Hong Kong (13 & 14 Dec 07)

I received a message from Miko asking why am I still blogging about my England trip instead of the Hong Kong trip. Well it makes sense to blog it while it's still fresh in my mind, so here's the pics from my Hong Kong trip instead. I will leave the remainder of the photos from my England trip till later.

The main purpose of my trip was to visit my Godma. And since some of the FJC people are going, we thought that it was a great idea to join them. The plane tickets were fully booked and so we had to fly out 2 days earlier than them and leave 1 day earlier.

Since my Godma lives in Hong Kong, I am no stranger there. But it's been at least 3 years since I last visited. I had always liked Hong Kong. I don't know why, something in the air perhaps? Eric feels exactly the same way as well. He's lamenting everyday how much he misses Hong Kong now that he's back. It's Ken's and Meg's first visit there though and I can't wait to show them the place!

Took an evening flight (SQ870) out (can't help it cos fully booked)

Meg enjoying her kid's meal

She absolutely loves Singapore Airlines cos she's kept occupied with the games & the cartoons. She's well-acquainted with SQ after the England trip.

Toying with the functions of my camera & at the same time watching her get busy with the activity pack provided

Arrived in Hong Kong almost close to midnight & woke up early next morning to go for Dim Sum breakfast with my Godma.

Godma was busy with work & so I told her not to worry. We'll tour Hong Kong on our own. Our 1st stop was Stanley Market

Meg can take fairly decent photos now so we need not ask passer-bys for help with photo-taking

She's not deep in thoughts. That's just 1 of her poses :p

Great sea view

Both of them brings smiles to my face

Quaint looking cafes along the road

Meg brings Princess Meow Meow wherever she goes

Meg's obsessed with Super Mario. She's hooked onto the game after we got her a Nintendo DS. She says she's trying to look like she's going after the mushroom like Mario.

Our next stop was Causeway Bay. And we went there via mini bus like the ones we see in Hong Kong TV serials. Look at both their tired faces & it's not even half a day yet!

Times Square

It's jammed packed with people

They've got really pretty decors

Little imp closing her eyes pretending to be asleep

Ken couldn't take the walking anymore & so we stopped to rest our feet at my favourite Ben & Jerry's

Heading to our next destination via MTR

Destination = Mongkok City Centre

Godma brought us all the way to New Territory to have dinner. Yummy!!

Last stop was a lounge in a hotel (can't remember which one) for some unwinding but there was some amendment to the law & Meg wasn't permitted in. So we couldn't stay. But in any case, we were way too tired from the day's activities & were happy to just go home.

Hotel lobby was very nicely done up but look closely at the big X'mas tree

It's made of plastic bottles!

In fact that's not all. Cans were also used.

Glass bottles as well! How innovative, right? And they did it up so nicely that you don't even feel that it's cheap looking or that the place looks like a recycle ground.

Meg's hair was already all dishevelled

Tired but very happy by the end of the day :DDD