Hong Kong and San Francisco

Had an awesome time in both places. The last time i visited Hong Kong was in 1996. It has changed a lot and the food still taste as good. My sis took time to bring me out to eat roasted baby pigeon, desserts and wanton mee.. I think i have put on a few kg.

For San Francisco, we met a couple of sick people there but I like the bridges and the scenary they had there. It was very magnifient looking! Shopping was good but 70% of my shopping was for my friends and my family.. When I came back i realised I didn't buy much, except for Bath and Body Works. Arghh..

Now for the pictures..



Cable car ride to fisherman's wharf

View of Golden Gate Bridge from Pier 39

View of The Peak

DIM SUM!!

Tram

Stanley Market and Stanley Place

beautiful substitute @ Au Petite Salut

Have been praying for a Paris flight but prayers have not been answered yet. But I was invited to taste some good and genuine French cuisine as a substitute, by Momo @ Au Petite Salut, located at Dempsey. It turned out that food was way awesome and champagne went totally well with the meal I had. Maybe company of Momo helped a little but seriously, the location doesn't feel french at all.. I still wanna go Paris before 1st June!! ;(

stop and think

when asked what's timothee doing in Maldives alone..

his answer: better be alone than with a lousy partner

Let me come to yr rescue!!

From Yahoo! news... WIsh i was there to render help to Lee Hom.. :(

An Eva Air plane which was supposed to fly from Beijing to Taipei Taoyuan International Airport on Tuesday afternoon received a bomb threat just before its takeoff. 230 passengers were intercepted by the control tower and requested to get off the plane for security checks. Among them include Taiwanese artistes Lee-hom Wang, May Day, S.H.E and Valen Hsu.

The Eva Air flight, which received a bomb scare, was delayed for three hours and only touched down safely at Taoyuan International Airport at 8pm. The captain did not explain about the delay, so passengers, including the artistes, only found out about the bomb threat after they got off the plane.
"I take the plane very frequently. I will pray every time I board a plane and leave the rest to God!" Wang said. "I have no idea what happened. I thought I will be able to arrive in Taipei earlier with a direct flight. Everyone alighted from the plane in an orderly manner, and the cabin crew and airport staffs were very professional."
Popular girl band S.H.E said they were really nervous when the plane returned to the airport parking apron just before takeoff. The delayed flights ruined their plans to attend a company's event in Taiwan. "Our checked in luggage were unloaded for security checks. The plane was fully inspected and they even brought in police dogs to sniff around."
Hsu complimented the air stewardess onboard for their calm composure in handling the crisis. Though doubts arise when she was asked to leave the plane, she was glad everyone is safe.
According to reports, all passengers were brought to a small room for security checks. To everyone's relief, it was a false alarm.
Eva Air's spokesperson says they will get in touch with Beijing to gather more information on the bomb scare incident.

Lesson learnt: Take SIA. :)

How destructive can an ABNN flight be??

Came back from MAA ytd and i had very bad gastric pain coupled with diarrhea. today, doc said i have gastric flu.. I feel like shit. And for once, i hv no appetite to eat. I feel disgusted when i see food.. How weird is this feeling. I'm feeling very weak too.. :(

And.. still wondering..

to go zouk later?
to go for flight tmr or report sick and risk disrupting my MEL flight..

decisions decisions..

My new ambition, inspired when i was in Zurich

I've got a new ambition. I aspire to be a taxi driver in Zurich. They use VW GTI. Haha!

On the way to Zic Zac for lunch.

Frost on my boots..

Bvlgari

Maldives & the rude ass in Wala wala

a rainbow in peeking out from the horizon

had a set of totally crazy crew but we only have such short time there.. :(

after touched down, i went to wala wala. Was hungry when i arrived so i hastily requested for a food menu from this Indian waitress. And this rude ass server's reaction was: 'NEH!!' while pointing at the drink menu. Apparently it was hiding beneath it. But i don't think it calls for such a rude yell of 'NEH' Maybe cos she's an Ah neh but still?!?! It's ok, wala was quite quiet. I can choose to spend my money elsewhere. I told another server to inform the manager about her rude behaivour and we walked away. They just looked at us walking to another pub. We walked to Baden. Excellent service by this Nepalese lady and awesome Pork Knuckles!

Roma

Great set of crew (including most of the tech crew) except for a lazy & poor social skilled GS. So if not for him, i would say it's perfecto!

Summary of my itinerary there: Spanish steps, Trevi Fountain, Patheon, shopping street, vatican city and colosseum. I still have yet to cover leaning tower of Pisa. Hopefully the cables holding the tower stay strong till i'm there!!

spanish steps


Trevi Fountain

Vatican City



Me, kar Yan, Patrick and Lynette

Inside the church


Colosseum

Inside Patheon

Bought a Zara Kids jacket and a bag for myself. :)

Flying past Himalaya (or lookalike)