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Milk Tea
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Harriet is still feeling miserable from the mug of milk tea she drank at 5 pm yesterday. The milk/caffine is upsetting Harriet's stomach..... >_< Anyways, it was only last year Harriet discovered how strong those things are in Hong Kong. Harriet went to one of those "Tea restaurants" (茶餐廳) with her parents. What's a proper English name for those eateries? They're so unique to Hong Kong. Anyways, Harriet's mom asked for milk tea without milk. Actually, she just wanted tea without milk/lemon, a teh-o in Singapore. When the drink was served, it was dark like coffee! The cup of tea and was diluted into 3 cups and it was still too strong. Possibly, one cup of milkless Hong Kong milk tea = six+ cups of Singapore teh-o!  3 Comments Out of topics, so lets talk about weather
Monday, August 3, 2009
Today, Harriet left the house at 10 am to run a bunch of errands. At 3 pm, it was still scorching hot. For those of you who have not experienced summer extremities in Hong Kong, try to imagine humidity and trapped pollution within 35 degrees Celsius of heat. Not something sunglasses and umbrellas can take care of. By 4 pm rain pours and Harriet got stuck in a department store. Apparently the heat from yesterday and earlier in the day is due to a tropical cyclone, or we usually call it typhoon, coming our way. These things never go to Singapore, but when Harriet was a kid, typhoon days were happy days, because school will be canceled. Nonetheless, typhoons are serious business . Harriet used to stay in a high rise flat on a hill. The winds were so strong, we need to tape crosses on our windows to secure them when there's a typhoon. Back then, Harriet only saw trees swishing around, at most being snapped out of place and blocking the school bus route, whee! XD Harriet lives in the urban area now, and Harriet has seen debris flying through the streets. Harriet even saw a billboard being ripped out of its frame. Pretty scary stuff. Staying indoors is generally safe, and it is actually pretty cool to observe the city as it comes to a halt and watch the storm raging through the city. Kind of cinematic as Harriet would describe it as. Typhoons are less common and less violent in the recent years, which is a good thing because there will be heavy rainfall following a typhoon and it's kind of annoying really, though it brings down the heat. >_<  4 Comments Heat = lacking coherence
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Harriet's enthusiasm is starting to run dry and the temperature in Hong Kong now is a scorching 35 degrees Celsius. Harriet doesn't want to go out. It's way too hot! >_< All Harriet want is lots of ice cream and get sugar high! ♪ Then again, the weather is so horrible, Harriet don't even want to get out and walk to the supermarket opposite. Oh the dilemma! At home, Harriet has been photographing her doll and Harriet's mom keep telling Harriet to buy more colorful outfits for her doll. >_> Harriet's mom has lots to say about it! All that heat is bad for productivity and obviously applies to this post too and there's a bird attacking our air conditioner =3=  1 Comments |
