Mid Level Madness

I was off work today because of "Labour" day - fine by me! I unfortunately had at 7:00 am conference call w
So my little abode in Wan Chai is starting to drive me nuts. What was advertised as 400 square feet, in reality, is more like 200 and change - and feels like 100 plus. I'm really missing having access to a gym (man, these jeans must have shrunk or somethin'!). So today, I shrugged off my laziness and explored.

For the record, I TRIED to find a place that would measure me for a tuxedo (sorry D&A), but everything was closed. I'll try again tomorrow.

After that, I went in search of new digs. Soon, I'll be moving out of Luard Park due to my lease expiring and will need new accommodations. For some reason, I've been convinced that the mid-levels would hold my next abode in Hong Kong. All my expat coworkers live on the southern part of the island - too far away from civilization for me. I love the beaches and everything, but having to take a cab to go anywhere isn't ideal in my opinion. I want to be where the action is!

So I decided to go it on foot. What a dumb idea. I went to the Hopewell Center and took some stairs up the hillside. Oh boy, there were a ton of stairs. That took me to Kennedy Road, which was amazingly quiet. Once you get a little way out of the craziness of the north side of the island, it's like you're in a little slice of paradise.

So as I was soaking in the bird calls and the yellow-fever tainted mosquitoes, I continually came across more and more stairs. I'm horrible with a map, so I blindly went up them. The funny thing I realized is, many of these stairs are built exclusively for an apartment complex or two. I went up this particularly cool structure that looked like a spiral staircase blasted out of solid rock, only to find a very confused security guard as I tried to play it off that I went up and down the staircase for no reason whatsoever. There were also some sections of the road that had no sidewalk - and AC can attest what a scary proposition that may be.

In the end, I alighted another random staircase and found myself right next to - The Great! All roads point there, I'm telling you! With disgusting dark sweat stains all over my designer t-shirt, I shuffled my way home. My little place in Wan Chai didn't seem so small after all. Especially after I rode up the elevator with my neighbor - and a hooker - yeah, life in Wan Chai isn't so bad after all.ith the US, but happily took a nap promptly after.