French Fries

i feel sick...
and as my lovely friend E would say; "i feel like a bloated whale".

why?
because i had ate french fries.

why?
because i sweat out all the sweat i could possibly sweat in my body last night.
no, i wasn't doing anything naughty fun, i took another hot yoga class.
i obviously had no salt left in me, hence the craving for salty french fries...
don't know how i got that chocolate craving though?!

just near my office is a burger king and three mcdonalds. yes 3!
i don't go often, but today my legs did the walking, right through the golden arches.
i so regret consuming those five-hundred-and-so calories.
what a waste of a hot yoga class...

but at least i could sit down in relatively peace and quiet and enjoy my salty lunch.
you see, in hong kong, if you wanna eat somewhere, anywhere for that matter, you need to join the queue.
my lunch hour is a fixed 1 hour starting at 12:30. i usually don't get to sit down at a table until 1:00.
people here love to queue.
we queue for the atm machines, for the supermarket check-out, for the subway, for the toilet, for the elevators, for the free usless hand-outs on the street, you name it, you gotta line up for it.

so after queueing and then getting herded into the restaurant, you're usually asked, well told, that you have to share your table with other people. yup, people that you don't even know.
having lived in hong kong for 5 years already (g*d), i'm still not comfortable with this practise of sharing my limited space.

why?
well for starters:

don't stare at me when i pick up my chopsticks!
i know i'm a gweilo (鬼佬 : foreigner; or literally "ghost man") but i can use chopsticks!

don't spit out your noisily sucked bones on the table next to my plate!
i know this is accepted here, but really!

stop staring full-stop!

the only time i'm happy to be stared at in awe? is when i say "凍咖啡一杯唔該"(dong-gafei yat bui m goi) or "one iced coffee please"!
if i can't order a coffee in cantonese after living here for 5 years there must be something wrong with me.


where was i.... ?

ah, yes, mcdonalds.

mcdonalds, burger king, kfc etc are the only places where you generally don't have to share a table (apart from those up-market places)
i little piece of private space. a rarity in hong kong.

where am i going with this post?!?!!?
ummm...


oooh, this is interesting!
did you know that macdonalds in hong kong is the cheapest in the world! (on par with malaysia)
a big mac here works out at US$1.70.
compare that to the most expensive country norway at US$7.88!
Luuworld, i'm feeling for you! come and spend your hard earned cash in hong kong!

so yes, although i probably ate the cheapest french fries in the world, i won't be doing it again anytime soon.
especially that i'm on a healthy roll at the moment.
yes, yes, i know the fries weren't a good move, or the beer with dinner last night, but i am going to yoga more than i thought i would.
and! and i just bought this japanese magazine:

３０歳からのｶﾗﾀﾞ作り(body making after 30)


just flicking through the pages i can feel my abs getting firmer!
oh if it was that easy...