I have had visitors before. A friend I played in a band with a while back & his gf came by to Macau and gave me the opportunity to be the host in a country I'd been living in for only a month. It gave me the opportunity to go out in my new home city/country, and put me in the 'host' position again, something I haven't had since Uni (I am talking about the position you are in where you feel like the warm welcoming person who brings others together to hang out VIA eating, drinking & being merry). Considering the fact that I do not have a functioning digital camera and that my new phone arrived only recently, I have minimal photos to use and share.
We managed to snag some awesome street food (and drink) from some awesome places. After hours of hunting for a phone that couldn't be found anywhere in the damn city, we came across a coconut-shake-blending place. They take actual coconut husk & meat, blend it with ice and condensed milk, and then it becomes a magical nectar that rejuvenates the soul. Paired with some hot tasty Hawaiian pizza, I felt new life. In Macau, we came down to Hac Sa beach to get some simple Chinese BBQ and beer. Hac Sa may be my favourite place I'll have to show it to the lot of you . I shamelessly stole this instagram pic from some tourist who posted it with some trendy writing and made it look like a Polaroid. Doing the food thing is probably my favourite part of having visitors. Come for yourself and taste all the tasty things POUR MANGIA (which reminds me, I'm behind on my food posts).I should clarify that Conlan is a bud I went to Teacher's College with, someone who also went to a music school. He teaches in Phnom Pehn and was visiting Macau for some 'professional development' (what adults call field trips when they go places to learn things). I offered up my place, and the hangs went from there. It's so much nicer to drink with someone rather than alone watching Mad Men.
During those four days, we've stayed in a less than scrupulous hostel in Hong Kong, spent far too much on beer, had some fantastic Hong Kong street food, went to a live big band show, and developed a new way to spend our time in the best way possible, called a WATCH & SCOTCH™.
Watch & Scotch™ (All Rights Reserved) is a patented procedure that consists of purchasing a wrist-strapped timepiece and purchasing and/or consuming at least a single dollop of Scotch Whiskey. Watch & Scotch™ is a useful way of:- Expanding your watch collection
- Exploring the world of acclaimed Scottish spirits
- Testing the health of your bank account and throat
We both purchased watches at a small shop in Hong Kong, and we ended the day with a visit to a Scotch bar to taste some scotches and chuckle at our new development and the impact it will have on the course of human history.
I truly enjoy each opportunity to have someone from home come and spend the time to have a beer & catch up. I suppose that as life goes along, the people you care about, their lives go along too. At home, the board games have gotten dusty, the visitors have been few, and time spent with friends has diminished as real life has devoured so much time and effort, as it does. Leaving Canada accelerated has certainly accelerated process for me, but you expect that to happen in any situation once you leave school, you leave a lot of the people you've been around so much. Sometimes those people are friends for just that time in your life, sometimes those people are friends for much longer. Whatever the case, for me, it just makes the time spent together that much more special.
Well done Conlan. If I had a working phone that weekend, there'd be a picture of us here.
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