As usual, time flies when you’re having fun. I still remember counting down the hours till Matt arrived in HK on Friday evening and now, he’s back in SG, back to chatting on Skype with me. Though I do thank technology for bringing the distance closer, nothing beats physical touch. :(
We haven’t gone on enough trips for me to judge but for the 5 months we’ve been together, the holidays (just Langkawi and now HK) we’ve taken as a couple so far are always tremendous fun. I like not doing the typical things. In Langkawi, instead of lazing the days away by the beach, we explored the entire island and checked out whatever waterfall Langkawi had to offer. Instead of shopping (unless you count Matt’s silly purchase of a toy remote helicopter the next day) or going to Disneyland HK (that said, I still wanna go!), we went to the beaches.
I was a little iffy about going to the beaches at first but it was typical of Matt who wants to check out every beach in the world. Seriously, who goes to HK to go to the beach right?! I had to eat my words though. The beaches were beautiful though Big Waves Beach doesn’t have, erm, big waves. According to a local, it would after mid-Sept when Autumn arrives. And Matt was like, “so that’s when there’re more typhoons?” The local said yes and Matt was “……”
So there I was, waving my white flag (tissue) cos that boy made me hiked! I would love hiking on a normal day honestly but not in slippers and when my skin wasn’t properly protected (sunscreen)! We must had climbed a good 10,000 steps I swear. But the exchange is that we got spectacular view up there. I honestly didn’t know how scenic HK’s nature is.
Me likey this shot
Matt wants a beach-front house in HK. But I reckon he needs to sell his body for a coupla years first.
He didn’t get very burnt, surprisingly while I got a tan really quickly, unsurprisingly. We climbed so high that we were very near to the top of the mountain (it’s really a mountain!) and though Matt offered piggy rides throughout the hike, I’m proud to say I didn’t take up his offers!
We cabbed back (only S$20 for about 30km!) home, grabbed the yummiest Hawaiian pizza I ever had in HK so far and went back for a shower and nap before waking up at 9pm for a ride up the tram to The Peak. That’s the touristy thing we love doing, seeing great views at the highest point of an island.
The wait for the tram ride was tedious and it didn’t help we were there on a Saturday night. The waiting area wasn’t ventilated at all and after 15 minutes, I couldn’t bear with the smelly and sweaty people around me. Bah!
But the view was really quite amazing. And it was really nice having the clouds passing you by. We perved at the fancy houses on The Peak and I pointed out to him my work building.
HK on a clear night
I'm surprised we didn't need the flash
The wait for the tram down was thrice as bad as the ride up so we tried to cab down. But the bloody cabbies wanted to charge us HKS$150 (S$27) for that short ride. I managed to convince a Mainland Chinese couple in my Mandarin *smirk* to take the cab with us and Matt was bargaining with the cabbie but when I spoke to the cabbie in Mandarin *smirk again*, he became friendlier and charged us HK$100 instead. hahahaha
We walked through Lan Kwai Fong and Matt wasn’t the least impressed. There was this drunk Caucasian dude who kept yelling at a bunch of four white ladies to ask them to join him and his friends. The poor ladies were quite turned off and Matt tsked and said it’s guys like him that give white guys a bad name. hahahahahahaha. Oops sorry.
More pics:
Brought him back to Jade Gardens for his 1st yum cha in HK and it was much better this time round, compared to my 1st time there!
Matt declared he likes HK just an hour after I’ve showed him around (well he’d better cos I’m here!) and then declared his love the next day after seeing the beaches.
We tried catching the Star Ferry but the last ride was at midnight so we trundled home from Causeway Bay after yummy desserts at Hui Lau Shan. It was real nice being able to fall asleep in each other’s arms again. It’s amazing cos we slept like babies even in that small double bed of mine (remember I mentioned it’s only 75% of a typical Queen-sized bed?).
It was sweet to be able to do that again but my mind couldn’t help but wandered to the impending separation the next day every now and then and it just sucked. :(
