HK '09 Day 1 & 2

I am finally blogging about my HK trip!

HK Day 1

Such a pretty view. A bit of a pity that our tired fellow passenger was oblivious about it.

This is me and my traveling partner, ky. We still looked quite happy here...not knowing the cold that awaited us...

It was so cold that we had to put on our beanies. I realised that only ah Mas and ah Gongs wear beanies in HK. We were pointing to North Point - the place that we were staying. We were off to Tsim Sha Tsui for lunch after putting down our bags.

Please do not be fooled by our happy expressions. My food was too oily and ky's food was too salty. It was quite an unhappy meal. Cold, miserable and hungry, we decided to just shop around.

I was feeling super paiseh hence the expression. But how can I not take a pic with this cool police van that I can only see in HK movies?

The streets of Tsim Sha Tsui. A bit messy. A lot of neon signs. I don't like the air. Where are the trees?

Ky's chao bin. She is hungry la.

I was not faking it. It was really super cold.

We were at the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade to catch the "Symphony of lights" performance that is on every night. It was quite pretty. A bit sad that my humble camera was unable to capture it.

But I was still able to capture a bit of the night view.

Ky was trying to pose like the statue of Bruce Lee.

Temple Street! Very busy and crowded. We bought nothing cos' we were too hungry.

We decided to eat at a lu bian tan. Super cool. They poured their tea away at the pavements. Look at the dull look in my eyes. I was just freaking cold!!!

A hot bowl of wanton mee to save the day. It was so cold and windy that if you lifted the noodles into the air for more than 2 secs, it gets cold.

A bad day 1. It was also the coldest night my life. Why? Ask Ky lo.

HK Day 2 - A better day

I was feeling cold since last night. Temp was at its lowest in the history of HK - 8 degrees celsius. We had a happy start to the day though. We were going to visit a integrated family service centre in Tsuen Wan - HK. Taking a green minibus or xiao ba there added to the fun! The cute HK people on the bus were also very friendly and helpful to us.

I stupidly forgot to take a pic at the Caritas Family Service Centre!! Hai. What a pity! But it was quite a nice and warm experience. As I was telling ky, social workers in HK and Singapore looked the same. We ate this nice green tea puff before zooming to Lantau Island!

Even though I looked so happy in the photos, I was actually shivering throughout. Knowing that I probably wouldn't survive if we were to take the cable car up to the hills of Lantau, I bought a S$70 plus winter coat. Can you see the sign "Food Republic" in the photos? Woah...

I don't know what she was laughing about. She took off her coat cos' she wanted to "acclimatise".

A happier me.

Trying to look pensive.

I liked this pic of her and the hills behind.

Breathtaking view.

The very famous Buddha statue. We didn't go up though cos' firstly we had to pay and secondly, we weren't very interested in the statue in the first place.

Bought a stick of bing tang hu lu to chomp on. It was COLD but very refreshing. Miss adventurous decided to follow two random humans into the hills of Lantau in an attempt to fulfill her hiking wish. Halfway through, it was jus ????? in our heads. All of us didn't know where we are so we just retraced our steps.

A self taken photo. Use timer lo.

We met a social worker and her bf/husband on return trip! They were in the same cable car as us. So qiao. Bye Bye Buddha.

I think the biggest disappointment for our trip is Tai O Village. We didn't know that Tai O Village is so quiet and dead at night. There was no one in the picture cos' there was really no one around us. Shops were closed and there wasn't anyone around. We kept getting weird stares from random passer-bys.

Ky's chao bin 2.

We went to take a look at Lan Kwai Fong - the supposed happening place at Central, HK. My photos of LKF didn't turned out too well so I am not posting them. Poor ky was coughing quite badly cos' she was having a cough and the air (people smoking and all) was bad. Either I was paranoid or I was sensitive, we had a mini scare there. I sensed three guys following us but we managed to shake them off. Maybe we didn't look local. We spotted this lu bian tan at one of the alleys but we were not brave enough to eat there. Hee... all the piggy's intestines and stuff.

Acting cute.

We ate some kao fan shu - roasted sweet potatoes on our way home. Warm and sweet. Very nice. But it was a bit too BIG for both of us.

The road that we stayed at.

Our apartment. It felt like we were living out of a HK TV serial.

Our very small and sparse living room.

Our kitchen and bathroom.

The doors are like 3/4 the size of the doors in Singapore. Small man. Small but cozy la. My only complaint was the lack of a heater. We didn't want to step out of our hot shower and out of our bed cos' it was just too cold.

The view from my room window.

Day 2 was way better than Day 1. We were starting to enjoy ourselves more. More to come...