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Thursday, June 08, 2006


Hong Kong Trip

Finally have the time to upload my photos taken during my HK trip which took place 3 weeks ago(21 May). Anyway, i will just make this entry more of a photo blog rather cos i couldnt exactly my what we did and how i felt at that time. Haha.. i have used shan's entry as my reference.

Day 1 : Changi Airport, HK International Airport, Mongkok, Yau Ma Tei, Jordan and Tsim Sha Shui.

Surprisingly, we din take any photos at the departure hall. I guess maybe because it was very early in the morning (ard 5am) and also the girls are more interested in buying duty free cosmetics. Haha.. i joined in the fun and bought myself a stila lip glaze.


Our flight arrangement on Jetstar. My first time flying budget. I find the seats a little crampy and due to it being a small sized plane, it was not very stable. Luckily it only takes ard 3 hours to reach our destination.

This is actually a indicator on the airport express which shows how far away you are from your destination. As the name suggest, the ride from airport to town takes only about 40mins.


4 passengers in the back seats.. so where am i??

At the front seat of course. The taxi here can take up to 5 ppl. The front seat can accomodate 2 ppl.. interesting ar..

This was our first meal at a 'cha can ting' near our hotel. Their noodles are quite 'Q' but the soup too salty.

We were lazying around in the hotel room. It was not that we dun wanna go shopping, it was because the weather dun want us to do so. It rained throughout our stay. So spoiler.. =(

Went to Harbour City for shopping. It is where those high end boutiques are, just like Taka. Had KFC for dinner. Quite tasty i would say. They have baked rice, egg tarts and corn as their side dishes. What i like about the KFC there is that they provide gloves and wet tissues. No more dirty and oily hands. How I wish the S'pore outlets could incorporate that.

This is the night scene of HK. Too bad the photo cannot really capture the beauty of it. Our initial plan was to go to Avenue of Stars where there will be handprints of those famous artiste along the streets. But too bad, the rain spoil our plan. So we moved on to Mongkok for shopping. It is quite similar to Far East and they have a street that particularly sells sports apparel at a reasonable price.

Day 2 : Causeway Bay, Times Sq, Langham Place

This is a typical breakfast set in the cafe. Looks so appealing!!

Shopping, shopping and more shopping. Haha.. think SL was the biggest spender for that day. Let's see.. She bought a Chez bag, Toni & Guy products and cosmetics from Benefit (not selling in s'pore). As for the rest, we din buy much cos the things there not say very cheap.

This is the food court. The deco is quite similar to ours. An interesting finding is that they even have Toa Payoh chicken rice. Though i am not the one eating, it sure doesnt look nice. Right, ZP?

Day 3 : Sha Tin, Wong Tai Sin Temple, Po Lam, The Peak

Woke up extra early for the dim sum cos it was further away from our hotel. It is at Shatin, Maxim Restaurant. Yummy Yummy!! I must say that it was quite worth the trouble. The hongkongers actually have their own way of 'yum cha'. For eg. they will eat using the bowl and put their unwanted stuffs on the plate. Luckily SL taught us before we started eating. If not, we'll become a laughing stock. Haha.. at times, we even had communication breakdown with the staffs there.

Our next stop was at Wong Tai Sin Temple. It was said to be very 'ling' so we specially make a trip there to pray. Above was the view we got after 'pa shang shan' under the rain. SL conveniently sat there and so we all conveniently took photos with her one by one. haha..

Went to Po Lum for more shopping. It is located right at the end of the MTR line.

No kidding. Shan is the new owner of the 5 shoes captured above. Nice and cheap shoes i must say. Comfortable level?? Still testing..

Went up the peak via the tram. The weather is very much like genting, so cooling. Magnificent view!! A must visit place for first timers to HK.

Day 4 : Mongkok, Airport Express, Changi Airport

Went back to Mongkok for last minute shopping. Going home soon le but still had quite a lot of money left. That means that i have a shortage of souvenirs. Here are some of the stuffs i bought.

Packing our newly bought stuffs into lugguage at the Airport Express. Action have to be fast, if not the train would be arriving.

At the check-in counter. Can u see the difference between a budget airline and a normal airline?? So interesting!!

My overall HK experience : The country is very much like Singapore just that it is not as orderly and systematic, esp their traffic and signboards. Food there on the average is quite tasty. Think we would enjoy ourselves better if not because of the rain. So next time, must go HK at the right time.

PS. Can view all my photos under Visual Memories - My Photo Gallery

* my dreams_ 11:20 PM