ridiculous?

The "Better C!ty B e t ter L! Fe" is here. So it took me over 53
minutes from my apartment to the airport 35K away (door to door).
Normally, 35 minutes. 7 more minutes yesterday, I could have taken a
car with a private driver! The only thing that I saved was RMB
193.00. A private driver costs RMB 250. My public transport route
was RMB 7 for the subway and RMB 50 for the Maglev highspeed train
that only traveled at 301KM/h vs the normal 401 KM/h. Slloooowwww......

When I arrived at the CX counter, I was offered to depart with an
earlier flight. Sure. Why not. The agent was nice enough to "hint"
I should due to Air Travel Control again. Well.... Originally I was
scheduled to leave at 1:30pm, however I arrived the airport early
enough to take the 1pm flight. After I went thru immigration and
security, I discovered my plane wasn't there. Great.... The flight
was delayed to depart. 1:35pm. Ha! I was early but ended up late!
After we got on the flight, the door was not closed. Suspicious. The
pilot came on to say he had no clue when he could leave. Well to the
"Better C!ty B e t ter L! Fe". 20-30 minutes later, snack boxes
arrived! Not a good sign. Lunch was included. But these snack boxes
were extra, just ordered up by the flight crew. Beat that AC! By the
time the door was closed and taxing to the runway, we were an hour and
15 minutes behind schedule. This is the norm now. Stay away until
September! By then, things maybe better.

I landed in HKG at 4:35pm vs 3:30pm. On the train to town by 5pm.
Had a very wonderful sushi dinner at the IFC close to the Ferry
Terminal. Not cheap though, two of us costed HKD 850.00. Well.. nice
warm Sake and all the fresh fish. I can indulge once every 6-7 months
I guess. That was the bright spot!

Strange yesterday going to Macau from HK Ferry Terminal; quiet. The
boat was totally empty! Guess it is the quiet before the storm, the
May 1 festivity!

Muggy time in Macau, already had three showers today. Imagine it is
only 23C with 98% humidity!

Leaving tomorrow, now I have to decide if I shall continue to let my
bank in HK to follow up with its double withdrawal on my CC payment.
I paid up my balance in full last week and was told my autopay will
stop for this period. Nope. The bank double-dipped and charged me
interest. So far, it only cancel the interest charge because it
cleaned out my account and then some! This bank is meant to piss me
off me!