But I still catch my breath when someone mentions you.
We move on, put those dreams away
Hoping that we'll find them come some rainy day.
How could I know that everything would change?
Except the way I miss you.
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I sit & laugh with friends at what we've all been through
But I still catch my breath when someone mentions you. We move on, put those dreams away Hoping that we'll find them come some rainy day. How could I know that everything would change? Except the way I miss you. Saturday, July 14, 2007
i'm back from hong kong!! touched down in changi airport at 11.40pm on sunday night, but went to sleep at 2am. since then, i havent had sufficient sleep thus been dragging my feet over updating.
5th July, 2007 - Thursday nigel's parents gave me, nigel and his bro a lift to the airport at 5.30am. the flight was at 6.45am. but United Airline was a pain. they brought forward the flight by 10mins. and boarding 20mins before that. so technically, we were supposed to be on the plane by 6.20am. however, we didnt notice this at first, so we took our time in dfs getting cosmetics and whatnots. we settled the pre-order slips to collect the stuff when we get back (to siam gst), then walked over to the gate. then this buggy comes along and the driver asks ' hey, are you the 4 passengers heading to hongkong via UA? the gate is closing. they are going to throw your luggages off the plane if you dont hurry!'... so we rushed to get on the buggy, and he sped to the gate. as we went thru the security checks, there was this big hoo-ha about us being late and throwing our luggages out. the officers were radio-ing back and forth with the luggage control officers at the cargo area on the status of our luggages. well, in short, we almost missed our flight. but i dont know if it is coz we were late or what. but the plane taxi-ed out at the time that was stated and took off only at 7am. beep la. so anyway, we got onto the flight albeit a few stares and uncomfortable treatment. and the eat-shop-eat routine began! first with burger king breakfast at changi airport and 2nd breakfast on the plane. :) picture diary below:P 3.5hrs later, we arrived in Hong Kong!!  on the way to the hotel.  our cosy lil' room for the next 3 nights. Mayfair Garden Hotel.  here's the tiny lil' bathroom. -.-  the view from the 10th floor.   we still had space for dessert! carrot cake.  steam milk and egg white & mango with grass jelly.  tangyuan in ginger soup.  it was just a passing shower. when our desserts came. the rain stopped-.- but we still finished everything. at least tried to. then it was time for shopping!! practically covered the shopping district in Mongok. but i didnt get to take any pictures. busy taking in the sights and window shopping. we had snacks along the way. chilli fishballs and even smelly tou foo! the horrors.  it was sooo smelly. it was like i just drank sewage. we walked so much today, my legs were pleading me to stop. but i lugged them to Avenue of the Stars to watch the fireworks on Victoria Harbour.  then we headed to dinner along Nathan Rd, close to the Jordan MTR. i'm telling you this coz we didnt get the name of the restaurant, but it had the best stewed beef and rice served in bamboo.
ok you cant really see that the beef is super good. but you just have to take my word for it.  i had beef congee.  carrot cake again.  that ends the first day:) 6th July, 2007 - Friday we set aside today to go to Disneyland.  so i guess you can smoke all you want here.. -.-  at Hong Kong Disneyland!  it was overrun by this huge group of probably 300 china people from Sunrider. i think it's some health supplement mlm thingy. queues were crazy and long. pushy people who cut queues. roar...  wearing a green monster hat coz i'm wearing green.  nigel wearing the stitch hat with a wide grin. 'just like stitch!', he says.  on the carousel.  eeyore~  piglet~ at the winnie the pooh ride.  captain jack sparrow (hk version)  caught the disney parade!  i bet you weren't looking at the float, but looking at all those butts >.<  i got a mug engraved as a birthday gift for my dad.  close-up of the engraved portion.  stayed for the fireworks before heading back to the hotel. disneyland was rather disappointing. there was only one rollercoaster. and it was indoor. the equivalent to Escape Theme Park's Panasonic. The rest of the rides were slightly boring and i didnt get to take any photos with the cartoon characters. the damn queue to take a picture with each of them was damn long. plus the china people are super thick skinned. they hog the cartoon characters and take all the pictures they want til they happy then leave. Even though each mascot has an escort to tell them its enough and give others a chance, they just ignore and continue. roarrr. so yup, i didnt get any picture, quite sad. i should have pulled capt jack to take a photo with me. so you can see how ridiculous he looks. but cute anyways. haaha maybe Ocean Park would have been better. if only there was more time. 7th July, 2007 - Saturday another day of shopping:P we went to the Wong Tai Sin temple early in the morning to get some blessings.then headed to Hong Kong Island to shop a little. didnt take much pictures coz the camera was on low batt. it didnt give any indication lor. suddenly low batt. -.-  cool contraption found in the toilet at a restaurant in a shopping centre near the temple. a plastic sheet is pulled from left to right via an hand sensor. cool right.  the only picture taken an Lan Kwai Fong. wanted to take a pic with the street name, but the camera died.  wanted to soak in the night life, but i was too tired and sianz coz we cant capture the moments. so i opted out. oops. 8th July, 2007 - Sunday Slept in a lil. packed our bags so that we can check out early, leave our bags with the hotel storage and do last minute shopping:)  headed to Times Square on Hong Kong Island. it was where we spent the most. hah.  we took Star Ferry back to Kowloon.  busy taking pictures on the ferry. reliving 'charla and mirna' from the amazing race who took the Star Ferry.  On the bus to the airport.  .. you can see my reluctance to leave.. ~~ on the whole, the Hong Kong trip was really fun. My 21st birthday present from nigel. Holidaying with nig's bro and wife was really great. they took care of us and brought us around. we walked alot too, to everywhere that was walk-able. you'd think i would have lost some weight or toned up a bit. but NOOO.. with all the food we ate, the calories balance out. dammit. a typical day would be: heavy breakfast-morning snack-lunch-snack-tea time-dinner. hah, we were eating something every 2-3hrs la. but it was fun. i just feel bad for not finishing my meals. quite embarrassing, but really no space already. the best shopping was said to be Mongkok, along Nathan Road and its little street markets. but i think the stuff there didnt suit me. or at least i didnt find anything that was worth the price. although Hong Kong Island is supposedly more atas, with its boutiques and mid to high range labels, i thought the shopping there was better. those mid to high range labels had really nice things which are around 10% cheaper than here in singapore, on top of that, it's the summer sales so add another 10-50% discount. but i still couldnt afford la. i was trying to make the money stretch. but in the end, scrimp too much, didnt buy much. hah. should have just shopped in Hong Kong Island all the way. haha.. i went a little crazy in Esprit. i wanted to buy alot alot of things, coz i had the esprit card and it can be used anywhere in asia. but i only bought 2 normal tops. sigh. total shopping = 4 tops, 1 pair of sandals, 1 pair of Mickey ear rings. disappointed? yea... sorta. nigel bought more things than me. sulks. but its ok coz....... . . . . . . . . . . . i'm going to BANGKOK at the end of the month!! wahahahaha... countdown to the bangkok trip >>>> 13 days *.* faded into oblivion @ 9:38 AM blogger the person behind the computer.
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