I don’t think I’ve ever been able to go outside in the rain in shorts and flip flops before arriving in Hong Kong (other than Hawaii). Even when it begins to pour and lightning cracks through the sky, I’d much rather be wet in HK subtropical rain than in cold California rain. 

It’s hard to really go anywhere when it’s raining, and people pile inside shopping malls like ants and clog up every opening. Peter, Leanne and I met up with Chin for dinner in Mong Kok because it’s the halfway point for Chin to meet us from CUHK (and our favorite place, obviously). 

As we walked through the grocery store at the bottom level of Langham Place, we saw a lady selling sausages, and the hungry boys who eat 5 times a day bought some to hold down their hunger. At least these sausages weren’t hot dogs, which I can respect.

Chin and I were in desperate need of umbrellas, so we tried to find some in H&M for a decent price, but they were all really girly. Sasa had even girlier umbrellas, with pictures of girls on them. We moved outside towards Watsons (another version of CVS) to look around, and finally found some.

Um, why is Matsumoto Jun advertising for mascara? I’m getting a little irritated at finding so many Asian boys who are prettier/girlier than me. Please stop making me feel like a man, thank you.

I’ve always been a fan of pictures in the rain and seeing so many colorful umbrellas; I wish I went to a high building so that I could have gotten a birds eye view shot of the people below.

But obviously, when you’re in the midst of all this chaos and wetness, having this many people and possible umbrella-eye-stabbings really isn’t appealing at all. Walking around in wet flip flops without grip is also a safety hazard.

Peter found a PCCW store to recharge his sim card, and we went back into Langham Place to eat at the food court because roaming around in the rain for a restaurant didn’t seem fun. 

But you know what ‘s good to eat at the food court? PEPPER STEAK! YAH BOI! We could smell it as soon as we walked into the area, and waited about 30 mins for a free table. You totally have to vulture and hover around people who are almost done eating if you want any chance of finding a table. I’m not a big fan of getting into peoples’ personal space, but when it comes to food, you do what you gotta do.

Somehow the rain makes us get tired really fast, so we just decided to go home after dinner. Lazy day. 

HK is like China in that restaurants don’t provide napkins for their patrons. We have to carry around our own little tissue packets, and Tempo is pretty darn popular here. It’s so popular that they have cute designs and even come menthol scented!

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