We are now in the year of the rat. The Lunar New Year celebration is very important in Hong Kong and there are several public holidays over the next couple of days. My university organized a traditional New Year Dinner for the exchange students on Monday. We also made couplets (little red notes to hang around the house for good luck) and went to the flower market. The dinner, which is usually partaken on New Year's Eve, was held in a restaurant and consisted of many small meals. When people in Hong Kong are celebrating or just having a family dinner they usually go to a restaurant. Most people simply do not have room in their on apartments for that kind of activities.
The flower market was an experience in itself. When one of the French exchange students said "so where is this flower market?" - while standing right in the middle of it - he pretty much summed it up. Circus is probably a more accurate description than flower market, even though there were flowers there too - in-between all the balloons, t-shirts, food stalls, sellers and thousands of people.
I am leaving for Bangkok today. Going to meet some friends from Sandnes that are backpacking. Will be back in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
Funky flowers
4 comments:
i didnt know flowers could look like octopus :P. sounds like a good but strange time out at a flower market. have fun in bangkok, buy me lots. mwas. should be hotter thank HK.
Vasos
God tur til Bangkok. Hils gjengen fra Sandnes og ønsk de god bedring, håper de snart er på beina igjen etter matforgiftningen.
Heisann Hege. 1000 takk for kortet. Det var kjempe kjekt. Kanskje komme det någe i posten te deg og....
Ida savner deg mye fordi du e så søt.Idas Hilsen: Roser er røde,
Fioler er blå, druer er søte og du er likeså.
Nå har eg (Ida) bestemt at Vas e kjempe fin kjærese så du må ta ham med på besøk igjen.
Jone: Kule bilder. På onsdag kommer Ørjan hjem fra Tiverton, det blir kjekt
Klem fra Ida og Jone. Sko hilsa fra mamma og pappa.
hei hege -takk for kort. I dag sa Australia unnskyld til maoriene! Nå kom Kjetil nettopp inn og i morgen kommer Atle. Skal hilse. F.mor
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