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I swear this city is conspiring to kill me with heat exhaustion.
Slept in this morning, and did some cleaning when I got up before taking my laundry out. Then I headed down to walk along the Avenue of Stars/Tsim Sha Tsui promenade.
Beautiful spot. It's a walk along the Victoria Harbour waterfront - actually, it's more of a walkway built on top of the water. Quite lovely views across the water to Hong Kong Island. Along the way, there are plaques in the pavement every couple meters commemorating the biggest stars and directors of Hong Kong films, statues, and information boards. The plaques are kind of like in Hollywood, where if feasible, the person's handprints and signature are embedded in the cement. Being as it was only built six years ago, of course many of the stars are long since dead. I got photos of the stars for Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Jet Li, and John Woo.
Speaking of John Woo, simply being here in Hong Kong is giving me a hankering to read some Once a Thief fic, and I'm slightly irritated at myself for binging on it last year to the point I think I've read it all. Ah well, some of it was good enough to warrant a re-read.
Anyway, beyond that I've had a mediocre lunch, picked up some minor necessities and my completed laundry, and found the funniest Engrish t-shirt ever (to me at least). I can't even remember what all it said, but there was a cowboy boot and the words Cal gary (space included), and a lot of random gibberish roman letters. I would have bought it if it weren't sized for an anorexic midget. I did buy another one with random 'words' that aren't quite english and a lot of butterflies.
And now I am home, suffering from quite the headache from the heat, and relaxing in my recliner reading fic and listening to a random Chinese orchestra on TV.
Slept in this morning, and did some cleaning when I got up before taking my laundry out. Then I headed down to walk along the Avenue of Stars/Tsim Sha Tsui promenade.
Beautiful spot. It's a walk along the Victoria Harbour waterfront - actually, it's more of a walkway built on top of the water. Quite lovely views across the water to Hong Kong Island. Along the way, there are plaques in the pavement every couple meters commemorating the biggest stars and directors of Hong Kong films, statues, and information boards. The plaques are kind of like in Hollywood, where if feasible, the person's handprints and signature are embedded in the cement. Being as it was only built six years ago, of course many of the stars are long since dead. I got photos of the stars for Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Jet Li, and John Woo.
Speaking of John Woo, simply being here in Hong Kong is giving me a hankering to read some Once a Thief fic, and I'm slightly irritated at myself for binging on it last year to the point I think I've read it all. Ah well, some of it was good enough to warrant a re-read.
Anyway, beyond that I've had a mediocre lunch, picked up some minor necessities and my completed laundry, and found the funniest Engrish t-shirt ever (to me at least). I can't even remember what all it said, but there was a cowboy boot and the words Cal gary (space included), and a lot of random gibberish roman letters. I would have bought it if it weren't sized for an anorexic midget. I did buy another one with random 'words' that aren't quite english and a lot of butterflies.
And now I am home, suffering from quite the headache from the heat, and relaxing in my recliner reading fic and listening to a random Chinese orchestra on TV.