On my Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong, the flight attendant made sure I got my low-calorie meal. I had specified it as a meal preference when booking the flight. It turns out to be a meal with egg white, eggplant, and asparagus.
When we arrived in Hong Kong, it was raining! I was quite disappointed. Somehow the summer season of Hong Kong I had pictured in my mind was all sunny and dry. And it continued to rain for the rest of the day. It would rain for ten minutes, then stop for ten minutes, and rain for another ten minutes, and the cycle repeats itself. My plan was to go visit the Peak, and that had to be scrapped.
My hotel room at Le Meridien is awesome. It is super clean and I don’t think I would have any trouble falling asleep at night.
The coolest part of the room has got to be the shower. It’s all glass so people in the room would be able to see you showering. How kinky! Of course, I’m staying here alone. I like it because when I’m showering, I can look at my laptop from where I am, and see if anyone has sent me a message.
And of course, there’s the plasma TV and free internet access. I flew into frenzy this afternoon when I couldn’t get connected. But managed to fix it in the end.
Strawberries and tea…
That’s about it. I decided to go check out Causeway Bay and do some shopping. It was Friday evening so the area was very crowded. And yeah Hong Kongers walk fast all right. They also tend to be attractive and well-dressed.
So it was street after street of shopping centres and I couldn’t even keep track of all their names. Most of the smaller ones looked similar. Many neon signs and colourful signboards too.
And there’s World Trade Centre which looked quite striking.
There were also a lot of people crowding around this pet shop in a street corner that sold puppies. It was the only pet shop I had seen so far.
For dinner I didn’t have much of a choice since every other place was super crowded and people were forming long queues everywhere. I ate at this UCC coffee place inside sogo. Coffee plus chocolate French toast.
Then the rain came AGAIN when I was hitting the streets. I noticed Hong Kongers all carry umbrellas with them. I had to seek shelter at Timesquare. It’s a huge shopping mall with pretty much the exact same brands you find in Singapore at the same prices. Anyway there was a denim jeans exhibition going on at Timesquare which I thought was quite cool. They had faces of famous people painted on the jeans.
Here’s Leonardo da Vinci.
Sun Yat-Sen
Bruce Lee
At the end of the shopping trip I got this Precious Moment musical ornament for my room…
…and this diamante gourd pendant I had always wanted.
Let’s pray that it doesn’t rain anymore and it’ll be a more fruitful day tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Jul 30, 2005
meow!!
Jul 30, 2005
pray that it will stop raining, otherwise you would have brought ur bikini for nothing. well, have a fun-filled trip there and blog more. its really interesting!
Jul 30, 2005
waaaa ur hotel room looks really cool!! haha n tt’s e same precious moments figurine that i got.. :P looking forward to more updates babe :D
Jul 30, 2005
night time pictures are razor sharp!
Jul 30, 2005
Thanks for sharing…nice pictures… like always… wish I was there in Hong Kong.
Oct 3, 2006
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Is it so wonderful and very nice website .
This is the first time i view this website and I have spend about 2 hous to view it … really really nice especially the Hong Kong trip and pictures .I like it very much.
From Karen
Oct 5, 2006
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hi there, was surfing through and i thought i would like to ask – how much did you spent on your entire trip & was the accomodation expensive? because i went about a year back and i got a nasty street hotel which was uber cramped and certainly has no view like yours.
im planning to go back hk again, probably alone or with my bf. i love that place:))
May 6, 2007
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Hi, I am so impressed by your website. It was so nicely created and I simply love it!.
The last time I travelled to Hong Kong was 1997. I am planning to go again this yr with my hubby & 2 kids. The problem I am facing now is that I am unsure whether to travel free & easy or with package. Its is not cheap to travel in December and I am searching for cheaper airline & accomodation. Will also do some research on where to go and your website helped me a lot! Good work!
Dec 30, 2009
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hi again thank you so much for your blogs..they are really useful….can i ask one more thing?…do you have more trips abroad?….