Just got back from my cousin’s wedding banquet, at a top hotel in Admiralty. The service, food, everything were just perfect. Did the countdown to 2004 there as well.
There were moments of impatience, but as a whole Jasper behaved rather well. Everybody loved him there.
Dad had to take grandparents home, so we had to take the 962. We were outside the Pacific Place waiting for the bus at around 00:15 hours. All the KMB long-haul buses were still running normal service. Citibus was already running the N962 (N for Night owl), which was quite a bit more expensive. Scandulous rip-off.
The N962 was absolutely packed. I find the idea of going to Causeway Bay or Tsim Sha Tsui to “celebrate” festivals disturbing. These places are so packed during special events that facilities catering for refreshments, nature’s call, transportation etc. are all going to be stretched very thin, and chances are one wouldn’t enjoy being there. Even more ridiculous is, as To Kit pointed out in his excellent CR1 night programme, that folks these days seem to “countdown” to every festival, even Halloween! Also funny that as soon as the countdown is finished, people just head home, instead of partying till sunrise. So what’s the point of celebrating at the hot spots?
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1 James Mok // Jan 1, 2004 at 8:27 am
Happy New Year.
I hate these public events also. I’d rather stay home and host a private party for some twenty guests myself than going out in HK.
I especially hate watching people leaving trash all over. 2.3 metric tons of garbage a night for Christmas Eve in the Cultural Centre alone is still a lot even though it was much less than the previous’ 13 metric tons. The fact that people take the lower number as a compliment instead of still being shameful renders them hopeless. Remember the chairman of the World Cup Soccer Organization commented at the end of the 1998 games that after each and every games where there were a group of Japanese or Korean spectators, their stands were left even cleaner than before the game started! That’s a cultural superiority that the Chinese could never surpass.