Holly Batman

The cold front has finally arrived to the southern part of China from Siberia. The temperature dropped fast and furious. 9C with strong wind.

1) This morning on the ferry to HK from Macau, the sea was rough! The door just one row behind me got flung opened by the strong wind and some dumb ass didn't close it properly. So, the door was flapping while I can stair out to the rough sea. Remember that ferry accident that sunk a European ferry, it flashed in front of my eyes. Some staff, after a minute discovered and decided to close it.

2) On the way home to Macau from Hong Kong, the sea was rougher!!!!

3) The economy must be really bad. The ferry terminal was not busy at all. Just empty. On the ferry, the Super Class had about 10 people if that. The econo class was only half full. The passenger volume has been low for a long time. Wonder what will happen to the revenue during the Chinese New Year. Polls the last couple days have indicated most HK residents are staying home for Chinese New Year this time. Save some money.

4) Speaking of saving money, we were in an exclusive store in HK's Central District. Just next to Armani, there was a highend clothing store; name excepted me; some European one. Saw a really nice conservative coat that I was thinking of getting for iron-wife; hers is over 15 years now. So she tried on this new coat; the material was better than Cashmere and was from South America. Fitted her perfectly!!! Looked at the priced tag. Sitting down? HKD250,000.00!!!! Yes, I have the proper zeros. It was the only one in HK. If customer wants a different one, she will need to custom order. The sale lady was trying to get me to look at the man's section. Saying sales is only one time deal; should look. She did not know I have way too much stuff as it is. And HKD250,000.00. Yikes. That's someone's one year salary in North America - during good time. Unbelievable.