80's Party!

We got invited to an 80's themed birthday party last weekend. Gotta love getting in costume!














Who knew they still make Dunkaroos? They were as delicious as I remembered...

Typhoon Warning T9

We survived our 2nd typhoon warning. This one went up to a 9 (1o is a hurricane). It was very windy and rainy. We felt safe and even ventured out for lunch. It's common for most Dim Sum restaurants to stay open during T8s.

View day of T9 warning

View on a clear day (you can see the green netting on the building on the left in both pics)

All the taxi's park on the street in a T8+. It looks like the abandon them!

Our First Visitor

We had our first visitor 2 weekends ago. Our friend Joel from Stryker stopped over for the weekend on his way to Korea. We had a great time!

We finally moved into our apartment!

Chris and I finally moved into our apartment on Friday. We've been busy getting settled. It turns out the building and area we moved to are "up and coming". We kind of fell backwards into that! Here are some pictures and links about our place. We'll send pictures of our apartment after I've had more time to clean and organize. :)

A few of the amenities...
Roof top pool - 43 stories high















Roof top "garden" also 43 stories high















We also have a nice gym - the only downfall is you have to pay per use for the pool and gym.

If you want to see more....

http://www.jresidence.com.hk/

http://www.kwre.com.hk/homespace_en/hong_kong_en.html#J_Residence

It's all about the Dim Sum...

Chris and I went to yum cha this past weekend. We found a really good place very close to our new apartment in Wan Chai. The shrimp dumplings are my favorite. We were told the shrimp dumpling is the quintessential dish of a Cantonese restaurant. Chris loves the pork buns (they are delicious too!)

Top 5 Favorite Things About Our Week

5) Our friend Mike told us about a great wine bar called - Tastings. We've been twice already. (picture below)









4) We found a fun comedy club and met some cool folks - Take Out Comedy - they are the first comedy club in China (http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/index2.html)

3) We bought our first item of furniture together! (our couch - still at the store)















2) We also purchased a wardrobe set and had it installed (built in closets aren't common here).
















1) We found out we get to move into our apartment on the 8th! We are pumped to start getting settled. It will be a busy week transitioning into the new place.

A random encounter

Chris ran into our friend Mike on Tuesday night who happened to be in town for a few days. Batman was just a bonus addition! There are over 7 million people in Hong Kong. Who would have thought?!