{"id":464,"date":"2009-01-10T04:59:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T20:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2009\/01\/10\/hong-kong-2008-day-03\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T12:04:26","slug":"hong-kong-2008-day-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2009\/01\/10\/hong-kong-2008-day-03\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong 2008 Day 03"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date: <\/strong>23 Dec 2008 Monday (Day 03)<\/p>\n

11:00AM <\/strong>Ready for the day…<\/p>\n

I know it’s late, but we were very tired from all the walking yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Wah! The people were still queuing! Were they there all night?<\/p>\n

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Hmm.. guess what they were queuing up for? Answer – Queuing up for the launch of a new condominium.<\/p>\n

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No more water!<\/p>\n

11:45AM<\/strong> \u00e5\u00a4\u00aa\u00e5\u00ad\u0090 Prince Edward MTR<\/p>\n

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JR topping up our Octopus cards<\/p>\n

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Crowded train… similar to Singapore’s train.<\/p>\n

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Searching for directions<\/p>\n

12:10PM <\/strong>\u00e4\u00b8\u00ad\u00e7\u017d\u00af <\/strong>Central<\/p>\n

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Exit at D2.<\/p>\n

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So many branded shops.<\/p>\n

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In search of \u00e9\u00a6\u2122\u00e6\u00b8\u00af\u00e8\u017d\u00b2\u00e9\u00a6\u2122\u00e6\u00a5\u00bc. We read somewhere that this place sells really nice dim sum.<\/p>\n

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Walk, walk and walk… This was more tiring than yesterday! We were climbing uphill…<\/p>\n

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Oh, Sanrio store…<\/p>\n

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Old shop house<\/p>\n

12:30PM <\/strong>\u00e9\u00a6\u2122\u00e6\u00b8\u00af\u00e8\u017d\u00b2\u00e9\u00a6\u2122\u00e6\u00a5\u00bc<\/p>\n

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FOUND!<\/p>\n

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So crowded! Everything there is self-service, i.e. have to find our own seats… We gave up after waiting for about 10 minutes…<\/p>\n

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More climbing… Are you able to visualise the steepness of the pavement?<\/p>\n

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What’s this?<\/p>\n

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Everybody seemed to be scanning his\/her Octopus card over it. JR went over and scanned our cards too.. It’s actually a machine to rebate 2 HKD to our Octopus card.<\/p>\n

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We climbed from \u00e5\u00a8\u0081\u00e9\u009d\u02c6\u00e9\u00a0\u201c\u00e8\u00a1\u2014<\/span> Wellington Street to \u00e9\u00b4\u00a8\u00e5\u00b7\u00b4\u00e7\u201d\u00b8\u00e8\u00a1\u2014<\/span> Aberdeen Street then to \u00e5\u00a3\u00ab\u00e4\u00b8\u00b9\u00e9\u00a0\u201c\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Staunton Street. Turned into \u00e5\u02dc\u2030\u00e5\u2019\u00b8\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Graham Street and back to \u00e5\u00a8\u0081\u00e9\u009d\u02c6\u00e9\u00a0\u201c\u00e8\u00a1\u2014<\/span> Wellington Street.<\/p>\n

12:55PM<\/strong> Our Brunch<\/p>\n

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Advertisement… Let’s go in…<\/p>\n

It was also crowded there but we managed to find 2 seats, sharing with 2 other ladies.<\/p>\n

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The menu…<\/p>\n

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Newspaper cut out from The Sunday Times!<\/p>\n

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Vegetables<\/p>\n

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JR’s \u00e4\u00ba\u2018\u00e5\u0090\u017e\u00e6\u00b0\u00b4\u00e9\u00a5\u00ba\u00e9\u009d\u00a2<\/p>\n

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My \u00e4\u00ba\u2018\u00e5\u0090\u017e\u00e9\u009d\u00a2<\/p>\n

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Total – 86 HKD<\/p>\n

13:15PM<\/strong> Full and satisfied<\/p>\n

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This Chinese herbal tea store was full of customers.<\/p>\n

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Hee, we also bought a cup of \u00e5\u2021\u2030\u00e8\u0152\u00b6 each.<\/p>\n

We continued walking from \u00e5\u02dc\u2030\u00e5\u2019\u00b8\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Graham Street to \u00e7\u0161\u2021\u00e5\u0090\u017d\u00e5\u00a4\u00a7\u00e9\u0081\u201c\u00e4\u00b8\u00ad Queen’s Road Central and stopped by Sasa and Watsons. Bought a bottle of vitamin C and a eyeliner pen. We turned into \u00e7\u2022\u00a2\u00e6\u2030\u201c\u00e8\u00a1\u2014<\/span> Pedder Street. We visited the LV there. The items there are more expensive then the ones in Singapore.<\/p>\n

14:13PM<\/strong> On our way to \u00e9\u201c\u0153\u00e9\u201d\u00a3\u00e6\u00b9\u00be Causeway Bay<\/p>\n

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14:30PM <\/strong>\u00e9\u201c\u0153\u00e9\u201d\u00a3\u00e6\u00b9\u00be Causeway Bay<\/p>\n

We came out from Exit E and walked along \u00e6\u20ac\u00a1\u00e5\u2019\u0152\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Yee Wo Street.<\/p>\n

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Turned into \u00e7\u00b3\u2013\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Sugar Street.<\/p>\n

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We visited the toy room at 16F of \u00e9\u201c\u0153\u00e9\u201d\u00a3\u00e6\u00b9\u00be\u00e5\u2022\u2020\u00e4\u00b8\u0161\u00e5\u00a4\u00a7\u00e5\u017d\u00a6 Causeway Bay Commercial Building.<\/p>\n

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Rows and rows of toys.<\/p>\n

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Life-sized Batman<\/p>\n

15:00PM<\/strong> \u00e8\u00a8\u02dc\u00e5\u02c6\u00a9\u00e4\u00bd\u0090\u00e6\u00b2\u00bb\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Windsor House<\/p>\n

We left \u00e9\u201c\u0153\u00e9\u201d\u00a3\u00e6\u00b9\u00be\u00e5\u2022\u2020\u00e4\u00b8\u0161\u00e5\u00a4\u00a7\u00e5\u017d\u00a6 Causeway Bay Commercial Building and went to \u00e8\u00a8\u02dc\u00e5\u02c6\u00a9\u00e4\u00bd\u0090\u00e6\u00b2\u00bb\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Windsor House at \u00e5\u2018\u0160\u00e5\u00a3\u00ab\u00e6\u2030\u201c\u00e9\u0081\u201c <\/span>Gloucester Road.<\/p>\n

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Bought an egg tart and a \u00e4\u00b8\u00b9\u00e9\u00ba\u00a6\u00e5\u00bc\u008f\u00e8\u008f\u00a0\u00e8\u0090\u009d\u00e5\u0152\u2026 Pineapple Danish Bread from Yamazaki Bakery.<\/p>\n

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Photo taken while queuing up for the lift up to the 7th floor – Toys<\/em>“R<\/em>“Us.<\/em><\/p>\n

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JR with his toys!<\/p>\n

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Queuing up again for the lift up to the 11th floor – The computer level there.<\/p>\n

16:00PM<\/strong> SOGO<\/p>\n

We walked along Great George Street to Sogo.<\/p>\n

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Nothing much to shop there… everything is similar to those selling in Singapore.<\/p>\n

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Mochicream<\/p>\n

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Beautiful box<\/p>\n

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6 of them!<\/p>\n

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Yummy little treat. Its a glutinous cake made from pulped rice and inside is a cream filling of different flavours. It is usually served almost frozen and is best eaten about 15 minutes later. We bought a packet of walnut cookies from \u00e6\u0081\u2019\u00e9\u00a6\u2122 too.<\/p>\n

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We walked along \u00e6\u20ac\u00a1\u00e5\u2019\u0152\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Yee Wo Street to \u00e6\u00b3\u00a2\u00e6\u2013\u00af\u00e5\u00af\u0152\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Percival Street followed by \u00e7\u00bd\u2014\u00e7\u00b4\u00a0\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Russell Street.<\/p>\n

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Reached \u00e6\u2122\u201a\u00e4\u00bb\u00a3\u00e5\u00bb\u00a3\u00e5\u00a0\u00b4<\/span> Times Square.<\/p>\n

17:05PM<\/strong> \u00e6\u2122\u201a\u00e4\u00bb\u00a3\u00e5\u00bb\u00a3\u00e5\u00a0\u00b4 <\/span>Times Square<\/p>\n

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All prepared for new year countdown.<\/p>\n

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Sculptures artwork exhibited outside Times Square.<\/p>\n

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17:22PM<\/strong> Dinner<\/p>\n

We went directly to level B2 in search for Watami. We read that this restaurant serves very good Japanese food.<\/p>\n

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Nobody in the queue.<\/p>\n

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Delicious!<\/p>\n

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\u00e7\u2030\u203a\u00e6\u00b2\u00b9\u00e7\u0192\u00a7\u00e5\u00b8\u00a6\u00e5\u00ad\u0090 Baked Scallops with Butter<\/p>\n

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Yum yum…<\/p>\n

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\u00e9\u00a6\u2122\u00e8\u2022\u2030\u00e6\u0153\u00b1\u00e5\u008f\u00a4\u00e5\u0160\u203a\u00e8\u0160\u00ad\u00e8\u008f\u00b2 Banana Chocolate Parfait<\/p>\n

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Me & my \u00e9\u00bb\u2018\u00e8\u0160\u009d\u00e9\u00ba\u00bb\u00e9\u203a\u00aa\u00e7\u00b3\u2022 Black Sesame Ice cream<\/p>\n

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Christmas performance by kids.<\/p>\n

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Indigo Child exhibition by Carrie Chau.<\/p>\n

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19:40PM<\/strong> \u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e6\u00b8\u00af\u00e5\u0178\u017d Western Market<\/p>\n

Took the MTR again to \u00e4\u00b8\u0160\u00e7\u2019\u00b0 Sheung Wan.<\/p>\n

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Walked from \u00e5\u00be\u00b7\u00e8\u00bc\u201d\u00e9\u0081\u201c\u00e4\u00b8\u00ad Des Voeux Road C. to<\/span> \u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e6\u00b8\u00af\u00e5\u0178\u017d Western Market.<\/p>\n

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\u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e6\u00b8\u00af\u00e5\u0178\u017d Western Market is one of the oldest structures in \u00e4\u00b8\u0160\u00e7\u2019\u00b0 Sheung Wan.<\/p>\n

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20:16PM<\/strong> \u00e4\u00b8\u00ad\u00e7\u017d\u00af Central<\/p>\n

We were back to Central!<\/p>\n

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Central was decorated with this 30 metre-tall Giant Dazzling Christmas tree in Statue Square.<\/p>\n

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More photos on the night view of Central:<\/p>\n

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20:55PM<\/strong> Back to our hotel room<\/p>\n

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JR”s new toys<\/p>\n

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Our empty Mochicream box.<\/p>\n

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Our empty Mochicream wrappers<\/p>\n

21:20PM<\/strong> Still queuing<\/p>\n

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People still queuing downstairs!<\/p>\n

00:20AM<\/strong> Supper<\/p>\n

We had our dinner too early! We were hungry, so had no choice but to have supper at one of the restaurants opposite the street.<\/p>\n

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JR’s \u00e8\u2019\u0153\u00e8\u0152\u00b8\u00e7\u0152\u00aa\u00e6\u2030\u2019<\/p>\n

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My \u00e4\u00b9\u00be\u00e7\u201a\u2019\u00e5\u2021\u00ba\u00e5\u2030\u008d\u00e4\u00b8\u20ac\u00e4\u00b8\u0081<\/p>\n

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Ice-cream for dessert.<\/p>\n

Total expenses for Day 03:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Item<\/strong><\/td>\nCost (HKD)<\/strong><\/td>\nCost (SGD)<\/strong><\/td>\nExchange Rate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top up Octopus Cards<\/td>\n200.00<\/td>\n38.02<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brunch<\/td>\n86.00<\/td>\n16.35<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Herbal Tea<\/td>\n10.00<\/td>\n1.90<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watsons – Vitamin C + Eyeliner<\/td>\n146.90<\/td>\n27.93<\/td>\n5.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yamazaki Bakery<\/td>\n14.00<\/td>\n2.66<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e6\u0081\u2019\u00e9\u00a6\u2122 Walnut Cookies<\/td>\n9.00<\/td>\n1.71<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mochicream<\/td>\n82.00<\/td>\n15.59<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transformers Toys<\/td>\n809.80<\/td>\n153.95<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dinner at Watami<\/td>\n216.70<\/td>\n41.20<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Supper at \u00e6\u02dc\u00a5\u00e6\u2014\u00a5\u00e8\u0152\u00b6\u00e9\u00a4\u0090\u00e5\u017d\u2026<\/td>\n88.00<\/td>\n16.73<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ice-cream<\/td>\n12.90<\/td>\n2.45<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big bottle of water from 7-eleven<\/td>\n25.00\/td><\/td>\n4.75<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hotel room Internet<\/td>\n20.00\/td><\/td>\n3.82<\/td>\n5.23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>\n1720.30<\/strong><\/td>\n327.06<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
* 5.26 Exchange rate from Change Alley
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View my TRAVEL list<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know it’s late, but we were very tired from all the walking yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7581,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/7581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}