Right now Hong Kong is draining my energy; we don’t get along at all. I find the city too crowded, too noisy, too dirty, too polluted, too hot. Today I really miss country roads, I miss fresh produce (all food in Hong Kong is imported), I miss nature, and I miss silence… I miss normal rent prices and salaries you can actually live on. It’s just that kind of a day…
I still claim to be a city girl. I love the city pulse, when I don’t have to live right in it. I need it at a distance, but at a very reachable distance. I loved living in Sundbyberg when I lived in Stockholm. I got the loud, smelly and crowded city of Stockholm just 12 mins away on the subway. And I got the tranquility of a sleepy small town with excellent public transports and nature just around the corner where I lived. For me this was the best of two worlds. Of course there are pros and cons with everything, but I wish we could find that balance somewhere in Hong Kong too. My ears are tired, my eyes are itchy and my clothes are shrinking.
Not all days are a bed of roses, and there are good and bad days. That’s life, right? Let’s hope tomorrow is a good day again…
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