SIM cards, broken bottles, radio shows and salsa
I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!
So my favorite phone I ever had was the phone I bought in Sydney, Australia in 2003. I had hoped that it would accept an American SIM card but it didn't. So I got the closest looking one, but it kind of sucked. Then it broke and I got another one that sucked even more. But it was the closest looking on to my Australia phone so I stuck with it.
But TWO YEARS later the waiting has finally paid off! I've been carrying both phones (Australian and American) around with me but Japan and Korea have completely different networks from the rest of the world so not until I came to Hong Kong could I try it out.
But I actually forgot that I brought the phones with me and said to Danny, "Let's go buy a phone!" Then we got to the phone stores and I saw my Australia phone and realized, "Wait! I have two phones with me already! All I need is a SIM card!" I think he was kind of pissed cause SIM cards can be bought out of vending machines and we didn't have to go all the way to the sketchy electronics area of Hong Kong. But it was a good experience. So I got the SIM card and then we got ice cream from 7-11.
(The number is 011-852-6416-6706)
Then we went to the unsketchy part of Hong Kong! It was really nice! We walked along some harbor where everyone was taking pictures and then took a ferry across to Central train station and found Winterland! A whole big Christmas display that took up a full square block. Pretty cool.
Then we went to this place called The Fringe Club and I thought he had been saying The French Club. I thought of that FedEx ad. It's a cool bar with a stage but there were maybe a total of 10 people there and no music. We didn't stay long. Then we walked around the area with all the Western people. Very strange. It was an Irish bar next to an English bar next to an Irish bar next to an English bar. We skipped all those and went to this place that has Salsa night every Tuesday.
We sat on really comfortable couches and watched people who knew how to dance. That was really fun. I told Danny he should start going to the Essen Haus when he turns 21. Polka dancing is a lot easier than Salsa dancing.
Oh yeah and at dinner I bought a Snapple which Danny ended up putting in the pocket of his new blazer/jacket type thing. Then on the way up the stairs to the electronics area he tripped on the stairs and the bottle broke in his pocket. Diet Snapple Peach Iced Tea and the glass that used to contain it were all over the place. Actually just in his pocket. The iced tea eventually dried and we found a bakery and tried to buy some bread to get the last of the glass. Problem was it all looked too good and we decided we rather eat it than use it. We compromised and bought a croissant. Ate half and used half to get the glass out. It didn't work as well as real bread (there wasn't any) but it was a lot better than no bread.
Last things:
1) Danny's letting me co-host his radio show tomorrow night! You can listen online by clicking here on Wednesday at 8am (7am Central).
2) Danny got the code for the bathroom. It's 3223#, in case you're ever in Undergraduate Hall #1, Floor 3 of HKUST and need to use the women's bathroom.
3) We're going to go to a travel agent tomorrow and hopefully figure out this SE Asia stuff.
4) We got to sit in really fancy massaging chairs for 10 minutes in the train station. It was a full body chair. There was an adjustable built-in ottoman that sucked your legs in and massaged the bottom of your feet!
5) HKUST is built on a mountain and kind of looks like a space-age bathroom. In a good way. Lots of tile, everywhere.
So my favorite phone I ever had was the phone I bought in Sydney, Australia in 2003. I had hoped that it would accept an American SIM card but it didn't. So I got the closest looking one, but it kind of sucked. Then it broke and I got another one that sucked even more. But it was the closest looking on to my Australia phone so I stuck with it.
But TWO YEARS later the waiting has finally paid off! I've been carrying both phones (Australian and American) around with me but Japan and Korea have completely different networks from the rest of the world so not until I came to Hong Kong could I try it out.
But I actually forgot that I brought the phones with me and said to Danny, "Let's go buy a phone!" Then we got to the phone stores and I saw my Australia phone and realized, "Wait! I have two phones with me already! All I need is a SIM card!" I think he was kind of pissed cause SIM cards can be bought out of vending machines and we didn't have to go all the way to the sketchy electronics area of Hong Kong. But it was a good experience. So I got the SIM card and then we got ice cream from 7-11.
(The number is 011-852-6416-6706)
Then we went to the unsketchy part of Hong Kong! It was really nice! We walked along some harbor where everyone was taking pictures and then took a ferry across to Central train station and found Winterland! A whole big Christmas display that took up a full square block. Pretty cool.
Then we went to this place called The Fringe Club and I thought he had been saying The French Club. I thought of that FedEx ad. It's a cool bar with a stage but there were maybe a total of 10 people there and no music. We didn't stay long. Then we walked around the area with all the Western people. Very strange. It was an Irish bar next to an English bar next to an Irish bar next to an English bar. We skipped all those and went to this place that has Salsa night every Tuesday.
We sat on really comfortable couches and watched people who knew how to dance. That was really fun. I told Danny he should start going to the Essen Haus when he turns 21. Polka dancing is a lot easier than Salsa dancing.
Oh yeah and at dinner I bought a Snapple which Danny ended up putting in the pocket of his new blazer/jacket type thing. Then on the way up the stairs to the electronics area he tripped on the stairs and the bottle broke in his pocket. Diet Snapple Peach Iced Tea and the glass that used to contain it were all over the place. Actually just in his pocket. The iced tea eventually dried and we found a bakery and tried to buy some bread to get the last of the glass. Problem was it all looked too good and we decided we rather eat it than use it. We compromised and bought a croissant. Ate half and used half to get the glass out. It didn't work as well as real bread (there wasn't any) but it was a lot better than no bread.
Last things:
1) Danny's letting me co-host his radio show tomorrow night! You can listen online by clicking here on Wednesday at 8am (7am Central).
2) Danny got the code for the bathroom. It's 3223#, in case you're ever in Undergraduate Hall #1, Floor 3 of HKUST and need to use the women's bathroom.
3) We're going to go to a travel agent tomorrow and hopefully figure out this SE Asia stuff.
4) We got to sit in really fancy massaging chairs for 10 minutes in the train station. It was a full body chair. There was an adjustable built-in ottoman that sucked your legs in and massaged the bottom of your feet!
5) HKUST is built on a mountain and kind of looks like a space-age bathroom. In a good way. Lots of tile, everywhere.
posted by beth at 1:33 AM
2 Comments:
Hi Beth,
Wow! You fit more into 24 hours then I ever did! Sounds like a good day. Glad you have your own BR code. I'll play it in a lottery game. If I can keep my times straight, I'll be listening to you. If they take calls, I'll be one of the monopolizers.
Danny sounds like a fun friend. Say hi for me.
Love,
Barbara
Hey!
I heard a bit of the show because I called your parents who had it on their computer. I tried for 55 minutes to get on, and heard only fragments of Chinese music, and a man speaking Chinese very slowly. Slow and clear Chinese in no easier to get then fast Chinese.
Anyway, I hope you had fun. I now have a new version of Real Player. Enjoy the rest of your evening.
Love,
Barbara- the computer challenged
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