Time to have a quick round up of what I’ve been doing with myself the past few weeks. Firstly, I have been playing a lot of netball. A LOT! So much so that my injuries are starting to hurt again which is not cool, but what is cool is that we are top of the league huzzah. Mighty Eagles (yes that is our name!) have soared to the top of Division 4! We’ve one game left to go before we reach the play offs and figure out if we’re going up a league. Truth be told, I’d be scared of moving up, I’d worry we’d lose every match whereas this season (sorry to brag) we’ve won practically everyone…
I’ve really enjoyed joining a club and making new friends in Hong Kong. As you all know, I’ve tried joining other things and never really stuck at it, the gym, yoga, crossfit (more out of cost concerns), learning mandarin and dragon boating to name just a few (!). But what is great about this netball club is that I’m not forced to practice every week and play a match. It is all pretty casual, and the team is made up of a mixed bunch of ladies of different ages, background etc. I say casual, but lets face it, the team is pretty competitive on and off court! We lost last week, and although I said I didn’t care at the time, I really bloody do and if we play that team again there is going to 110% effort going in. They’ll get what they dished out back, ha. No hard feelings post match, honest!
The full team minus Tara!
I just hope my injuries don’t return so I can continue playing – last season’s calf tear and sprained ankle combo was, to put it mildly, a bit of bitch. So here’s celebrating something in my social life that wasn’t just a fad, ha, and I really hope the team are all on board for next year. Particularly looking forward to getting some new uniforms potentially, because lets just say after two years of hardcore playing, mine has seen better days!
Second highlight of the week was visiting the Hello Kitty cafe in Austin. Ah, Kitty, how much I do love thee, especially, when you are serving chocolate custard buns in the shape of you dressed up as a monkey. Delicious. To be fair, there wasn’t an awful lot I could eat now I’ve given up meat but those buns, and some fried silky tofu were top notch. I also ate the shrimp dumplings too, which were very pretty although a little bland. Nothing a bit of chilli couldn’t fix though! The decor is all Hello Kitty-tastic too – chairs, tables, cutlery everything has her face on it. At the end of the meal you earn ‘stamps’ which you can then go and shop with in the souvenir shop next door. Five ladies of a certain age who were eating there that night (ahem) rather enjoyed purchasing Hello Kitty shot glasses and magnets! Basically, whoever happens to be visiting me and the ‘Kong next, you will be taken here for date night whether you like it or not. An unmissable local attraction I would say, and why the hell hadn’t I been there before (well I do know why the crazy queues when it first opened)? I’m expecting to get a few more of these themed cafe kicks when we head to Japan for Easter.
One final item of note for the week was date night last Saturday. There’s a new dessert place that has opened literally across the road from us in Shek Tong Tsui called COBO HOUSE. Not like the l0cal sweet shops, this is an upmarket Italian joint.
When we moved into the area I never expected to associate the word upmarket with any of our local shops but here we are two years down the line. Since the MTR opening things have been changing in the ‘hood. I was actually surprised at the prices, a fancy dessert dish costs around HKD100, and a glass of wine around HKD70. I was even more surprised to find out that this place is owned by a renowned award winning pastry chef in Singapore, Janice Wong, and that it is her first restaurant in HK. Highly recommend going to visit, there is an outdoor seating area which in the evening is perfect for watching the world go buy, with chocolate and other sweet delights on hand of course.
Looks like it was a good job I played all that netball this week hey?!
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