Back and ready to Attack

The 6 day HongKong trip servered its purpose, I did much shopping and bonded with the family. It proved to be enjoyable after all, much more enjoyable compared to the last family trip (excluding the trips to Sarawak.) which was to Sydney in 2000.

I guess the older you get, the more freedom you get, the less stress you put on your parents and thus the less naggy they get. I managed to purchase season 4 L word DVDs at the nearby HMV at 80 singapore dollars. No, I'm not lending to anyone, so don't bother asking because it'll still be a No. Even managed to purchase a pack of fags which was only 3 singapore dollars. Bought about 3-5 pieces of clothing, 2 caps and a lot of cosmetics. Apparently, Hong Kong's SASA stuff is really cheap. My whole family spent about $1000 HK which is about $200 sing dollars on cosmetics. But compared to Singapore, it's much cheaper.

I lodged at Causeway bay (which is like Town of HK, if I'm not wrong). Since its peak season and since we booked really late, I had a lousy room with the other siblings. A queen size bed which we 3 had to sleep on. I received various muscle & back aches. If not with the siblings, I'd sleep with my parents on a king size bed (another room) and endure the sleepless night as they snore their bloody lungs out.
Both ways, I didn't get a good night sleep unless my sis decides to go clubbing and come back at 4 in the morning. It was really not worth the 14 thousand that Mr Tan Hui Huang (Hahahahaha.) had to pay.

Visited Macao, barfed on the ferry, met the funniest tour guide ever and got to check out AH MAH Temple. I was with a tour group; New Zealanders, Australian, Indonesian, Germans and Russians (!!!).

Tour guide : So you from Indonesia
Indonesian man wearing a sonko: Yes
TG: So this is your third wife?
(laughs)

TG: You good man, you dont drink, dont smoke , dont gamble. Unlike Chinese man, we drink a little bit, smoke a little bit, gamble a little bit.

TG: People come here because of cheap labour!

He was so blunt and crude, so typical of a crude china man (except he's not from China). It was really funny.

Anyway, I enjoyed the non-touristy areas more than the tourist spots. I guess it's only natural to avoid crowds right? Didn't really shop so much at those street bargaining flea market areas, my sister hated it, so we did not complete Ladies street. She only agreed on shopping at Causeway Bay, which was just a minute away from the Excelsior( The hotel.).
There was a starbucks right opposite the hotel and so many cool shops round the area. It's huge and on New Years, there was a huge count down party thing right beside the hotel at some shopping centre.
The massive crowd appeared on the news, the massive crowd which I could see from the hotel room. Yes, I spent New years with my siblings at room 2911.
My brother was busy trying to hack into servers (for the internet. We did not want to pay 24 US dollars for the bloody internet.)
My sister was out (of course.)
And I was watching the television or sleeping.
Oh yes, and on New Years eve, for the first time, HK received a cold weather warning. It was 10 degrees.
Google told me that it'd be 18-21 degrees at HK, so you can imagine all the thin and micro mini shorts which I planned to wear with stockings.
Only to end up freezing my bloody self up.
Wore many 3 layers in total, all of which are thin and pathetic.
It was probably around 10-15 degrees on the last 4 days (which is 3/4 of the trip, I know.)

New years proved to be nothing big and I've given up on new year resolutions. I've learnt that I had never actually followed the resolutions. Even if I did, it was something that I had to do anyway. (i.e: do well for Os. (well, Duh?))

I don't know, I think I've learnt not to plan too much for the future but live in the present. I've become more relaxed and laid back. Still pretty much self concious but have learnt that the fun in life is taking things as it is. I can never predict the future, so why try. Just do my best in whatever I like.
My sister said something last night, that really hit me, " If you're not committed in something, then don't do it, just drop it completely."
Too bad that the school system forces us to be committed to things we hate. So we don't actually commit.

Route to Success:
1) Passion
2) Discipline
3) Hard work

Its time to make big decisions and I'm not going to back out of it, not now.
I cleaned my Fucking room up. YES. I spent the whole day stuffing my sisters shit into my cupboards and throwing out old clothes, old books, old crap which I've not touched since 2006.
I need to become clean.
I need to be new.

By the way, HK is flooded with lesbians (all of which are quite gross.) and everyone dresses REALLY well.