Hong Kong Trip

Feeling: Sleepless
Song: I'm Yours by Jason Mraz

Every time I stepped into the airport,
Be it standing at the gate biding farewell to friends;
Or standing at the viewing tower looking at the planes,
I wish I was the one checking in the luggage,
Passing through the immigration counter,
And get the hell out of this place for a year or two.

A form of escapism?

Nope, perhaps not.
I guess is the urge to venture out,
Finding "life" to be inserted into my monotonous life.

Just some stupid random thoughts.

Just like Singapore, Hong Kong was seriously too fast paced for me to comfortably fit in. I would have two thumbs up for the shopping and transportation, other than that, I would have to say no-no if you are finding some places for a relaxation. Hong Kong is way too commercialized. Nonetheless, I did have fun with 买东西，吃东西， 买东西， 吃东西。

Here's it:

Day 1: Dinner at Sweet Dynasty followed by desserts at Happy Together Delicatssen, and Mango Desserts at Xu Liu Shan. Yum Yum, a good way to kickstart holiday in Hong Kong, with her famous food paradise.

Day 2: Dim Sum breakfast at the more than 100 years old history Luk Yu Tea house, followed by fighting with the infamous umbrellas people from the C-Country at Ocean Park (which Li Guo Liang has yet to sent me the pics). We got burnt in the sun and became roasted pigs, before shopping at Causeway Bay. Reece-ED at Lan Kwai Fong for the clubbing next day before calling it a day. Oh yeah, we managed to squeeze in 2 hours at Central's H&M before dinner at 10pm and spotted some paparazzi and celebrities!!!

Day 3(1): One of my favorite day. Visited the famous Lantau Island's Big Buddha, followed by the fishing village at TaiO. We spent almost 2 hours trying to figure out how to (not kanna cheat) and purchase some good dried 干贝 for the mothers. Imagine three big guys getting all messy with how to choose the right ones, which in the end, we still bought the wrong ones. -_-"

Day 3(2): Club Beijing was chosen for the night to club, but in the end we didn't manage to get in due to a police triad which was as cool as what one could see in those Hong Kong drama. "Club-hopped" to Club Sugar due to no choice, and had the whole night dancing till like 3am! And I'm kinda sure I would club more on Friday nights if sure clubs are found in Singapore! They are hell happening! Some disclosed photos before the clubbing session.

Day 4(1): Visited the famous Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees whereby we basically opened our wallets and let the aunties there chopped chopped and chopped helped us with the praying! They no longer have those amulets to throw up the trees. Instead, they have a "noticeboard" to hang amulets which is "very commercialized". Rather disappointed. Shopping at Sha Tin followed by The Peak. The view was rather astonishing, and the supper at Macau Restaurant was just as great.

Day 4(1): Random pictures of me playing a fool in the Madame Tussauds at The Peak.

Day 5/6: Macau was indeed a city of casinos. They can gambled from poker cards to horses, to even dogs. The dog racing course we went for the first night is rather cool, and I lost a total of $140 Singapore dollars in the casinos. Damn! The old Portuguese ruins, the rundown houses of the locals, and the newly built classy casinos contrast one another, and formed a really nice and unique place on its own. But the ghost encounter that fateful night was something really unbearable. Speaking of it, my hairs would still stand. Agrhhhh. Ask me for details if you wanna know. Kinda lazy to type it all out. Hahaha.

Day 7/8: The last two days were basically spent on shopping in Mong Kok, Kowloon and Temple street, etc, and had a superb dinner at the famous Steakhouse along Lai Chi Kok Road. Visited the Avenue of Stars on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront promenade, and have a good view of the famous Hong Kong skyline. But I still prefer the view on The Peak though.

That's basically sum up my Hong Kong trip. And now, is back to the boring school term. Yucks.

Sem 5. Two more sems to go!