- What does hong kong MTR stations lack?

ans: escalators/lifts.. they dun even have ramps...


seriously.. very inconvenient for tourists lugging tons of baggages..

i'm embarassed to say that even shenzhen and guangzhou's metros dun face the problem..



- During the trip, the chinese govt conveniently decided to declare 3 days of mourning.. well, thats fine with me.. showing respect..

EXCEPT for the fact that every single TV channel is displaying the same television program.. if you happen to be in hk or china last week u'll understand.. EVERY SINGLE CHANNEL..



- Who enjoys seeing a television program where say 200 people queue up, each holding envelops of money, waiting for their turn to SMILE and den depositing the cash into a large transparent box?

wait.. thats not all.. they do that EVERYDAY.. u can see it on the HK MTR, on the television, on the shenzhen metro, on giant screens in guangzhou etc.. u get my point..

firstly, its already insensitive to smile.. its a publicity stunt that the chinese have fallen for..




- then this herbal tea company donates 100 million yuan... wow.. and the newspaper publishes a report and some people interviewed have since switched from drinking coke to herbal tea..


let me guess, the larger the donation, the nicer the herbal tea tastes...

it is all about publicity.. the companies are making use of the disaster for their benefit.. dumb people jus dun get it... no sane listed company will do 亏本生意..

i just feel i have the responsibility to point it out...



anyway back in singapore.. i somehow begun to appreciate our mrt stations a little more.. for they are equipped with, lo and behold, LIFTS, ESCALATORS and RAMPS! yay!


point out one more thing.. ever noticed how moronic quite a number of the hk bus fare system is? you pay the full fare no matter how many stops you take.. eg. 4 HKD or 4.30 HKD flat rate when u board..

took the bus quite a number of times cuz the walk to the hotel from the MTR was too steep... think the steepness of the peak tram.. (hotel nearby)..



oh.. and how you have the option of buying student concessionary tickets at the automatic ticket vending machine for the MTR... (really handy) *wink

cool rite.. haha.. blink blink...

Shenzhen hotel.. hotel vienna..



stopped by bangkok's four face buddha..



stopover at paris for phototaking..



HK Hotel/apartment..




the room..





the view..



flags at half mast.. for duh reason..



Crumpler hk



my new limited edition bag =)













some pictures of the 乡下.. quite eye opener.. went there for humanitarian mission... :P kidding.. ailing the great went to visit relatives..



old school bdae cake..





this is how you prevent your number plate from being captured by speed camera..



a well.. very small and cool..





the 6 storey house we resided in..



chubby = Cute!



very blur face.. this 1 taken with the 3G vga camera.. the kid was very fascinated with the technology.. haha..







(coal for cooking.. think global warming =x)

(home based nike factory.. lol)



a house we visited and had dinner there..




slurp slurp.. roast pigeon (siew yu kup) at guangzhou.. 39 rmb





shang xia jiu pedestrian street..





yum yum.. mango pudding.. 16 rmb..

hui/xu liu shan in guangzhou.. hui = canto, xu = chinese..



hilarious.. a channel that discusses chinese chess... LOL..



one of the many funny translation errors..



crocodile meat.. anyone?





myself enjoying life before leaving... 1 hr foot massage + manicure + pedicure.. (cut nails only la).. sgd$9 / 45 rmb..

The Great's piece of art..



sgd $27 / 135 rmb..



Farewell dinner.. lobster sashimi..

poly provides free shuttle bus service from tamp interchange, among various others..

this stinks.. we gonna pay more to NUS but yet..

SIAN

sorry folks... here's what you've missed over the past week..

- i have temporarily ceased blogging till my mum stops snooping around at my blog.

- i have a new toy! my n82 candybar! woohoo.

5 mp Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar™ lens camera with Integrated xenon flash (its like a phone camera, jus MUCH better)

GPS enabled (very very fun.. i sometimes activate it on the bus jus for kicks)

Integrated WLAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP (wifi.. shiok!)

- i neglected blogging to install lots of symbian applications and games onto my phone

- i am flying for to HK, SZ and GZ tmr.. 1 week getaway. =) (need a break)

oh ya won soon huat, wat is it u wanted me to get from hk? sms me when u see this the price and the name of the products.. best if pictures provided (email) so i can be sure..

- lastly, i was jus kidding about the first point.. (i'm jus lazy to blog)

ciao!



p.s. i promise photos from the trip taken using my new toy.. wait.. thats if i keep my promise..

as if hogging my notebook to watch korean dramas on youtube, youku and tudou isnt enough, my mum has taken up the habit of reading blogs..

YES.. READING BLOGS.. ok thats not the best part..

the best part is, SHE'S READING MY BLOG!!! (and sh's and whose-ever url she can get her hands on).. [you're laughing your asses off now rite?] - she finds my blog funny .. :S

oh ya.. Hi Mum!

you might think its cool.. i find it erm.. weird..

i'm going to have to turn my censorship levels up a few notch.. bear with me.. =x


i need some time to digest the abovementioned fact.. goodbyes for now..


expecting her to add me on friendster soon.. gulp..

Poem of root 3.. its cool..

I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three

The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine

For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic

I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality

When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three

As quietly co-waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer

We break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wands

Our square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed


-as seen in Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay