Monday, December 29, 2008

DISCOVERHONGKONG (Day 1)

Woke up at 5a.m. and head to the airport via taxi. Was supposed to be there by 5.30a.m. bt gt there at 6a.m. Saw the rest of the grp there. Check In at Cathay Pacific counter and went to terminal 3 to eat Ya kun via SkyTrain.




Afterwhich went back to terminal 1 and check in. Walked ard the duty free area. Actually nth much. Went to check out the facilities and saw some resting area. Looks so comfortable and used the free internet. Ard 7.30am, we board the plane. I sat the window area with mum and dad.

When the plane started running on the runway. It was so adrenaline pumping. I kept saying Come on Come on. Faster Faster. ok i was crazy bt it feels gd to have tis speed rush. In juz a matter of seconds, the plane reached a height of 3543metres above sea level. Clouds were beautiful. Breakfast were great. Stewardess was friendly. Bt turbulence made it uncomfortable at times.







Reached Hong Kong ard 12 noon. Heres a video of the landing. First thing to do to the toilet. Afterwhich went to the customs check. The queue were very long. Bt HK Custom were efficient and fast. Unlike Malaysia's. Totally hopeless.

Finally, we are in Hong Kong! The airport looks modern. Took photos with santa coz its christmas.






Afterwhich, we headed to Kimberly Hotel. Where we met our san yi and family who were alr here.


They took a plane earlier than us coz san yi gt a boutique and needed to re-stock. Xiao yi and Gu Gu went to check in. They handed our keys and we went to our room. Shared the room with ah gong and por yee. our rooms were the biggest compared to the rest. lucky.

3p.m. met at hotel lobby and the journey to discovering hong kong begins...We walked opp our hotel and ate at a cafe called 轻松一下 which means rest a while. The food were great! Totally hong kong. Spore's so called hong kong cafe is second to nothing, tats for sure.


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And we bght a MTR Octopus Card which looks like tis. Almost every single transport can be paid through tis card. EZ Link muz buck up more. Trained till Central Station.


The moment we walked out the station, I felt the chill. It was cold. Initially, when we reached our hotel, its like normal nth. Bt on that moment, I gt on my coat asap.
We walked to the Pier which was quite a distance. And mum forgot her legging and her shoe hurts so it kind of slow down the grp's speed a lil.

Talking abt footwear. In Hong Kong, wearing legging and boots is totally common. Try wearing tat in SG and ppl were look at u with tat queer eyes. So xiao yi exchanged shoe with mum temporarily. Looks funny. lol.Oh ya and we walked across the bridge and the places ard there looks like Marina Square!! really it resembles up to 90%. Amazing + the mtr station looks like those u can find in the north east line. Seriously, whose copying. Singapore or Hong kong. Hmmm.

Afterwhich the grp waited while hui yi, jia wei & I went to central Pier No. 4 to check out the ticket price. Bt it uses Octopus card so noworries coz we gt lots of credits in our card to pull us through. wohoo. tk some photos.We tk the 6.30p.m. star ferry.



On Board the ferry, it was alr swaying. When the ferry moves on the high seas, i thght I was on the pirate ship~ Was feeling giddy plus li ying, jia wei, hui yi and me were sitting at the open air compartment which means the wind can blow in. So hui yi and I juz chat to divert the giddiness.

Reached Lamma Island. The place is an rural island with open dining concept. We walked ard and saw one shop so sat down and my damn camera left 1 bar. Gt to save it for THE PEAK later.
used my handphone camera instead. The seafood were normal or below average. Bt the bill were i tink few thousand HK.

We walked back to the pier and took a grp shot. And it was the ferry ride again. Hate it like shit. Wish the ride were 1 min. When I gt off the ferry. Theres tis kind of motion sickness.

Saw the ice cream van and ate ice cream.
We tk Bus 15 to the peak tram terminal. So exciting bt when we reached there the crowd were very long. Its christmas so no wonder. The climate was great so everyone can wait i tink. When we board the tram, it was tilted at 45 degrees. Gu Gu, San Yi zhang and I were standing.

So when the tram started escalating, we gt to hold tight or else u fall vertically down. When it reached higher, the temp became cooler. We saw the building lightings. Then we tk the escalator up the Sky Gallery. We gt to take alot of escalator. Like nv ending, kept going up and up and up and up.

When I stepped out to the Sky Gallery. Oh boy~ it were super windy and cold!! Hair was blowing all over. The View were Breathtaking. It were B E A utiful. Took some photos.Jia wei, Por yee and me did a jump shot



Tats the tram coming up the peak.Tats all for the day. The first time ever where we took the taxi, bus, train, ferry, plane and tram. We took nearly every public transport. Isnt tat amazing.
Right now my head is still very giddy and my ear still blocked after the flight. Gdnight.

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