Remembering HK

Been wanting to put this down, but didn't get the chance to before that. It's been a rush since I came back from HK. Yet, I don't want to let the memories slip my mind before I have a chance to pen them down.

Throughout this trip, I found myself blessed. From the weather, to the people whom we met, the smoothness of the journey, the shopping, the food...oh yup, GLORIOUS FOOD....to the sights, to observing the lifestyle, the dressing of the people, and so much more...there's just a lot to cover, and I can only squeeze whatever I can remember from the 4D3N trip.

Sarah and I left Singapore bumpily on the flight CI 666. Yeah, what an interesting number. Nevertheless, the weather conditions before we left were taking a turn for the worse, and it was bumpy for the first hour and a half to HK. In short, it's half the journey there. Some of the times, it was rather scary. Somehow, felt like slightly going down slope on the rollercoaster at times. However, we really felt blessed as the weather was much worse later, and the plane left before that.

We reached HKIA finally at around 9plus in the night. There we were like two lil gals roaming around the huge space of the airport, which I felt was like the Expo Hall of Singapore, looking for the counter of our correspondent tour agency. Walking up and down the length of the airport, we found all counters except ours. That feeling of being lost seeped through me, and there and then, the utterance of a prayer came through under my breath. Guess what, the next moment, this guy walked toward us with a piece of paper bearing our names and a whole string of Cantonese came out of his mouth. Whatever it is. My listening comprehension for Cantonese was never a good pass, you know.Anyway, he identified himself as the tour agent. The "counter" was an airport trolley with the sign "UNITED HOLIDAYS". *smiles

The next part was worse. There were only two of us. One busplus kinda sized bus (probably sitting space for around 20 people). One driver. It was late. Around 10pm now. So two gals from the sunny island of Singapore in that bus, with that driver, and God knows where he is going to bring us! On the way out of that famous bridge out of the airport zone, Sarah asked,"What happen if you are the only one here ah?" How nice....*smiles....

That was the start of our night in HK, and we ended up at our hotel shortly after, famished. We dropped our bags, and scampered out for food! Ended up with Macdonald's as that's the only thing that was still open at that time along the street.

The next few days was a good time of walking around HK island and Kowloon area. The people always were in a rush, especially at their CBD, Central. Tsim sha sui was no different. One thing different though, was their dressing, much more effort placed in that.

The breakfast for the first day was great! Teh-si...hehe...ok..they call it 奶茶...

...Marcoroni....slurp slurp......

We were there on the day of the Disneyland opening ceremony at HK. Times Square was filled with people staring at the huge screen with the live coverage of the opening. It was a sight to look at. It was a big thing for them, and the excitement could be felt. Personally, I was glad that I was there to see it for myself, and sense the atmosphere.

Meeting up with Dee was another part of the trip I liked. It was such a long time since I met up with her, and if I had the chance, I would rather have just the whole night sitting down with her to talk about her life. She brought us to the Peak, where we took in the breath-taking view, which my lousy camera skills didn't do justice to. All shaky photos. The wind was blowing strongly though. Excuses. *smiles..but I found myself really blessed by her going the extra mile to bring us out for two nights in a row despite her having to work the next morning.

Nights in our hotel room was spent combing the ba gua magazines. We got hooked on them after one copy I bought on the first night. Sarah adores them...okay, probably shouldn't use adore...maybe..okay, I shan't say more. It's really interesting looking at their media. So much more "substance".

Yup, these few paragraphs won't be able to sum up everything. There's so so so much more to it. Yet, for that, I need to really sit down to journalise. It was a good trip...*smiles