Judy took the day off to keep me company. Though it was just half a day (she had to go to Canton later in the day), I really appreciate her gesture.

We walked around Mong Kok for a while, busting in the morning liveliness. We had century egg porridge with dough sticks (油条), fried chang fen (肠粉) and green bean rice dumpling for breakfast.  Yummy!

After a hearty breakfast, we decided to go to Hong Kong island to Causeway Bay (銅鑼灣), and to get a better view, we took the bus.

We aligned at Victoria Park near the Central library. Perhaps it was already about 11am, the streets were quieter than morning peak hours (or so, I thought).

You know, in every city that I visited, I would go to their local supermarkets to have an idea of the cost of living in that city. We even went to the local wet market!

Judy and I parted way at about 2pm.

I walked around for a while, before returning to the hostel for a rest.  Oh! My feet!  They hurt!

At 5pm, Daisy called to meet up for dinner and we arrange to meet at Mrs. Fields at Central MTR at 6.30pm.  it took me a long to find Mrs Fields as there were Exit A to L, divided into several divisions.  I had to call Daisy to come and rescue me.

As Erica was held up in school,  Daisy decided to bring me to Soho ( 蘇豪/荷南) by taking the Central-Mid-levels escalators (中環至半山自動扶梯), and then to Lan Kwai Fong (蘭桂坊).  We had dinner at a local cafe, Lan Fong Yuen (蘭芳園) for its famous “panty-hose tea with milk” (絲襪奶茶), stirred-fried noodles, omelette and pork burger!  Awesome!

Since the shop closes at 8pm, Erica was not able to join us there for dinner.

After meeting up with Erica, we watched her eat Vietnamese food in a little shop in an attic with stairs that were so steep that it was almost vertical.  And finally, THE destination of the evening – Pubs crawling at Lan Kwai Fong.

As it was the Rugby Seven weekend, the pubs and clubs were packed with fans of the game!

I manage to contact Sam (a former colleague) and run over to Wagyu Lounge on Old Bailey Street to catch up with her.  Gosh! Wagyu Lounge is So So So happening!  The people just keep pouring in.  From the outside, the lounge looks really quiet and “harmless”, but the inside is really explosive!  The music, the chattering, the people.  Really lively.  And as the night draws longer, more and more patrons troop in!  Daisy, Erica and I were just overwhelmed.  You see, we are not clubbing people and after a while, the noise really got to us.  However, it was good to catch up with Sam though it was only for about 15 mins.  I am glad that she is doing well in Hong Kong.

After a drink, Daisy, Erica and I decided to call it a night.