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 :-)

Babyboom in Reutlingen

Here my friends new familymembers: Ilias, Kid and Adam.

Sunday Brunch in Melide

Good bye swiss

Die letzten 2 Jahre, die ich hier lebte, konnte ich mich nicht wirklich an die Berge und die Idylle gewöhnen, aber wenigstens habe ich jetzt kein schlechtes Gewissen mehr, wenn ich sage:

DIE SCHWEIZ IST LANGWEILIG.

Verzeiht mir, ihr Schweizer, ihr seid nett und das Land wunderschön... mein Geschmack ist nur völlig verdreht und ich freue mich auf die verfallenen Hochhäuser, den Lärm, die seltsamen Gerüche, den Dreck...
Trotzdem... ich hatte eine gute Zeit hier und viel Spass und ich bin sicher, dass mich einige meiner Freunde in Hong Kong besuchen werden (ich bin deshalb so sicher, weil 2 schon einen Flug dahin gebucht haben :-)

Übrigens habe ich kürzlich entdeckt, dass das Casino recht unterhaltsam ist... solange man gewinnt. "Black Jack" macht richtig Spass und obwohl ich diesmal gewonnen habe, ist es wohl besser, dass ich es nicht früher ausprobiert habe :)

Since I live here, almost 2 years, I could not really get used to the mountains, lakes, the swiss idyll but at least I dont have anymore a bad conscience when I say:

SWITZERLAND IS BORING.

Forgive me, swiss people, you are nice and the country beautiful. I only have a wired tast and so I looking forward to see the old weathered skyscraper, hear the noise, smell strange things...
Although... I had a good time here, lots of fun and I m sure that some of my friends will come to visit me in Hong Kong (I m sure, because 2 already booked a flight :-)
By the way... I recently found out, that the CASINO is entertainingly¨... as long as one win.
"Black Jack is real fun but although I won this time its probably better that I did not found the way to the casino earlier :-)

Umzug nach Hong Kong / Moving to Hong Kong

Hallo zusammen, bald ist es soweit und ich ziehe nach Hong Kong.

Ständig fragen mich alle, ob ich schon aufgeregt bin und mich freue. Klar freue ich mich auf das Neue, aber aufgeregt bin ich überhaupt nicht.

Ich habe keine Ahnung, was genau auf mich zukommt, wie die Arbeit wird und ob mir Hong Kong noch gefällt, wenn ich "richtig" da wohne. Aber seit ich das erste Mal dort war, war es immer mein Wunsch, da zu wohnen.

Also: wir werden sehen, was passiert....

Hey all, soon I will move to Hong Kong.

Now all the time people asking me, if I`m already excited and if I`m happy to go there. Surely I looking forward to go and face something new, but I`m not excieted at all.

I have no idea what will happen, how work will be and if I still like Hong Kong, when I really "live" there. But since I was there the first time it was always my wish, to live in Hong Kong.

So... we will see...