Bye Hong Kong!

Time pass so fast when you are having fun. Our 5 days 4 nights stay in Hong Kong was ending soon. Before we go, we decided we have to do our last round of shopping...I didnt managed to get anything..instead I got stopped by a plain clothes policeman requesting to see my ID. Requesting seemed too mild a word...I should say demanding to see my ID...He was behaving like a gangster and treated us like we were some criminals...Once we told them we were singaporean, you should how fast his face and attitude change man...

After walking like crazy...we went back to the same desserts place we went two days back and were told they have relocated a few units down the road..and the waitress brought us to the new place.. which was super posh!
Golden Seats...how cool is that!

The pattern on the sofa was quite exquisite...the whole place looked like a palace it reminded us of "Curse of the golden flower" ...Pity the waitresses were not dressed like Gong Li. lol

Before we board the plane..its dessert time round 2!! We went to the same dessert place where we ate at Mongkok...this time I ordered the carrot cake minus the red red thing which I dont know what it was....the carrot was so good..loved it!

My last few shots before we left Hong Kong..

Welcome to the magical world of Disney...

Our 2nd last day in Hong Kong...before we went to Disneyland, we went hiking...lol..Gary brought us in search of the famous dim sum restaurant at central...we got a little lost and just kept climbing stairs...We got to this place called Mid Level Escalator...quite a funny name but its quite appropriate...there were lots of escalators that bring you to the the mid level of the Peak....

The funny thing was the escalator only serve the downward direction!!! #@@# Hello, dont you know its harder to go up against gravity?! And its not just a few flight of stairs...it was freaking lots of flights of stairs!!By the time I reached here, I could feel my asthma which I have got rid of many years ago creeping back. The best thing was...after climbing up all the way up there, a kind auntie told us the place we were looking for was located below...*faint* so we took the escalator down...

By the time we reached the dim sum place I already jia ba liao...lol. The trip down was quite interesting though...I get to see the aunties do their early morning marketing...

Its difficult to find meat seller hanging up the meat like that in Singapore nowadays...they still do that the old fashioned way in Hong Kong...

I passed by this ah mah selling vegetables by the street...but she was sleeping....so kelian..

After that we took the train down to Disneyland....I was seriously quite disappointed after I reached there...its not as fantastic as I thought it would be...am I too old for this? I dont know...maybe its just too small and there was nothing exciting to do there. The rides were very short and kiddish. Fear factor =0. Should have went to Ocean Park instead..but there were still a few highlights in Disneyland...like the Lion King Show...quite interesting.......although it felt quite weird to have a guy dressed in some funny costume telling us that he is the lion king ...Simba.. I was half expecting a real cub....

The show brought back some memories...I remember The Lion King was the last movie my mum brought me and my brother to watch in the theater...it was my favorite movie then..I even drew a huge poster of Lion King...those were the days...

A surprise awaited us when we came out of the theater....Ms Beauty...from Beauty and the Beast...She is really beautiful..almost unreal. She looks like a porcelain doll from far...just like the character in the movie...damn the dress was too "pom" if not I would have stood much closer for the photo.

Then I saw this cinderella carousel...hmm. I dont remember cinderella had a carousel or been on one.. I thought she did housework and went to the ball thats it?

Anyhow, I never been on a carousel before so I wanted to sit on the horse and enjoy the ride...my virgin ride on the carousel at the age of 26...how sad...

The second highlight of disney is the parade!! All the disney characters came out in full force...almost. ..We were all waiting for the Disney Si Da Mei Nu (Snow white, Ms Beauty, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella) to come out....but damn I stood at a place where I could only see Snow white...Cinderella was on the other side and Sleeping Beauty was at the top...sianzz

At least I got the 7 dwarves up close and personal..

After that we got nothing to do but wait...wait for the finale...fireworks at 715pm.. so we went around taking photos with the cartoon characters...

I dont really like Mickey mouse...but since I was there, and he is the "Zu Jiao" of Disney..must give him face...

My favorite character is actually Donald duck!! So cute!! hahaha, before I got to take this photo, they told me to wait for 5 mins and Donald and Daisy went to some place ...I guess its toilet break...haha

After a long day....we finally got we were waiting for...the amazing fireworks display....

Hong Kong day 3...Macau!

After splurging on the roasted goose and the dim sum yesterday, we started our third day in Hong Kong with a budget breakfast at a typical cafeteria....
The above set meal cost 20HKD. Its quite filling but definitely not tasty. I thought they could do better with the bread and the eggs. One thing I realised, the tea there is not made with condensed milk like in Singapore...I think they used powdered milk ...I hate powdered milk...I took a sip and thats it.

After breakfast, we decided to pay Huang Da Xian a visit..heard he is really popular with the hong kong people..Just look at the crowd...

Even the drizzle didnt stop them from paying their respects. Well, it didnt stop me either..I mean since I was already there, might as well...anyway I already bought a pack of joss sticks from a old po po on the way and I seriously not tending to walk around with that for the rest of the day. After disposing off all my joss sticks, I got out of the temple like I just survived a volcanic eruption. All the ashes was just unbelieveable...

Before our trip to Macau..the highlight of the day, we went into this "Tung Sui' - Desserts restaurant...at Tsim Sha Tsui...and I got to eat my favorite peanut paste or watever you call it...
Here its made of walnut and gingko nuts..simply delicious! And its cheap!
After a gruelling 1 hr ferry ride to Macau, which I slept through, I was super sianzzz to see this at the custom...Reminded me of my ill fated trip to JB months ago where I spent 2 hrs queuing at the custom to get my passport chopped. Its a monday and there were still so many people going to Macau...whats wrong with these people?! Dont you have to work!? Gambling is not good you know?

Luckily, the guys chopping the passports are much more efficient than our neighbours. We managed to get through in about 45 mins. I actually wanted to go to Sands Casino...it looked so posh...but we hopped into the shuttle bus that took us to Wynn Casino instead.

Anyhow, it didnt really matter, after I donated 50 HKD to the jackpot machine in less than 5 mins, I decided gambling is really not good. So I took off with Kwong and Gary to go shopping and sight seeing instead.

I vaguely remember this casino from a hong kong drama called "Sheng Zhe Wei Wang"....the gambling drama before our very own version of "The unbeatables"...It was the icon of Macau then..but now its been overshadowed by the newer and bigger casinos...how sad..

We walked for quite some time, shopping along the way before we reached the other iconic place of Macau...the St Paul's Ruins....aka Da San Ba...Big 38? I seriously have no idea how St Paul's Ruins translate into Big 38...but what the heck, its beautiful.

Its really interesting to see a huge contrast in the buildings of Macau. On one side, you get the tall, lavish casinoes. on the other side you get all the old buildings that looked like they might collapse any moment.
Next stop, Macau Tower, the place where I shall conquer my fear of heights....erm...not really.

It was really quite scary standing on top of this piece of glass that allowed you see through from 61 floors. You know its not going to crack but it still scares the shit out of you...okay maybe just me. It really was much scarier than it looked in this picture.

Isnt it beautiful up there....The Macau tower, truly amazing...

Our round 2 for the day...shopping at Mongkok...Ladies street...

Even at 11pm the street was bustling with life...so different from our Orchard Road..
We had our supper at another dessert stall called "Hui Lau Shan"...I ordered the thing up there that looked like red bean soup, but its not. Its nice but the carrot cake was even better! Thats my only choice as the rest of the desserts all had mango in them...and I dont eat mango. Well, the rest ordered the mango set so I get to snap a picture.

Before we left, we discovered a place selling BBQ stuff and god it tasted so good...The octopus I was eating was so Q and delicious...what a way to end the day..yum yum..