Hongkong Trip 18 - 22 Feb 2008

18 Feb 08, Monday:

Took a flight to Hongkong (SQ866) at 1330hr and arrived at about 1715hr. After which, we (Uncle Kevin, Uncle Larry, Nic & I) took a taxi from the airport to Excelsior Hotel where the uncles will be staying, and to Stanley's house at Cairn Street.

After leaving the luggages, Nic & I took the MTR (train) to Kowloon to meet uncle kevin and a few of Nic's distant relatives for dinner. We had a sumptous steamboat (hotpot) dinner.





19 Feb 08, Tuesday:

We met up with uncle kevin for breakfast. We had congee at a nearby restaurant. It was simply delicious! Yummy!





After breakfast, we took a train to Admiralty Station where we took a bus to Ocean Park. We experienced all the rides, including the one that shoots up in the sky and drop down at a rocket speed, gosh.. it was terrifying but at the same time exciting.

Here are some of the pictures taken:























After Ocean Park, we visited the Peak:



As well as the the famous wax museum (madam tussaud) and took pictures with the "stars & famous people":























At night, we went to the Lady Street, a tourist attraction where imitation goods and cheap stuff are found. We didn't managed to get any things for ourselves, but I got a bag for my Sister and some art stamps for aunty serene.

We had congee as dinner.

20 Feb 08, Wednesday:

Met up with uncle Kevin to yum cha, but wasn't successful as the restaurant which we took pains to locate is closed when we were there, hence we settled for something light, thinking to eat dim sum later in the afternoon. So we went to a small chinese cafe to have our breakfast.

After breakfast, we did a little shopping around causeway bay, in shopping centres such as Times Square and Sogo. Uncle bought quite a few items, while I only got myself a trenchcoat from Giodarnos.

We shopped the whole day. At night, uncle brought us to the pier where we can take the star ferry from Tsim Sha Tsui back to Hongkong island. The night view of hongkong island is very beautiful.









As the whole day I was in boots, my legs were killing me and I desperately wanted to get home to rest them. We parted with uncle as he said he doesn't want to join us and Stanley for dinner. As we were still early, Nic and I went home to put our things, and also for me to change into my flats, before we left for Lan Kwai Fong to meet Stanley and his colleagues for dinner. After dinner, we went to LKF Hotel for drinks before heading home.

21 Feb 2008, Thursday:

Our itinerary for the day is to go to Macau.

We arrived at Macau at 1pm, after an hour's ferry ride from Tsim Sha Tsui. After clearing the immigration at Macau, we took the shuttle bus from the Ferry terminal to The Venetian Hotel.





The hotel was very grand and big. In Macau itself, there are quite a few big hotels, all with Casino.

Anyway, as the normal activity in Macau is to visit the Casino, Nic and I also decided to try our luck. We tried to look for Texas Holdem but to no avail. Thus, we settled to play Carribean Studs. Its real fun, but in the end, we lost!

So we spent the rest of the time venturing the hotel and taking a few pictures.

We depart Macau for Hongkong at 7pm. We then had our dinner at a noodle shop along Elgin Street (Hongkong). Though the shop's location is a little deserted, but the noodle served was delicious.

After dinner, we headed home to wait for Stanley's call ( he was suppose to meet us for dinner but he was held up at work). In the end, I was too tired to go out so Nic went to join Stanley for drinks.

22 Feb 2008, Friday:

Nic and I woke up early to pack our stuff, and also to travel all the way to Causeway Bay just to have our congee breakfast. Yummy..





After breakfast, we returned home to get our stuff and took a taxi to Airport Express Station. We checked in our luggages and took a train to the Airport (which took us only 25mins).

Happy belated Valentines!!

This year's valentines was spent in pain... went for my wisdom tooth extraction yesterday morning.. it wasn't that painful though, but I spent most of the day sleeping, trying to numb the pain.

Didn't have the chance to spend the day with Nic, but I guess even if we were together, there's nothing much we can do too.

Anyway, will be heading back to Melbourne in 1 and a half week's time... but before that, Nic and I will be going to hkg for a short trip.. how nice, this will be my first time going to hkg.. heard from Shing that its cold now over there.. I am looking forward to it.. and hopefully my extraction can recover fully by then.. hehe... shopping and eating.. here i come!!

Alright, nothing much to blog about now... getting ready to go out now... tata!!

Haven't been blogging for more than a month, ever since Nic came back from Australia. These few weeks passed so quickly, and in just another few weeks time, we will embark on the 2nd half of our university journey.

In exactly one week's time will be exams again for me, so I am now preparing for the 2 papers. Luckily there're only 2 papers. Really regretted taking summer units. Seeing Nic relaxing and enjoying himself in front of the tv everyday makes me jealous. Can't wait for exams to be over.

Over the past few weeks, I picked up 2 new stuff. One is tennis, and the other one is Texas Hold'em. Ever since then, we have been playing Texas almost every other day. But seems that luck is not with me and I have been losing all the way. Seems like a sign to tell me to play less. haha..

Anyway, I will enjoy the last few weeks in Singapore. Maybe Nic and I will be going to Hongkong for a short trip before returning to Melbourne. Ah... so short of time....

Went to catch the movie 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' yesterday with Nic and his little brother, Martin.. I looooooove the movie.. the chipmunks are so adorable... especially Theodore... so chubby and cute... haha.. :)

Share some pictures here (and also to keep for remembrance)...

(ooo... look at this picture... Theodore asking for more whip cream!!.. soooooo cute!!!)

Its a must watch movie!!!

No longer the need to countdown to the number of days before I get to see Nic... Because he is BACK! he touched down on Monday night... thinking of giving me a surprise.. but instead, I counter-surprised him instead.. and kept my words in bringing him soon-kuehs to fetch him from the airport...

He has been planning and collaborating with his family members on how to keep me in the dark and to get me surprised by inviting me over to his place for dinner and then he will come back home and surprise me.. but i guess his efforts were wasted as I am too smart for his little trick.. or maybe because I knew him thoroughly (inside-out).. hahaha...

Anyway, how I got to know of his plan is due to the following loopholes that gave his secret out:

1. One day, while talking to Tania, she suddenly mentioned that he only got a few days left with her in Melbourne... ah-hah.. I smelt a rat....

2. He accidentally told me that he went to place a time-freeze on my Fitness First Membership.. and mentioned that it was on the 10th.. but he tried to cover up saying that its on the 10th of Jan.. hence, I smelt a bigger rat....

So, wanting to make sure that he IS coming back early, I decided to perform series of investigations...

First, I went to Fitness First e-member website to find out which is the date of his time-freeze.. though the website did not state specifically that the membership has been freezed.. but from the transaction history of my member account, I can see that Nic made a payment of $30 in total for the time freeze (being $10 per month)... so now the truth starts to reveal itself.. $30 means he has frozen the account for 3 months, and counting back from Feb 08 (which is when we will return to Melbourne), the month of freeze should begins in December.. which is this month...

Second, knowing for sure (or maybe 99.99%) that he will be coming back early, the next step will be to find out the exact date of return... I then asked Lena (from luxury tours) to check on Abacus system to see if there's any record of his return.. but as he did not amend through the system, there's no record.. so I decided to call Qantas up.. but Qantas is unable to reveal his flight details unless I have his booking reference... which I don't.. So not giving up, I decided to check his email for clues (cos I am sure if he made any amendments, Qantas will sure email him some form of confirmation).. and then...

Yes!! I got it... in his email, shows an subject line which read "10DEC LEE WEY LEON NICHOLAS MEL-SIN"... hahahaha.. so that's how I managed to know his secret of returning back early...

But the story did not end just like that.. Before Jie (stephanie) called me, I was still thinking probably Nic will want to surprise his family members too.... but cos the some days back, I told her that I will be returning her a jacket early next week (which is this week)... and thus she suspected that I know something... but I wasn't told of the truth until Monday morning when she called me again to make sure that I will be going to his place and that he will be coming back in the night... so then we decided to plot another surprise plan for Nic...

So on Monday night, after buying the soon kuehs, I went to the airport with Kor to pick him.. but in order to give him a surprise, I decided that I should hide myself and jump out on him to surprise him.... so I hid in one of the convenient store next to the exit to the car park, and after they walked past, I crept quietly behind them and sprang out at Nic, giving him a tickle.. haha.. and he was indeed very surprised by my appearance.. haha

Successful!!! heh heh heh....

Alright, that's all for the story.. got to now get ready for gym and class tonight... sigh....

Since I have already signed in, I guess I better write something... haha..

Anyway, been back in Singapore for 2 whole weeks... and during these two weeks, I pampered myself more than any other time in my entire life... well, I had a hair-do last week, went for eyebrow embroidery, did a manicure (cheap & good).. bought myself a pair of earrings from SK (well, no $$, if not I would have gotten a better one.. keke.. maybe that shall be one present from Nic.. ;p)... and ermmm, replaced my wallet and driving licence... Haven't replace my IC yet though, will do so soon.. so lazy to travel all the way to lavendar just to get it done... sigh!!

Now I think its time to tighten my wallet.. but before that, I want a new handphone!! planning to get Sony Ericsson W910i...

Today it rained the whole day.. so irritating.. how I wished I could just stay at home but I can't cos need to attend my lesson for Auditing... so in the end, I went for gym just before my class... and the rain didn't get any smaller even after my gym session, but on the contrary, it suddenly poured heavily just as I stepped out of the gym.. :( Ended up having my legs wet..

After attending today's lecture, I think I got to put in my heart and soul into studying again... how I wish I can just enjoy the whole summer by doing nothing but watching tv at home and relaxing all the way... sigh!!!

Alrighty, shall now watch some tv before turning in for bed..... good nite!

1 week and 4 days without Nic... 60 more days...

Haven't been doing much for the past few days (after my last blog)... my weekly routine is just to go gym, school, and maybe meet up with a few friends.... So far, had managed to catch up with Selene and friends on Thursday for a dinner at New York New York (Citylink Branch)...

During the week, I went for a haircut too... planning to curl my hair when they are much longer... probably got to wait for another year ba... :)

Today, I am going to JB to do a bit of things... but mainly is to go for an eyebrow embroidery. When I told my parents, they were so against the idea, saying that only ah-lians will do that, but I have seen very nice results on Janice and Elaine, and I don't feel that they are lians at all, so I will just go for it.. hopefully the end results are good.... hehe.... that will save me alot of time the next time I go out, at least I won't have to bother to draw my brows already.... :)