March 7 - office, movie

March 7 – Wednesday

At the staff dinner I promised the ladies at the office that I’d show my face in there today, so I felt obligated. I figured I could find something to keep me busy for an hour or two. I told them I’d come in at lunch as they were anxious to take me to the shopping plaza near the office. Sophia & Ruby had brought some of their purchases with them to dinner (necklaces) & were very excited to show me. They did look like fun jewelry & the prices were great. When I got there they’d just ordered lunch, so they quickly added my order. I guess at the new office they usually just order in because there are not as many restaurants & they are so crowded. It was typical HK cuisine, which means rice or noodles, soup & some kind of meat & greens. They told me I should get BBQ pork because that is John’s favorite. I figured I’d give it a try. It all was good.

Ruby had a job for me to check out service apartments. The lease on the company apartment is about to run out, so they are looking for less expensive places to house visitors than hotels. So I went through the list & found those close to the new office. The Wilson showed up with a check & they all laughed that I should be there the day a big check comes in. I said of course I’d personally deliver it to the bank, guess they do need me a little. Takes a good bit longer to get to the bank from the new office, but it was good to get back out to that area. I like the feel of it, very local and native. Couldn’t stay long as I’d promised Sarah I’d go to the movies with her. John called from China to say that Alan & David wanted to go to the horse races. I was in a dilemma, but in the end I decided to go to the movie with Sarah as I had a feeling that the guys would cop out on the races & then I’d be mad that I’d passed up a chance to see a movie.

In HK you usually order your ticket ahead of time & it is for a specific seat. Sarah’s building is attached to the mall where the movie theater is, so she’d already gotten the tickets. We got popcorn & went to see Dreamgirls – a good chick flick! It just has come out here, we usually get movies a few months after they’ve been released in the states. The theater was about half the size of a US theater, but the seats were leather & very comfortable. The movie was terrific, I could have gone back to see it again the next night. And as it turns out, the guys did not end up going to the races, so I’d made the right choice.

Something funny I heard today. We usually watch the local news in the morning & they said there was a cold warning for today, as the temperature in HK was going to be 12C (that’s low 50’s to you & me). Imagine that all of your northerners who are suffering with below 0F temps, we get a “cold warning” for 52degrees. WOW!!