Perfect beach day

Saturday - 2/7/05
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I woke up 7am in the morning and looked out of my window. Sunny day with bright sunshine. A smile grew within my heart. This was a hint given to me as it had been raining cats and dogs for the past few weeks. The weather for the past weeks was really nasty and unpredictable. Even more unpredictable than the PMS syndrom of the women. As if running a mood swing competition against the women, it changes from cloudy to sunny and from sunny to rain, in just a blink of an eye, a click of the button , a strike of the lightening or any other best adjectives you can think and describe of.. Yes it was that fast. The hint was obvious. Perfect day for the beach. I trust my intuition and I'm glad it didn't disappointed me.

Without wasting any more time, I quickly went through my bibble a.k.a the travel guide book, looking for the nearest and good beach to go to. Repulse Bay , that's it ! It said on the book one of the popular beach in Hong Kong. I wouldn't want to compare the beaches in Hong Kong to the ones back in Malaysia because it will be pale in comparison to what we have in our tropical land. So I qucikly told Yurgo about my plan and asked him to gather all the IEASTE people as fast he can. Three hours later after we got our lunch and went for the bus ride, we find ourself lying on the beach of Repulse Bay. Amazing :)

Of course the water is not crystal-clear ( instead I noticed myself swimming with other unexpected companions like plastic bags other than with the girls), the sand has rocks which is big enough for me and Kian to play the Malaysian childhood game "Seven Stones", but then again ....we were having so much fun with everyone here engaging with their own activities ( for guys it were the 'Bay Watch' ;p , for girls were the frantic sun-block application competition ) , so who cares about the sand and sea as long as we were lying on one ?

It was my intuition and impromptu plan but everything else just fell nicely into without any pre-arranging or pre-planning. Perfect isn't it ? :)



How adorable ?


Look at the animated clouds !


Hairy yet 'macho' Greek boys - Chris & Yurgo


Just lazing around...


Repulse Bay



Caught in action.


grace & yasmin

'Survivors' of the sleepless night

Last weekend was a long weekend because Friday is a public holiday as it's the anniversary for the hand-over of Hong Kong to China. Hence we had 3 whole days of holiday. Couldn't miss this chance to do some outing and some sightseeing in Hong Kong, can't we ? And with the European friends around, they definitely know the way to get things heat up - clubbing. I let myself a little loose that long weekend and follow them for some 'wild' and 'crazy' nights. We decided to stay for the night instead of going back to the hall after the midnight movie on last Friday night because we were so 'enthusiastic' to see the flag rising ceremony in the Convention Centre in Wan Chai, which we told it would be held at 6am in the morning. This is also why we decided to stay in Wan Chai instead of going back because it's nearly impossible for us to wake up 5 am in the morning to get back to Causeway Bay. So a bnuch of the 'enthusiastic' people stay up the night in Wan Chai, thinking it would be like historical moment to watch the flag-rising. When it was near 5.30am, we started to head off to the Convention Centre. Interestingly, we were the first bunch of 'tourists' arrived there. It was so early that by the time we were there, the police on duty were just started to dividing their work shifts. And the worst thing was, we were told the flag-rising was on 8am and not 6am ! We were all too beaten up by exhaustion and fatigueness that we decided to go back home.

Back in Malaysia, if I were to asked to watch the celebration of the National Day in 'Merdeka Square', I would rather cuddle myself comfortably at home watching it live on TV rather than dashing to the place with million of people in the square. And look now, what were I doing in Hong Kong ? Stay up all night for the flag-rising ceremony ( well almost if we waited long enough ). Touristy, yeah , but hey, I'm the trainee now. And yes, I'm a tourist in Hong Kong. At least for the time being. By the time I end my traineeship, I shall able to answer if my friends ask me for the places to dine and travel in Hong Kong.


Kian having a supper in 7-ll (seven eleven)


Marcos enjoying his supper in 7-11. The package comes with rice and pork, not bad at all.


My first try on the darts.




Ladies of the night


All conquered ...


All beaten up by exhaustion ...


First bunch of tourist to arrive at Convention Centre on 1/7/05.


Proudly present to you the 'survivors' of the sleepless night ;)