july 1st

so i'm not normally one of those ooh i gotta watch fireworks people.  but last night, i was invited to a party at the intercontinental which has the loveliest view right on the harbour and i felt like i couldn't pass it up. however, the journey to get to this party was far from easy.  way too far from easy.  the taxi didn't even want to venture from the hong kong side over to the kowloon side. well, especially at my last minute hour.  i got in the car at 7 and uh, since the fireworks were supposedly starting at 8, the people were just piling up in the streets, not to mention the street closures everywhere...by the time i got to the kowloon side, it was madness.  he dropped me off what seems like in shenzhen and i had to crawl thru the crowds to get to the hotel.  in a dress.  with heels.  not fun.  but, somehow i made it there literally within minutes of the fireworks, thanks to the usual delays, and got to view the loveliest site ever with the most gorgeous harbour in the world...which is exactly what the hong kong harbour is. i don't think there's another skyline more gorgeous.  i looked down to the crowds down there along the water, and remembered that ten years ago, i was down there with my cousins, all young and free and running happily in the rain that night to watch the handover...it's amazing how time flies...so much has taken place in these past ten years...as i watched the sky light up in front of me, i missed all of my family spread out throughout the world...and i said little sweet nothings out to them, wishing them happiness, and kissing them in my dreams...