My First Year in HK and How We Celebrated: Bistronomique

14th May 2013 is a very significant date for me. I took the leap of faith and ended up in Hong Kong.

I'm not going to lie, my relationship with J was pretty rocky just right before I relocated here but we decided that we loved each other and tried to work on it.

It was worth it.

My first and second month here I was still working in #Netccentric but I was frantically looking for a job since I arrived. This is because, like any other foreigner, I needed a visa to stay in Hong Kong for longer than 3 months. I know another similar couple where the girl was a SIA stewardess who quit her job to relocated to Hong Kong for her businessman boyfriend. She was going through this whole job search thing for a long time before I arrived.

So she would travel to Macau (because it is the closest different country and nobody would rather go to China for this) every 3 months and return to Hong Kong to restart her 90 days tourist visa again.

In my first week here, I honestly thought that that would be my life considering it is so hard for the locals/foreigners who are already here to find jobs, what are my chances? But J encouraged me to be positive cos he said that I'm a lot brighter than the people he have met and found jobs.

I was hopeful after he told me that. Even though I know he had to as my boyfriend. Haha.

My strategy at that point was to look for whatever reputable/non-local company that would hire me. I thought hey, new country, new directions. Story of my life and all that shit. I got in touch with the ex #HongKong #nuffies as well just to make sure I got all my bases covered. They were very helpful and gave me plenty of advise.

During my first week, I sent out loads of CV but no calls. To be honest, I was feeling rejected because I have never in my life I had to look so hard for a job.

Any job really.

So I cried a lot and J had to comfort me a lot. He said, "Come on Deng, it is only week 1. Hong Kong people is fast but not THAT fast."

And it is true. I got plenty of calls on week two, went for a few interviews and got offered a job in the next couple of weeks and by then my contract with Netccentric was coming to an end. So everything worked out perfectly.

I can't say my first job in Hong Kong was though but that is a story for another day.

Yes, my current job is my second job in my short 1 year in Hong Kong.

Okay, I guess what is important is that I've made it. J was right and I am proud of myself to a certain extend.

We celebrated it at #Bistronomique. It is a hidden restaurant in #Central. The food was truly amazing and I rarely say that.

Fish chowder. It taste a lot like a lobster bisque. So, I really liked it.

Lobster tail salad. It was really fresh.

Beef entrecote. It was done at the perfect temperature. And by the time we finished, we were too full to have dessert. Which is a shame because I'd love to try their banofee pie. Anything with banana, caramel and whip cream really. #fatdieme

We were so tan after our #KotaKinabalu trip. It is hard to get him to take a decent photo with me. So, this is a really good one though I did grumpy at him for not leaning forward - now I look like I wanted the photo more than he did (even though it is TRUE).

But you know you only have one chance or maybe two when the waiter is taking the photos for you before they dash off.

Finally, he got me a #DanielWellington watch as gift to remember my first year in Hong Kong. Also, because I lost my retro gold #Casio at Nexus. It was a surprise. I woke up on the Saturday before the dinner and he handed me the box.

I wear it everyday now.