Dimsumland
March 1st, 2006
to pull that college-in-Canada thing once more would be just mean, not to mention utterly lame of me. plus i suspect that y’all are not about to be duped a 2nd round, so this time i’m just going to come right out and say i’m going on another vacation, but to Hong Kong this time :P am leaving in about 30 minutes.
no superb concert this time. i’m just there for the sights, and the shopping of course :D also gotta try some of that authentic chau tau fu and their dim sum for myself before i die, man!
i promise not to embarass all of malaysia by acting out a scene from Triumph In The Skies (a HK tv series, for the less-informed and the non-tv-watching among you.. not that i watched the series myself) upon arrival at the HK Airport. though if i ever make my way to Victoria Harbour, i’m sorry, but i’m DEFINITELY going to pose there like a lovesick loony no matter how many Hong Kongers are gonna look at me weird. or i could cling on to the back of my boyfriend while he rides a bicycle thru the harbour, with a blissful look on my face. or, um, start pushing carts in the middle of Mong Kok when the police come! maybe check out the hospital and do a scene from Healing Hands.
hahahahaa. quick, gimme more typical HK-drama scenes to do there!!!
ooh and if i see Tony Leung, you can bet your ASS i’m going to jump on him and demand he take 50,000 photos with me. Big bro Chris, will Phil please hook me up with Tony Leung?! i’ll be nice, i swear!
do you people have something you want from HK? so far i’ve got orders for lou por paeng, Taking Back Sunday’s latest album, Elyse Sewell’s book, a Street Fighter movie and … Leo Ku. the last one’s gonna be a bit tough, but i will try my very very best. maybe i’ll just bring back a chicken from a dai pai dong if i cant find the real thing :D
so yes, if there’s anything you want, just text me at my number if you have it. email me if you dont!
okaaaaaay, now i just hope that my absolutely pathetic Cantonese vocabulary will keep me afloat for the next week. if not, argh!!!!! i’m just trying to convince myself that if i can survive in Thailand knowing only 7 Thai phrases, i can take on Hong Kong anytime.
kar yau, me! (even if it’s going to cost me RM0.30/litre more)
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1. -archangel- | March 1st, 2006 at 6:43 am
speak cantonese yahhhh !
hahahah =P
anyway, take care and have fun ! heheh =)
2. Johann | March 1st, 2006 at 8:55 am
Booyah :D You’re going to visit all those places I told you about right? Aiyoh, why couldn’t you wait till October to go lah? :P I’m sure I will receive txts from you asking for directions right? :D
3. ria | March 1st, 2006 at 11:45 am
take me with you!!!!! *sob*
heh. enjoy m’dear! :)
4. Emily T | March 1st, 2006 at 2:54 pm
Heh, I just went to Hong Kong in December. That place is amazing. The streets, the people, the food… though Disneyland was a huge disappointment. Have fun there! And yes, you definitely must go eat in those char chan tengs and dim sum restraurants!
5. waifon | March 1st, 2006 at 6:41 pm
Dimsumland! Dont forget to visit The Peak. The scenery up there is definitely breathtaking. Yea..the harbour and all is a good place to visit. I have this strong feeling you wouldnt very much like the clothes there. It’s like a Sg Wang paradise there and so much so, 7th Heaven for all lala-beings. Restaurants there is so- so..nothing impressive but if you want to eat good dim sum, go to Causeway Bay and Wan Chai or it’s Tsim Tsa Tsui I think. Night life is wonderful. Visit Lan Kwai Fong. Central in the Hong Kong Island is fantastic. It’s just so corporate like and Triumph in the Skies was filmed there.
If you happen to be staying at JW Marriott HK, take lots and lots of pictures. Views from the hotel rooms are B-E-A-U. Drop by The Peninsula hotel to catch stars having tea at the lobby restaurant. If Im not mistaken, I think I saw Carina Lau before but I was much too ignorant to go hoo haa-ing when i saw her there. Eat Chau Tau Foo but drink damn lot of water or you will end up having a badly scorched throat. When walking, beware of pickpockets.
There’s this Sogo outlet in Causeway Bay but trust me, you did not visit Hong Kong to buy sth you can get and see in Msia. Try Times Square. It’s lively and all and their escalators are damn panjang ok. Try not to take the taxi. It costs a hell lot of money. Since you are facing a situation I once faced, still am~which is bad proficiency in Chinese, oh well~give your best shot to communicate and TRY not to sound like a bloody tourist. Bargains will be a no- no and you will definitely be duped. Tried and tested. Travel round HK with MTR. Very convenient and accesible. Buy their Octopus card. Will be damn convenient while travelling. Ok..too long..gotta stop. Have fun!
6. Susan | March 1st, 2006 at 7:26 pm
Bring back a piece of Leo Ku and a piece of Justin Lo =)…send them over to Melbourne!
7. booha | March 1st, 2006 at 8:49 pm
u lucky
biatchhhhhhhhhhgirlll.first bangkok and now HK??faster go to melbourne n sg! then can come to pg! =p
please do all the typical hk-drama scenes u mentioned.including the Triumph in the Skies one.and remb to take pics of u doing them and post it here!
8. AbbyC. | March 1st, 2006 at 10:04 pm
waa.. another trip yea… cool man.. syok ler.. remember to have a walk around Kowloon area. Canton Road, Tsim Tsa Tsui.. the shopping mall is soooo IN!!
harbor rawks.. :D :D cheap to expensive… ahahaaa conclusion is HK rocks!! n u ENJOY!!!
9. tze | March 1st, 2006 at 10:26 pm
gucci bag!
10. Marianne | March 2nd, 2006 at 1:37 am
Why you so lucky wan???? Aiyah…
Can you please bring back Daniel Wu if you can? I love him.. and want to marry him. And I’m hot. so there!
lol!
Oh.. for my hollywood obsessed girl… go to http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com
Absolutely fabulous and you can thank me in roti canais please!
:)
11. Marianne | March 2nd, 2006 at 2:13 am
BTW, I did the 7 things on my site! woohoO!
12. alvin | March 2nd, 2006 at 10:15 am
Just be safe :). Oh and dont touch your hair.
13. pinkpau | March 2nd, 2006 at 11:36 pm
archangel : i cant even speak ANYTHING now!!! sick as a dog and i lost my voice :(
johann : wish i could but blah, unfortunately i’ve been out like a light for most of the past few days
ria : mebbe i should head to the philippines next .. :D
emily t : hong kong is really, really CUTE!!! :D
waifon : haha wow hong kong pro..! yea will definitely try my best to visit all those places you mentioned :) not staying at the JW Marriot, unfortunately! hey thanks for all the advice yea, especially bout the octopus card .. :D most, most helpful.
susan : leo ku i try, but i have NO idea who justin lo is ..!!
booha : difficult leh :( cos i dont watch a lot of HK drama wan!!!
abby c : ooooh harbour city right?!?! yeah it’s really cool man .. :D hong kong is a shopping paradise..! i’m living right on canton rd actually, hahaha
tze : i buy you Gocci can ah?
marianne : OOH DANIEL WU!!! we share half-half okay?? haha yeah i read pinkisthenewblog once in a while .. :D and i read your 7 things :D we all heart marianne’s boobies too!!
alvin : dont touch it? as in?
14. waifon | March 3rd, 2006 at 1:44 am
haha..after all those years of visits, I think I very well qualify as a tour guide. Relatives galore. Octopus cards a big help? Thank the HK government but the credit depletes rather fast. Transportation over there is just bloody expensive. I mean just anything esp food and transport. Money suckers.
15. pinkpau | March 5th, 2006 at 5:11 am
waifon : i wanna marry the octopus card…!! i WISH malaysia had it man .. so convenient!!! hey ask you something, i wanna go back to HK in the summer cos i completely missed my chance to go to miu kai, wong tai sin temple and stanley .. roughly may 29th! (hi, jovann, you know you want me to go with you) i hear it’s freaking freaking hot and just so horribly humid in HK at that time .. but would you recommend a trip to HK during the summer anyway? or issit just better to go elsewhere?
16. waifon | March 5th, 2006 at 2:51 pm
It’s horrendously hot and burning in the summer~Almost like what it is here in Malaysia but of course it will be a wee bit hotter over there. We have trees here you see but in HK..satu batang pokok pon takder. But it’s all for the better. Time to whip out those sexy two strings, halter tops and hot pants yo!
Miu Kai and Lui Yan Kai I think, is a whole lot of fun to shop but I really dont think any of the clothes, okay a lil biased over there but maybe the majority of clothes which they refer to the Japanese couture, will not interest you. But of course, bargain is the catch and provided you make urself feel really at home and sprang out typical hongkie cantonese, you’ll get a bloody good price for anything.
Wong Tai Sin temple huh? Been there and it’s one hell of a smoky place over there. The smell of burnt joss sticks are not listed under my list of favourite scents. Asthma patient should keep out of that place. Visibility range barely 2 metres but it’s interesting to see those devotees paying their respects to the said Gods and Godesses and praying religiously. Talk about interesting beliefs and cultures. Very traditional and you will be almost glad that these customs survived in our modernized culture. you know, cultures assimilation can totally wipe out traditions and people like me will somehow gradually turn into a banana-ier person than I am now.
I digress.
HK is a good place to visit all year round cuz the climate is not that extreme but getting burnt and scorched under the almighty sun is not even funny!
A lil bit boring but I think Australia, Canada and New Zealand is the best place to visit during summer. The beaches, the moors and the farms. Oh so lovely! What about Corea? Never been there but I guess it’s pretty popular in the tourism industry nowadays no?
17. pinkpau | March 6th, 2006 at 5:03 pm
aiks, that hot eh?! i went to Lui Yan Kai, and yup i didnt get anything there, but it was really fun to look around :) i go to those sorta places not for the shopping, but just to see what it’s like and for the FOOD of course!
as for WTS temple, a friend told me that they’ve got fortune tellers there..!!! i was so so sad when i heard that cos i love fortune tellers :( that and WTS is really famous? so i just wanted to go and see and snap some pix.
yeah i was thinking australia/NZ in June, actually! i guess HK will have to wait till December.. :( as for corea, was already there recently, saw all the sights, so will prolly not be returning there anytime soon :)
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