The Rescue

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The truth is, our trip to Hong Kong was nothing but a rescue mission in disguise. The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China was alarmed by a series of events that a lot celebrities was missing.

Thus five cream of the crop special agents were chosen and was sent to Hong Kong to find out what was happening and rescue them.After some profound investigation among the locals, we found out what was actually happening. An evil witch with the evil name of Madame Marie Tussauds lured the celebrities and turned them into statues. 

This was our first time encountering such supernatural event. Thus we called up Sam and Dean Winchester to consult what should we do. They told us that this was a first level witchcraft spell and could be removed by exposing the statues to ultra-bright flash lights which means we just needed to point and shoot using our Olympus!


The journey started at the entrance of Central-Mid-levels escalators, which is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world. See the people around? They were actually the watchdogs of the evil witch.


We could have used the chopper to reach the castle located at the hilltop but in order to not arouse any suspicion, we chose to take the tram like any other tourists.

However, when we got up there, we nearly forgot our mission because of the magnificent view. We tested our equipments with some shots on the hilltop.

Although we were professionally trained but somehow or rather we were Malaysian-made product, so you don't expect too much la. XD


The silhouette of five special agents 


Before the sun set.


After the sun set.

The view was truly gorgeous that it was one of the prettiest city landscape that I had ever seen in my life. From the top of the hill, the skyscrapers shrunk to a size that as if I could hold it in my palm.

After staring at the view long enough, we suddenly remembered there was a mission to accomplish. So without wasting anymore time, we proceeded with extreme caution.


The first one to rescue was Jackie Chan, simply because he could give us a helping hand by combatting the bad guys.


Then we proceeded with Datin Michelle Yeoh. Not only because she is a Malaysian, she could do some ass-kickings as well! 


Next was Nicole Kidman because she was sexy enough to lure away all the bad guys.


Bradpit was a pretty good helper also.


We saved Cecilia Cheung because she was pretty and we wanted to find out what happened between she and Edison Chan. XD See Jay Chou on the right? Nobody bothered about him. XD


The spelled cast on Ayumi was a little bit special. It could only be broken with a kiss. So I got no choice but to sacrifice myself. :P


Don't be shocked but she was not dead. This is the proof. :)


Our technology would be advancing faster thanks to our rescue. He was interested in taking part in the research of the next generation iphone. XD


In the middle of rescuing, I was turned into a potrait by the evil witch too! Fortunately my comrades pulled me out before it was too late!


The Obama you saw lately was actually the surrogate of the real person. Anyway he took the flight back to Washington immediately after he was unfrozen.


Lin Chi-Ling was trapped there too.


Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan actually made a good fighting duo.


LA Galaxy paid us USD1000000000 after we rescued Beckham. Now we are super billionaire already!


After we unfroze Yao Ming, I played a friendly match with him and lost terribly. (Of course :P)


It scared me :P


We had a singalong session after the thing was over together with the Beatles!


Screw the conspiracy. He was drop-dead alive! XD


Anita Mui was alive too! She even hit me with her stick!


Last but not least, Teresa Teng! My mum would thank me for setting her free! 


After the mission was accomplished, we took a photo together in front of the marvelous city night view!


Nobody really knew what happened. Nothing seemed to change but now the celebrities walked free thanks to the five special agents!


The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China was so stingy we were only awared with porridge and vege at Mong Kok. :( 

Anyway the porridge was nice!


On the way back, we rewarded ourselves with some mango smoothies. Seems nice huh~!

We called it a day and got back to rest.

I hope you enjoy the Malaysian type of heroism. :)

Ocean Park

Things move faster in Hong Kong.

The people walk fast, the MTR comes every 3 minutes, the taxi drives fast, even the elevator moves so fast that a few times I lost my balance reaching the end. Everything goes on a quicker tempo.

We woke up 7am in the morning. 


Took the MTR to the Wan Zhai station and hunted for the famous 'polo-bun' and teh-ais.


and you gotta trust me, the polobun tasted so delicious that we went back for it. The upper layer was crispy and the bottom layer was tender and chewy. Biting it together with the butter in the middle was a blast! I fell in love immediately with it. It is a must-try if you are a sweet tooth XD


See the queue and you know I am not exaggerating. It was only 8 in the morning :)

and let me share the ABC of dining in a Hong Kong kopitiam.

1. You walk in and look for vacant seat.
2. You can take any seat as long as it is empty. If there's someone else on the table, there's no need for you to ask for the permission.
3. You order quick or the waiter will come back after some time.
4. You know what you are eating and you don't ask the waiter anything.
5. The waiter gives you the bill and you pay on your way out.

After the fulfilling breakfast, we headed to the ocean park.


At the entrance.


Not gonna blog much about the rides. Most of them were similar to Genting Theme Park. Anyway, from this photo I guess you can observe who is faint-hearted :P


Saw the cute panda AnAn. It was kept in a temperature controlled room with glasses. and this panda was one year older than me. XD


and we went for the Dolphin Show. It was good. I loved the show a lot as I am a dolphin lover. The other guys found it just so-so. So my suggestion to those who are going to Hong Kong: If you don't really like this kind of show, then don't go to Ocean Park.


Sneak peek of the Ocean Theatre.


Anyway the shaky cable car was quite an experience. It was quite tall and we were able to see the panaromic sea view of the southern part of Hong Kong island. Quite scary too.


View from the cable car.


View from the Spinning Tower. See the rides?


The ugly shark in the aquarium in the ocean park.We got out from the Ocean Park at around 3pm.

We headed to Central with an empty stomach to taste the best Roast Goose in Hong Kong, Yung Kei.

Yung Kei has established its business 60 years ago. From a roadside hawker stall, it made its way to be a luxurious 5 star award winning restaurant today. Of course we paid the 5 star price too. 


Half Roast Goose. HKD210


Hokkien Fried Rice (Why the hell go Hong Kong eat HOKKIEN fried rice? Don't ask me. The manager recommended it. HKD150) The squid. Spring roll and Siew Mai. (HKD28 per plate) 

It burnt a hole in our pocket but it was worth a try.  Anyway I wouldn't recommend it if you are on a tight budget like us. XD


See she really liked it. :)

Then we moved on to take the tram to the hilltop to have a Hong Kong night view. On the way we passed by a dessert shop and bought some egg tarts to savour on top of the mountain. Sounded like a perfect idea huh?


Indeed it was a fantastic idea. I loved the egg tarts!

Gonna update the hilltop stuffs in the next post. Lotsa scenic photos up there :) Anyway we saw this bin on a barrier along the roadside. I mossaic-ed the middle wordings and drawings.


Give it a wild guess. What do you think it is meant to contain? :)

Pearl of Orient

Hong Kong was one of the countries that I first knew at a very young age, probably 2 or 3 years old. Simply because of the TV series that my mum always watched. We all grew up watching Hong Kong series aren't we? :)

When airasia offered its jaw-dropping two-way air fare of RM158 to Hong Kong, I bought the ticket right away without giving it a second thought.

and honestly, I didn't regret it for everything I touched and saw and heard there, I felt I like I was in the tv box, like I was living in the Hong Kong drama. I felt so surreal. The people, the street, the view, the language, the food, the taxi.....they were so deja-vu.


The plane touched down Hong Kong International Airport after four hours of flight at 10am, 10 minutes earlier than the estimated arriving time.

I was alone because my friends were in a later flight. When we booked the air ticket we opted for the zero fare tickets so we got no choice because my flight was out of free seats.

I boarded the airport express to the city centre and took the MTR (Mass Transit Railway) to the guest house that I had booked, Yes Inn located at Fortress Hill on the Hong Kong island.


After I checked in the room and placed my luggage, I started my own journey of exploring Hong Kong via the MTR. I traveled from one end to the other end as the Octopus Card (similar to Touch n Go in Malaysia) I bought was special tourist 3 day unlimited pass. Meaning I did not need to pay a single cent no matter how much I traveled.


I walked around following the map. This Wong Tai Sin temple was one of my many stops.


Then I went to Mong Kok and walked around the Hong Kong street.

and guess what? I bumped into the TVB shooting lol! How lucky for me to bump into them in day 1? I was really in the TV series then! XD


Do you know who they are?


Don't worry if you don't. I couldn't name them either :P


The second camera lol

After that, I felt exhausted so I walked into a dessert shop and ordered a bowl of ground black sesame and it was good. Anyway my friends did not like it.


It looked kinda muddy but the taste was just nice.


There was still some time before they reached the meet-up point so I walked to the Avenue of Star to enjoy the night view and the music show around the Tsim Sha Shui bay.


The Bruce Lee statue at Avenue of Star.


The light of the building was flashing according to the rhythms of the music :)

Then we met up at Fortress Hill and checked in to our room. To my utter suprise, the room was comfy and nicely designed. The rate they charged was considerably cheap in such a high maintence city like Hong Kong. It was only 109 HKD per night per head. The staffs were friendly and helpful as well. If you are interested kindly click here.


guan posing at the MTR sign.


The aisle.


The room with 2 air conditioners and a fan. 

We then went out for supper and it was a very satisfying meal. We had wantan mee and there were 4 prawns in one wantan and there were 3 wantans in every bowl of noodle!


$12 for an ordinary wantan mee. $16 for double dishes.


3 wantans x 4 prawns = cloud 9 :)


The dissected wantan. The prawns were so fresh that biting it would make the 'tzak-tzak' sound

We then went back to the guest house to rest and get ready for the second day.

I know this one is a little bit boring but more exciting posts are coming. I plan to update everything on a 3 day basis while my memory is still fresh so stay logged in! :)

Peace out~