Clockenflap 2015

When I started my Architecture degree, I found out about Clockenflap, an annual music festival in Hong Kong. I didn't go in my first year... my second year... my third year... my year-out... I remember how I thought that I could finally go last year since I was working and not swamped by design final anymore. But I ended up not going, because I had driving lessons and Nutrition class and everything... I only went to their Miniflap preview event in PMQ.

This year, I'd planned to finally go. I even arranged all the dates with Clar and got my student ticket early. But a few nights before the event, she told me she wasn't free. And mind you, the tickets weren't fucking cheap. Jason was nice enough to offer to go with me, but I had to go through the whole process of contacting random people to buy last-minute tickets off them for a fair price. I did it though, and in the end we had a great outdoors date filled with activities, music and food!

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Boomshack at Tong Chong Street Market

Remember Island East Markets? I'd been waiting for its return, but despite its name, Swire Properties saw its success, decided to kick it out (they had to move to an indoor place in Mong Kok) and introduce a new market that they co-hosted. Well, this is how business works, I suppose. Tong Chong Street is a really good location for a Sunday market, especially for me since I live just a ten minute walk from it.

I basically went to every single week of the Tong Chong Street Market since its introduction this autumn, but I didn't take any pictures. And I feel so mean saying this but... I like it more than Island East Markets, simply because its all focused on food - groceries and products and well-known eateries that cook you their signature dishes on the spot. One particular Sunday Jason and I decided to get food from the stalls and have a picnic at Via Fiori. We tried Boomshack's fried chicken waffle burger!

Afterwards, we went to Oi! Street Art Space so I could do some interviews for a writing assignment. We ended the night with dinner at Applegreen in Tsim Sha Tsui - out of the way, but I really craved it that day!

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Sassy x Dine & Design 2015

Checked out Sassy's Dine & Design 2015 event held at PMQ on Saturday with Clar. Like all PMQ activities, it was disappointingly small, but there was plenty of good food which always makes up for the lack of market space! Since we finished checking out the actual event quite soon, we wandered around the rest of the PMQ shops and spent a particularly long time in a new favourite of mine, Open Quote!

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From SoHo to PMQ to Causeway Bay

My God, I don't even know how to name this post. We ate lunch separately but Jason and I basically spent a whole day together wandering around from place to place - SoHo, to PMQ, to Causeway Bay... there's a bit of art, event and food. I'll just summarise quickly.

We went to Tang Contemporary Art Gallery first because I really wanted to check out Ai Wei Wei's Wooden Ball exhibition. I'm not a follower, okay! I started liking Ai Wei Wei's work back in high school when I studied Sunflower Seeds for IB Art. None of that bullshit with him getting trendy and popular in Hong Kong lately.

Then, we went to PMQ where there was the ENxNICHI Okinawa October Food Festival going on. It wasn't something either of us particularly wanted to check out, but since it was sort of close by, why not? After, I got a juice from Catch Juicery because I've been wanting to try all the juicing places in Hong Kong, despite them being overpriced and heavily marketed. What, I'm human too! We then stopped by Emack & Bolio's for their awesome ice-cream (seriously, awesome is the only word to describe it), then took the MTR back to Causeway Bay for dinner at Greenhouse.

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Vegfest 2015

First things first: I am not vegetarian. Not even in the slightest bit. All my friends joke about how I love eating chicken breast, especially when it's not juicy... yes, some of us actually like tasteless, dried up grilled chicken! And while I don't eat red meat that often, I actually don't mind it too much. I don't think I could ever be vegetarian. I even tried to watch documentaries showing suffering animals and the conclusion I got out of them was: I am a heartless, compassionless bitch.

However, I do really like healthy foods and products, so actually Vegfest 2015 was an event I was super interested in! It wasn't held at a convenient location as well. It was out of the way in Hong Kong Adventist Academy in Clear Water Bay, which doesn't have an MTR station and reaching there requires other forms of transport. I still went, so yeah, you can imagine how enthusiastic I was about it. Unlike all the expat-y Facebook events, all Vegfest had was a half-broken website in Chinese, so you can't blame me for doubting it at first, especially when I got to the shuttle bus stop and it was lined up with elderly people. It got worse when the shuttle bus arrived and a bus-load of old people climbed off, talking about how bad it was. I almost felt sorry for Jason, who I'd dragged along and was shooting pleading looks at me as if to say: do we have to go?

Well, it turned out pretty nice! I actually enjoyed the sun, there was plenty of food and products on offer and activities to keep you busy. The only annoying thing was a woman being super preachy with me about eating meat, but other than that it was a really good day.

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House of Vans: Off The Wall 2015

I'd decided to go to the House of Vans Asia Tour: Off The Wall 2015 in Hong Kong this year long before it actually arrived. I wasn't sure whether it was their first time here, but it was free so I thought: why not? Plus, it was conveniently located at Central Pier No. 4 and it was close to home as a Hong Kong Islander (cheaper transport costs, y'know). On the night before the actual event, both Jacklyn and Zoe told me they were interested when I asked, so we checked it out!

Um, it turned out a lot smaller than we expected, the floor was hella sticky from all the spilled beer, and maybe we were just unlucky but when we went a really noisy band was playing and basically broke our eardrums. But the food was good, lol.

And about the last photo: it was taken a few days ago when I met up with two of my SIS girls at HKU! Since y'know, I study there and they work there. Convenience and cheap university food is all we need.

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Freespace Happening October 2015

You know, I think I've actually been to every single Freespace Happening since its first one in August (click here for my post on it!). It's monthly, but I didn't post about September's instalment on this blog because I actually went with my DSLR and took ~*professional*~ photos for my Photojournalism class! I posted the pictures on my portfolio Wordpress, so click here to check them out if you're interested. You know, for someone who is using a DSLR for the first time in her life - and not on the automatic mode, you smart alec - I think I'm pretty damn good. ;)

Like the previous times, this month's Freespace Happening was in West Kowloon Cultural District. Since I hadn't picnicked there yet, Jason and I decided to do just that this time. Um, big mistake. I dressed like it was Autumn and the weather that day decided to turn out damp, dreary and worst of all, cold. But whatever works for nice photos, amirite?

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Tai Ping Shan Street, Innovation Tower & Mid-Autumn Festival

I was to photograph an event for my Photojournalism class, so on Mid-Autumn Festival I took my DSLR and boyfriend with me to visit the Jockey Club Innovation Tower in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for the first time in my life. Actually, I'd wanted to go there since forever - I mean you know, Zaha Hadid did design it and she's one of the most well-known architects in the world, whether you love or hate her.

First though, Jason and I explored Tai Ping Shan Street for lunch because I had to redeem a snack from Anything But Salads with my Sugar Hong Kong app. Yep, Charmy-cheap-ass strikes, once again. We had lunch at Oldish, collected my organic sundried tomatoes, then stumbled upon Teakha which had a little pop-up pottery thing by made by hama. It was their last day and I was lucky enough to try their free teeny tiny ceramics making thing! It was hella hot though...

After making our way to PolyU in Hung Hom, where the 10DAYFEST 2015: 108 Stories of Social Innovation was being held in the Innovation Tower, Jason and I went back to Causeway Bay for dinner. We then stopped by Victoria Park to look at the lantern display. The last time we went was two years ago, on Jason's birthday in 2013 actually! I can't believe he turned 23 then and next year, it's my turn to turn 23. Man, time flies.

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