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| Tuesday 30 June 2009 |
Actually, Jasmine & I were planning on watching on Thur evening (cos it's cheaper by $8 per tix), but shows were SOLD OUT! Damn! I was too slow! >.< I seriously didn't expect Transfomers to be THAT popular lor. Goldclass also sold out so fast! Heard from Jasmine everyone got their GST credits liao. So is that why the tix are sold out so soon? Cos people will now spend it on Goldclass which normally they will not do so w/o the GST credits. For my friends, it seems that only Jasmine is willing to spend $30+++ for Goldclass. Whenever I tell people I wanna watch Goldclass, they either say: "Wah, you so rich ah! Spend so much for movie! Not worth it lah!" OR "Got FREE FLOW popcorn + drinks izzit?" *rolls eyes at last comment* <-- This is typical Singaporean behaviour, no freebies they think not worth it liao. Imagine lying on huge plush armchairs to watch your movie, with a blanket tucked snugly around you, people serving you at your seats (you no longer have to balance your food while walking from the candy bar to your cinema!) . Ahhhh~~~this is the life! Goldclass is like the movie equivalent of airlines' Business/First class. I think you MUST experience it at least once! So I feel it's a luxury worth splurging on occasionally. So now, who wants to join our Goldclass club? ^_~  |
| wany ♥ 9:51 pm |
| Monday 29 June 2009 |
Will update with her pics as soon as I visit the new baby! I love, love baby girls! They've endless possibilities of clothes, unlike boys. ^_~ |
| wany ♥ 10:45 pm |
| Tuesday 23 June 2009 |
Going back to work on Thur liao...man, my email sure choke full one! Urgh...I hate to clear all those email after coming back from leave. Jasmine and I were planning to watch Transformers Gold Class this wk, but ALL shows sold out liao! Can you believe it!?!?!? Advance tix sales for Transformers seem to be BOOMING!!! Recession, what recession?!?! BAH! >__< I still see restuarants, cinemas, shopping centres, KTVs etc packed full of people lor! Or as Jason once said, it's only a recession if you see in the news that there are people committing suicide every other day. But I beg to differ. Cos I believe ST covers up suicide cases in the news. Conspiracy theory at work I guess. ^_~ Joanne from work gave me 2 new games last week, I'm going to load into my DS and try it out now! |
| wany ♥ 8:56 pm |
| Thursday 18 June 2009 |
CX got offer now for Novotel: pay 3 nights and stay for 4 nights! So tempting right? Sigh... Anyone wanna travel with me? At this point, I'll even take a 5 days trip instead of my usual 7 days. Someone once asked, don't you even get sick of going to HK yet again? I say NOOOOO! I love, love HK! There's always sth new to explore, not like in Sg where the shops remain the same for yrs. In HK, you see this shop this yr, next yr it'll probably be replaced by sth else. They change rather rapidly. Thank goodness tmr is Fri, another work wk gone! There's 1 of those staff bazaar in office tmr, so Goodwoood is coming as usual to dig gold from us. I asked 姐姐 just now if she wanted her favourite durian cake/puffs but surprisingly, she said NO! She's been on a ice-cream kick lately, or more specifically, homemade ice-cream from Ice-cream Gallery. She's been buying 2 tubs every wk since the June hols started. But I must admit, Ice-cream Gallery's ice-cream are excellent. My favourites are Strawberry Champagne and Sea Salt Caramel Macadamia. They are HEAVENLY ^_^ According to my family, rum and raisin is gd as well but I've never liked this flavour, so I didn't try it. You'll have to take their words for it. Talking about ice-cream, last Sat, 4 of us (me, 姐姐, Mummy and Aunt) went down to Eastwood's Ice-cream Gallery. I think Jasmine used to work part-time at the Cold Storage there? The shop is very, very, very small: only 2 tiny tables inside for 4pax. While scarfing down our yummy ice-cream, this annoying lady came in. Let me try to recreate her conversation as best I can remember here: Lady: Can let me try this lychee ice-cream 1st? Staff: Sure. (and proceeds to let her sample) Lady: Ooooh, can I try this other flavour also? Staff: Sure. (and proceeds to let her sample) Lady: Oh! Let me try this flavour also! Staff: Sure. (and proceeds to let her sample) And on and on it goes. Until the lady has finished sampling all flavours available there. Lady: Does your Strawberry Champagne have alcohol in it? Staff (with a straight face): Yes madam, it does. Isn't champagne made from wine?!?!? This is like, DUH! Why is she asking such a dumb dumb qns?!?! Ugh...this woman I just hear her voice also sianz already. She talks in this yaya papaya manner (like those snotty sales in LV/Prada/Gucci) and I think she's one of those act banana type. You know, pretend they can't speak/understand Chinese when they obviously can. I admit, there are some REAL bananas out there who are hopeless in Chinese but I don't think this el cheapo ice-cream lady is lor. She even knows what is mao shan wang durian and asked for it. Which the shop don't serve btw, they only have D24. Hello! Please don't be so el cheapo and disgraceful can! This is the type of Singaporeans I always avoid when I see them overseas. Btw, el cheapo bought 1 tub in the end.  |
| wany ♥ 10:05 pm |
| Wednesday 17 June 2009 |
I admit I've been patchy with my blog updates but as you know, my 阿公 passed away in April. Since then, I wasn't really in the mood to update. I wasn't really expecting 阿公 to go so soon. Cos even though he's been in and out of hospital this past few yrs, I thought he could hang in there longer. Or maybe it's denial? You don't want to see someone whom you grow up with leave you. You want them to be at your side as long as possible, if not forever. Anyhow, I'll try my best to update my blog more often from today. ^_^ |
| wany ♥ 10:39 pm |
Last day in HK!!! Shopped around 花園街 abit then back to hotel to pack the stuff I got at 花園街 (afew bags and shoes). Checked out of hotel, headed straight to Airport Express Kowloon station. HK has this really cool service at their Airport Express stations where you can check-in there, up to 24hrs! So now you don't have to lug your luggage yourself all the way to the airport! Please note that this service is ONLY FOR major airlines. So if you're taking those budget airlines like Jetstar, please continue to drag your own luggage to the airport. Anyway, I might be overzealous in the fact that I checked in too early, when my flight's at 8pm. We were so early, they didn't have the departure gate ready yet on our boarding pass! Oops...^^;;; 2pm to 7pm - Harbour City After dumping off the luggage, we took the free airport shuttle to Harbour City. Our last chance at shopping!!! I finally caved in and got the agnes b bag I was eyeing afew days back. My last purchase in HK! Went to the Maxim bakery to get the foods Aunt wanted: carrot cake, coconut cake, nian guo. They are very HEEEAAAVVVY, I think I broke an arm carrying the foods all way back to Sg. 8pm to 12am - HK & Sg Finally reached Sg at close to 12am! Home sweet home~~~ Tired out from all the rushing today. K/O when I reached home, I miss my bed! Ahhhhh, the familar smell of my bolster~~~ |
| wany ♥ 9:49 pm |
Spent the whole day in HK island today. Went to Wanchai market in the morning. This is one of my favourite places to go in HK. Wanchai market sells more than just groceries. It's kinda like Sg's pasar malam where they sell toys, cute character goods, shoes, bags, clothes etc etc. I bought some cookies and stuff here for my colleagues, only HKD10 (SGD2) per 500g packet! AN the cookies are GOOD: long after we came back to Sg, the cookies are still very crispy! After Wanchai, we walked around the Causeway Bay area: Sogo, Times Sq blah blah. Oh yeah, we went over to Victoria Park for their CNY fair, similar to the one we have in Chinatown during CNY. But the fair is the size of afew football fields with all the stores gathered together. So it can get pretty tiring to shop around. Luckily, not very crowded, cos the fair just started that day. If you go on CNY eve, you've to QUEUE to get in. And when you finally get in, you've to SQUEEZE, SQUEEZE, SQUEEZE with the HUUUGGGEEE crowd (hint: nose to nose with people) and then, QUEUE to GET OUT of the fair. I did that 1 yr with Mummy, 姐姐 and Aunt. All I can say is, I'm in no hurry to experience that again. I do think the air in HK island is worse than Kowloon. Cos I started coughing like hell when I was there. But once I went back to our hotel in Kowloon, I was alright again. Odd... |
| wany ♥ 9:32 pm |
Can't you believe it??!!? We were at Jordan area for hours today! We walked to the 海味 shop recommmended by 姐姐. Man, the place was madness! Lots and lots of HK-ers inside, all buying 海味 for CNY I think. Mind you, they buy the expensive stuff: abalone, scallops, mushrooms, oysters etc. I think alot of them buy these 海味 as gifts, cos there's gift wrapping services. I sure wouldn't mind having these people as my guests for CNY, as least they know how to give pressies! *wink wink* Not like those measly mandarins we get, no, in fact, exchange for. Since the visitors always take back the same no of mandarins they gave us. And I hate hate those who give those small, dried-up and ugly mandarins and then choose the nicest ones from our tray! BAH! 6pm to 11pm - Queens Rd Central After loading off the 海味 bags, we crossed the sea over to Central. Went to the H&M store there. Got 姐姐's clothes there, she has a WHOLE LIST of items for me to buy for her! What am I now, her personal shopper? H&M seems subdued somehow. What a vast difference from when I first visited it in 2007. Then, H&M was CROWDED, CROWDED, CROWDED! Now, it's much, much quieter. I think less than 50 shoppers were inside and it's a 3 storey building. Maybe bcos there's more H&M outlets in HK now? Back then, there was just ONE and it was newly opened. Now, I think there are like 4 to 5 outlets liao and counting...1 is due to be open opposite Harbour City. After H&M closed, we walked to Lan Kwai Fong (LKF). To get to LKF, you need to walk up, up, up these slopes. Not even drinking yet, but we're already dizzy. I wonder how do drunks walk down those slopes? Won't they just roll down the slopes? hehehe...=P I guess that's what all those taxis around the area were for, so the drunks won't roll down? Anyway, Mummy and I just wanted a feel of LKF. So we walked around abit, look see look see. Got some supper at this 翠華茶餐廳 nearby later, which is like a chain of 茶餐廳 in HK. Food not bad, but the individual portions abit too much for one pax. This seems to be the case in HK, their portions are quite huge but all these skinny HK-ers can finish it all, AND yet be so skinny. I want their genes! |
| wany ♥ 9:16 pm |
We went Disneyland today, my 2nd visit and Mummy's 1st. I warned her beforehand about the place but she insisted she wanted to see, so there we went. Verdict: She was largely disappointed! Well, I hate to say "I told you so!" to her but that was the truth. Tokyo Disneyland which we went together in 2004 was much better in terms of the visitors alone. HK one is full of MIC who don't queue, talk loudly and just plain unrefined! Not to be snobbish, but at least the Japanese will never cut your queue! Anyway, there won't be any photos cos I'm typing this post from my desktop whereas the HK photos are all in my laptop. So I'll think I'll just upload all the HK photos onto Facebook when I next use my laptop. |
| wany ♥ 9:09 pm |
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