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14-23JAN10 THU-SAT Hong Kong (06/10)

DAY 06/10 - 19JAN10 TUESDAY
breakfast:


check-out guesthouse, left our big luggage in guesthouse, with our hand-luggage we took bus to Star Ferry Pier... hahaha i sotong, suppose to meet garrick at China Hong Kong City (中港城), as advised by garrick, we then took taxi to 中港城:
at 中港城:
haha the pole mirror has 'slimming' effect:

ferry from 中港城 to zhu hai:

check-in zhu hai chang an hotel, published rate RMB300, with uncle jimmy's connection RMB250:


at the entrance of the hotel, haha this car was trapped at the step when reversing:

lunch at port plaza:

uncle jimmy usually stay in Friendship Hotel which is just opposite Port Plaza, Friendship Hotel is under renovation, will resume business in MAR10:
(garrick told me his father is like a king in zhu hai... hahaha really lor, the people treated him so well lor)

wow the Port Plaza is a great shopping paradize lor! garrick told me it's a great place for shopping, it's like our citylink where the shops are in underground, but u can get almost everything lor. i did not take his words seriously, did not change any RMB, just brought along my left over RMB600+. guess what? i withdrew from ATM total RMB3,500 (over 4 times as maximum RMB1,000 for each withdrawal... so total i paid SGD20 withdrawal fee and the rate not very good lor SGD1=RMB4.7717). luckily it is winter season, not the right season for me to get clothes and shoes, if not i will have to withdraw more $$$

yummy porridge steamboat dinner [wow 新加坡已经吃不到的猪血(pig blood)]:
recipe from auntie helen, 1 'bag' of sugar with 4 cubes of fermented soya bean curd, so yummy:

supper - pie with 'dou sha', i still prefer the original APPLE pie:

14-23JAN10 THU-SAT Hong Kong (07/10)

DAY 07/10 - 20JAN10 WEDNESDAY
breakfast at friendship hotel:
wow... garrick's mama & gugu bought these in the morning, merely 1-hour shopping:
yiting & i went for mani+pedi (total RMB80)
lunch at ajisen in port plaza (RMB82)

haha... we 'catch-up' with the 2 aunties soon...
merely 2-hour shopping in trip 1, then another 1-hour in trip 2 (see the add-on):
Namecards
we bought 2 handphones and 1 video cam from (uncle jimmy's friend) :
we bought 10 crystal bracelets from (uncle jimmy's friend) :
we bought lots of headphone and mouse from:
dinner at 毛's restaurant:




haha having watched the drama 《江青和她的丈夫們》(江青 is 毛澤東夫人), dinning at 毛's restaurant made it so complete:
a big THANK YOU to garrick's parents - auntie helen & uncle jimmy, thank you so much for 'taking good care' of us in zhu hai:
and not forgetting garrick's gugu, THANKS:

see what i bought for myself in zhu hai:
-the over-sized headphone (bought yesterday at RMB30, today managed bargain to RMB20 when bought in bulk for my nieces and nephews)
-the hello-kitty mouse (bought yesterday at RMB30, today the lowest they can offered RMB29 when bought in bulk with the headphones)
[==> tested the quality yesterday before buying in bulk today]
btw i got this acer for more than a year aready but i had all the while neglected it as i had been using my office laptop...

this is my new toy (RMB900):
the bb inspired: pouch RMB10, the other 2 total RMB45
i don't fancy branded items, but guess will feel shiok throwing waste-paper into this bin hahaha:

14-23JAN10 THU-SAT Hong Kong (08/10)

DAY 08/10 - 21JAN10 THURSDAY
we returned to kowloon via ferry from zhu hai while garrick's parents and gugu took ferry from zhu hai to hong kong airport, then flew back to s'pore via SQ (guess what! their luggages over weighted by 38kg but they were so lucky lor, did not pay for e excess, haha they are REAL shopping king / queen):
lunch:
haha e 'lok kok' building is Chung King Mansion which housed our guesthouse:
tsim sha tsui waterfront, waiting for the [A Symphony of Lights]:
[A Symphony of Lights] - spectacular multimedia event, named the world's largest permanet light and sound show by Guinness World Records... um no punch lei:







garrick brought us to this restaurant at TST that serves macau cuisine, yum yum:
After dinner, garrick brought us to 庙街, from old (Yau Ma Tei Exit C) to new (Jordan Exit A) .
spotted this interesting vending machine in the mtr station: