Hong Kong 2011!!!

I went Hong Kong, again, last december! I'll never ever get sick of Hong Kong. Though the people there are rather rude, I love it there for the food and scenery! Maybe the Hong Kong people aren't rude. They're just very direct and straight forward when talking, thus unintentionally insulting other, aka, rude. haha! okay lame. It's just 1 or 2 who were quite mean. Lots of Hong Kong people are nice! Like Connie, this lady in my ex-dept. And the staff in Disney!

This time, I'm really glad to be able to meet my friend, yk, who stays there! He's super duper nice!!! He treated me to the street food snacks!!! And he told me a lot more about Hong Kong. Too bad no pic with him.

I divide HK into 2 parts. Disney and non-disney. haha! So here're the non-disney pics!

We arrived at 5am. I like the timing, but it's really bad for my parents and sisters. They hardly slept on the plane! I was okay cos I bought an eye mask. Stupid cathay served a meal at like 2am! The lights were so bright! Force us to eat. haha! Okay kidding abt stupid cathay. I like their spacious seats, food and movie selection!!! Just too bad I chose a bad timing flight. No more midnight flight with family!

See how cock we look. haha! Esp me in my super thick specs. We were finding the guide for our hotel bus. We were really very tired.

I slept throughout the journey to the hotel. It was so short! Only an hr. Not shiok enough.
Our first breakfast in HK!

We wanted dim sum kind of food. But saha was so tired. So we went into a random food place. Not fantastic but okay.
See how tired I look! But so happy the uncle there called me "leng lui" (meaning pretty girl). Don't puke, I know. haha! In HK, every girls are called pretty girls and guys are called handsome boys. hahaha! My EYE BAGS!!!
It was way too early to check-in into the hotel. So we walked about the market. Quite interesting! We were a little more awake here. Esp my mom when she saw live chickens. She's damn scared of chickens. haha!
More food!!!
OMG I look horrible. haha!

That concludes day 1.

After walking about in the market, it was about 10plus am. Parents were so tired. So we tried our luck by going back to the hotel. And we got our rooms! The people at Royal Plaza are so nice!!!

We slept from 10-3pm. Then walked to Mongkok where I met YK! I felt bad by leaving my family for my friend. They walked about themselves while YK brought me around. They went back to the hotel early to rest. SO bad of me.

DAY 2

We went to have really nice dim sum near our hotel! And the price was quite reasonable!
SUPER NICE FOOD! I look more alive right? haha!

We then went shopping at Argyle centre. It's amazing. I love their dresses!!! Just don't buy their bags or shoes. Poor quality!

We met our parents for dinner. I brought them to "tong shui",a famous, but a bit touristy dinner place. Good food! But ex.

I brought my family to the famous clock tower. We waited by the river for the laser show. I know it's lame. BUT I love the sea view!!!
See! So awesome!!!
I think it's the only family pic. haha!
We walked around canton round. Got very nice deco!
Same post as saha!

The next day was DISNEYLAND DAY!

We were so kiasu. I made them wake up at like 7am! haha! Disney opens only at 10am. HAHA.
Breakfast! At some porridge shop. Our tao huay drink. I was so smart not to order. I drank theirs. haha!
I like the yew tiao. So crispy!

We then went Disney, while parents did their own shopping. ha! Abandoned parents once again. They should have gone Disney. It's such a happy place. But papa won't be too happy. Everything there is so ex!

The last day, we went to Lantau Island for big buddha. The queue was sooooo long. Saha got bored and started disturbing Shermeen. Shermeen got pissed and was so grumpy. haha! Stupid saha.

Saha and i.
Us again. Why no pic with Shermeen? Oh cos she was the one with the camera. haha! Nicely taken! hee!

Dinner time, I brought my parents to the famous dim sum place! We waited so long. But it's highly recommended. So bo bian lor. hahaha!


The famous char siew bun was really good!!!!! But the others are okay only.
It's so tiny inside. Quite uncomfortable.

And the staff there are so rude!!! Apart from this lady, who kept calling us leng lui. hahaha!
Way too small for the amount of food we ordered.

But at least, we can say, we've been to a one star Michelin restaurant!

Our last morning. Breakfast at Kam wah can teng. It's famous too!

Shermeen was so lazy. haha! So it's just the 4 of us.

Can see their famous po luo bo? And their milk tea! Ideal teatime snack!!! I prefer dim sum for breakfast.
Saha and I!

The end! haha! If you realize, HK is all about food, and Disney. hahaha! Think Shermeen abit emo during the trip. She didn't take much pic. It's all about me, me and saha. hahaha!

I LOVE HK! MORE MORE MORE!!!! and more Disney too!

Lazy woman at work

Today, someone from another dept said she has to come down to check on the clerks. I said, okay, how about 5pm when there's less crowd. I was freaking disgusted by her reply, "Huh, but I end work at 5.30pm". What the hell?!!! End a bit late will die?

In my old dept, everyone works till late! I've got to say this again but xinyi worked till 3am on one night! She has really got the drive man.

Back to that lady. In the end, I told her to come some other time at 11am. She bargained to 10am. I guess cos 12 is her lunch break.

It's hard to be motivated with such uninspiring people around. I wanna be as driven as my prof, the research coordinators, nurses, doctors! Lazy people should be fired.

Phuket 2011

I went for a short getaway with Jeffrey to Phuket! Surprisingly, I didn't take as many pictures as I usually would. Maybe Phuket was toooooo beautiful that I didn't wanna take it off my eyes. haha! Okay LAME.

I love Patong beach for it's "wavy" sea. Get it? haha! I love to ride on the waves! A bit scary thou. I can imagine a tsumani coming up to engulf me. I would love to try surfing too! But, I fear that my contacts will drop off when the water hits me. Too bad then.

If only Phuket wasn't so touristy. Everything felt more ex than usual. Like a ride from hotel to airport can cost SGD$30. Felt a bit overpriced. And we had a seafood meal which costed more than SGD$200!!!! Crazy right? But we had the most awesome lobster ever.

Another thing. Everything also MUST bargain. Stupid me didn't ask the market rate for the tour. A Phi Phi Island tour should cost only about 1400 Baht. But we paid 1900 Baht. Cos we saw that the advertised rate was 3000 Baht. We thought we got a good price. So, conclusion is, always research before going anywhere!

The very famous Patong Beach! It was taken from a restaurant, which is quite high class. See those tents? Those are make shift kitchen and food places. Looks interesting. But dare not try. haha!
Phi Phi Island. So many angmohs!!!
More angmohs! They're everywhere!!!

Monkey bay! Damn a lot of monkeys. We were given bananas to feed.
The restaurant where we had lunch. Not fantastic. And there were SO MANY cats.
Spot the cockroach?
EW. haha! Took pic for evidence. But didn't bring it up to the hotel ppl. Our hotel is actually quite classy. B Lay Tong. It's a new hotel. I like it. Never mind the cockroach. haha!
Mac Cafe to end it off!

Phuket is way too touristy alr. Guess it's how the locals earn. I like the beach thou! I'm beginning to like beaches! Langkawi is still my first love. haha!

Resolution 2012

I enjoyed 2011 to the max. 2 resolutions that I made it was:

1. Mt Kinabalu!!! (with Xinyi!)

2. Ran 10km (with Michelle. didn't actually run but still).

So, for 2012,

1. I wanna climb Mt Rinjani!

2. 21km. Need to test see if I can survive 21km before I try 42km.

3. Travel alone (not sure how I can do that, cos of my super paranoid parents)

4. Travel MORE ( i wanna go cambodia, vietnam)

5. Find a job that i REALLY like (e.g. like i don't mind staying till damn late to work. like how xinyi used to stay till 3am to do her research. haha!)

6. Have the time of my life!