Bear Cookies

I received this tin of cookies from a friend who has just returned from Hong Kong. 
I love the tin and the cookies are yummy. 

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Updated! Finally

I have finally updated and uploaded all the blog posts on our Hong Kong Trip 2015. It took really a while. So sorry. Really appreciate all your patience. 

For the ease and convenience of your reading, here are the links for each day of our Hong Kong Trip 2015. Enjoy! 

Hong Kong Trip 2015 4-9 December 2015

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 1 4 Dec 2015 Fri

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 2 Part 1 5 Dec 2015 Sat

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 2 Part 2 5 Dec 2015 Sat

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 3 6 Dec 2015 Sun

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 4 Part 1 7 Dec 2015 Mon

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 4 Part 2 7 Dec 2015 Mon

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 5 Part 1 8 Dec 2015 Tues

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 5 Part 2 8 Dec 2015 Tues

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 6 9 Dec 2015 Wed

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Home Sweet Home 10 Dec 2015 Thurs

Coming Soon

I have been busy once back in Singapore. I will update my Hong Kong 2015 trip as soon as I can, by this weekend I hope. Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience. :)

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Home Sweet Home

We finally arrived in Singapore at 12:25am, Thursday 10 December. A delay of 30 minutes.

By the time we arrived home, it was close to 2am. It is really good to be home. 
I couldn't sleep immediately as I had to sort out the clothes for normal wash and for dry cleaning as well as sort the gifts for family and friends, and for ourselves. :)
It has been an interesting and unique trip for Juliane and I, exploring the cultural and historical aspects of Hong Kong. :) Sitting in the rain on the upper deck of the topless bus has been a most unique experience haha. For this trip, we bought mostly souvenirs such as stationery, postcards, magnets (and from unusual place like HKU lol) and my Kipling bags. We didn't buy a piece of clothing! We are not the usual shoppers haha. We arrived in HK with 20 kg and left with 27 kg with the additional 7 kg consisting mostly food items! We didn't even utilised our 60kg available! Maybe going to HK in summer, may be different? Who knows? :P 

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 6

It is our last day in Hong Kong. We woke up to heavy rain, akin to the kind of heavy downpour we have in Singapore. :( Since it was raining heavily, I took my time to pack up the last bits, e.g. the toiletries and our pajamas, hoping the rain might let up soon. However by 11am, it was still raining.
We had no choice but to venture out for our lunch. There is a cafe which Juliane is really interested in. We walked to Moomin Cafe at Ocean Terminal. :)

Heavy rain in HK

The exterior of Moomin Cafe :)

There are Moomin plush toys seated at most tables at the cafe! :) It's really adorable, almost as if we were having lunch with a Moomin character. The food is pretty good too.

The interiors of Moomin Cafe

Juliane's Pork Chop plate which comes with salad and drink

My Moonmin Cafe plate, with salad and drink

After lunch, we shopped at the Moomin shop next to the cafe. Both of us bought Moomin keepsake, post-it notes for me and a pencil case for Juliane. :)

Xmas decor at Ocean Terminal

A last photo of HK in the rain

It was still raining heavily when we headed back to the hotel as check-out was at 2pm. After I settled the check-out and stored our luggage with the hotel, we went out in the rain again to buy food snacks which needed to be hand-carried, such as Lao Po Bing (老婆餅), etc. Since it was raining and we couldn't walk around much, we decided to return to the hotel to wait for our 4:30pm airport transfer.

Our favourite dessert shop 

Snacks for the road :)

Gifts

More snacks for the road haha

Our transfer came on time and by 6pm, we have arrived at the airport and cleared immigration. We had dinner at Cafe de Carol lol. I think it is becoming our favourite fast food restaurant in Hong Kong. :P 

We were waiting at Gate 16 when the announcement was made that SQ 871 was delayed and would only depart at 8:05pm. However, by 8:30pm we were still in the plane waiting for take off. Sigh.

Dinner was served to us close to 10pm, earlier than the other passengers because of our special meal orders lol. Juliane's dinner looked so much tastier than my diabetic meal.

Juliane's child meal

My diabetic meal

Dessert! :)

Hong Kong Trip 2015 Day 5 Part 1 The University of Hong Kong

Today Juliane and I went to a place which is not on the usual tourist route. At 9:30am, we set off for The University of Hong Kong (HKU)! :) I am going to HKU to pick up a few books from a professor as well as to visit some of the heritage buildings in HKU.
We arrived at HKU station at 10:15am but I exited from the wrong exit and ended up lost (yes, again). We were walking up and down and lucky for us, a lady brought us to Runme Shaw Building. We managed to make it on time to see Professor Mark Bray. He is such a friendly and humble professor. Although Juliane is only a child, he included her in our conversation. For that, I am really grateful to Prof Bray for making Juliane feel she can contribute to the conversation. We left Prof Bray around 11am after he brought us to collect the books I was supposed to pick up.  

HKU Station

HKU Faculty of Education at Runme Shaw Building

We browsed around HKU and took photos around the campus. :) We located the Visitor Centre and spent a significant amount of time buying souvenirs haha. :P The Visitor Centre used to be the Worksmen's Quarters of the former Elliot Pumping Station and Filters site of the Water Supplies Department. It is a nice red brick house built in 1918-1919 and is classified as a Grade III historic building.

Defend Academic Freedom!

HKU Visitor Centre at the Centennial Campus

The different HKU stamps which you could collect

After the Visitor Centre, we stopped by the University Bookstore which is nearby for a quick browse. There was a display table on all books related to Star Wars! The Force is strong in HKU. :)

All books related to Star Wars. The Force is Strong in HKU :P

The Run Run Shaw Heritage House which housed the HKU Press

Leaving HKU

The murals at HKU Station

Bye bye, HKU. Who knows, Juliane may end up studying there? :P

We left HKU and headed back to Central. We walked from Central Station to Central Pier and we were just in time to catch the 2:15pm Star Ferry Harbour Tour. :) We had a quick lunch of sandwiches while waiting for the Star Ferry to arrive. Once we boarded the Star Ferry, it started to drizzle. My luck with th weather is just not very good. :( I wore my poncho and continued to take photos of the harbour while Juliane sat at the sheltered area watching her Korean drama! (She discovered there was free Wifi on board the ferry, sigh)

Star Ferry "Shining Star"

Victoria Harbour, HK financial centre and Chinese junk

Someone so engrossed in her Korean drama

The habour tour took an hour and we were back at Central Pier at 3:15pm. We both enjoyed the harbour tour for very different reasons lol. There was time for a trip to the Peak since we were only was meeting my cousin Rita for dinner at 7pm. :)