Family Trip to Hong Kong - Part 1,

Finally down to typing these after more than 6months!! I still have another trip's travelogue that's not up yet! T_T

Hong Kong x 杨mehmeh June 2016! I have a feeling that I can easily update all 7 days in one entry because I didn't take many photos during this trip!

And truth to be told, this trip was our first family trip in 17 years! We decided to go for a family trip because we haven't been able to do so as both my parents have to work daily to earn their incomes. No work, no income. Anyway, this was also a graduation trip for both my brother (1 year delayed) and I.

Oh, we flew via SIA because... SIA WAS HAVING PROMOTION IN JANUARY!! Each flight fare costs only approx $280!

DAY 1 IN HONGKONG

We started our day in Hong Kong with Good Hope Noodle 好旺角面家 to fill our tummies before continuing the rest of our day 1. Four plates that costs HKD146 which is rlly affordable!

Continued with our day and they bought mango smoothie from the place where I "borrowed" their restroom from! I don't eat anything that has got to do with mango but according to my family, this is rlly good! Anyone who's there might wna try it! :)

Checked into our hotel at Royal Plaza Hotel, a 5-star hotel located above a shopping mall, MOKO! It is convenient as it's walk-able distance to a few stations namely Prince Edward, Mongkok and Mongkok East MTR. Besides having its convenience as one of its plus-point, the interior design would make one not wanting to leave the hotel room at all!

Just look at their bathroom! There's a blind beside the bathtub - family-friendly! I couldn't rlly capture the shower area. It's a small area behind the bathtub with lotus shower head on top. My favourite kind of bathroom!

I had my nap as I was feeling unwell. I had only an hour of slp before this trip so I was down with a bad flu! Felt so much better after my nap and off we went for dinner at Hungry Korea. It's a small eatery but the food is rlly good! I'd definitely go back if I were to visit HK agn!

Tsim Sha Tsui

DAY 2 IN HONGKONG - MACAU

We spent one full day in Macau, a place where I haven't been to during my previous trip with Z! Started our day at Kam Wah Cafe for breakfast! Boy, it was so good that we ordered quite a lot for 4! Some weren't pictured because we were busy eating!

Collected our cruise tix at the booth. Be sure to bring your credit card if not it'd be a tiny bit troublesome because they'd need most of your details before you could collect them!

Be sure to visit 大利来记猪扒包 in Macau, if you haven't, because it's one of their signature snacks there! Of course, not forgetting Portugese egg tarts but sadly, we didn't come across any Portugese egg tarts during this trip T_T

Hmmm, honestly this pork bun isn't what I'd go for during my next trip to Macau because there's bones everywhere. I prefer boneless meat because I'm lazy like that! So I had only a few bites before I pushed everything to my family. Thankfully, they ordered only 2 buns to share! It's also very very oily which erm, I dislike... I don't mind eating food that contains oil (because, yeah! Which good food doesn't?) but this is rlly too much :/ Sorry, but no! I'd say it's rlly for tourists lah but once is enough!

We visited almost all of the casinos there in Macau. And erm... For every casino that we visited, I had to show them my passport for identity check because I'M TOO PETITE TO MATCH WITH MY CURRENT AGE!

DAY 3 IN HONGKONG

Lunch at Tim Ho Wan near IFC Mall.

@ Sham Tseng Chan Kee

Egglet

Curry fishballs

Okay, sorry I take back my words! It's getting longer and dry. I shall update Day 4 to 7 in another entry instead!

Time to catch up on my show! ;)

Happy 2017: Throwback to 2016,

It's time for...

THE REVIEW OF THE YEAR

I'd say that 2016 has been nothing short of amazing! Having to deal with studies for the first 4 months, stressing over all the assignments that had tight deadlines, before I unofficially graduate from university. Travelled to a total of 4 countries in a short span of 7 months and totally loving my life in 2016.

Yes, my friends were all very amazed that I could travel to so many places in 2016. But what they didn't know was that I burnt a hole in my pocket after travelling! Worth it? Yes, definitely!

RMIT University

I got a module during my last semester whereby I had to work with course mates whom I didn't know at all. I'd say that it was an adventure! Half excited, half worried. But I'm glad that things turned out well with our result being one of the better ones!

Graduated with an average GPA from university. I'm not a studious person since young so it's a rlly great achievement for me to be able to get my Bachelor's Degree after so long! Of course, this was just the beginning! I'm still unemployed up till now (I worked for 3 months last year before I ended my contract with the company). So, hopefully my prayers will be heard soon! :)

Thanks for always giving me support in whatever I do. I rant, I complain but you never fail to always give me your listening ears (while multitasking. HAHAH).

Travels

Penang

It was an impromptu trip whereby I had to convince Mr. Z for Penang. I love how accommodating he is without fail. It was a rlly short getaway which was much needed from our studies. Thankfully, neither of our timetables clashes with this trip!

Johor Bahru - Jan & May

Both were one-day trip to JB with Mr. Z for the cafes there. It was also our first time travelling to JB tgth in Janaury. Photos shown below were taken in May.

BANGKOK

As mentioned in one of my posts last year, it was a graduation trip with my uni friends. We planned this trip for quite some time before purchasing it in January. I'm not sure if it's just me or what but whenever I travel to BKK with friends, there'd bound to be unhappiness with the group of friends. Hmmm... Sorry but I think I should just stick with one travelling partner. Hahah, okay I kid!! Anyways, I got to visit some night markets that I didn't have the chance to previously.

HONG KONG

Yay, finally a family trip after soooo long! Our last family trip was in 1998, when I was 6? That was freaking long ago! I rlly cherish the time there so much but, the trip was too short!

JAPAN

Also the trip that I looked forward to the most! Ah, this trip rlly burnt a hole in our pockets but Mr. Z and I enjoyed ourselves so much that we wna go back again when our bank accounts allow us! Our next destination in Japan would be Hokkaido! Hopefully, this wouldn't be 10 years from now.

Working Life

I started working in September 2016. Though it's a short duration of 3 months contract job, I was able to keep myself busy and pick up new skills and knowledge of the field that I want to pursue. Right now, I am still trying to find a job that allows fresh graduate. However, with the market being so bad right now, I guess I have to think of an alternative positions that I think would help me for my future. 

Long Distance Relationship 

Mr. Z applied for a 1-Year exchange program with his school and he got the offer to Beijing. It was a really tough period even months before he flew. Arguments kept occurring. Us, being stubborn and not wanting to give in, minor arguments turned into heated arguments and there were times whereby we felt like giving up. I, being the overly attached girlfriend, was really hard to please on one hand. I needed both actions and words of assurance from him all the time. While him, on the other hand, is a passive guy and wouldn't say anything when arguments happened. 

It's been 7 months into his Exchange Program (I'm typing this now on 11th March 2017) and I'll be visiting him on 31st March and he'll be back in end of July!! That's rlly how time flies! Things have turned so much better since the start of 2017. I think this is also what they say "distance makes the heart grow fonder" and cherishing every moment when you're miles away from each other.

With that, I hope that we would stay together and overcome all obstacles that we'll encounter in life. And I appreciate friends who never leave me during my darkest period, encouraging me and stuff. These really brought some positive thoughts to me during this time and I hope that I'll be able to see my light soon! 

Goodbye :)