On Thursday all the Treasure Island staff, because we are sponsored by Quicksilver, were invited to a VIP Invite Only Quicksilver fashion show and after party in Hong Kong. There was a DJ and the club was underground, it was really cool.

My day off was yesterday and I went to Tai O and the big Buddha. Tai O is this old fishing village and it is the closest thing to real Chinese living in Hong Kong, very traditional. In Tai O I took a boat ride to see the pink dolphins. I guess some people go out and don’t see any dolphins at all, but I saw at least 6 and they were all jumping out of the ocean right by our boat. They are a white color and have a pink tint, it’s amazing! The whole village by the water is on wooden stilts, I don’t even know how some of these places are still even standing. They make fish paste in Tai O and it is made in bit blue plastic bins and then put in the sun, then it is stirred and spread out on these circle screen things and put in the sun. It had to be one of the most foul smells I have ever smelt. They also dry out a whole lot of seafood and sell it. I think I am ok with never trying that. We ate at this restaurant called “The Good View Restaurant” but it was really funny because there is no view in the restaurant, its just the front windows looking out to the brick wall on the other side of the path. The food was pretty good though.
After Tai O I went to see the Big Buddha. It was big. It was really cool to see, when your taking the bus to it you can see it from far away sitting on the mountain top, it’s amazing.

Last night me and a few friends went out to Hong Kong to go to a Karaoke bar. IT was so funny. All the songs were Chinese so we couldn’t understand them, but it was great to experience that.

One of my good friends here, Katy, (she is one of my bosses friends, she worked at treasure island last year for a little bit) called me today and told me that she has an extra ticket to the Olympics on the 14th and 21st of Aug and asked me if I wanted to come! The Equestrian events are being held in Hong Kong, so I get to go to that! It’s so awesome! I’m very excited.

The snake I saw was indeed a Burmese Python!