The Ups & Downs of My Life =): January 2009

It has been approx 2 weeks since i came back from my holiday trip to Hong Kong & Shenzhen..Yet, i have not yet posted something relevant on it..Now i will b posting on it due to someone which keep wanted to know about it =.=

1st Day (27/12/08)

Depart from LCCT at 6.50a.m..Yea..Its kinda sleepy in the plane since the last night i was sleepless which ended up i sleep in the plane for the whole journey..The journey took around 3 hours plus which i arrived at the International Shenzhen Airport at 11.20a.m..When the plane landed,i was like wow because the airport was so big which it was divided into 2 terminals which one is for domestic flights & another for international flights.Surprisingly,the international flights terminal was filled with little people while the domestic flight terminal was filled with lots of people..After claiming the luggage,then we are off to the bus provided by city tour guide which send us to the town for our lunch..Along the road,i can see lots of lychee trees but with no lychees on it since the season is over =D Then i was told by the tour guide that Shenzhen was the 1st China state which is an open economic growth..The term means that Shenzhen was the 1st state which encourage the foreign investors to invest on the state..After a rather delicious lunch,we are off to the Miniature of China & the Cultural.In this place,we are able to see the culture of China in a day..The place is full of history of the Chinese culture and we watched some performance on the history of China.To the surprise,i felt asleep on the performance =( After staying dere the whole day including our dinner there,we are off to our hotel for check in...It was a tiring 1st day as i am sleepless last night and the weather there i could say is average cold which is around 17 degrees.

2nd Day (28/12/08)

Woke up at 8a.m & had my breakfast at the hotel itself..The tour bus pick us up at 9a.m & we are brought to a Jade Factory shop.It was a rather disappointed place to visit as we are able to have a look on the different types of Jade but we aren't able to buy because the jades are EXPENSIVE!However,we are treated a lychee tea drink which was believe by the Chinese that when you drink it,you will get a fair n smoother skin.Kononnya lar...xD After that,our next journey was off to a factory which are selling herbs =.= This place disappointed me as the MAIN purpose of this visit is the doctors there are checking for your health problems..For me personally was a bad 1 because the doctors there checked for you the disease you have and they will ask u to buy their chinese medicine herbs which will cost you a lot at the end of the day.But,we are able to know about this and so everyone in tour group did not even buy a thing from them except some cream which was believed that it helps in small cuts or scratches.Then,we have a lunch in a restaurant and the dishes are again same as my last nights lunch and dinner dishes @@.After having our meal,we are then off to the Windows of the World.This place interest me a lot as from the entrance to this place i can see an Eiffel Tower in front of me which is kewl..xD Windows of the World is the place that you can see all the famous buildings in the world but too bad there aren't any of our Malaysia building inside it which prove to be a sad case.The buildings inside there was an average 1 as some looks so fake while some looks kewl. =D We stay the whole day at there till our dinner time.When i & my cousins were touring the place,suddenly rain started to fell which makes us unable to continue our tour & we went to KFC for shelter.We then have some light meal at the KFC before we are off for our dinner.After our dinner,we went to do some shoppings in Dong Meng Jie aka Msia's Petaling Street..All the things there are kinda cheap as you can bargain it summore to be more cheaper..My aunt bought some of the things from there which proves she is a good bargainer as she can bargain an RMB100 plus thingy to RMB20..What a pro bargainer ...LoLs...After the shopping,we back to our hotel by the taxi with some other families in the tour group.I gone to the bed as i reached at the hotel..xD

3rd Day (29/12/08)

Woke up at 7.45a.m and i am rushing for my breakfast at the hotel as i am late because we are checking out at 8.30a.m from the hotel..Luckily, there are some of them aren't ready yet..Today will be an interesting day for me as i am going to cross the border of Shenzhen-Hong Kong by the bus.The bus pick us up at 9a.m and we are off to the border between the 2 countries...It was kinda a complicating procedure at the China Customs & Hong Kong Customs as we need to carry our luggage ups and downs from the bus.After all the inconvenience procedure,we are finally at the Hong Kong territory.Along the road out from the border,i can see lots of kampung houses which we can be seen in Hong Kong movies.Then,towards the Kowloon city we are able to see some of the skyscrapper buildings..First of all,we went to check in our luggage in the hotel.When i saw the room,i was like WoW as the room inside are damn small..If it was to be compared with First World Hotel,even First World Hotel rooms are bigger than it much more.Imagine when you are in the toilet and when you turn around you will almost hit the wall.After putting the luggage all at the room,we are off for our lunch at a restaurant.The restaurant was a nice 1 as the foods there are pretty nice.Even the waiters there are even 1st class though.Having a nice meal like this adds more awaiting experience for me.After meal,we are off to the Jacky Chan Jade Factory.The factory was owned by Jacky Chan itself which was used to produce Jades and sells all the jewellery thingy.It was nice to see as though the price of the things there are nice too xD Then we are brought to the Fame of Stars..At here,we are able to see the hand marks of the popular artist at the Hong Kong industry & also from International scene.The scenery there was quite a nice 1 as you can see the skyscrappers fleeing at the opposite side of Hong Kong Island..After that,we joined an optional tour to the Peak & the Wax Museum which includes a dinner.Before we went to the Peak & Wax Museum,we have our dinner 1st..Then,we are off to the Peak & Wax Museum.The Wax Museum proves to be the main attraction as you are able to see the structure of the famous people in the world which was made by wax.At the main entrance,the structure of Bruce Lee & Jackie Chan can be seen..However,the structure of Jackie Chan cannot be taken photos by own cameras but u can take the photos by their self provided camera service which end of the day u have to pay for the photos..Inside there are lots of famous people which includes Jay Chou,Brad Pitt,Michelle Yeoh,Angelina Jolie,George Bush,Bill Clinton,Nelson Mandela,Mahatma Gandhi,David Beckham,Albert Einstein,Ronaldinho,Yao Ming and many more which the list could go long and long.After the Wax Museum,we to the Peak which was located outside the Wax Museum.At there,you can see the marvellous scenery of Hong Kong at night.The lightings all goes up at all the buildings and the skyscrappers overlapped each other.After a short brief stay at there,we went down from the Peak and it was raining while we are on the way coming down from the Peak.After that,we went to Nathan Road/Nu Ren Jie for a short stay window shopping.At there,i bought a Nike shoe which i have to buy because my shoes broke even before i reached Shenzhen on the 1st day.After that,we went back to our hotel and by the time we reached our hotel is already half past twelve midnight.That sums up the day of the trip..

4th Day (30/12/08)

Woke up at 8.45a.m which apparently i was late for the breakfast at outside of the hotel..I quickly get myself down & went to the lobby to gather with the tour guide.The tour guide brought us to take dim sum for our breakfast which was nearby to the hotel and it could be reached by a short walk.The restaurant there serves variety of dim sum and it tastes delicious.But the only dish i craved for and it did not served is the egg tart..Hong Kong is famous for it but i was unable to taste it T.T after the breakfast,we check out our hotel and we are ready to go to Disneyland which was the main purpose of this trip =) Along the way to Disneyland,you can see the 3 main bridge linking between Hong Kong island,Lantau island & the Kowloon city..The bridge was a long 1 though...Finally,we reached Disneyland & we put our luggage at Hollywood Hotel lobby as we are waiting for the check in time.After that,we are off to Disneyland theme park by the shelter provided..There are lots of things awaited we in the Disneyland as you can see there are rides,performances being shown there.At there,you hardly see a rubbish or litter around Disneyland as they upmost the cleaniness at there.I sat all the rides there and saw the performances by the crew of Disneyland.I had my dinner there as the things there are kinda expensive..Sorry guys,i cant even afford a keychain too as a gift as the price there are really expensive..No Joking though..Before i went back to the hotel,I was treated a firework showcase light up in the Disneyland.What i can say is WoW WoW WoW WoW a magnificent and unforgettable 1 though..It was late when we went back to the hotel and have our rest time . =D

5th Day (31/12/08 - 1/01/09)

Today was the last day of my stay at Hong Kong/Shezhen trip and it was the last day of the year 2008 too =D 2day suppose to be a half whole free day for all of us.However,i n my aunts n cuzzys joined an optional tour to the Ocean Park.The shelter provided by the tour agency purposely fetch us to the Ocean Park..When we reached Ocean Park,it was kinda full filled with people but not as much as it was at Disneyland =D Ocean Park offered more thrilling rides and also some fantastic performance which is the Dolphin Show.It was quite a magnificent 1 as the dolhpins all are well-trained for the performance it takes time to have a result like this..The breakfast & lunch was on ours as we make it as a single meal which we called it Brunch =) After the meals,we went to some thrilling rides..By the time 3.30p.m,we have to get back to take a cable car to go to the down side of Ocean Park as the bus waited us at there.The bus then sent us back to Disneyland Hollywood Hotel to claim our luggage as we are preparing to go to the airport..We reached airport at about 5.30p.m...We check in our luggage which our flight scheduled at 8.30p.m..As we have much more time,we went to have wantan noodles before we departs for Kuala Lumpur..Inside the plane,the air condition was like not working as the air stewardess told me is working >.< trip ="D...

This sums up the trip blogging and below are the attached photos taken from H.K & Shenzhen: