My Thots and Ramblings: 2011

Day 5 Disneyland part 1

Yah...today at last it is to Disneyland.

...journey by taxi to Disneyland...you can see Ben's face...it is getting a bit red...due to the dry weather there...

...the tall, tall buildings on the way to Disneyland.....

...at the Hollywood Hotel, we left our suitcases at the Conceirge to go to Disneyland. Hotels here are pretty expansive...so we try to save on one day of hotel. There are 2 hotels here - Hollywood hotel is the cheaper one.

...after catching bus...so excited yah!

..even the floor has Mickey Mouse markings...

...at the entrance...why do we seemed to be looking up? Because we were looking at an airplane going by! Haha..!

...luckily it was a clear day...with a bit of sun....

...with Daddy at the entrance...

...the water feature outside....Mickey surfing of top of the whale...

...while Donald is on top of a sunken boat...

Day 4 Citigate

Cousin recommended this big shopping mall which had all the outlets....that morning was pretty cold...as you can see Ben, all wrapped up...plus hat, etc...

..Got Disneyland ticket outlet here...bought tickets here....

....what is this..? Got Thomas speciality shop!

...wah! What a big poster!

...the shop here...husband and I took turns to take care of Ben and go shopping. He was so fascinated with the train going all the way up and up and up...and then down and down and down...

..wah..Thomas heaven!

...Daddy bought him a Thomas train...I refuse to buy anything...you can see how excited he is over here...

...train ride home....

...Ben still clutching to his new Thomas train. :)

Day 3

On 3rd day, we thought that we will bring Ben to some outdoor places which we visited 8 years ago - Bird Park and Flower market.

Caught the MTR there...then read the map to walk....

...we walked and walked....but unfortunately I read the map wrongly...we went the wrong direction...so here we are in the taxi....

..at the old Bird Garden...actually this was a place where the old folks bring their birds in cages to socialise with each other. We were a bit sad to see that there were less people and less birds...and nearby there was an on-going construction project...sigh...things never stay the same...

..the 2 boys....

...see, the whole lane is empty. Used to be packed with old men carrying their bird cages and chatting with each other...

...and the Fish Market as well...things also changed here...used to be many many pails outside on the pavement with loads of gold fishes swimming around. Maybe due to the hygience issue, everything has been moved into the shops ....

...see, the pavement are all empty now....a bit sad...

...then we were off walking...

...nice market with a lot of things to see and buy...bought a Thomas pajamas, socks and tidbits...cannot buy other things because not suitable for our weather.

...lunch came about and we had porridge....it was nice hot porridge for a cold weather. But unfortunately, it did not last me very long...after that had to look for buns as because of the cold weather, the metabolisme higher?

...after that, it was more shopping.....

Day 2 Night

During that night, we just had a walk around town....

...as usual...Ben was just fascinated with the nearby construction....we stood there for 15 minutes to observe...

....a lot of lanterns...

...at Temple Street market...

...at Giordano shop....at home, he does not play Lego...but over here...he is like building and stacking away! The negative part of going during winter is that we cannot do much shopping as everything is thicker, long sleeves, wool material which are not suitable at all for our weather. And it does not matter all the clothes I brought along to look nice...because we will be all wrapped up in our sweaters! Haha....you would noticed that Ben is always in this bright yellow sweater!

Day 2 Dinner

Have been reading so much bloggers' recommendatins. One was Mak's Noodle. It was wantan mee...but it was a non-event...that we only took a photo of the shop and not the food. I think the wan tan mee is much better and cheaper nearby the escalators on the Island.

Next is something which needs no introductin according to most bloggers....Australian Dairy Farm...! Since nothing was in English, I read up most of the bloggers recommendations and they just say take the set! Take the set! Ok...that would be easy.

3 sets...I think one is only valid in the morning or something like that...

...oh yes, the place was packed...and there was a queue but it was fast...! They pushed us to this very small place...on our back, was the wall and we were facing a...wall!!! yah!

Menu in Chinese...

...part of the set is this macroni with char siew...em....ok lar....

...husband set came with spaghetti....looks the same except in different form!

........here we are eating away...Ben quite like the spaghetti...

..on top of the spaghetti, there is the toasted white bread, scrambled eggs and 2 slices of ham.....hmm...a lot of people's opinion was that the scrambled eggs was special and that at home, they just could not cook the same way.....but to me...emmm...it was ok lar.....

....too much food...and what is that??! For HKD30 we only got Chinese tea...not even the milk tea! This place is making big bucks!

day 2 Lunch - Yung Kee

Since come until here, must try Yung kee right??! Guess what? It is very very expansive to eat INSIDE the restaurant...but tah pau is CHEAPER!!

Took the MTR home...Ben again had a wonderful day....ferry, tram and MTR...look at him clutching onto his card so hard...

...and the Yung Kee char siew and roast goose rice...my opinion...way too salty!

Day 2 Continuation - part 2

Too many photos to put into one entry. On the way on the double decker tram, guess what we saw? Public Bank...going strong .... in HK!!

Here we are at the escalator...on the island, there is an escalotor which goes all the way up and there is timing when the escalator is going up or down...