Numerology, kung fu

When you get a cellphone, you get to choose the phone number. Stores often have billboards with a list of available digits. Those containing 8s are considered lucky as the word for 8 is a homonym for the word meaning prosperity. Even the real estate listings indicate whether a home has an even or odd lot number. I would have thought the buildings didn't have floors with 4 in them (four sounds like death) but most do.

Speaking of housing, all listings here tell you the price per square foot. $20000HKD isn't uncommon.

My uncle and his wife took me to Pak Loh Chiu Chow Restaurant in Causeway Bay tonight. We started with a cold poached fish served with a salty bean dip. The next course was shark's fin soup (which I ate uneasily as I didn't want to be impolite but do worry about the way they're harvested). Then, battered shrimp and water chestnut balls, squid and fish, served with kumquat dipping sauce; duck egg omelette with melon; satay beef with Chinese broccoli; and Chiu Chow-style oyster congee. Dessert was a thick taro paste soup and red bean and lotus seed dumplings.

Both before and after the meal, they served us very strong tea in tiny eggshell-like cups. There's so much about tea I have to learn.