7 January 2010 | Posted inBlog News & Updates, Featured
Thank You Hong Kong!
Mongkok
Three weeks ago to the day I was on an airplane, headed back from my three month stint working with the Planning Group in Hong Kong. Upon returning it was already time for the holidays… which was great because it left me with time to reflect about what a great experience my time in Asia had been. In what will likely be my last post about my time there I thought I would create a Best Of / Favorites / Top Ten / Craziest / Worst List…
Favorite New Food: Szechuan Style Chinese (check out Shui Hu Tau or Chile Figaro)
Yummy Szechuan!
Best Holiday Party: HOK Hong Kong… seriously all parties should have hula hoop, wii, and dance contests where the dress is “sporty”.
Hula Hoop War
Favorite Excursion: Temple of 10,000 Buddhas… forget the hot sweaty mess we were after the 400+ steps to the top. This was a very cool cultural experience that I will never forget.
Temple of 10,000 Buddhas
Best Shopping: Cat Street Market… not for shoes, purses, or clothes, but for adorable dishes and cool lions.
Favorite View: From Kowloon looking back to Hong Kong Island… great sky line!
Worst Food: This gross candy from Aji Ichiban that I was tricked into thinking would taste good. Don’t try the green plum… it tastes like smelly socks!
Aji Ichiban
Most Over-the-top Lights: Jumbo Kingdom… A delicious restaurant on the water that you couldn’t miss with your eyes closed.
Jumbo Kingdom
Worst Moment: Being stuck in immigration between Hong Kong and mainland China after they had taken our passports and didn’t return for 15 minutes. I doubt Santa would have found me there.
Worst Idea: Keeping snakes in a cage with syran wrap! I mean the heads were smaller than the cage openings and syran wrap isn’t steel. It just seemed like they could escape to me.
Craziest Thing: Blinged out Merecedes at Christmas… I believe it was attacked by a Bedazzler!
Mercedes + Bling
I can’t thank my team members and friends in Hong Kong enough for showing me around a fantastic city and sharing their lives with me. (And did I mention getting to work on the coolest projects ever!!!)
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I love it! thanks for sharing your unique experience in HK! I think you really have to spend some time in a place when you travel to get the full experience – I am so jealous of the time you had to take it all in!
This is brilliant Megan! I’m going on holiday to HK for a week (i’ve never been before) in February. I’m going to take your Top 10 list with me! If you have any other tips for what I should do, please let me know
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Megan, it was wonderful to have you here. Miss you.
Megan,
Thanks for a beautiful post. It was indeed a fantastic experience. We made some really good friends.
Kartik
Hi,
I am an architect, work for Smithgroup in San Francisco. I will stopping by Hong Kong March 8-10, on my way back from Bangladesh. I would like to meet and talk to a “friend” someone in Hong Kong while I am there – can anyone introduce me to some one. Thanks – Reaz Haque
Megan! It was great having you in our studio and thank you so much for your help and contributions with our projects! BTW most memorable was seeing Jana, Barry and you in the 80’s athletic wear, at the xmas party-Classic!
Megan,
You aint see nothing yet! – need to come back soon, lots of other stuff to discover!