the week(end) that was :o)

i would write bout the whole week, but then the 1st 5 days ie monday to friday would hardly take ne space. coz they went like, morning, conf call, whole day, jobless, evening got work, left late at around 11 from office.
just one difference, had a presentation workshop. was awesome. learnt some new things. hope i can put that into practice :o)

ok, coming to the weekend. saturday morning i volunteered in a english speaking or rather facilitating workshop for chinese children, being organized by an organization n my company. it was nice. then in the afternoon, was very very bored. then in the evening, went out and had indian dinner with sagar and dastak. nice food. also came to know of an alumni meet which is coming up in a week. shld be nice.
then today we went to lan tau island. first we took the metro to tung chung (i guess that is how they spell it). then a long queue to the cable car. then the cable car. the 20-25 minute ride was awesome. the island (lan tau) is the largest island in hong kong and the most sparsely populated. its full of hills. from the cable car, we could see people trekking through the hills. it was awesome. i hope i get to go back to india n go out some treks. i like the physical exertion, were the body says no more, and the mind says, thats it man, keep going. its just exilerating.
neway, we reached nong ping village. its a nice place. some magic show was going on, but in chinese. hence dropped it. neway, we moved to the large buddha statue. its a short walk of stairs up to the statue. on the way, it was the usual "bird watching" going on. pammi introduced me to the usage of army language to communicate. gyarah baje dekh ie at 11'o clock. that is the direction. n here in hong kong one can speak aloud in hindi and no one would understnd. just that if an indian family happens to pass by, they would get shocked :o)
neway, we went to the Buddha. the statue was awesome. the view was better. far away we could see the sea with small islands, covered with forests. it was just "gawd level" :o)
then we took a bus to the ferry, which was also reall near the "beach". it was really beautiful. but the beach was like a beach for the bay, so no real waves. n not many people. but the whole area was so beautiful. totally different from mainland hongkong. there are these houses just beside the beach, beautiful place, benches on the beach. then there is a trail which goes up the hills right beside the beach. the trail takes u different small small beaches. then at one place, there is a restaurant which as a small beach of its own. between the jungles, there are houses. i was on my way to discover bay, which i guess is a bit far from the beach we went. oh, forgot to mention, the others ie kleevo, pammi n tomi left. so i went out alone on my trek. walking for 15-20 mins, i reached a small beach. there, i sat and enjoyed a smoke in solitude. then i thought lets go to discover bay. but then the next in the next 5 minutes one of my biggest beliefs in life was about to broken. that dog is man's best friend. i walked. came across one of those friday the 13th kind of shacks. i thought i will just walk past. then i hear two barks. two big dogs come out, growling at me (can u beleive it, me innocent guy) n they started walking towards me. i quietly turned around and walked (bachpan mein suna tha ki kutta bhauke to bhaagne ka nahi). aisi life mein bahut kam baar phati hai. dum kutte ki hoti hai.....lekin daba ke mai bhaaga. hajmola ho gaya tha yaar poora.
neway, was damn thirsty. so thought will come back and have a cola in mc d's. but came to know the ferry to central was leaving. so i boarded it. fell asleep. but till i was awake, the view was good. the waters were calm, surrounded by hills. it was nice. reached central. then finally back to room.

nice weekend. just that tomoro again the week starts :o(
but then that would be one more week passed to return to india :o)