IKEA Hong Kong

The other day the crew was shopping in Causeway Bay, when we decided to hit up Ikea HK.


Man if you thought Ikea in the States is crowded, come to Hong Kong. Basically this is pretty normal for everything. Streets, subway, McDonalds...basically you're always 5 ft from another person wherever you go.


So we stopped by because different people needed different things, but the main goal was to get Selena a mattress pad because all the beds here tend to be super firm and she had had enough...but not after chilling in the demo chairs for a while.


Then the demo beds.



View from the most comfortable bed in HK.



After searching for a while, we found a nice floor model on sale (only $480HKD=$60USD) but since we could were on public transit, we needed to find a way to reduce it to a manageable size. So after 2 rolling attempts, one angry sales lady and a lot of stares, us loud Americans got the job done with the help of a friendly employee and a lot of saran wrap.


SUCCESS!

O yeah...

OH HAI!

8 Minute Abs:1, Me:0

GET AWESOME!

Having a BF/GF abroad...

is challenging to say the least. Not only do you miss them, but schedules are off, people get busy, things can get stressful.

Sadly, this is my last picture of my girlfriend:

stupid, cheap memory card

I think her "last picture" turned out better:

<3

I'm terrified of...

So Hong Kong is taking some getting used to, so here are all the hits so far...


It is not only hot, but super humid...

here my lens fogged up when I walked outside

Everything is tall...

pretty self explanatory, no space = build up

Jackie Chan is a big deal...

this was not the first time I saw his face plasters on some random product or sign. Here he is advocating a hair darkening shampoo

McDonald's = Success...

Fanta with ice cream for under $2 US? Ballin! (btw that is Selena and Vince, UCLA!)

Ong in Hong Kong: Day 1

Although technically I'm three days deep into my stay at Hong Kong University, this post is about the first day there, which was one of the longest days I've had in a long time, but to keep it short the day's activities included:

13 hour plan flight
getting into HK at 5:30AM and it being 83 degrees F
getting to my dorm, unpacking, then being asked to move rooms
real Chinese food that makes my insides feel funny
seeing the campus for the first time
awkwardly meeting other foreigners
drinking at Lan Kwai Fong and running into Sarah & Brian (EE!)
running into a door
talking to Jen until almost 6
...

Really it was a day that felt like forever, but it was a great way to start off the trip.

Bbelow are some of the only pictures I took that day, none are in Hong Kong, sorry.







Jen packed these throughout my bags...

lolz.