Back from HK for the 2nd Time

Back from HK again!
Still love that place even though I've gone back so many times lately.
It just feels so much more like home. hehe*

Anyways, here's the recap of my eventful weekend!

April 15
Afternoon class canceled so I took an earlier 4:35pm flight out to HK.
Took China Airlines this time - much worse food compared to Cathay. lolz.
Went to 上水 to settle down.
Was supposed to have dinner with SChan, but we decided that it was getting late so we pushed it to another day.
Cooked up some noodles for dinner and had a nice chat with auntie.

April 16
Shop, dinner and desserts at 尖沙咀 with Windy! =)
It's so nice chatting with her.
Thanks for coming out to see me!
Major shopping day - 2 tops, pair of jean shorts, pair of sandals, small clubbing bag.

April 17
Lunch with Ada at 九龍唐 - haven't seen her in quite a while, even in Toronto.
Then I went back to 上水 myself for a 半日游~ haha...
Actually, I needed to ask travel agencies about airfares to Beijing in July and about tour packages for my trip with SChan in May~
I also needed to take pictures to make the 上水 resident card and I needed to find a 祖兒 magazine.
It's just that everything took me a couple of hours to finish and I was just sort of feeling my way around the area to find the appropriate places so I called it a 半日游.
Dinner at CUHK with SChan cuz she was really busy with projects and exams.

April 18
Chill day!
Went out only in the late afternoon to pick up the pictures that I took yesterday and to book my flight out to Beijing to meet up with my family in July! =)
Auntie cooked a home meal for me dinner and it felt so nice.
I miss home-cooked food so much ever since I left home. =(
Another good chat with auntie after dinner - gained a lot of good insight. ^-^

April 19
Church this morning - really like the church here in HK.
Out to the airport to see Danny for a bit.
Then out to eat and drink a bit with SChan at 九龍唐.
Back to CX City for the night.

April 20
Lunch with Eli at 尖沙咀 and then just walked/chilled around 旺角 area.
Nice to see her too since I haven't seen her in a while.
Back to CX City to pack.
Flight back to Taiwan at 8:05pm.
Felt like I took a shower on the way back to my rez cuz it just had to start pouring rain the moment I step out of the taxi.
I did have an umbrella, luckily, but I still got quite wet.
We all hate Taiwan weather... lolz.

Currently
I feel like I've been continuously sick (with different things) for the past few weeks. >.<

• Food poisoning for a few days.
• Loss of voice for a few days.
• Dry coughing for over 2 weeks - got better and then got worse again.
• Weird increase in loss of hair lately... =T this is the most scary part...
• Growing out wisdom tooth - in the wrong way.
  

I think I need to see a doctor soon. lolz.
But I don't want to take the crazy unknown medicine he prescribes... >.<
I guess I'll see by this Thursday if I need to see a doctor or not.

Coming Up

• April 29 - May 4 -> 6-Day South Korea trip with Sarah!
• May 14/15 - May 18/19 -> 5-Day Tokyo tour with SChan - departing from HK.
  (still saving most other parts of Japan for my grad trip! but I needed a trip with SChan and she preferred Japan so I didn't mind)
• May 19/20 - May 25 -> HK
  (since I have to fly out to HK to meet up with SChan for the tour anyways, might as well stay an extra few days before going back)

Touristy Weekend

After having explored most of Taipei City already, we decided to do some touristy things this weekend to pass time and to satisfy all the planning that Sarah has been doing over the past 2 weeks. haha.

April 9
Went to 野柳 (Yeliou) Geological Park with Mike and Sarah.
The park is known for its natural rock formations.
Touches upon the north coast so it was really nice.
It was too chilly to really feel like we were at the coast though.
Taipei is experiencing one of its coolest springs this year, apparently.
Unlucky us. =(

April 10
Went to 陽明山 for the second time - this time with Sarah, Erica, Tony and Jack.
Only did hot springs last time I came, so we went to other parts of the mountain this time.
Saw some pretty flower gardens in the 竹子湖 area and a volcanic crater at the 小油坑 area. =)
Jack and Erica had to leave early so Sarah, Tony and I hit the hot springs again. ^-^
Clubbing at night with Sarah and the NTU bunch at Room 18~
Fun times. =)

April 12
Nothing touristy today - just karaoke with Jack and Jeff! =)
hehehe... second time in Taiwan - but this time was so much more fun!
Easter Sunday church service at night.
Followed our routine and grabbed a 葡撻 at KFC before going back home.
Work on BP presentation with Sarah and then researched our Korea trip~

Pictures!
Taiwan (VI)
Taiwan (VII)

Upcoming
HK -> April 15-20
Korea -> April 29-May 4
Philippines/Singapore (Thailand's too dangerous) -> sometime between May 14-25

Sick

First time getting sick ever since coming abroad.
And guess what I got?
Food poisoning... lolz...
It's not even from Taiwan though - I think it's from HK food. =T

So I went to see the doc and he gave me 4 types of pills to take 4 times a day = 16 pills a day in total~ =_______=;;
Asian docs are scary...
Along with food poisoning, I have now developed a dry cough as well as a minor loss of voice... >.<
These are the weirdest symptoms EVER, I must say... haha...
But I should be better now in terms of the food poisoning at least~ =)

On the bright side, I've planned more trips out of Taipei~
We've done everything in Taipei so we're looking for places outside of it~ =P

April 11/12 weekend -> not sure, but hopefully somewhere else in Taiwan (but outside of Taipei)
April 15-20 -> HK again... =) to see Lg and to celebrate our anni early this year
April 29-May 4 -> Seoul, Korea! hehe*
May 14-25 -> Singapore/Thailand with SChan and then probably HK in between to see Lg again~