The Racetrack and Thanksgiving in Hong Kong

So, on Wednesday night, we decided to go to Happy Valley Race Track, which is located right between Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. I hadn't been there before, and I heard it was fun, so I wanted to go. I went with Susanne, Heidi, Lorenzo, Eric, and AJ. We also met some other kids from UST there. I was really impressed by the size of the race track. It was cool.

When we walked in, this guy wanted to take our picture. He then gave us the decision to either keep the picture or get a certificate for free beers. We kept these pictures, but soon took more and got some free beers. That was cool.

I didn't do any betting, but the people I was with did so. Most actually won, too. Lorenzo put $10 down and ending up winning $200. Not too bad.

After the races, we walked over to Wan Chai. There was a band playing in a bar there, so we decided to go there. The band was pretty good, and there were also some other kids from UST there, so it was pretty fun.

Yesterday was a little different, since I was going to class on Thanksgiving. The classes went well, nothing too exciting. After Lit (around 6pm), Lorenzo, Josh (from WashU, via Canada), and myself took off to TST to pick up our Thanksgiving meal. We got four turkeys, cranberry sauce, salad, bread, and stuffing from Fat Angelo's. Then we went over to KFC down the street and picked up three buckets of chicken and mashed potatoes. We then took a cab back to campus and met the rest of the eating group in a room. There were about 20 of us. We had three of the turkeys pre-cut, and the last one I carved with a huge knife - the one I bought from Stanley Market. Most of the food went. It actually was really fun. I wasn't expecting to have such a good Thanksgiving while in Hong Kong.

After dinner, we put some music on (I brought my iPod and speakers) and played a few drinking games. It was fun. We then went out for the evening, and had a fun time. All in all, a very different but quite good Thanksgiving.

Today, I talked to Mom, Uncle Bill, Auntie Ro, and Kristina. I'm catching up on stuff now, and I'm gonna run shortly. Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.

Oh, and there are more pictures up, starting here.