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the 4th day… i guess we really had enough of the city and this day. we’re checking out of park hotel… one last few look… while waiting for our bus…

 

i got to admit, not only beer are cheap over there…

finally, the bus is here, and off we go…

 

PARK HOTEL to DISNEYLAND

nah, not yet… we’re checking in our hotel first… which is a 5-10 minutes free bus shuttle away… and here we are, disney hollywood hotel…

 

and the hotel is full of disney thingy… everything is mickey mouse… chairs, tables, lightings… and a tv showing disney channels at the lobby and best of all, disney giftshop, thats is always crowded!! i think the kids already thought they’re at disneyland!!!

megan torn out 2 black papers and exclaimed “daddy! i’m mickey mouse!”

finally managed to get our rooms… the hotel really need to buck up on their checking in services… anyways, here we go, the free shuttle bus to DISNEYLAND!

nah, this is only the signboard at the bus terminal… i would be utterly disappointed if this is the main gate!

 

 

don’t jump with joy yet, dear… we still haven’t reach the main gate yet…

 

 

 

 

still haven’t enter disneyland yet… but was about to… here we have, the disneyland tickets!

and we have entered the disneyland! but too much excitement spent outside the gate, and the moment we got in, we’re off to get our ‘protection’… the caps and the brolly… its a really really really hot day… most of my photos are overexposed! nevertheless, still tons of photos coming up…

 

 

 

 

 

 

ok ok, dear, now u can jump with joy…

 

 

 

 

 

the moment we got thru the main gate, there’s mickey and minnie photo session! but then, the queue was like super duper long… luckily we never queue up as it was also time for mickey and minnie to ‘retire’, leaving long queue of poor soul who didn’t got their chance for a photo shoot… nevertheless, we’re at a ‘strategic’ location when mickey and minnie are leaving…

 

at least megan got a photo shoot with mickey and minnie… she’s there, if u look closely… :S

even joelle got a shot with minnie…’s butt…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

phew… thats a lot of photos eh? hang on, just a few more to go…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

finally… its coming to the end of the day… thou the day still look bright, we’re all drained… and the weather is really scorchingly skin burning hot! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

finally back to the hotel, all washed up and really for dinner… international buffet dinner… also, a very mickeyly themed restaurant… even the pastries are mickey shaped… oh ya, the pizza is also mickey shaped… really no time for photo, can’t stop eating…

 

 

 

 

 

lastly… here we are, back at our hotel room… all burnt out by the day time adventure, all well fed by the buffet… oh, they got a baby cot for melody! finally we’re going to have a good nite sleep…

 

good nite sleep? not quite so… melody woke up at the wee hours and kept crying… guess she’s having too much excitement… and megan, can’t seem to be affected by melody’s loud cries… i think the girls really enjoyed themselves today…

 

and me? i got myself a prized gift… woohooo!

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day…3…

my whole body aches from the ‘punishment’ i got from the shopping adventure on day 2… thou we managed to find a good seat (where practically we can see all the poor husbands looking after their kids while their wives shops), but handling melody is quite energy draining especially when she couldn’t settle down…

anyway, that was day 2… day 3 shouldn’t have any problem, the girls should shop enuff…

we were right on time for a hearty bfast at deli france… which is much cheaper and much tastier than those we get back home… while waiting for the foodie…

all full charged up after the bfast and off we go…

 

EAST TSIM SHA TSUI MTR to MONG KOK MTR

to my horror… shopping again!!! this time, high end products… jewelries shopping… i can hear myself swallowing saliva when joelle ‘venture’ to the diamond section after decided on a gold pendant for melody (a way overdue 1st b’day pressie that we owe her…)

enuff saliva swallowing, we decided to down our sorrows with something smooth … and cheap! BEER!

not melody of course!

 

next up, we went to this pasa malam place which i dun recall which station we alighted from… maybe the mind is cloudy with the beer… but this place is really crowded and hot!

and i realised all these fuss for this shop… thats making great tasty handmade 老婆饼 thingy…

this uncle is working hard at the stall… i wonder if there is any link between his sweaty body and the salty pie that he is handling there…

 

and thats pretty much to call for the day… too much walking, too much sweat… in the end, we took a cab ride back to the hotel… and went for dinner nearby the hotel and retired early for the nite, cuz tomolo… its DISNEYLAND!

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day 2, woke up and found ourselves still at hongkong… its quite a tough day 1 as we settled in pretty late… apparently, hongkongers dun sleep… we can see long queues outside restaurants at midnight! dun these ppl need to work  tomorrow? and queuing for sushi at midnight?? hmmm…

anyways, there is no chance we can actually sleep late as our ‘alarm clocks’ are always up right on time… around 7am… hence joelle would settle melody while i settle megan, getting them ready for hongkong day 2…

 

PARK HOTEL

giving park hotel thumbs up for its cleanliness and location… lotsa shops and restaurants around it and most importantly, within walking distance to the metro…

and of course, the girls’ fav, the bathtub!

and all so ready to go…

 

PARK HOTEL to EAST TSIM SHA TSUI MTR

as i mentioned, within walking distance… and taking another look at hongkong streets… a contrast of old and new buildings…

here we are, the ticks for adult and child…

 

 

 

 

 

 

a very strikingly resemblance to our very own mrt back at home… and here we go… gosh, i dun even know where we are heading, cuz i dun have the energy or time to plan for it… oh ya, shopping at kowloon…

 

EAST TSIM SHA TSUI MTR to KOWLOON MTR

and the trick is, dun take the transit solution, just alight at Austin Station and walk to Kowloon…

walking on a very very long overhead bridge from Austin MTR to a shopping mall ELEMENT, that is just above Kowloon MTR…

 

 

 

 

 

 

and i dun believe we actually spent 4 hours in the ELEMENT shopping mall… and just one shop… the H&M… i dun remember how my BIL and me survived the wait while taking care of megan and melody…

you can’t imagine our relieve when the girls walked out with their shopping bags… and here’s the spoilt…

and thats about the whole day gone… and we went for a hotpot dinner… and to my delight, they got this!

long lost delicacy in singapore… 猪血!

a very hearty dinner and a very tiring day (especially when its shopping, i find it extremely tiring…) and i can’t wait to get back to the bed at the hotel room… no wait, we still have to settle megan and melody once we were back at the hotel room… Aaarrggghh!!!!