We went our separate ways on the Friday morning, me to the library (to use the internet, not read), and Michelle to her Feng Shui course. When she returned, she explained to me what she had learned. Of course I got a little lost when she started talking about 'nine flying stars' and how they are in different positions in the home giving your home positive or negative energy. Apparently, these stars move around every year and the five elements (earth, fire, water, wood, metal) are used to enhance or downplay the energy of the flying stars. All makes sense to me!?????
Back to hard facts. In this photo, you can just see the Expo Centre under the tallest building. It is an impressive sight, with a curved roof and 7-storey glass window on the front. Apparently this was the place where the ceremony was held to hand Hong Kong back to the Chinese in 1997. We tried to sneak around the building for the view, but unfortunately, it was all closed off.
As we were lucky enough to be in town for National Day, I decided I wanted front row seats for the fireworks spectacle to test out my new camera. So we waited many hours at the fence and the result was some good views. They let off tons of fireworks over the city for 25 minutes. All set to music and it was quite the show. Then the masses poured out into the streets to return home creating a mass of moving people along the closed off roads. They figure about 400,000 people were at the waterfront for the show. *Stub
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