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HongKong’09 Day 5 21.09.09 - The Surprise!!

Our flight was in the morning, 11+am. So we got to rush to the air port.

Had a Surprise! A surprise once in a life time! Heez..

Had breakfast in the airport –> Maxim’s Chinese Cusine

If you notice, there is also bakery shops at almost every MTR station

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HongKong’09 Day 4 20.09.09

Dim Sum Breakfast / MiniBus and Bus Ride
Central Pier / Central Ferry /
Tram / The Peak 
 

The street behind my auntie apartment. Went for Dim Sum for breakfast.

My Auntie apartment

One of the famous HK cafe. Already full house when we went.

On the public bus to Tsim Sha Tsui

The street that sells all branded stuff. Just like Orchard ROad

Came across the antique Car exibition

A very late luch at Din Tai Fung

The clock Tower along Cental Pier. We are very near to Avenue of Stars (星光大道)

Hong Kong island is just opposite

Thats us..

Going to take ‘The Star Ferry’ to cross over to HongKong island.

Sun is setting…

Sky is getting dark..

we’ve reached HK island. This is the pier which we came on the 1st day to take the ferry to Lantau Island 

So many people.. squeezing to board the Tram to The Peak

Our dinner place.. Bubba Gump (The movie)

At the lounge waiting for our table

The menu

Hot weather ya? Nice to have a chilled beer

Run Forest Run –> Show this and the waitress will not stop by to attend to you

Stop Forest Stop –> Show this! And the waitress will come to attend to you. Haha..

Me and my super big portion of Fish and Chip

Dear and his Yummy ribs

Our dessert –> Strawberry shortcake. This is super huge!!

The scenery at The Peak.. Not bad ya.. my camera still manage to capture it

Then we went back to Mongkok and i manage to met up with my god brother. Had dessert before going back to Hotel.

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HongKong’09 Day 3 19.09.09

ShenZhen Shopping / Lunch / Manicure & Massage
Dinner @ Teppan-Yaki Restaurant

买东西，吃东西。。！！买东西，吃东西！！

Thats what we did!!! Went to ShenZhen on Saturday. My Aunt brought us there after breakfast.

Took the MTR to Lo Wu station in the first class cabin. Spacious and lesser people. More expensive but confirm to have a seat. Heez.. Very fast and convenient, unlike out trip to JB city sqaure. Ha!

Aunt brought us to the shops that she frequent, shops that can find good, nice, cheap stuffs. Fake branded stuff with grade A, B and C. Then she went to make the appointment for our manicure and massage laster in the afternoon. She even ask the boss of the shop to go up to the chinese restaurant to take a Q no for us. HAha.. so Bossy!

The restaurant is so damn packed. Phew! We waited for less than 5 mins and we got our table. Thanks to the lady boss that helpped us took the Q no.

Roast chicken Pigeon meat / Some vege and sea cumember /
soya milk and you tiao / Ha Gao /
Fish Head with Chinese herb soup (This is super delicious!!)

Continued to shop before going for our massage. Manicure (sgd$8). 2hrs massage (Sgd$8)

At night, met up with my uncle and joshua and their friend for Teppan Yaki.

Lobster

Joshua and Bryan

My Uncle friend. He’s trying to say that the abalone is as big as his fist!

My favourite Sashimi

Our Chef of the day!

Then we went to Sneaker street for a walk. Took a stroll back to out Hotel!

Super bloated!

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HongKong’09 Day 2 18.09.09

Maple Court cheap Jeans. Fa Yuen Street.
Element. DisneyLand.

 Woke up real early to have breakfast with my Aunt and Uncle at the cafe beside our hotel. Then my aunti brought us to her apartment which is just a few streets away from out hotel. Then she brought us to a shop that sell cheap jeans. The jeans are super cheap like 80-120 hkd. And its all branded stuff. Ha! I bought a Guess Jeans and Roxy Jeans. The have very big sizes but only a few small sizes. So not much of a choice for me.

Maple Court –> Actually, this is an apartment. Situated at Fa Yue Street. Not many people know about it ok. The Jean store is just on the 2nd floor.

Entrance to the shop.

Mongkok East MTR station.

We shopped around Fa Yuen Street. There are more things to shop as compared to Ladies street.

Then we went to took the Mini Bus to Kowloon Station. Bus no.74

Element shopping centre. Not much things, mostly branded stuff. Wanted to find something to eat but its all restaurants. We foresee that it is expensive, so we decided to give it a miss.

Why is it called Element?? Because there are 5 zones in the shopping centre.

Aeroplane made of bread.

Element SC is just at Kowloon station. Since there are nothing much, we decided to take the MTR to SunnyBay. Hope to find some better Local food cafe to have our lunch. But, there are none!!! So we decided to just proceed to Disney Land instaed.

On Disneyland MTR… Mickey Mouse handle.

Mickey Mouse window..

The train made of sofa seats

Here we are at DISNEYLAND!! Yippy!!

Our entrance tickets

Disneyland Halloween Theme!!

The shops that sell disney stuffs are soooo nice. And i’m so tempted to buy everything!! And Bryan had to pull me out of the shop. Haha…

Their cookies and biscuits souveniers. Packaging is so nice!

Treat a Treat ;p

The princess castle that will be having the fireworks display at night.

It was a very sunny day! So sunny and hot that we bought a Disney umbrella at Disneyland. Heez..

Buzz Lightyear!

Then we went to take a ride –> Space Mountain! Its roller coaster in the darkness.

Can u spot us? Haha..

Some musical performance using metal tins and pails

Its a small world…

We went to took the boat ride and it kept playing the song –> Its a small world.

The boat ride that flow through Holland

Here we are at Africa

Eh… is this Mexico?

Then we are at Hawaii.. and there are many more places…

Its 4.30pm! I was taking this photo when the clock strike and the door open to show 4.30!

I love Winnie the Pooh!

More shopping…

The very expensive food which cost Sgd$10 per bowl.

On the tram.

Then we went to watch the parade. They have changed the theme to Hawolleen theme. Very interesting!

This notti pumpkin gave bryan a fright earlier that day in the afternoon. And i was laughing non stop. Heez..

The princess castle in the night..

The musical and firework display. Very nice.

There’s another sector in disneyland that we didn’t manage to go –> The adventure land. We didn’t have enough time to do so. We left the magical DL after the fireworks and took the MTR back to HK.

Went to Da Jia Le near our hotel for some food. As usual, i went to buy my favourite road side fishball to eat. Yummy!

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HongKong’09 Day 1 17.09.09

Morning Flight to HongKong. Metropark Kowloon Hotel
Lantau IsLand. Dragon Gate City Oulets.
Ladies Street. Meet up with Friend. Desset at Tang Shui Fu

Woke up at 5am in the morning. Dad and grandma sent us off to the airport. Had breakfast before boarding.
Shopped in DFS before going to our gate. The Shu Umera cleansing oil is so much cheaper than the one i bought outside, very tempted to buy. But decided to keep my $ to spend in HK. =)

Our flight was 6.40am in the morning!

We requested to have the emergency exit seats during check-in. The leg room is bigger and spacious.

Up! up! And Above!

Instaed of taking the airport express (MTR), we decided to take the airport shuttle which will send us directly to our hotel. The rates are comparable to the MTR and it more convenient.

ME! on the airport shuttle bus to our hotel.

The scenery… looks like the malaysia expressway ah?!

Along the bridge. Crossing from Hongkong island to Kowloon.

Those flats must be damn expensive!

Spotted the container yard

Dunno why we will take this photo. But it turned out to be the apartment Claris lived when she was working in HK!

Shops along our hotel

We requested for non-smoking room. So we had to wait for a while before we can check in. Left out baggage in the hotel and went out to wacky our neighbour. Dear was hungry! So we decided to try the 香港茶餐厅 just behind out hotel.

We ordered the set meal. And it comes with a winter melon and pork ribs soup. Dear is super happy. I cant finish my portion and he was so happy to help me finish! Heez..

We took the MTR to Cental. Walked to the central pier to take the ferry to Mui Wo. And from there, we took another bus which brings us up to the great buddha. (Cable car was under mantainance, so no luck in trying out)

It was a super sunny day!

On board the ferry. Its air conditioned. Just like those we take to batam or bintan.

The all handy ‘Octopus Card’  aka EZ Link card.

Look at how sunny the weather is! Phew.. sweating..

Isn’t this scenery so beautiful… this is the lake we passed by on our way up to great buddha

The steps to walk up..

Halfway there…

Panting for my breath.. Haha

Yippy!! I’m reaching!

OHhhh… i love this pic too. Look like some winter tree/christmas tree

The back of the Buddha

The 3 servants? or 3 Fairies?

Somthing printed on the buddha palm

The village or souvenier shops. And also the place to take the cable car.

On our way back to HK. Sun is setting

We took the bus that brings us back to Tung Chung. There’s a shopping centre –> City Gate Outlet. Everything is outlet.. you can find Mango Outlet, Nike Outler, Esprite Outlet, Levis Outlet. ALso Coach, Agnes B, Hermes…

HK MTR. The seats are super cold. Took the train back to Mongkok. Shopped around Ladies market, electronics street, shoes street. Bought fishballs to eat. Met up with 1 of Dearie conterpart in HK. She brought us to the dessert shop for dessert. Yummy!!

Before heading back to Hotel. We bought some snacks at 7-11.

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RAWA Island Trip 17-19Apr

I’m totally in love with the sun, sand and beach!  This is one island which has a nice white beach and crystal clear water, beautiful corals and fishes can be found just near the shore. Totally suitable for snorkelling. Wee~  i just love it!!  

Took the speedboat from Mersing jetty, a 20mins boat ride.

Grabbing my Coke tightly… HehHeh~

Arrival on Rawa Jetty. Spotted their Tee shirt? Cute ya! Sunny weather!!

Thats where i’ll be staying..

We saw a board sign ” Tennis Court” and so we decided to check it out. Its a wrong choice. I wonder who will play at this tennis court which is located all the way uphill! No kidding.. the slope is super steep. But, we still managed to hike up.

Lets all take a photo.. the “Individual Post”

We came across 2 beautiful peacocks along the way.

The White Peacock.. ain’t it beautiful?

The Green Peacock

Apparently, there are a few peacocks roaming around the island freely.

Meals on the island are included in our package. Buffet style. Almost 95% of the tourist are all Ang Mohs, so even the food catered are also more westernise. My favourites - the fish battered, nuggets and beef steak! Yummy!!

The clear blue water

Lets play with pebbles..

Beach boys and girl! I think we look like some kind of band.. Wahaha

Bryan BULLIED me! Captured on camera.. haha..

We went kayaking  around the island.. rented the snorkel masks as well. We kayak out further away to the shore.. Bryan stayed on the kayak while the rest of us jump into the sea.. went snorkeling around.. Then i ask Bryan to kayak back while i hold on to the back of the kayak, so that i can just look under the sea for corals and fishes without peddling.

We continue to dip in the cool sea water. Went to play the slide. Damn Scary!! Its fast the water below was like 2m high. I guess my nose drank quite a bit of salty water. But yet.. it FUN! The guys still went to the jetty and jump down.

Sunset Beach in Pulau Rawa..

Sunset Jetty in Pulau Rawa

Everything seems so peaceful, so serene…

Ken, Angela and Ray went back to sleep at 9pm. They were super tired. So Bryan and me went for a walk along the jetty.

The Jetty in the night…

Lady Blue Sky.. The boat we took to Rawa fromMersing.

Lets enjoy a can of COKE!

Lets go for breakfast..

There are hammocks around the beachfront. And anyone can just go and lie. I felet just like a baby in the sarong. Haha..

More snorkeling…

I Love this Photo!

Nothing taste better then a glass of ICE COKE!!!

Nothing taste better than Ice-Cream in a hot day. Yummy!!

See how tanned bryan is. Woo~

After lunch and a short rest.. we went kayaking again. This time round, we decided to kayak to another island. We name it the Temptation Island… Seems near but actually it super far man..

We took like 45mins to kayak over. I shareda double kayak with bryan. Was kept being swept out by the open sea. Especially with out our weigh difference, its even more difficult to maneuver across the south china sea. Lucky the weather was fine, cant imagine if it started to rain halfway.

The island was deserted. It has a Tombolo which connect the main island to an off shore rock/cave.  There was a cave and we explored it. There’s an opening at the other end of the cave which oversee the south china sea. There are corals over there, but because the wave is huge so we did not snorkel out. It just totally amazing. Too bad we did not bring our camera along.

This is how the tombolo look like, the island we explored look something like this..

Saturday night bbq buffet…

A group photo at the jetty…

These are the only souveniers i brought back. All are from Temptation Island..

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