My Deepest Impression of Hong Kong

The deepest impression of HK has got to be it's people. By that, I'm referring to the way they carry themselves, the way they communicate, the way they dress, how they commute, their attitude i.e. their way of life.

Generally, I find the middle to younger generation of the HK population pretty well dressed. At least way better than Singaporeans. I supposed that is why HK is considered one of the fashion capitals of Asia. When I hit the street, I found it familiar to what I saw in Japan. The ladies are wearing cosmetics almost all the time (I supposed it's also to protect them from the weather), preen and pretty in their designer dress, boots, coats and LV/Gucci bags (I MUST emphasize the LV/Gucci bags and I think these 2 labels must be their favourites cos I see them all the time). The guys are sporting trendy hairdos with pearly white teeth in their smart street apparels. I also noticed that most of them dun wear spectacles (contact lenses?).

And does the people in HK ever sleep?!? The first night that I arrived in HK, Kaiqi brought us out for dinner and we had steamboat past 1 a.m!!! Still there were hordes of people queuing and eating. I am not talking about party goers going for suppers. I am talking about families with young kids and grandparents! And there's the dessert stalls... the shopping past 12mn... the crowd on the street... it's crazy!!!

If there's anything I dun like HK about, it would be their attitude and pace of life. I thought Singaporeans are arrogant enough and our pace of life too hectic... but after I experienced HK... I was actually going, 'woah... who hit the fast forward button?'. The waitress won't wait two more seconds for your order, the driver cannot tolerate traffic standing still, hesitating is a SIN and Cantonese comes first (much like French).

Hong Kong is a fantastic place to visit every now and then but not suitable to live and work in. At least not for me.