I killed a mosquito with my hand this morning. It was quite interesting to see a bug with red blood, but it was most likely mine that it was sucking anyways. Sweet, sweet revenge.

Today was a simple day without any plans, except I really needed notebooks for class. I really wish I brought these from home as well. Leanne and I went to Yau Ma Tei to find a bookstore, where I bought some extra stationary for sending mail home. We hit a shopping plaza called Trendy Zone, which has a bunch of random stuff like the Argyle Plaza, but is more fancy. 

I don’t understand why Asians have an obsession with Hello Kitty and Doraemon. 

How about a telephone heel?

I wanted to take Leanne to an area that I saw when I got lost with Chin that looked interesting, with a bunch of outdoor vendors like at Lady’s Market. When we headed there and saw that everything looked familiar, we realized that we actually WERE in Lady’s Market. New lesson of the day: All of the different districts for the red line stops are VERY close to one another. Mong Kok is right next to Yau Ma Tei. Can’t get lost this way!

We got some boba after realizing our defeat in finding somewhere new.

It’s okay, because Argyle Plaza was on the other side of Lady’s Market, where we made the goal of checking out all 5+ floors of stores. We ended up only making it through 3, but I saw a lot of cute fobby Japanese clothes. I guess I’m not the only one who’s into the Grandma style. 

Excuse me people, can y’all stop wearing these hideous low-crotch leggings? It pains me just to see them.

I love that Asians have tiny boobies like me, because the bra shop I hit had mostly A cups! These are cute but so heavily padded. AND CHEAP (HK$20 for a bra? US$3 bra!?) I wasn’t really sure what size I was in Asian, so the cashier lady took a bra and put it over my shirt to choose it. I was expecting her to bring out a measuring tape, but I guess I could swing that way.

I bought a dress and some jewelry before stopping on shopping for the day, and we were pretty exhausted from getting through 3 floors. We found a stone man who wanted to tell my fortune by having me pay HK$3 and putting my hand in his mouth, but I didn’t want to pay the money.

Peter called us to meet up with us for dinner, so Leanne and I headed to Lady’s Market to look for him, Alan and Will. New lesson: Never meet up with people in the middle of Lady’s Market. The streets all look the same, the street signs are hard to find, and people walk so slowly because they’re window shopping at the same time they are walking. How the heck do you expect people to know where you are by just saying “I’m at the booth with the purses” when every other booth has that?

The guys got hungry so they bought some street food, and Will bought some nasty stinky tofu. I still have yet to adjust to that smell.

Leanne and I ate at a HK cafe called Tsui Wah, where I ordered some noodles. The chili they have here is freaking spicy. I shouldn’t have added two spoonfuls but it was so freaking good anyways. There was also a little disclaimer on the menu that said that it costs HK$500 to take the menu out with you. EXCUSE ME, don’t want to pay for your dirty menu, thank you.

To end the night, Leanne and I bought a little cake and a bottle of Vodka to celebrate her roommate Titi’s 20th birthday. The little bit I drank was absolutely disgusting, but kept me up enough to do my laundry, so I guess that’s okay. Happy birrrrthday TITI!