Saturday, September 18, 2010

Beat the typhoon back to HK, love Asia air travel, but not yet a 'foodie/cook'

I made it back to Hong Kong! There's a big typhoon hitting Taiwan this Saturday evening.  I beat it by leaving a half day earlier.

Last night I joined about 10 other Sloan MBA alumni and Jackie in Taipei for a barbecue dinner at a trendy restaurant named MoE.  Most were in '08 year so I knew very few people. It was nice to meet everyone though, and incidentally 4 of us were in town from Hong Kong!  Sadly I had to step out for a work conference call during dinner... sigh.

Woke up early this Saturday morning in Taipei to try and catch the 11am flight with Stephen's uncle Arthur. I was originally at noon. But Cathay Pacific is SOOO good that I was put on the flight even before Uncle Arthur... and upgraded to business class!  Got to the airport at 9:40am, thru airport security, had a quick chat with Uncle at the lounge and boarded my plane by 10:05.... hmm... how effective is that security :)  NO complaints from me though...

(On a side note... i fly hundreds of thousands of miles with Air Canada/United each year, only to have to fumble through upgrade coupons and resort to begging for an upgrade... I have pretty basic marco polo cathay pacific status, forgot my number so just showed my AA number!  Just a better flying experience here in Asia)

After a modern and fast Airport Express train ride to Hong Kong Central station, I decided to walk home instead of change trains. Its a lovely day in Hong Kong, 30 degrees C, sunny.  Now I'm relaxing back at home (they fixed my Air Conditioner in the week I was gone).

Although I don't plan to eat... I decided to cook pasta to store for later.  This past few weeks, I always though my kitchen was small, but couldn't figure out what was missing.  Guess what??!!  I DON'T HAVE AN OVEN!!  Trying to make garlic bread only to open the lower cupboard full of pans.  Clearly I'm not the foodie/cook that I aspire to be...

Tomorrow I plan to catch up for dim sum with other MBA classmates in Hong Kong, and maybe dinner as well.  So much for my pasta; maybe I'll pack it for lunch this week at work!

Enjoy your Sunday!

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