My reason for returning to Asia to work because the weather would always be temperate has quickly been debunked!
As I stepped out of my apartment, one glorious morning, a great gust of wind blew into Hong Kong and I found myself shivering at the bus stop thinking how stupid I was to laugh off my security guard's advice to wear something warmer. 4 years of living in London and I'm shivering in Hong Kong?
Admist the gawdy and downright garish Christmas deco (down to the fake Christmas trees which the Gwai Los abhor), you can almost feel that Winter is upon us - especially when you wake up to 13 degrees mornings and think - this really can't be right! I want my 27 degrees Malaysian Christmas! I've had to rummage through my old London clothes for sweaters and scarves and although I feel it's a little ridiculous to be wearing my woolen jacket in 20 deg weather... well in Rome do as the Romans do. And in Hong Kong - you wear fur coats and boot even when the sun is shining.
I don't mind any of that. What I do mind is Landmark (home to Hong Kong's Harvey Nichols) playing Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire over and over and over!!!
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