Tuesday, 13 January 2015

#cpehtravelsto深圳

Day 1:
Reached the airport at 4am to catch our flight at 6:50 in the morning and I survived with 2 hours of sleep oh my I wanted to die……….. but yay to managing to keep up my smile for the photos :p





^ say yes to another decent photo!!!


had our breakfast at Toast Box and I had my usual Yuan Yang Siu Dai yay! :-) 


Ate so much because… flight meal!!!!! Super yummy omelette and bacon + banana muffin!!!!! :-)

^ flight buddy 



Finally arrived at Hong Kong International airport!!!!!!! Headed over to Shen Zhen straight away


***DISCLAIMER: most of the chinese names are traditional chinese because traditional chinese is used in HK and China :-)***

After checking into our hotel (Fu Rong Hotel 芙蓉兵官), 
we headed to have some steamboat lunch located at a corner of our hotel! 
Food was super good + it was hell cheap for how much we ate!!! 

+ I found out that in China (not sure about other countries), you can mix and match different condiments for your sauce for the steamboat because apparently the locals dip the food into the sauce and the soup is just an extra, not like in Singapore where we have a bowl of soup with the ingredients inside! And also, learnt from my dad that when eating steamboats, the plate is for bones etc and not really to put the food HAHAHA yup not sure if he's completely right but it seemed like it!!!


華神龍火鍋城
Fumin Road, Futian, Shenzhen
天河区体育西路1号峰源大厦1-2楼

Our next stop was 羅湖商業城 and let me just say that the WHOLE building is mainly selling A grade imitation goods so if you're looking for branded bags/ laptop covers etc but you don't want to pay the full price of a few thousands, head over there!!! But I didn't get anything sadly because my dad refuses to buy any for me because he sees no point in carrying imitation goods *sobs*

羅湖商業城 (Luo Hu Commercial Centre)
廣東省深圳市羅湖區
10:00 - 22:00
Nearest MTR: Luo Hu




Walked over to get a train before heading to the dinner for some yummy porridge!!!!



Went to 金稻园砂锅粥 for dinner and we ordered Frog Leg + Turtle Porridge (i know it sounds very cruel but that's one of the recommended dishes and I promise I didn't eat any of the meat!!!!! except prawns), Bee Hoon, Chicken and Fish (sorry I don't know what they are called in Chinese/ English so it shall just be chicken and fish HAHAHA) Food was very good though, the porridge was SUPER fragrant and since it was cooked on the spot before serving, it was piping hot and fresh :-) 





金稻园砂锅粥 
51 Xiangxi Road, Shenzhen
罗湖区 向西路51号C区1楼102室
(向西村路祠堂对面)


Day 2:

Woke up bright and early the next morning and headed to a cafe next to our hotel for breakfast
(forgot to take down the cafe name HEHEHE) had some wonton noodles + pineapple bun :-) 




The nearest MTR to our hotel was Guomao MTR and we then took it to 













(you can skip this next part if you wish to)

so, how did we end up in the security room filled with CCTV cameras? ? ?
so before the massage, my brother had 0% batt on his phone so he decided to leave his phone on the table by the TV with his wallet before he left for the massage parlor. Before our foot massage began he told me that he should have brought his phone because it was so boring doing nothing but then remembered he left it in the hotel room and not the locker. However, when we got back to the hotel room SURPRISE his phone was gone???????????
So we thought maybe he had remembered wrongly and have already lost it before returning back to the hotel after our shopping before leaving for massage again. BUT his last seen was 7:05pm, and I was 101% sure we were back in the hotel then because I sent out a message to Mei at 7:06pm. 
So the only reason can be that he either dropped it on his way to massage (which was rather impossible because we would have saw the phone drop but it was raining very heavily so hmm) or that he was pick pocketed (which was more unlikely because the hotel was very near the massage parlor) 
But he was PRETTY SURE (like double chop confirm) that he left it on the hotel before we left so we thought HMM did anyone enter the room to steal his phone??? (but not his wallet which had about money equivalent to $40 SGD??) so we called the reception and then a security guard came to escort my brothers and I down to check if anyone entered the room while we were at massage… BUT we didn't see anyone entering the room so up till now… PHONE MYSTERY???????????? DISAPPEARANCE?????? SO WEIRD???? Yeah HAHA till now we aren't sure what had happened to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

(ok end)



headed down to the police station the next day to make a report HAHAAH what an end to our shenzhen journey hehe next post will be on my hong kong trip!!! :)

Saturday, 10 January 2015

first 2 weeks

1 Jan:

Never happier than spending the first day of 2015 with my irreplaceable mother bear 
Best start. 

(and also I finished 10 episodes of Pinocchio in one day? ?? ?) 


2 Jan:

Spent the afternoon with my Aussie babe ASHLEY CHIA SHU LING!!!!!!!!!! Who only comes back once a year sadly )-: But we never EVER fail to meet when she's back which is quite heartening, considering we don't really whatsapp one another but when we meet, it's like she had never left x 
i love these kind of friendships too much

*2015: treasure those who matter


Lunch was at Department of Caffeine, at Duxton Hill! Had chargrilled broccoli and potato salad, as well as a iced soy latte :-) Really love the food and service at this cafe and will def. visit this place again :-) 

Department of Caffeine
15 Duxton Rd
Nearest MRT station: Tanjong Pagar/ Outram (kind of in between!!!!) :-) 
Closed on Wednesdays



Walked around for a bit more before settling in at Drury Lane for some nutella tart and gosh, the service was rather poor compared to DOC… (although the tart was very nice!!!) The girl forgot to serve Ashley her iced brown or something like that and the attendants honestly were not very friendly!!!

4 Jan:

Met up with Mei and we watched Night at the Museum 3 at shaw early in the morning hehehe then we walked over to 313 to have some llao llao before going to SAM hehehe we totally invaded and trespassed SAM because we went in through the souvenir shop and we ended up not paying for it HAHAHA not like we did it on purpose but I guess there's a secret pathway found???
The ticket was $10 but we didn't pay in the end we were just so SUA and so nervous throughout cause we realized we didn't have the sticker but we didn't get caught so... HAHAHA









walked to fort canning park for 2 mins before deciding it was too hot HAHAHA


went over to Little India after cause Mei wanted to get some henna done :-)



Went to Two Chefs at Commonwealth for dinner with my mum and my brother!!! The queue was HELLLLA long but thank goodness since it was only the 3 of us we got a seat pretty quickly :-) Recommendable good will def be the milk powder (?) chicken and the toufu!!!!!!
It's a bit pricey but most zichar places are like that actually so yup it's good overall!!!






5 Jan:

Jx's birthday!!!!!!!!!!! Couldn't make it for class dinner so I saw him for a bit before I left for MPS :-)


7 Jan:

First day at work!!!! Really liking the working environment even though it's actually so tiring (as a runner) and like being on your feet for about 8 hours it's quite a killer )-: But yes, liking my boss(es), and my colleagues and the pay AAHHAHA


9 Jan:

Went to Open House @ AC at around 2 pm and watched the dance performance (applause!!!! great job juniors hehehe) but I felt like the open house was so empty which was so saddening actually )-: Cause AC is such a great place, really. We are not all that much of a party school I SWEAR. 





Met up with Camel and Rissa at 7.10pm (when the free standing concert was at 8pm) HAHAHAH and we cabbed to RWS and the queue for Bastille was SOOOOO long but in the end we got a decent area (i guess) but also not really for me cause I'm so short and everyone around me were ang mohs and they were all so tall )-: there was this very cute gay couple next to me though and one of them was so funny and high idk it was so funny HAHAHAHAH and let me just say Dan is AMAZING!!!! BASTILLE WAS SUPER GOOD LIVE it was equivalent to the soundtrack I SWEAR their live was woahhhhh so good and bucket list checked I heard pompeii live hallelujah (-: