O-hisashiburi
Jan. 15th, 2007 12:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
floops_amnosHello everyone~ It's been a while hasn't it? After coming back from Hong Kong I was so jet lagged and overwhelmed with unpacking luggage that I just wanted to hide away and sleep for 1 week straight...which I sort of did XD. School has started again *ugh* and since I have a two hour break right now in between classes, I might as well update.
3 weeks in HK was totally not enough. Actually it was more like 2 weeks because I spent 1 day in Macau and 5 days in Thailand as well. The weather at Thailand was incredible. Not too sweltering hot and it was sunny everyday. The beaches at Pattaya were beautiful and the water was emerald green. I'll post pictures when I'm not as lazy to upload them XD. The traffic jams in Bangkok were horrendous though. We almost missed watching the transvestite/drag queen show LOLLL.... I'm not very fond of Thai food but the overall experience of everything there was not bad. I can add another country to the list of places I've been to now :D
Hong Kong was great. I haven't been there in 14 years so I was quite lost and directionless most of the time. At intersections, I kept looking left and then right which was like a big no-no LOL. If it wasn't for my mom pulling me back, I would have been hit by a car and a bus (yes, it occurred twice at different times -_-")....stupid traffic pattern changes. Anyway, I did most things that tourists would do like taking the tram up to The Peak, ride the Star Ferry, eat seafood at Lamma Island, shop at the street markets at Stanley, walk and shop around Mong Kok, and ride the cable cars at Ngong Ping 360 to see the giant Buddha. Of course, I bought stuff but not a lot of useless junk. Mostly clothes, magazines and snacks. I think a lot of the money was spent on transportation. The Octopus cards were really convenient but because we relied a lot on the bus and MTR (subway), the fares added up to a huge amount. Other than that, I walked a lot. Walking while shopping was not as painful because there was always some sort of reward at the end (be it food or clothes) but the one time where it was painful was walking/hiking down one of the trails at The Peak down to Pokfulam Rd with my sister. Yeah, it was all downhill but it was steep and it was dark at night so it was really creepy LOL... Good exercise but uhh probably never again.
Food was good in HK. Breakfast and lunch were always cheap, never surpassing $6 CND. I had so much fast food (not as in McD's but as in Chinese style) at Cafe de Coral. That place is so awesome LOL. Have you ever had steak dinner or a complete hot pot meal at a fast food restaurant before?? The efficiency at all these chains is amazing. I also ate a lot at mall food courts since there were a few days where I spent shopping in malls. I saw MOS Burger!!! Dammit!!! I wanted to try it but the line up was freakin' long and I just had a long day walking and shopping so I wasn't in the mood to stand and wait for another hour just to get a burger. T_T Hope I'll get the opportunity to try it one day. I also ate snake but that's nothing impressive since I've eaten it before. OMG I miss all the dessert/sweet soup shops in HK. Just thinking about it makes me crave for tofu pudding. And can I say that Asian convenient stores are way more superior than North American ones? Ok, so maybe the products they have appeal more to me than the North American ones. I wish there was sushi, onigiri, and bottles of hot Vita Soy drinks available here :( And they should give away free tissue packs with every newspaper/magazine you buy too XDDD
I wish I could go back soon....but not in the summertime. Winter time in HK is the best weather-wise. My boyfriend might be going back for a few months after April..hahaha he's gonna have a helluva a time adjusting to the humid weather XD Oh, surprisingly I didn't gain any weight from all the eating (maybe it's from all the walking I did?) but I think I got fatter around my arms and tummy =P Ugh..gotta do some stomach crunches in my spare time now. Does anyone know any good exercises to do to trim/tone the arms? I don't want flabby arms!! D:
Anyways, almost time for class so that's all for now. Hope my long post didn't bore you. Until then~
3 weeks in HK was totally not enough. Actually it was more like 2 weeks because I spent 1 day in Macau and 5 days in Thailand as well. The weather at Thailand was incredible. Not too sweltering hot and it was sunny everyday. The beaches at Pattaya were beautiful and the water was emerald green. I'll post pictures when I'm not as lazy to upload them XD. The traffic jams in Bangkok were horrendous though. We almost missed watching the transvestite/drag queen show LOLLL.... I'm not very fond of Thai food but the overall experience of everything there was not bad. I can add another country to the list of places I've been to now :D
Hong Kong was great. I haven't been there in 14 years so I was quite lost and directionless most of the time. At intersections, I kept looking left and then right which was like a big no-no LOL. If it wasn't for my mom pulling me back, I would have been hit by a car and a bus (yes, it occurred twice at different times -_-")....stupid traffic pattern changes. Anyway, I did most things that tourists would do like taking the tram up to The Peak, ride the Star Ferry, eat seafood at Lamma Island, shop at the street markets at Stanley, walk and shop around Mong Kok, and ride the cable cars at Ngong Ping 360 to see the giant Buddha. Of course, I bought stuff but not a lot of useless junk. Mostly clothes, magazines and snacks. I think a lot of the money was spent on transportation. The Octopus cards were really convenient but because we relied a lot on the bus and MTR (subway), the fares added up to a huge amount. Other than that, I walked a lot. Walking while shopping was not as painful because there was always some sort of reward at the end (be it food or clothes) but the one time where it was painful was walking/hiking down one of the trails at The Peak down to Pokfulam Rd with my sister. Yeah, it was all downhill but it was steep and it was dark at night so it was really creepy LOL... Good exercise but uhh probably never again.
Food was good in HK. Breakfast and lunch were always cheap, never surpassing $6 CND. I had so much fast food (not as in McD's but as in Chinese style) at Cafe de Coral. That place is so awesome LOL. Have you ever had steak dinner or a complete hot pot meal at a fast food restaurant before?? The efficiency at all these chains is amazing. I also ate a lot at mall food courts since there were a few days where I spent shopping in malls. I saw MOS Burger!!! Dammit!!! I wanted to try it but the line up was freakin' long and I just had a long day walking and shopping so I wasn't in the mood to stand and wait for another hour just to get a burger. T_T Hope I'll get the opportunity to try it one day. I also ate snake but that's nothing impressive since I've eaten it before. OMG I miss all the dessert/sweet soup shops in HK. Just thinking about it makes me crave for tofu pudding. And can I say that Asian convenient stores are way more superior than North American ones? Ok, so maybe the products they have appeal more to me than the North American ones. I wish there was sushi, onigiri, and bottles of hot Vita Soy drinks available here :( And they should give away free tissue packs with every newspaper/magazine you buy too XDDD
I wish I could go back soon....but not in the summertime. Winter time in HK is the best weather-wise. My boyfriend might be going back for a few months after April..hahaha he's gonna have a helluva a time adjusting to the humid weather XD Oh, surprisingly I didn't gain any weight from all the eating (maybe it's from all the walking I did?) but I think I got fatter around my arms and tummy =P Ugh..gotta do some stomach crunches in my spare time now. Does anyone know any good exercises to do to trim/tone the arms? I don't want flabby arms!! D:
Anyways, almost time for class so that's all for now. Hope my long post didn't bore you. Until then~
