Adam's favorite Hong Kong dish

Angela and Christopher showed us one of their favorite noodle shops and it is CHEAP and delicious.  Adam has already been back twice.  This restaurant only has 3 options: noodles with shrimp dumplings (which are HUGE and packed with shrimp), noodles with beef or noodles with fish balls (and  you can order combos of those 3 options).  So simple and good and the soup is only $20 or $25 HK dollars which is about $3.00 US. 

Dragon Dancing

Adam and I have been seeing small groups of dragon dancers for the past week, but were never able to catch up to them to get a good picture until today!  This grocery store hung some lettuce up in front of it's store and the dragon dancers did a little dance in front (and inside) the store, then this guy climbed up on a pole and "ate" the lettuce (throwing it in the crowd when done- along with confetti). There was drumming going on the whole time too.  I guess the Chinese New Years celebrations continue.....

Hike to Trappist Monastery on Lantau Island

Adam and I went for a really amazing hike today.  We took a ferry over to Discovery Bay on Lantau Island and hiked to a different town (Moi Wo) and caught a different ferry back home.  The hike goes up to a Trappist Monastery at the top of the hill- we didn't get to peek around that much, but apparently the monks there have taken a vow of silence so you're supposed to be quiet when you're up there.  Also, they have a dairy farm and make milk that you can find in the grocery stores here.  Overall a good day! 

A "summer" day at the beach

It sure felt like a summer day today!  Adam and I got out to the beach (not quite warm enough for swimming- although there were a fair amount of people in the water).  I'm hoping this weather sticks because it's been super cold here all week and no-one has central heating- so it's hard to ever warm up. 

Happy Birthday Adam!

Adam turned 29 today!  We ate, we played scrabble, we ate again.  Grateful for my mini-oven and happy to be able to celebrate with Adam in person...!

Fish #1

Ok, so we got a fish.  Adam named it "Jackie Chan" and it seemed like it was doing fine.  Then it started looking weird and was dead this morning.  He only lasted 4 days (and only cost $1.30 US). Adam is going to look for a new fish tomorrow- maybe a gold fish this time and we'll try using bottled water? 

Giving Lycee

One of the traditions of Chinese New Years is giving these lycee packets to people.  You put money in these envelopes (MUST be an even number amount, a crisp bill and not ending in the number 4- which is bad luck).  You then give these to kids, people who do a service for you and unmarried people.  Also, you're supposed to give them out with 2 hands and you're supposed to carry around extra envelopes with you in case you run into someone you weren't expecting to see, then you are supposed to pretend that you had one for them (and that you were "looking for them").  Lots of rules.  Anyways, I gave some to my 2 favorite doormen and said happy new years in Chinese.  Both of them were very thankful and the one cute old doorman thanked me the next 3 times I saw him!  I'm also sending Adam to the laundry lady tomorrow with a packet ready to go.