China & Hong Kong

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Hong Kong Disneyland (Part 2) – Adventureland, Tomorrowland & the New Toy Story Land [Photos & Videos]

1 year ago • 12,918 views
Let’s continue with Part 2 of my trip to Hong Kong Disneyland! If you missed it previously, here is Part 1 of this Hong Kong Disneyland trip, with loads of photos and videos of The awesome Flights of Fantasy parade The gorgeous Main Street USA The Golden Mickeys show Fantasyland When visiting Hong Kong Disneyland, be sure to look out for this signboard. It shows you where the various attractions...

Hong Kong Disneyland (Part 1) – Main Street USA, Fantasyland & the Castle [Photos & Videos]

1 year ago • 12,896 views
I can’t think of a better way to start off this series of posts than stating the fact that I love Disneyland! It doesn’t matter how old or how young you are. Being in a Disneyland theme park is always such a… magical experience. Those of you who have been following Sparklette on Facebook and Twitter would have seen me micro-blogging from Hong Kong Disneyland. This isn’t my first Disneyland...

Sparklette is going to Hong Kong Disneyland!

1 year ago • 1,837 views
That’s right; we’ll be at Hong Kong Disneyland this weekend! I’m totally psyched! While this isn’t my first visit to Disneyland — I went to Tokyo Disneyland previously — being in the world of Disney is always one heck of an amazing experience. This is one of those places that should be on anyone’s bucket list. One perk that we will have this time round over the last Tokyo Disneyland...

Headed to Hong Kong this holiday? Use the SCMP Christmas Shoppers’ Guide!

2 years ago • 923 views
This is one of the projects I have been working on over the past couple of months under my web design company Sparklette Studio. The South China Morning Post, one of Hong Kong’s main English-language newspapers, really like the design of this website, and hence hired me to design and develop their new Christmas Shoppers’ Guide 2010 from scratch. The site is now live at deals.scmp.com. You can download coupons...

Park Hyatt Shanghai – Mooncakes Straight from the Motherland Itself

• 2 years ago • 2,542 views
It has been weeks of nonstop mooncake binging action at the Sparklette headquarters. Until now, all the mooncakes I have featured can be found in Singapore, including the Concorde Hotel halal mooncakes that are imported from Malaysia. This past weekend, longtime reader Kyo kindly shared with me some mooncakes that he bought from Park Hyatt Shanghai. Yes, straight from the motherland! That’s a nice reprieve from all the Singapore mooncakes...

Hong Kong: Off the Beaten Path – Food Heaven in Sheung Wan

2 years ago • 5,412 views
Guest-contributed post by Razlan Manjaji. Sheung Wan may not feature prominently on your holiday itinerary to Hong Kong. After all, this town located to the west of Hong Kong Island boasts few shopping malls and tourist spots. Unless you are a fan of dried seafood, of which the streets of Sheung Wan are brimming with, you probably would not visit this area. Go off the beaten path in Hong Kong....

Hong Kong (Day 5)

7 years ago • 12,020 views
I vaguely remember waking up at 10am before deciding to snooze for a couple more minutes. The next thing I know, it’s 11:40am! And I have to get my butt out of the hotel by 12! Fortunately when I call up the hotel reception, they agree to give me an additional hour to pack. That’s my brunch at Starbucks before leaving Hong Kong. At the airport, I realise I still...

Hong Kong (Day 4) – Trip to Tai-o & Macau

7 years ago • 20,280 views
Last day for sightseeing. I had the alarm clock ring at 8am, and I got barely two hours of sleep behind me! Made my way to the pier to take a ferry to Lantau Island. Lantau Island is located on the Western side of Hong Kong, far away from the hustle-bustle of Kowloon and Hong Kong island. A cuppa before I go. Had been drinking plenty of coffee ever since...

Hong Kong (Day 3)

7 years ago • 19,046 views
I woke up feeling hung over and headachish from the previous night at 1pm! I was utterly shocked when I saw the time on the clock; I was so sure it wasn’t working. If my phone hadn’t rang, I wouldn’t even have woken up. By then, half the day was already gone! So I made my way to the Ladies’ Market and ended up spending the rest of my day...

Hong Kong (Day 2)

7 years ago • 12,847 views
Day 2 in Hong Kong kicked off with a bad start. I went to the tram terminal to catch a ride to the Peak. The tram had moved about thirty metres away from the terminal before it stalled completely. After about half an hour of fiddling with this and that, the drivers decided they had engine problems. They somehow managed to move it back to the terminal where everyone had...