Facing the Beast to be rewarded with Beauty.

I've been making extra efforts to stay positive these days due to the lack of work.  But I found that keeping the faith caught up with me earlier this week.  Was having a really bad day on Tuesday, friend had left town, movie plans feel thru and when i went home to do some laundry my machine leaked all over the floor in the kitchen so i now had a mess to clean up.  No matter how positive I tried to stay the day got worse.  So after mopping up it was late...  close to midnight.  Very frustrated I decided "I'm going to Victoria Peak".  Still being relatively new to Hong Kong I had absolutely no freak'n clue how to get there.  So i packed my map book and just head south up the escalator to conduit road and took it from there. After making my way up Old Peak Road I saw a pathway leading upwards to, what to me, looked like Victoria Peak.  So... I began the journey up this winding pathway.  Now it's way past midnite at this time and there are lamp post every 50m or so i guess but those dark patches were scary.  I had many silly thoughts run through my mind... would i see a ghost? would some crazy animal lunge out of the bushes and attack me?  or even worse would I see a big rat (big phobia of rats).  The journey took quite a while and there were many instances when I wanted to turn around and head back.  But something told me to keep going and I fought my fears and made it all the way to the top.  When I arrived I was rewarded by one of the most beautiful night scenaries that I have ever laid eyes on.  I went right to the top and embraced the moment and felt a sense of calm and serenity.  All my worries and troubles seemed so irrelevant, so small.  I could have stayed up there all night.  It was all couples except for me but I didn't care.  All I know is that I didn't want to leave.  But I knew that eventually I would have to climb back down to reality.  But I would return with a clear mind and soul.  I could have taken a cab down but I decided to defy the beast once more and head down the dark trail... did come across one animal but not sure what it was.  Does anyone know what kind of animals habituate on that trail?  Here's some pics to share with you.