Photos: Mascot, Shatin, The Peak, Shopping and Karaoke @ Neway

HI. They changed the router out in the public-ish hallway, so I have internet in my room now. :D YAY.

DAY ONE-

We arrived at the airport just around 5.30am I think. Twas all dark and yeah. Chilly.

SKIP 9 HOURS- I didn't take my hand carry luggage out of the top rack cabinet until 10 mins before landing because I was wedged between an arm rest and a fat lady and couldn't move.

GENIE!

Skip a few more hours- didn't think the photos before were too important.

Dinner with family. K+B+Bel (yeah. T_T Belle and Bel. How confusing)

CHRISTMAS EDITION!

Cute. We noticed a christmas tree shaped barcode was on the back of the can.

That's it for day one. Sydney -> Campbelltown -> Mascot -> Hong Kong (Mong Kok for dinner)

DAY TWO

Grandma is old, Great Aunt in hospital- so we were going to visit them that day. Got a call in the morning from Borbitch informing me that our Ruse09 HK crew were going to Shatin for yumcha + New Town Plaza (♥)- I rejected politely.  Then M got a call from relos, and then she told us not to go (no idea why), so I called Bosco back to make them wait for us.

Met up with Ruse09 at Kowloon Tong Station so we could take the former KCR to City One for Yumcha.

Failed pose D:

K + B + S

How much we ate...

Afterwards, we took a bus to Shatin Station= New Town Plaza- a ginormous shopping centre with super brand-y shops (ie, Chanel, Dior, etc) but also affordable brand-y shops like Baleno, Bonjour, Esprit, etc.  Many levels high- but the only interesting ones were near ground level. Frolicked around with the group before parting ways, and meeting up again to buy socks. :)

Then we spent about an hour in Uniqlo and everyone bought something? Freaking Bosco is changing his style. ;D He bought a HAT and a STOLE. But not just any normal hat or stole. The stole is hilarious (hat is even more so). You have to see it to believe it. Pictorial evidence is located below.

With our Uniqlo receipts, we could take 3 other people on a Snoopy boat ride in Snoopy Town which was next door.

What is Snoopy Town? A very small patch of make-your-own-fun land + a pool of water and a couple of boats circling around in it. D:  Despite it being quite a barren place, it was quite fun with Sam, Drew, Mawson, Bosco and Quentin. Hilarious actually.

I am good at taking photos.

Whoever held the camera for this one is not.

Q, D, B, S, M, B

B, D, M, Q, B, S

S, B, Q, D, M, B

LOTSA SHOPPING

Then MTR-ed to East Tsim Sha Tsui, walked to Tsim Sha Tsui Station and headed out to the ferry to go to HK island. 

It took ages trying to find a bus that went to The Peak (mountainy place that lets you see the light show at seven every night).

Sat in the front seats of the top deck and got mini heartattacks everything the bus halted 20 cm or so behind the bus infront D: Bosco video logged- so hopefully it will be up on youtube soon. It was really frustrating on HK island during peak hour. The bus didn't move much at all and I remember my neck felt really sore after the trip because there was so much jolting T_T;  After finally arriving at The Peak, we all realised we wouldn't be seeing the light show anyway because the fog is atrocious (infact- it still hasn't exactly gone away ngggggh).  Instead we walk around in the fog on the deserted rooftop scaring ourselves by talking about ghosts and supernatural beings. How fun. Then we decided to be more productive, and headed INSIDE the centre and took this photo + hunted for food.

More than a couple of our crew members decided that the restaurants at The Peak were no where near "reasonably priced" range, so we dinnered at Maccas.  Like always, I discovered something new I really love.

Chocolate pastry- chocolate filling. MMmmm

Ooze.

What happened afterwards was a bit blurry now. But we sped down the mountain on one of HK's notoriously fast minibuses and got down in a fraction of the time it took to go up.  headed our separate ways? I forgot. :S

Should I type up what happened on day 3 too?

Perhaps.

On day 3 of my trip (day 5 of theirs I think?) we were supposed to go to Macau. Why didn't we go? Bosco and Mawson can answer that. :)  Quentin, Sharon, Sam and I waited at the ferry terminal for AGES and decided it would be more time efficient to go the next day and just go with the next day's activities.

Miffys at Harbour City

Flamingos at Kowloon Park.

SO. We walked from Tsim Sha Tsui back to Mong Kok.  Passed by many shops and entered many/ just had a really nice shopping day. Boys bought heaps.

I've always wanted to do this. :D

Nice Christmas display that changes every year

We stopped by at the Shamrock Hotel in Jordan for a buffet lunch.

REALLY FUNNY DAY. The bickering between Q + B during math class continued at the dining table. Pepper wars were very interesting and quite self explanatory. Here I discovered Q's big love for mango icecream and learned of his disappointment when it was never available for consumption because the Taro icecream wasn't finished.

I would add a quote- but no one would get it T_T; Quentin is hilarious. Really. We discovered how funny he was in Macau- but I'll talk about that another day.

After lunch, we kept walking towards Mong Kok, and decided to go Karaoke at New Town Mall (lol) which is a handy block away from where I'm staying. NEWAY was the place we went to- and we K-ed for ages. For a very cheap price too (incl food and drinks).  [days later, I ended up going with our larger family to celebrate M's birthday and had a buffet dinner!!]

DOESN'T SHARON LOOK LIKE QUENTIN! DOESN'T SHE?!

TIME FOR ME TO SHUT UP AND SLEEP. It's 5.25am Aus time. And I need to be up early tomorrow to get my eyes checked AGAIN FREAKING HELL- but to get new glasses.

Dootdidoot. This took ages to type up D:  Hope you're all having fun !

PS. WHY IS HOTCHA RANKING 1 RIGHT NOW D: EEUUUGGHH