So I reiterate here, the bill is dead.
The story of this great city is about the years before this.
Night we are. Free.
Hey everyone, this is Ho Ho Hong Kong with me, Vivek, Buddy and
Michaels. Who is?
Mohammed Magdi. That's right.
We're back, everybody. This is, of course, a beautiful
day. Whatever day you listen to it,
it should be beautiful. It's all in your mind.
It's perspective of life. As the motivation guru Tony
Robbins once said, it's all in your mind.
Did he say that? He must have said at some point.
I mean, come on, he. Might have said those collection
of words, still would. Have been yeah yes, I did not
say in one complete sentence yes, he said the word it's he
had said all in your and the word mind.
Oh, for sure, He said it. Yeah.
If I were to do one of those things where I cut and paste his
voice out, yeah, I can tell you whatever his.
Right now you can probably find an AI tool that does that
perfectly. I too probably did it right now
when I did on this is like whatever monitoring with a
little smart devices have around here.
It's like, heard everything. Like he wants to do Tony Robbins
impersonation. Yeah.
Motivation, Yeah. And it's happy.
Maybe maybe in, in a little while we can start having guests
coat, air coat with like different celebrities and stuff
just by having an AI machine I'm.
Sure, yeah, yeah, they'll they'll come up with the AI that
can impersonate certain celebrities.
Yeah, yeah, they'll they'll do like Christopher Walken and all
stuff. Yeah, that kind of thing.
They're like, hey, it's Christopher Walken again.
What do you think? We.
Can this is fresh hot off the the press.
Yeah, we can talk to President Biden, who decided not to run.
That's right. Of five hours ago, yeah, at the
time of the recording. I mean, yeah, we.
Can ask him about his reasons why and he will probably forget
that he is the president right now.
Exactly. Yeah, he's like what we're on
where I'm too old to run. Yeah, I'm lucky.
Sir, we don't mean run like on the street.
Yeah, like run for what? Yeah, where am I running from?
Are the Nazis here is like wait, what?
Oh man, what a bad idea. What do you think?
I know you're like, you're not very political.
No, but him not running, I mean, I think it's an obvious move.
I mean, after the debacle and look, let's be honest, you can
see that he clearly he wasn't making the decision.
No. So he was just there because,
like, you know, that's what we do.
We better do it so we don't look bad.
It's like, yeah, but you see what's happening over here.
He. Got pressured as well, but it's
it's all business, right? So it's all those like the
donors and supporters? Sure.
They're like, dude, we're gonna lose.
We can't do this. We need.
This, But then I think I'm saying bad idea because I think
it's too late already. Like to find, like his VP Kamala
Harris is like, yeah, not particularly like a, you know,
super popular or shining, Yeah. Exactly, Yeah.
I mean, the only thing she's going to definitely playing off
is the women's rights and all that kind of stuff, like women
power and that kind of thing she has.
No, I feel like she has no chance.
Really. Yeah, Yeah, yeah.
It's too late. Yeah.
She's not as popular. Everyone's like, get Michelle
Obama to run. And she's like, I don't want.
To run? Oh hell no, man.
Like if I were Michelle, there's no way I would run.
Are you mad? Yeah, but she would crush it.
Oh, she's she ran. She's good.
She's capable. If she ran, it's over.
It's. Over down.
Don't you elect. We're done, man.
Yeah. And the craziest thing, though,
is that guarantee for the next four years they'll be compared
which Obama was better, you know?
Yeah. But Oh yeah, she would
completely crush. Maybe.
We should have her on the podcast explain why she's not
running and maybe she can we can convince her to run.
She'll probably like, have you seen politics in the States?
Why the hell would? And I've, I've been with someone
who's been inside the office. I know exactly what to expect on
that. There's no way.
That's a complete. Fucking and let's be very honest
with you, like whatever life she has now, 100 million times
better than whatever she would get as as president.
Yes. You know, Yeah.
Not even just the money, the lifestyle, the benefits, the
everything. Yeah, I think if she ran at this
point because, you know, the Obamas have ultimate unlimited
money just like every other. Yeah, just go on and speak a
little bit and bam, you know, yeah.
Yeah, I think it's like if she does it or anyone does it like
this, like it's just for ego, which Trump has plenty of.
Yeah, This is why he's running. Exactly.
Yeah, he's. Clearly not doing it for the
money. Yeah, no, he's like in a lot of
like legal trouble. So he might need the money, but.
No, but that, that's like the the the rich people's way of
playing with money, right? You just live in debt.
Yeah, that's true. Yeah, if you know how to.
So this way I said I was reading some stuff and your key is never
spend your money that stuff. Yes, it's spend bank money
always take loads like yeah, was it on this podcast?
Now it's all. It was probably, yeah.
When you're saying like Jeff Bezos, like just runs his
business by taking loans based. Yeah, it's never spending even
company money. Yeah, yeah.
It's just loans after loans. Exactly.
And just something happening. I don't pay your loan back.
That's it. Yeah, that's your problem now.
Yeah, that's how it ends up with like paying, not paying taxes,
right? Because it's like paying
dividends on yeah, yeah, yeah interest.
Some smart accounting thing that you guys, he's like, I found a
way, but. And and that's the thing that's
like, it goes against your mental thinking of like, OK, so
I'm gonna live off of loans. You're like, yeah, but what if I
can't pay back? You're like, yes, the point is
if you can't pay back, you're like, can't pay back.
Yeah. And you're like, wait, what
don't I go to jails? Like if you're big enough, you
don't Yeah, You know, you have a lot of layers of protection.
If you're small enough, then you're an idiot.
Yes. You know, boring this kind of
money for this kind of stuff. Oh, man, no, but I don't know,
like, like if it was, if Michelle Obama were to run, I
can tell you now there's no so honestly no benefit to her.
Yeah, it'll be great for the country, I guess.
Compared to, let's say, Trump, however, yeah, the risk reward
ratio, let's be very honest, it's very.
It's not fair, it's not fair, it's not fair, especially as a
black woman as well as you get. I mean, Kamala Harris is also a
black woman. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But I mean, like, the point is that the level of pressure she
gets because now she's got Barack to compare true shit.
It's true, man. You know?
Yeah. And if you get a lot of like,
yeah, this is not how he did it. He did it better.
Yeah, my. God, here we go.
How? Much of the racism and stuff
like the rises of like anti, yeah, yeah.
Basically and also reverse it. He'll be the first guy and
that's going to be so awkward. Because the 1st.
The first gentleman. What is it called?
Lady Bill Burr called it the 1st.
The 1st male first lady. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's pretty smart, man. He's pretty.
Smart, right? Oh good.
Yeah, yeah. That's such a good way.
He's talking about, yeah, I think he's talking about Bill
Clinton. He's like, oh, he's talking
about when Hillary was. Running.
Yeah, that was. Like what about Bill?
He's going to be the first male first lady.
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, because she was like the
first female president, like, well, why do we have to clarify
that way? Yes.
So then is the first male first lady?
Yes, that's what it's called, right?
Yeah, that's cool, man. But I mean that title.
Alone is already like, like bad enough for no for them to not
run. Yeah, exactly.
I was like, I'm not gonna be the first lady.
Yeah, he's like, look at my CV right now.
I don't need to add that in there.
Yes, I do not need that. Yeah, but I mean, I'll tell you
this in my lifetime, I do hope that would you see, let's say
female you. I would love that.
I think the world will be a bit calmer, I think like, you know,
especially in a position like the president of America because
people listen to them. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So if, you know, it's like a wiser, like older lady who's
like, all right, everyone, yeah. Let's let's all sit down
together. But I guarantee what's gonna
happen, though, it won't be that, you know, It'll be, you'll
get like a lesbian couple and then it'll be like first lady's
also lady. That's so funny.
Right. And then you just happen to have
the more, the more alpha as the president.
You'll be like, oh, this is not the different point.
Yeah, yeah, you're supposed to be.
Yeah, yeah. Now we have more like, like like
same like masculine energy. Yeah, exactly.
No, no we don't. Want that?
Even worse, though, Yeah, like, now it's not like direct egos
anymore. Now it's kind of like, how can I
play with your mind? It's like, oh shit, yeah.
Yeah, we want the feminine one can.
We Yeah, get the first lady to be the president.
You know, someone assassinate this one.
Yeah, to be replacing. It in the ear.
Yeah, in the ear, yeah, that was crazy, man, that.
Was that was wack that like I think that's happened within the
last week even since the last episode.
Yeah, yeah. What the hell?
Yeah, I mean, I play this the newest movie.
So quickly, like with it since the last episode, Yeah, Trump
got. Shot Yeah, exactly Biden stuff,
Yeah, like, what the fuck is going on?
The best thing, though, is like, this is such a true on brand
thing of Trump that after getting shot, yeah, his
immediate reflex was let me get a moment to shine my ego and be
like, I'm, I'm your, I'm your leader.
You have to admit, no matter where you are, your political
son is that photo is. That photo is.
Perfect, Perfect. Yeah, Just like whoever took it.
That's like straight to like the best photo part of the year for
sure, for sure, man. But also it's like almost like
one of these. Like of course there's
conspiracies flying left and right, which I understand.
Yeah, but like the how perfect because there's also flag in the
back. Yeah, and there's people.
Like, I was reading something that's like breaking it down.
Yeah. And like, the security guards
around him, it's almost like protecting him but also holding
onto him. Yeah.
So it's such like, it's like a perfect representation.
Absolutely, Yeah. Of what the country is and the
world is at the moment. It's like fuck, why did he get
to do? This it's just like.
And is he really that smart or like?
No way. Like, yeah, there's no way,
dude. Cash anyone?
Just like photo op. Dude, just do.
I think he just got lucky. Really.
Oh, this is pure luck. I mean, come on.
There's no way you could coordinate it to like, even if
you reverse and say the shot was never shot at his ear, he always
had that thing ready to, you know, kind of burst in the ear
or whatever you want to do it, but like do the timing
everything like impossible. That's not that's not something
you can coordinate to that level.
Like even if military styles like, dude, no.
Yeah. And then, like I said, and then
having someone at have to sacrifice the life of the
rooftop, pretend they're shooting, getting shot.
Well, this is again, and, you know, you can put your
conspiracy hat on and put that a little bit on to just like read
the what the nuts are saying. Yeah, Yeah.
And they are saying that there were multiple reports throughout
the whole day of a gunman, like someone with a gun walking
around. Yeah, Yeah.
And apparently it was just kind of ignored.
Yeah. So again, it's of course all the
conspiracies. Like they knew of him.
Yeah. They knew like also that one
rooftop, the obviously for a for like a presidential campaign or
whatever. They always like secure all the.
Rooftops. Why would this guy do?
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, apparently this one was
like, oh, and then there was also a policeman who went and
saw the guy and just, like, decided not to deal with him.
Yeah. So it just makes it like.
I mean, every time. Every time.
Yeah. I mean, the thing, though, is
that they probably didn't ignore the gun complaint.
It was just that they had a really full inbox.
Yeah, because they were like the US dude.
Like the number of people, hey, this guy with a gun, like
millionth message. We just misleaded in the last
minute. Exactly.
Trust. Me we're not getting into.
It and also it's, it's like where was it, Missouri or
something? It's like everyone has, so
what's the point? Exactly.
And The thing is the probably the cops saw the guy with the
gun they like. That's a small gun.
Yeah, that's fine actually. What is terrifying is that when
you read about the kid, aside from him being young and bullied
and all of that, his daddy's like, yeah, I know he took my
gun. I thought he's going to a
shooting range, which just like pause for a second.
It's so normal for the dad to be like, the kid took his gun.
So it's the dad's gun and he's like, yeah, my 20 year old took
my gun and went out of the house.
And it's like, that's not a concern.
It's like, what is this country that's?
Just so normalized. It's so normal.
It's like, you know, you're like, you're taking your dad's
car instead. You're taking the gun and the
dad's like. Yeah, Yeah.
Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
What the fuck? Yeah, yeah.
And it's okay for your 20 year old kid to have a gun on his own
that's not even his? Yeah, I did.
Like what are we doing? This is this is this is where I
kind of go like I I've never grown up in an environment with
guns around. Like even when I went to Manila
I was like, Oh my God, a lot of guns here, dude, the fuck, you
know, Like even that. I'm just like, how is this okay?
Like how is nobody going? Like, yeah, it's not a good
idea. Yeah, I grew up with them in the
house because of my dad, but. Yeah.
Like he would like clean them on the dining table and stuff.
Yeah, so they don't scare me as much.
Oh man, they scare the shit out. But like machine guns, I don't,
I'm not super used to. And like when I see them
sometimes you see at the airport here, yeah, it's the only time I
see them, like because the ones on the street like where the
secure the ATMs are actually shotguns.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, those are yeah.
Yeah. At least it's one off, you know,
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But like the guys at the airport that you sometimes see walking
around, there's a like proper like AR15.
And yeah, dude, God damn, dude. Like that's, I mean, even the BB
gunshots, I mean BB gun shops, I, I walked past them.
I'm like, my God, I could never get myself like just the idea.
I'm like, dude, please don't have like that anywhere close.
You know, I don't know, like my girlfriend and Gloria, she's
like really into like these guns when she's going up.
So cool, so cool and stuff like that.
I'm like, I don't know man, like maybe.
Liquor to America. Maybe she has what she needs to
be. I should be over there.
This is. Yeah, this is great.
Yeah. You know, it's bizarre because
like in my head, I think this is the issues that I've I've gotten
so used to the idea of having to think 10 steps ahead of all the
different consequences that the moment I see a gun, I don't see
a gun. I see like a whole bunch of
bullets flying in the air. My God, no.
Yes, You know what? I.
Mean yeah, whenever, yeah, whenever you yeah, you want to
see a head when you see a gun, you're there's not a good
scenario. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The very best. Scenarios that you shoot a
shooter, for example, that's yeah.
Fucking that. The guy got shot 'cause he has a
gun. You get it.
Yeah, this is a second reaction, but I think it's like, like I
said, when I see, let's say, spilt milk on the floor, I'm not
thinking like, oh, there's spilt milk on the floor.
I'm thinking, oh, shit, the floor is going to have water
seep in and it's going to like, lump up later on.
You get my point. Like I'm jumping straight to
like Step 5, hence with the gun as well.
The same way I'm like, I see a gun.
I'm like, yeah, I don't see this as just like an object that
happens to be very cool from movies.
I'm like, that thing is going to have a bullet in someone's head
real at some point, and that's what freaks me out.
Yeah. Yeah, it is.
It is like you, you learn to really like obviously growing up
here for you and me being here for a while, you learn to really
drop your guard down when it comes to this stuff.
Like, yeah, there's no scenario. Like, you know, whenever we had
the odd, like, you know, whatever weird crime it's.
Like a guy trying. To stab a guy at the mall or.
Something. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And. It's never like but like every
what, two months there is like a Walmart got shut up as like
forget about the schools. We're not.
You are in schools a lot. That's fine.
It's terrifying. Yeah, exactly.
You get my point. If I was in the States and had
to go to schools and sort of, yeah.
You're doing the same jobs. Like, I'm just, like, freaking
out. I don't know how the teachers
can be calmly walking into schools.
But yeah, you know what? Who knows what these kids one
day would just be like, I'm pissed off and I'll get you, you
know, it's like, what the fuck? Yeah.
And get your dad's gone. It's so easy.
Yeah, man, that's. Insane, that's why.
Hence why again, as once of the motivation gurus once said, be
grateful for what you have. Yeah, actually.
And honestly, yeah, you can. You can, you know, talk shit
like you can say Hong Kong has, you know, probably every place
has problems and whatever. But that is the security thing
is such a huge like. And in moments like this, like,
you know, Trump getting shot or whatever.
Yeah, reminds you, it's like, oh, yeah, this is not in our
vocabulary. Yeah.
Yeah, Yeah. It's not a scenario that we have
to be ready for. Yeah, not just a presidential,
but anyone getting like shot up like this?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, like it's like in Japan
you have to have in school they teach you about, let's say
earthquakes and stuff. Here, you don't have to be like,
OK, so in case of I'm like, like for example, my desk, I'm not
like, OK, is the height enough so I can hide Unreal.
I'm not even thinking of that. That did.
We have like earthquakes next year.
Like is this? Tremors at most, man.
It was like, you know, like so. In your lifetime, you did it.
There was no there. You were like of like.
The best we had was, I think like last year there was one.
I mean, yeah, the craziest we bad.
It's like last year, I remember lying in bed like 3:00 in the
morning and all of a sudden your beds start shaking a bit.
And that was like, because I think in China they had an
earthquake or something, and that tremor came to Hong Kong.
And everyone you see online, like, Oh my God, did he feel?
Did he feel? Did he feel?
Maybe I don't actually remember. Was I here last year, I would
have been here. Yeah.
I mean, it was probably like 2-3 in the morning.
And for all you know, with Hong Kong, like I said, all the
buildings and everything at 3:00 in the morning, like at an old
building, Yeah, yeah, whatever, you know?
Yeah, you're not surprised by that?
Anymore, I mean, right now as we're speaking, there is also
something that, like, if you really stay quiet, you can hear
the building shaking. Yeah, one of the highest floors
in your building and there is construction happening.
I'm sure everyone saw it in Soho like the the.
The Cane Hill or whatever, that new thing that they're doing
new. Thing and obviously they're
laying the foundations now they're not even I think it's
before laying the foundations like.
This when they dig the hole, yeah, it's like, yeah, it's like
I always every time when I see that happen, I'm like, you know,
that rod that's going in the ground is pushing certain land,
OK, yes. And at some point, it's going to
push, you know? Hong Kong land.
Yeah, Hong Kong land. Exactly.
Hey, because shout out to baseball.
Hong Kong land. Yeah.
So like, I'm always like, how is
this able that they keep sticking these rods into the
ground and yet the buildings around it aren't like getting
pushed away? Like, yeah, at some point, I've
always had this idea that they they do enough of these
buildings in Hong Kong Island that the island is going to
spread further. Yes.
And eventually it's not the reclamation that's going to
connect Kowloon in Hong Kong. It's going to be all these damn
buildings that's pushing the land further closer to Kowloon.
Yeah. It's like, Oh my God, how did.
Oh yeah, we didn't reclaim this. I was like, yeah, I just got
pushed. Yeah, it was the last I saw it
was Cane Hill when they did that.
When they come, they're like, oh shit, I can walk over to Kowloon
now. Actually, what is dumb question,
what is, is the Hong Kong Island being an island?
Is it like the land part, like the earth part?
Is it connected all the way? Or is it like floating but like
really really really heavy? Oh, you mean like the reclaimed
landing? No.
Like Hong Kong Island, where we are right now, No.
We're like an actual and let's attach the the sea ground.
Floor I know, so I would attach the sea ground floor so there is
no like sea under no. We're not floating, no.
That's what I mean. We're not.
Floating. Holy shit.
No, no, everyone. Floating, but very, very, very
heavy, you know? Yeah, no.
OK, put it this way, it's like. Is every island attached to the
sea floor? Look, I don't think they have
the technology or have they gone all the way deep down, but I'm
pretty sure they have because like if they have the the
tunnels, yeah, then connect us to Kowloon.
I'm guessing they've reached the sea floor ready to check.
True. Yeah, it could be that, yeah.
So again, This Is Us doing all the research.
I'm telling you how it's done in Hong Kong.
But you know, there are still like smaller islands that are
would be floating, but there's it's just like heavy, right?
I get. I look honestly, like I have no
idea. I don't pay attention.
Like the moment when geography class talks about clouds, I'm
like, I'm out, dude. I am out of this one.
Like this is never gonna be applied in my life.
Yeah. Where I have to know exactly
that type of. I mean, I'll be honest with you.
Had I studied enough, I would know how the weather would be
the last few days and be like that shape.
I know it's gonna rain. Yeah.
Let me. Let me quickly put my clothes
out. Yeah, any recently told me about
the radar yeah, which it was pretty cool like.
Radar. What radar?
Apparently the radar, you can check on the observatory app,
the radar function, Yeah, where you can see the clouds kind of
coming, moving. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I didn't know it's it's an option.
It's just like, yeah, it's right here.
And it's actually kind of more accurate because you can see the
clouds from far away. Yeah.
And I always look at like the prediction for the next like few
hours or whatever. So is the radar like, you know,
like when you watch Top Gun and they have the thing spinning
around like clockwise? I I kind of hoped it was like
that, but it's like it doesn't do it do it, but you can kind of
read it. It's like dummy proof.
I'll just see. That'll be pretty cool.
Like they have this way, like you don't know how the enemy
plane comes in, yes, but you have like the enemy cloud.
That's what that that's the one with the rain.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's coming, dude.
It's got to start. Oh yeah.
Drizzling. It's a raining man.
Yeah, yeah, all those things. But yeah, it's like today, like
it has been a couple of days that is actually there's been a
few days when it's like on and off.
Like, dude, it has been so on and off.
Like it's annoying now, you know, like, you, you, you, you'd
go out and you like it's raining shit and you get to indoors.
Like stop. Fuck you, man, Yeah.
Yeah, but hey. And fucking sticky.
Yeah, dude. Oh man, like Speaking of sticky,
I was just like, I wanted to talk to you and the listeners
about how it's still like, no matter what temperature it is
moving stuff through like Hong Kong, like dealing with like the
the lala move and the go go vans and stuff.
It's just like how, how, how is are we still like, I think it's
kind of primitive still. It's not advanced at all the way
we're do moving all of these things.
And I just think we we need our society to do something about
it. I mean, what we need is number
one, we need is some sort of government regulated system of
like should you need to move shit from A to B, Could we
please have some sort of way where the car doesn't stop in
the middle of the road? Yes.
And like have like Disney spots, like, OK, this what's gonna
happen? Do we can we have like, let's
say the, you know, like the yellow lights on the back of the
car? Yes.
Could it be like, you know, instead of having the double
flash have like left flash, right flash, left, right.
That means that you have one minute now to load your shit up.
Yes, something like that. But yeah.
Oh, yeah, moving stuff, especially when you're not doing
like the proper like calling movers.
Yeah. First of all, I want to say for
all the movers out there, the ones who do a good job, fuck do
they good. Dude got very good, but also
very expensive. Very expensive, Yeah, Which, you
know, anyone who's good that the job deserved to be paid well,
Yeah, I understand that, but not everyone can afford them.
It's a. Problem dude like I remember
when I was moving stuff before now okay, I'm lucky this time
moving from 1 flat to the other. I'm just sure the same building,
same building, it's a big, you know, Yeah.
But before, dude, I was looking at all my shit.
I'm like, and the guy's like, yeah, we'll do it in by the
morning. I'm like, there's no fucking way
you're moving all this like, watch me.
Yeah, yeah. And like we put it in boxes and
everything trying to. I was watching them pad up like
the small, small items and they, they, they were just wrapping
up. Like I was like, yeah, you know,
there's someone to put it this way.
Like, dude, no, I was like, what?
He's like wrapping paper prap, you know, like holy fuck.
And then that was the first time I heard about this whole glad
wrap wrapping around 10 boxes. Dude, yeah, that was, I was
like, holy shit, did you just move eight boxes on one little
wheel thingy? Yeah, like no big deal.
Was like, yeah, I'm like what the fuck?
Those guys, Yeah dude, those guys.
Like especially when you have the walk UPS as well.
Oh my God, they're backs, man. I'm like, are you insane?
Yeah, right. They're just like pilot on pilot
I. Remember helping my friend move
from Tai Han to Kennedy Town? But like packing her house and
those guys were there like the top level guys.
Yeah and just the efficiency they have and also they because
you know the top level guys also are fine with move helping you
move any like what the. Pack Yeah, yeah, yeah, you'll.
Pack anything they will ask you about anything they're.
Fine, Yeah, the high level guys, like they will even provide the
packing service of like I'll pack every individual life.
That's what you were paying for, like the premium actually.
Like please, I don't want to do. This standing here you know
manage directing. Them.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And those guys are.
I was also standing there, yeah. And just like picking up like,
you know, half, like literally half a chopstick.
They're like, ma'am, do you need this?
I'm like, throw it away. Do you need this?
Throw it away. I'm like, what the and the
things that she does need, they have like little boxes for them,
like glad wrap and bubble wrap is like, God damn those.
Guys are good. I know they like they and I'm
sure there's nothing they've never seen before and they're
like, this is an awkward shape. They're like, buddy, fuck you
man, watch this. Yeah, they'll find every.
You wanna have one of them, like whoever is willing to come out,
just talk about the shit they saw, right?
Moving people. And like, you know what I'll do?
I'll go like, let's see the park and stuff.
Just pick up random things like twigs and shit.
I'm like, how you gonna wrap this one?
Yeah. He wraps it.
Yeah. Yeah.
And then and then after you wrap it, then you have to, let's say,
like, bounce it around twice and then unwrap it.
Like, this is never broke. Holy fuck.
What the hell, You know, Yeah. And like some weird ass shit.
I said, like, I don't know, like a porcupine or like maybe one of
the sea urchins. Spiky shit.
I'm like, how are you gonna wrap this?
Yeah, wash them. They have like cocks.
Exactly the. Yeah, exactly.
Like we have to see urchin box. Yeah, yeah.
This is, I'm like, how the fuck? What?
You know, you'll have exact wrapping paper that is like, oh,
this is like basically punch proof.
And I'm like, what? Yeah, I've never.
Heard of these things but those are the top level guys, but
those are also the guys who pack, not the guys who move as
in like. Yeah, just move truck.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. In the truck, as you said, it's
just like, I don't think there's a unified right system, no, to
like right now. And you're moving houses, but
you're also buying stuff, not just moving, right.
So you still have to deal with these guys.
Yeah. And yeah, there is no like, for
example, I was picking up something from Sign Point going
back to my house in Shanghuan, and sign Point is almost all
one. Way St.
Yeah, yeah, it's a. Head so the guys like waiting at
the end of 1st St. and now I'm in Island Crest which is like in
the middle. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'm like, I can't carry it
too. Yeah.
So he has to go all the way, Yeah, but that is literally a 10
minute drive, yeah, for him to come.
Pissed off 40. Meters, man.
And he's so mad, Yeah, and I am mad because I'm wasting time.
And we was just standing there like, but like even those like
nice buildings don't have like a loading dock.
Yeah, what they would do is like someone they have like parking
space, but they won't let you go in.
Exactly like it's like I'm moving in or.
Out, yeah, like a tenant or whatever they're like, no.
Yeah, yeah. So it's always a security guard.
Exactly. It's like, oh, yeah, where are
you going? Oh, help me move.
Nope. Don't come in.
Yeah. And it's because of the lack of,
like, parking space. Everyone's so protective of it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it just makes moving so
difficult. Yeah, this is the old buildings
versus new buildings. So I'll give you a demo.
Adam Crest, I believe is one of the newest styles where they are
management level. In other words, you have to
follow the buildings, let's say window frames, the doors and
everything. You can't have your own door
lock and everything. Yeah, it's a certain you would
get like A or B or C That's it. Right.
So those are the new style where the building management tells
you everything. You are simply living.
You may own the flat, but you don't own the building.
Yes, Right. Then you got the older buildings
like mine, the incorporated owners where they're like, we
don't give a shit what the fuck you need.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So the pre.
Paint anything you can, actually.
Can you paint outside your windows?
Yeah. Also different colour.
They don't care. I mean, technically there's
nothing to care 'cause it's like a waste of money, sure.
And secondly, is like until the building ordinance, people come
and say, hey, wait a second, why is this?
Why is this color it's? Never gonna get there, you know?
Right. Like I think mine is like the
older older for. Sure.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yours is older.
Older, yeah. No, but mine, because I think
Shang Wan has some sort of like, because it's like now like
touristy or whatever. Yeah, they do come and check.
Like I think someone said like a building across the street,
there was like a certain color and they came as like, Oh no,
no, no, you can't do that. Oh, you have to like the one
flat made a certain color. Yeah, OK, OK, OK.
And. They had to be like, no, you
can't do that. Yeah, yeah.
And I think. Because of all those, like,
tourists now take photos and stuff, so they're kind of paying
attention to like, yeah. And also all this like graffiti
and stuff like that. You still have to be kind of
unified. OK, OK.
Which is kind of cool someone. That's pretty much yeah.
Someone's paying attention, I'll give you that.
I mean, like, it will be silly to just paint your flat a
specific colour. It's like kind of calling
attention like unnecessary. But what you can do, for
example, like your window frames, you can have these and
the water resistant paint. So you paint outside just to add
another layer of protection because it's more expensive.
Obviously you can tell your seafood is a whole fucking wall,
which is stupid. Yeah.
So like you'll see some of the buildings around here you got
like why is the edges of the always like that extra Gray
colors? Like that's the water resistant.
Paint so they do like another layer of paint that is water
resistant just. Around the frame, you know.
To prevent it from like crusting over the long like.
The water seepage, yeah, just having that extra layer of
protection on my Sure, that's smart, man.
Yeah, right over there. So those are that's what and
that's what when I was looking for flats, well, I'm like that
is key. So I tell people that's number
one, but when you move, right, the first thing you need to know
is #1 where are you going to? Are the old school and new
school management? The old school is, like I said,
do what the fuck? We don't give a shit because the
owners are the managers, yes, OK Or whoever's in the committee,
OK, sure. Then the newer ones are like,
let's say the MTR mall buildings, for example.
Anyone, anything's usually attached to one of these malls
and has these fucked up names. Highly likely they have that new
management, yes. Where like, for example, your
balcony, you can't put a clothes rack on the balcony because
they're like, oh, visually it's not nice.
Yeah, you've heard of these, right?
Yeah. A lot of this kind of bullshit.
You can't put a certain grills on your windows.
You can't do this and that inside your flight.
You can do what the fuck, you know?
But you can't do a lot of things.
And those are the ones that always have the slanted walls
and shit, OK. The ones where the living room
is like a triangle and you're like, so I'm watching my TV
slanted. Yeah, man.
Those are what it. That makes no sense to me.
Yeah, it doesn't. How does anyone?
Just like the worst use of space too.
Back to your eyes, number one. Number two is terrible for space
#3 it's always like balcony on the right, lights glaring into
your TV screen. TV is like at an angle and I'm
like, yeah, why do people in Hong Kong all have glasses?
Excuse me? Put put away the race and
genetics and stuff right there. That's a good reason.
But moving stuff like this, though, yeah.
So Island Crest would be one of those where they they basically
they it's fancy because it's great for the sales people to
sell you. You're like, there's a
clubhouse, you guys. There's a pool.
There's a. Pool the family time, you're
like, this is fucking great. And then you move in, you're
like fuck, man, I can't do nothing.
Yeah, I. Would Yeah, I was literally
picking up the item from inside the house and it was the same
thing. And it was like, oh, that living
room doesn't feel right. Yeah, right.
It's like, it's like, yeah, like narrow on one end and like wide
on the other end. It's like, but there are walls.
Like you can knock them down and make it like a proper like.
But you know what it is angle. If you look at the whole
building's floor plan, you'll know exactly what they did.
They squeeze in another, another.
The reason for the angle is that you get that view.
Yes. So that if, like I say, if we're
straight, then the next guy is not straight.
Let's say you're N I'm east. OK, this way.
You're northwest. I'm northeast.
It's like I kind of got a view too.
It's like, boom, that's what we got you for.
But then you end up with like 5 centimeters, like, you know,
like kind of you. And then technically you can
claim like, Seaview, but it's like, so small.
And it's from like, the bathroom window.
Yeah, yeah. But it's like I, I guess I can
see the sea, you know, there's that.
And then the other thing is like those walls usually from my
experiences that they're always thinner.
And because like you have neighbors right next to you,
dude, I'm not kidding you. I remember like before, like
when I went to a gro's place before the neighbors would,
let's say, have music playing. You could hear it through the.
Walls that's black. Because like they're living room
was attached to the bedroom, yes.
So let's say in the morning, 11:00 to watching TV, you can
hear you're like fuck, man. And that's why I told I was
like, dude, this is one thing I always pay attention to when I
go and look for places. I'm like like this flat is not
doubly attached to the neighbors, yes.
Yeah, you are also like your own building pretty much.
Yeah, building. Pretty much all building.
Two buildings attached together. Exactly.
But we have a middle thing separating us.
I'm like that itself is gold. Man, yeah, I don't think you
there's any scenario where you can hear unless they're having
like, no you can't and stupid speaker on the floor.
Yeah, your base upstairs. No, you get the piano and stuff
when people play stairs. Yeah, upstairs.
Yeah, but that's. Yeah, but opposite neighbors.
No, no, no, no. Like to the point, dude, I'll be
spray painting shit in the in the back.
My door is stairs because I'm like, let's just spray painting
my lamp black, whatever. Sure.
You know, the sweeping. I click, click, click, click,
click happening. Dude, I'm doing loud at 2:00 in
the morning. Nobody does a shit really.
They can't hear it. Yeah, can't hear shit.
I'm like, this is perfect. Yeah.
And the best thing was like even that little the the the room
we're doing a podcast in that technically is a kitchen for
most people. Hence my middle of the night.
I'm banging like, let's say the IKEA shells.
You know that that black shell called the bar shelter Tang
Tang. Tang Tang.
Good morning. No complaints.
Nobody cares. Yeah, that's good.
It's gold, man. Yeah, going back to the moving
thing and also the other thing is like those drivers, I guess
like most Hong Kong drivers and like, I get it, Yeah, they're
just grumpy. Yeah, they're like, I'm do
driving again. Yeah, if it's not the
acceleration is the brake. God damn dude.
There is a lot, yeah. And they also, I don't know if
the how the apps work, but they don't really offer much support
in terms of like carrying stuff. And it's like you're like
standing there with like I'm moving a fucking table.
And. There's like in the car.
To be fair, the last guy was super nice.
Like he was like annoyed at like, you know, turning around
the whole thing. But he was like, you know,
friendly and like carry stuff. But like in general?
Yeah, In general, yeah. Not really.
I mean, I put it this way, like, think of it this way.
Even taxi drivers, right? Generally, if you have a
suitcase, they're like, well, I'm not breaking my back for
you. And it's where it's not their
job. And I bet you anything we went
to the West even more so they're like, it's not, I'm sorry, we
don't. I mean, remember I didn't tell
you like I was on the airline and like I think this lady
couldn't get her hand carries suitcase in the overhead
compartment and like these the. Flight attendants.
The flight was like, it's their job.
No, they were like, no, I can't help you.
I'm sorry. It was one of these domestic
flights, huh. It was a domestic flight.
So maybe they those policies are different, like is Virgin or?
Something. No, but that is actually like,
because the passenger can't actually leave it in the middle
and they will have to pick it up.
Yeah, because it's obviously dangerous.
So what happened? I believe it was domestic.
I'm very sure I was in Australia somewhere.
I forget what I was flying to, whether it was Virgin or
Jetstar. Yeah, but like, literally that
passenger couldn't get it up there.
And the air Hostess was like, sorry, I can't, I can't do it.
For no but I mean the the end of that is that another passenger
have to pick it up another passenger yeah I know but they
could the passenger can be a Dick and be like well OK, if
you're not helping me I'm too weak or whatever I'm just going
to leave it here and they will take it because they.
Can't I think that? No, but what they might do then
they will just take it and put less in the crew area.
Sure, it doesn't matter. Then you still have.
Yeah, yeah, then you can't access.
It petty, yeah, Yeah. You know, but I think when I
saw, I was like, Oh my God. And I was like, yeah, you're
right. Because it's.
Like the bottom of like flying, like budget air.
But I think, I think that's a very typical Western policy
thing of like, oh, we tell you exactly what you can and cannot
do and you don't go anywhere as a liability thing as well.
Yeah. Oh, we're not going.
To pick out my back. Who pays for it?
Or like if the suitcase is already broken and you're.
Yeah. And I break it.
And you. Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, all that shit. So I get it, you know, And
that's a OK. So this is a really weird thing
with Hong Kong and Asia itself. Like, you go there and let's say
you don't pick up the desk and the dry's like, dude, you can
pick up the desk. I kind of need some help.
The guy's like, fuck, just let's just get this done, OK?
Yeah. And you'll be like, you know
what, fuck this, let's just get it done.
Fuck you all, you know. But then he will probably, like,
take like, bad, like breaks and stuff and make sure like, he
scratches heads like, yeah. Yeah, exactly.
So you're risking that. Yeah, you get it.
He's like, yeah, you want to be a Dick, I'll be a Dick too, you
know? Yes, that's a problem with like,
you know, leverage, right? It's like, how much authority
are you giving to somebody? Yeah.
And it's the same with the Texas driver.
Like, how much can you piss them off before you go?
Like, you know, Well, OK, yeah, just gonna like hit the brake.
Yeah. And hopefully you hit your.
Face. Yeah, that's yeah, exactly.
Yeah. And then my problem is.
Not my problem exactly. So I don't know.
Or like, yeah, just like driving until the minute of nowhere
throws you there. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, sorry, but I was doing this like moving stuff.
So OK, you had the desk, you get lala move or whatever.
Yes right. A small van, not the big ass
truck. Obviously you don't need that
shit. So I've actually made a mistake
before, like I was actually picking up a you know, these
these these beds, that reclining beds, you know the ones.
So I had to pick it up for my grandma way back, right.
And this other person said they have it and they oh, if you just
come and pick it up, I'll just give it to you.
I'm like, oh sweet. They were not that far from my
house. However, I'm not dragging this
fucking bed tonight. Yeah, of course.
And I did the calculation like the bed doesn't seem to fit into
these small vans, right. And I was like, I have to get a
big ass fucking truck for this one God damn bed frame.
Yeah, OK. And I'm like, fuck this so
stupid. I called the truck, right?
The truck arrives and I go up to the, the, the, the, the, I mean
the apartment. And I'm like, oh shit, I can't
pick this up. And then I, the truck driver
arrives, right? I'm like, hey, man, I'm really
sorry. Is it possible you could help me
out? You know, I'll pay you a little
bit more and I'll give you a tip and everything.
And then the guy was like picking up as an extra 500
bucks. I was like, it's literally just
on this floor. I need an extra hand to just
help me drag this on. And he's like, no, it's extra
500. At that point I was like, so
down in my life because I was like, I got to deal with all
this shit. I'm like, you know what, fine,
whatever, just get this done because I was like losing my
shit anyway with my family, right?
So I we get it in the drive is maybe 3 minutes, 3 minutes,
dude, eight, 500 bucks, 500 bucks, amazing.
I was like, fuck, man, this. And it was on a slope.
I could just just thrown it out down the slope.
It's right. It dragged me just slipped down
onto things. However, he was like, we were
driving and at 'cause you know, these big ass trucks, you sit in
the front with the driver. Yes.
And of course, every now and then the driver's like how many
people? Yeah, you're like, 4 is like,
I'm sorry, my girlfriend's here. We only have three.
He's like, what? We'll tell your girlfriend not
to be there, 'cause like you're working.
No, no, that's not worse. So I'm literally sitting in the
front, girlfriends in the middle, drivers on the right.
His own girlfriend. His own girlfriend.
'S over there. I'm like, it's so funny.
That's like take your girlfriend to work there.
Right. I was like, what is going on,
man? I just needed to get this
goddamn thing right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I move it in and the big ass truck and the worst thing is
that the biggest truck could not get into the building deeper
inside near the door because of the height, right?
Buildings are not designed to have that much height for these
big ass trucks to go in, right. So I'm like, oh, this is so
fucking stupid. I'm like, hey, man, could you
just help me drag it to the door?
Yeah, it's fine for Firebox. You know, I'll do that for you.
I'm like, God damn it, man. God.
Well, I mean, I'm also conscious of sounding like, you know, oh,
yeah, you have like, however many apartments and you're
complaining about the guys moving.
Oh. This is way back, dude.
This is way back. No, but even then or now or
whatever, it's like, yeah, you know, you can look at it as
like, Oh yeah, we're complaining about guys who are like, maybe
economically, yeah, yeah, doing as well.
But at the same time, it's like you, you can apply that to
anything, like someone who comes and paints your house or
whatever, not because they are working for you.
It doesn't mean they can do whatever they want.
Yeah, yeah. You know, there's still a level
of. Service, come on, you're.
Expecting. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Exactly, dude. Yeah, yeah.
Like, yes, OK, maybe I'm doing better than them, whatever.
Yeah, you're still. Need to like they can't just not
be like no, fuck you, I'm not helping.
It's like dude. Dude, yeah, service.
Yeah, exactly. You know, like, excuse me, It's
part of the whole thing. I mean nothing like I don't, I'm
not saying I don't want to pay the guy for helping me.
I'm that's fine. But I'm like, what did you do
for 500? Really do exactly.
It's like mine, man. Yeah.
Like I'm not trying to be like petty about.
I don't. I will give you money.
I'm like I will pay $500.00 for $500 service game.
You simply just help me pick this up.
Put it there. That's it.
I will. I will mention to the same point
and I think I will add this to my my shit list of, of
restaurants that are, yeah, just charging obscene prices.
I will not mention them because actually I know kind of know the
people who run it. Does it rhyme with any word that
you know of? It it rhymes with certain
members of a family. OK, that's all I would say all.
Right. Would it be a female male
member? That's too.
Close. OK, Yeah, that's fine.
Let's see if there. Let's see if there.
Yeah, but I once I mentioned the cuisine, people will know with
the family thing, they'll know what I'm talking about.
So we're out with a friend who's visiting and a few other people,
and we went and had late dinner at that place.
Yeah, it's a lovely place, Yeah, and food is good.
However, it's Indian food and it's not chaiwala.
It's not like a. Black sheet five star it's.
Actually designed and again, as soon as I say there's people who
know what you want to talk about, it's supposed to be St.
Indian food. Oh, I think we know.
We talk about yeah, but no. Is this the classy St.
Indian food place? Yeah, it's like.
Nicer. OK, OK, I think.
It's not like it's not a food truck.
Yeah. And it also has changed around
town. Yeah.
Yeah, it has like many branches, like whatever, however many.
Yeah, I think I need to talk about it.
I. Picked up from them before, like
take away or whatever. So I wasn't really paying
attention to how it would cost because it was like one item.
Yeah. But this time we're like six or
seven people. Yeah.
And we had food there and it was nice, Yeah.
But nothing too special. Yeah.
And also, again, it's Indian food, Yeah.
And it's like the price you will pay.
And I have to think like. This is why you never, never
order at family business, especially if it's like, let's
say you know, two people of the same age.
Yeah, same generation. Yeah, you definitely don't want
to go there. Yeah, like going and.
It's like when we're paying, I'm like.
But actually this brand is a high class.
I guess it's under. A high class, I know you tell
me, but it's under a high class brand.
That I think so. It is owned by.
It is. It is what you.
Think I guess that makes sense. I mean, again, the quality is
there. Yeah.
But like, what was what price, you know?
Yeah. Yeah.
Because it's like a casual dinner.
It's not like I, you know, maybe.
It doesn't. I'm insane enough to pay this
price. You get it?
You're like, what am I? I'm just having something
casual. It feels like a casual I.
Mean, like I mentioned there there, therefore we're like, you
know, you haven't popped on for. Example.
Yeah, you wrapped it. All again, $100.
Yeah, think I'm doing my ACT, but it's literally like pop it
up for $100. Yeah.
You know, what are we doing? Here, How are we OK with it?
How are we supporting this? Kind of eating is and like
laughing, I'm like, yes, it's nice, yeah, but is this the
price I need to pay? For nice yeah in Hong Kong this
what the fuck are we what level am I at Yeah yeah, both noodles
would be nice enough for. Me and exactly like 100 Hong
Kong dollars eating Papa like someone in India is like, Oh
yeah, that was my salary for the whole year.
Yeah, and you bought a Papa? That's what we just have as a
snack. Exactly.
You buy that. For free.
They give it to you. Yeah.
It's just limited. Yeah.
You idiots, man. Yeah, that's just another thing
is like what? Come on.
Yeah, we need to. We need to not keep supporting
these like places. I don't know.
The thing is, this is very hard. It's like I, I know it's pricey.
It's tasty. I'll give you that.
Like they have some really good food.
However, like every now and then I'm like, you know what, maybe I
just have a have a wrap or whatever from this week now.
Yeah. And the problem is this is that
all they need is for everyone in Hong Kong to go like, you know,
once in a while. Yes.
And they're done. And they're done.
Yeah, that's what I mean. Like, it's like you, you will
come around. And that's the same thing
applies to, you know, I know it's like I'm, it sounds like
I'm fixing such a big problem with small solutions, but the
same thing applies to everything else.
Like, that is like, OK, we're not just gonna pay.
We're not gonna agree to whatever price you give me.
Yeah. Yeah, I'm sorry.
That's that's. We're not gonna take it.
That's enough. We're not gonna go in, let's say
whatever hypothetical pizza place, yeah, it's like, Oh yeah,
we'll make you a really good pizza and it's 250 Hong Kong
dollars. I'm like, you know what?
That's not OK. Yeah, yeah, we're not gonna pay
that. Yeah, I know.
I. Want more people to argue with
the restaurant? Here's my Here's my suggestion.
Go to argue with the restaurant. Is the branches anywhere,
whether it's Juan, Chai or central?
Whatever. Yes, yes.
And start just bargaining with them at the end of the meal.
Like you know what? Let's make this authentic.
Exactly. Let's bargain now.
You know, if you want to be street food, let's be St.
bargaining. Wouldn't that be so crazy that
people are like, where's your authentic experience?
Like what? I'm like, you don't go to
bargain. Yeah, I know.
This is the menu. I'm like, yeah, but come on.
How many? How many for me?
My friend. My friend, My plan.
My plan? To channel To channel Russell
Peters, take it and go. Yeah, dig it and go.
Yeah, you know. Here's $100.
Yeah, this is enough. Yeah, I think it's 100.
Dollars. Yeah, I think that is very good.
You like it? Call your brother.
Tell your brother to come out. Why he's not your brother, why
he's not in Hong Kong. Where is he?
Oh, don't say it. It's going to reveal.
It's going to reveal everything too.
Well, he's in the other place. Exactly the other half of the
name. Call one of your brothers.
Exactly. Yeah.
He didn't specify how many brothers, so I'm guessing you
have more than one. But yeah, no, seriously.
Like, I mean, you go to the, yeah, as you said, branches.
I stopped going by the way, like.
No, yeah, I don't. Want you to invite me anymore?
Like just don't invite me that brunch ever.
I'm not going. You mean brunches in general?
Yeah, no, the bottomless. No, no, the bottom like.
All the champagne, Yeah yeah, yeah, dude, okay.
Weekend brunch. I'm not going.
Wait, you don't do it because of what, pricey?
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah it's like unnecessary.
You're like, and let's be honest with you, it is clearly a
marketing kind of thing with brunch like okay, what the fuck?
Pancakes yes, I get it, but scrambled eggs, pancakes don't
come to $400.00. Okay, yeah it's just a fucker
eating yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah no, I think that's something is
like it's I appreciate that stuff is really cool, but what
I've learned is over time with buffets, unless you have
something like really everything is God damn great.
Buffet is generally all the food is like it's good yeah you know
like they're like we don't need to be great now you know because
you're going to have a bit of everything.
You have variety yeah variety yeah you're buying the variety
volume over quality, right yeah exactly.
That's why you have buffets for me.
I thought I the thing for me with buffets, right?
If you have a really good dessert spread, that's fine to
get me. Yes, me too.
Yeah, that's my thing, man. And I always start with the
dessert, like I always said. Speaking of dessert, we just
went to again, too close the the unnamed Indian place.
Yeah, has a a dessert place that opened across the street from it
in one Chai. Oh, it's a bit messy, right?
It's a. Very long.
It's not really, it's very Hong Kong style, but it's very like
brightly lit. It's just just in one Chai.
Yeah, it's part of the same group.
No. No, there it is.
But that's the exactly contrast of what I'm talking about.
The other place that opened relatively recently, there's
like queues. And actually I can mention that
place because it's called sea. It's called sea dessert.
Like literally the letter C. Oh, yeah.
In the corner. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, and we went the other day.
Okay, so yesterday actually. That sea dessert place, I
believe is actually an Chinese classic traditional place that's
always been there for a long time, right, but they've no
they've made it more modernized. This is the sea.
Yes, I believe it's I think it's Chong gay like that, the one of
the very old school Hong Kong. Correct the the menu is all.
There you go. Yeah.
It's just sea dessert. Like I'm in one cha.
It's gonna be, you know, a little gentrified.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which?
Is fine. See, that's what I mean.
It's gentrified. There is a long queue outside
and we went there and it was fantastic.
Oh yeah, yeah. And nothing on the menu was more
than 50 Hong Kong dollars. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, and it's like. Yeah, hold on, hold on.
Did they have the shaved ice layered shaved ice thing?
They. Don't have that.
They have the most traditional, the Chinese one, right?
No, but they also have like the mango desserts and stuff.
Yeah, they have like a lot of the sego.
OK, yeah, yeah, those ones. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Those 50 bucks. Yeah.
Fair. That's the tofu, which is
hopeful. Kind of more expensive than like
the the Super traditional one in Sancho.
Whatever. Yeah, come on, man.
This is people in one truck. I can't afford that.
It's 50. I'm supposed to fucking pop it
up for $100? Across the street, yeah.
But that Papadam uses, you know, organic one or no, right?
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
So by that one, for example, I will plug and I tell everyone to
go, even when it's busy. It's delicious.
It was affordable and it was affordable for everybody.
And while it's still being like, you know, they're killing it,
it's very busy. It's like they're making money
or helping them. Yeah, people can afford it.
Everyone can afford it pretty much.
Yeah. And it's like, Oh yeah, that's A
and I'm not saying this, this is my standard.
What is affordable? It's just like I live here.
Yeah, I know what people can afford in different levels.
I agree, I agree. I mean like that's the thing
like with sea dessert. I because I know exactly where
it is like you go in there. You see the decor is nice, but
not like ho ho ho, you know all that shit.
They're not like putting stuff on the wall They're like look at
the decorations. If it's just eat your food and
get out right yes, we still have that Hong Kong style like you
know it's comfortable, but we're not gonna be all like, hey, look
at our little fancy concept of shut up, dude yes you know we're
not like doing installations of mangoes and stuff right, right,
right. With other restaurants.
I get it, like the whole and I think the clientele is
different, right? Like in Hong Kong in general, if
you live here long enough, you're like, all right, okay, I
can come into a restaurant dimly lit.
Look, the food looks great. Like bitch, just eat your food,
okay? I got shit to do right?
I got shit to do. Yeah.
I will also go back and say that one of the good things about the
other Indian place is that you're open late.
Yeah. Which is, yes, I agree.
If you're keeping staff this late, you know, we were there at
like 10:30 or 11:00. And it is good to have something
that is not fucking Ebenezers. Yeah.
That you can sit down. It's like quality food.
I can't do it. OK.
You can have a markup on that with like staff staying late.
Yeah. I think the last call for for
for the kitchen was like 11:00 PM, which is quite late.
It was like a week night too. Wow.
I'm like, OK, good. I'm happy with that.
Yeah, just be reasonable. Right now we're teetering on
quite unreasonable for what the. Yeah, whatever they provide.
There's also a biryani on the item for 218.
Dollars, Yeah, yeah, I've seen, I've seen the menus.
I'm like, God damn. I mean, like I said, the
wrapping like over $100 and stuff, I'm like, that's insane.
But it's Stacy. I'll give him that.
But for $100, I can get probably the same equivalent tasty food
elsewhere, like let's say Beirut right over there.
Beirut. Bistro.
Yeah, yes, let me. Just say I I compliment you on
your wrap the bread you're using now.
Yeah, dude, that's good shit, man.
Yeah, they're making it in house and yeah, I wouldn't say a
similar price and I don't want to sound hypocritical.
I also I critical of them to like have it.
I'm like this is the limit. You should stop here.
Like it's not. Yeah, $98.
I'm like, yeah, but he's like you're pushing him.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is This is.
Again, with that said, these guys are open every single night
and 2:00 AM on weeknights and 4:00 AM on weekdays.
Crazy dude. On weekends, I'm like, all
right, there is a price for yeah.
Remember, the whole thing was like, nobody goes home hungry,
right? That was that's respectful.
That is respectful, yeah. And again, don't take advantage
of that. Yeah.
Because, you know, we're all like when I am doing that and
I'm like paying this, then I don't have to charge someone
else through. Yeah, just exit the price for.
Everybody, yeah, exit the price for everybody.
Yeah, that's yeah. I mean someone is like going,
yeah, that's inflation, buddy. Like I get it.
Yeah, yeah. But I mean.
How about we all contribute to not inflation?
And we coming back to the whole point of like the government on
people complaining, everyone's going up to mainland China and
everything. Yeah, because the rent's too
high, they're charging more here.
And all you have to do is one hour journey, you go up there
and you're spending like quarter of the price.
Yes, for honesty food that is maybe even better.
Yeah, at some point. And you're like, why wouldn't I
do that? Not everything I don't imagine.
I go to Shenzhen and get a amazing Papa Dum.
Papa Dum Yeah, yeah, exactly. But I'm saying for the food that
they do like let's say, let's say the the Shinzhen, the
noodles, we. Don't even have shinzhen
noodles. Here, so they do.
In one China they have a new store.
Nice. Yeah, they've just got to go
there. Dual place, yeah, yeah, over
there. Yeah.
So that's, I mean, I haven't tried it, but it is good because
when I went to Melbourne and have it, it's pretty good.
So I haven't tried it in Hong Kong but I feel I'm like why
would I eat that over? Here.
Yeah, exactly. You're right.
Compare that. Let's say it's probably like
Alanzo La Mien style. Yeah.
Alanzo Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Which?
Is great, which of course if you have something like this and
then you're like it's unreasonable to be like, Oh
yeah, go to Alanzo and have it for cheaper, but you're right,
go to Shenzhen, yeah, which is an 18 hour train, yeah.
You know, you know. 18 minute train.
Yeah from from the Austin station.
Yeah, because I used to live in TSTI used to walk.
Yeah to the train station. Yeah bam, jump on the train ATM.
I used to do shows in Sheko. Yeah.
I would leave the house around 7:30 PMI book online already.
Leave my house in TST at 7:30 PM, shows at 8:30.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 7:30 PM I'm leaving my house, walking.
Yeah, to the Austin station, take the train.
I think around 7:50 or whatever. Yeah.
The train goes straight to Sheko.
Yeah, there is a station there and then you jump on the MTR and
it's like I think 2 stations or whatever I am closing, I'm there
when like the first act is there is on the stage and that's like,
yeah, that's basically part of Hong Kong.
Yeah, yeah, whatever you want to call it.
Yeah, then yeah, you're right. You can just do the same thing
and go to Shekhar or whatever in Shenzhen.
Yeah, have the meal. I mean that, hence why I'm like.
I don't blame the people who go there.
Yeah, that's what I mean. I keep saying that I fully
understand the whole, you know, mainland China this and I get
it. I get.
The thing is we have to look at the whole picture.
It's like, yeah, why are we having this problem?
Because, OK, the issue is more with, let's say, the New
Territories than Hong Kong Island, obviously, because like
you're so much closer to me in China and I'm like, yeah, what
do you think is going to happen? Like before people come down
from mainland China to get all the parallel goods and
medication and everything? It's the same concept.
Yes. And you can't blame them.
That's why that's the only thing that I would say, like Hong Kong
government trying to say I would smile more and all that shit.
I'm like, buddy, it's not the smile that people.
I will smile more when I can go to get Papa down for not 100
fucking dollars. How about subsidized Papa Downs
bitch? What does that even mean?
He actually literally means subsidized.
The papadums, yes. Is that not another phrase for
something? Else so many Indians here.
Yeah, start paying them to make subsidized papadums.
Exactly. Yeah, subsidized them papadums.
Man, I'll be so cool if everything that's there's a
there's a hidden meaning behind it when that isn't when
literally just asking government to subsidize papadums.
That's literally straight up no fucking hidden agenda yet.
Yeah, well, if you want to ever sponsor papadums for the
podcast, I think this is your opportunity.
If you actually do have, let's say, siblings that work in a
certain restaurant that, you know, is, is whatever.
And they like, let's say, have some sort of staff discount or
even like, you know, hey, I'm at 11:00.
I mean, before we close, you know, we have to pop it down.
We just get rid of it. I'm like, OK, let us know, you
know, then we may show up and take the free ones.
I would like that. I would also like you to support
subsidized US by paying $5.00 a month only on the Patreon where
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Bonus episode and it helps us pay for the expenses of the
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Studio? It's 80%.
It's just nice cameras. That's what we're acting right
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