the 2nd wedding anniversary…

The ‘tradition’ of traveling out of the country begins with the zero anniversary of our marriage. We flew out of the country the very day we got married, almost like eloping. Result? Dog tired when we reached the foreign land, but maximum fun and thrill!

Since, we would plan for an overseas holiday to celebrate our anniversary.

Last year we went to Australia for a sweet 15 days holiday, while for this year, in leaner times, we chose to travel to the nearer destination – Hong Kong and Macau.

Our wedding date is probably the sweetest thing that can happen to me. The date was chosen with Fengshui practitioner, and that was the only auspicious date. The good thing here is, 01 Feb almost always coincide with the Lunar New Year. It’s a love-hate emotions for Lunar New Year for me. I love the joyous air floating around, but I really dislike the crowd and family gatherings. Not that I need this as an excuse to get away from the festivities, but it definitely helped my parents explain my absence. =P

This lunar new year didn’t kicked off great for me, and I am now more determined than ever to get out of the country even before the Lunar New Year’s eve, or not return until then, whichever happens first. It may sound shameless for me to word it this way, but heck, I am a peace lover, for real! I would avoid conflict at all costs. Would you believe that Mike and I have never fought? We may have disagreements, but we never really fought, nor have we exchanged verbal violence.

This trip was great though, I guess it was a matter of decision to want to enjoy the trip. I have blogged up the trip in my personal blabbering blog, you may jump right in if you wish to read up more, BE WARNED, I am better known for lengthy blogs!

Wonder how I managed to blog these up? We enjoyed absolutely free high-speed internet access in Hong Kong, and I am a lousy shopper, so we usually spend quite a bit of time in the hotel too. We watched telly, Mike played PSP game, and I blog…haha..

I am going to list out the references for this trip too, whichever I have grabbed, or know.

Trip references:
Hotel in Hong Kong – Stanford Hotel (3 star, close proximity to Women’s Street – Mong Kok, a stone’s throw)
(Tips: forget about booking the room with any other online travel agents, book directly with the hotel, look out for the special offer, and it’s the best package I could find. Get the shuttle bus service too, it’s best rates offered, if you get it from the airport, it’s a lot more expensive. Forget breakfast, we are talking Hong Kong here, and the hotel is situated right at Mong Kong, you can’t go hungry even at wee hours)
Reviews: Small, but clean, I was fine with the size, Mike preferred a larger room; staff very friendly, very convenient to walk around from the hotel.

Restaurants/Eateries in Hong Kong that we went to (and retained cards or receipts):

Tsui Wah Restaurant – Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon

SzeChuan Restaurant – 3/F, Mass Resources Development Bldg, 12-16, Humphreys Ave, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

KC. City (Highly recommended!!) – G3/F, Fashion Plaza, 1A-1L, Tung Choi St, Mongkok, Kowloon
(We had meals there for 3-4 times, they have Shanghai restaurant, Japanese Restaurant, and Western Restaurant, all on the same floor, it’s located in Women’s street, but probably hidden behind the stalls on the road, they usually have people giving out brochures and usher you to the restaurant)

Lucky Dessert (my favorite too) – located in Women’s street too, the address on the card is written in Chinese, so.. you won’t miss it though

Honeymoon Dessert – we went to the one located at New Territory, really good!!

Floating Restaurant (Jumbo)

Places of interest – Hong Kong:
Victoria Peak
Stanley Market
Temple Street Market (similar to pasar malam)

Trip references:
Hotel in Macau - Rio Hotel (4 star)
(Tips: book with macau.com, may price with complimentary breakfast, but to be honest, I didn’t like the buffet breakfast at all. Best rates so far)
Reviews: We had a complimentary upgrade to Deluxe room, really large, especially after we had stayed at Stanford in Hong Kong. The hotel issued coupon booklets for discounted meals and buys.

Really, I had in mind to list up quite a good list of informative references, but when I screened through the brochures and receipts, I can’t exactly make out where and what!

I guess it doesn’t matter so much, Hong Kong and Macau are really small, you can easily find your way around. Don’t be taken in by the large map of Macau, the scale is 500m:1, traveling from Macau to Taipa island is just about 15 mins by car.

This trip was made especially special by Jackie and Heidi, the lovely couple who played hosts during our stay in Hong Kong. Jackie is Mike’s ex-secondary classmates, who studied and stayed in Singapore for nearly 10 years. We really appreciate their warm hospitality and would love to have the opportunity to play host when they visit Singapore.

I really look forward to that, because I may turn out to be more ‘tourist’ than they are!

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