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| 12/12/15 – 16/12/15 |
Hello internet! 
December was jammed packed with events and it’s finally the time to tell you guys my experience of it all. all my events for the month have finally come to an end which is why only now i’ve got the time to blog about it. out of all the events, i guess i must have to blog about my overseas trip as i haven’t been overseas for mmm quite a while now. i was super duper excited for travelling because my wanderlust exploded when i had spm. and to be honest, only now i get why my mom looked like she was expecting the worst to come even before the trip started. as fun as an overseas trip may be, the schedule of arriving back late, waking up early, walking around the whole day and vice versa was insanely tiring. i’m just lucky that the way we travel aren’t in big groups which is very rushing, instead we took the more chiller way to vacay. by looking at tourist attractions, we kinda planned our own schedule and it worked out pretty well. how do i manage to remember what i did for all this trip when i have the memory of a goldfish? haha good question. i wrote it all in my phone’s notebook just in case i forget anything special. i should probably stop dilly-dallying and start.
Day 1; City tour around Hong Kong
woke up super duper early at 3AM, hopped on the car to KLIA 2. it’s our first time to KLIA 2 since we’ve always go to KLIA. the start of the trip went terribly wrong because we forgot about time as we were buying perfume and i had a stomach malfunction which then the airport had to make an announcement for the last passengers (that’s us!) to board the plane as it’s the last call for the flight to Hong Kong. the airport is seriously so big and it requires a lot of walking oh my god. and yes in all context, WE RAN. it was exactly like a movie, you know when the guy stops the girl before she boards her plane and he never sees her again. haha but what sheer luck, our plane is located at THE VERY END of the airport (HAHA THX KLIA2). but somehow we managed to make it or else byebye Hong Kong. credits for my mom who held it there, good job mom. you worked hard. here starts the four-hour flight to the thrilling adventure.
When reaching Hong Kong, the window started to froze which indicates cold weather. i was really excited since it’s my first time going to a country with a different season. Hong Kong has four seasons but it doesn’t snow in their winter but it’s okay as long as i can finally wear all my sweaters i’ve been keeping. met our tour guide and gave us a tour around the city.
Honestly when i first came to the city, what i said was: “how is this different to malaysia? it’s full of construction sites just like it but more addition to the skyscrapers.” There were only five of us but they gave us one whole bus (yea-huh totally makes sense). all i ever heard from the tour guide’s mouth was “feng shui”. Hong Kong is a “feng shui” city. it has a total population of 7 million people which is the amount of chinese we have in malaysia. and how she pronounced “three” to “fhree”. i didn’t realise until i stepped down the bus to feel how weird it is that everyone here is of the same race. everyone is chinese. usually in malaysia we have different races and specifically the drivers would be indians, security guards would be malay and construction workers would be bangladeshi. as a malaysian teen, we would be more paranoid and aware of these people but in Hong Kong it feels as if everyone is of the same mind. i don’t know if i sound racist or anything but i swear i’m not.
First stop was a famous jewellery store in Tsim Sha Tsui. here’s the list where which jewel fits your birth month. mine’s amethyst which isn’t what i expected but i’m not complaining. at the moment, i was into daniel wellington’s watch but it’s really expensive and fortunately i found the perfect which is as nice as it. and it’s been my companion for the whole trip.
Next stop, stanley market. this is where i was amazed by the cleanliness of their toilets as this is a public place. you can never find stuff like this in malaysia. it was a regular street market. but ONLY, they have dogs walking around. aw dogs of different breeds and sizes were adorable. on the way back to the hotel, i managed to take pictures of the streets of hong kong which i’m insanely in love with.
Checked into Guang Dong Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui and off adventuring again at peak tower where the wax museum, Madame Tussuads and ofc the peak of hong kong is located. the wax figures were so realistic it tricks your eyes from afar. they played a clip when we were queuing in line about an idol pretending to be a wax figure when it was the real deal. so i was pretty terrified if one jumps at one. but i wouldn’t mind if do min joon jumped on me though (yes do min joon was there, what a dreamboat). before entering, only jackie chan is excluded from the museum bc he is oh-so special. and no you can’t take pictures of him.
if i had to choose, i’d say the most realistic wax figure in all of the museum has got to be changmin from tvxq. like what the heck. he actually looks real. especially how the volume in his eyes are spot-on. it’s crazy. anyways, i went to get some souvenirs and up to the peak to see the night view of hong kong.
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my phone can’t capture night scenes sorry for the bad quality  |
After all the activities for the day were done, we finally have relaxation time and walked around outside the hotel, looking for dinner. my menu had only consists of prawns and noodles when i came here. their prawn wan ton noodle was the bomb. i’m in love.
And this is just the end of day one
// Day 2; Ocean Park.
// was thinking of writing the whole trip here but it looks like i took too many pictures to fit in one post. a really looooong post.
// i wonder when i’ll start work since i still have surgery and other stuff to deal with. i’m so glad i’m done with driving or else it’s just more trouble.
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