So that was the BACK of emma watson that I spotted.. dam.. should've stopped her and asked for a picture... Last night, I went to pi with winnie and her friends, it was quite a fun club in LKF.
I seem to hang out in LKF quite a bit, at least I've figured out how to take public transportation home. heh
Yesterday, I went to check out this mall called megabox with david. I think he did most of the shopping whereas I was a bit shopped out. We then met up with the gang and went up the peak. The minibus ride up from the IFC was not fun at all.. I totally got quite car sick, and to a point that everyone sat away from me... Next time - we're taking the tram up...(it's much more straightforward and stable). After some photo ops up at the peak, we took a taxi down (because there were 4 of us.. dam should've figured that out going up) and went to LKF hagandaaz to meet up with Jeff. We had the epic ice cream heaven! It was definitely so heavenly...
I wish we have hagandaaz stores in Canada...
Saturday, August 16, 2008
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
HK again - book fair and b+ab
Went to the bookfair today and bought tons of books with MMM.
There was quite the line up to the convention center even during a weekday.
It was also today that I decided to buy that b+ab bag.. and i've done something that no other HK locals would do.. I started off being in TST and went to the b+ab store.. It didn't have the colour that I wanted so I went across the harbour to Central to check it out there at that store. They also didn't have it and we got them to call around to ask for me. they located stock in TusenWan. Since there's an MTR line that goes from Central to TsuenWan, i decided it was okay to go there. And so I took another 30 mins to travel there only to find that it was not the right purse... Since I'm an unproductive person in hk and was not in a rush to go anywhere, I asked them to locate stock for me again. This time they found it at another TST location... so i went there and found it..
Yep, i decided to take a grand tour of HK via the MTR today...
There was quite the line up to the convention center even during a weekday.
It was also today that I decided to buy that b+ab bag.. and i've done something that no other HK locals would do.. I started off being in TST and went to the b+ab store.. It didn't have the colour that I wanted so I went across the harbour to Central to check it out there at that store. They also didn't have it and we got them to call around to ask for me. they located stock in TusenWan. Since there's an MTR line that goes from Central to TsuenWan, i decided it was okay to go there. And so I took another 30 mins to travel there only to find that it was not the right purse... Since I'm an unproductive person in hk and was not in a rush to go anywhere, I asked them to locate stock for me again. This time they found it at another TST location... so i went there and found it..
Yep, i decided to take a grand tour of HK via the MTR today...
Monday, July 28, 2008
Last Day in Singapore
Having came back from BK last night, it is my last day in SG.
SG is a beautiful city and I definitely didn't see enough of it.. must come back one day!
Thanks to my gracious host Min <3 xoxo
SG is a beautiful city and I definitely didn't see enough of it.. must come back one day!
Thanks to my gracious host Min <3 xoxo
Bangkok- Day 2 and 3 : Shopping sums it up
CHaktuChak was quite the scene! It was totally worth it to wake up at 6am to get there ;)
Friday, July 25, 2008
Bangkok- Day 1: hotel Tai pan, Grand Palace and Wat Pho
Flight was bumpy from Phuket to bangkok on air asia. We went to the airport with Mr. Chit, our awesome taxi driver from yesterday since we couldn't find the first one.
In bangkok we stayed at hotel taipan which I would highly recommend. Its buffet lunch was super yummy (see pix)
I then decided to go visit the grand palace myself (min's been there before and she wasn't feeling too well so she took a break at the hotel. I took a cabbie for 200 THB, which would have taken an hour at that time in the day because of BK's terrible traffic. The driver suggested taking highway so an additional 40 THB toll to get there in 30 min which I took his offer up on.
The grand palace wasn't as crowded as i thought it would be. First lined up in the wrong line where people were renting clothing for 100 THB per piece (well borrowing since you get your money back) like a sari to wrap around your bottom, big pants for guys and shaws for ladies wiht their shoulders exposed. Being appropriately dressed, i just looked like an idiot lining up for the wrong line.
Admission prices also went up from 250 THB to 300, but oh well you have to pay for it since you want to see it. And it was worth every penny of it. It was so big, and so much to see it took me forever to relate my top 10 guidebook map to the one they gave me. It was so glittery and pretty and very glam. Definitely can only be described as grand and elegant. Thai people can go in for free, so a lot of kids were there on a school trip.
After spending about an hour there, I decided to head over to Wat Pho which was number 3 on my guide book list and very close by. The entry fee was only 50 THB since it's the oldest temple in thailand. It was another maze and i had completely missed the reclining budda until i finally oriented myself 45 minutes later. In the process of that, some Aussie guy was showing his creepy side again. He asked if i would go pretend to be a goalie in a soccer net where the little kids who are schooled inside the wat pho have their playgrounds. So i said no thanks, but i offered to take a picture of him (even though he has friends) and he just insisted.. so i smiled and walked away. Why are all the aussies that we're meeting in thailand so strange?
Anyways, the reclining budda was HUGE and it was very grand again like everything else in thailand. We had to walk from its face all the way to its legs, then around its back and then exit. Along its back you can donate some money and get a bowl full of coins (i think it's 1 satang (cent), which does not get used anymore) and you get to put one into each of a whole row of jug things that collect them. I think if you get to the last one that means you're very lucky. I ran out about 10 from the end... so i guess i was not that lucky. I should look up what it actually means.
Then i saw the fruits that the cable ski guys shared with us yesterday, they said in thailand they call it longkong, it's like a longan like fruit but the fruits are in little slices. Min said they call them Baluku (or something) in singapore. The lady originally asked for 40 THB a kilo then i walked away. Then she offered a bag of it for 20 THB. I don't even know if it's a kilo.
anyways so they weren't lying when they said bangkok traffic is bad, it took me 1 hour to come home. The driver was so bored, he started clipping his nails.
Now we're waiting for kally to arrive and then probably hit up one of the malls and get a massage to fix our sore sore necks and muscles from cable skiing and do some shopping!
oh on a side note, the aussie guy that min met last night, came by our room at 5am knocked on our door scarily and apparently wanted to say goodbye. He gave up finally when we refused to open the door and decided to call instead. Trust me it was strange....
In bangkok we stayed at hotel taipan which I would highly recommend. Its buffet lunch was super yummy (see pix)
I then decided to go visit the grand palace myself (min's been there before and she wasn't feeling too well so she took a break at the hotel. I took a cabbie for 200 THB, which would have taken an hour at that time in the day because of BK's terrible traffic. The driver suggested taking highway so an additional 40 THB toll to get there in 30 min which I took his offer up on.
The grand palace wasn't as crowded as i thought it would be. First lined up in the wrong line where people were renting clothing for 100 THB per piece (well borrowing since you get your money back) like a sari to wrap around your bottom, big pants for guys and shaws for ladies wiht their shoulders exposed. Being appropriately dressed, i just looked like an idiot lining up for the wrong line.
Admission prices also went up from 250 THB to 300, but oh well you have to pay for it since you want to see it. And it was worth every penny of it. It was so big, and so much to see it took me forever to relate my top 10 guidebook map to the one they gave me. It was so glittery and pretty and very glam. Definitely can only be described as grand and elegant. Thai people can go in for free, so a lot of kids were there on a school trip.
After spending about an hour there, I decided to head over to Wat Pho which was number 3 on my guide book list and very close by. The entry fee was only 50 THB since it's the oldest temple in thailand. It was another maze and i had completely missed the reclining budda until i finally oriented myself 45 minutes later. In the process of that, some Aussie guy was showing his creepy side again. He asked if i would go pretend to be a goalie in a soccer net where the little kids who are schooled inside the wat pho have their playgrounds. So i said no thanks, but i offered to take a picture of him (even though he has friends) and he just insisted.. so i smiled and walked away. Why are all the aussies that we're meeting in thailand so strange?
Anyways, the reclining budda was HUGE and it was very grand again like everything else in thailand. We had to walk from its face all the way to its legs, then around its back and then exit. Along its back you can donate some money and get a bowl full of coins (i think it's 1 satang (cent), which does not get used anymore) and you get to put one into each of a whole row of jug things that collect them. I think if you get to the last one that means you're very lucky. I ran out about 10 from the end... so i guess i was not that lucky. I should look up what it actually means.
Then i saw the fruits that the cable ski guys shared with us yesterday, they said in thailand they call it longkong, it's like a longan like fruit but the fruits are in little slices. Min said they call them Baluku (or something) in singapore. The lady originally asked for 40 THB a kilo then i walked away. Then she offered a bag of it for 20 THB. I don't even know if it's a kilo.
anyways so they weren't lying when they said bangkok traffic is bad, it took me 1 hour to come home. The driver was so bored, he started clipping his nails.
Now we're waiting for kally to arrive and then probably hit up one of the malls and get a massage to fix our sore sore necks and muscles from cable skiing and do some shopping!
oh on a side note, the aussie guy that min met last night, came by our room at 5am knocked on our door scarily and apparently wanted to say goodbye. He gave up finally when we refused to open the door and decided to call instead. Trust me it was strange....
Thursday, July 24, 2008
rainy day and cable skiing
Today was a rainy day in Phuket, but that didn't change our desire to participate in extreme sports!
Min and I got a taxi driver and went Cable skiing for the first time. I think she's done it before, but it was definitely my first time... Needless to say, I was not good at it.. (in fact, we got an amazing video of me going head first into it). So to back up a bit, let's describe cable skiing. Cable skiing is a type of water sport like wake boarding except you're pulled around by a cable and there's no wakes.
The place that we went to was in a little still lake (with very very dark water...=\) Once you're geared up, you sit at the edge of this dock and get hooked up to the cable. The cable goes around the lake in a circle and you'll be given the signal to get ready once the cable pull comes near, then off you go! The take off is usually very jerky and you have to have very good lower body strength (something that I don't have) to get into position to "ski"...
Min did a lot better than I did, and after around 10 tries, I decided I just didn't have that talent... I then sat around and had this amazing exotic fruit called long kong. It's like a cross between longan and lychee and looks also somewhat like a mangosteen.
Because of the crappy weather, we decided to take it easy for the rest of the day and hung out at the hotel (Min did ALMOST take us to go ATV-ing...)
Min and I got a taxi driver and went Cable skiing for the first time. I think she's done it before, but it was definitely my first time... Needless to say, I was not good at it.. (in fact, we got an amazing video of me going head first into it). So to back up a bit, let's describe cable skiing. Cable skiing is a type of water sport like wake boarding except you're pulled around by a cable and there's no wakes.
The place that we went to was in a little still lake (with very very dark water...=\) Once you're geared up, you sit at the edge of this dock and get hooked up to the cable. The cable goes around the lake in a circle and you'll be given the signal to get ready once the cable pull comes near, then off you go! The take off is usually very jerky and you have to have very good lower body strength (something that I don't have) to get into position to "ski"...
Min did a lot better than I did, and after around 10 tries, I decided I just didn't have that talent... I then sat around and had this amazing exotic fruit called long kong. It's like a cross between longan and lychee and looks also somewhat like a mangosteen.
Because of the crappy weather, we decided to take it easy for the rest of the day and hung out at the hotel (Min did ALMOST take us to go ATV-ing...)
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