Fishy Fish's Sketches: January 2009

Arghh.. finally finish loading up all the pictures! Its equally tiring as walking non-stop during the trip! Haha.. Anyw, have some patience scrolling down.. its ALOT... heehee.. Enjoy!

*******DAY 1 > SIN - MACAU via HK********

Woke up at 3.30am last wed, 14th Jan, by the way, i slept at 12am! Shuhan stay over my place, easier for us the next day. We reached airport before 5am and check-in our luggages easily as there was no queue at all..mayb we were too early. Haha..

Hmmm... power shushu she brought a cabin size luggage! Sure anot.. enough meh??? Dun need to buy things ah? Haha...

Oi.. haven reach, alr cold?

Beautiful...

Laze around waiting for our flight.. Sleepy!

Shushu getting breakfast

We were put on Value Air instead... slightly spacious than Jetstar but seats not as comfy as Jetstar's...

Omg! Is tat snow??? Guess is the water droplets got frozen.. haha...

Here we are at HK airport... went straight to the Ferry Counter to get our tickets to Macau.
Again gotta laze around airport to wait for our transit. Its a bliss tat our buggages are taken care of by the Ferry staffs, we do not have to cross HK custom & collect buggages, we simply buy Ferry tickets and wait. CooL!

Had some snacks while waiting...

This the ferry we took. Turbojet.

Check out Macau map! Macau here we come!

Sailing time around an hour.. we do nothing but sleep! Haha... mak siap big time!

Yeah!!! We reached! Woo.. Macau Grand Prix 09...

Found the Venetian Shuttle Bus across the Ferry Terminal.

All hotels provide free shuttle to n fro hotel, ferry terminal & airport.

Woooo... we can feel the coldness!

See... shushu's hand became ah ma's hand le! Haha... we were like inside a fridge whole day!

Some scenery taken along the way to hotel.. Venetian located at Taipa, so some distance from the Ferry Terminal...
Huge Guang Yin Statue

One of the bridge connecting the islands...

Macau Tower

MGM Grand!

Wynn

Tada! Venetian!

Are we at Macau or Venice? Haha...

Queue for shuttle

Everything Venetian even the barricades... logos are seen everywhere lik the glass doors, flower pods..etc...

Parking lot

Check in Lobby
The hotel is so big that we are given a map! Haha...

Nice arrangement

Open sesame!

We were overwelmed! Superb!

Complimentary beverages

The bathroom tat is bigger than my own bedroom!

Individual cubicle for Toilet

Dressing table inside bathroom.

Guess wat is it?

Extra toilet roll.. pengz.... so nicely wrapped!

Amenities

Hungry! Head down to the foodcourt after miting up Shuhan's Sis.

Dun be mistaken, we are still inside Venetian Mall.. The sky is fake! Haha..

My lunch... Salty!

More interiors at Venetian..

The casino level.. easily access..

Taxi stand..super grand.. they have few lanes for the cabs to drop or pick...

All cabs in black n white

Took cab to Senado Square

Nicely decorated with CNY displays

St Dominic's Church

A super old carpentary shop..

Street selling all the foodie goodies... shop attendants keep forcing us try bak kua.. haha..

Ruins of St Paul's

View from Ruins of St Paul's

Back of Ruins of St Paul's, stairs to go up...

Aunties Uncles gardening

To Fortress Armonrial

View of Macau

Museum of Macau

Street signs are all in white & blue tiles.. nice...

猪扒包

Turbo machine to roast "gao luc" 栗子

Went casino hopping in the evening..All of them are within walking distance..
All casinos light up.. so fancy wor!
真的是大开眼界!

Old Lisboa

Grand Lisboa
This building is so special! All hotels there is like 越 Blink 越好!

The most "normal" - Wynn
The interior is so beautiful! Grand and artistic!

MGM Grand
Not many ppl in the casino compared to Venetian..

Went back hotel to take our Gondola Ride

We had a one for one Gondola ride, inside our hotel package

"River" inside the mall

Wow.. he reali can sing! Clap clap! He told us they were employed based on their singing, then they will teach them how to operate the gondola..

Hee... we are lucky to have a 帅哥 to row the boat! Haha...

Bought this for souvenier

Went to eat famous crab porridge for dinner...

Special fish and sotong balls...

*******DAY 2 > MACAU - SHENZHEN********

View of the hotel from our room

Golf course downstairs.. dunno y background looks lik superimposed!

Me, Shuhan and 姐姐

We opt for Lunch instead of Breakfast, without any money to top up! Cool!
Buffet lunch at Bamboo Restaurant.

Lets eat!

Shushu so happy to eat her fav bao... hahaha..

Huge spread of food! Salads, Sushi Sashimi, Fresh Mussels & Prawns, Roasted Duck and Chicken, Indian Selections....and more! So much for abt S$30! Worth e money!

Oishi!!!

On the way to Taipa Museum, short walk from Venetian.. Well its super cold! The sunlight looks sunny but its totally useless! Haha...

Dun move! 打抢!

Real flowers! Beautiful!

Fishes???? They are not moving at all! Too cold to swim i tink! Haha...

Didnt go inside museum.. took some pix outside..

Lalala....

Gong xi gong xi! Haha..

Funny street name.. Chicken feather garden?

Thats all for Macau..
I like the place! Its clean, air is fresh, food is nice, ppl are friendly.. There is everything for everyone, from nice portuguese historical buildings to fancy blink blink casinos.. Nice place to visit and relax...

Took ferry to Shekou, Shenzhen. Load our luggages at 姐姐's apartment..
View from the apartment..

Spacious..

Dinner at 6000 Flavor Restaurant

Thick menu! Huge variety!

Cute name of a dish

Superb soup...
Boiled with pig bone till milky white..

Ordered some sides to go with the soup..
The toufu taste like tou huey!

Kong Ba Bao

Aloe Vera

La mien shi fu...
He will pull the noodle infront of who ever ordered La mien! The way he dance with the noodle is so funny!

Shenzhen cab.. Yes, they will change the cover everyday! Haha.. Cute!

海上世界
Cruise converted to hotel

Already 10pm when we went back sis's apartment.. saw this manicure shop downstairs her apartment, try our luck to see if they still open.. Wow..they are closing actully but they purposely OT for us! Great service and product use was Orly.. Had our feet soak in milk some more... Wooo.. shoik..after 2days of walking...

Sis first time pedicure...

Look at the amount of her dead skin being peeled off! Satisfied!

I chose red with gold rush! Haha.. CNY mah...

Sis bought us each a warmer pack.. have to be charged so that it will be hot..

Shushu is not exaggerated with her thick puffy jacket and gloves to sleep! Its super cold at her sis place! Cos she will moving back sg real soon, cant get a heater. The house is colder then outside! Haha...

*******DAY 3 > SHENZHEN********

Bought some breakfast on the street to eat on the bus... Bao is shushu's fav..

葱油饼

Public Bus

Bus conductor

China streets decorated with lanterns on every lamp posts

Bus stop

Overhead bridge with slope in the middle for cyclist

Here we are at 华侨城
A place made up of 3 theme parks

Walk up the hill! Tiring!

Finally a Tram to go up the hill

Within minutes, we have reached the top!

Eww... no support! Scary!

Glass flooring

We better stay here! Haha...

Its still developing.. lotsa theme park rides to come by this few years..

Took train to another theme park

European Theme

The pigeons are real!

Contridicting background! Snow + xmas trees + cherry blossom?

Fake snow made of sand

Lunch at KFC

Free Postpet toys

Little chapel

Innovative!

The anyhow-march soldiers.. Haha.. kalefey.. bo bian la..

Reali looks like i'm in Europe!

This time round, we try out Shekou's crab porridge.. v different fr Macau's.. this one is teochew style taste and has more ingredients, crab + prawn..

*******DAY 4 > HONG KONG********

After Shenzhen & HK custom. Waiting for bus to HK. The connection between 2 customs is so convenient! All under one roof! Juz a few steps away we are at HK le! Haha.. but due to its a weekend, the queue is super long, however, the clearance is fast suprisingly..

This ppl are all waiting for different buses to different places in HK... Some bus goes airport, some Kowloon.. We opt for the one stops at Sai Wan Ho, which is few MTR stops away from our hostel Yesinn located at Fortress Hill.

HK New territories cab in green

Transfer to taxi when we reach Sai Wan Ho.. Check in at Yesinn reception and the recep brought us to this apartment down across the street...

They had converted one of the unit into rooms for rental... The rest of the units are occupied by the locals.. We had to key in passcode at the main lobby & our unit inorder to get in.. Security wise is quite safe.. And i see ppl who stays in the block is like "normal" families, not complicated at all.

Hair dryer available outside our room along the corridor..its shared among all the travellers.

We do not have to go back to the reception at another building for check out. Simply leave e keys inside the box will do... Easy! As we alr paid for the room in advance when check in. They actually place mineral water for whoever wanna buy, gotta be honest and drop $5 into the box.

Saw this porridge shop and decided to give it a try as we are too hungry to go search for food, though we were like eating porridge every now n then.. haha...

We ordered Fried noodles and beehoon with porridge and soymilk... Haha...like eat breakfast neh..

Claypot Italian Style Cheong Fun.. Not too bad.. something new.. exactly like pasta sauce..

Super nice You Tiao and Jian Dui

Quickly took MTR to Central and walk our way to the Tram Station... We are going to The Peak!
Some distance from MTR to Tram station.. but we found our way easily as there's road sign everywhere! Cool!

All the bank buildings at Central

Great for pedestrains..

Peak Tram Station

Bought the combo tickets for Tram, Peak & Madame Tussards, dun need to queue up for the combo tickets, its at the left hand side booth.

Its so steep! Slant dao....

The Peak

We are lucky of the good weather.. Great view..

Shushu waiting for the ang mo to leave! So that we can take a good pix!
Eh excuse me, Shiam leh...

Haha.. that ang mo man actually volunteer to take one for us.. Thanks dude!
Sis didnt join us up there cos she has been there too many times! Haha...

Our stupid "pointing" pose again.. hahha...

Bruce lee outside Madame Tussards..

First to see once inside.. Jay Chou!!! 吊！

Fan cee of Jay.. Haha..

Jay v skinny hor?

Aaron!

Kelly in her wedding gown

Andy.. juz nice to hug!

甜蜜蜜。。。
eh y no Jacky Chueng ah?

Joey

Twins

Miriam

Hmm... see wat?

Able to spot me?

Smelly armpit? Super tall Yao Ming..

Ronaldino.. so real!

Eh hem... Listen to me!

Shushu acc Mr Hu Jin Tao to visit HK wor.. Haha..

Heehee.. Mr Lee, tie slant le, help u adjust..

Mit up sis at Tsim Sha Tsui to watch the Symphony of Lights, everyday 8pm.
2nd time watch le.. v different tis round cos its cold!! Shoik!

Our room.. we are lucky that they gave us a quad room instead of triple cos no other rooms available... As compared to my colleagues who had stayed there, its big le! Although we hardly got space to walk about after we buy so much stuffs! Haha.. Its clean and pillow is comfortable!

来啊！下驻啊... 买定你手啊!
My bet: Aesop shampoo and bath sachets
Place my bet with my bath sachets as shushu n sis run out of them!

Shushu super happy to buy this automatic dice shaker at a shop near Temple Street..

Bathroom.. Clean.
But we were too unlucky for our last nite that water heater has some prob.. no hot water at all! Faint.. heng is last nite man... haha...

*******DAY 5 > HONG KONG********

So noisy early in the morning when we wake up..
Oh its somebody's wedding day at the corner unit of our level.. haha..
Their wedding car downstairs.. at back also muz place flower.. cute..

Took the tram at the tram stop juz infront of our hostel

Yeah, first time on it! Only HK$2 per trip! Cheap! Only pay when we alight..
Lotsa of maids on tram as it was a sunday..

Kawaii Pink Peach John Tram

Buildings like IFC, Oriental Hotel etc we pass by...

Pillippino maids all over! They gathering place at Central.
We saw indonesian ones at Causeway Bay..

Wow..roads are blocked up for them to gather.. so cool.. police van around to control the crowd..

Dim sum for breakfast at a restaurant at Sheung Wan

IFC at Hong Kong Station.. Nice CNY Deco! Fishy Fishy...

At IFC purposely for this super Agnes b shop lo... Hehee...

A mega agnes b shop includes Flower shop, Restaurant, Cafe, Clothing, Accs.. WOWOW....

Went straight to get Agnes b chocolates, the staff quickly gave us some to try.. its not cut into pieces but whole chocolate for us! And while we hang around there so long as we had difficulty how much to buy, she keep giving us samples to try! Well, worth our money as we alr eat half the amount we bought ya... haha...

So heavy! We decided to leave it them at their counter as we are goin Lantau Island.. went back in the evening to collect back... Great service! But too bad we had no time to try out the cakes and coffee.. hmm.. next round ten!