4 hours plus

...is how long my flight to HK was delayed. As if that wasn't bad enough, the boarding gate was in a satellite terminal, meaning there were a total of 4 shops to look at, 2 of them being identical duty-free shops. On the plus side, we were allowed $13 to spend at the airport cafes. The down side to that is that, being an airport cafe, $13 just about bought you a can of pop. In the end, we were each given a letter of apology and a voucher for $75 to spend on any Air Canada flight within the year. Oh, and in case you don't know yet, airplane food sucks and a GBA can save your sanity.

Anyhow, went to the New Years flower market tonight. Actually not quite as crowded as anticipated, but then, we went to the smaller market, and the busiest night is tomorrow - New Year's Eve. Most people were selling non-flowers . Endless permutations of chickens - dolls, windmills, keychains, hats. A lot of the stalls were actually set up by business students from universities - partly to raise school funds and probably partly a term project...kinda like Apprentice? Maybe. One neat thing I saw were beans with a saying inscribed on the shell, so when you plant it and the sprout pops out, you'll also see the message on the shell popping out with the sprout. It would make an awesome gift!

Don't have the hard/software to download digipics to the comp yet, but as soon as I get it, I'll find some place to put up pics.

Cheers