I Miss My HOLIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah....just back from Hong Kong on mon.....and i am really feeling the Post-Holiday blues.....it was a fun trip!....summer, shopping, sales, food, friends and of course Jeff.

This is actually my 11th trip to HK, 12 if i count the one when i was in pri sch. And quite frankly, i never ever get sick of HK, well at least the shopping, trendy merchandise and oh so vibrant city life!! HK is indeed organised chaos, its lively ...sort of transport u from "sian" spore to somewhere more happening instantly! haha....

Well, Spore does have its good points too like cleaner air and more peace BUT, once in while u need to recharge and feel excited, wake up yr senses! and HK is a place to do that! Thank goodness its 3hrs plus away :)

Was a bit tired from packing and stuff, waking up early to the airport, thinking of the logistics, but once we landed....wow...everything is nice. in fact even on the CX flight, people started shopping already ...haha...in flight sales.
The have a rather good selection of stuff. Recd Lori to get the Marc Jacobs perfume flower pendent for Wendy, it looks cute.....ah wished someone could give me that too.

We took the airport bus to TST, it was pretty fast actually, just 40mins maybe and stopped right outside Cameron Rd, now thats convenient! Went to look out for our hotel - Hotel Benito......and great! it was just 3mins away from where we were. MTR station also just at the junction.

The hotel was new and clean, a boutique concept. very nice i must say and LOCATION - the best!check in was also smooth. they also gave fresh fruits (we r talking about big apples and oranges!) and the water pressure in the toilet - power...! haha..v important huh this type of things. ha...

One thing memorable also, their TV had this cantonese movie channel, they show mainly action movies from the 90s...damm cheesy stuff but funny! we had a good laugh watching thoes. haha!! the movie editing back then was AWFUL and so were the special effects! haha....once scene i saw a toy aeroplane with eyes flying around the main actor, trying to kill him! wah ha ha!!!

The clear highlight of course gotta be Jeff! The concert was great, i was surprised to see actually lots of dancing and fast beat stuff. rather unlike the typical Jeff image u would expect. Although he is the Prince of Love Ballads, he to me is actually different from his public persona. Over the years, i learnt that Jeff does like a lot of western pop, dance music, jazz, modern cool stuff u know as well as fusion, brit pop etc. Of course he does his mando love songs the best but tat is what u call - his job and livelihood.
He did a great amount of dancing, and re-arrangement of the songs to a club beat. very daring and different for the mando mkt, but hey a person must change and improve rite? so good job!

The dancers that night were all very hot, they looked good and had perfect figures. the top quality type of dancers. my fren said jeff got distracted by one female dancer as she was walking towards him - he forgot the lyrics! aiyo!...haha...ok to me that is a good thing (*wink*).

He came down near the audience twice to shake hands, the crowd went crazy lah. and there was a lucky gal who gave him a scarf and kissed him! no wonder lah, she was the gf of VIP in HK. haha...anyway lucky gal.

The jazz segment of the concert was particularly good. and i was also surprised that Chet Lam was his guest. cool.They have similar voices and Chet sang one of my faves - By My Side.

Only er....downside was our flowers. It was a beautiful bouquet we bought at The Flower Mkt in Prince Edward. With orchids. Lori called it "Susan". By the end of the concert, Susan was still with us but all drenched as Lori/Kim tried a few times to give the flowers to Jeff but security was too restrictive. and also too many fans running towards the barricades! Jeff didnt collect many of the flowers that night....now we know...four side concert can forget about giving flowers. haha.

but no sweat, we gave it to his assistant later at the hotel. So he prob spent a day with "Susan" : )

The gathering next day was also our highlight! We got first row seats, so happy!
And jeff sat just at our corner like 1m away! so near and wow he was so gorgeous in a simple black t-shirt and ripped jeans, and sneakers.

Jeff didnt look at all like a 42 yr old....he has really good skin ...like fair and clear skin, he can sure pass off as a guy in is 30s. and funnily although most pple feel he has gained weight, he look fine in person. a bit buff but not fat.

he was relaxed and played along to all the games, took photos with enthusiasm with the 100+ of us! wow...made everyone happy. usually after concert day, he would be tired or sleepy or rushing to get home etc...but this time he seem really happy.
he made some small talk with my fren....and i also told him he was ok at the concert....everything he replied in english...haha...its funny just when u try to speak in mandarin to him, he tries to speak to u in english. : )

after the gat, i went for a drink with 2 long time frens - Phoebe and Joe. So happy to see them! They still look good and they dun seem to age! Joe was funny and said she brought her kindergarten student with her to the concert!! haha..btw the student now is like almost 20. amazing. Phoebe is also doing well in her job, going to Florida on work soon. Good for her. its been 10 yrs since i known them, at the 99 Xmas eve party. really a good feeling to catch up with them.
They were very nice and bought me a present, really nice of them.

after that, i met the gang at Times Sq and we went to the Peak for the spectacular view. i been here again on countless times but still love it. and find it v romantic.
we took the steep tram ride up and also had a drink at Bubba Gump! Yes thats the one in NYC. Service wasnt as high as in the US (quite artificial actually) but decent enough, afterall we are asians :P the food was alright but the price is higher than that in the US perhaps of the franchise fee.

We asked a guy to help us take a pic on the peak, so funny he took a long long time to take the PERFECT picture! he even used his camera tripod and stuff! oh well he was nice to wanna take a good shot of us. the shot turn out well. he was from China i think. and his assistant/ of gf also took one of us with her camera.

took a bus down, again roller coaster ride! haha...2 aunties/or high pitch voice uncles were sitting at the back talking loudly about what they cooked for dinner! the conversation was funny cuz one said she/he cooked pasta......blah blah with truffle oil! (wow) and herbs like Basil...haha...very Pally. cool.

Went back to TST and back to our hotel. Its funny now we go back to hotel so early. Age catching up or ...? i dunno, used to shop till 1am all the time in the past. maybe the economy isnt that good kinda feeling. but its ok, rest is good. look younger. heh heh

next day check out time.....ah...last day in HK. we knew jeff was catching a 2pm flight...and went down to the lobby at 12pm to try our luck. wow! our lift doors opened almost at the same time! lucky my fren spotted him immediately and called him...i could even recognise him with the cap.....he said bye and usual asked when we are heading home. ha. a mini bus was waiting for him outside, there we saw his taiwan kampong! haha...there were a whole group of taiwanese likely his relatives and frens and we also saw his parents. they were thanking the hotel manager. PR and everyone in HK....we waved each other once again good bye via the windows.

ok, next stop! Mongkok! last min shopping! we went to ladies market and then i zoomed to langham place to H&M. nice accesories but not really the clothes. aiya, shopping time why always no enough!!??! gggrrrr.......i could easily spend a few more days in HK.....

5pm, time to get to the Airport. We had popeyes at the airport and went in the transit rather late at about 7.30pm. only to find out our gate have been change!! somehow the PA system annoucement didnt work on us...we zoomed all the way to the other side of the airport to the right gate!!! i was like No man! i dun wanna be that crazy woman going to San Francisco

luckily we got onto the plane in time, it was already last call. many singaporeans were still walking slowly...aiyo! they think they own the plane ah!

On the flight, one of my frens had a small little crush on the air steward...haha....he was alright looking and when we were collecting our baggage, he appeared! wah haha! i sort of suggest she take a photo of him...and man! she really went up to him and ask for a photo! haha.....true guts...v good. he wasnt that good looking in photo though. funnily. he turned out to be sporean (or msian) as he took a cab home.

and that marks the end of our HK trip....loved it.