一日游 (a day off in hk)

it was long weekend this weekend...YAHOOOoo...i know all of you are feeling like this even weeks before the long weekend....i didnt really have anything planned for the long weekend...i was still feeling sick and initially i decided to stay at home and rest...but after some hard thinking, i decided to take ah fai's offer...to go cycling with friends....once i cycled in "long island" a year and a half ago...and i missed the feeling of wind blowing at your face, so i decided to challenged by sickness....it proved to be a wise and worthwhile decision :) thanks fai fai for making me see the other side of HK...the beautiful & natural side and the scary side that is...

we started our trip at "tai wai station" (outskirt of HK) and wanted to start our journey there, who knows, there were no bicycles left..looks like everyone came out to do the same thing...so we went to "shatin station" and looked for other vendors...there was one, luckily, but we had to QUEUE....yup, like how we waited for dim sum at restaurant..this is something new to me...i never thought cycling on holiday could be so popular....we waited for 45 mins before we chose our own bike...(didn't have much choice anyway), so i chose a simple bike with no special function..just pedal pedal pedal and a hard seat...but i did have a cute bell...fai fai's friends said my bike looked like the type of bike people used for delivering food (外卖单车)...i forgot to take a pic though....sayang la....anyway, it was great to cycle around, seeing the beautiful scenery...it took my breath away when i saw the water and the mountains after mountains, apartments after apartments and of coz bikers after bikers....haha...i was shocked by the amount of ppl cycling...i took some pics while i was cycling to share with my friends~~~

this is the view while i was cycling...this was only the beginning

As we went further, we began to see the crowd...OMG OMG, this was where we waited at the traffic lights...doesn't this look like we were participating in the cycling competition? everyone was eager to be the first...some ppl even waited at the wrong side of the road!!! amazing

it was so crowded that it made some area so hard to cycle...i had to watch out for the crowd and couldnt enjoy the view as much as i wanted to...some people rode too slow coz they looked like beginners, so i had to overtake a lot of them..i wish i had a rear mirror installed on my handle coz there were people coming out of nowhere behind ya..so before you overtake, must look behind you...Also, some people didnt know you were overtaking them, so they just suddenly overtaking ppl in front of them...i learned a few lesson..ALWAYS "HORN" them before you overtake!!! mayb it was the crowd that i saw a lot of injuries happening along the way...one of fai fai's friends fell down and hurt her chin, knees and later, she was hurt on her arm by another biker because the road was too narrow...and fai fai fell down when going downhill...i carelessly knocked on my knees a few times and now i have a lot of O-CHE (blue green) marks all over my legs :'( the scary thing was, we saw this gal being taken away by ambulance with a bandage on her cheek...the hearsay was she fell down and rubbed her cheek and the flesh fell out (＞＜）．i saw another little gal struggling with pain in her mum's arm coz she crashed her bike and was later taken away by ambulance...a few bikers along the way crashed their bike with minor injuries but the bike needs major overhaul!!! the whole tyre became other shapes other than round!!! a guy in front of me almost knocked on me while i was doing 60km/hr...geeezzzz, luckily my 外卖单车had really good brake or else i would be rocketeer... traffic jam at the junction...people stopping to go to the loo and buying ice creams and cold drinks...actually this scene reminds me of the scene in kuching...people stopped anywhere they want, whenever they want...amazing~~~~~~no road ethics man... during the trips, we stopped to enjoy the view...it was....magnificent~~~

and we found a weird creature on the way...isn't this beautiful? :) thanks fai fai for taking me....the whole bike ride took us 4 hours....the consequences? sore bum (i think my two apples are now O-CHE), muscle pain everywhere...my body feel like it's gonna break anytime soon...haha....excessive exercise i guess another note, i felt like i was doing a circus coz fai fai and friends said i could ride with one hand...i was on the phone a few times while riding...and i was taking out my phone while riding to take pics for you guys, and i looked behind and chit chatted while riding....people, please do not imitate me unless you are well trained :)...these are high risk actions.....the reasons i did this was because the road was too narrow for me to stop and i didnt want to delay other people for my own convenience :)

my weekend in busan

It was a rushed week for me last week and i didnt have time to make decide where i wanted to go for weekend..i had seoul in mind, but i hardly had time to do reasearch (mayb that was just a excuse to be lazy :p)....it seems that time difference makes a lot of difference..eventhough korea is only one hr ahead, i always felt like i didnt have enough time...instead of 钱不够用 (money not enough)，me is 时间不够用(time not enough)..oh, come to think of it, i think this is linked...money = time, time = money...hehehe...anyway, my colleagues decided to go to busan for the weekend on wednesday, so i decided to tag along...they asked me to book hotel online as there are promotions..i logged in the web, took a look and couldnt make up my mind..there were alot of options, like 3 single beds, 1 double bed + 1 single bed, 1 double bed and 1 double bed with free internet and free breakfast....i thought, na, i could do it tomorrow...so the next day, when i tried to book the one with the best deal (ie the one with freebies), it was all sold out...so i wonder again...as usual...after half hr, i logged in again and even the double bed + 1 single deal was gone....i ended up booking a room with THREE single beds!!!! i was teased by my colleagues...i know...it was not wise..but i believe in 傻人有傻福...coz out of 5 of my colleagues, my room is the only one with the best view.... ^^

but it's still funny to have two other beds i don't use..wish somebody could take advantage :)

Bye bye

i'm sick today....with fever and cough...runny nose coming....bye bye my friends in case something happens me (choi choi choi, of coz)...pls pray for me...

我的战利品

was in Busan this weekend...wanted to do some "cultural" activities in Busan but couldnt find the temples i initially wanted to visit a few temples but i couldn't find it...i admit, i didnt do a good research for this trip...i just took my chances...after walking up and down, left and right, for 2 hours, i decided to give up...so i ended up going shopping...and after x hours of shopping, i got a lot of tops...korea is shopping paradise man...i have a lot of things i wanted to buy, but too bad, i got language barrier la....but i still got a lot...share share with you~~~~

Sunday morning

It was a sunday morning after whole night of rain...ah fai and i decided to visit the flower mkt....it was still a bit drizzling when i went out to meet ah fai...we had brunch at nearby coffee shopt (AKA kopitiam)....after a simple bfast, we went to the streetful of florists...it was so nice to walk on this street...with the breeze blowing on my face, and the flowers on both sides...i felt like i was not in HK...suddenly, i have this thought....i wanna buy cut flowers every week, decorate them and put them at home..don't you just love to see flowers at home? isn't it cozy? imagine you waking up and smell the fragrance of the flowers...aahhh..life is wonderful...hahaha..but i was just using my imagination...don't think i have the ability to have this kind of life..hahaha...share some pics with you...you may feel how i felt this morning

GUILT

i did something i considered not so nice last friday night....it was the last day in my office before i go on a long trip, so i decided to clear some work and do some personal chores before i leave...so i worked a bit, and made some credit card payments online...and i realised my monthly internet fee (which is using monthly auto-pay...i hate using credit card auto-pay coz i always get charged extra without knowing why) was more than my contracted price....so i called up the internet company....and the person, called MENCIUS SIU, picked up the phone...and i told him the reasons i called...he said the extra charge was charged to be because their request for charging me on my credit card was rejected by the cr card company so they passed on the charge to me...i said, that's not appropriate, i shouldnt be the one bearing the cost..he said it's my credit card and i should ensure the card works..then i said how do i know if my card doesnt work if nobody tells me and the strange thing is, i never exceeded my limit and other auto pay can go thru, mayb problem is not me? i kept saying i don wanna bear the charge and the guy kept telling me that it's my fault and i should check with the bank...this is the WEIRDEST comment i have ever heard....so i got mad and started arguing with him and the guy got really rude as well and we started yelling at each other..for the longest 15 to 20 mins...we just yelled until there was no solution...i asked him wat kind of customer service is this? and i said he's rude...then guess what he said? he said he doesnt think he is rude...hahaha..wtf....he doesnt think he's rude and he doesnt think it's their fault...what's the point of talking to a person who cant listen? knowing this would not go anywhere, i told him i didnt wanna talk to him anymore as there will not be any conclusion...oh, and one moment i told him that i wanted to speak to his supervisor, he, as a customer service personnel told me that he has no supervisor...he is the supervisor....WHAT the? anyway, i got off the phone and dialed in again..and guess what? HE PICKED UP AGAIN....

anyway, my point is not how rude he was...my point was i felt like a dumb dumb for being so MAD...a lot of my blood cells died as a result..and just for HKD60...to me, it's not the money that matters, it's the principle......sigh....let's pay attention to our temper more in the future..it's really not worth

HAPPY EASTER

this is the pic of the THREE musketeers jumping in the middle of busy buzy street of tsimshatsui....you jump i jump...this is what friends are for...hahaha...HAPPY EASTER friends....from 3 jumping musketeers...