Hong Kong – Day 6

It’s another Free & Easy day and after breakfast, we brought the elderly to Sheung Wan to buy their dry goods for the coming Chinese New Year.

As we shopped for the dry goods like dried scallops, oysters, fish maws, cuttlefish etc… the young ones were wondering if there are sweets to buy too. Mum and mother in law were very happy women when they bought about HKD 3,000 worth of dry goods. They mentioned that it was a good buy as most items were cheaper than Singapore.

For the kids, we brought them to the wholesale store which sells all kinds of candy, chips and loads of chocolates. Mother in law also bought quite a bit of them for Chinese New Year as they will open their house for relatives. The kids went back to hotel happy with their sweets.

We continued our shopping in town after lunch and continue our shopping at ladies’ market. The shops opened from noon though not all are opened. We managed to get some good stuff as it wasn’t as crowded in the afternoon. After our shopping spree, we went back to hotel to rest before heading out for dinner.

Cheers Restaurant was our choice for dinner and we ordered their super valued set menu. It was somehow a 10 course dinner and man… the dishes were generous lor! I would say that the menu was totally worth every dollar and it was simply delicious. You can check out my pictures below…
















We ate so much but the dishes kept coming and we wondered if they have served the wrong table!! We alerted them but was told that it was in the set menu we ordered… even the drinks were free flow!! You might want to know how much was the set menu right… Alright, the set menu cost HKG 1,588 (abt SGD 260) and there were 10 adults,
2 kids & 2 babies. It was a STEAL!



We wanted to get some desserts (my steam milk) but I was too full to eat anymore! The elderly went back to hotel and the young adults brought the kids out for a walk since we were too full to sleep!

Hong Kong – Day 5

We are on our own from today after 3 days of planned tour by the travel agent. Hubby planned our schedule and today, we are going for some shopping and then take a tram up to Victoria Peak.

When we arrived at the Victoria Peak, it wasn’t as crowded as the last time we visited. Due to the early breakfast we had this morning, we took the opportunity to have a light lunch at Burger King as the kids were hungry.

We continued our journey and went up to the peak to enjoy the beautiful view of Hong Kong. I remembered the last time when we visited the Peak, it was pretty cooling but the sun was shining so bright today that somehow made us shorten our stay.





Hubby thought it will be good opportunity for the elderly to visit the Madam Tussaud Wax Museum as it will be an eye-opening experience for them. Faith took it quite well at the entrance of Madam Tussaud but when I started taking pictures with the waxed ‘celebrities’, she began to be cry. She was somehow afraid of them despite us telling her that they are unreal… soon later, her cousin Shevaun started to cry too and yes, that was the time we know we have to speed up our tour in the museum.











Well, at least, our parents were happy to see some of their idols and have pictures taken with them though they are unreal. My mum was very happy to stand beside her favorite Elvis Presley, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana. Both mother & father in laws was excited to see our LKY and as well as the Lee Ka Seng.

Since we are in the Central area, we took a slow walk down to H&M Department Store. That is one of my favorite hang out whenever I visit HKG even-though we have our own in SIN recently.

After a long day of walking, the elderly decided that they would like to stay in for the night instead of heading out for dinner. We took the chance to put our kids in their room while the adults get our ‘freedom’ for a few hours.

We went down to shop at Ladies’ Market at Mong Kok and even had dinner at the street stall. We ordered beef brisket noodles, wanton noodles, claypot chicken rice and my ever favorite ice-milk tea. The food tasted extremely good without our kids around…. Hahahaahahahaah … we ate in peace and enjoyed every minute of our time shopping.

Hong Kong – Day 4

After our quick early breakfast this morning, we set off for another full day of fun at the Ocean Park.

When we arrived, our tour guide informed us that we have the whole day of fun and will return to pick us up in the evening. We did not waste any time and went straight to check out the places of good rides for our kids.







Our first stop was to visit the lovable pandas. The kids were excited to see the pandas but there was a long queue as usual. When we finally got inside the air-conditioned room, there was only one panda left as the others had gone back to their nest… not sure why but perhaps it’s time for them to rest…





There was a new ‘ride’ which will lead you to the other side of the park for those weak at heart… The so-called ‘underwater’ ride was like a MRT taking you to the other side, somehow replacing the cable car ride. It was really boring but thank goodness it was a short ride.

When we arrived, we went for early lunch at McDonald’s. Half way through our lunch, Faith and Shevaun was having their meals too and later wanted to roam around the area. I somehow noticed two Chinese Nationals couples seated near our area eyeing on our children. They behaved quite suspiciously and after a short exchanged of words, the men went away to sit about 6 rolls away from us while the women continued to look at our children.

It was a mother’s instinct to protect your child and I immediately carried Faith in my arms and had her entertained with ice-cream for the first time while my father-in-law took care of Shevaun. Not long after, the two Chinese women walked away to meet their men at the other end. When they left, my mum asked if I took noticed of the couple and I was surprised that she was aware too…

After lunch, instead of taking some of the rides in the theme park, we ended up at the game stores playing different games. Surprisingly, even the adults enjoyed playing those booth games… the images of childhood…

By the late afternoon, we were all tied out and took the cable car ride back to the main entrance. While waiting for our tour bus to pick us, we found a cooling place for the elderly to rest while the young ones went to the huge aquarium to check out some sea creatures.







Though we have been to Ocean Park for few times but nothing compared to the new experience of spending it with our little one.