Today was simply perfect. Kim went to pray and asked for something from Buddha in Wong Tai Sin Temple. And I was the luckiest man on earth that she took me there. This was so far the best place I've seen since I'm here. I was walking and walking and simply felt good. Still feel the ZEN. Thank you Buddha, thank you Kim!
On the way back I did some shopping in Mong Kok and had the 'last supper' at the neighbor restaurant. Said good bye to Peter the doorman and went for a walk here on Queensroad. Tomorrow I leave Hong Kong for Singapore. But be back soon I'm sure!
Hong Kong is full of surprises. Finally I managed to play the CDs I bought last week. In the shop I asked for traditional Chinese music and Chinese hip-hop. I bought two double hip-hop collections and one folk music CD. I really can not tell the names of the artist because there're only Chinese writings on the covers. So the traditional music was OK. BUT! The others... you'll hear under the video. Each track is something like this. Chinese versions of US pop hits from the 80's and 90's. What shall I say? Interesting... The other so called hip-hop CD looks double but it's not. When I opened the box, found only one disc but lots of other things like puzzle, postcards, photo albums and so on. I still don't know if it's hip-hop or not, full multimedia, games, videos and stuff, just can't be played. And it's always like this here with everything. You ask for something and get something that's similar but different. Today I asked for cold lemon tea and they gave me hot milk tea. Whatever. Tea...
Yesterday I met Sarah and her friends, visited the brand new Hong Kong Starbucks, had dinner in a very nice traditional Chinese restaurant. There I was almost sold to a lovely lady whose family is in the Chinese-US jewelry business. Panicked, escaped. After dinner with Kim, Adrian and a Dutch guy who came here from Holland all by train (!) we hit the Hong Kong nightlife. Started with a place called 'The Galleria 9' located in the jungle of giant skyscrapers and from its rooftop you can see the whole city. Shoes and face check at the entrance, open bar till 1 AM, R'N'B. As the bar closed we went forward to the Hong Kong 'SOHO'. No data available.
Today Adrian's parents arrived, the place's getting a bit dizzy here on Queensroad but we share the couch. Down the streets still fire burnings and smoke for the ghosts.
This evening Mr. Peter Ming Wong guided me around in Light in Motion Co Ltd. The Hong Kong based post-production studio deals with TV commercials, 2D/3D animation, channel design and visual effects. They have two offline and two online HD edit rooms, one digital composing room and one for multimedia and animation. Using Quantel Infinity, Discreet Flint, Avid, Final Cut Pro HD and Shake, Light In Motion's main profile is post-production work for local TV channels, National Geographic, Disney and Panasonic Football Channel. Peter also provided me many useful information about the Hong Kong TV / film production and post-production, work conditions and possibilities. The place was nice and friendly, thank you for hospitality, hope to see you again soon!
After the visit I got home without getting lost! And prepared a traditional Hungarian LECSO for Adrian. Paprika and spices wasn't easy things to round up here, but I found something similar. A bit bigger, bit greener but it was paprika I think. Finally we ate something without rice! Adrian liked it he said.
Good news: no mosquito bites, no malaria! (Hopefully) Bad news: the ghosts are coming.
Today with Charlotte we walked a lot all around in New Territories. I saw the rural are of Hong Kong, the fish market where filming was not easy, Golden Beach where it's only the main road that divides yachts, palm trees and big hotels from poverty and we had korean barbeque roasted in front of my eyes. Also learnt a lot about Chinese weddings, founding fathers of the nation and about the main dynasties of China. Thank you Charlotte, you're a great guide!
This season is for the ghosts. Shadow and dark places are better to be avoided. People burn candles, incenses on the street and also leave fruits and food on the sidewalks for the ghosts. Now it's 5 AM, I'm editing opposite to the window but haven't seen any ghost yet. Only one showed up here in Adrian's place, the Spanish guy who we haven't seen for two days and now sleeping on the couch. I put the leftover rice and one papaya on the floor for him and went down for a smoke.
Today I met Kim from Malaysia, she works here as interior designer, extremely kind and took me to a restaurant that I'd never find by myself. Food was excellent! Since I'm here only had great food, really don't have a clue what am I eating but like it. Seafood and dim-sum rules!
A Spanish guy appeared in Adrian's place this morning, just like a ghost, pops up and disappears. Notebooks, bags and cloths are around but no sight of any human being. Adrian said he moves forward to Thailand tomorrow. Whatever...
Tomorrow I'm planning to visit the New Territories, on the North-East side of Hong Kong, it's more village-like and as Charlotte, my local guide described, I have to beware mosquitos and malaria. FCUK!
Ohhooo.. I switched to Vimeo Plus, so you can watch Queensroad in High-Definition. From now on all the videos are HD here!
