This seriously is the best post I've read on Steemit in a long time. Your storytelling is amazing and it's so easy to empathize with your emotions. The house definitely doesn't feel like it has anything to do with Hong Kong (from the picture we have of HK in our minds). In fact, those houses seem like they could be anywhere in one of the private housing colonies of any Tier 2 town in India.
You looked super cute as a kid and made a beautiful bride! What a blast from the past! :)