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view from Leu Muk Shue

My Grandfather came by in the morning to take me to his apartment at Lei Muk Shue estates. It’s a public housing development with at least 8 different buildings, with over 37,000 residents. The development had it’s own bus station terminus, shopping mall, and farmers market. I was expecting a ghetto project but it was very clean and safe. The apartment itself has 3 bedrooms, single bath. I think he said it’s 400m^3 and pays 2000hkd a month. From the 19th floor, I could see the skyscrapers in adjoining city Tseun Wan. Grandfather took me to Yuen Yuen institute, a temple. My Tai-po (Great Grandmother) is laid to rest here.

We picked up some roasted pork, hum bao, and bag of paper money as offerings then went to her site. We set up the offerings on a table in front of her site and prayed. Later we took the paper money to a fire pit to burn.

Grandfather headed home and I walked around for a few hours to see Sam Tung Uk and Chuk Lam Sim monastery.

In the evening I took the subway to Central then trammed up to Victoria Peak to see the HK skyline.