Hong Kong

Dear all,

I just returned from a family holiday in Hong Kong after attending SCCC Staff Summit at JB Pulai Springs last week. Yes, I have been out of town quite often and even my exercise routine (whatever it comprises of...) has been disrupted by all this traveling around.

So anyway, my parents left for HK on Sunday afternoon while my sis and I left on Monday to meet them. It was a short getaway for all of us which actually began with only my parents. My sis couldnt resist the sounds of HK, what with dim sum and shopping.

It has been about 11 years since my last trip to HK, the last being with choir during my Dunman days which i dont really remember much of hence seeing HK was new to me. Upon arrival and after we cleared customs and picked up our bags, my sis and I took the express airport train as instructed the night before by our parents. Since the airport terminal was located on another island, the train took us across the sea towards Hong Kong Island and the view was absolutely spectacular! with mountainous areas as the city's backdrop, HK is a beautiful city of neon lights, compact high rise buildings and little streets filled with colour and character of the old mixed and blended in with the new - of modern skyscrapers and branded boutiques.

HK is well known for two things - Shopping and Eating. While the former was a little disappointing for us (wrong season and not exactly cheap), the food department was not a let down. As usual, my family overate. We tried all sorts of food, Hong Kong dim sum, char siew and siew yok, zi cha at the market, dou jiang, you tiao, puo luo bao, nai cha, dian ping and the list goes on and on.. Just typing it makes me feel absolutely full... (check out 'some' of the food we ate). AND they were all good.


For more photos of my trip, just go to the Tan family Hong Kong Trip 2008