Hong Kong in 6 Days (Day 3)

Day 3

Today is the day whereby my wife and I will take a trip down to our childhood memories and where else would it be if its not Disneyland Hong Kong? During my childhood days, Mickey mouse and gang is the best thing that could happen on TV and my brother would record the cartoon down on our then sophisticated VCR to watch. Watch we did! In fact for so many times that we could memorize the dialogue/lines from the start through till the end and perhaps that was one of the ways that my siblings and I learnt our English.

Our morning breakfast spread consists of (Clock wise from 12 o'clock position)
Chicken porridge, stocking tea, hotdogs + toast + eggs, French toasts, Rice dumpling in soy sauce

Hong Kong in 6 Days (Day 1 - 2)

Day 1 and 2

Come the end of this year, both my wife and I have planned for a vacation to Europe. Well, someone once asked where's the rest of my Hong Kong honeymoon posting which happens like one year ago, so before I go for my Europe trip, here's something that happened last December.

Room view of our Executive room in
JW Marriot Hong Kong
(Great location! The Admiralty MTR is just opposite the road)

1,000 readership mark!

At long last, reached the 1,000 readership mark! Kinda slow but rather gratifying. Hopefully the 1,000 readings has been helpful in someway to the readers or at the very least, entertaining.

It has been a busy period lately due to work as the 3rd quarter of the year came to an end and marking the BUDGET period! It is going to be tough job ahead as I have to perform some tests on the system software in anticipation of a restructuring. Thank God though that there will be a gathering this coming saturday, so I am truly looking forward to a time to relax and to build greater bonding with my wife and Bon Bon.

Bon Bon: Bubble, the time has come for us to meet at last~! <3

Phuket Island in 3 Days (Day 3)

Day 3
I know I know, it has been like eons ago, but yet this information may be useful for someone else reading this post.

We have planned for a white water rafting trip on this day and Jeff has opted out of this program together with Jayne, which is a good thing since Jeff is down with a fever and Jayne could take care of him. My wife stated that Jeff truly made good use of the accommodation amount he paid since he is in the apartment most of the time HAHA! Anyway, we have earlier booked the white water rafting at Bangla road on day 2 and the cost is the same at THB1,200 per pax excluding the transport but include lunch at the base camp.

Seafood Paradise

SEAFOOD PARADISE RESTAURANT @ SINGAPORE FLYER 2009

When I was in Hong Kong last December 2008, both H and K brought my wife and I to the best roast goose restaurant in Hong Kong at my request and the meal was truly a delight! No one does Roast Goose the way the restaurant did~ crisp yet juicy, golden brown and fragrant (Not mentioning that it is very affordable too)! That alone has teased me numerous times to head back to Hong Kong just for this dish. Using the photo of the roast goose’s drumstick on my desktop certainly doesn’t help curb that urge and who’s fault is it? Nevertheless, can you blame me for that?

Roast Goose (4.5/5)
Yue Kee Roast Goose Restaurant
Crispy yet juicy, golden brown and fragrant.Highly recommended! It is located at
Sam Cheng ("Deep Well"in cantonese) in Hong Kong.

Gem Island: Paradise in Malaysia

GEM ISLAND, TERENGGANU 26-28 SEPTEMBER 2009

Gem Island or Gemia Island is situated in Terengganu, a state on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is beside the better-known sister, Kapas Island. The island is designated as marine conservation park and there is only one resort on the island itself. Doesn’t it make you wonder the oxymoronic idea of a resort on a marine conservation park? Beats me!

Vienna Buffet Restaurant

VIENNA INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD AND TEPPANYAKI BUFFET RESTAURANT 2009

It has been long since I last had a seafood buffet dinner partly due to the high price that I had to fork out, which could easily fetch me some pretty decent ala carte dinner. On one fateful day, I chatted with my closer-than-neighbor neighbors, we realized that it has been long since we last hang out together for some fellowship. So uncle G, proposed seafood buffet at Vienna and proceeded to make reservation but much to his disappointment that all the seats in the restaurant has been booked and the ones still open for reservation are seats outside of the restaurant which also means no air-conditioning.

Nice view outside the restaurant

Something is wrong, isn't it?

As usual, I would reached home to be greeted with a bark or two and sometimes only a very cute stare from Bon Bon. It sure is a blissful things to have him receive me home everyday and I am sure he's glad to see me home too. As I stepped into my house today greeted by his usual oh-so-cute stare, I have not realised something amiss with him yet. Just to let you have afew preview...

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Imperial Treasure Noodle & Congee House

IMPERIAL TREASURE NOODLE AND CONGEE HOUSE
@ B3-17 ION Orchard

A shot of Singapore Post Building while waiting at the bus stop.

DK is a dear sister that we got to know at the church my wife and I (Now the whole household) attends. The bonding betwen us and this sister grew stronger over the years and it was truly sad to see her going to the States (She studies there). She would come back once in a while and stayed for a week or two and this time round a month+. So they say that happy times pass by in a flick of an eye, its about time she will have to return to the US so we decided to bring her out for dinner. We asked her to pick the place and she has chosen Imperial Treasure Noodle & Congee House at the newly opened ION Orchard. This place is the "Thing"of Ochard as it is a huge shopping mall (CK Tangs..ahem... step aside please~).

Crystal Jade LMXLB

Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao @ Holland Village

I have heard of this place from my colleague TLM and according to him they have a promotion (I believe it is an ongoing thing) for their steamboat buffet at S$19.80++ which also included free-flow of xiao long bao (XLB)! So if you are a sucker for these soup dumplings, this is the place for you. The branch in Jurong IMM has similar promotion with the exception of Pekingese Duck instead of the XLB and heard the price is cheaper too! Drinks are free-flow too. The free-flow beverage options are home-cooked barley, chinese tea and some other gassy drinks.

We ordered the Pork Bone+Corn

& Ma La (Szechuan hot soup) soup base