Ok let me start from the day i went out with my poly classmates..i can't remember the date..but it should be on a saturday. Anyway, that day was arranged for us to celebrate Henry's really belated birthday, Valencia's birthday and also for us to exchange Christmas presents. We decided to eat at this new japanese restaurant i saw featured on Todays papers. Its Yoshi Restaurant located at Hotel Royal@Queens in Bugis area..its a japanese buffet..$35++ per person. The food was alright..but the service was good...everyone seem so friendly..and morever we got a nice japanese styled private room for us to dine. After dinner, we went to Golddust at orchard towers. Yes its that kind of a place..its opened by Singapore's most famous transvestite Kumar. They really got us cracking that day..we laughed till our mouths went numb. And yes, just like my birthday the other time at Boom Boom Room..my 2 birthday friends were invited on stage for a mockery session. I have a few pictures take a look!
Ok i kinda remember the date for the Golddust night now..it was 10th December 2005. Now for the next event...i went to Hong Kong! Flew last friday..just got back yesterday afternoon haha. Here's how my trip went.
Day 1:
Our flight was at 1545hrs and we checked in 2 hours beforehand as usual. Spent some time shopping in Changi Airport's Transit area..It was kinda fun i must say. Sam bought an inflatable neck pillow, some cakes and we ate a banana split at Gelare!
Ok we flew a budget Airline...Jetstar Asia..there were no free meals onboard. Sam bought a "nan-chi" looking rice meal for $8 though. The ride was alright...the seats were leather..we had enough legroom..the service was alright..taking off and landing were smoothe too lol.
We arrived at around 1930hrs at Hong Kong International Airport. I was looking forward to seeing this airport..afterall..it has to be good..it took the best airport award from Changi Airport this year afterall right? But it didn't impress at all..but i must say the staff there were pretty efficient. They were all ready to upload us and our baggage the moment we arrived. When i walked down the ladder from the aircraft..i felt the cool air outside and it felt so good! If only Singapore's weather is like that once in awhile too. We had to take a bus from the landing site to the airport..upon arrival..an agent from our travel agency was waiting for us outside. We were told to go downstairs to wait for our bus..waited till 2030 before our bus finally moved off. We weren't the only passengers though...there were other people too and the bus was to send all of them to their different hotels. We had the misfortune of being the last to disembark..so by the time we checked in and settled down..it was nearly 2200hrs+ already. We decided that we didn't want to waste our first day like that..so we went out! Our hotel was located near the ladies market and some other market. We walked around although we were dead tired...we then settled at one of their restaurant stores for dinner cum supper. We ordered 2 bowls of chu qian yi ting noodles..sam's with beef..mine with chicken wings...not too bad only lol. After that we walked around somemore but didn't buy anything..we decided that we were too tired to continue..we went back to our hotel to rest.
Day 2:
We planned day 2 for us to visit the all famous Ocean Park in Hong Kong! Woke up early in the morning and went looking for breakfast. Saw this restaurant serving dim sum and so we went in. Afterall..i always wanted to eat dim sum in HK..we ordered so much that people gave us that "Can they finish so much food" look haha. We did finish most of it though..but i must say the dim sum there is ordinary..there are places in Singapore with more delicious dim sum!
After breakfast we went to take their MTR..something like our MRT..actually very similar haha. Navigated our way to their Central Station and took a bus there. (Oh i must mention travelling in Singapore is much cheaper than there haha) The bus took us directly to Ocean park and the place was surrounded by beautiful sceneries...the sea the mountains made it a really picturesque sight.
They had this really long escalator that brought us up to the park which is built on highland..its supposed to be the world's 2nd longest escalator! After we got up..the first thing we did was to take the rides. We took the wet log ride, a mine train roller coaster, viking, a corkscrew roller coaster and some other mini rides. We gave the freefall ride a miss though..i dun like sitting on that too haha. We visited their Shark Aquarium and Atoll Museum too..it was beautiful! The place is better than our very own Underwater World! The concept of the place is kind..i dunno why but i think this place is better haha. The fishes and sea animals were huge..some of them were cute too haha. Late in the afternoon..we went to watch their dolphin show. Once again..the show is kinda similar to the one i saw at Sentosa...we were bored at some stage haha. Anyway all these activities took place at the highland area of Ocean Park. We then took their cable car down to the lowland area. There were nothing much at lowland except for some go-cart, snow city, panda place and some other crappy things. We walked around for awhile and left.
We then went back to Central because we wanted to go to the Peak next! We walked around for so long before we finally found the tram station to go up to the Peak. The tram literally travelled vertically all the way haha. It was kinda fun..we passed by many condominiums along the way up too..how nice will it be to live there..with the nice weather and scenery..now thats life. It was really nice at the peak...it was colder too! Haha we had a really expensive meal there. All sam's fault lah! Anyhow order..in the end the bill came up to HK$600 over...which is equivalent to S$130++! And can you believe it..we only ordered 6 items! 1 coke, 1 glass of red wine, 1 carbonara speghetti, 1 chicken rice and some cold dish appetiser...madness right? Haha. But the food was nice..i drank the glass of red wine too and it kept me warm in the cold weather there haha.
No its not the end yet..after the peak. We went to their avenue of stars. Its located at the place where the TVB people always film their shows haha. It has a nice view of the city area right across the sea. Here are some pictures!
Day 3:
Sam planned this day for us to visit the Giant Buddha place at Lantau Island. The scenery there was good too. But i don't like seeing all these buddha things haha. And oh we had to pay to enter the monastary too haha..they sure know how to chop tourists too haha. We walked up this really long flight of stairs before we reached the big buddha. Visited some exhibits there..nothing much haha. Here are some pictures!
We then return back to Central area because we decided that it was time for shopping! First, we went to their biggest shopping mall..Harbour City. The place was boring! There were mostly only branded goods boutiques there..nothing much to shop at all! We then went to their Temple Street. Now thats somewhere we can shop. It was a giant Pasar Malam down the whole street. Bought many things there..many christmas gifts too haha. After walking the whole damn day, i decided that i wanted a foot massage! Found a really nice place soon after..it was really impressive..the place was beautifully renovated with excellent service and ambience. Although it wasn't cheap...my feet felt so light after that i felt it was worth it haha.
Day 4:
It was time to go home. We had to wake up early in the morning because our bus was due to arrive at 0730hrs. Didn't even had time to eat breakfast or anything. Just like when we came..the bus wasn't meant for us alone. It went on to fetch so many other people..some on their way for their Shenzhen tour. And we had to be the first one to embark this time! Dammit.
Didn't sleep the moment we reached home. Took a cab to my place first because my sister didn't have time to come fetch us from the airport. She didn't use the car that day so i fetched sam home from my place. Played mahjong at her place before going out to watch King Kong! Haha yes i was damn tired. I was dozing off towards the end of the movie..when King Kong was escaping from the humans in New York City haha. The movie was alright..action filled..but i didn't enjoy it as much as i had expected..maybe because of the fatigue!
So i've finished my post..hope you didn't have a hard time concentrating to read so much. This must be my longest post to date. But hey i'm wondering who even visits my blog nowadays..maybe you can leave your name in my comment box? I know there ain many but I want to know! Please? Hehe thanks.
