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"Love is patient,
love is kind.
It does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easliy angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects,
always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails."
1 Cor 13:4-8
"Ideal love is fostered only between two sincere, mature and independent people.
It is the inner struggle to polish these attributes that is the key. Real love is not two people clinging to each other; it can only be fostered between two strong people secure in their individuality."
-Ikeda Sensei, Wisdom of Words
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Started with the free half-day city tour.
Initially, I regretted joining this tour.
But, at the end of the day, I realised it helped me understand HK better.
Pretty much informative tour!
The half day tour brought us to yum cha, victoria peak, repulse bay (stanley beach), floating jumbo restaurant, jewellery factory & a herb store.
Yum Cha was great. Nice dim sum!
Victoria Peak - Took nice scenery pictures of the skyscrapers, saw the rich mens' houses..
Repulse Bay - Stanley Beach was very nice & clean, saw Jackie Chan's house at like far far away on top of the moutains..
Floating Jumbo Restaurant - very nice floating boat (too bad we didn't get to go in),
the dragon eyes' on the pillars were pretty fascinating & they glowed!
In the evening, we walked to Ave of Stars at Tsim Sha Tsui from our hotel..
It was really an avenue of stars where we met into some hk stars coincidentally!
Will update more on the next post.
after star glamour, we headed to HK's biggest shopping mall - Harbour City.
but, by the time we were there, most of the shops were closed already.
Except for that level of shopping meant for youth.
Nothing much there though..
Then, we had dinner at this Beijing Dumpling teahouse.
Apparently, a lot of stars had tried their food and it was featured in sg papers.
the dumplings were really heavenly, so was the fat meat veg. rice!
even the soy milk tasted like uber sweet!
After the dinner, we were so so full!
Decided to roam around that area and we went to look for Knutsford Terrace.
this place resembles of Holland Village, with all the caucausians' pubs and restaurants. walked past a few clubbing pubs.
omg.. the cover was so expensive! it was like S$50!
after the 'roaming', it was back to hotel to rest & then planned for Day 3! :)
Ah, i miss HK.. haha!
:: dawn tan :: at 6:01 AM discover HK - Day 1 - part 2
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Day 1 was more of exploring the streets
near our hotel - mayfair garden.
hotel was a budget stay but they've got clean & nice rooms!
the room space is enough for two people!:)
Shopping
Went to Ladies Market, Fa Yuen Street, Market Street.
All these theme streets are like our Bugis Street.
Messy, filled with small shops & great bargains!
these shops opened till late night &
they had an array of goods like sports apparel, clothes, accessories, bags to buy from..
Dinner
Food that we ordered was great although the portion was huge!
it was a hearty dinner. lol.
Then we had mango dessert.
omg. it was duper nice.
the mango was juicy & sweet.
that ice-blended drink was abit sour, but it's still delicious.
yummy. we were so contented with the mangoes!
MTR
we took the MTR back to Jordan(where our hotel is located).
the cabin looked pretty much like that of sg.
not many seats though.
in fact, there were more standing space.
i like the MTR map they had in the cabin.
Cause of the LEDs that they had on the stops.
they will blink if the train is reaching that stop.
Lighted up if the stop has been past.
hah, i thought it was pretty cool!
Had a little discovery on the 1st day -
it was so difficult to locate a toilet in one of the shopping malls at fa yuen street! all the toilets were locked and available to shop owners only. so irritating! sg has toilets for all at most of the levels! hah. we r so pampered!
:: dawn tan :: at 4:23 AM discover Hongkong - Part 1 - Day 1 (off to HK..weeeeee!)
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reached airport at about 4am for check-in.
then, we had Burger King breakfast. yummy!
check-in to waiting area was troublesome with all the new liquid, aerosols security measures. we cannot take security for granted!
on the flight to HK, i was so excited.
Maybe it was due to the fact that i haven't gotten into a plane
since close to 5 years ago. that's a long time!
Flight with Jetstar Asia was alright.
Just got to bear with it for the price that you pay.
Leg space was adequate for me. hehe. but not so for dear.
Food & drinks in-flight were reasonably priced.
tried their hot meal - thai sauce chicken+veg rice.
it smelt great and it tasted edible. (at least it is not cold food!)
took some pics of the nice clouds.
i was definitely feeling 'above the clouds'!
Arrival at HK International Aiport was a little bit above average.
our luggages took a bit of time to arrive at the belt!
but then, the environment was very nice!
Bright, clean & systematic.
It looked pretty much like our Changi Airport T2.
not too bad..
Nonetheless, it was a Happy Arrival! :D
stay tuned for part b, c, d, e...... :)
:: dawn tan :: at 2:23 AM
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back from hongkong!
it was a fantastic trip!
I had fun walking down the streets, shopping, bargaining, eating,
looking at the buildings and wax people.
despite the rainy weather over that 4 day period,
that didn't stop me and dear from venturing around hk!
this trip made me appreciate singapore's system even more!
i am so fortunate to be a singaporean!
photos photos?
will upload them soon!
:: dawn tan :: at 2:36 AM hk..
Heading to HK in another few hours time.
probably i'm just a person who loathe the feeling of the
'dunnoe-what-to-expect''.
hahar.
this feeling is hitting me "up-down-left-right" now.
nonetheless,
i know it's gonna be fun!
i'll be back on 15june!
byee~
:: dawn tan :: at 11:00 PM
bintan lagoon resort
29may07 - 30may07
went bintan lagoon resort for training session with company.
great opportunity to interact with people across
the apac region.
learnt a couple of valuable lessons in this workshop.
things that cannot be learnt from school or theory.
i treasured this trip alot as it's a once in a lifetime experience.
regarding the trip itself,
the least favourite will be the ferry trip to bintan
and back to s'pore.
food-wise..
i'm very satisfied with the spread of buffet for breakfast.
lunch was alright, and so was dinner.
didn't have much carbo but had a wide variety of the spread of food.
fun-time..
there were teambuilding games for two days.
laser quest, archery & beach games.
i had fun cheering and playing the games with them.
it felt so 'orientation-camp'!
since it was a workshop,
i didn't have much personal time. the only time for myself was
swimming at the pool for an hour!
Nonetheless,
it was a great deal of fun time and valuable memories!
I feel so blessed!
:: dawn tan :: at 8:00 PM
dawn tan pei yi
8 feb 1985
live to smile,
For everyday
is a beautiful day!
reading:
How to walk in high heels
- Camilla Morton
song in da head:
::voice out::