Jotwein's World

Picture this scene: I had just bought a lamp at Ikea in Causeway Bay and I was hungry. I needed food. I wasn’t sure where I was going to eat, but I figured I’d go back to Tsuen Wan for dinner. And then it hit me.

Flashback to a couple weeks ago when I was complaining to Xiangwei that I missed Subway (edged on also by the fact that she kept telling me she was eating Oatmeal Raisin cookies). At that time, I did a search online for Subway restaurants in Hongkong and it turned up 8 locations, although I didn’t remember where they are.

Now come back to present day. I decided that I wanted Subway and I would go on a quest to get it. So fair enough, I had my iPhone. I had maps. And if you know the iPhone maps function (and this is also a description for those who don’t), you’d know that I can just search a word (like the name of a restaurant) and it’ll show me the nearest one to me (considering also it knew where I was, which it did).

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We’re just about halfway through this attachment. Week 9 flew by just like that and week 10 beckons with reckless excitement. But today’s post is about something else. I’m gonna be random in this one and there are gonna be a bunch of photos here. (Oh before I forget, I’ve put some new pictures on my Flickr so do check them out!)

Okay enough shameless publicity. Read on.

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Woots! I FINALLY made it up to The Peak yesterday. I can’t believe I got lost trying to get there on Saturday. That just goes to show how misleading the Internet can be. The page that I got directions from told me to go to Tsim Sha Tsui. I thought I couldn’t find the bus cos I didn’t know the number, which I did after I checked. Yesterday I still couldn’t find the bus. Because I was on the wrong island.

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So it’s been a month, and I meant to do this post during the last weekend, but I’ve been busy (as usual). I’ve said before that it’s been one helluva experience over here, and it’s not like anybody really reads my blog anyway, so the few of you who actually read, bear with me while I indulge my need to write about the differences and similarities between Hongkong and Singapore, and some misconceptions about Hongkong.

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