Hello everybody! I'm back from Hong Kong! It was really, really cold there but I love it! Hong Kong is very much similar to Singapore just that their branded items are a little cheaper than compared to Singapore, and their dimsum (especially prawn dumpling and salty egg creamy custard bun) are absolute tops! My cousin who lived there said he does not feel that there are any difference; of course, you live there!! *Laughs
Well, I still prefer Taiwan in terms of shopping and recklessly spending on food and transport, knowing that most likely it would be very much more inexpensive. Hong Kong's transport, shopping and foodstuff, other than dimsum, are comparable to Singapore and sometimes abit more expensive. Yea, STRESS! *Laughs! I spent like SGD 300 plus just on Pandora charms and a bracelet. And that amount is just for myself, not including the charms and bracelets I help my buddies get.
The H&M there is huge, like wow! Jx bought two tops from there and got a pair of jeans from ZARA and a pair of shoes from Vans. Good buys!

Hong Kong Fact #1

The taxi fare there is crazy! Four of us hopped onto the taxi at the central area, which was about a 20 minute (or less?) ride to our hotel. The meter was at HKD 20 for quite a very long time and we were exchanging looks like, "Wow, cheap!" Then for what seemed like the longest period of time, Alina and I got worried and wondered if the driver will charge us another price when we reach our destination. So we wished that it would just jump a little to give an indication that the meter was working.

Oh ho, we made the worst wish ever. The moment the meter started jumping, it jumped bloody non-stop; for like every 30 seconds or less, it jumped HKD 1.5. *Jaw drops* The total trip cost about SGD 14 for quite a short trip. In Singapore, it only cost me about SGD 16 from Buangkok to Clementi can!

Hong Kong Fact #2
There is no queue for the MTR, everybody just rush in without giving way to the commuters who wants to get out of the train. There are no reserved seats too and I saw youngsters not giving up their seats to an elder woman, graying hair and all. That's so Singaporean. *Laughs (Of course not everyone is like that in Hong Kong or Singapore, I'm just saying as a whole).






Jx: Our meal comes with a coffee or tea right?
Auntie: Yes, !#$%%^&*%$^&
Jx and I: *Stared blankly at her*
Jx: We want tea
Auntie: #%^!$%^*^% (Later we realised that she was rapping the kind of tea available)
Jx: Our meal comes with a free tea right???
Auntie: (angrily) I know!!! But you must tell me what tea you want!! #%^*&!$#^%^ (she rapped the kind of tea available)

Like super oh my gawd can... Spoilt my appetite with that lousy attitude of her's, her chinese pronunciation also was not all that fantastic and she was so inaudible for crying out loud!

Hong Kong Fact #4
some waitresses and cashiers are not very smart. I'm saying that because at the places we went to, they didn't do their job efficiently and effectively, drawing unwanted and unnecessary attention to Jx and myself.

First time was at a dimsum restaurant. We wanted to split the bill from our friends, and for what seemed to be a simple job, they got so bloody confused and took a very long time to settle it. We still had to inform the server personally, who also got confused and had to call in the waitresses to double check and all. All these were communicated so very loudly that people in near vicinity kept looking our way. GAWD! At least the waitress at the restaurant apologised for the confusion.

Secondly was at H&M, the cashier didn't remove the beeper tag from a top we purchased, and that set off the alarm. So the security came over to check our purchase and there were quite a number of people loitering outside H&M alright! I didn't kick up a fuss though and when the security came over I silently and coolly just passed her the whole bag without bothering to tell her to check the receipt. Jx was mentioning it halfway but I stopped him. Even when the security showed me the "supposed to be removed" tag, I just looked at her coldly and waited for them to settle it. Nobody apologise to us after the incident okay. Geez!

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