Life According to Melissa S.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Hello people! I'm back!
In fact I actually landed back in Singapore on Friday night but was very busy and tired so the entry comes a bit late.

Hong Kong is indeed fun! haha! Love the weather there! It's super cooling during this period and it's really shiok! hahaha! But one thing I can't stand is the number of people who smoke in HK. It really sucks as practically almost wherever you walk to, there bound to have someone who is smoking "/

Shopping wise is quite alright but pretty disappointing actually cause most of the clothing are for the autumn and winter seasons. But they're really goreous =) Too bad it's just too impractical for usage in Singapore.

An advise from me is that if you really want to go HK for holiday, it's preferable not to follow a tour guide cause it kinda sucks. The schedule is damn packed and some of the places of interest aren't included in the tour! Moreover, they would bring you to some silk & jewelry warehouse (for my case) so that they could earn commission from it if you ever purchase anything from there. So much time is actually wasted on these sort of meaningless trips. HK is really accessible
as the MTR is much like S'pore MRT and it could get you almost anywhere (even to Disneyland).

Day1

Shopping at Goldfish Market, Ladies' Market and Tsim Sha Tsui. The government actually block the some of streets at Ladies' Market every night to facilitate the human flow. The night life in HK is really amazing. Most of the shops close at 12am and the pictures taken above are around 11.15pm on a Monday night and the streets are still bustling with activities!

Day2

Golden Bauhinia Square located outside the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. We were actually just in time to witness the daily flag raising ceremony which had been happening since Hong Kong was returned to the Chinese sovereignty.

At some temple that's next to the sea and the feng shui there is supposed to be super duper good according to the tour guide. See that bridge above? It's the Chang Shou Qiao (Longevity Bridge). He said that people who walk across the bridge are supposed to have an addition of 3 days to live. I don't know how true is it but walking across it has no harm right? hahaha!

The famous Victoria Peak. The view is pretty stunning and once again the location and design for some of the buildings are based according to feng shui. It's a no wonder those hong kee feng shui masters are so freaking rich. Blehx!

We proceeded to Shenzhen during day2 evening by train and arrived on the same day. The ride is about 45 minutes. Shenzhen is actually a pretty good place to buy imitation goods and some are pretty neat. But you really have to bargin like way below half price. For example they are willing to sell a pair of fake Nike shoes for RMB200 though the price they displayed is RMB980! However, don't expect much of the quality of the shoes. I guess bags and purse are alright to be bought from there.

Day3

At China Folk Culture Village. The place is acutally divided into 2 parts: minature places of interest around the different parts of China and the different displays of china folk culture. We attended 2 of the cultural shows in the evening. The stage is really splendid. The dances and costumes are pretty fanciful. But I fell asleep for the begining of both the shows "/ hahaha! But I forced myself to keep awake as my cousin-in-law had told me beforehand that the shows cost about SGD$50. Better not waste the money right? hehe!

Day4

Disneyland here I come!!! =)

see that guy on the left corner? That's our tour guide who speaks english with canto acent =P

The souvenir store is way damn cool! They sell a whole range of disney items in there! I wanna buy they entire shop man! But as expected, some of the stuff are pretty expensive =(

With the main Disney characters at Main Street.

At Tomorrowland.

The indoor roller coaster ride is a disappointment as is not a bit thrilling =( There's like glowing stars and planets as we rode through and lots of turnings. I was feeling pretty dizzy after the ride. The go-cart ride is pretty pretty boring as well. The route is restricted and you can even drive without holding onto the steering wheel -_-"

I personally think the ones in Escape are much better. Too bad they aren't as glam as Disneyland's.

My favourite- Fantasyland =)
The faces of those 'princesses' are really damn fake! If not for the costumes I won't even bother.

Had our lunch at Royal Banquet Hall. It's much like a foodcourt but very little variety. The deco inside is really neat. The utensils that we used are pretty cute too. However, the food there is damn EXPENSIVE! Eerything cost about SGD$11 be it western, japanses or chinese food. And a bowl of rice actually cost SGD$3! What the heck!

Spotted Gigi Leung there when we came out from the Winnie the Pooh ride.

She's there to join the parade which commence at 3pm thus we paused the activities at Fantasyland and waited for it to start. The parade is really super cool! The floats are damn nice ^^

Adventureland.

The lightings at night is really beautiful. Not forgeting the fireworks display above the Sleeping Beauty castle at 7pm. It's truly breathtaking =)

Hong Kong Disneyland

Firework display!

xoxo