I'm back in Manila!

Hi everyone! I just got back a few hours ago, and boy am I exhausted. In the next week or so I'll be busy packing, because we're moving to an smaller 3-bedroom apartment in Alexandria (in Ortigas... nearer to Gracia) -- it's closer for both my mom and dad to go to work :) I'm going to miss my house and the swimming pool / garden :( I've lived here forever...

Oh well, the place will be a lot cleaner :) and besides, it's not like I'm going to be staying here anyway! :)

Hong Kong was lotsa fun! I mentioned before that I went swimming at the beach. I bought a lot of swimsuits... there is much more choice there than in Manila. And I have a new external harddrive (30GB) which was about the same as the cost of a flashdisk. Lots of shoes :) I think going for a week was very nice.. everyday I got to go out. Usually when we go for a long 2-week stay there, I'm forced to stay at home and do stupid babysitting. Hehe, so a short trip is an excuse to go out everyday! Oh, and it's awesome, because my cantonese has really improved. And we found these awesome, awesome stores in Tsim Tsa Tsui that have the wackiest, most unique clothes ever! And reasonably priced, like 700 pesos for the great, great quality. They have their own in-house designers and everything. There are no two pieces in the store that are alike. I got this sexy flowery green-brown print dress-top, and a pink hippie flowy-number :)

I got lost at the HK airport :) laugh at me, yes I did! It was embarassing, I'm 18 years old and I still got lost! Yeaaaaa. Because I go to a separate immigration counter when I arrive in Hong Kong for 'Visitors' (US citizen) while my mom and sister go to the 'Hong Kong Residents' counter which is much faster. Anyway, my mom said I'll meet you "outside" which I misunderstood.. it was really vague. So I went past customs -- didn't see my mom who went away to the information counter to ask something. They had to page me and everything :( because once I went out, I couldn't go back in (a mistake I immediately realized after I had gotten out). So yeah, obviously had to talk to the guards in Cantonese :( explained the situation so I could call the information desk phone number and get found :P

I've a few other stories to tell, heehee. May I please play tennis with you and Adhira, Josie? Sometime, if you're going to do it again. If you have nowhere to play we can take a day trip to Southwoods, my treat :)

p.s. Everybody check out adorable Adhira's blog! She hadn't been posting here, because of something wrong with her old account. I've just invited her to join again, using her new account (the one used with her personal blog). She should be back up and posting soon :)