yes, i have been back for 3 full weeks now, and i have finally edited and uploaded all my Hong Kong trip photos on facebook.
trust me, editing 10+ gigabytes worth of photos is no joke. :/
anyw, here i am gonna start off day 1 in hong kong!
departed from Singapore at 6.50am on tuesday 24th May.
but crazy Siok Yong (SY) and me thon thru since monday night in the airport. dead tired.
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| it is tiny but you can see the time 00:48 at the bottom. |
it wasnt that bored at the airport since SY asked her friends Shane and Martin over to chat through the night.
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| SY, Shane, Martin |
SERIOUSLY damn tired i tell you coz i was busy the whole day on monday! not enough rest!
anyw, we just chatted through the night.
managed to meet up the rest at 4.30am to check in our luggage.
took a group photo before proceeding for our 3 hours 40 mins flight to HONG KONG!!
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| C, ZF, SM, SY, G, me |
and now, let me formally introduce you 爷爷 Lee - Zhi Feng (ZF)
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| 爷爷 Lee |
LOL. bunch of crazy kids playing around early in the morning and disturbing the rest.
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OKAY.... finally arrived in HK!
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| me, C, SY, SM, G |
SO FRUSTRATED I TELL YOU. my film camera (green one that i am holding)... SPOILED LA. waste my film and $$.
anyw, the 6 of us is divided into couple, couple and buddies.
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| act cute couple 1, SM and SY |
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| lovely dovey couple 2, C and ZF |
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| Buddies, G and me! |
anyw, first thing was to find our way to the hostel! - USA Hostel... dont ask me why that name.
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| MTR map |
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| airport express card |
eh, definitely must buy the airport express card to get out of the airport. not cheap. i think 1 trip about SGD$10+++.
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| waiting for train to arrive |
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| shot this while in the train |
we sat to Kowloon station to take their airport express shuttle bus to hotel.
cheapo method to get to a hotel near your hostel since it is FOC! just ask the people there and they will they you which bus to take and where to alight. of course, must show them the address la.
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| walking towards free transport! |
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| super fast bus |
ever watched HK dramas? and their mini buses? those yellow mini buses? i tell you - woah, Hongkies are damn fast paced la. all the drivers here are damn scary. super fast daooooooooooo. but fyi, inside the bus quite cramped. :/
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| Hong Kong |
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| streets of HK |
anyw, we alighted at Holiday Inn Hotel since our hostel was just one street away.. cools.
fyi, read the captions on the photos coz i will be telling my journey from there. more pictures and less words good right!
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| building of our hostel |
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| USA hostel... and my luggage as subject of this shot. lol |
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| view from girls' room at 13th level |
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| odd number leveling |
seriously, you have to queue to use the lifts here. i mean they literally put 'barricades' to force you into a line.
anyw, after throwing luggage into hostel, we went out to explore lo!
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| SM and G looking seriously at the map |
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| but kinda failed when i asked them to pose for me. :/ |
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| easy signs to lead the way |
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| hongkies use bamboo poles to climb. :/ scary. what if they fall? |
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| 1st shop to noms! famous 'ji dan zai' |
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| shop is just directly opposite TST Police Station if you want to know whr it is |
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| contented smiles from SY |
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| this thing is spicy lo. and salty coz of the sauce. but just try try la. |
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| G!! buddy yo. |
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| random fire engine |
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| random ambulance |
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| girls group shot. but damn sad here coz i found out that my film camera spoilt around this time |
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| back alley food stall. be warned that the chilli is damn hot |
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| read all in chinese lurh! wasted my time :S |
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| old skool coke! |
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| 'teh'.be warned that there is no sugar initially and their tea is bitter de. so get prepared with more sugar |
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| finally, proper lunch of day 1! yang zhou fried rice... damn nice coz it was alr 3+pm. hungry daooooooo |
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| surprisingly good and nice! contains beef. |
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| cant rmb exactly what is this, but can see bone one. lol. |
After lunch......
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| i thought that this was quite interesting with all the taxi line up nicely. |
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| lost in hong kong???? |
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| headed to must go ladies street |
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| before ladies street, we entered into this mall called trendyzone. nice capture of this guy looking over. lol. he totally photobombed this picture. |
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| stitch here is so cute la. |
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| damn exaggerated iphone cover with excessive bling bling. stitch is in 3D ok! |
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| must eat desserts from 'xu liu shan'. |
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| eat the mangoes types only. the mangoes are damn good. |
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| green umbrellaaaaaaaaa... shot this coz she was standing there looking at the movie trailers for very long. |
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| ladies' market! all sorts of plushies |
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| signs for drivers |
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| more food |
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| HK siew mai. but i dont like. |
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| super loads of shyt. lol |
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| owlicious. hooo hooo.. |
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| i tell you. stitch in HK is own your ass. damn alot. and damn cute. |
these are pretty much about day 1.
and i must say that i have been trying to blog this post for the 3rd day alr.
curse blogger and photobucket who are not allowing me to upload my photos.
s-t-u-p-i-d.
anyw, more post will be on the way soon!
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