The Hong Kong Getaway
Who: Mom, me and my brother
What: The Hong Kong Getaway
Where: Hong Kong (duh?)
When: Feb. 27 to March 2
Wednesday, February 27, 2008. I woke up at 8:30 in the morning; did all my morning deeds; prepared and placed my things in our luggages. By 10AM, my Aunt’s driver had arrived to come pick us up. Traffic was not that bad. We got to the airport at around 11AM. There were a lot of people waiting to depart Manila, most of them came from China. When we got to the airport, we were expecting to check in our baggages already, but we had to wait 1 hour, sitting on a steel bench with no back support. What a great way to start an adventure! And so hours pass and the life at the airport was it’s usual busy but dull old self, and how I was wishing for time to go faster since we were already hungry and my tummy was already chanting “Food food food”. At last, it was time to board the plane (Exciting!). We left the country (Good riddance!) at around 3PM and the flight was uneventful, soon we were already on a landing approach to Hong Kong’s international airport (Hurray!). When we got off the plane, I could immediately see the improvements done to the airport, it was like seeing it for the first time again (Wow..*Drool*). And of course, after doing TONS of research, I immediately felt at home but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t have a backup plan in case I get lost, and so I went and bought this “Octopus” Card for HK$150. It’s a really nifty thing to have around when you get lost since it allows you to ride all the different modes of transportation in Hong Kong (Except for taxis) and you can also use it as a cash card in convenience stores in case you get hungry WHILE you’re lost. Being the natural born adventurer, we quickly found our way to the hotel where we will be staying at, THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS in Causeway Bay. The hotel was quite beautiful and elegant considering it was only a ONE star hotel. And so after settling in our stuff, we hurried to Tsim Sha Tsui to meet my friend. When I met my friend, she looked thinner than before (How I wish I were thin too..huhuhu), then we invited her to dinner and then she gladly gave us a tour of all the restaurants in the area. After a while, we made a choice and we went to eat at a restaurant that serves chinese seafood dishes (You think I’d have grown tired of chinese food considering that they’re plentiful back in the Philippines). But lo and to my surprise, the dishes were unique, nothing like what we have in Manila. They tasted good and after gobbling down 4 dishes, we were full to bursting (Burp!). All in all the dinner cost us HK$300++ which roughly equates to Php 1500++, not bad for a meal that feeds 4 people. After dinner, we took a short walk with my friend around Tsim Sha Tsui. Time goes by really fast when you’re enjoying yourself and soon we found ourselves returning to Causeway Bay.
Thursday, February 28, 2008. Hurray! It’s Disney Day! …to be continued.
According to Chinese beliefs, displaying 13 round fruits on new year’s eve (and the chinese new year) is lucky. Since we’re Chinese, my mom bought 13 round fruits from the market. Among these fruits are apples, ponkans, grapes, watermelon, chicos (or sapodillas in English according to 
