Finally getting that hang of how transportation works in Hong Kong. I can now work my way around the MTR stations AND travel around with my limited knowledge of bus routes. Of course, Google Maps is an amazing tool when it comes to these things- oh I love technology these days! It's now a matter of until I've fully convinced my Grandparents that I am capable of maneuvering around this small but densely populated city.
What amazes me most about this city is just how many people there are! Okay, so it seems pretty obvious right? But from a transportation point of view, what I see is that no matter where I look in terms of bus stops, MTR stations, shuttle bus stops- there are always people lining up and waiting to be picked up. I mean, this city is so large that there are always people travelling from A to B continuously. When I was living in Adelaide (Australia), buses are never full in off-peak hours; but here it's a totally different story. Not only that, the buses and trains here come so often (max 15 min wait for bus or max 4 min wait for MTR). It's almost a convenience-dream-come-true!
Anyhow, I was walking by Kowloon City and found the apartment where my dad and my granddad use to live. It got renovated a few years back (after my granddad moved out) and it looks nothing like it use to! One by one the buildings in the streets are either getting renovated or demolished to build new and taller ones. Though, it is pleasing to see that the old flower shop and auto-repair shop is still open adjacent to where I live. So many memories are etched into these buildings, I can almost recollect the times when I was a kid and I had to walk along the streets with my parents to my grandparent's place. In a sense, I have this melancholy feeling that what I've once known is slowly passing away; but then you sort of understand that if this remaking of the street doesn't happen, the city will only become progressively run down. It's also because of this reason that I'm starting to love photography- I find that being able to capture a moment in time becomes priceless. People change, places change and emotions change- but if you are able to freeze just that moment of joy, happiness, sadness, regret, awe, you'll be able to look back and remake the past that has shaped you throughout the years.
Enough rambling now, hope I didn't bore you too much. Haha.
Ciao, Chu
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