Hong Kong 2007 (part 1)

This is the first time I travelled with people that I barely know. But think I managed to click with them after 2 days. ( ETS is the funniest, she rox!!!)

Day 1: H&M hunt

My favourite shop in Hongkong must be H&M. Lots of stuff to buy there. Spanish brand but cheaper than Zara and Mango. ETS, Garfield and I are busy trying all sorts of clothes there.Bao and the rest seems bored in H&M thus we parted our ways for the first day. We shopped so much that my legs ached for the day, making me so worried about whether I would be able to complete my Stan Chart? Heng, my legs were used to all those shopping after the first day and we manage to shop lots more. Actually, we shopped much, but we din buy much as Hongkong are now full of winter wear clothes which are not suitable for Singapore climates.

I managed to buy a nice sling bag and a red wallet from H&M. Garfield bought a pair of shorts and ETS bought a top.

Btw,Sasa in hongkong sell dirty cheap mask. S$50 for KOSE whitening mask while Singapore sells it for S$96. Garfield and I chiong for it while ETS were still contemplating on whether to buy the lancome mask, which is abt S$75 while it cost abt S$125 here.

Day 2: Shenzhen

Before we went to shenzhen, we wait up early to go to Wong Tai Sin. Full of people in the morning already.

We then took our breakfast at a nearby veg restaurant. The dim sum there were fabulous. The mock siew mai was very well made. To be honest, it taste "meaty" The carrot cake was so soft that it melt in your mouth... Yummm!

After that we meet Bao and gang to go to shenzhen, while ETS went Tsim sha Tsui to shop on her own as she said that Shenzhen probably wun have things that she wld want to buy.

Err she was quite right. Garfield and I din managed to buy any clothes or accessories in Shenzhen. I was marred by my Shanghai shopping trip last year and was weary of the durability of Mainland made products.(My bag fell apart after just 6 days of usage)I bought socks though which is dirty cheap at S$2 for 3 pairs. (I bought 6 in shanghai and they last till now)

Unless us, AC n R like Shenzhen a lot and we decided to part our ways again to hunt on our own.

Well, there are a few things that I will like to buy here such as DVD 溏心风暴. But I think it is a bit expansive as it cost S$20. In the end, Garfield and I went to Shenzhen book store to buy books. I manage to splurge and bought enough books to make a membership card. In the evening, we join ETS to eat here at Xu liu shan. Err for dun noe what reason, Garfield keep saying that it is call chu liu xiang... Hmm weird garfield.

The mango pudding shown above was super delicious. Mango ice-cream was so rich with mango. I love mango v v much. I always complain to Garfield I can't find decent mango dessert in Singapore. Yummy !!!
Day 3: Ocean Park

ETS returned back to Spore on the third day, leaving behind 6 of us to go to Ocean park.

We take a bus from the Admiralty Station to Ocean park. The cost of the entry of the park is HK$177. ( after discount from R 's friend, else it is HK$185).

The park was quite fun with all those rides and I especially loved the dolphins and seals performance.

We are quite gamed in trying out the rides esp Garfield, think she love the roller coaster . I decided to give the 360 roller coaster a miss, while Garfield, Bao and ZC tried it. This is the first time that I tried the Evisu, the free falling thingy. It was not as scary as I have thot, tho the HK gal beside kept saying that she was scared and dun wished to ride.

We went to see those indoor aquarium after our lunch. The quality of the aquariums were definitely better than Singapore underwater world. I can stayed the whole day in the aquarium and wun feel bored. I laugh at the jellyfishes, make funny faces at the sea urchins. A stingray actually swim up to me and wave, it blows some bubbles at me before goodbye.

We can oso spot gaint panda at ocean park, though it was not as enjoyable as the aquariums.

We parted our way again as Bao and gang want to go to Lam Kui Fong, while I want to go to the temple street to take a look.

To be honest, temple street was a disappointment. Nothing much to see there.

Counting down to Marathon

Oh no....
3 more days to stand chart... Me have been lazy in training. Dun noe why, but no mood to train after Hongkong holidays...
Sei ah!!!

All thanks to MZ for collecting my race pack while I am in Hongkong...

日本旅行(part 3) finale

Tokyo shopping trips

to be honest, still find Tokyo the best of all shopping area... Cos there is

Shibuya 109

Things there are not cheap, but you cannot get those things anywhere.

There are actually 2 109 building, but the first one is catered mainly to the ladies while the 109 2 is catered to the men and the teens.

Of cos 109 is more to our taste. Karen, Garfield and I bought a bag each. Mine was a navy nautical type of bag. Waterproof somemore. I love it man.

definitely can't find in Singapore. Garfield bought a transparent bag. ( often featured in Non-no and vivi) very stylish. All bags costed about $40 -50.

There is a Samantha Vega outlet in 109 building. Too bad all the Samantha bags costs about $120 onwards.

Ikemen paradise (good looker)

Japan has risen to the occasion by having the most good looking men in Asia. ( Never been outside asia lah me)

We have spotted Kaneshiro takeshi look alike in Shinjuku shopping centre. We are so thrilled.

Takeshita Dori

This is a good place to spot those cosplayer. Stuffs were cheaper and quirker. Atas people probably wun find stuff to buy here. (maybe bags bah) I bought a quilt bag and Long bought some clothes from here too.

Akihabara

If you want to buy Nitendo DS, this is the place. Since all instructions are in Jap, there wun be much difference. Price are cheaper and there are more variety of games to choose from.

I manage to bought some Naruto stuff for Bro. Figurine are not cheap woh!!

At first I thot that there will lot of otaku as in Train man, but men there generally look like those normal IT savvy guy.

All in all, I love Japan, tho it is quite hard to find vegetarian food. Not recommended for my parents. But for those who love shopping and site seeing, Japan rules. 日本人がなりたいな！

My Running

This year, I am quite busy training for various runs.
Garfield and I have been training together, or should I say I run, she blade along ECP. Whenever I can squeeze time on Saturday morning, we will try to go there.
We have completed the shape 5km run in about 35 mins in sept.

The greater achievement was that we manages to complete the Great eastern run in 1hr 15 min(Chip time). This was quite a good result for first timers. I have calculated, we run about 8km/hr.
I have been trying to improve my timing by running 8.5km/hr recently.
But I think a consistant 8km/hr for my half marathon should be enough. Very excited and scared as this is the first time I am running such long distance and I dun think I have trained myself sufficiently. To make things worse, Garfield is not joining me for the Stan chart.
I have been trying to cover as much distance as possible, but lazyness and my overwhelming schedule are prevent this from happening. Just hope and pray that my knees wun give way on 2/12...
(the weather is not helping too)

日本旅行(part 2)

It has been a long respite from part 1... Yah, been rather busy with lota things.

To be honest, memories fades and I am not so young anymore... Anyway, sequels are never as good as the first.


Station 3: Edo wonderland
If you watch Mark Lee travel program in Japan, you should be familiar with this place.
It is based on the old pre- meji Japan. All employees are clad in period clothing. You can see Ninja, Geisha and shojun all over the place.

We managed to catch 3 shows altogether.

The first one was an indoor Ninja exhibiting their abilties to go throught different task. The second shows was about how Geisha entertained those big shots in a typical tea house.

The third one is an outdoor Ninja shows

The front entrances

Ninja's jittsu.



Station 4: Otaru and Ishiya chocolate factory






On the fifth day, we managed to go to otaru. Otaru is famous for its music boxes and lota chocolates.


Due to budget constraint I bought a small music keychain which chimes to sakura (V old jap children song). Most of us bought lots of chocolates from 六花亭 as お見上げ（Souvenir) for our relative and friends. Long and I found out that we didn't bought enough...( too many colleauges liao)




Music box come out from here!!!
After our lunch, we went to the Ishiya chocolate factories to buy the very famous 白色恋人. They were so good that I did not want to give it out as お見上げ. The taste was so good that a non-chocolate lover like me love it.

Station 5: Sapporo: Chitose Factory outlet mall
When you heard factory outlet, you dun expect this atas place in front of you. The building is like a series of white boutiques and they sells products that is unbeliveable cheap, but without compromising the qualities of the products.

Gafield manages to buy a bikini for about 3000 yens and I bought a top for about 1500 yens.
Shopping in Japan is never enough... We already bought so much in Hokkaido... Tokyo was even worse.