Ohmigoodness I am so unbelievably exhausted !

The week went by quite smoothly and though some things happened at work, which are not exactly great, but not really crap as well, the week was good. And I am moving on to other things at the same department so all is well on the work front. New challenges, new job, more work, and hopefully more recognition and superstardom is just the next step.

The weekend started off with a great massage on Thursday night. I slept like a baby that night. Friday I woke up and it was a great public holiday ! Woohoo. Have not had one since Easter. Which was about a whole month ago. Nevertheless, I still made a journey to the office, cleared up some stuff, before walking up the stairs home. It is henceforth to be known as the HK Midlevels Stairway to Hell. Then it was time for the afternoon. The plan was to meet with the usual weekend group for some cycling at Dai Wai area, somewhere north of Sha Tin. Unfortunately by the time we got there, there were so many people there that most shops were literally out of bicycles. There were still some left going at about HKD150 rental which was three times the normal price I heard.

Luckily FredBear drove over (as he was late) and we piled in instead for a change of plans. We went all the way to Gold Coast, where it was sunny and bright and there was even a beachside bazaar much like StKilda. We wanted to go for a massage but it was fully booked. After some ice creams and some photos we went on to the next destination which was this Dragon Drum Beach far far away. We arrived safely and proceeded to walk on the beach followed by a Barbeque buffet dinner. The fun thing was that you had to cook all the food yourself. Of course, the danger being that impatient people could end up with raw meat.

After much meat, we moved on to Yuen Long to try the famed B-Boy Grass Jelly. We were warned that it would be big so we ordered two for 5 people. Turned out that we could have done with just one, and it was really funny for us to eat such huge bowls of fruit and grass jelly. It was amazingly huge. And we were filled to the brim. We were so full after that, our brains did not even work that well on the way home. And that is where went. Since it was about midnight by the time I even arrived home.

Saturday was another trip up and down the Stairway to Hell, since I wrongly thought I would have to go for Mandarin class but it was not to be. Apparently it was another public holiday related to Buddhist rites. Put off, I went grocery shopping before taking a nap. Then went for some tennis at Victoria Gardens and I can tell you that it was burning with midday sun. We had a lot of fun though, and I did enjoy being out in the sun. I do feel a slight sunburn on my neck though.

And then I made a spontaneous decision to go to Lamma Island with GATra ! Crazy. But I did so. And this time we walked the mountain trail the other way round. Since I have walked it before I knew that it was not very difficult and we even spent some time at the beach, writing words in the sand, my extra Mandarin class. Lol. Had a great view of the sunset and also a lot of discussions on life, money, job satisfaction and so on. The ferry was also faster than I remembered and we made a beeline for home where we ordered takeout sushi. Then she did her CFA revision (glad that that part of my life was over) while I read my Xmen book.

And thus ends another day of the long weekend.

Luckily there is still Sunday to go, and I already have mahjong lined up. Woohoo.

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