Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Saying goodbye to CUHK is probably a hard thing to do. Unlike others who are heading to the airport directly and has the "I gotta catch a flight" mentality, I was moving out but still staying in Hong Kong. But luckily, before any emotions could really build up, I started having to run from the rain as the skies only gave me a two-thunder warning after I stepped out of my hall before it opened...
Final pic of Room 2L03..I love the room, just not the company...
It poured...really..
The last shuttle bus I took...
And the weird thing is after I left CU, the rain got smaller and by the time we headed to Cheung Chau one day before the bun festival, it was sunshine all over again. By that time, my bro and sis-in-law were on their way to HK. Like they said, they do bring heat wherever they go...haha (London had a unprecedented heat wave when my bro went there for official duties...)
The island decked with celebration flags for the parade the next day...because of the weather forecast and the fact that my bro and sis-in-law only had two days to go Macau and SZ this time round, I could go on the actual day itself as planned but thank god I did not have to squeeze with the crowds under the especially hot sun this year round (weather forecast was wrong ..divine intervention? hahaha)
The bun tower for the bun scrambling contest...they used plastic buns this year for the first time..I watched it 'live' ...on tv that is..heh
The buns which were presented to the deities a week or two before being distributed to the public on 25th May...
The main towers of 平安包... which is supposed to give blessings to those who eat it...
Due to the severe weather days before, this was what happened to the buns close-up...Cheung Chau got 70mm of rainfall in one day on 23rd May..wow...
As a result..they had to ration the buns (whatever is left..) this year
But boy are we not gonna miss it for anything..there is this bun shop which is basically the main seller and the most popular one amongst the locals...long queues on the actual day..and boy were the buns delicious..after all these..non of Kong Guan paos taste nice anymore..sighz...
And after heading back..it was back to shopping at FYS again..haha...I am missing that place oredi....
Final pic of Room 2L03..I love the room, just not the company...
It poured...really..
The last shuttle bus I took...
And the weird thing is after I left CU, the rain got smaller and by the time we headed to Cheung Chau one day before the bun festival, it was sunshine all over again. By that time, my bro and sis-in-law were on their way to HK. Like they said, they do bring heat wherever they go...haha (London had a unprecedented heat wave when my bro went there for official duties...)
The island decked with celebration flags for the parade the next day...because of the weather forecast and the fact that my bro and sis-in-law only had two days to go Macau and SZ this time round, I could go on the actual day itself as planned but thank god I did not have to squeeze with the crowds under the especially hot sun this year round (weather forecast was wrong ..divine intervention? hahaha)
The bun tower for the bun scrambling contest...they used plastic buns this year for the first time..I watched it 'live' ...on tv that is..heh
The buns which were presented to the deities a week or two before being distributed to the public on 25th May...
The main towers of 平安包... which is supposed to give blessings to those who eat it...
Due to the severe weather days before, this was what happened to the buns close-up...Cheung Chau got 70mm of rainfall in one day on 23rd May..wow...
As a result..they had to ration the buns (whatever is left..) this year
But boy are we not gonna miss it for anything..there is this bun shop which is basically the main seller and the most popular one amongst the locals...long queues on the actual day..and boy were the buns delicious..after all these..non of Kong Guan paos taste nice anymore..sighz...
And after heading back..it was back to shopping at FYS again..haha...I am missing that place oredi....
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