Sleep Deprived

So I thought I slept late, but for the past week I apparently have been sleeping early. I seriously thought midnight was really late, but Torontonians and Hong Kongnians live at night. Its almost as bad as New York which is deemed as 'The City that Never Sleeps".

I have seen in the past week that staying up till 3 or 4 is the good way to go. Is that why things open at 11 in the morning and close at 11 and some till 2?? Quite possible. But because I'm Calgarian and I like my sleep, I've been trying to get home before 11 so I don't have to pay for a taxi fair across the city. I've failed every single day this week. 150HKD ride from Hong Kong Island to where I am, which is approximately $30 CDN to a $7 ride from the train station. Seriously, I didn't realize how much it actually costs until you start relating it to the clothes you buy. I'm contemplating on a trench coat for $250HKD ($33CDN). That's like a taxi ride across the harbor haha. RIDICULOUS!

But no matter, last night was really bad. So bad that I ended up sleeping at 4am. Didn't get home till 230. A reunion in Calgary doesn't match anything to a reunion here. These people really know how to party. I literally carried 3 T&T bags FULL of meat alone. And if you're wondering, thats about 25kg of meat per bag. Give or take a couple kilos but i literally had a good workout. Let alone carrying it up 4 flights of stairs was not pretty. I had a feeling we over did the meat department considering that there were about 35 of us. But then we also had corn, veggies, fruit, cake, potatoes and salads. We could've hosted the entire building and still have leftovers.

Nonetheless, it was good time well spent. I bbqed the ENTIRE night b/c I miss Calgary bbqs and I'm just drawn to making food. Apparently I'm black in the face now, but I seriously don't think so. I guess they were just to seeing a pale white face at work lol. I fell asleep 3 times during our talk and debriefing session at around 12-2. They all felt sorry for me so they decided to end it at that. I think they took pictures but they're not admitting it or telling me. Kinda hard to tell when I'm the one asleep eh?

Best part was, I got to wake up slightly later today (930) to work, again. Not to mention that I had a meeting at 2 that lasted till 7. Fell asleep even though I don't admit that. I'm having quite the day today. Also, I'm going to head to airport in the morning to see my Toronto friends depart. I miss them already and its only been 1 night haha. Guess the bond we have is that tite!

Going to hopefully spend the day looking for some good deals and hopefully not be too pooped for church. Gonna do my best to get a good night's rest and stay awake for the sermon... :D

Cheers. Missing you all very much