This morning Stacy and I got up early to meet with BYUH graduates Kwon Nam (Ryan) Lam and Sonomi Nakashita. We ate an early breakfast, enjoying the view from the hotel breakfast buffet. Shortly before 9:00 a.m. we met Ryan and Sonomi in the lobby and realized that they had not yet had breakfast. We then went to McDonald’s and enjoyed spending time getting caught up as Ryan had a big bowl of macaroni noodles with pork chops!
From there we went to the MTR (Mass Transit Railroad-Subway) for a short journey to Hollywood Street to search for a traditional Chinese landscape painting to take home. The short journey on foot was interesting: fruit stalls which sold durian fruit—stinkier than tofu—and a restaurant with a couple of forlorn snakes in the window (they probably contemplate which stomachs they would end up in by nightfall everyday!).
Upon our arrival, we saw exquisite shops selling antique sculptures, art and furniture. One shop even sold dinosaur eggs. The ivory carvings of mammoth tusks were intricate and detailed—an amazing feat of artistic craft and curiosity. After wandering through several shops we came across one that had several large vases with pictures painted on the outside. One looked like the composer Johannes Brahms, but turned out to be Karl Marx (we should have recognized Lenin and Mao there too!). Eventually we found our painting and returned to the hotel.
From there it was a bus ride to the Dragon Centre Mall for the next performance. We shopped to try and find something for our oldest daughter Sydney—eventually settling on a watch.
The rest of the day was spent at the concert hall. First, a rehearsal for the whole choir, then the concert, followed by greeting members of the audience. Upon our return home Stacy and I walked to the Ireland Potato outdoor shop and enjoyed amazing fries with some cream and hot honey mustard.
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