Asia Styled Reunion

They say it is not about where you are, but rather who you are with. That was the case a couple weekends ago when I was able to meet up with my best childhood friend Christy in Hong Kong.

We spent allllloooonnnngg time trying to pick a location to meet. We thought about here in Chengdu, in Taiwan (where she is studying), Shanghai, or Hong Kong, but in the end it came down to a location that was easiest for us both to get too.

Just because I got to spend the weekend with her it was AMAZING (Hong Kong did have some pretty cool things to do too). It is so crazy how we both ended up studying in Asia the same semester. Year ago we talked about studying in Australia together our junior year, but that was just a far out idea. Then during a phone conversation this past spring we discovered we actually would be studying in the same part of the world this fall. How crazy is that!?!? So it was immediately decided we would do whatever it took to have an Asia styled reunion.

Lucky for us the weather in Hong Kong was HOT!! We spent the first day at the beach on Hong Kong Island. It was hot and sunny and the water was perfect for wading in. Christy's friend Camille joined us for the weekend too! The unfortunate thing about the timing of our trip was I broke my toe the night before I left for HK so I was limping around all weekend and unable to do any of my favorite jumping pictures!

The food in HK was DELICIOUS!! Since it is an international city you can get all different kinds of food. It was a great break from the sichuan food I eat everyday. I enjoyed eating cantonese food (wontons and dim sum), bubble waffles, sushi, and lots of thai styled noodles. Christy and I compared chopstick skills and competed to see who was the messiest! I won by having at least five whole noodles dropped on the table by the end of the meal. I really am good at using Chopsticks, I just drop things...often.

Christy had a friend from OSU, Erik, studying in Hong Kong that we meet up with. He even let us stay at one of his friend's apartments for two nights, which was a great break from the teeny tiney hostel room we spent the first two nights in. We went to the new James Bond movie with Erik and all his friends. He introduced us to his roommate Micheal (pictured above) who we hung out with several times though out the weekend. As we were in Hong Kong one week before my birthday and three days before Camille's birthday we went out dancing to celebrate. Christy and I bought little black dresses to wear and Micheal showed us all the hot night life spots!

On our last day in HK we took a ride on a giant cable car. This was a big deal for Christy who is usually not a fan of any type of rides, but we went on it and actually enjoyed it!! From our car we saw the ocean, the airport, gorgeous green hills, and the largest outdoor bronze sitting Buddha in the world. When we got to the top we planned on walking up to see the Buddha close up, but the weather suddenly turned cold on us. So we only had time to get a few vegetarian dishes for lunch (it was the vegetarian world food festival---How perfect!) and a hot drink before we froze and had to head back down the mountain. We bundled up and spent the last evening doing last minute shopping at the Ladies Market, watching High School Musical 3, and talking on the roof of our apartment. It was a great last night and it was soo hard to say bye the next morning. We made plans to meet up over Christmas break and know we will be talking about the weekend we spent in HK together for the rest of our lives!