Flower Festival

On sun, Drew and I went to a flower festival being held in Victoria park which is really close to us. Basically, they had created large displays made from flowers, along with smaller displays with more unique flowers. Best $2 festival I've ever been to. There were so many flowers, I could just imagine mom's eyes popping out as she tried to take them all in. They made them into some really cool shapes. On top of that, drew and I decided to really experience the whole thing by having a lunch of fair food. Imagine our typical American fair food, hotdogs, turkey legs etc., just Chinese style. We have fish balls, which are basically meat balls made of fish and fried. We had a curry stick which was like a corn dog except filled with curried meat instead of a hotdog. There was crab fried on a stick, and these smaller steamed fish bites. Very seafood oriented as you can tell. For dessert, we had bean curd topped in sugar. That wasn't exactly my favorite. Not sweet enough and a it watery. But at least we tried it!

We then walked around the rest of Victoria park which was insightful. Because it was Sunday, all of the helpers, mostly Filipinos, Malaysians, and Indonesians, have the day off. So they all congregate in the park in small groups picnicking. I've never seen so many women in one place. They were having a great time though. Could imagine if your whole week was centered around your one day in the park....We also stopped by the Ikea. Every single coach was occupied by people just hanging out, not shopping. Apparently that's another fun thing to do on a sun is go hang out at the Ikea.

That evening, we were debating about going to a Hong Kong 7s rugby game, but as it turns out, those tickets are super expensive. The games go all day, and they only sell day passes for $400, not individual game tickets. We could hear the crowd from our balcony though, and our area of Causeway Bay was filled with drunken Europeans. And they dressed up. Superheroes, smurfs, NASA astronauts, lady bugs... Not sure what that has to do with rugby. There were tons of police officers out, which we've never seen before, and traffic was noticeably worse. But, a fun atmosphere.

Instead of rugby, we decided to go home and swim in our indoor pool, which is actually very nice. Good temp for swimming laps, and isn't chloreney at all. Drew needs to get his form down though. A bit trunkish for now. We then played ping pong. Drew is getting the hang of it very fast. I'll have him hooked yet.