take me home, country roads

yep, you guessed it. I *finally* made it out to karaoke night!

This was my first visit to Happy Valley, which is an out-of-the way neighborhood famous for its race tracks, coupled-off lesbians and popstar sightings in the congee shops (think of Ashley Simpson just chowing down on a slice of Ray's Pizza in NYC and you get the idea).

Sang a bit of George Michael and John Denver, even the Spice Girls. Super fun Wednesday night with my mates Sophia and Susan. Susan's traveling around the world for 6 months... she's an explorer. And Soph is a film/video producer. So it was the perfect distraction from some rough days at work! Man, we need more swanky karaoke bars in NY... nothing seedy, just a beautiful space and your favorite tunes in English and in Cantonese. :)

Peking Duck for expats

So, this week I had a fantastic surprise... two more colleagues from NY came out for a visit. This brings the total up to 6 women from my NYC office, all in HK for short-term assignments. It was great to have everyone together, and we ate ate ate our way through a particularly grueling week. The best meal by far was the Peking Duck dinner.

I see why everyone says the expats get fat here, but we've also got people in dance classes, training for marathons, and having tennis dates. You can even ice-skate on your lunch break. Can't wait to take Bren ice skating when she gets here next weekend!