For those who don't know which exit to get to NEX, at Serangoon station, this sign should be of some help. I only saw this sign after I went to the station control to ask for help... This sign was in front of the station control :s
On Christmas day, the original plan was a barbecue gathering. In the end, due to the dwindling numbers, only 4 of us met up for a dinner. ... Actually, one came after dinner. But anyway, I passed them some gifts. Having prepared gifts for a few other friends, i actually didn't prepare any for pody and david. So on that day, I went to buy some things and wrapped it up for them.. :) Felt kinda nice when I gave it to them. They also bought me a solar lamp in return. Cool and cute :o
The speckies at Xing Wang :o
This other day, we visited Justin's previous workplace and tried other dishes.
These are some of the gifts that I wrapped... Focus on the way I wrap, instead of the wrapping paper :o
I went fishing the day before yesterday and it was a good one, because we didn't kill any fishes :/
Zouk was super crowded last night. I was trying kinda hard not to lose my temper because of the people who were backing into me or squeezing behind me :s But it was still fun watching people fully into dancing the mambo steps.
Candice bought me this gift :o She said that the beard will be gone if I pour hot water into it... :p
I didn't really enjoy my experience at Marina Square Sakae Sushi. They only had two staff serving food during buffet time :/ Luckily, more staff appeared after 4..
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Everybody says and does things in their best interests at any point in time. It's just that most of them don't know that their best interests may change over time.
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Lastly, no offense to anybody, but I just feel better when I look at things or people who are pleasant to the eyes.. like the one below..
:p .... I hope you know that it is not the guy at the right bottom corner :/
Feels kinda strange because I haven't blogged for 18 days and not as frequent as in the past.. Need to get used to allowing my feelings and thoughts to flow out as easy as it is for me to breathe..
*Suddenly, I am reminded of this quote. "Do what makes you happy. Be with who makes you smile. Laugh as much as you breathe. Love as long as you live." ...... Good things are meant for sharing :o *
On the 17th of Dec, the suah-ku feeling set in as I reached the airport and boarded the plane. I know I felt suah-ku but it's not the embarrassing kind, rather, it's the excited kind.. :p
David and Pody teased me as I suggested taking photos with the station sign, as what a lot of other people did... In the end, all of us took photos with the sign... :p
There are quite a number of branches of Xu Liu Shan in HK, so we didn't have to worry about not being able to find any.
Ohh.. I just remembered, it was super cold when we first touched down in HK. I even had to put on three tops while we were boarding the ferry to travel from TST to Central, just to make the cold bearable.. :s
It was quite lucky that my friends gave me some recommendations for places to visit.
*Credits to Mak, Ben, Ant and Edwin*
By a stroke of luck, we passed by this building in Mongkok. My friend said that this place, Pier 88 稻香超級漁港 is quite cheap and clean in comparison. The exact address is Shop B, 3/F, Grand Tower, 639 Nathan Road Mong Kok.
We enjoyed the dim sum over here. So much that they wanted to come back the next day... :s In the end, we went back on Monday, which is two days later.
First time tasting a 灌汤饺. Hope this is the correct term.. :/ .. :o
While we were on the cable-car, heading towards Lantau Island, we saw trekkers traveling on the tracks beneath us :s I was so impressed that I shouted to cheer them on.. :p
The "Avenue of Stars" wasn't that fantastic. The only thing that I regretted not doing, was a jump shot on the stretch of road. I just feel that a jump shot picture will be very nice with a whole stretch of road behind.
Although the temperature went up by a bit for the next few days, it was still super cold as we went up The Peak. But the scenery is nicee.
*This just came to me. I just remembered that either J or me wondered about why there are so few people in the HK airport... as in, not as much people as compared to the people in Changi airport. And I said that it could be because the HK students don't go to the airport to study.*
We were on the slope heading back down from The Peak. The slope is super steep la..
Breakfast of luncheon meat with cheese bun at Macdonalds :o
The steamboat buffet at 小肥羊 (there are a number of branches in HK) is quite expensive. It came up to SGD$30 plus per person. Met ben for dinner over there.
Feeling quite sinful with the lack of healthy food over at HK so I decided to have watermelon juice at 许留山 while they ordered mango stuff. I had not one, but two glasses :o
We were getting ready to get on the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world :o The Central-Mid-levels escalators..
By another stroke of luck, we came upon another recommendation for nice milk tea and Macau pork Bun. The owner of the place is a super fan of Tan Yong Lin.
Tasted goose meat and authentic trolley noodles (车仔面) for the first time.
The symphony of lights :o I was expecting a lot of laser lights and/or fireworks but it was mostly the lights on the building that were moving and synchronizing with the music.
Notice anything weird about the photo below?
The Singapore flag :o
Ben said that this restaurant is a very local restaurant.
Even though having been warned, I was still a bit dazed when I was expected to hold up the serviette in front of me to block the sauce/oil from splattering on me as they poured it onto the food on the hotplate.
Funny thing that happened: When Jim opened his shoes package back at the hotel room, he asked me whether he was seeing things correctly.
Haha.. He had two shoes for the left leg. We had to go back the following day to exchange it.
Suprisingly, compared to normal noodles, 公仔面 and rice are more expensive over at HK.
Had hot Guilinggao (Herbal Turtle Jelly) for the first time... Tasty :o I only found out then, that, turtle shells are part of the ingredients used.
On the airport express train back to HK airport, I thought it was interesting and useful for them to display this.
The blue dots kind of represent the distance traveled from the previous stops.
You can actually get a full refund for the octopus card a.k.a. ezlink card. It is inclusive of the HKD$50 deposit.
Till today, I don't think I have rested enough to compensate for the 6 days of walking around in HK. :s
Oh... another thing to say.. Ever since I bought my new camera, I realized that it is very convenient for me to camwhore... :p
