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Ivan In Hong Kong - Day 2

Work was pretty standard. I made plans with Priscilla before to go over to Mong Kok since I knew my cousin needed to do some shopping. Causeway Bay is nice, but Mong Kok is a bit better for finding a good price. When my cousin called me I found out he had been there all day so I decided to change the location at the last moment to Tsim Sha Tsui. It would be closer to where he was at the moment, and he has never been there yet. I called Priscilla who happened to be at the gym and she seemed fine with the change in plans. I randomly selected an exit (A1) which happened to be the same exit I met Raymond's girl friend at when we went to TST to meet Raymond. I thought I got there early and went over to Watson's to pick up some shaving gel. I walked back and found my cousin waiting who had also arrived early be decided to walk around the area. We were on our way to find a spot to eat when Priscilla called so we back tracked to find her. She took us to a really nice restaurant with a pretty view of the harbour. It was my time finally to pull my weight in the family, so I treated my cousin and Priscilla to a nice dinner. We went off in search of Gelato right after, the one thing I really miss from Toronto. I still haven't run across a Gelato place I like more then Hollywood Gelato in Toronto. This place in TST is pretty good though I must admit. It is called "Da Dolce" and Ivan treated this time. We walked down one of the streets that is full of these nice little bistros and restaurants and then walked around TST for a while chatting. Priscilla was giving me the 411 on some of the places to eat and the movie theatres she likes. I remember going to eat at the Red Ant with Ada and was told by Priscilla that it is actually pretty good. Potentially I went to the wrong one and on a bad night so I promised to try it again. We looked at some shoes and Ivan bought more candy this time for someone local. Even though he does tons and tons of labs, he couldn't figure out how to use the candy scale. When we were done walking around TST we decided to head back to Causeway Bay.

Once we got to Causeway Bay we had a decision, look for more things to shop or to go out for drinks. Ivan was pretty shopped out so we headed to find a lounge to sit down in. Every floor we tried in this one building (the same building I went with Alvin and the other readership teachers when I first got into Hong Kong) was basically full except the bar. We finally found one where people were leaving so we decided to wait. The place is called Census and I forget which floor it was on. It looked pretty much the same as Shelter, the one I went to before. We got our drinks, chatted until Ivan felt like he needed to go home and we parted. I walked Priscilla back to her place, enjoying the long winding climb up Tin Hau Temple road and I took a nice look and some pictures on my way back down of the night time view in the harbour. The only thing is I came home to some bad news. My roommate had contracted Keratitis. It seems serious even looking at the medication the doctors have given her. She tells me it is very painful, I hope she will make it through okay. Ivan leaves tomorrow back to Canada, but first he told me he will try to catch the new Initial D movie.

posted by Tempest7 @ 11:00