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Saturday, August 28, 2004

finally i figured out wat was wrong wit the internet connection... they plugged the connecting line at the USB port... which was wrong o_O"... the connection line wasnt an USB... duhzx!~... well well at least glad now... can update HK itenerary for u peepas hehehex~

Day 1 <23.08>

-Arrival at the HK airport ard 2+pm...

-met our tour guides, the inbound Travel Agent[TA]- United holidays

-their airport HUGE siaz, their coaches area pretty crowded, well everywher is crowded, mostly are Mainland China tourists...[HK main tourist generatin country]

-went to TsingMa Bridge [world longest road and rail suspension bridge of 2.2Km], took pictures at the Lantau Link

-aft which, we went to the hotel fer check in

-meet at 5.30pm to go for dinner

-before reachin the restaurant the bus toured ard Tsim Sha Tsui[near our hotel~hehe], its a shoppin area

-reached the restaurant, and the food sux o_O" eeekkkx

-went to the Avenue of Stars at the Hong Kong Island [theres idols handprint on the floor, the floor was decorated with colorful lights like stars, they change color every now n then, NICE~, watched the laser display ard 8.10pm {A Symphony of Lights}, showin the buildings lighting up at the other side {the Kowloon Island}, we saw the floating restaurant {Aberdeen} as well as other nice ferries and cruises...

-off to the Victoria Peak we go, it was a long ride up the hill or mountain (watever u call tat..lolx)... but when u reached the top, the scenery is nice :) ... but den there were too many china pple up ther, so its crowded o_O" ... all were crowdin to catch the nite view from the Peak viewing area...

-last stop of the dae, the Ladies Street, bought a pair of shoes, purse, pants... saw a jacket but nv buy cause it costs ard HK$600+... which is ard $140 SG$... pretty exp... suppose to buy cheap stuff at HK mahx... horx... well had a feel of wat HK nite market was... saw some cool people... oh and prono available at all newspaper stores... saw some Gu Huo Zai sellin vcds oso... posters of gers in bra... over the places... ryann prob. cant go ther... later horny all the while... lolx :X

-oh and i learn somethin, there's 3kinds of design for HK currency, juz becoz there's 3 major banks... o_O"... 1 is Standard Chattered, the other is the Bank of China... the last one i duno...hehehe :P

-den its bedtime, slept ard 1am... den some1 knocked on our door... jamie went opened it heard it was Alex lookin for me... well Jamie said i was asleep... so duno y he looked for me... nv ask oso...

Day 2 <24.08>

-mornin call at 6.30am, met at 7.30am at ground level to go for breakfast

-it was dim sum breakfast.... nice i tell ya... nice~

-aft breakfast, went to HKTB [hong kong tourism board], some presentation by their assistant manager

- den to Grand Hyatt Hotel, not to go ther stay but go ther see see, for our project :( ... but the hotel is nice siaz... grand i mux say.... their toilet shiok lohx~ bath tap plated in real gold... toilet got phone oso... u get a unique fax no so even wen u check out of the hotel, the fax send to u via that fax no will still be delievered to u... their canto, italian and japanese restaurant very class... they hav paintin and arts ard the hotel, in black n white... nice view of the habour from the hotel rooms~ i wished i stay ther :P ~

-den its almost lunch time, took bus to the United holidays office... hear their CEO talk n talk... and den end up no time eat lunch!... left 20 mins den need to get on the coach to go another destination... so lunch was pathetic... [it was at own account], since no time and it was rainin... so went 7 eleven buy stuffs eat... 7-11 .... o_O"... wtf... no choice la... no time no time!!!...

-its was to City University den... pretty big place, its a private property... oh funded by govt... our sch guides were Ircaus and Alan, they were the graduates of leisure n tourism management... Ircaus cute lehx~ lolx pretty funny too but he kinda shy... their students quite stylish... oh and Ircaus pda... c liao wan to faint.... the lastest model, my fren say... his pda screen can turn 360 degree,camera can turn 180 degree... shiok lahx... reckon his a rich rich guy~...and there's presentation by the Disney Grp, the disney world gonna be magical siaz...openin late next yr bahx...

-now ard 6pm, went back to the hotel... kinda tired already... go here go ther... den its dinner on your own... rain again o_O"... borrow umbrella from the hotel... went back to ladies street... todae got more discount cause rainin... the vendors not much business haha... :X ... forget to say, dinner was wanton mee... their wanton nice lehx... full of prawns... my fav~... tot of havin a nice dinner.. but my frens all budget rather spend on shoppin~.. o_O"...

-and so i bought a watch, skirt, top, conditioner, chocolates, plastic decoration stuffs for my room hehex..., den a ornament for my mom n dad... its in a pair..., a black braclet, a bag, a metal bottle...

Day 3 <26.08>

-morning call at 6.30am, meet at 7.15am for breakfast... i woke up at 7am o_O" so strong...i was on time oki~ lolx...

-had Dim Sim at the same restaurant we went for the 1st dinner... so expected lah..., the dim sum sux ther!~... eeekkk

-den went the wishin tree... bought the wishin stuffs at $3... wrote my wish on the paper... try to throw... but it cant seems to get onto the tree... so Andy helped me throw... hehe... he got it up the tree... so others oso asked him to throw for them... oh ya and a ger who tried throwin, was hit by her own orange as it fell off the tree... she was hit on the head... so her hair all orange juice... poor thing but funny lolx... opps :P btw its Lam Tsuen wishin tree... there's 2 wishin tree one was the original...[1/2 of it was burnt...], the other one is the newer tree...

-den went to the Hong Kong heritage museum ... nth much, dun hav enuf time to look ard... well wit tours its always like tat... :S ... but their display oso style... took some pics of coz...

-off to the Che Gong Miao... [a temple], bought 2 pinwheels... one fer my family, the other fer my gd fren at sch...

-lastly its Ocean Park... we spent like 5hrs there... had lunch at our own expense... Mcdonald was too crowded... so settled for their other set meals...in western style... not nice n exp... well their food are sure exp.... wherever u are... yupx... i shared wit jamie... din want to eat too full... if not later puke when we tk the rides... and Andy joined us at the table... aft tat... we went to take the Turbo Drop, den the Viking Ship, den the Roller coaster... all well all i can say is it isnt tat fun lahx... nth much... long queue everywher... and its humid weather... so u prob. wont want to line up and all... u get wat i mean?... hmmx... but soon... its time to go fer the presentation by their management... the presentation ard 5pm til 6pm... learnt tat ther's 5events each yr... in Oct was the Halloween month... they hav nice events... tis time we went, Aug, is the summer month... well HK students havin their summerbreak... so its more of kids stuffs n events...bought some sourveniors.... bought a Octopus fer Thalisha... so cute lehx! pink color somemore... coz reckon white will get dirty too easily.. anyway heard sis say Thali likes pink color... i juz got one... though i like it too... softtoy not reali my type bahx... too much at home lolx... got a cool keychain fer dad, it can be open up as screwdriver... my dad like these... screw stuffs...

-after Ocean Park its dinner time~....had a wonderful dinner... got roasted goose...yumyum~... and its joanne's birthday... so teacher n her frens bought a cake fer her, sang her a birthday song in the restaurant...she nearly cried...

-soon its 8pm+... went back hotel fer a short bath... sticky all over... illl.... after tat went shoppin at Tsin Sha Tsui, we took their MTR [like our MRT]... HK$4... its juz one stop for our hotel area [jordan].... btw i forget to mention our hotel is Eaton Hotel at Nathan Road...

-went their Esprit sale... got a bag, skirt, and jacket... all fer oni SG$100+... cheap i mux say... den went back hotel soon ard 11.15pm... met Alex and the other to go clubbin at LanKwai Fong [their clubbin area, somewhat like Mohad. Sultan]...total ard 15 of us... to get ther we took cabs cause need to cross the tunnel to the other side... since our hotel is at the Kowloon and the Lan Kwai Fong is at the HongKong Island...the pub/bar we went was Insomnia... mostly are the Ang Mos... anyway not much bar/pub are opened... becoz its weekdays i think...

-aft tat its supper... den its back at the hotel ard 4am... packed up my bag fer check out the next dae... packed til ard 5am... slept ard 2hrs den its time to wake up....

Day 4 <26.08>

-mornin call at 6.30am.... i din hear it... too sleepy... til my fren called our room....i woke up at 7.15am!... meetin at 7.30am... but Jamie oni out of the toilet at 7.20am... so dead... dragged out of bed...

-had TaiChi exercise... i almost dead on the spot siaz!~... sore feet, leg muscles cramped... here pain there pain...o_O"...

-finally breakfast time... hungry... tis time the dim sum... arite again... stil prefer the 2nd day dim sum...

-back to hotel for check out at 12noon, last min packing... managed to squeeze everything in my luggage... super heavy o_O"...

-aft check out, went Tsin Sha Tsui again... haven shop finish...

-had lunch first... Char Siew n Roasted Pork rice, with the speciality drink "Yuan Yang" [tea mixed wit coffee]... the shop was recommended by one the famous gourmet master...[those we go ard tastin food...]... yea it was nice though... cost me ard SG$8...

-shop ard and went into a shop called Circle...[lsland type, indian style...] got a pair of sandals for oni HK$20... den went buy cigarettes fer Ryn, its black classy case... she likes black... and by this time i am declared broke already... so couldnt buy much more...

-time passed quickly... had to get back hotel by 5pm... need to go airport liaox... before goin back, i bought a box of mooncake [in black color again hehex... nice lehx... the paper bag i got oso black color...my frens all like it... haha]... its the brand Kee Wah... one of the must buy in HK...

-collected the Lao Po Bing we bought...its famous brand... Yuanlong Wife Cake...[i will explain its story in the later part.. :) ]...

-went back hotel... time to go airport... nice departure hall.... hav to travel a long way ard 30mins before reachin our departure gate at 69... by foot/ those flat escalator...visit the Disney World shop... got myself a ghostly grow in dark keychain...hehex...

-its on the way home~... on plane had a pretty nice dinner... watch the movie 13 goin 30.... not soon after we reached Singapore... check out was fast... collected my luggage and zoomed off home... tired tired...~ hehe

alrite tats pretty long "story"

now the Wife cake [Lao Po Bing story]
: Legend has it that back in feudal Yuenlong China, a daughter in law offered herself for sale in return for money to cure her ill father in law. In a deseperate attempt to redeem his spouse, the husband created a gourmet cake for sale in the bazaar. his product did pay off with the proceeds saved. the couple was able to get together again and lived happily ever after. his recipe was then spread from place to place, winnin the name "Yuenlong Wife Cake".

pix will be uploaded soon... by den the link will be published up ;)

^cHeeky mOnKee^ swingin at 12:27 PM