Day 3 in Hong Kong

With errands out of the way, our third day was spent scouring through all the shops that interested us.  We even lined up at two or three stores just so we can experience what all Hong Kong tourists go through.  The biggest challenge is finding a place to sit when one gets tired.  In our case, we find coffee shops to rest our aching feet.  This is at the agnes b. cafe in Harbour City.

Of course, a trip to Hong Kong would not be complete without meals with dim sum.  We found Canton Deli, also at Harbour City.  Love their shrimp dumplings.

 Because we have not gone out for a long time for drinks in Manila, we decided to have drinks after dinner.  It was just good timing because we left the "Do not disturb" sign on at the hotel and so our room was not made up by the time we got back at the hotel.  We had to ask housekeeping to send someone, and that is why we had the opportunity to have drinks and another late night stroll along Canton Road.

15th Anniversary in Hong Kong: Day 2

On our second day, we were determined to get all errands out of the way, but we of course  checked all bargains along the way. All designer stores were on sale including Gucci, Prada, YSL, Mulberry and Tod's.  Twist, which also sells designer handbags including Proenza Schouler, Bottega, Hermes, Balenciaga and other designer brands was also on sale offering up to 70% discount.

Photo Op at Harbour City at the YSL boutique.

All errands (bilins) were  in Causeway Bay, starting with SOGO Department Store and ending at the Ikea Store. We picked up our usual colored paper napkins but we  paid careful attention to the displays which will be very useful to us when we plan for own "small space".  From Causeway Bay, we went to Central to check out the sales.  Landmark had this magnificent Christmas display:

We made a stop at the Canteen at the Prince's Building for a snack  in the middle of checking out the stores.

Dinner was at Hip Katsu back in Tsim Sha Tsui where Eric had the steak bento box.

H&M was also on sale, but mostly winter clothes.

15th Anniversary in Hong Kong

Given that we cannot be very far from Manila and can only be away for at most a week,  we thought that Hong Kong is the best place to spend our 15th year Anniversary.  The weather would be perfect, I have a forced leave from work and  December is the best time to travel because of the Christmas bonus:-)

Because we decided too late, the only available outbound flight to Hong Kong on that particular date was at 5:45PM.  It seemed fine, but we didn't expect the flight to be delayed by almost an hour.  We got to spend a bit of time at the Miascor VIP lounge, free to Amex Platinum cardholders as well as Citibank Platinum cardholders, which fortunately had free snacks and wi-fi as well.

By the time we got to collect our luggages at the Hong Kong International Airport, it was already past 9:00PM.  Good thing the airport is such a nice place to be in and even the Airport Express has a way of relieving  stress.

It was a nice and comfortable ride to the Kowloon Station.

By the time we got to have our dinner, it was around 11:00PM.  We decided to have dinner at the Cafe at the Park, our hotel's coffee shop.

After dinner, we didn't want our first day to go to waste , so we had a late night stroll along Canton Road.

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We think that Canton Road is the best place to stay in Hong Kong.  Everything is right at your doorstep!

Ninang Again

Once again, I had the privilege of being ninang to a wedding --- this is my 5th so far.  I hope that it is not because I look old :-)

30 Pounds Down, 45 (!) Pounds to Go

My apologies but I don't know how to put the photos side by side (any tips JoeyZab and Sweet D?).  Just wanted you to have an idea of what I've been working on the past few months.  I'm still targeting 45 pounds more, but an additional 20 pounds  would really make me happy.

Edit:  Sweet D, thanks for this!!

I Love Saturdays

I always look forward to Saturdays because it is the only day I can sleep the longest, do whatever I like and sleep really late.  This particular Saturday was spent at  the dentist (guess why I like going to my dentist?), going to my favorite mall, eating my favorite Japanese food, and shopping!  I even got myself a Christmas gift:-)

Now looking forward to episodes of Season 3 of The Good Wife.