Dreary Dreamin' in Hong Kong

i dont think ive seen sun since japan.  its peeked through for a little on a couple of afternoons but nothing memorable - nothing thats been able to ease the pain of the oppressive rainy cloudy days weve been experiencing for quite some time now.

therefore, my thoughts have taken me elsewhere.  mainly traveling.  i am excited to get out of here towards the end of march for a quick weekend in taipei and then nepal for easter.

i do like taipei - its a bit 'cooler' than hong kong.  generally speaking, asia isnt 'edgy' the same way new york or london can be 'edgy'.  any culture where grown women worship hello kitty just cant be 'edgy'.  any culture that has a sticker programme for EVERYTHING just isnt 'edgy'.  but i digress.  off to taipei in a month so something to look forward to!

in a related but another somewhat digressive manner - technology.  my phone touch screen has stopped working.  i can control it through my earphones but that is all.  so i hold down the middle button on my headset to enable the voice activation and say a name that i want to call.  it says, "playing songs by weezer".  i try again and it gives me another name so far off i may as well be speaking cantonese on an old nokia.  i try again.  and again and again.  i have an appointment with apple today and i swear, if they dont fix it (ive been told its a hardware issue) or if i dont get a new phone, the apple store could potentially see some pretty ugly fireworks.

when times were much more simple

and to that - with all my traveling, ive got to buy a new camera as i lost mine in niseko.  anyone have any suggestions?