Jet lag sucks!

Usually i'm on of those annoying people who manage to skip through timezones without too much trouble but i'm paying for it hard this time around. Actually i'm telling myself its exhaustion and not jet-lag in an attempt to make myself feel better, either way i'm out of wack big time.

Having woken at 4am, starving hungary, I was litterally banging on the door for them to open the hotel restaurant for breakfast at 7am. Yep, I could have gone out and got something in town but I just couldn't be bothered, lethargy having set in along with the hunger.

Around 12 I met up with Emma, my colleague who'se relocating out here 'permanently' for brunch. Honestly, I dont know how she does it but shes only been in town 5 minutes and she already knows all the good brunch places, where to get the best computer equipement and to shop... Anyway, we spent the afternoon wandering around Wan Chai, taking care of business. I had to pick up the contract for my appartment and was hoping to actually get a look at it before signing the 3 month lease. No luck though, it seems all the appartments are currently occupied, so I had to make do with a glance at the reception area, which king of resembles a concrete and glass kitch lounge club with mood lighting that pulses and changes every couple of seconds and an over-the-top chandelier. Very Austin Powers as Emma pointed out.

Actually everything in HK is OTT. Check this out for example



A fine example of one of the many 'tuning' efforts around the island that we were lucky enough to spy today. Thankfully Emma had her camera with her, although unfortunately its difficult to make out the plastic gold seat covers from this shot.

One of the other things I managed to achieve through my jet-lagged haze today was to apply for my visa for China. Normally I wouldn't be going out of my way to visit either Shanghai or Beijing, but given that works sending me out of my way for 3 months i'm going to take advantage of the fact and see if I can sneak in a couple of weekends away here and there. Actually if I cam manage it i'm also going to try and wing a trip here: http://banyantree.com/ringha/

In not usually into these type of spa/resorts but i've a friend of a friend who knows a man with a dog, and anyway, if I can get my arse to the middle of bloody no where, up the side of a mountain in China then theres a weekend of full on pampering and R&R waiting for me.

Right now though I have to enforce some R&R in this pokey hotel room in an attempt to appear almost normal tomorrow. Emma has a jam packed afternoon of shopping planned for us given that its 30c outside and I packed my wooly jumpers.

A bientot with more HK highlights

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