Bus Misadventure

Hey Everyone,

The day before last, I was invited to my cousin's kids' birthday party in Kowloon. I was excited to go as it would be my second time meeting their eldest son, and the first time meeting their youngest.

Figuring that I would take a bus to the train station, and then the train to Elements Mall, I wasn't too worried about getting lost along the way. I mean who gets lost with cell phone? Anyway, I hadn't quite figured out the schedule for the buses, but I at least knew the bus number and the direction to take. While waiting, of course I had to ask if the bus I intended to take was going to bring me to Central Station. Yes, it was, except that I had missed it two minutes before. I wasn't at all fazed, there would be another one along the way. As I was waiting, an elderly man who had overheard my conversation asked me where I was headed. I told him that I wanted to get to Elements Mall. He kindly explained that I could take the bus that he was taking, the 970, and that would take me right to the mall, perfect right? Well, I'm a little stickler for plans, but why not if I didn't have to transfer. Well, I made it one piece, thank you little old man, you saved me a transfer!

Birthday cupcakes made by my talented cousin.

Okay, so I'm not going to give you a play by play of what happened while I was there, but I can say that it included: bikes, remote cars, badminton, basketball, lots of food, presents, cake and cupcakes. Fun right?

After all the fun and games, I was invited to go for dinner with my cousin and the kids' families, in Sham Tseng which is famous for their BBQ goose. It was delicious, and entertaining at the same time. Children do and say the most amusing things.

View going to the bathroom which was tiny (3ftx2.5ft tops!)
The hallway was definitely a squeeze if there were people waiting
for the bathroom and walking by with dishes.

By the time we finished dinner, it was already past 9pm. I was invited to stay the night. And may I say, thank goodness...because I probably wouldn't have made it home

                 .... okay, maybe I'm exaggerating, I wouldn't have made it back until very late.

When I left the next morning, I thought, "Hey, I can take the same bus back, and it'll stop right by my place!" which would have been true, had I taken the right bus. Instead, I took the 971, goodness!!! ONE digit off!!! And where did this bus take me? Nowhere near where I was staying! I managed to make it all the way to Aberdeen bus station. Oh! I also forgot to mention, my phone died, and I couldn't figure out where in the world I was. By the time I figured out how to get back home I'm sure it had taken me close to two hours to get back when it should have only taken me 15 minutes. Oh well, now I know! Never again... I hope!

Note: Bring charger now that the iphone 5 has a different plug <groan>