So from the 4th to 8th the geog boys (excluding AL) went to HK for a holiday. I thought it was awesome! It's been a long time since I've had so much fun. Some of the places we visited were a little hit and miss but the company made it all good.
Day 1 - JETSTAR BLOWS. I slept through the whole flight. After that we went to The Peak which is one of the highest points in HK. The view was good but it was a little obscured by all the smog. After that we went to the Peak shopping malls and decided we were cheapskate enough not to pay money to enter Mdm Tussauds. Instead we posed for free with the Bruce Lee wax figure outside the museum. We then went to some atas mall. We were eager to try this restaurant which sold congee and dim sum but I guess the congee must be some 7 star abalone scallop black truffle congee coz the prices were redonkulous. We ended up at some sandwich shop and I had a croissont for dinner -__-.
We then took a ferry to the other side of the island to catch the building light show which is held every night. It was kinda cool...for like 10 seconds? Lol the buildings were just lighting up and putting out some lasers to bad music. I just dont see the allure (my mum told me it was MUST SEE. gah). But after that suddenly this fleet of lit junks started floating across the river and we thought it was part of the light show and xy and me were saying oh my man the daily budget for this show must be dam godlike. Turns out we damn dumb it was the rehearsal for the opening for the East Asian Games. We saw Andy Lau lip-synching live too. He had a violinist next to him and I swear she was violin-synching with the music. The Avenue of Stars was actually nothing to shout about but we were finding all sorts of interesting trash to talk about it. Like how Jet Li's handprints like small child. That was Day 1. We walked pretty damn far. I now know how the (Israelites felt in the desert) / (40 X 365)
Day 2 - Ocean Park was a BLAST. There were tons of things to do and I sat on my first roller coaster ever! We started off slow and easy. We visited some cute pandas and some damn ugly goldfish, and then wasted tons of money playing stupid games. Like throwing the ball in the monkeys mouth and basketball hoops. Even though we sucked it was damn fun though. Later on we came back for seconds. XY and wally used their sick M16 skills to win some puny prize at the nerf gun store. Then we proceeded to waste HK$50 on 45 rings to throw on a square patch of bottles. It was fricking hilarious. After a few cautious throws we realised how rapage hard it was so we just spammed like the remaining 40 in 1 minute. And we DIDNT GET A SINGLE ONE around the bottles. All the spectators were like omg -epiphany- this game is impossible.
Later on we took a cable car to the adult side of the park. Lawl we got our clothes wasted at some water ride, then got totally raped at some roller coaster. It was my first roller coaster ever and I was absolutely petrified. I was cursing throughout the whole ride. I was like FUK FUK FUK FUK FUK FUK AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and wally was like AH AH AH OH NO AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. After that we tried the viking ship of doom and basically everyone on the ship screamed till they literally ran out of scream. Of course my stamina was unsurpassed and I screamed from start to finish even though I was in the middle of the viking ship. Rayner said no kik. The abyss was probably the worse ride in the park. It was like changi airport control tower with a 50m drop to the bottom. However XY postulated that it simulates jumping from a building and might trigger a heart attack in any of us. It was a perfectly rational reason not to go on it. We were juz RARING to go but we had to think of our health jahaha.
Towards the end of the day we went to Stanley Market. I loved this place so much. It's like a mixture of Clarke Quay and Holland Village near the sea and the ambience just makes you feel so comfortable. It has those quaint little shops combined with hip eateries and bars. Needless to say there were tons of expats hanging out. After that I think we went to search for this mango dessert that smoot recommended highly. It was absolutely godly divine. It's made up of mango ice-cream, mango pudding, mango juice and mango slices. That stuff rejuvenated my jellylegs and restored my mojo.
Day 3 - This was probably the most boring day of the trip. We went shopping at City Gate Mall and found out that despite being an outlet mall, most prices were on par with that of Orchard Road. Then again a 30% discount on clothing at Armani Exchange or Burberry would still blow a Hiroshima-like crater in my pocket. Probably blow my leg off. Esprit was one one of the few shops with good deals and wally obliged by going on a fitting room rampage. After that we went to somemore shopping centres before ending the day at the same mango place. Gosh damn I do love mangoes.
Day 4 - MACAU was great though our mood and photographs were slightly tampered by the rainy weather. Macau has a really rustic, historical feel to it although some parts are gentrified and don't look quite as authentic. We visited a few historical buildings and places - many of them are churches. We also went to The Ruins of St Paul's which is super famous. It's just the facade of a church about a metre or two in thickness. The rest of the church was burnt in a fire. Clearly the developers were damn cunning and are probably now burning in hell. The highlight of the day however was at the Venetian, which is one of the most crazy, unbelievably opulent hotels ever. We spent a long time at the casino just watching high rollers throw away thousands of HK dollars. It's a bit surreal and ridiculous really. They just replace their bets like they don't mean anything. Some make a lot of noise but others are silent, observant and nonchalant. Then we saw the fake sky and gondolas. Reality got suspended for a bit.
Overall I thought it was a great trip. The HK people aren't exactly the warmest but you know they go about their ways quickly and efficiently and you can't really criticise them for it. The pace of the city is pretty damn fast. It's like we would be the only people actually standing still on the travelator. The city looks and feels laissez faire. I enjoyed the trash-talking, the talk cock sessions, the serious discussions and all the jokes that were cracked. I hope this isn't the last of the geog boys though. We'll be going our separate ways next year to different unis and different countries with different aims and expectations. Hopefully our friendships will stand the test of time. Hmm hope we'll all be rich :D
GOING USA FROM 11-28th. PEACE
Day 1 - JETSTAR BLOWS. I slept through the whole flight. After that we went to The Peak which is one of the highest points in HK. The view was good but it was a little obscured by all the smog. After that we went to the Peak shopping malls and decided we were cheapskate enough not to pay money to enter Mdm Tussauds. Instead we posed for free with the Bruce Lee wax figure outside the museum. We then went to some atas mall. We were eager to try this restaurant which sold congee and dim sum but I guess the congee must be some 7 star abalone scallop black truffle congee coz the prices were redonkulous. We ended up at some sandwich shop and I had a croissont for dinner -__-.
We then took a ferry to the other side of the island to catch the building light show which is held every night. It was kinda cool...for like 10 seconds? Lol the buildings were just lighting up and putting out some lasers to bad music. I just dont see the allure (my mum told me it was MUST SEE. gah). But after that suddenly this fleet of lit junks started floating across the river and we thought it was part of the light show and xy and me were saying oh my man the daily budget for this show must be dam godlike. Turns out we damn dumb it was the rehearsal for the opening for the East Asian Games. We saw Andy Lau lip-synching live too. He had a violinist next to him and I swear she was violin-synching with the music. The Avenue of Stars was actually nothing to shout about but we were finding all sorts of interesting trash to talk about it. Like how Jet Li's handprints like small child. That was Day 1. We walked pretty damn far. I now know how the (Israelites felt in the desert) / (40 X 365)
Day 2 - Ocean Park was a BLAST. There were tons of things to do and I sat on my first roller coaster ever! We started off slow and easy. We visited some cute pandas and some damn ugly goldfish, and then wasted tons of money playing stupid games. Like throwing the ball in the monkeys mouth and basketball hoops. Even though we sucked it was damn fun though. Later on we came back for seconds. XY and wally used their sick M16 skills to win some puny prize at the nerf gun store. Then we proceeded to waste HK$50 on 45 rings to throw on a square patch of bottles. It was fricking hilarious. After a few cautious throws we realised how rapage hard it was so we just spammed like the remaining 40 in 1 minute. And we DIDNT GET A SINGLE ONE around the bottles. All the spectators were like omg -epiphany- this game is impossible.
Later on we took a cable car to the adult side of the park. Lawl we got our clothes wasted at some water ride, then got totally raped at some roller coaster. It was my first roller coaster ever and I was absolutely petrified. I was cursing throughout the whole ride. I was like FUK FUK FUK FUK FUK FUK AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and wally was like AH AH AH OH NO AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. After that we tried the viking ship of doom and basically everyone on the ship screamed till they literally ran out of scream. Of course my stamina was unsurpassed and I screamed from start to finish even though I was in the middle of the viking ship. Rayner said no kik. The abyss was probably the worse ride in the park. It was like changi airport control tower with a 50m drop to the bottom. However XY postulated that it simulates jumping from a building and might trigger a heart attack in any of us. It was a perfectly rational reason not to go on it. We were juz RARING to go but we had to think of our health jahaha.
Towards the end of the day we went to Stanley Market. I loved this place so much. It's like a mixture of Clarke Quay and Holland Village near the sea and the ambience just makes you feel so comfortable. It has those quaint little shops combined with hip eateries and bars. Needless to say there were tons of expats hanging out. After that I think we went to search for this mango dessert that smoot recommended highly. It was absolutely godly divine. It's made up of mango ice-cream, mango pudding, mango juice and mango slices. That stuff rejuvenated my jellylegs and restored my mojo.
Day 3 - This was probably the most boring day of the trip. We went shopping at City Gate Mall and found out that despite being an outlet mall, most prices were on par with that of Orchard Road. Then again a 30% discount on clothing at Armani Exchange or Burberry would still blow a Hiroshima-like crater in my pocket. Probably blow my leg off. Esprit was one one of the few shops with good deals and wally obliged by going on a fitting room rampage. After that we went to somemore shopping centres before ending the day at the same mango place. Gosh damn I do love mangoes.
Day 4 - MACAU was great though our mood and photographs were slightly tampered by the rainy weather. Macau has a really rustic, historical feel to it although some parts are gentrified and don't look quite as authentic. We visited a few historical buildings and places - many of them are churches. We also went to The Ruins of St Paul's which is super famous. It's just the facade of a church about a metre or two in thickness. The rest of the church was burnt in a fire. Clearly the developers were damn cunning and are probably now burning in hell. The highlight of the day however was at the Venetian, which is one of the most crazy, unbelievably opulent hotels ever. We spent a long time at the casino just watching high rollers throw away thousands of HK dollars. It's a bit surreal and ridiculous really. They just replace their bets like they don't mean anything. Some make a lot of noise but others are silent, observant and nonchalant. Then we saw the fake sky and gondolas. Reality got suspended for a bit.
Overall I thought it was a great trip. The HK people aren't exactly the warmest but you know they go about their ways quickly and efficiently and you can't really criticise them for it. The pace of the city is pretty damn fast. It's like we would be the only people actually standing still on the travelator. The city looks and feels laissez faire. I enjoyed the trash-talking, the talk cock sessions, the serious discussions and all the jokes that were cracked. I hope this isn't the last of the geog boys though. We'll be going our separate ways next year to different unis and different countries with different aims and expectations. Hopefully our friendships will stand the test of time. Hmm hope we'll all be rich :D
GOING USA FROM 11-28th. PEACE
posted by dan at 12:56 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home