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Hong Kong Day 2

We tried to get up at 9am..ate the breakfast that we took away yesterday and walked around our hotel a little before proceeding to take the MTR to Kowloon Tong. We bought their 'MRT card' known as Octopus. The shopping centre at Kowloon Tong is so big and nice!! However, the shops were mostly towards the high-end so we ended up just window shopping and not walking into any of the shops. They also had an internal ice-skating rink!! COOL~ apparently, it's the biggest shopping center ice skating rink in HK. Oh.. the shopping centre is called Festival Walk. Qihui and I were very tempted to go and try out the ice-skating rink as it was so empty..singapore's ice skating rink was always so full of pple..it was slightly more expensive and about the same size as singapore but it was just different and seemed so interesting..in the end we didnt skate as Xiaoyuan didnt know how to skate so we went to get lunch. The 'food-court' was so full of pple so we went to Treats - a Carrefour look alike, and got some sushi, chicken wings and a KFC nearby and sat down in those shopping centre benches to have our meal. i got a vodka milkshake and a box of biscuits for brother..

After our meal, we headed to Yau Ma Tei station to walk around..aiyoh..we came out in some ulu residential place where it was so obvious they had no shopping..so we walk walk walk until we reached the main road where the shops were..i got a cd holder that looked like dice..hehe..by the time we were already very near Mong Kok Station..wanted to save that area for the night but the shopping centre was soooo tempting and we needed a toilet so we went in to explore..NO REGRETS MAN!! That place was GREAT!! haha..so much shopping to do..coz the shops were like Heeren..more to our kind..and more affordable..there was this place called 'The Spiral' where we go round and round and round from the 8th-12th floor..the escalator was only catered to every 4 floor..so we took the long long escalator up and sat down to take a rest..haha..

the shopping centre is called Langham Place..there, the first thing i got was a big soft toy for steven..hehe..it was so nice..afraid that i'll end up taking it and not giving it to him like what happened to the soft toy tiger i bought for him from Australia..i also got a cross for mum..and i saw a pair of earrings that i liked..however, the lady was so unfriendly that we did not feel like staying in the store..

after buying and walking we were thirsty and tired..so we had a coffee break at 'Uncle Gere'. At first qihui didnt wanna go in as she said there wasnt many pple there so it may not be good..haha..she was wrong..the stuff there was great!!i also dabao donuts for my breakfast tomorrow coz they were so soft and seemed so special..

after our high tea, we went back tothe hotel to unload and wait for Cat to pick us up. She came and she brought us to those streets.. no idea where we walked!! just walk and walk..trust her to know where she's going..it was so pasar malam type but very very squeezy!! Actually those lanes were the Temple street, Lady street and all those small lanes parallel to it..There was quite a variety of stuff but were quite repeated every other few stalls..the good thing is -- there's BARGAINING!! haha..I bought 3 shirts for Steven, a skirt for myself and found one of Li Si's vcd.. We had lots of fun!! i was quite full from high tea and did not manage to catch my smelly tou fu..sad...if i ever go past next time i must grab one!!

4 hours of walking and we were so tired. stopped by at KFC and got a drink. All of us looked so tired..It was already 11pm but it seemed like only 9pm as everywhere was so crowded!! Cat looked so tired so we told her not to send us back.when we reached our station, it was raining cats and dogs..

Slept quite early as we had to get up early to get to Shen Zhen tomorrow....

scribbled by =CaLiStA= at 11:42:00 AM