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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

First Trip to Hong Kong - Day 4

10 October 2011

We are to check out at 11am. I got an sms in the morning, informing me that our flight will be delayed. Instead of 6.15pm, it’ll depart at 7.40pm instead.

Our flight is in the evening, so we left all our luggage at the hostel and will collect them later.

Finally remembered to post our postcards :p.. on the last day of our trip heh!

We went to Causeway Bay and then met up with Soo Mei’s friends for dim sum lunch.

Ordered quite a lot for our lunch :p

So much to choose from...

Ready....?

Feast!!

Lots of mantis prawns in the tanks at the restaurant

Sky started to look gloomy and it started to rain a bit. Good thing it didn't rain the last few days.

After some sightseeing, and yet another final ‘biscuit’ shopping, we went back to our hostel at about 4pm. As we collect our luggage, the people were trying to fix the piping problem :p

Common scene we see in HK movies - 'dar siu yan'

We went downstairs to wait for the bus, that’ll go to the airport direct. I was getting impatient as it’s almost 5pm and still no sign of the bus. I let out a sigh of relief when the bus finally showed up at around 5pm.

It’ll take about an hour to reach the airport. It’s good thing that I’ve already done the web check-in earlier. Otherwise, we’ll be so late! It rained the whole journey to the airport.

We quickly went to the counter to drop our luggage. 3 of us will depart at 7.40pm while the other 4 will be taking a later flight at 10pm+. Since it’s just a few hours difference, we’ve gone to the airport together. I felt like there’re people who’re sending us off heheh

The last pic I took @ Hong Kong

The airport itself has got various biscuits shops. So, next time, forget about buying them earlier and bring them along everywhere you go. Just get it at the airport before flying off.

It was already 7pm+ when we reached the gate. Phew! We sat down and had our cakes (that we bought from the biscuit shop) and finished our snacks that we bought earlier (Pringles). We were the last to board the plane.

We were told that the flight was not full, so, we were trying to spot some empty seats so that we could sit together.

It was quite a rough take off and overall, quite a rough flight cuz’ of the weather. We had a proper meal on board this time. I ordered nasi briyani and 100Plus, Wai Yee ordered nasi lemak and iced lemon tea while Pooi Fun ordered BBQ roast chicken with mineral water. Cost us RM54! :p But we enjoyed our meal. Heheh

We touched down at 11.45pm. Quite a long walk from the plane to the terminal, and I could felt a blister on my toe @_@ on top of the pain on both my legs.

Then, another long queue even at the autogate. After we claimed our luggage, it’s almost 1am already. We took a bus to KL Sentral and reached there by 2am. Wai Yee’s brother came to pick her up, then Pooi Fun picked up by her sis, while Nel came to pick me up after work.

I was still all soaked in sweat, feeling stinky and sticky. Can’t wait to go home for a nice hot shower!

It was already 4am by the time I went to bed and there I was, setting the alarm to wake up at 8.30am to go to work… which never happen cuz’ I suddenly got up at 10.30am. I think the alarm didn’t work. I’ve decided to call in for a day off as I was way too tired. Both legs were aching that I don’t think I could drive.

It’s a very tiring trip. I wish I could spend more time there and have a more relaxing holiday. Hopefully.. I can do that when I go to HK with Nel next time :)

Thanks to all my friends for being such a great company and Leo for the amazing concert.

Monday, November 07, 2011

First Trip to Hong Kong - Day 3

9 October 2011

We seriously slept at 5am and woke up at 8.30am @_@ and my legs are still aching!

Today, the 3 of us will be going to Disneyland, while the other 4 will have their own plans.

We took turns to use the bathroom and by the time we’re ready to go out, it was already almost 10am. But, something held us up even more. We heard loud screaming from the lobby area. A couple was having a fight! It was so loud that we could hear the whole conversation :s (sounds like the man was having an affair with another woman). We dare not go out until the coast was clear.

Instant noodles with pork chop, and instant noodles with luncheon meat and fried egg

By they time they stopped, it was already almost 11am. We have yet to have our breakfast. So, on the way to the MTR station, we just went into a random cafÃ© for breakfast.

Considered looking fresh despite the lack of shut eyes :p.. maybe cuz' we were looking forward to go to the happiest place in the world?

We took the MTR to Disneyland. Took us about an hour to reach there after all the transits.

You know you’re reaching Disneyland when you see the Disney/Mickey inspired train :)

For someone my age, I’m not ashamed to admit that it has been my childhood dream to go to Disneyland :p I know a lot of people told me that the Disneyland in HK will not be as nice. But for me, until I could afford to go to US, Europe or Japan… HK Disneyland will just be fine for me :p And why I’m so gian with Disneyland? Maybe because I grew up watching Disney cartoons and singing to their songs. Many fortunate kids get to go to Disney when they were young… as for me… I finally get to go do Disney when I’m in my 30’s @_@

Yay! Dream come true!

As we walked, I could hear all the Disney songs being played. Couldn’t help it but to sing along :p

Our tickets... I didn't realise the prints are different until we took out our tickets before going in

Have to get our bags checked before going in

We have the whole day here. So we took our own sweet time to explore all the rides and shows. Already spent so much of time at the first stop - souvenirs shop!

(think it's better to describe Disneyland with pictures... instead of my long winded words.. so, more pics ahead)

Halloween is just around the corner

We were given one of this each

Waffles that we wanted to eat... but only remember we didn't eat that after we left :p I guess waffle will just be waffle irregardless if it's a Mickey head or not?

Overall, the rides are mainly for kids instead of adults (you can actually find more extreme rides in Sunway Lagoon or Genting) but no harm to be kids again with the rides :D

We also enjoyed the shows especially at the multi dimensional theater.

Reminds me of Stitch :p

Spinning ourselves crazy in the cup. Wai Yee actually recorded the whole spinning experience lol

Snack time. Couldn't resist the smell of the BBQ dried squid... only to realise later that it didn't taste as good as it smells

Got this from 'Trick or Treat'. Every now and then there'll be people giving out candies and chocolates. We got some chocolates and marshmallows.

But it was quite a let down at Tarzan’s home though.

The hanging bridge at the tree house. Climbed all the way up.. and all the way down after that... nothing much to see.

We stayed on till night, to catch the fireworks. It was awesome and really worth the wait!

Since Halloween is near, the park was decorated with Halloween theme decorations. Even costumes for the Disney characters and staff who’re working at the park.

I wish we could stay longer at the park at night. The whole park slowly turned into a ghost town, with zombies walking around, smokes being released to get the creepy feel. They even started to dance ala Michael Jackson’s Thriller ;)

1 thing I didn’t get to do was.. to take picture with the cartoon characters :p didn’t want to queue and just when I thought I wanted to take a picture with my favourite – Goofy, they said they have already closed the queue and we’ll have to wait again for the next session. Cheh! The girls got so amused when I imitated Goofy’s signature laugh ~ ‘ah-hiuk!’ :p

Must not miss It's a Small World...

Artist at work

Photo session with Jack

We quickly did some last minute souvenir shopping before leaving the place at about 10.15pm. Though I wish to spend more time here, we have another mission waiting for us…. At Hung Hom ;)

Bye-Bye Disneyland...

We took the MTR to Hung Hom. The journey only took us about 30 minutes. We reached Hung Hom at about 10.45pm. Why are we back here? Cuz’ we are to meet up with the rest… and to meet up with Leo! :D

The concert was still on at that time. We took the opportunity to grab a bite at McD, located just across the road.

After our meal, we went back to the coliseum, waiting for the concert to be over. I could hear Leo sang my favourite song, Dai Yi Jui Ngoi! (which he didn’t sing on the first night). Argh.. they encored the song for the last night! And he also sang ‘Ngoi Dik Gai Sik’, his first song as a singer. It was already almost 12am.

I saw a lot of people rushed out even before the concert was over. I guess they were trying to catch the last train back.

We met up with the rest, all wearing the orange shirt. We slipped on ours as well. We were then escorted into the venue and we’re to meet Leo backstage :) It is good thing that Angie managed to arrange this earlier with Leona. We were also joined by other fans as well.

Photo taken from kelvindad's weibo

It was just a brief meet up with Leo for a big group photo but it’s good to see Leo again. We last seen him in KL more than 2 years ago!

Yet.. another outing till 2am! We took 2 cabs back again. Got tired of walking and taking bus :p

The moment we reached the lobby, the staff informed us that there’s water disruption, and it’s affecting all the rooms on the same floor. It’s due to some piping problem at the common bathroom. But, they have provided us with a pail of water and 6 bottles of mineral water, which will allow us to at least wash our face and brush our teeth. Or, we can proceed to the 15th floor and use the common bathroom there. It’s already so late, so we didn’t want to go to the 15th floor.

Saw this pasted on the wall of the bathroom

While Pooi Fun has decided to use the bathroom at the other room (where the other 4 were staying), Wai Yee and I have decided to make use of the water provided for us :p Surprisingly, we managed to ‘take bath’ and still with balance of water hehe.

Since we’ll be checking out the next day, we stayed up to pack our stuff as well. And again, I think we slept at about 4am.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

First Trip to Hong Kong - Day 4

Monday, November 07, 2011

First Trip to Hong Kong - Day 3

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