1. Dimsum for breakfast
2. Dimsum for lunch
3. & dimsum for dinner.. isn’t such a bad idea.
4. Must have tasted 20 kinds of dimsum all in all.
5. The sight of Jollibee side by side with the carinderia food in Little Quiapo looked surreal. I wouldn’t be caught dead eating Chicken Joy in HK but I have this weird habit of eating at McDonald’s (or KFC) in every country am in.
5. Pinoys everywhere. But woe to the one who gave me the wrong direction…. grrr!
6. Three of the ‘touristy’ things I did on my hectic schedule: ride the tram to Victoria’s Peak, ride the Star Ferry going to Kowloon and walk through Avenue of the Stars. Malls that rival the ones in Manila in terms of size , but better selections.
8. While my companions bought their $2,000 MacBook Pros, my biggest splurge was a jacket at Zara
9. Stumbling into this vintage shop selling Thierry Mugler, Escada and Hermut Lang at drop-dead prices and none for my size. Dang!!
10. Indecent proposal from this foreign delegate who had the gall to tell me twice: “If you’re free, why don’t you go to my room and let’s have a drink?” Duh??
11. The fact that my cozy room was unoccupied 80% of the time because of my hectic sked. So much of the plasma TV, the mountain of pillows and the Egyptian linen.
12. Was able to squeeze in some time in the gym. Hurrah!
13. In lieu of the bathtub in my room, I stepped into the rain shower and had a “rain shower massage.” Cool!
14. A picture taken with Simon Yam, very famous Hong Kong actor who figured as a villain in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
15. San Miguel Beer in the grocery and drinking San Miguel Beer at the hotel bar. Sikat!
16. Friendly sales persons at Giordano. Can’t wait to buy 8 pants to get one free, hehe
17. Lots of glossy informative brochures in the airport and other places. Made me think that this is how the Philippines should do it to get moving with our tourism at least.
18. Never-ending chicken adobo sandwich on Cathay Pacific’s Hong Kong-Manila, Manila HK economy class. The world traveller among our group commented that Singapore Airlines is definitely better in terms of service and the fact that they serve hot meals on board on the same leg.
19. Overall, I liked Hong Kong and the fact that it’s very near Manila. Will definitely go back with my kiddies and have a taste of the HK Disneyland experience… hopefully soon.
20. Going back to Manila, not only is the sorry state of our airport depressing, visiting the Duty Free building was the pits. You had to move around the whole block to get from one point to another and the selections were so-so. There were no effin’ chocolates in the grocery. Straighten up, idiots!!!
Wow galing, and all that for three days? Sama ako next time, para kasing namiss ko na HK because of this post. 😛
ooooh, there’s a “little quiapo” carinderia-style eatery in jersey city too. i wonder if their owners are related? 🙂
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Miko
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honestly ayaw na bumalik ni youngest sis ko sa HK, bastos daw mga tao totoo ba yun?
at bagsak daw sa cleanliness , madalas kong marinig yan ….but of course i wanna experience first hand what they had encountered 🙂 saka me time na malamig dun diba 🙂 ..la lang init kasi sa pinas at Singapore 🙂
sayang naman ang plasma! indecent proposal….sana kung hawig man lang ni robert redford nung butch cassidy and the sundance days niya. welcome back, ajay! dalaw ka sa akin, may exercise video ako. hehehe
haha! i can certainly relate to numbers 1 to 4, aj! buti nga dimsum, kasi hongkong is the most tourist-friendly among the other chinese cities, and it’s a given that ito usually talaga ang hinahanap ng mga tao. i wouldn’t mind dimsum any time of the day. sa ibang chinese cities kasi, dimsum is served in the wee hours of the morning, and only until mga 6 or 7 am.
mcdo or kfc din ang hanap namin when going abroad! and, would you believe, haagen daz (i don’t know if the spelling is correct). doesn’t matter if it’s winter/autumn. para kaming mga sira.
glad you enjoyed your trip there.
sus.. bakit nga ba hindi ko pa napupuntahan ang HK??? ok pa rin ba ang shopping kahit na under the chine gov’t na sila?
miss na kita sa bberks, ah!
Yes Jane, I really tried to cram as much as I can in the three days:grin: pathetic no? hehe
Fortuitous (heck, I can’t spell this word!!) ..I think the owners are related but we can only surmise a guess:wink:
Salamat sa pagdalaw Miko..ika rin huwag mapagod sa pagsusulat:smile:
Melai, the weather was very nice when we went there since it’s cooler than in super-humid Manila. Wala naman akong na -encounter na rude na taga HK. In fact it was nice since the people (e.g. taxi drivers) can understand English, unlike in Thailand. And I found it to be cleaner than, say, Manila. Traffic was not as bad too and my companions even said HK has good urban planning. It’s a small place but they were able to make the most out of it without any eyesore.
HI Toots. Hahaha..Si Mr. Indecent Prop, kung hawig man lang ni Brad Pitt o Nokia model baka nagdalawang isip pa ako, lolz.:lol: Dalaw ako sa yo..
Vina, I love dimsum!! I am fascinated wih the varieties.. and as for the Haagen Dasz, minsan lang ako kumain nun eh..expensive kasi, hehe
Ate Sienna, miss u too. Kumusta na ang newly-wed?? Go na kayo sa HK, EB tayo dun:smile:
Good thing you didn’t meet rude Chinese in their shops unless they ‘ve improved on customer service.
Hong Kong is a place H wants to go to badly; I’m not big on it though but hey, your entry is one of the things that is helping me open my mind to the place. 😀
heard from athina that you were in hongkong..great pics and stories!
Hi Noemi. Am sure there are also rude ones but I didn’t find them coz I didn’t go to the stores where you had to haggle for your life:grin: and lest we forget, there are rude ones in our country as well…
Oblige H on this one Toni. :smile:No sooner have you left the place and you’re sure to plan your next trip already. I still regret that I didn’t have the time to go to Macau. As for the bargains, my companions bought their Macs at a price that was 20K cheaper than the Phils or elsewhere..
Hi Sachi..yes I did. Hope you go there too. Mukhang marami pala sa grupo natin ang di pa nakakapunta.:wink:..EB na!!!
I’ve had a McDonald’s tour too 🙂 comfort food when you get tired eating all those exotic local delicacies. Good also for a bathroom break.
hey ajay! wow nice that you were able to visit HK–ganda no? sana nga makabalik din ako dun with the kiddies na 😆
so may Mcdonalds tour ka? kami din plus of course, Jollibee and dadyy KFC!
thanks for the awesome posts!
Siena, nice to see u here again:smile: me too, I vow to go back to HK with the kiddies:wink: take care always…