Wednesday, September 8, 2010

HK 2010 Day 1: Airport Express/Langham Place Hotel/稻香Dimsum/中环/Yung kei restaurant/Agryle Street

Hong Kong again for the second time! But we gave the touristy attractions a miss - The Peak, Madamn Tussads, Avenue of Stars, Ocean Park should be nothing new from last year when we visited. The main focus of this trip is shopping! And we added in Macau too! More of Macau in Day 3. Main highlight of this trip I reckon would be the Airport Express MTR and our hotel Langham Place @ Mongkok.

A Super convenient and cheap avenue to get from Airport to hotel would be their Airport Express MTR. It's like a normal MRT train, but their seats are more comfy in spacious cabins. Most impt of all, it's not crowded at all as it's not their main MTR line. After collecting our luggage from the belt, we went to purchase the MTR package which includes 2-way Airport Express tix and 3 days unlimited travel on their MTR for only HKD300 (refundable deposit of HKD50). Then we proceeded to the MTR station which is just right infront of the arrival hall. Super hassle-free.


On board Airport Express MTR











Enjoyed the 20min journey with the entire cabin to us.









Lunch at 稻香Dimsum Restaurant. We went there previously with KC and Cecilia and it was gd, so must go back again this time. Anyway it's just a 5min walk from our hotel.
Total bill came up to less than SGD10 per pax.


Packed and crowded on a normal wkday, shows how gd it is.



Went to shop at Langham Place shopping mall which is just opposite the hotel before chcking in at 3pm
A Mao Ze Dong-liked statue on the linkway bridge between the mall and the hotel


Finally checked in to our room on the 29th flr..
Mirrors everywhere in the toilet.
Love the concept.. most importantly, they have rainshower heads which I prefer over bathtubs



Soak in the bathtub while watching tv.. that's the use of a see-through bathroom



The next best thing is their king-size bed!
Larling said this was the first time he heard me snore at night. LOL.
That was the best bed I've ever slept on.. it's fluffy and soft like sleeping on cotton candy!


Full-glass windows looking over HK skyline
Sitting on the baywindow





Even the phone is customised to every room/guest.. very impressed.




They have many cool gadgets for their guests..
On the left is actually a wireless phone cum walkie talkie I think.
and they have iHome for your ipod music



They provided us with 7 pillows!! 5 on the bed, and two more in the wardrobe!
Great for pillow fights!



Langham provides free iPad for loan but a deposit equivalent to the price of an iPad is required.


After checking out the room, we continued with our shopping at Central - the Landmark, and Queen's Road which have a 4-storeys H&M! It's gd that Singapore doesnt have H&M so that the chances of bumping into ppl wearing the same clothes as you will be lower!



Then we met larling's colleague and wife for dinner at Yung Kei one-star michelin restaurant. They are famous for their goose dish.. quite yummy but per pax comes up to around SGD30.








Mr Pan and his ex-girlfriend, Mrs Pan






After dinner, Mrs Pan enthusiastically brought me to shopping places in Agryle Street for great buys.. Though it's the first time we met, but her friendliness made me feel as though I've known her for a long time. We bought quite a number of things in a short span of 90 mins.
After they left, we had dessert at Langham's Honeymoon Dessert.. they have a branch here in Singapore Vivocity.
Quite not bad actually, a gd alternative to 许留山



Pretty night view from our room..


Shall blog on Days 2-4 soon..
Gd Nite HK..

Monday, August 23, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHING!!

Hope u had a great birthday celebration Ching !! It was nice catching up with u darlings!! Glad to know that u all are still surviving strong in audit!! Hang it there yea.. :)

Monday, July 26, 2010

Ooh this Elmo is so cute!! Ignore the irritating shit at the back. :X
Of course this Elmo is not mine.. The other team actually queued close to half an hr for that! They are really too free man.. Always sitting ard chit chatting and tapping out on time! Poor us slog like hell and nv once knock off earlier than them. Our boss should seriously pull some of them over to our team. MBS just have lousy HR planning. Everything will be gd and life will be so much better if not for them.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

The MBS opening celebration carnival today saw me sneaking out twice for lunch break and tea break. Not too bad for working on a Sunday.

These balloons have brightened up my day! That balloon guy squeezed out a Mickey mouse for those lil kids.. I wanted to bug him for one also but he was too busy for the kids!

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Loving Marina Bay

On the way to work.. I saw these throngs of ppl walking along bayfront avenue.. Then I realized it's the New Paper Big Walk @ Marina Bay. It'd be a refreshing walk accompanied by beautiful sights along the way. Last night me and Larling just had a great walk cum photog session at marina bay.. The views were simply stunning. No time to upload the photos yet..

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Brunch off the island

It was supposed to be breakfast, but it ended up as brunch as I couldnt wake up early on wkends. The earliest time I can wake up? 1 plus? I'm a super pig that loves sleeping over shopping. Anyway they serve breakfast all day on their menu, so it doesnt matter. Had superb egg benedicts. The shaky egg yolks cant wait to ooze out when you poke at them. After the artas breakfast, back to Orchard for window shopping.
















Looks like the bridge at Taiwan Fisherman's Wharf



邪星!











Picture of the Day!

Friday, July 9, 2010

Taking a breather from work.. The view from the Boardwalk stage is pretty! If there's still 'unassigned' time, this shall be my hiding place

Sunday, June 20, 2010

How I missed my DTT lovelies..

So touched that my DTT lovelies still love me as much and bothered to organise a meet-up bitching session with me!! Oooh.. missed you all so muchies!! Hope that you all can continue to survive well in DT, esp poor POKx5 who worked extremely hard til 11am!! *Salute*


Rushed over to meet them after work at esplanade.. yes they knocked off earlier than me nowadays. and yes I'm still leading a xiao gou gou's life. Sigh... No regrets though.

I LOVE MBS.
But i love you gals more!




Ah cai suggested we go City Space @ Swissotel to chill.. nice recommendation.
Super romantic place, but too much brightness coming from us. LOL.



Camwhoring in lifts again! haha




Ah cai's gal officially now.
super lucky guy to win our almond's heart!
Congrats to the last man standing :D




Cheers to more OT









SWEEEET!!




Haha this pic is so cute!







dearest chingx3


Loving you gals always!!!!!!!
Huuggggs :)

Monday, June 14, 2010

:(

I didn't know promotion can a un-joyous thing. Promotion means more
work, heavier responsibility, higher expectations, and worst of
all..... no more OT pay!!!!!!!!!! FYI, my OT pay was close to 75% of
my gross salary for last month. This OT pay makes a huge diff to my
current meagre pay can. No OT pay means no motivation to work late,
but as a senior, it'd be expected that u stay later than the rest of
the team. Sigh.. I almost wanted to give up that promotion when my mgr
asked whether I had any violent objections. Super sad man... But I'll
be an idiot if I reject the offer right.. Argghhh!! feel like killing
myself right now.