My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 3

This will be the update on my day 3 Hong Kong trip. If you missed my day 1 and day 2 updates, you can read it at My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 1, My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 2 before reading this update.

The 3rd day was Ocean Park time. We had our breakfast at a local restaurant very close by our hotel. I had a bowl of chicken porridge. After breakfast, we went back to the hotel and boarded the bus which was provided by the agency we bought the tickets from to Ocean Park. We had the whole bus to ourselves.

Ocean Park is situated in Hong Kong Island, so we had to use the Cross-Harbour Tunnel (香港海底隧道). It was working hour that time, therefore we were stuck in a short jam. The traffic wardens were very systematic in handling the traffic at the toolgate. The traffic flowed smoothly after a short jam. The drivers there also drives in a very polite manner and they follow along and cooperate with the traffic wardens. Not like in Malaysia. No comments on that. =)

When we reached Ocean Park at Wong Hang Road (黃竹坑道), we saw the famous Police Academy which was frequently used Hong Kong police drama shows. It was situated right along the way.


Ocean Park was a pleasant experience with the nice scenery, animals, entertainment rides, roller-coasters and so on.

Firstly, we went to visit the giant panda habitat. There were 4 pandas there. This was my first time seeing pandas in live. Then we stop by to watch some acrobatic show.

After we took the cable car to the other side of the island. The scenery up there was just amazing. Next we visited the Pacific Pier. There were many seals and sea lions. You also get to feed them but you have to pay for the fishes.

After visiting the Pacific Pier, we went to the amusement part for some games. Then we started our journey for the rides. First we tried the Flying Swing. Next stop was the adrenaline pumping Dragon roller coaster. This was my first time sitting on a roller coaster and this one had 3 360 degree loops and it was nice. It wasn't that bad.

Next we tried the Crazy Galleon. This ride was quite fun a scary at the same time. When swing down time, you can feel like your heart is flying out. Then we went over to line up to try The Abyss Turbo Drop. We your hung up there, you can get a clear view of the whole place. This was one of the most adrenalin pumping ride there. When it drop down, you wont be able to scream at all. Your voice totally disapears. So no use screaming.

Next on list was the Ocean Theater to watch the dolphins and seals perform.

After that, we had our lunch there. Then we visited the Atoll Reff. There you get to see many different kinds of marine fish.

The last two rides we tried was the Space Wheel and the Mine Train. The Marine Train didn't look that scary but ended up being one of the scariest.

After Ocean Park, the bus dropped us at Aberdeen (香港仔), which is at Repulse Bay (淺水灣). There were many nice luxury boats parked at the harbour there. We took a sampan ride and had a tour around that place. We saw Jumbo (珍寶), the floating restaurant. The light is fully lit and it was beautiful. We didn't go up there but just toured around that area.

By then both of my feet was already hurting so badly from the constant walking and the main reason was also the shoe I was wearing. After that, we boarded a public bus to Hong Kong's famous SoHo, which was situated in Central (中環). By 7.30pm, it was already very dark. We stop by at the IFC Tower (國際金融公司塔) - the tallest building in Hong Kong.

We walked around SoHo area with many nice restaurants, bars and bistros. We were also finding a place to have our dinner. SoHo also holds the Guinness World Record for the Longest Escalator route in the world. We took escalator up and we had to walk down again. Can't imagine coming down those flights of stairs while already struggling to walk.

We couldn't find a place to eat, so William suggested Yung Kee Restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong (蘭桂坊) area to eat roasted goose. The food there was awesome and delicious. The meat was so juicy and the skin was crispy. We had a wonderful dinner there. Thanks to William because he partly treated us for this meal.

Shopping starts again after dinner around Central (中環). Nothing much to shop around SoHo, so we decided to return to Kowloon (九龍). We went to the famous Ladies' Market (女人街) at Tong Choi Street (通菜街). It's famous for selling fake branded stuffs and other stuffs too. So we boarded on the subway again and went to Mongkok (旺角). When we reached that place, that place was still so happening. Even though it's already 10.30pm at night, there were still lots of people there.

We walked until 12.30am, then we went back to hotel which is not far from the place.

Here is a summary of the time-line for our Day 3 journey in Hong Kong:

Yau Ma Tei (油麻地) -> Cross-Harbour Tunnel (香港海底隧道) -> Ocean Park at Wong Chuk Hang Road (黃竹坑道) in Hong Kong Island -> Aberdeen (香港仔), Repulse Bay (淺水灣) -> Central (中環) -> SoHo -> Lan Kwai Fong (蘭桂坊) -> Mongkok (旺角) -> Ladies' Market (女人街) at Tong Choi Street (通菜街) -> Hotel.

Here are the day 3 photos:

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My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 2

This post is an update of my Hong Kong Trip day 2. If You missed the day 1 post, you can read it at My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 1 before reading this post.

I woke up around 8.20am, then wash up and get ready. We started our journey for the day at 9am. From our hotel in Yau Ma Tei (油麻地), we walked to the main road - Nathan Road (彌敦道). We had a Hong Kong Dim Sum Breakfast at Tou Heung Restaurant (稻香) in Jordan (佐敦) area. The Dim Sum there was just superb! We ate a lot there too.

After our breakfast, we went to settle and collect our Ocean Park day pass at a travel agency. Then we started our journey to the famous Avenue Of Stars (星光大道) which is situated in Tsim Sha Tsui (尖沙咀). Along the way, we went into a boutique shop - Chapel. Then, we came across a shoes shop having discounts on all the shoes. Alan and I bought ourselves a pair of K-Swiss shoes.

Half way walking, suddenly William asked Matthew where is his "bazooka gun" (tripod for his camera), then only Matthew realize that he had left it at the boutique shop while trying out some clothes there. So, I accompanied Matthew back to the boutique shop to get the "bazooka gun".

When we reached the Avenue Of Stars (星光大道) was around 12pm. We spent our time there taking photos and playing around. At the same time enjoying the view of the scenery. Along the walkway, there were lots of Hong Kong celebrities palm-print and signatures on their stars. We spent our time looking at taking photos with the celebrities star. We also took pictures with the bronze statues there and with a Bruce Lee's bronze statue.

After that, we proceeded to Kowloon Public Pier (九龍公眾碼頭). We boarded on the Star Ferry (天星小輪) at the Star Ferry Pier (天星碼頭) to cross over to the other side - Hong Kong Island (香港島). Our purpose was to visit the Hong Kong Convention Center (香港會展中心) which is in Wan Chai (灣仔). The ferry ride cost us only HKD2.50 per trip, which was very cheap. No wonder many people prefer to board the ferry to cross the strait instead of subway, taxi or bus.

There were bus loads of Mainland tourists at the Hong Kong Convention Center (香港會展中心) which was quite annoying. We took picture at the Golden Bauhinia Square (金紫荊), which was a gift from China to Hong Kong when Hong Kong was returned to China. The air there was very cooling and breezing.

After that, we went back to Kowloon Peninsula (九龍半島) by Star Ferry at around 3pm. This time our mission is to EAT! We went to Harbour City (海港城) shopping area and stop by a restaurant called Sugar Dynasty (糖朝). I forgotten what I ate there but after that all of us shared a wooden pail of Tau Fu Fah. It was very delicious!

After eating, our shopping spree begins! We split into two groups. William, Matthew, Alan and me were in a group. Audi, Allen, Rock and Aerric the other group. We decided to split into groups in order to save time. My group went inside Harbour City (海港城), where there were plenty of branded stuffs like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana etc.

The 1st boutique store we stopped at was Zara. They had discount. After that, it was K-Swiss time for William and Matthew while Alan and me just followed. We went around searching but could not find the K-Swiss boutique shop. After asking the customer service, finally we found it. At first, only William and Matthew was looking for limited edition shoes but while I was looking around this gold and white limited edition shoe caught my attention. At first I didn't want to buy another shoe as I've already gotten a pair of K-Swiss shoes in the morning. End up I still bought it anyway and we were given 20% each for buying 3 shoes there. So, end up I bought 2 K-Swiss shoes in a day.

After that, we came to a ESPRIT Boutique at Miramar shopping Complex (美麗華購物中心)where there were sales and discount signs all over the store. Everyone was lost there, because of the super low price. We just take the clothes like nobody's business. I bought a few clothes for my mom, friends and for myself.

Then we had our dinner at McD. I ordered the prosperity burger set. It's totally different from the one you can get in Malaysia. Their service there was excellent too. Oh, they don't have the free refill service like we have in Malaysia. =)

Next stop was Temple Street (廟街). William and Alan wanted to print some Christian T-Shirts for people that's why we went there. We waited at the t-shirt printing store for quite a long time.

Then we went sight-seeing around Temple street night market. There were plenty of things to see there. For example: souvenirs, clothes, bags etc. What ever you can think of I think you can find it there.

We returned to our hotel at around 12.30am. My legs was so exhausted and pain after walking for the whole day since morning. Now who says guys can walk that long for shopping. End up I had to dip bought my feet in hot water while I was bathing before going to bed. It did help a little to relief the pain. After that it was time for bed. I was so tired.

Here is a summary of the time-line for our Day 2 journey in Hong Kong:

Yau Ma Tei (油麻地) -> Nathan Road (彌敦道) -> Tou Heung Restaurant (稻香) in Jordan (佐敦) -> Avenue Of Stars (星光大道), Tsim Sha Tsui (尖沙咀) -> Kowloon Public Pier (九龍公眾碼頭), Star Ferry Pier (天星碼頭), to board on the Star Ferry (天星小輪) -> Hong Kong Island (香港島), Hong Kong Convention Center (香港會展中心), Wan Chai (灣仔) -> Star Ferry (天星小輪) -> Kowloon Peninsula (九龍半島) ->Sugar Dynasty (糖朝) -> Harbour City (海港城) -> Miramar shopping Complex (美麗華購物中心) -> Temple Street (廟街) -> Hotel.

Here are the day 2 photos:

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My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 1

Hi there, sorry for keeping you waiting for my long awaited update on my trip to Hong Kong. It's been almost 5 months since I came back from Hong Kong and now I'm gonna finally update you on my trip.

I'll be breaking down my trip to Hong Kong in days if not it will be a very long post. There will also be pictures for you to see.

I would also like to give credit to Alan in order for me to refer back to his post to update my trip to Hong Kong. It's already been 5 month since the trip and you can't expect me to remember everything in details. =)

This trip to Hong Kong was really a good deal compared to other times. It only cost around RM2200++ (around USD 611) including flight (through and flow), hotel (which was eventually upgraded FOC), and ticket to Ocean Park. Was that a good bargain or what?

Hong Kong Trip Day 1

I arrived at Penang International Airport at around 5.50am then boarded Cathay Pacific at 7.30am to KLIA around 8.00am. Waited in the airplane for around an hour for refueling and for passengers to board from KLIA. We also took pictures while waiting on the plane.


While on the way to Hong Kong, I had a very bad headache on the plain and I was hungry at the same time. I think the headache was caused by my lack of enough sleep the previous days. I did took my breakfast that morning before going and on the first flight I ate two pieces of cake too. I don't know why so fast I was so hungry.

I should have ask for something to eat but I didn't. Of cause I myself was to be blamed for not asking. Lesson learned was it wouldn't hurt for asking. While lunch was served, I could barely eat because of the headache. I did try forcing myself to eat but I felt like vomiting so I just laid there to sleep without touching a small portion of my food. I didn't feel better until I step down from the plain at Hong Kong.

Some may say it's air sickness but I don't think so. It didn't happened to me during my previous trip a few years ago to Japan for my basketball competition, which was an 8 hours flight and to Macau 3 years ago for my church mission trip. =)

After arriving in Hong Kong International Airport at 1.15pm, my group of friends and I went to collect our luggages. We boarded a double-decker bus to our hotel which was situated in Yau Ma Tei (油麻地), Kowloon (九龍).

While we checked into the hotel, we were told that there weren't enough rooms so we got an upgrade FOC! After checking in to the hotel and putting our luggages in the rooms, we started our sight-seeing and shopping immediately in Kowloon (九龍).

We boarded the subway from Yau Ma Tei (油麻地) to Causeway Bay (銅鑼灣), which is on Hong Kong mainland across the sea. By that time I was still a bit blur caused by my headache on the flight. Look a me still being blur in the picture below.


We arrived at Hong Kong Times Square in Causeway Bay (銅鑼灣) at 4.10pm. Immediately we went to the market area to eat. By then I was already dead hungry! We ate at this traditional shop which sells all kinds of roasted food. We ordered chicken and duck. The food there was very delicious.

Now our shopping journey begins. Firstly we went around the market area, which we saw a seafood stall selling live fishes which we seldom on don't get to see in Malaysia. The prawns was very HUGE too.

Soon we went to the shopping area to walk. We split into two groups. The first group (William, Audi, Rock, Allen and Aerric), went to G2 Black Label to shop. Matthew, Alan and me went over to Giordano Concepts Store to shop. The 3 of us bought some clothes there. I only bought a long sleeve shirt at Giordano Concepts Store. The other group also bought some clothes from G2 Black Label. Then we went to Sogo department store to walk.

By around 6.00pm, the sky is already dark. Can you imagine being able to see the moon around 2.30pm in the afternoon? Amazing!

We also tried some "Tong Shui" at this shop which sells many kinds of "Tong Shui", especially mangoes. The mangoes was just so sweet and delicious! After eating, we boarded the subway headed for Admiralty (金鐘). While we were walking to the bus station, we also took some pictures. We took pictures with the Bank Of China Tower as the background. It was so beautiful at night as it was lighted up at night.

The first thing we did as we reach the top of The Peak (山頂) was to put on our sweaters and jackets as the temperature there was 12 degrees celsius. It was really cold for us as we come from a country with temperatures of an average of 31 degrees celsius in the morning and an average of 25 degrees celsius at night.

We took many pictures up at The Peak (山頂). From up there, you can get a birds eye-view of the whole Hong Kong skyline during the night and it was just so gorgeous. All the buildings was lighted up. That was just an amazing experience. This is why Hong Kong people are so proud of The Peak (山頂).

After taking pictures, we went into The Peak's plaza. In there we visited the ESPN Sports Game Center. We also took photos with the wax-figure of Bruce Lee and Cecillia Cheung outside Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. We didn't go in because it was already closed by the time we reach there.

When we went out of The Peak's plaza, some guys went to get ice cream.

At 9.30pm, we had to board the last public bus down from The Peak (山頂). If not we will be left with a choice of taking a cab/taxi down. While on the way down to Central (中環), situated in Lan Kwai Fong (蘭桂坊), we had a short nap in the public bus. We were just so tired from the whole days walking.

This time around, we didn't stop by any places as we were all hungry. We just took pictures while walking to find for food.

William suggested that we go to Temple Street (廟街), which was in Jordan, Kowloon (九龍). We had our meal at the roadside, the traditional style of Hong Kong.

After our meal, we went sight-seeing around Temple Street (廟街). Before heading back to the hotel, some of them said they were hungry already, so they went to McDonald's to grab some food before going back to the hotel. We reached back at the hotel at 12.15am.

After bathing, I straight went to sleep because I was already so so tired.

Here is a summary of the time-line for our Day 1 journey in Hong Kong:

Penang International Airport -> KLIA -> Hong Kong International Airport -> CityView Hotel, Waterloo (窩打老道), Road Kowloon (九龍) -> Using Subway, Yau Ma Tei Stand (油麻地站) -> Causeway Bay (銅鑼灣) -> Admiralty (金鐘) -> The Peak (山頂) -> Central (中環) -> Lan Kwai Fong (蘭桂坊) -> Jordan -> Temple Street (廟街) -> CityView Hotel.


Here are day 1 photos for you to see:

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What I Bought From Hong Kong - Clothes

Here are the pictures of the clothes I bought from my recent trip to Hong Kong. I didn't buy that many clothes this time.

ESPRIT

GIORDANO concepts

Do you think I'm kidding you? I go all the way till Hong Kong and end up buying only two shirts? Yes, I only bought TWO for myself - one from ESPRIT and the other from GIORDANO concepts.

I bought a few more for my friends and my mom from ESPRIT. I can say this trip I spent the least on clothes and the most on shoes.

I'll be posting more on my trip to Hong Kong this coming days so stay tuned. More pictures will be included!

If you have any comments, feel free to leave them at the comments area.

Have a nice day!

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What I Bought From Hong Kong - Louis Vuitton Damier Wallet

Louis Vuitton Damier Wallet

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What I Bought From Hong Kong - K-Swiss Shoes

K-SWISS VERSTAD SPT II

K-SWISS VERSTAD SPT II - Pose

K-SWISS VERSTAD SPT II - Front View

K-SWISS VERSTAD SPT II - Back View

K-SWISS VERSTAD SPT II - Side View

K-SWISS VERSTAD SPT II - Bottom View

K-SWISS APPIAN SL (01832194) [Limited Edition]

K-SWISS APPIAN SL (01832194) [Limited Edition] - Pose

K-SWISS APPIAN SL (01832194) [Limited Edition] - Front View

K-SWISS APPIAN SL (01832194) [Limited Edition] - Limited Edition Badge

K-SWISS APPIAN SL (01832194) [Limited Edition] - Back View

K-SWISS APPIAN SL (01832194) [Limited Edition] - Side View

K-SWISS APPIAN SL (01832194) [Limited Edition] - Bottom View

It has been almost 4 years since I've gotten a new pair shoe, so during my recent trip to Hong Kong, while shopping around, me and my friends came across this shop that was selling shoes, so we decided to go in to have a look.

Happens that they do sell K-SWISS shoes there and from the place I'm from (Malaysia), they don't sell this brand. Even if they do, you have limited to no choice.

While checking out the shoes, my friend - Alan, wanted to try the shoes, which I ended buying instead because there was no size for him and it was the last pair. He ended up buying another pair. You can check it out here.

Okay, after buying the shoes, we continued our shopping. He headed to a shopping mall to shop and one of us in the group said he wants to check out the K-SWISS shop there.

When we reached there, there were many more choices to choose from and the first pair that caught my eyes was the Gold Limited Edition shoe that I bought. I did not wanted to buy it since I've already bought one in the morning. In the end I got so tempted and the rest is history. =)

They gave us a 20% discount too because we bought 3 pairs of shoes from their shop.

What I can say is both pairs of shoes have their own unique design and I like them both.

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Off I Go To Johor And Singapore

Hey guys, I'll will be away from Saturday till Tuesday Wednesday so you won't see me around or even hear from me.

I'll be bringing my laptop this time but depends on the place whether I have access to the internet, if not my blog will be quiet for some time again.

Oh yea, I just noticed I didn't wish you all a Happy Blessed Chinese New Year. Gong Xi Fa Cai.

Enjoy collecting your ang pows (red packet).

Don't forget about mine. =)

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Off I Go To Hong Kong

I would like to inform you that I'll be going off to Hong Kong for holiday in a few hours time and I'll only be back on thursday. So if you would like to contact me, I'm sorry that I can only get back to you when I get back.

Oh yea, those of you that is going back to school, enjoy yourself then.

So behave okay guys and take care!

Talk to you soon.

*Update:
My Hong Kong Trip - Part 1
My Hong Kong Trip - Part 2
My Hong Kong Trip - Part 3

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Im Back from Church Camp at Cameron Highlands Equatorial Hotel

Hi guys, sorry for the late update on the Church Camp at Cameron Highlands Equatorial Hotel.

I was already back on the 6th of June, but after coming back, I had a slight fever for a few days. Maybe it was because I had not enough sleep and the sudden change of temperature.

After my fever, I was quite busy with a lot of stuffs. Such as clearing up my room from those unwanted junk, such as - souvenirs, worldly songs Cd's and a lot more. I had also deleted all of the worldly songs in my phone.

This camp was really a wonderful camp and I learned a lot of things from the speaker.

For me as a musician at church, we have to really be aware of the songs we listen to. We must not only be aware of the worldly songs, but also Christian songs. This is because even if the Christian band are Christians, but you do not now how they lead their daily live, and when they are on stage, they will project out the wrong spirit to the congregations.

One of the story told by the speaker was, one of her friend which was also a Pastor, that went for a Christian rock concert and while the band was performing, her friend saw demons dancing and laughing at the Christian band. Just imagine even at a Christian band concert, there are demons there. That was really creepy!!!

After the camp, I saw a lot of people's live change. Not only those that went for this camp, but also those that heard the testimonies of others. Some have thrown away their whole stack of anime collection worth a few thousand. Some of them stopped playing those evil computer games such as dota. Lucky for me I'm not a computer game freak.=)

Here are some pictures taken during the Church Camp:

View of The BOH' Tea Plantation

BOH' Tea Station

Enjoying the BOH' Tea

Group Picture at BOH' Tea Factory

The Youth Group Picture

To see more pictures, you can go over to Jim's photo album:

Photo Album 1

Photo Album 2

That's all of the pictures I have for now. I'll upload the rest when I get them.=)


P.S: Those that did not go for the camp, you can buy the recordings from the church.


See Ya & God Bless !!

- Ben The Drummer

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Church Camp at Cameron Highlands Equatorial Hotel

Hey hey, tomorrow I'll be going to Cameron Highlands Equatorial Hotel for our church camp. It's from 3rd - 6th of June, so there will be no post during these few days.

Cameron Highlands is situated at Pahang, Malaysia and its in the highlands. The weather there is much more cooler compared to normal land. When it rains, its going to be very foggy, so remember to bring your sweaters there. =)

Tomorrow morning we have to be at church by 7.15am and we will be leaving by bus at 7.45am. My roommates are Darren and Jarold. Oh man, I don't now how am I going to sleep because Jarold snores very loud. LoL (don't tell him I said that) =). Actually my roommate is Darren only, then last minute Jarold only decided to go so come squeeze in our room. Most probably have to squeeze la as my room was for two people.

I'm going to really enjoy this camp a lot!

I have a few pictures of the hotel and the scenery.

Hotel Front View

Hotel Lobby

Hotel Cottages

Hotel Facade

Deluxe Room

Hotel Twin Superior Room

Hotel Scenary

The View Outside The Window

That's all I have to say for now. Tomorrow is already camp and I haven't pack my beg yet. So, I better go pack my beg now.

I'll post more pictures after the camp.


See Ya & God Bless !!

- Ben The Drummer

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