Rabid adventures in Hong Kong

Some pictures from our vacation in Hong Kong!

Ok, you'll notice that the Significant Other's face is pixelated - my lame attempt at granting him a bit of privacy. Aiyah. Most of you know who he is, anyway, so ... :P

A huge LV bag! Susu, make Morte buy you a LV this size ok? Mwahahaha! :D

The S.O. and I decide to play tourist and visit the Mid-Levels escalators in Central. It's 800m long and is the world's longest covered escalator! Travelling the entire length will take around 20 minutes. By the way, HK folks stand on the right side of the escalator to make way for those in a hurry. Ikut kanan kecuali memontong.

In SG, we stand on the left side. Hey, who makes these escalator rules anyway? o.O

These dogs remind us of Erwin's 2 adorable ones! Almost the same colors too!

Warning: after taking the escalator up, you'll realise that it only goes one way: which means you'll have to walk all the way down ... o.O

We take a tram (only $2 HKD!) to Happy Valley racecourse. It really reminds us of the one in Kung Fu Hustle, haha! S.O. and I are tempted to ham it up and act like Stephen Chow/sidekick in the "tram" scene and take pics, but decide not to because we're too thin-skinned :X

It costs $10 HKD to get into the racecourse. Big crowd there. They have beer, hotdogs, McD's, dim sum, noodles, etc ... the atmosphere is really festive!

Urban legend #1 - after each race, you'll see a storm of confetti (torn-up betting slips) floating from the higher bleachers as the punters tear up/throw away their slips in disgust.

I actually saw this happen! :P But there wasn't much, lah. Maybe only 100+ pieces of it.

The S.O. and I try to decipher the betting odds. Got Qin, Tce, etc ... what do those mean? So you win $70.50 per $ you bet or per $10? We give up after a couple of races. I suppose I should be glad that he isn't much of a gambler. LOL.

The board even shows how much the horse won by! I wonder if they let you bet on this.

Here's something you don't get to see on TV. After each race, a bunch of people will come out with sharp prongs to chase away kaypohs who are too near the race track.

Ok, corny, I know. They're actually there to clean up after the horses (i.e. pick up horse shit)

We wouldn't want a flying turd to hit the spectators, or worse, land on your freshly grilled plate of hotdogs, would we?

A cool pic the S.O. took of the horses just coming out of the gates. So colorful!

Every night, at 8pm, there's a light show at the harbour from more than 20 buildings on both sides of HK harbour. Very pretty! :) Pity it was cloudy the night we went so we didn't see the full beauty of the lights.

Yummy! Dessert from Hui Lau Shan. The QQ glutinous balls in my dessert were delicious, and the mango was very sweet and fresh! I wish I could have this everyday :(

This guy is fishing on the ... road?! Actually, he's fishing via a longkang on the roadside. I wonder what he expects to catch. LOL.

We catch the fast ferry from Central Pier No.5 to Cheung Chau island ($21 HKD one-way). It's a small residential island with no motor traffic.

The first thing we see when we get off the ferry is ... McDonald's ...

... not to forget 7-11 and Circle K ... damn, commercialised siah ...

Still, it's a really nice place, quiet, fresh air, idyllic. We don't mind getting aplace there when we retire. And it doesn't hurt that they have cheap internet there too!

Well, time for me to retire for the night too :)