am still checking out places to get a flat. Yau Tong is not for me as the buildings near the MTR station are Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) units. So I took a bus headed to Lam Tin. Sorry I did not like the bus terminal nor the MTR station. So I did not even had a look around the area and took the MTR to Tin Hau station. I visited two temples. And here is where I was not able to do a good deed. Upon leaving Tin Hau temple,
an old lady called me out. But i just ignored here. I immediately felt regret as soon as I stepped out of the temple gate but I did not turn back. So I was not feeling good afterwards. I then headed to the other temple.
This one has beautiful and well-lighted interiors. I did not take a photo inside as I do not want to look very touristy among the several locals praying there. So I again only have one photo.
I had a walk around the area behind the Central Library and noticed a few interesting food shops that I would like to try next time. Most of the buildings are walk up buildings meaning no lifts/elevators. And there were many car repairs/accessories shops. But it was quiet and has a homey feel. I even saw two mothers having a leisurely walk with their toddlers in baby strollers.
Since this is Causeway Bay already, I went to SOGO to check out some kitchen utensils for my mom. Got her three items which I would bring home in January! I hope they can be of some use to her. I was hoping to buy this orange juicer. Prices ranging from HK$148 to more than a thousand. I was eyeing one already but the saleslady was a bit on the not so nice attitude. So instead of getting one now, I'll just buy it when I encounter a more pleasant sale staff.
I left SOGO at around 7p.m. and took the tram home in time for the 7:30 news. My feet and legs were aching after several hours of walk. But I had a good night sleep so it was worth the mild pain.
Although my mission for the weekend was to go flat hunting, I was not able to see a single unit so perhaps the next weekend would be the good time for this.
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