Summer Hong Kong 2009

Hong Kong is such a shopping haven, i nearly shopped til broke. Larling kept calling me a poor bloke cos i dont have enough money for food. We ate alot, bought alot, and walked alot too. I've nv walked so much in my lifetime, i think the mileage that we've clocked is adequate to cover Singapore from West to East and back to West. Everyday we've to walk to the main MTR line for a good 15 min, and coupled with the vigorous shopping and sightseeing activities that we've planned, our feet ached like hell. Nevertheless, it was a satisfying trip and i've enjoyed myself thoroughly.


Our travelling khakis this time is larling's bestie of more than 10 yrs, Kai Chou, and with his gf Cecilia. The couple and us have different objectives in Hong Kong - they spent quite alot on food while we splurged on shopping.

HK Intl' Aiport, Tsing Ma Bridge

After settling down, we proceeded straight to Avenue of Stars at Tsim Sha Tsui, and across the sea is the chio HK skyline at Hong Kong Island

Boarded the Star Ferry to go across to Hong Kong Island. Per trip is only Sing 50cents, but the ride can be quite bumpy though.

TOok the Peak Tram up to the Peak to view the beautiful HK skyline at nightfall and visit Mdm Tussauds which is situated on the Peak.

Waxed celebrities who looked incredibly real.

you can touch and kiss the 'celebrities' anyhow you like, so of course we helped ourselves. Waxed Jay Chou dont really look like him, disappointed.

Waxed Andy Lau is really damn looked alike.

And Andy allowed me to zi pai with him.. whhhooooot



Enough of waxes, out we go to enjoy the best night view of HK. Night shots are really hard to take, luckily we have larling's new SLR

Then we went back to Mongkok and had 许留山 for dessert. Their signature mango desserts are really yummy and their franchises are at every spot of HK. Kai Chou and Cecilia are super fans of them, every night sure have a cup of mango drink in their hand.

Next morning, it rained and luckily it stopped in the noon, and so we headed to Ocean Park as scheduled. We managed to go for only 3 rides and a show due to time constraints. I didnt want to take any rides bcos i'm scared, but they forced me to go for rides one after another!! the last ride was the worst. it'll be my first and last ride bcos after that particular ride, i'm suddenly afraid of heights!! boooo.

This was the roller coaster that i was referring to - Mine Train. Describing it as scary is an understatement.

Taking the super long escalator up to the highlands.

In the Ocean Park Tower which gives a 360 degree view

Sea Jellies!!

i love this photo, which was taken in the Sea Jelly dark room. so illuminating.

In the cable car back to the lowlands. it was quite a long cable ride and i didnt dare to look out cos it was very hiiiigh

Reached the lowlands.. and not forgetting a mario jump with the panda in the background

pandas have a super good life la.. have aircon 24/7 and sleep like nobody's business. i want to be a panda in my next life!

boopboopboop.. goldfish! super fat one somemore.

nightfall.. back to random streets of HK.

cheap place to buy past seasons Prada/Miu Miu stocks.

中环.. their CBD area

back to Tsim Sha Tsui to catch their Symphony of Lights where light displays on the buildings will play along with the music. It was quite boring and Kai Chou caught me dozing off, should have given it a miss.

Langham Place. We're there to check out the super long escalator which stretches to around 6 storeys.

does scorpio and gemini make a gd match?

cable car ride at Lantau Island to Ngong Ping Village and Tian Tan Big Buddha.

We took the crystal cabin (which is also more exp) where the bottom of the cabin is glass. i think the normal cabin is good enough cos u seldom look down, ppl mostly look out of the cabin most of the time.

it was a misty day so we couldnt capture a sharp pic of the Buddha in the background

Last day of our trip, we finally had dim sum for brunch. the dim sum at 稻香 was yummilicious and cheap. We ordered around 8 dishes and per head was only S$7! couldnt understand y yum cha in spore can be so exp.

i've enjoyed so much till i forgot how to work. oh man.. how i wish i could be a panda.

Gathering with bestie and JC folks

Met up with Cheryl yest at Tampines One for dinner.. as usual, we talked about everything, from the gd ol days to our current status. i think she's the longest-standing bestie of mine, half of my lifetime was spent with her. haha. shall meetup again when i come back from HK!

our foodie @ coffee club.. free dessert for any 2 courses ordered.

everyone loves my red ball.. haha

my fav pic:

chanced upon a mini charity fashion show at the atrium..

that's Apple Hong, who's prettier in real life

Then several wks ago was gathering with JC classmates

our attendance saw half of the class turning up, with rare guests like widy, kok leng and zong yi.

i can still rem playing bridge with them at every spot of the sch.. in the library, canteen and some ulu corridors.

with selina

the best couple and entertainers.. daniel and kai leong.

and with the third party, gan hong

the ladies

and the guys

looks like some formal class photo.

where's the kitty? :D

i guess the next gathering would be another 6mths later? looking forward..

Updates

I havent been updating this space cos work is killing me. Now it's finally off-peak for me and i cant wait to fly off to HK next wk!! my past few engagements have been happy and enjoyable cos i've been working with nice colleages, nice seniors and nice clients, though the work itself is sucky. No matter how busy, i'll still squeeze time out to catchup with my lovelies. I've been meeting sec sch frends, jc frens, and uni frends for consecutive wks.. Friends are really wonderful as compared to colleagues. They are really different.. u'll have to talk to colleagues with caution, cos u'll be alarmed by the speed of gossips when u say something wrong. On the contrary, friends are always there to hear you complain with no strings attached. Love u all guys!!

my sec sch friends.. more than 10yrs of friendship and still counting..

happy faces :)

Then on Vesak Day was larling's pretty coussie's engagement at Le Meridien Hotel outdoors. Great idea, but the weather that day was freaking hot.

May love be with the both of you eternally..

a shot with larling's family

larling's lovely coussies

with the gorgeous bride and hansum groom. lol

another wkend meeting up with kaichou and cecilia, our HK travelling mates this time.. while waiting for them, we self-entertained ourselves

another random day. finally got our 3yr anni pressie one mth back..

same pair of armani watches!

PS: Selina, joc and ah nai if you all are reading this space, can u pleeeese send me the photos or upload to facebook?? :)

looking forward to more meetups soon..

"Clementine" 2009

this yr's valentine's day seem more crowded than previous years' vdays.. couples were carrying branded shopping bags walking around and happily splurging on high-ended gifts without qualms.. so much for recession. For us, vday is just like other normal days cos 爱对了人, 天天都是情人节. LOL that's what larling always say, so we dont buy extravagant pressies for each other during vdays. k la, at least i've got the flowers from him and we treated ourselves to a well-deserved dinner.

lil pressie for larling.. i've got flowers for him too ok!

lovely pinky tulips from larling

on the way to shopping (window)

chijmes.. this time no more Sun With Moon. it's Gyu-Kaku instead!

if you love beef, esp top-graded beef like wagyu beef, come give this restaurant a try..

wagyu beef is really different from the normal ones.. it's esp tender and juicy!

many thumbs up!!

we ordered the set meal which has assorted meats..

top left: pork, top right and bottom left: wagyu beef

bottom right: lamb, and in the middle: beef tongue

missing in the pic: salmon.

we bbqed the meat on our own.. it's super heavenly

that's the stove that cooked our meats..

ready to start munching!





happy valentine's folks! :))

CNY Moooo~

Sat was house visiting with my DTT lovelies.. first stop was xisheng's hse, followed by mine, and lastly angeline's. it was a fun day even though majority of them were sick.. so it ended up passing their viruses to me. and thks to them, i can take MC on mon! wooohooo! since we can't take leave during the peak, we can only resort to taking MCs.. must fully utilise all MC days!

we all love woh woh

Awww.. woh woh is so cuuuute in his cheong-sam

mr veg and chio bu trying to murder the lil cutie

big reunion..
from the left: chio bu, mr veg, almond/zebra 2, zebra 1, poh poh, ching ching ching

looking forward to more meetups sooon...

Sun was yearly CNY celebration at my aunt's hse.. the family is growing at an immense speed - coussies getting married/attached, and those married having more kids.. super crowded now. haha.

having coffee break before heading to her hse..

my lub..

Goood nites~