Thursday, July 19, 2007!
albeit late, i shall still blog on my trip to hong kong with Chartu and Rhoda! :)
first and foremost, it was purely God's grace that i was able to go to hk in the first place. i went with a peaceful mind, with the full support of mum & dad as well as with the best travelling companions i can ever have.
my 2 lovely companions :)
5/7/07 - night before trip
rhoda and i were taking shelter in Chartu's house. yeah, we were being cheapo cos char's bro could give us a ride to changi airport the next morning. i mean, can u imagine how much the taxi fare could cost?!
anyways, we didnt sleep much, but when we did, i er...pretty much took up the bed and left rhoda sleeping on the floor. HAHAH *embarassed laugh*
6/7/07 - dawn
first time in years i had to wake up at 330 AM. so as u are right to assume, i was not in a very good state. many morning accidents (which include losing the lock of my luggage, falling down, etc) later, we made it to changi. and we ate sakae sushi for breakfast. note to self: dont ever steal rhoda's sashimi. EVER.
6/7/06 - afternoon
we arrive at hk airport at around 1040. walked around jordan (the area of our hotel) for quite some time with our luggages in tow bcos we couldnt locate our hotel. later found out that we actually were right in front of it when we first alighted from the bus. oh well.
we wasted no time to get down to business - shopping. flipping thru the shopping guide, we were recommended YUE HWA EMPORIUM which was conveniently near our hotel. from the outside, it looked a little dubious, but being shopping desperados, we still entered. yes, dear readers, dont ever judge a shopping mall by its appearance. YUE HWA EMPORIUM was worse than expected. it sells..lets see: Bedsheets, ginseng and cha cha vcds.
through our dismay, we decided to perk ourselves up by going for lunch.
look at the feast we had!
the best dish ever! :)
so, as u can see, we evidently became much happier people after our meal! we felt revitalised and invigorated, with renewed hope for the shopping scene in hongkong! :)
the rest of the trip was spent shopping shopping shopping.
welcome to Stars Avenue! :) we decided to take a breather here after our shock at the amount of money we had already spent on shopping - and it was only the 2nd day!
handprints galore. i think this one is jackie chan's.
hand
despite being a concrete jungle, hong kong is still beautiful. :)
Speaking of shopping, hongkong is indeed a shopping heaven - for the rich. gucci, dior, chanel, etc can be seen abundantly in the major areas of hk. AND, the boutiques there are NOT CHEAP EITHER! so, being on a budget trip, we ended up shopping at familiar high street labels zara & mango.
but the one shop that made the whole trip worthwhile...
this high street label better be coming to singapore soon because the things they sell are seriously nice, yet are cheaper than zara or mango! *dreams of H&M*
let me tell u a secret about chartu. she LOVES mangos. unfortunately for her, rho and i could only tolerate 2 days of mango madness before we had to drag her away from any mango dessert shop.
just look at her 'i love mango' face!
this was taken on the first day, so rhoda n i do not look so traumatised yet. haha
but all in all, the food in hongkong is really fan-tabulous. its delicious and cheap! on 3/4 of the trip, our meals never exceeded $5 each and when we splurge on a seafood feast, it costs just merely $10 per person!
the ingredients for our seafood fest!
we definitely did not miss out on the most important food - dimsum!
and of course, GUI LING GAO! :)
this trip was definitely fruitful...
materialistically
and definitely...
emotionally.
i love u both very much! :)
first and foremost, it was purely God's grace that i was able to go to hk in the first place. i went with a peaceful mind, with the full support of mum & dad as well as with the best travelling companions i can ever have.
my 2 lovely companions :)
5/7/07 - night before trip
rhoda and i were taking shelter in Chartu's house. yeah, we were being cheapo cos char's bro could give us a ride to changi airport the next morning. i mean, can u imagine how much the taxi fare could cost?!
anyways, we didnt sleep much, but when we did, i er...pretty much took up the bed and left rhoda sleeping on the floor. HAHAH *embarassed laugh*
6/7/07 - dawn
first time in years i had to wake up at 330 AM. so as u are right to assume, i was not in a very good state. many morning accidents (which include losing the lock of my luggage, falling down, etc) later, we made it to changi. and we ate sakae sushi for breakfast. note to self: dont ever steal rhoda's sashimi. EVER.
6/7/06 - afternoon
we arrive at hk airport at around 1040. walked around jordan (the area of our hotel) for quite some time with our luggages in tow bcos we couldnt locate our hotel. later found out that we actually were right in front of it when we first alighted from the bus. oh well.
we wasted no time to get down to business - shopping. flipping thru the shopping guide, we were recommended YUE HWA EMPORIUM which was conveniently near our hotel. from the outside, it looked a little dubious, but being shopping desperados, we still entered. yes, dear readers, dont ever judge a shopping mall by its appearance. YUE HWA EMPORIUM was worse than expected. it sells..lets see: Bedsheets, ginseng and cha cha vcds.
through our dismay, we decided to perk ourselves up by going for lunch.
look at the feast we had!
the best dish ever! :)
so, as u can see, we evidently became much happier people after our meal! we felt revitalised and invigorated, with renewed hope for the shopping scene in hongkong! :)
the rest of the trip was spent shopping shopping shopping.
welcome to Stars Avenue! :) we decided to take a breather here after our shock at the amount of money we had already spent on shopping - and it was only the 2nd day!
handprints galore. i think this one is jackie chan's.
hand
despite being a concrete jungle, hong kong is still beautiful. :)
Speaking of shopping, hongkong is indeed a shopping heaven - for the rich. gucci, dior, chanel, etc can be seen abundantly in the major areas of hk. AND, the boutiques there are NOT CHEAP EITHER! so, being on a budget trip, we ended up shopping at familiar high street labels zara & mango.
but the one shop that made the whole trip worthwhile...
this high street label better be coming to singapore soon because the things they sell are seriously nice, yet are cheaper than zara or mango! *dreams of H&M*
let me tell u a secret about chartu. she LOVES mangos. unfortunately for her, rho and i could only tolerate 2 days of mango madness before we had to drag her away from any mango dessert shop.
just look at her 'i love mango' face!
this was taken on the first day, so rhoda n i do not look so traumatised yet. haha
but all in all, the food in hongkong is really fan-tabulous. its delicious and cheap! on 3/4 of the trip, our meals never exceeded $5 each and when we splurge on a seafood feast, it costs just merely $10 per person!
the ingredients for our seafood fest!
we definitely did not miss out on the most important food - dimsum!
and of course, GUI LING GAO! :)
this trip was definitely fruitful...
materialistically
and definitely...
emotionally.
i love u both very much! :)
12:36 AM
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