Office Opening in China

Last saturday we where invited for the opening of a factury in China.
The tradition is interesting:

There is a table with fruits rice, a small pig and some alkohol
for the Buddha.
Then everybody burnt some joss sticks and wished all the best for the company.

Left:
Here you see the rest of a firework... very noisy

Right:
people burn paper money

Of course we didn't left the
pig for Buddha.....

Mexican party

Saturday I was at a mexican party, organized by the mexican (or international) dragonboat team.

We had fun and lots of tequilla.... dancing all night long.

Actually already on the way home, me and Mostafa just stopped for a coffee at a bar in Wan Chai and then we started dancing, met some people....

Finally we endet up in " dusk til dawn" http://www.orientexpat.com/hong-kong-nightlife/dusk-till-dawn.html

It was a great night ;-)

Bun Festival in Cheung Chau

Last monday my friend Mostafa and I went to Cheung Chau to see the parade and the cake mountains at the Bun Festival.

Unfortunatly few million people had the same idea, so we could'nt see much more than people with there cameras.

At least... again... the food was good and I saw the parade in the evening at TV.

http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/heritage/festivals/he_fest_cheu.jhtml

New flat

On friday I moved already into my new flat.

Where you expect me to live?

Here???......................................................or here??????

Well... I like old buildings, but also need some luxury.
I found an apartment in Hung Hom Laguna Verde http://www.lagunaverde.com.hk/

Compared with my flat in Switzerland its really small but I like the view.
It reminds me of swiss mountains, just more interesting.
Now I still need many things to buy; first some curtains. Otherwise people can always watch me.

I also watching my neighbors, most of the families dont close there curtains in the evening and its more interesting to see the familylife of other people than watching TV.
Dont tell me, I should not do this, they can see me as well....

As soon as I have a sofa bed, visitors are wellcome :-)

Food in Hong Kong

Yes, I know... you expect now to read something about my new job, about finding a flat and so on.
About the job I can tell more when I find out what I can do here.
And when I move into my new flat on frieday I will post some pictures.

But back to food or the way of eating in Hong Kong:
Yesterday I had breakfast in a french cafe. They have good cafe and the same choice of baguette since years. My favorite: sandwich toulouse with bacon, cheese, salat, turkey and avocado.
For lunch I went to a common chinese restaurant. The place was full of people, the little boy at my table eat his steak and rice with fork and knife, his grandmother used a spoon for her vegetables and rice and I used chopsticks for the roasted duck with rice.
In the early evening I passed a place with indian streetfood and it smelled so good, that I had to try it.
Later, when I was hungry again, I tried some sushi at a new japanese restaurant.
Then, after shopping and store check I got a nice mangocake from the bakery next to the hotel. When I opend the paparbox in my room I found also a plastic fork... nice service.

Its amazing, you can eat anything you like at any time. I wonder if I will ever use the kitchen in my new flat.
But dont worry... with my new flat I get also free access to a gym and 3 pools :-)