As slow as the week seemed to have gone by, it's hard to believe that Friday marked the second last day for my time in Hong Kong. Like the rest of the other days in Hong Kong, we started it off by walking her dogs. Instead of going down by the river, we opted for the dog park nearby. Luckily, there were no other dogs at the moment. The two of them had all the time they wanted to sniff around.
When the two of them wanted to leave, we leashed them back up and headed back to her place. With all the major attractions/events completed over the past two days, it was nice to have it easy for the day. We waited for the rest of her family to wake up before we headed off to another district. Her mom and brother had work while her dad and us went out for breakfast nearby. I've been eating a bunch of different noodle dishes over the past week - with breakfast being a rice noodle & satay beef. I had some scrambled eggs and toast on the side. All of it was extremely good - the satay is unlike Vietnamese satay in that it wasn't as spicy. The eggs were silky smooth and the toast was flavorful. There was also some fried pork and chicken as well, which definitely made this a hearty breakfast.
With breakfast done, we headed back to her place to relax. Her dad went out later on, while we stayed back to play with her dogs. When the afternoon hit, we went out to complete some chores of our own in the nearby shopping district. When completed, her dad came to pick us up and took us to her mom's restaurant. We arrived just before the reopened for dinner. We got a ramen to share between the two of us - a shrimp flavored soup base ramen with all the works. I had this broth two years back; I felt it was improved this time around. The shrimp wasn't overpowering the rest of the ramen, but rather blended the char siu, corn, seaweed and noodles present. We also had some fried oysters, which had the same wonderful taste. Once we finished, we headed out with intent to go back home.
But before that, we stopped by the nearby 7-11 for some ice cream. As we munched our treats, we headed to the nearest light rail station to take the train back. The light rail is very like the C-Train back home. What really tripped me up was a group of students speaking in fluent English; using the same slang that my students use back home in Calgary! I guess that's how interconnected our world is nowadays.
Once we got off at the right station, we headed to a spot to catch a mini-bus back to her neighbourhood. That pretty much was my day!
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