After 14 months in Sai Ying Pun, it's time to move East. It's funny, moving from Soho to Sai Ying Pun, I literally had 10-15 boxes worth of possessions and a mattress (that I need to replace). Now I have 20 boxes, a mattress (that I still need to replace) and a stack of furniture. Consequently the cost of moving has gone up to 5K HKD (~650 USD).
Initial thoughts, I am loving the apartment and the new suburb. There's a big BUT though, it's SO NOISY. Not sure if I'll be able to survive 12 months.
At the time of writing, the Hong Kong public have access to two vaccine options: Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac vaccines are both available. Dedicated vaccination centres have been setup to administer one or the other, with more available centres providing the BioNTech (based purely on my lazy eyeball of the centre descriptions).
Arrived for my appointment at 5 pm. Majority of the people are expats, 15 minutes of briefing. "Do you know which vaccine you are receiving?". Jab. 15 minutes in waiting area to ensure no adverse reactions. Treated myself to some Assam Laksa post jab. Finding myself really tired by 9 pm. I ended up having one of the best sleeps in a while.
On the back of the "Expat" cluster from Ursus, a local gym in the Sai Ying Pun area, the government has issued compulsory testing for buildings in and around Hong Kong. My building happens to be one of them.
