I told them I wouldn’t be joining them for breakfast on Tuesday morning. I went to bed at about 3.33am, and I was desperate to get more sleep before the first appointment at 10am.

I discovered that a plain old internet connection on my laptop wasn’t sufficient any longer. Yes, I needed the LAN connection to blog, but I also had to have my iPhone connected so that I could WhatsApp and do the usual stuff. People told me about the internet sharing and network creation thingy the night before, and that sort of sealed my fate- no early nights for me!

Again, we did what we were supposed to do in the morning. Then G. and I broke away from the group. We had known each other for years, but never had the chance to sit down for a proper meal together. It was a rare hour long men’s talk.

The restaurant we went to was like an exact replica of the dim sum places in Hong Kong. They spoke Cantonese, Mandarin, and of course English. Everything tasted so good. And the custard bun (流砂包) was different from the ones I had in Hong Kong and Singapore. Instead of a white fluffy exterior, it came with a baked brown crust, similar to a 叉烧酥。 Absolutely delicious.

Mindful of the fact that I had splurged away a fortune in the last three months, I left them to shop to their hearts’ delight and made my way back to the apartment.

I need my afternoon naps- no matter where I am!

I found out later that they did the same thing one after another. Hahaha.

Darling Harbour is beautiful. I could have squatted by the wharf and munched on a miserable burger, and not complain.

But they wouldn’t do that to me, obviously.

Prawns, lobsters, crabs, crayfish, oysters, salmon, mussels… The seafood platter we had was stunning.