My lovely window view
With Winston Churchill(Madame Tussauds Wax Museum)
HongKong Disneyland
Having some Thai desserts with my cousins
My wonderful cousinsAfter a long break from blogging, here is my Hong Kong 2oo8 blog. Last November 11 my long awaited bi-annual visit to my second home has finally come. I was booked via Cebu Pacific Air and it was my first time embarking from the new airport(NAIA Terminal 3).It was a hazy and stormy afternoon as the aircraft I’m boarding looms to take-off so I thought that when I arrive in Hong Kong that there would be an encounter with some blizzard of air. Feelings of anticipation, a bit of anxiety and excitement emanate as I waited for the landing. After passing through the Hong Kong immigration I immediately called my eldest cousin Yonny because I still don’t know yet which of my cousins’ house I’m going to stay. Then she told me to ride a particular bus and when the bus stops at the Hoi Lai Estate then that the time I should go down however I told her, how would I know it because of the language barrier, then she told me again that after 25 minutes of travel from the airport the bus stops there in which I timed and its true at 25 minutes stops at that bus stop which is just in front of the residential area in which I’ll be staying. It really amazes me how the transport system of this city is very efficient.
As I went down the bus I was greeted by cousin Jammy and my cute and handsome nephew Wesley. They accompany me to their house (a condo unit which is very prevalent in Hong Kong) and I was welcomed by his husband Akeung who prepared and cooked our marvellous and sumptuous meal ,together with my nephew Jacky and Nani(their Indonesian house help) .On my second day I went to my uncle’s house which is located in the Kwun Tong (Lok Wah area) to pay homage to my grandma, uncle(who unfortunately not around due to some commitments in the mainland) and auntie. On the 15th it’s the time to meet my eldest cousin Yonny ,husband Jo and their lovely angels Venus and Melissa together with my youngest cousin Tracy. They treated me to a fantastic authentic Thai dinner and later that evening to a Thai dessert place, there I found out that my cousins in Honking are indeed are fans of the infamous fruit “the Durian” because all of them ordered durian infused desserts while I ordered a Thai/Japanese fusion dessert. My first Sunday there was spent having lunch with my cousins in a famous noodle joint in Kwun Tong which serves sze chuan pepper flavoured noodles soup ,this pepper is not for the faint of heart this will make your tongue numb and your nose red; but I’m a fan but this time I ordered the milder one. When dinner time comes it’s time to meet my cousin Sammy ,her husband Dan and their kids Kelly and Kevin. We had our dinner at Yonny’s place and had some hot pot(shabu shabu)which was prepared by Jo ,the dinner seems never-ending because of the myriad of food on the table. Monday morning was the time to meet Dan in Sham Shui Po(haven of electronics and toys which I and Dan are fond of).He took me to toyshops , scale model shops and some DVD and cd stores and they (with Sammy)treated me to a fine Japanese Sushi bar and that they was capped by Dan giving me Wall-E limited edition DVD which I really don’t expect and was very touching for me. My last two days in Hong Kong was spent accompanying my cousins to an outlet centre for the ladies which sells ladies shoes,bags,accessories and clothes which I enjoyed and the night ends with the most anticipated meeting with my uncle in Lok Wah Estate my auntie cooked some delicious dinner and my last day was ended with a whole family lunch in a restaurant in Lok Wah.
My day in Honking always start with a breakfast of dim sum particularly dumplings or popularly known as siomai but of different variants ,tea and some oatmeal porridge. Then after together with my cousin and nephew we leave the house while sometimes I stay a bit later downstairs and watch some wushu and some Chinese traditional exercises being done by some old folks in the park. At around 9:30am its time for me to go to my preferred destination. Having the very handy and convenient Octopus card I can ride whatever mode of transportation I like whether it be by minibus,doubledeck bus or MTR except taxis.Have lunch at around 1pm at Mcdonalds or at any street joint to try some indigenous and foreign treats ala Tony Bourdain and Bobby Chinn ,then at 4pm took some snacks like my favorite curried fishballs.My itenerary in this year’s HongKong tour were the Victoria Peak,Madame Tussauds Wax Museum(I always enjoy going here),Disneyland(in my opinion ,too small),Harbour city,Lan Kwai Fong.I always frequent MongKok and Tsim Sha Tsui to have some retail therapy and search for some good finds.My favoriteb shops are sports shoeshops,toy and scale model stores and music and video stores particularly the store HMV.
Whenever I visit this place there are always something new to see and experience like its a small city that constantly evolving.Its never tiring though I always walk and the streets are always crowded.I’ve been to this country several times since the 90’s but the excitement of coming here never ceases .The hardest part of this journey is the leaving part which always make my eyes sweat especially when the aircraft prepares to take-off. Because for me HongKong is my second home.
As I went down the bus I was greeted by cousin Jammy and my cute and handsome nephew Wesley. They accompany me to their house (a condo unit which is very prevalent in Hong Kong) and I was welcomed by his husband Akeung who prepared and cooked our marvellous and sumptuous meal ,together with my nephew Jacky and Nani(their Indonesian house help) .On my second day I went to my uncle’s house which is located in the Kwun Tong (Lok Wah area) to pay homage to my grandma, uncle(who unfortunately not around due to some commitments in the mainland) and auntie. On the 15th it’s the time to meet my eldest cousin Yonny ,husband Jo and their lovely angels Venus and Melissa together with my youngest cousin Tracy. They treated me to a fantastic authentic Thai dinner and later that evening to a Thai dessert place, there I found out that my cousins in Honking are indeed are fans of the infamous fruit “the Durian” because all of them ordered durian infused desserts while I ordered a Thai/Japanese fusion dessert. My first Sunday there was spent having lunch with my cousins in a famous noodle joint in Kwun Tong which serves sze chuan pepper flavoured noodles soup ,this pepper is not for the faint of heart this will make your tongue numb and your nose red; but I’m a fan but this time I ordered the milder one. When dinner time comes it’s time to meet my cousin Sammy ,her husband Dan and their kids Kelly and Kevin. We had our dinner at Yonny’s place and had some hot pot(shabu shabu)which was prepared by Jo ,the dinner seems never-ending because of the myriad of food on the table. Monday morning was the time to meet Dan in Sham Shui Po(haven of electronics and toys which I and Dan are fond of).He took me to toyshops , scale model shops and some DVD and cd stores and they (with Sammy)treated me to a fine Japanese Sushi bar and that they was capped by Dan giving me Wall-E limited edition DVD which I really don’t expect and was very touching for me. My last two days in Hong Kong was spent accompanying my cousins to an outlet centre for the ladies which sells ladies shoes,bags,accessories and clothes which I enjoyed and the night ends with the most anticipated meeting with my uncle in Lok Wah Estate my auntie cooked some delicious dinner and my last day was ended with a whole family lunch in a restaurant in Lok Wah.
My day in Honking always start with a breakfast of dim sum particularly dumplings or popularly known as siomai but of different variants ,tea and some oatmeal porridge. Then after together with my cousin and nephew we leave the house while sometimes I stay a bit later downstairs and watch some wushu and some Chinese traditional exercises being done by some old folks in the park. At around 9:30am its time for me to go to my preferred destination. Having the very handy and convenient Octopus card I can ride whatever mode of transportation I like whether it be by minibus,doubledeck bus or MTR except taxis.Have lunch at around 1pm at Mcdonalds or at any street joint to try some indigenous and foreign treats ala Tony Bourdain and Bobby Chinn ,then at 4pm took some snacks like my favorite curried fishballs.My itenerary in this year’s HongKong tour were the Victoria Peak,Madame Tussauds Wax Museum(I always enjoy going here),Disneyland(in my opinion ,too small),Harbour city,Lan Kwai Fong.I always frequent MongKok and Tsim Sha Tsui to have some retail therapy and search for some good finds.My favoriteb shops are sports shoeshops,toy and scale model stores and music and video stores particularly the store HMV.
Whenever I visit this place there are always something new to see and experience like its a small city that constantly evolving.Its never tiring though I always walk and the streets are always crowded.I’ve been to this country several times since the 90’s but the excitement of coming here never ceases .The hardest part of this journey is the leaving part which always make my eyes sweat especially when the aircraft prepares to take-off. Because for me HongKong is my second home.
FOOTNOTE:
Mega THANKS to Almighty Father for providing some avenues to make this happen.I would like to give my deepest gratitude to my wonderful family(my uncle,auntie,grandma,my lovely cousins and their families even their househelps)in HongKong for warm accomodations and hospitality which they always give whenever I visit HongKong .And of course my parents for their big support.
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