HK Day 4 - 6

Had our first lesson on thursday.. Just an intro lesson.. But we have lots of assignments to complete and textbook to read.. Omg :(

Went to the gym after class.. yes gym! Haha! forgot to bring my camera along.. thus no photos.. Heh~

Pizza Hut @ New Town Mall for dinner! I rem the stuff crust pizza we had in hk 3 years ago! And i'm back to eat it again.. Lol~ So nice! Pizza hut in hk is nicer than sg's one.. the garlic bread also tastes better!

On our way back to hostel that night.. we somehow entered the first class cabin of the mtr train without knowing it! Blur us 搞不清楚状况 and went out of it.. Shucks.. should have sat down.. Haha!

Friday we went Causeway Bay.. Ate at a chinese noodles place.. we din know we actually can find very spicy food in hk! Hahaha! Their noodles come in 大辣, 中辣, 小辣.. And with us craving for chilli.. me and ter ordered the 中辣 one and realised the power of it! It's really very spicy.. Lol.. After a while already 麻 liao.. but it feels really shuang after that meal~ Hahaa..

Went to Times Square but as expected, there's nothing affordable there.. Lol.. Ate some 小吃 there too.. Then we went to UA Cinema to watch Ice Age 3! And we caught the 3D one =D The movie is really nice.. much better than the 2nd one.. Its hilarious.. Go watch it if you haven't! I'm quite sure you won't regret =p

Look at the popcorn signboard.. It reads 'Chocolate Popcorn'! Lol.. But to me.. it just tastes like the normal popcorn.. but it's like brown in colour.. Bottom left is Denny's legendary 猪扒包.. That's our first 猪扒包.. there's more pics to come.. Haha! And that zhu chang fen isn't nice.. i will look for nicer ones!

Sat was the tour arranged by CUHK.. First we went to Avenue Of Stars~

But after we took some pics.. it started pouring -.- So we had no choice but to seek shelter in Pacific Coffee..

Next, we went to Repulse Bay.. Never visited this place before.. And its really useful to have the tour guide with us there.. He explained the meaning of those statues there.. At the bottom left is the 长寿桥.. People believed that their lives will be lengthened by 3 years after walking on it.. But u cannot walk the same way down.. The effect will be reversed.. And the pic on the bottom right is the fish (i don't know what's the real name for it).. People thinks that if u make a wish and throw a coin into its mouth.. the wish will come true~ But there's only 3 chances to throw the coin in.. Then of cos i tried.. But i couldn't get the coin in after throwing for N times.. Haa! They say my wish must be too hard to fulfil =x

Top left is the God of Fortune.. And there's a procedure for praying.. Must touch the head first.. then touch the face.. then touch the hands.. And put ur hands in the pocket (meaning to keep the money!).. The finally touch the 元宝 beside it.. Heh~

3rd place we went is Stanley Market.. Took a look around but there's nothing much.. Bought biscuits from Jenny Bakery though.. introduced by geraldine.. i hope i got the right place.. Lol.. The biscuits are nice but it's expensive.. no matter how nice they are.. they are still biscuits to me.. Haha!

Our last place to visit that day.. Victoria Peak.. But it was quite foggy that day.. View on top wasn't as nice.. Or maybe we already have the good view from our hostel.. we thought that it was nothing spectacular.. Haha..

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Macau! (Day 7 and 8)

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Decided to go to Macau this weekend cos we predict that we will be damn busy every weekend after this.. Took a one-hour ferry over.. I was sound asleep on the way there and back.. The movement of the ferry is sleep-inducing.. Lol! Ter wouldn't agree with me on that.. Hahaa~

Ta-da~ There is see 猪扒包 again! Lol~ This one looks nicer but doesn't taste as nice as the one in Wan Chai.. Next we have the 吨奶 (not sure whether i got the chinese words right.. haha).. I think pple who likes to drink milk will like it.. personally i think it's quite nice!

It was a wrong day to be at Macau.. The weather was cranky.. Lol.. It can rain for 5 mins and stop for 10 mins.. den rain again.. Zzz.. When we were in the open.. It started raining real heavily.. until we are all drenched -.- After that we took a cab to the Venetian.. Not before we witness the cab-snatching scenes.. Now we know the trick..

And that's the Venetian~ Beautiful place.. But there's nothing much you can do inside.. Except casino maybe.. No we din try the casino.. Not bcos we don't want to.. But bcos the minimum bets are too big! We are just a few poor souls.. Still gotta save the money for the remaining 1 month in hk.. Lol!

Had Mcdonalds for dinner bcos i think that's the cheapest food in Venetian.. Lol.. Discovered that the 'sky' inside the building actually turns darker as night falls.. Quite cool.. And it's very pretty with the lighting :) Know wad's in that bottom right pic? Those coins are in the water.. -.- Can't believe pple treat everywhere with water as wishing well.. Hahaha! That was ALOT of coins inside!

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Alright.. That's all for Macau =)

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Now back in hk.. Having boring lessons.. Trying to save some money cos we seemed to have spent too much last week having fun.. Haha! But there's the wax museum and ocean park coming up next! Stay tune =p

HK Day 1 - 3

Hello hello~ I finally found some time to blog! Lol.. We 充分利用时间 ever since we reached.. out early in the morning and come back late everyday.. Busy busy~ =p There's so many things to blog about~ Hopefully i still rem them.. Lol..

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Reached hk airport at around 1030 on monday.. Took the bus to our hostel in CUHK.. CUHK is located on a mountain.. And the hall we are staying in.. Is located at the TOP of the mountain! omg.. just to show how high we are staying.. the picture below shows the view from our hostel~ Cool huh.. I will look at the mountains for 38 days.. Haha! The hostel somewhat looks like the ntu one.. just that this is abit smaller.. And oh.. we live on the 6th storey.. highest storey of the whole building too.. Lol!

Went for a short talk and the CUHK pple brought us on a tour around the school.. And that was seriously VERY tiring! CUHK has much more slopes and stairs than ntu and they are much much steeper! Its really quite crazy.. even the guys are complaining.. Hahah~

That's the various places around the school.. We are surrounded by mountains and rocky areas! As u can see from the bottom 2 pics.. we either have to take the stairs or the slopes everyday to get in and out of hall.. There isn't much of a choice huh.. Lol~ And oh! The hall has free air-con though!

We went to the New Town Mall shopping complex @ Shatin in the evening.. it's HUGE! The size like equivalent to 3 shopping centres in sg.. Haha.. Dinner at some restaurant and its nice~
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Started our 2nd day by going for some orientation talk.. After which we went Mong Kok for some shopping as we have a few hours before the welcoming dinner.. The 2 photos below is taken at some spot near our hostel too.. The view so nice hor!

Fried udon for lunch.. Apparently its very common in hk.. But its hard to find in sg! Haha.. 旺角中心 sells the cheapest items in hk i think! Haha.. Me and teresa can't wait to get back there again cos we din have enough time to finish combing that building.. Lol..

Then at night we had a 11-course dinner at some chinese restaurant for the welcome meal.. Its nice but 11-course is seriously abit too much.. Lol~ There's also this super hilarious incident about the lucky winners for the night.. I was actually one of them but i din know! Until the announcements are long over.. Haha!

Day 3 is a public hol~ 1st of July is a day which the hk pple have demonstration at hk island.. i'm not really sure why but since it's public hol it means that we have no lessons and can play! LOL! So that day we walked alot alot! Started walking from East Tsim Sha Tsui to Tsim Sha Tsui then to Jordan~

Had the roasted goose, shao rou, cha shao and stuff at some eatery.. The shao rou sold everywhere in hk is always nice! Although abit too salty at times.. The last picture is taken to show how big the gap is between the mtr train and the platform.. The biggest gap we saw is that big leh! The first day all of us got a shock while alighting the train! We have to take a big step to get onto the platform.. Haha~

Then we went to the space museum since its free admission on weds.. Haha! Well, nothing much to see there.. just like some exhibition.. But we queued up damn long for this thing to play.. as seen from the last pic (if u can see in the darkness) Haha! That's actually me being tied to some rope den try to walk on the ground to experience how you will feel if u are walking on the moon.. I think my legs are too short.. i was struggling to tiptoe on the ground to move myself forward! omg.. hahaha..

许留山 mango desserts in the afternoon.. I think i ordered the wrong stuff.. i dun like the black glutinous thingy inside.. shall order a full of mango one in future! That's curry chicken at 大家乐 for dinner.. The thing i miss most in hk is chilli! Me and ter are constantly craving for spicy stuff over here.. Hahah.. Maybe we should find some ma la steamboat to eat in days to come!

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Ok i think that's all for the first 3 days.. I'm still enjoying hk :)

Leaving for HK in less than 12 hours time!

Excited! Hahaha~

Will be blogging when i find time to.. :)

Meanwhile, take care of yourselves friends.. See ya all when i'm back 1.5months later!

[200609] - To the Zoo~!

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Went zoo with uni peeps.. Suggested by ade cos she said she haven been to the zoo for a long time! Actually me too.. Haha.. Totally feels like a tourist recently.. After the science centre and zoo trip.. Lol~ I'll let the photos do the talking!




Actually the weather that day was good for the trip.. It was cloudy for the whole afternoon.. And finally rained heavily just before we left the zoo at 6pm.. Still missed one of the shows bcos we have not enough time to finish walking through everything! Was glad that we chose to walk instead of watching the show cos i thought it was better.. Haha.. Shows are kinda boring.. I think they are for kids =p
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Met up with weihong for dinner at Lerk Thai.. Then desserts at MOF in cck.. It was a really tiring day.. I think we walked too much at the zoo! But it was still fun :)

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[210609] - Pri 6-11'99 10th Year Gathering!!

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Oh manz.. 2009 is the 10th year after we grad from pri sch! This is how time flies.. Haha! It so happened that our form teacher moved back to tampines, and many of my classmates bumped into her.. that we decided that we should have a proper class gathering after sooooo many years~ And of cos thanks to facebook.. That we found most of the pple back =D

Dinner at Fish and Co. @ Airport.. Glad that we chose this location.. Bcos we used the private dining room which can accommodate all of us~

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Desserts at TCC after that.. still good bcos there was not much pple around too! In conclusion i think airport is a good place to hold gatherings with alot of pple.. Lol..

Glad that everyone took time to attend this gathering.. For some of the pple, it had been a solid 10 years since i last saw them! It's really a nice feeling to see everyone again.. it's a feeling which i cannot put into words..

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Pri sch is one of the best phases of my life.. When we don't have to study too much yet.. When we do all sorts of rubbish in class.. When the guys are still playing catching under the blocks.. When the girls still like to bully the guys.. Haha! And where i met some very good friends for life :))

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Over the years, everyone has grown and changed.. But our common memories will still be there~ But some of the guys have lousy memory.. Can't even rem some of our own classmates! Lol~ But nonetheless, we catched up with each other's lives and said we'll meet in 2019.. Which is another 10 years down the road.. Haha! I hope the next gathering won't take that long though!

And lastly, a group picture again~

It's a pity our form teacher can't join us at the last minute.. Self quarantine for safety.. Stupid h1n1.. When is this thing gonna be over :( Hope she can make it at our next gathering!

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Hong Kong is in 4 days time.. I'm excited about it! Minus the h1n1 scare now -.- Why must this happen only when i decided to go for summer studies overseas.. Haiz.. But the situation now is that its not gonna affect my trip.. And all the preparations are done.. Yup so just pray that everything's gonna be fine and i'll be in HK safely on monday :)

I intended to post long stories of what happened in the past week.. But have no mood to do so now..

A number of things happened today.. All not linked but they are affecting me..

Don't know how to put them into words and shall not attempt to.

为什么事情的结局往往那么难以预料?

One week of holidays flew past.. Have been busy shopping for bday present, preparing gifts, playing badminton, sending Gina off, mahjong, and outings~ Finally i can have a good break.. no need to wake up early for 6 days a week.. Lol.. But i realised i can't sleep as much as i used to be able.. Oh no.. is that a sign of aging? Haha!

Met ter, jov and ade for dinner at lerk thai on friday.. Other than catching up with each other's lives after IA.. we did some planning for hk! Now we have an idea of where we will be visiting when they come over to hk for holiday :)

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Science Centre + Jason's 22nd Bday Celebration~

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That is where we went on sunday! Went to the Da Vinci Exhibition first.. Too bad no photography was allowed in the hall, else we could have taken more photos.. The exhibition is quite interesting.. How can someone have talent in almost everything? Haha..

After the exhibition, we proceeded to science centre.. i seriously have no idea when was my last visit to the science centre.. I totally couldn't rem anything inside although i think most of the things have been there since dunno when.. And some stuffs are not working! Lol..

We actually underestimated the size of the science centre too.. Thought we can finish walking in a while.. But we just finished looking through everything when the science centre was closing! I din know it closes so early at 6pm..

These are the nice backgrounds for photos! Haha~

Ta-da~ I like this! Needless to say, the pictures are drawn by the artistic wanling.. Me and wanwei are used to standing at the side and look.. then take lots of photos.. LOL!

The bus and bus-stop is a nice place to take photos! And that's one of the nicest group self-shots we've attempted.. Heh~

Some other interesting things that we saw before we left..

Lastly, the group photo outside science centre.. The setting sun seems to be at the right position.. Lol~

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We are all quite exhausted by then.. But we still have plans and surprises for the night!

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KTV @ Cashstudio in Bedok.. Our first time there and the staffs have been really nice.. Although we did give them some trouble that night.. Haha..

I think we did a lousy surprise job again.. And its not really our fault that the cake shop is quite far away.. Lol.. Anyway hoped he liked the present, self-made card and the D24 durian cake that we chose~

Ended KTV at 11+pm and took the last bus home.. Cashstudio is a cheap alternative to Teo Heng on sunday nights! And much more accessible~ I guess we'll stick to this instead of Teo Heng in future? Haha..

Reliable Realist (RR)

Reliable Realists are down-to-earth and responsible-minded. They are precise, reserved and demanding. Their most prominent quality is reliability and they will always make every effort to keep any promise given. Reliable Realists are more quiet and serious persons, they do not talk a lot but they are good listeners. They sometimes seem reserved and distant to outsiders although they often have a great deal of wit and esprit. Their strong points are thoroughness, a marked sense of justice, doggedness bordering on pigheadedness and a pragmatic, vigorous and purposeful manner. Reliable Realists do not dither about if something has to be done. They do what is necessary without wasting words.

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I'm loving my holidays! Hehe~