vacation in HK and Thailand

it was short but fun. spent 4 days in HK, then the remainder of the time in bangkok and thailand. most of the trip was eating good cheap food and shopping. while in HK, i had the chance to have dimsum with my maternal grandfather. it's been about 9 years since i've last seen him. he seemed well for the most part, just slowing down and told us about how it was more important to enjoy life than to work too hard. he had his own company when he was younger and said he would always worry about it. now he says if he were to have done it over, he wouldn't have had his own company so he could enjoy other things in life. it's kind of hard to make myself slow down these days, but i'm thankful my job is not extremely stressful and i can normally enjoy my weekends.

in thailand we didn't really go to any bars. sorry cindy. we were too disturbed by seeing all the old men with the young prostitutes. haha. actually we were all too tired to go to bars since we would wake up early and leave at 8 or 9 every morning to make the most of the day. did a LOT of shopping on the trip, although when i really think about it i didn't really buy that much. most of the time was taken up travelling from one location to the other and walking a LOT.

highlights:
exploring caves in phuket
yummy food in HK
seeing relatives (goo ma, goo jeung, cousins, grandpa)
boat ride around the islands
mango sago with pomelo
my first thai massage after a long day of walking

lowlights:
bombings in bangkok that didn't allow us to see my friend to go out for new years
sore feet


can't wait to go on vacation again

although i can do without the jetlag. i woke up at 3:30 this morning and couldn't fall asleep. :(