Beloved HK

Hei my beloved ones!

A bit late, as always, but still - Kung Hei Fat Choi! Happy Chinese New Year of Golden Pig !!! May they bring you only joy, happiness and fortune :D

Mmm.. Dance.. Since I have written last time, there have been soooo many amazing adventures! I've seen Maria Pages dancing just in front of me (for those who don't know - she's the best flamenco dancer in the world! At least for me :)). And for the first time I saw Hong Kong audience reacting as a real audience in Camut Band show - but how can you not react seeing those man dancing like that! And I've been in legendary interns' club Trebecca - it was so great to dance throughout the night, I've missed that :) And there's not only dancing in my life - there's also singing! With Karaoke becoming more and more.. hmm.. appreciated :D

Mmm.. Beijing.. Yeah! There was cold, clear blue sky, amazing hotel, crazy drivers, no English, shopping stops during excursions (jade, pearls, silk - who needs all that?), roasted Beijing duck, beautiful places - Ming Tombs, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven. And I climbed up to the top of Great Wall, so according to chairman Mao - I am a real man now. Does anyone want to take that? I'm giving it away for free, as I prefer being a woman.

Mmm.. Red fever.. I loved celebration of Chinese New Year! Finally visiting home of a local family (Traz, thank you sooo much! You can't imagine how much that meens to me) and trying out salty and later on sweet and sticky rice balls (Tung Yuen). Flower Market in Victoria Park - that was unbelievable, thousands and thousands of flowers and their smell is.. Mmm.. Kumquat trees, narcissus, peonies, peach blossoms, tangerine plants.. Oh, and parade with long dragons and Lion Dances. A swim in Shek O beach on the first day of new year, again :) And deliciuos lunch in Thai restaurant there - I've tried fresh coconut jiuce for the first time! Fantastic 20 minutes long fireworks - I have never ever seen anything like that, the final minutes hypnotised me! Visiting Stanley - they really have a nice market there, but most importantly - I've got a half pint of white beer!! Traditional Dim Sum with interns and visiting huge Wong Tai Sin temple with crowds of people, unbearable mist of incense smoke and ashes falling all over you. And I received 4 red pockets!!! Yeah :D

All in all, it has been an amazing February - with lots of good food (xexe) and memories, that I will cherish for the rest of my life. And as I face half-way of my internship, I proudly announce that I am truly madly deeply in love with Hong Kong! :D

Mmm.. Future.. I am taking vacations for two weeks and going to Thailand (Bangkok, Krabi - here I come!). Most hopefully I will facilitate one more national AIESEC conference in the beginning of April. And then there will be Sfiesta, one of my best friends, visiting me for 2 weeks. Yeahhh!!!