Catching Up, Dim Sum and Festival Walk

HK Day 2 | 1 May 2011

Rise and shine to a fresher day 2, the kids were nicely dressed up and (seem) patiently waiting for the parents to go out.

Thanks to our glorious iPhones for keeping the kids entertained.


Posing at the hotel lobby, while waiting for Andy's friend to pick us up.


We were then treated to a yummy breakfast dim sum at (can't-recall-name). It's somewhere near to the Nathan Hotel, which is also within walking distance from our current hotel.

Meet Nelson and Daisy, Andy's former colleagues from F&N. They have greatly assisted us during our stay in HK. Super friendly people!


Psst.. Daisy has shared many good places for shopping too! hiaks!


Chloe and Daisy 'clicked', as soon as they met.


Nelson and Daisy accompanied us and showed us the good stuff while walking from 佐敦 Jordan to 旺角 Mongkok. Then, they recommended 又一城 Festival Walk at 九龙塘 Kowloon Tong for us to shop for the rest of the day.

And so we did.. *excited*

Chloe posing in the quiet train...


Delighted to go shopping :)


One of the loots from Festival Walk. I want more H&M!!!


The kids enjoyed watching the ice-skating took place at the huge rink.


Cheeky father and daughter...


心肝宝贝 no. 1


心肝宝贝 no. 2

Ferry Ride to HK, MTR and Tsui Wah

HK Day 1 | 30 April 2011

After bus-hopping in the past 2 days at Macau, we were very much looking forward to visiting Hong Kong. We took ferry ride around 11am. Traveling time was around 1 hr. It cost us around SGD20–30 per person, even the kid is paying the same price.

The ferry was similar to the one you take when going Batam or Bintan, except that it's much cleaner and well-organized.

Posing during the ferry ride.


Upon reaching Hong Kong, we flagged a cab down to our hotel near 庙街 Temple Street, Evergreen Hotel. Remember I wrote that Andy planned for almost everything for this trip? Now this hotel was the exception. -_-

Moving on, we had quickie lunch at a small 茶餐厅 next to the hotel and started to explore the vicinity. Our nearest MTR station was 佐敦 Jordan and boy, their station was really not stroller-friendly. We traveled to 中環 Central (too high class) and 铜锣湾 Causeway Bay (too crowded).

Train was considered not too packed, for a Saturday afternoon,
compared to our MRT passengers...


Tourist looks: (1) busy with map and (2) replenishing with lotsa fluid-intake


The seven of us (FIL, MIL, A, B, C, D and Kelly) got really really tired by 5pm. Since morning, there was the ferry ride, the moving of luggages, the carrying of our stroller up and down while climbing the staircases. So we headed back to the hotel, lied flat for 20 minutes or so, had a quick shower and out we went hunting for dinner.

The street was crowded, the restaurants were full of queues. When we almost surrendered to having McDonald's, 翠华茶餐厅 Tsui Wah Restaurant caught our attention. It was love at the first taste. What a cozy good restaurant it was!

Couldn't wait to dine...


Love its Milk Tea Champagne!


We tried the baked rice, baked spaghetti and its renowned 鱼蛋河粉。赞！


See Chloe's impatient look?? hehehe

Oh My Tarts

Macau Day 2 PM | 29 April 2011

Back at Sands to grab the dinner


Alighted the free shuttle bus to enjoy some last moments at The Venetian


The most enticing bus I've ever taken – with changing colour neon lights
at the interior of the bus


Kids run wild at The Venetian




Bye bye tarts, til we see you again...

大三芭

Macau Day 2 PM | 29 April 2011

After our hearty dimsum at Sands, we bid goodbye with my in-laws again and departed for 大三芭 (da san ba) to cover at least one tourist attraction in Macau.

And here are the snippets:

First stop after alighting from the taxi, we took this photo at the main entrance.
I had just googled it to learn that this is called the Senado Square.


While making our way up to the Ruins of St. Paul's, we were distracted by how crowded this store was. It claimed to sell the famous Macau pork chop bun with the endorsements of some korean stars too. With excitement, Andy quickly joined the queue to get the pork chop buns, the egg tarts and the bubble tea.

A total disappointment we must say! I bet 90% of the patrons were all tourists whom were misled by the queue...


Less than 10 minutes later, we reached our destination, the Ruins of St. Paul's.

Snap! Snap! Snap! We took turns to pose, except for Bosco who got too sleepy in his stroller..




Not wanting to end the experience so soon, Andy zoomed to find other 'fulfillment'.


"Look baby! I got you more Portuguese egg tarts! And Gong Cha!!"


The egg tarts from Koi Kei 钜记饼家 were good, but I still prefer the tarts from Choi Heung Yuen 咀香園餅家.

But its Gong Cha was really good. The same bubble tea bought from Singapore was nowhere to be compared to the ones we bought in Macau! Happy, happy, everybody's happy!


Last few shots before we left 大三芭, a little 舍不得, but with kids in tow I think those were the best we could do -_-

Rainy Day, Wynn and Sands

Macau Day 2 | 29 April 2011

A brand new day to dress up the kids *loves*


Chloe has taken 'posing' to a greater height during this trip


Posing at the hotel lobby


I remembered it was raining that morning. So, we flagged a cab and randomly visited a hotel nearby. Someone suggested Wynn Macau. It was a good place to roam, do window shopping and take photographs while waiting for the weather to settle down.

Love these shots of my S, M and L babies at their ferrari boutique


At the 十二生肖 Tree of Prosperity, truly inspiring








The rain had not stopped either when we left Wynn. As hunger kicked in, we regrouped back with the inlaws at Sands to have a good dim sum lunch.


Next on, Da San Ba...

Egg Tarts, Imperial Hotel and Duckie Dishes

OK. What a lousy hiatus in the blog again.
Hope to catch up with more posts this weekend!

Revisiting our Macau/HK holiday back in May...

Day 1 afternoon at The Venetian
Hubby shopped 'til he was granted a free membership at Choi Heung Yuen Bakery 咀香園餅家 . (must buy: egg rolls and egg tarts)


Super yummilicious Portuguese egg tarts


An x-factor to go back to Macau (someday) *droolz*


Posing at The Venetian with its painted sky ceiling..


Then we came back to check-in at the Imperial Hotel,
a pretty good one considering its decent price (wait til u see our hotel in HK)


Again, the children never get too tired to explore :)


After a good hot shower and quick lazing in the room, we proceeded for dinner.
The same restaurant which we just visited in the afternoon...
For everyone love this!!


The one that got everyone went ga-ga!


Even my father-in-law could 不顾形相的 pose for me to confirm!!