i'm bored, so i decided to pick interesting stuff out from the facebook descriptions of the groups that is SO TRUE (for me) and hilariously funny. Well, you wont find it funny if you're not from these places.

You know you're from Hong Kong when...

1. You started singing karaoke when you were five. (with videos to proof it. xD)
2. You have more than 30 cousins.
3. You confuse Welcome with Wellcome.
4. You drink vita soy.
5. You love to go yum cha.
6. Your friends ask you if Hong Kong is a country.
7. You eat instant noodles too often.
8. You ALWAYS buy real software and DVDs. ALWAYS. =/
9. Your Chinese handwriting really sucks.
10. People accuse you of having (and starting) SARS.
11. Your foreign friends don't mess with you because they think you know kung fu. (one of the brits from my seminar asked if i know kung fu.. -.-)
12. If someone buys something, you brag about how its cheaper in Hong Kong. xD
13. When having dim sum, you rinse your dishes in hot water before you eat.
14. You ask, "when are you going back to Hong Kong?" instead of "when are you going to Hong Kong?".
15. You miss the drinks and snacks that you can only get in Hong Kong. (like really really good ice lemon tea and EGG TARTS)
16. You show off your mobile phone that you got in Hong Kong "for cheap."
17. You use Bak Fa Yao. (HILARIOUS. HAHAHA)
18. You have at least one shirt that says "Hong Kong" on the front.
19. When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out.
20. You use Park 'N Shop bags as binliners. (ok NTUC Fairprice bags since i'm living in Singapore, but it's the same concept!)
21. You have a piano in your living room.
22. You beat eggs with chopsticks instead of a fork.
23. You're in another country and everything moves so slowly. (totally)
24. You like congee with thousand year old eggs.
25. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached.
26. You use a face cloth.
27. You miss the MTR, and Red Taxis.
28. You know someone who can get you a good deal on electronics.
29. Chinese food in other countries doesn't taste right.
30. You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
31. You look like you are sixteen.
32. You wear (or need) glasses.
33. You say aiya! and wah!.
34. You’re mum talks to you in Chinese and you reply in English.
35. It annoys you how shops close at 5pm in other countries and you expect them to be open.
36. People don't believe that you live on the 28th floor. (or 33rd floor..)
37. You ask your parents help on one math problem and 2 hours later they're still lecturing. (so true, well thank goodness jc maths got too difficult for my dad to solve)
38. You eat bak choy.
39. You wish you could go back to Hong Kong for just 1 day, which you would spend shopping and eating.
40. You make a list of things to do and buy when you get back.
41. Everyone thinks you're good at math.
42. All of your friends ask you to translate whenever they see Chinese characters.
43. The vast majority of the people related to you wear glasses/contacts.
44. You think Mcdonalds in other countries is expensive. (IT IS!)
45. You get homesick when you watch Rush Hour 2
46. You own a rice cooker.
47. The furniture in your house never matches the wallpaper, the carpet, the decorations, or any of the rest of the furniture. (HAHA. totally)

You know you're from Singapore when...

1. You've sung the national anthem since you were in primary 1 and still have no idea what it really means (oops...)
2. People ask you what you speak at home and you say 'uhh...' (a plethora of languages and dialects?)
3. You look at someone (when you’re overseas) and a 6th sense tells you that they’re from Singapore too
4.  Tying a soccer game with Malaysia actually means something significant

just got back from hong kong yesterday afternoon, back to the land where it's so cold my nose feels like it's going to drop off. well, that was how my nose felt when i walked out to costcutters to get coins for laundry just now. bumped into Hermit in the kitchen just now, and well i couldnt have felt more relieved that there was at least some other person in the flat with me. and the fact that if there's anything she's just really a door opposite from me. phew.

i was all ready to faint yesterday night when i was trying to bathe and unpack. after a gruelling 12 hour flight, i arrived about half an hour early at 1300, decided that 5 hours is too long a wait for the coach so decided to take the train instead. i must have not been thinking properly, and i cant believe myself to be so adventurous as to find my way back to coventry even after i heard from the person there's no direct train from the airport. but i did anyway. so from heathrow to london paddington, then change to the underground to Euston Square station. then walk to Euston 'overground' station. and took train to Coventry. before taking bus 12 back to campus. so yes i can finally tell people, i've been to London. i've walked 200m of London (from Euston Underground station to the 'overground' station) with my #)%@(%* luggage.

but i'm jetlag-less now (: sober enough to blog. my trip to hk was a good nice break away from the uk greyness. good company, good food, good weather - what more can one ask for? =) spent 2 days in macau as well - it's sure a heaven for gambling addicts. Casinos casinos everywhere! all the decently good hotels have casinos, except one.. where we stayed at. hahaa. had the best portugese egg tarts ever, managed to see several scenes from the Princess hours show as well. visited a cathedral, went to the ruins of the St Paul's cathedral.. well that's about it. haha. didnt do much shopping this time round in hk, but i got TVB series! hahaaha. yay. so happy.

sometimes i just think life goes in circles. very intriguing.