Hong Kong Trip Day 1 - 4

Howdy! :) without further ado, the post on my Hong Kong Trip on the 14th to 17th of May!

I simply just rested for 1 hr before setting off to the Airport. Cabbed down with my sisters and my mum; they got down at T1 while my ever sweet mum accompanied me to the budget terminal for my flight! :)

was casually chatting with Mei Wen (more comfortably called as Ah Lian Hua) days before i departed to HK that i am gonna take lotsa pics from the time i reached the airport onwards since it is my first time travelling on a plane alone (must kiasu a bit!!) but i... didn't! but no worries, cos there was really nothing much. haha... surfed the internet for a while before i board the plane at 6ish. The view on the plane was spectacular as always! Adding on to the great fact that i got the window seat... :D


After 3ish hours... I landed on the land of tim sum- HONG KONG!

OTW to the immigration.... didn't check in any luggage when i went there; so i didn't need to queue and wait for my luggage etc etc!! :)

random pics of signs.

thot just needa wait straight ahead until i saw the above sign asking me to relax, literally (train comes every 2 mins)



While waiting for the train...



I tot it is known as 'Guardian' worldwide! But nah, it's called 'Mannings' in HK!
Met up with them after they cleared the immigration and collected the lugguage!

first things first, to buy the special value for $ tourist MTR card! $.$

TADAH!!! The catch - 2 rides to Airport Express and unlimited MTR rides for 3 days!

Secondly, to take the maps!!!!!!!! :)

off to take train; to make our way to our Hotel!

Eh? Quiet car? -.- ahahah....

got in at the Airport Station! (Like obviously right? hahahahha..... wanted to show you guys the TV inside the train lah. heheehhe...)







The first Taxi we got into... so must be 'bo liao' a bit, take photo of it. hahaah....

On the road!

Starting to have the 'Hong Kong Hong Kong' feel :)











'Yau Ma Tei Station - the MTR station nearest to our Hotel!
We stayed at City Bay View Hotel (more pics of it later, below....)

breathe in so so much carbon monoxide there... :(



Was searching our first eating place - Mido Cafe - in the itinerary but failed. Thus, the three angry (hungry=angry... ahhahah) us decided to have our late lunch here...









this was what Jo ate... Belle and I had Eel Unagi Claypot rice.
It was to us just normal... one thing about themed restuarant that
i noticed... the deco is always better than the food. (click HERE to read my Taiwan post
on the Toilet Themed restuarant.. :)

After satisfying the hungry us, we then had the energy to shop!!!!!

Searching for Argle centre - very much liken to Bugis Street, my heaven!!!!

Was all very busyyy to shop so no time for photos.

I love love love Argle Centre!! It was the place i spent most my money on. hehehehe....
and then... it was dinner time!!!! This is the very well done Peking Duck Restaurant with lotsa awesome reviews. So we tot we have got to eat the PEKING DUCK there.... So ta dah!!! After some walking around in the district, we managed to find this at one 'ulu' corner!


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The stairway to PEKING DUCK! hohohohoho!



OMG!!!!!!!! DROOLS!!!!!!!

This is their Veggie with meal dish. The veggie was super soft, super nice. YUMS!

鸡蛋花 with vinegar just rocks so much!!!

and....................................

the main lead - PEKING DUCK!!!!

It is never likened to the ones I tasted before in Singapore. The fats just spells gross here.
There, it was really thinly sliced, with the skin so crispy. WHO CAN EVER RESIST?!?! We totally couldn't man! heehehehehhehe.....



After eating, we need to do some exercise!!! To shop that is.
so..... this was the first time 3 of us stepped into a H&M outlet.
and it was definitely not the last time. We visited different outlets
throughout the trip.... My 2 sisters esp Jo was so so so crazily in love
with the stuffs there. Influenced me to like it as well!! Bought two tops,
lip stick, a pair of sunglasses. :D It is like Top Shop, but with the price so much
moreee cheaper. :))


Day 2 - We kicked started our day by first savoring the TIM SUM in HK!!!!!!
we chose '莲香楼'!

Trying to find the signboard of it and it took us quite some time....

you guys know why? VERY -.-.... cos the signboard wasn't completed. As in the word '楼' was missing, left with '莲香'.... -.- thank God Belle was sharp!!!! hehehehehhheh. So funny lar.....
try to spot the signboard. HAHA.....

TADAH!!!!



We reached at 9ish am and it was packed with peopleeee...

it is all about self-service over there. There will be a lot of staffs pushing the different variety of food in the trolley, so if it fits what you wanna eat, you will just say 'can i have one'? They will put a stamp on the order form (given after settling down).


*DROOLS*
my wrong but i only took this picture. Cos it was so yummy that we 'attacked' them... :D


ERM, yes, you got the drift. After eating, its shopping time!!!
but before that, we had to try to sit on the 'DING DING BUS!'
not this....

but this!!! See the Special Bus Track esp for the Ding Ding bus?
This is good! cos there will not be any jams. It is just between these buses.
hiak hiak.









Totally could see Mac Maddies like Willie and XY go: 'WAH MAC! Let's go in to eat!' HAHAAHAH. :P




Went to The Grand Hyatt Hong Kong Hotel to have a dessert buffet!!!
Drools again. Tried all i could see there and YUMS again!! :D







This is Belle! Too cute not to put! :P

went back to hotel after eating to rest for a while.. and this is
when we realized that we haven't really snap pics of our suite! (at level 23 - the highest level- and the best thing was that the upgrade was free.. heheheeh ;D)





I think the pics doesn't do justice to the actual scene there.. but one thing... it was huge! Love how my bedsheet is changed everyday after coming back from the shopping... :D


it was night shopping!!!

went to have a drink at '许留山'


Slurps!! Totally worth every cent!! I love mangoes x 100,000!

seldom see woman doing this job. and i think it is not easy at all.. so kudos to her!

went to the supermarket to walk for a while as we kill sometime before our movie. :)

WHEEEE!! so big!!!



Heheeeeee... managed to find this kinda drink! One which has the marble and you gotta pop it in.




too bad not selling in Singapore already (i think...)





XOXO


'Live band' performing! Dreamy coupled with christmas kinda feel...


One of the very famous bakeries in HK!!
it was when i bought some stuffs for my colleagues here...


DAY 3!






Had traditional Milk Tea and Bo Lo Bun here. After tasting Bo lo bun in HK, we were all surprised that Singapore ones tastes better. as in it has more filling here. it is not concluded with this one time that we tried, cos, we tried others too there but nah, it was not what we expected it to be. Not bad a thing this is! I can simply get what i love to eat in S'pore. hahaa...


SOGO! closed down many years back in Singapore...

In the MTR on the way to the Factory Outlet at Tung Chung (the travelling was likened to start at Pasir Ris and End at City Hall)... and there was this boy playing with play doh in the MTR.






Went to have their Bubbletea thereafter!!


so nice lah! I am missing it. Thankful for KOI in Singapore!!





Tried their special dessert - Joy...Anger... Sorrow... Cheer

man!! tell you it is so creative!! and nice!! Esp for the Anger; the cupped one.
cos once you put in your mouth, there is loud popping sound one!! awwww...
very unique isn't it! :)


Belle's dark chocolateee!







Day 4

Gotta buy the normal standard ticket where ever we went to on the fourth day as we were only given 3 days of unlimited travel on MTR with our Tourist pack.


Had our Breakfast here!

this is super nice!!!! You Tiao Wrapped in Chee Chong fun. SIGH...
can i eat it now???!?!!?





CARROT CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

went to H&M after that....

and... it was visiting Starbucks after that~~!!!!!!!!~~!

wait, why am i so excited when Starbucks is readily available in Singapore?






Cos..... this is a RETRO THEMED STARBUCKS CAFE!!!!
was a bit disappointed when we first stepped in cos everything is as per the normal outlet!! Until we continued walking... TADAH!! AWWW!! YES!! THIS IS WHAT WE SAW!!!
love retro ma ma stuffs/places!


































LOVE IT TO THE MAX!!!!! Imagine eating Bo Lo Bun, Red Bean / Green Bean soup in STARBUCKS! Solid lah..:D



Checked in at Airport...and waved goodbye to my sisters...











while waiting for boarding, i logged into FB! surprised that i was
asked to recognize who is the person in the picture to verify that it
is really my account. 10 pics were generated... wahaha....




*Reached back to Singapore aft 3ish hrs!*

You guys may have noticed that i didn't really post up pics of my face and all cos really, it was v cui due to eczema. and i guess this was the one part which i didn't enjoy. Imagine you travelling around with infected skin. Trying to put on a smile for the cam and see that it is really...... no fun at all. ;( was quite emo due to this... but thank God that I am alright now!!!!! Went to this doc at Bukit Batok on the 24th of May and was given an injection, pills and cream. I FEEL and LOOK so much better! The best thing is that i spent a lot lesser than the clinic i used to always visit, and to see the big and great effect really eases me down. Of cos, prior to this, PK was sharing about Healing. and it was there and then that i was renewed, refreshed, and i told myself to hold on, to claim for my healing as well.. REALLY THANK GOD FOR HIS HEALING!!!!! Believing still, for my complete healing. AMEN! :D Guys, you do know who you are... thank you for edifying the sad and emo me during this period!! LOVE YOU GUYS.:D

happy that i fixed my hair right coming back as well!! Dyed Copper brown and cut back bob hairstyle.

So overall, we really eat, shop, eat, shop and eat and shop there. It was considered as a 'tai tai' trip as compared to my previous trips and i had fun!!!!

WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!! now i really cannot wait for my next trip. Planning to go Taiwan. :D:D:D:D:D

Next post, on Asia Conference!!! :)