| Hong Kong, Day Two - DisneyLand |

thank God for the exceptional fine weather that day. though we got burnt by the sun, reckoned it's better than getting drenched. and bear with me, this has got more than 50 pics.


::as promised, our couple shoes from kappa. we wore this for the rest of our journey in hongkong =) ::


::@ the entrance of disneyland::


::so happy!::


::hmmm..that's donald::


::our tickets - we're keeping it to build up our mountain of memories together::


::the train station. we took this while queueing for a pic with mickey and minnie::


::also took this while in the queue; the tram ride which i never got the chance to sit in =( ::


::us in the queue for barely 2 minutes with Mickey and Minnie. did you know we still got sunburnt despite the brolly?::


::thankfully, there were many performances along the streets that entertained us::


::finally, the priceless picture which wasted our time for more than an hour::


::then we moved along the streets which had many cutie shops and fake houses::


::another one of those fake houses. the boyfriend made me pose like this::


::but this castle here is so full of bling bling and yes its real (i think)::


::the boyfriend and pocahontas' dad!::


::our first stop and first ride - the Cinderella's Carousel::


::the boyfriend trying his very best to open the doorway - action only::


::snow white, the seven dwarfs and yours truly::


::"i wish for eternal happiness with my prince..."::


::there were so many pretty scenes like this, who can just walk by without capturing a shot or two?::


::the boyfriend working so hard again::


::the second ride we took, i think::


::so fun!::


::"i'm a lil teapot, short and stout" but in this case, its a teacup *lolx and can you see that the boyfriend delibrately cut off my hand in this pic - he hates the handsign that i do::


::tired..so we took a break and had a light meal which didn't come cheap. sorrie about the color of the left pic - it was too dark and this was the only way so our faces can be seen, heh =p::


::and the toilet! it may not be the prettiest looking but its air-conditioned, with lotsa room and its equipped with disposable toilet seat covers where you can use to protect that lil throne of yours, i like!::


::one of the kiddy rides we took::


::poisoned his good friend??::


::no wonder. i couldn't agree more *lolx::


::then we moved off to Tarzan's treehouse..::


::which had a good view from the top::


::reading...::


::the boyfriend always make me do stupid pose..and you still say i dun listen enough to you? *pouts::


::then in the afternoon, all rides were temporarily suspended just to cater for this parade, it was good wet fun though::


::dancing and performances throughout, it was very well choreographed and coordinated::


::that's donald again::


::goof::


::minnie::


::mickey::


::the three lil pigs::


::after all the spraying and super soakers, the rides and shows were all put back on and we headed for the 3-D show; it was very good i must say, one of the best in fact::


::another one of those shows, this one is about the Lion King - Simba::


::after that we headed for Tomorrowland...::


::where the boyfriend had lotsa fun..but when will it be real?::


::one of those rides @ Tomorrowland::


::we also stopped by to get directions. actually the boyfriend is just pretending, he enjoys being a tourist holding a map in his hand but i must say, he's real good at it. he guided and led me throughout the way, except for that horrible experience we had in ShenZhen which yours truly took the lead and left for HongKong on our own - will tell ya more of that in the next post::


::decided to drop by the history and making of mickey and friends::


::shhhh....mickey @ work::


::then we headed to the stores for some air-con::


::i also took pics with the pple there...there all have very pretty uniforms::


::by now, we had finished almost everything there was to disneyland, so we took the train back to where we could find some food::


::when we reached our destination, we found a note that goof wrote..::


::@ one of the restaurants::


::but we chose the chinese restaurant instead. hmmmm what to eat? i'm SO hungry!::


::and all the boyfriend could do was smile at the camera because he said he liked the drawing on the teapot *faints::


::then after dinner, we headed out to the castle to wait for the fireworks::

no amount of words could do the fireworks justice, not even pictures of it. we tried recording it down but the effects weren't as great as the real thing. will try to put what we have up to youtube though. so...in conclusion, HongKong Disneyland is the place to go if you are on a budget (as compared to Tokyo or the Americas), however be very careful of you-know-who next door whom are all running into HongKong. at our current age, being able to afford coming here was a blessing from the Father, and we are very thankful for that. =)

| Hong Kong, 6-10 July 2007, Day One |

the extremely long awaited post i realised...better do something about it before the year ends =p


::when we first boarded the plane in the wee wee hours of the morning; the parents were sssooo sweet to send us down - A Big Thank You Dad and Mom for letting us go so far away on our own!::


::the clouds look like candy floss and cotton balls, heh =p::



::LANDED! the boyfriend took this shot - nice!::


::after our 4 hour odd sleep on the plane, the two sleepyheads happy to have landed::


::our passport to FUN, SHOPPING and SIGHTSEEING for the next 5 days!::


::on the airport transfer to the hotel..but i dunno what this bridge is called::


::our hotel - called the Mexan Harbour Hotel. though its far from the city and on another island i heard, its near to the airport and disneyland and the boyfriend and i enjoyed the bus rides home every night =)::


::trademark - i always do this pose on hotel beds hehe =p::


::super model of the year - the boyfriend!::


::we started from this station...::


::then we reached this station...::


::and finally to the famous station for shopping!::


::noticed how hongkongers are very disciplined with these sort of queue systems; they are surprisingly very neat!::


::our first experience with HK streets, the boyfriend love taking shots like these::


::they had lotsa street markets like this Jardine Crescent::


::dropped in one of the pet stalls::


::then onto the main streets where the boyfriend is sharpening his photography skills::


::one of my favorite pasttime - manicure and pedicure!::


::then night came...::


::and we headed into Sogo Shopping Mall - yours truly just acting innocent in a place like this; its my HAVEN!::


::we were happy with our first purchase - our couple shoes! - stay tune to the next post to find out how it looks::

| Leaving |

my boss is leaving....his last day is this friday....*cries


::@ his farewell dinner::


::in the office - from left to right, that's uncle chin kah, my boss, uncle wong and yours truly::

how am i gonna survive without his shield from now on? i have no idea...*cries

| To Love, or to be Loved? |

am suppose to be doing the final ASSignment for the semester which is due tomorrow BUT i'm rather disturbed about this series of conversations i've had with this new fellow colleague today during lunch.

she's married with 2 children who are about my age. she doesn't sleep with her husband ever since she got pregnant with their second child, and she also doesn't allow her husband to touch her since the birth of their second child.

she tells me that she's never loved her husband. prior to their arranged marriage, she had already broken up with him because she didn't love him anymore. the only reason why she accepted it was because she respected and loved her parents.

her life story just made me feel so sad. i can't imagine if i were in her shoes...

then it comes to the question of whether to love, or to be loved...?? think about it folks.

| Friends/Love |

broke my fast on clubbing after slightly more than a year when i checked out St. James Powerhouse last saturday with the gals. in my opinion, it wasn't all that impressive. maybe its just that i haven't clubbed in ages and hence i felt strange in there. nevertheless, i just couldn't be myself, so we left early, at 1.30am.

what a start back to clubbing.

and did you notice the way i'm penning this entry? its so ASSignment-like can! my english has become so extremely formal and i hate it! STOP it!!!

anywayz, the whole purpose of going to club was to enlighten this friend who is involved with a married man at the same time she's in a relationship with another guy. her boyfriend kept calling/begging/bugging/disturbing me at work/school/weekends and it got me so annoyed that i finally told him the truth. what truth issit - its not very nice for me to pen it on my blog. but was i wrong in doing that? yes i reckon so and i had been feeling bad about it considering the fact i had totally betrayed the trust my girlfriend had in me.

how could i have helped them otherwise?

in short, she doesn't seem to love him or want to be with him for the rest of her life else she wouldn't have this sort of flings and always find fault/quarrel/breakup with her boyfriend. so our advise was for him to give up. but he wouldn't listen and says he loves her. is this still called love? despite the fact she has betrayed/lied/hurt you? its still love???

i highly doubt it.

anyway, since the day i told him the truth which he couldn't handle, i've haven't heard anymore from either side. i wonder if everything's ok...BUT i dun wanna start to ask or i'd be dragged into it again making me so very tired.

since there's no more news, i'd wash my hands off them.

food for thought: maybe that's why i have a hard time keeping friends........

| Talk to the Hand |

i have another 3000-word ASSignment to rush before wednesday comes with work keeps piling up for me in the day; exams are in about a month's time; i really dun feel like talking and/or socialising, thus for now, just talk to the hand.