Holiday Summary

Day 1 - Sunday, 19 Feb

Reached airport at about 5am. Had breakfast before boarding. Kids slept most part of the flight there. Ears ached terribly towards the last hour. TERRIBLY EXCRUCIATING PAIN! ER started fussing about the same time. I suspected he was experiencing the same pain because we were all having blocked nose. Poor baby... :(

Hearing was down to only 30% of usual for the whole day (ears cleared up on day 3 but was randomly blocked again because of my stuffy nose anyway).

Met Neigi and he took us out for desserts and then Symphony of Lights at Tsim Sha Tsui.

It was very windy and cold. Kids were hungry but lousy mummy me forgot to bring ER's snack out. Thank God the Dawn had some bread to share with him. AN finished her Goldfish. That hungry?

The cold temperature took effect on our nearly recovering kids and ER had fever in the middle of that night. Neigi himself had a high fever after that too.

Day 2 - Monday, 20 Feb

It was supposed to be Ocean Park day with Pei and Dawn but coz ER was running a fever (37.8°C), we decided to take it easy.

Met Shiyun and family for window shopping at IFC after Tim Sum at hotel, and then dinner with the rest of the gang (Pei and Dawn's family) at Lou Fo Chon.

Day 3 - Tuesday, 21 Feb

Disneyland day. The 3 families checked out after Tim Sum breakfast together and we took a shuttle together to Disney!

Rainy day but Disney HK was better than what I heard it was like. I did have my queue cut into but it happened only once. It was relatively clean too, not floor full of spit like i heard. It wasn't the least bit crowded, so we didn't have to spend too much time waiting in line.

AN loved those rides she took except for Space Mountain. She cried after the ride and was angry that we had to go through a completely dark tunnel throughout the ride. The 'galaxy' inside the tunnel was not bright like Anaheim's and Florida's. Yes, AN is scared of the dark. lol!

She had a go at driving (can't recall what it's called). It was the same one we tried at Florida when she was 3 years old. She drove me and a 2 month old ER in my womb then. 2 years later, we did this again. It felt different (and track is different as well)! 2 years ago, she giggled as we crashed from left to right. Now, she complains about the track being too windy. She finds it fun still, but has lots of ideas how the track could be better. -_____-"

There were other rides she took with the girls and she TOTALLY loved the company! I am still lamenting over the fact that she could have spent more time with them if she and ER had been well :(

Flying Dumbo was our last ride. AN wanted to ride on a pink Dumbo, so Mr Liow went with her the second time. She was so tired by then she actually fell into a deep sleep the moment she sat on THE pink dumbo. Mr Liow did the flying on the kiddy ride instead. LOL! So funny.

It continued to drizzle and since both kids were knocked out, we didn't wait for the fireworks and parted ways with the girls.

Guess they caught a cold again. AN coughed so hard she threw up all the milk she had before sleep hours after she fell asleep. ER too, coughed in his sleep the whole night..

Day 4 - Wednesday, 22 Feb

Kids woke up late because they hardly got any rest the night before due to the cough. We finally found the food court and kids and I enjoyed the 皮蛋粥! That was regular food court standard, but in Singapore, it was restaurant standard!

Boarded a cab to Ocean Park but the nice driver suggested we go do something else instead, because it was already 1pm then and the park closes at 6pm. He suggested Noah's Ark, so we went for it.

It was good! Lots of information, facts and Ark-related materials in the exhibition. It was like bringing to life, the Noah's Ark that AN had only been reading about. There were also movies about biblical events related to the Great Flood, before and after it happened.

We spent about 4 hours there and only when we tried to find out how to return to the hotel did we realise there was a direct 20 mins shuttle from Royal Plaza to the attraction at merely 20hkd per pax.

We had dinner at one of the 茶餐厅 outside hotel, took a slow stroll to experience walking the streets of Hongkong but kids were tired by then, so we returned to hotel.

Day 5 - Thursday, 23 Feb

We checked out of our room, left our luggages with the hotel and then took the MTR from Prince Edward (which we realised may not be Prince Edward Station later) to Central and walked to the tram station to get to Madame Tussauds at the Peak.

It was raining, again. The umbrella was packed in the luggage, so we had to walk in the rain.

It was a steep way up. Very interesting. We thought we would have to give the Peak a miss this time and were glad to know the wax exhibition is located up here!

Had lunch there before proceeding to take pictures with the famous people.

Returned to hotel once done, got our luggages and left for airport.

Flight back was better for me. Air stewardess was extremely caring! She noticed when I took my medicines and asked if I wasn't feeling well, suggested I suck on sweets during take off because otherwise my ears would hurt bad like it did when we came. She then brought me sweets and ear plugs.

We were home in no time. I'd love to go back to Hongkong again, but maybe not with her again please. It would have been much more enjoyable without having to please Empress Dowager at the same time.

To be fair to her, she did help to carry ER. And the kids benefited from the leftover hot water she made for herself.


Warning: Negative thoughts below.



























It would have been MUCH MORE FUN if we went without her. She started grumbling about the walking, assumed we were lost and got upset with Mr Liow for not asking for directions and then kept quiet when she realised we were NOT lost, grumbled about the pricey food when she usually would spend even more on buffet meals on herself and instead, suggested something our kids don't exactly eat much of. She said the Peak was like our Mt Faber, and then sarcastically commented: "It's so foggy, come up for what?". To her question, it was for Madam Tussauds which happened to be here! Didn't she know? Or does she get a kick out of snubbing others?

She didn't enjoy and seemed bent on dampening our mood too...

The 4 days before were no better. Why does she have to be like that?? It is a holiday! Why can't she stop behaving like a spoilt rich woman for once?

Up till the last moment when we reached Changi airport, she was upset the niece didn't receive Mr Liow's message about our flight details and sarcastically commented in anger: "Ask him to do things, always never do. $1 to send a message only, I pay him lah!"

Mr Liow wasn't free and easy all the time! We have 2 sick kids and we were sick as well. Mr Liow had to keep track of our timing, where to go, how to get there, every minute details. With so much on hands, he still remembered to send the message! Who knows why the niece didn't respond to it! What has it got to do with $1?? If she hadn't thought $1 was too much, why didn't she do it from her own phone?

For once, why can't she stop behaving so spoilt? THIS IS A HOLIDAY TRIP.