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Jun 8, 2008

The Haven for Shopping~~ Hong Kong June 2008

Hihi..I know I skipped the Vietnam trip, but but...still havent got the time to meet my beautiful and handsome travelmates...so I shall proceed to blog about my fruitful Hk trip first...

Day 1

First and foremost, I need to stress that the flight is at 640am, which means I have to be at the airport at 440am and that means I have to wake at 315am, which is what I did..haha, damn tired lah...but someone was still awake when I sms-ed on that day...hahaha

As usual, my third auntie would send us to the airport, regardless of what time it is...muacks! And then she would drive our car back to her place and park it there till we are back...Under the scrutiny of the security guards of Yishun Sapphire..hahaha...

The first stop was the Espirit outlet located in Mongkok...spent so much time there, then we ventured out to 尖沙嘴...
---- SHOPPING ----

Of course, the highlight of the trip is to get my Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 lens at a damn cheap price! Haha, but according to my mum, it's enough to buy another camera..wahahaha...but still...I am loving the clarity, sharpness and the aperture...hahaha
Some samples I took at this restuarant called 糖朝 during dinner, which serves reasonable food and fantastic desserts!

The happy couple aka Daddy and Mummy

老妈...look at the blur-ity of the background and how it seperates the object from the background! Haha, the wonder of having a large aperture...hahaha

The cheeky 老爸.

And presenting to you...THE DESSERTS! Yummy!!!

Although this is not my first time in HK, it is my first time visiting the harbour..hahaha...abit teeny weeny bit of suaku-ness...hehe

Oh...and I found something really interesting in HK...
Bottled Jolly Shandy...So I bought 2 bottles, one in Lychee flavour(which is new to me..) and the regular lemon flavour...lemon's got my vote though...
Arghh...my mum's convinced that Jolly Shandy is liquor because of that tiny bit of alcohol..0.5% only...booo!

Day 2

---- SHOPPING ---- somewhere...

And then it was down to hunting for HRC coz my cousin wanted to get a shirt, he's starting to collect tees from there..expensive hobby i would say...wahaha

After walking here and there, we finally found it....

And on the way there, we also went to look at the Avenue of Stars, another of my first..hahaha..Stepping on the hand prints of the super names of HK...

Maggie Cheung and Jet Li

Lin Ching Hsia and Sam Hui

And guess what we found on the way back?
Registry of Marriage!
SOOOOOO....

Welcome the newly weds!

The second Espirit outlet at 尖沙嘴...this is damn big...we or rather me, spent a really long time there!
SHIOK...but a bit guilty, coz everyone had to wait for me and Mummy...heehee
---- SHOPPING ----

Day 3
It was early rise and wash for us, coz we were going into Shenzhen!
After about 1 hour of train ride, we arrived at Luo Hu! So convenient!

Then it was massive bargaining and shopping by Mdm Koh(s)!
---- SHOPPING ----

Day 4
DISNEYLAND!
I think at this point in time, I am going there not for the fun, but for the brand, at least to tell myself that I have been to this special place in HK...hahaha
But I have to say, they are damn rich!
They have a dedicated train service and also special trains..LOOK AT THAT!

The exteriors...

The interiors...
All built specially for Disneyland...
As tailors would say..Made to measure.

Even tickets are special...but I would expect this to be...

Snapping like any regular tourist...

Shaking hands with the guard..

And so it was a day of fun in Disneyland and trying out all the rides, coz we want to get our money's worth...295HKD is not a small sum...booo...
So 7 adults started embarking on their journey of kiddy rides...

FAKE~~~Coz we din dare to take the teacup ride after lunch...hahaha, so we just posed with the fake teacup...

It's a small world after all...it's a small small world...
Argubly the happiest boat ride ever, so happy it almost put my cousin to slp,his favourite activity...wahahhaa...quite boring coz you only see cutesy figures singing the song on REPEAT MODE...so by the end of the ride, the song's not going to get out of your head for the next 1 hour or so...

The Fongs during the boat ride..

A photo of us outside the 'small world' - with the tunes of the song inside my head...

Finally...The Mickey Parade Show!

The Princesses!

The day started off beautifully...
But just when we were about to leave, it started pouring really heavily....So heavy, it soaked my jeans throughout...boo, damn heavy lah....
But nevertheless, we still had a great day at HONG KONG DISNEYLAND.

Oh, to add on, they are so rich to have such nice trains, but they dont have money to build a covered walkway from the entrance to the train station, which is about half a km away...BOOO...

Day 5
Lantau Island! Also my first time there!
Had to take this crazy 25mins cable car ride up to the peak, which is damn scary to me...But I still survived!
Anyway, it's really lucky of us to have been there earlier, was watching the news just now and they said that HK is experiencing the worst monsoon ever and that Disneyland and the cable car had to close for the period...wah seh! HENG AR!!!

The Buddha and the Fongs!

Me trying to take an artistic shot...hahaha..but look at my small and un-photogenic hand!

The NEWLYWEDS on their honeymoon to Lantau Island!

"Stop it, will you..."

"Now, that's a nice family picture.."

Till we meet again!

The it was shopping at City Gate outlets....hahaa or rather, Espirit outlet...
---- SHOPPING ----
We totally combed the 3 Espirit outlets in HK and spent a bomb there...OMG...never left there without spending at least 1000HKD...HAHAHA...

Day 6
The most relaxing day for us!
But still...we went....SHOPPING!
This time, I went shopping with daddy at Fa Yuen Street...got some cheap buys, which I am really happy with...should have bought more, if I had known earlier about the hidden 500HKD in my wallet...I thought we had no more money!
And we brought almost 10k HKD! HAHAHAHA....
Massive destruction to the pockets!
But that's what happens when you go to HK!
You are not doing justice to yourself if you dont shop!!! WOOHOOO!!!

And that ends my HK trip, meaning I have 2 more weeks to starting work!
Sian-ed....

*Hating the resizing software, coz it blurs my pictures!*

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