kung hei fat choi

well, i'm home from Hong Kong!

the past week and a half has literally [& figuratively] flown by. 

here's the dish of our whole trip & such!

[p.s. if you didn't know, we went to Hong Kong to dance in the Chinese New Year Parade.]

we left late thursday january 19, 2012 & arrived in Hong Kong early morning saturday 21, 2012.

{15 hour flight from LAX + Hong Kong being 15 hours ahead of SLC = friday january 20, 2012 never existing in my life.}

right after we landed we headed straight to rehearsal. 

after we were all settled in our hotel rooms and jet lag was beginning to set in, 12 of us headed back into rehearsals to learn some good old Chinese choreography for the opening piece of the parade.

when we got there another group was rehearsing over & over & over again... & needless to say, this happened. 

nice editing skills huh? [just jokes. all of it. hah]

it was hilarious and we had too much fun. click here to watch some of our chinese choreography rehearsal. 

the next few days consisted of rehearsals, a tour of hong kong, shopping [stanley & lady's market], bus rides, lunches, shows, {of course} dancing in the Chinese New Year Parade & more. 

we got home thursday january 26, 2012 after a long flight home.

time definitely didn't stop then. we went straight into rehearsals for our show Move which was this weekend. it was so amazing!

now back to school, getting over a cold, reality and Utah time zone. 

i may or may not have slept until 5:45 p.m. today [tonight?] aka sleeping through church and basically the whole day. it's whatever.  

picture time.

plane view on way!

just landed! welcome to hong kong. 

rehearsal.

boat harbor ride. 

frenchie our boat driver taking blurry pictures of us!;)

floating restaurant during boat harbor ride. 

jumbo floating restaurant. 

stanley market.

stanley's market, just outside this cute cafe we ate at. BEAUTIFUL!

stanley market shopping with Jensen.  

stanley market polaroid. 

tallest skyscraper during the tour. 

attempting to take a picture. 

Simone got really tired during our tour, so I laid on top of her. nbd. 

laying down on the floor.

ellie & gabe.

& again with Gabe. 

view from the tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong!

group picture during the tour. 

some of the interesting food we ate. 

bus ride. 

running through our numbers right before one of shows. this is the face i naturally make when my mom  calls my name. hah, gotta love candids. 

cute family. 

wit and myself after one of the shows. 

& then they decided they wanted a photo shoot. so worth it.

"lady gaga!"

creepin'. so fine. 

typical gabe. haha

& again.  

a lot of us fell asleep on the bus. 

rehearsal before parade. 

right before the parade.

ferry ride after parade. 

parade.

another one of our shows. drinking warm chocolate soy milk.

 

lady's market. 

 

subway ride home. 

rick & our tour guide raymond! he was the best. 

m&m with raymond. 

gabe wearing some beats on the airplane home. 

layover in LA. 

{some pictures via others}

home sweet home. 

:)

kung hei fat choi!!

p.s. bargaining for dr. dre beats at the lady's market was a joy.