11th of February — Picking up from last time…
- My cousin 卓兒 (Cheuk Yi), her two guy friends and I arrived at the cinema and joined the huge queues after our little walkabout, showed our tickets, got some muchies and drink and headed up to the 4th floor to our allocated mini-cinema which was showing Meet the Fockers, sequal to Meet the Parents. Enjoyable 2 hour film, though as ever, no spoilers from me! ;)
- One of my cousin’s friends actually took their private car out yesterday so after the film at 02:15 HKT, it was he that gave everyone lifts back homewards! Good chap. ;)
- Arranged to meet my cousin 卓兒 (Cheuk Yi) come day time once we got some sleep. With myself waking gone 14:00 HKT, didn’t really get much done at all before I needed to make my way up to Lok Fu
- Arrived at my uncle’s sometime around 16:00 HKT with my youngest cousin 卓兒 (Cheuk Yi) more or less ready and on baby sitting duties for my nephew as the elder cousin 卓欣 (Cheuk Yan) had taken grandmother for a check-up with the doctor’s
- The plans for the evening was to go to 大埔 (Tai Po) in 新界 (New Territories) round a friend of my youngest cousin 卓兒 (Cheuk Yi) and have a barbeque. A friend whom volunteered himself to be our driver (大埔 (Tai Po) is quite “out in the sticks” by Hong Kong standards) was to arrive at about 18:00 HKT
- Another friend whom was getting a lift with us arrived at 17:00 HKT so to past some time; my cousin, him and I popped down to Lok Fu Shopping Centre just a few minutes walk away to get some ice cream for my nephew, a traditional Chinese dice game and some cigarettes for the male friend
- Arrived at the house in 大埔 (Tai Po) some time near 18:40 HKT having got a little bit lost on the way! The house itself was a rather nice little European styled maisonette complete with small garden, something of a real rarity in Hong Kong. Almost perfect weather for an outdoor evening barbeque too!
- The choice of food was typically Hong Kong Chinese with such things are fish balls, peppered beef fillets, duck’s liver, chicken wings and so on, cooked above a bright burning charcoals as opposed to the glowing ones favoured by Westerners. Oh, and everything gets a good smattering of honey and another little twirl over the fire to be considered done!
- Elder cousin 卓欣 (Cheuk Yan) arrived with her hubby and son around 21:30 HKT bring some food of their own to cook with a Japanese theme of things like squid balls and fish rolls. By this time most had gone back inside where it was warmer to gamble though I and another friend braved the now slightly breezier conditions to finish of barbecuing the beef and pork fillets!
- With food and charcoal pretty much exhausted by 22:30 HKT, the few that braved the elements headed back in to either gamble or just watch and try and figure out what’s going on (that is, me). Nephew managed to keep himself well entertained my playing with two small dogs the party host keeps. :D
- Time rapidly approaching 00:00 HKT, everyone were either placing last bets to win some money for a taxi ride home, make up for what they lost so far in the evening or both! Nephew by now was fast asleep on the couch as he’d more than tired himself out
- My elder cousin 卓欣 (Cheuk Yan) whose hubby was driving his work van offered myself a lift back to Mong Kok where I was staying plus a girly from the barbeque whom lived inbetween at Sha Tin where as 卓兒 (Cheuk Yi) and her designated driver helped get home a couple of the others that were a little stick as regards to how to get home!
So now being rather worn out and stinky (damn barbeque smoke!), time for a shower and sleep then see what happens when commeth the new day! :D