Hmm though this trip i have experienced much more HK life than my previous trip, i feel quite upset and frustrated most of the time. my mom complains and scolds a lot, my dad .. getting old, most of the time "in a world of his own" (quote from my mom). my 2 aunts (my mom's sisters) are both older than my dad, so.. my pace of exploration is not suitable for them. i must admit that when it comes to travelling, i'm very selfish, if u want to rest i'll go ahead by myself kinda thing. i slave drive myself and everyone.. haha..
Pre-trip - 20 Dec
Public Hol. Shiok! Breakfast with parents.. went back home to rest, then went out to meet my poly IM classmates. Thanks Weng Heng for organising! we had dinner at Vilagè at the Heeren, then chill out at cuppage. Ashley, send us the group photos! =)
Would have stayed longer if i didn't have a flight to catch the next morning.
Day 1 - 21 Dec
went to airport to meet my aunts to check in our luggages together. then we had breakfast at the canteen.
flight on Cathay Pacific. Kinda my first time taking it. Kinda - because I don't remember any trips before i was 10. Got smoked salmon, Toblerone chocolate and Haagen Dasz ice cream! woohoo~ Watched Flash Point on board.
realised i didn't bring my Octopus card just when we were about to leave the airport to board the coach to hotel.. sianz!! Day 1 is Free & Easy, so we met up with Peiyun, and she brought us to Fo Tan in the New Territories for Da Pai Dang dinner... cool..
Fo Tan is an industrial area.. a lot of HDBflat-looking kinda buildings.
Had roast pigeon, "nine-stomach" fish, fried beancurd, and veggies. Interesting.. Went to Sha Tin for a short while then my aunt wanted to go back to hotel to rest already. A bit disappointed because I would like to go for dessert though i was very full already. hehe.. but i was very tired too, we were all tired la. Had a headache after the flight. so we bade yunz goodbye and took MTR back to East TST and walked back to hotel and rested for the night.
Day 2 - 22 Dec
Woke up early for HK Half-day city tour. Had dim sum breakfast at Wan Chai and sightseeing at the Golden Bauhinia Square, Repulse Bay, Aberdeen Fishing Village, half-Peak view, etc. Quite cool la, get to see more stuff than travelling on our own, and understand more from the tour guide lor. But of course they always bring us to Traditional Medicine shops, jewellery shops etc to earn our commission.
Afternoon we went to Hung Hom station to take a train to Shenzhen. The tour guides always change one, here a guy just accompanied us to take the train, and then transferred us to another guide, a Shenzhen local. At first i didn't understand why we had to take a train at Hung Hom station when East TST is the terminal and the train would be emptier, until the guide brought us to take the train towards East TST. Oh, we were going to take a rebound train. Then again, the train destination alternates between Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau. We had to alight to board the correct one at East TST. haha.
At Shenzhen we walked to the hotel -.-" quite near la, but very tiring and troublesome for my eldest aunt, who is 70 years old. We were dragging our luggages also.. hmm. At the hotel the guide asked us whether we want to join the optional programme that includes dinner and transport to the shopping area. we joined since it was our first time in Shenzhen and we weren't familiar to get around on our own. For the shopping i split up with them and went on my own. bought 2 tops only cuz it was winter time. not satisfied with the salespeople also, they follow u all around the shop, watching u as u look at the clothes. argh. traffic was heavy because according to the guide it was Dong Zhi (a festival).
Looks like Shanghai!
Day 3 - 23 Dec
Breakfast in hotel. quite lousy haha. went for a city tour, visited a jade jewellery shop. my mom bought jade earrings! >.< also visited a silk ..factory? shop? ah well. we went to the one in Suzhou already, and bought expensive silk quilts. here the price didn't vary much, luckily. lunch and then visited Window of the World and Splendid China. walked a lot, my feet very tired.
I can't help it...
Merry Christmas 2008 indeed!
Ahh!! Giants attacking the forbidden city!
went back to the hotel and went for massage. the tour guide had recommended the tuina massage, at 70yuan. halfway i started crying.. and i couldn't stop because i was embarrassed.. kept thinking how people would laugh at me when they hear that i cried during massage. argh. damn painful la. i cried until i couldn't breathe.. the masseur brought me a glass of warm water to calm me down but i choked on it, felt like i was going to die there. quite idiotic leh, she was like trying to punish me for not choosing to use oils for the massage. need to pay extra one lor.
Day 4 - 24 Dec
Same breakfast >.< Checked out of hotel in Shenzhen and walked to the train station again. Boarded the train back to HK. YAY! Alighted at East TST and had coffee at Starbucks, cuz it was still early to check into the hotel (same one as our first day here). we got a floor higher than our previous room! rested a while before we went out to Mongkok. Walked there. didn't buy much, i was too tight on my spending. took train back to hotel cuz our feet were all still tired. Had a late dinner and then headed out to TST for Christmas countdown. Super disappointed cuz the fireworks were at Canton Rd at the west of TST and we were at the east!!!!
i'm impressed with the HK police la, they blocked off the whole highway for pple to walk.
Day 5 - 25 Dec
Christmas Day! went to explore To Kwa Wan with my dad while the women were still sleeping. i didn't know how to get there and wasted a lot of time searching for the right bus stop. had a quick breakfast at a small coffeeshop and then took bus back. actually i was there to explore the Cattle Depot Artist's Village, but it would only be open at 12pm. oww..
went to church myself. i had told my dad to buy breakfast back for the women cuz they wouldn't have eaten already, but he insisted that they would be smart enough to go out and eat first. argh. so by the time church service started they were hungry and wanted to go for breakfast. i was walking so fast that my mom scolded me when they caught up, because my eldest aunt had fallen down. the paths there are not well-levelled actually.
i think the Anglican church there .. ok i think i shouldn't comment. =x had Holy Communion.
walked back to hotel, but we stopped by Pacific Coffee on the way. ordered Christmas gifts for our friends back here. =) after that my aunts decided to stay in the room to rest, and i brought my parents to Central, to take Star Ferry and electric tram, and it was my first time exploring Sheung Wan as well as Lan Kwai Fong. This whole trip we didn't visit the Peak summit and Causeway Bay at all.. aww.. my mom kept complaining so we had to forgo some places.
Soccer Fan, at Lan Kwai Fong
took MTR to Mongkok cuz my mom had bought a pair of jeans from Baleno and realise she couldn't fit in it after she tried it in the hotel room. We went back to exchange. then we took bus back to hotel. went nearby for dinner and then went back to Pacific Coffee to collect our orders.
Day 6 - 26 Dec
Dim sum breakfast at London Plaza (went there with Andrielle and Roy before). Checked out of hotel. Did some last minute shopping before going back to the hotel to board the bus to airport. Bus dropped by Tsuen Wan to pick up passengers from another hotel. There got large shopping malls.. hmm~
Won't you feel insignificant to live in one of these units?
wanted to eat at Hang Heung Kitchen at the airport, but after walking unnecessarily we didn't have time to. Dad bought some takeaway food.. i went near to find out why it took so long and realised he had bought 4 packets of rice. argh. i was thirsty, not hungry lor! ya i'm very unappreciative hor. but the rice caused me to be unable to touch the onflight food at all eh. so wasted.
touched down, shopped at the DFS, bought Absolut Disco and some new beer. =D
Actually for this trip.. ya a bit disappointed lor, had to miss out a lot of places. And i absolutely hate being scolded without reason, it spoils my whole day. and i didn't buy much. 3 tops in total for myself and souvenirs for friends that's all. Tried to search for jersey for a friend but couldn't, didn't buy anything from H&M also. I still love Hong Kong. =) wonder if there's any travel companion out there willing to be tortured by me next time lol. keep dreaming of settling down there. haha!
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