I’m not sure there’s a ton to write about but I’m trying to get into a habit here so here’s the latest. Since my last writing, I had chaos erupt over some banking issues. If you’re planning to ever move outside the country, make sure you take your cash with you and do not expect the bank to wire it to you. Bank of America will NOT wire my money to me since I cannot go into a branch. It’s a big pile of crap, so every day I take out my ATM limit and pay mucho fees. By next Friday I need to have enough to finish paying for my apartment deposit, but things seem to be on track there. There were two days of total stress and major freak outs but that is behind me now. I had an overdose on lychee martinis Friday night so I think I need to stay away from the sugar. Saw another movie today – this one in Cantonese (english subtitled), and filmed in hong kong. It’s called “Mad Detective” and it was pretty good. The main character cuts off his ear during the first five minutes and there were a lot of groans in the theater. I’m not sure if I mentioned this before but Hong Kong cinemas really put the volume up on the audio. It’s LOUD. I also got my nails done today. It’s a lot more expensive for a gel manicure here and it took almost 2 hours. I found a reasonably priced place in Causeway bay so I guess I’ll continue to go back there. My nails do look nice 
Here’s some new pics:
From today in Causeway Bay. These pics are a little boring but maybe you can get a feel for the Christmas decorating and busyness of Causeway Bay – this is on a Sunday afternoon: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/rachelmadams2005/HongKongTimeSquareCausewayBay
My apartment! These are from the realtor website so I’ll post better pics once i’m moved in and it’s furnished: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/rachelmadams2005/Apartment
I’m doing a few “expat” events this week so hopefully will make some friends.
That’s all for now! xxoo patch
