I didn't explain my life story to anyone today!

Garfield, my trustworthy pal!

My parents are awesome. Look at this sign they made me!! Garfield! It's been 4 days since I got back, but I'm still not fully adjusted. It's like the bed is TOO comfy and everything is so clean! The main problem is the jetlag. I've never had such difficulties before! But the past few days, these nap attacks hit me at 3pm... brutal! But I only gave in once and slept til 9 ...at which point my Mom told me to get up for dinner. lol.

Yesterday was my Mom's birthday! We went out for Dim Sum and even though I had Dim Sum EVERY DAY (sometimes twice a day!) in Hong Kong, it was still enjoyable. Portion sizes in Canada are I dunno, double those in Hong Kong? So are the prices...LOL. I baked my Mom a jello cheesecake. One of the replacement children, Alan, and my Dad's cousin, Jessie, helped out. Thanks Michelle, Jello cheesecake rocks! But doh, I cut the cake out of the springform too early, and the jello was all leaking out the sides...but shh, don't tell!

My Mom, me, and the tasty tasty lemon cheesecake...

Let's go for a whirlwind recap:

Hong Kong was super... stepping off the plane, my grandma and aunt didn't recognize me because I was so tanned. LOL, in Hong Kong, they like people to be "whiter". Seeing relatives was a breath of fresh air...I started to think of home + Canada + all you loyal readers of this blog. There was much shopping to be done and SO SO much food. Innumerable dinners with all my relatives, it was great to see my cousins! Man, we're all growing up! Crazy! Disneyland Hong Kong is nifty. I think the castle is 10x smaller than the one at DisneyWorld, and the park is doable in a day.

Dog meat restaurant...not uncommon in Guang Zhou...I didn't try it, of course!

I went back to Guang Zhou, a province in Southern China, and visited the village where my maternal grandparents are from. Wow, there's a boulevard that looks something like Les Champs Elysees right next door now! It's been 15 years since I visited, and the last time I was there, I banged up my eyebrow. One of the villagers that helped carry me to the hospital recognized me! And he gave me 4 live fish as a present! Wow... ok, this is horrible: Two of them died in the car...we had dinner before we went home...


Last few days in Thailand were covered in the last post...here are the anticipated pics!

Me, biking on Koh Tao...and of course, the tattoo. :)