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.

we love Hong Kong.

even though we have major jet lag,

& this happens.

that's all for now. 

bazinga.

a few nights ago something utterly hilarious happened in the Robinson household. 

this little girl

went "that shi cray" cray.

& it was all because of me. 

& i was in hysterics... the whole time. 

...

shall i start with a background story?

earlier that night aubrey asked me what song had the word "on" in it. 

i replied with bruno mars, "count on me."

she said thanks and we proceeded on with our night. 

about 30 minutes later, i started reading her long status on facebook.

it had a bunch of songs that played off of each others words into the next song.

pretty clever right?

well, that was until the end when instead of putting "count on me," aubrey put another word that starts with a c that changed the whole meaning into something quite dirty. 

it has 4 letters. 

ends with an e.

& the middle has an o & a m. 

needless to say, my mom & i busted up in laughter & told her she should delete it. 

at first aubrey was laughing with us, until she started saying that she meant to say that.

[??]

& then suddenly she went ape on me!

[okay, i may have taunted her a little.]

in a matter of 10 minutes, i was...

unfriended on facebook.

no longer "allawed" in her room.

& fined for 20 bucks. 

downside?

she took away her dvds of the Big Bang Theory from me. 

is this a joke?

bazinga?

apparently facebook is the epitome of friendship and sisterhood. 

good thing i got this the next day huh?

still laughing. 

( flight of the frenchies )

I Believe I can Fly ( flight of the frenchies). Trailer from sebastien montaz-rosset on Vimeo.

can i praise them?

better yet, where do i sign up?

inspiring. 

[insert New Years post here.]

i'll admit it, i felt uneasy about 2012. 

writing out 2012 instead of 2011 is going to be a hard task in itself. 

adjusting though. 

this past year has been [simply put]: 

AMAZING 

& that's why i nearly had a panic attack when 

12:00 AM January 1, 2011 [darn it, 2012. 2012. 2012.] 

approached. 

& then...

as the seconds began ticking in the new year, i got that

[jumpup&downscreamingwithjoy] 

kind of excitement. 

2012 is going to be even better than i deserve, i already know.

& what better way to welcome the new year than travel to Hong Kong?

i am so excited for everything that is to come & i hope you all are as well for what merrily comes your way!

as for resolutions.

i have twelve. 

[one including this quote.]

be pretty if you can,

be witty if you must,

but be gracious if it kills you.

-elsie de wolfe` 

two thousand & twelve, welcome.