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回鄉偶書

少小離家老大回， 鄉音無改鬢毛衰；
兒童相見不相識， 笑問客從何處來。

Coming home

I left home young. I return old;
Speaking as then, but with hair grown thin;
And my children, meeting me, do not know me.
They smile and say: "Stranger, where do you come from?
- He Zhizhang

So it's come to this. One day more.

One more day and I will be flying 10,000 meters above the ground in a sardine-can on wings, packed full with tourists, business people and other fascinating characters.

I will keep this post short since I am quite busy with work (stuff I need to have ready before I leave) and I don't have much more to say right about now.

Except;
I slept for 4 hours last night so I'm a bit tired. I went out with Chi for one last time before leave to Finland. Ate some sushi, which is among my new favorite foods. If there is someone there who hasn't tried sushi, I suggest you fix your lack of cultural and culinary sophistication as soon as possible. It's raw fish - get over it! It tastes awesome!

Aside from sushi, we went walking around Hong Kong's Kowloon area. Namely, we walked from Mongkok to East Tsimshatsui. I never told about Hong Kong's nightly appearance before but there's something about it I like a lot. I can't really place my finger on it exactly, but just walking in the almost-empty streets of this big city, under its neon-lights and tall buildings, is just awesome. You can actually walk for hours and hours in a totally urban area without need to think about its end.

You can walk through central of Tampere in more or less 15-20 minutes.

So, what's so cool about just walking? ...I don't know. I just like it.
Maybe it's just that this place is so hectic and busy during day-time that it's really relaxing to see this place so calm at 3am. Very few people anywhere, very little traffic. It's dark (except for the neon-lights) and even if taking dark streets in a big city might sound alarming, it feels safe.

The sight of Hong Kong island after the big buildings turn off their show-off lights is much more spectacular than the one showed to tourists. It is more subtle, more peaceful. I like the serenity of a big city. It's different.

Going to Finland will be great. Coming back to Hong Kong will equal that.

Finland has its lakes, its saunas, barbecue places and natural serenity. Those I like. However, there are very little things in common between Finland and Hong Kong and things I like in Hong Kong mostly surpass those in Finland. Maybe when I'm older I will once again appreciate my fatherland more.

Bon Voyage, to me!