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It’s odd spending Christmas overseas. Sure I’m with my immediate family and yes there are carols; I guess being overseas for my first Christmas is a little strange. Still, it is kinda cool when there are sights like this to be seen.

Only problem is, we werent the only people who had this idea. The line-up to see this tree alone was at least 2 million long, and that’s not lincluding the

The MTR is an awesome transport system. Coming back from NY,NY in 2004 I kept telling people how cool the subway is until some stuck up lady, I can’t remember who, said the Paris Metro system or even the MTR were much better systems.
I haven’t been to Paris so I can’t tell you anything about the Metro, but I’m sure it would be full of chain-smoking, manic-depressive, effete snobs. I know this because I’ve been to a Louis Vuitton store before and it was a horrible experience.

I could go and on about simple the system, super clean and fast. Instead I’ll just talk about the Octopus card. If this is the future of smart payments then I welcome it. It’s a Smartcard with an embedded chip that stores credits which you can use to pay your way on the MTR and Buses. It also allows you to buy a coke or even a Slurpee from 7-11, try doing that with your Train ticket.

Only problem with the MTR is that everyone else in Hong Kong loves it, so getting a seat is a rare thing even. Even when a 8 cabin train leaves every 2 minutes it’s packed. Personal space is for the weak.

Merry Christmas to all!