Weeklong Update Part 5 (and the last!)

aug. 11 - back to manila office. had to because there was a meeting scheduled. other than that, i guess we still had that hk hang over. and although i really lacked sleep, i wasn't allowed the opportunity to hit the sack early because i still had to unpack and pack again. slept at 2 in the morning.

aug. 12 - with only 3 hours of sleep, i was off to the office to meet with the rest of the people (i was actually the last person to arrive haha). it was around 10am when we got to cavite. walked around before having lunch. activities afterwards and then swimming (i preferred the beach over the swimming pool). showered and then dinner. walked around and bonding moments followed by the infamous drinking session.





aug. 13 - woke up at 5 in the morning hoping to catch the sunset and walk alone. unfortunately for me, it was raining that time. waited till 6 for the rain to stop but it looked like it won't so i just decided to go back to sleep. woke up again in time for breakfast. breakfast was filled with the drinking session shame stories. another set of activities for us and then back to swimming and banana boat riding (insert funny incidents here). lunch followed and then we had to shower and get ready to leave the place. 5pm we're back at the office lobby and ready to take a rest.

it was such a super hectic week (prior to this week, we've also been going home late) but i couldn't complain cause i had such a wonderful time (still am). :D

IOU

1. haven't finished my weeklong updates. sometime this week, promise. [edit]- done last week! finally. :p[/edit]

2. haven't replied to a few people. will get to it, this week also (probably). [edit]- mission accomplished just now. and i hope i make someone smile, too. :) [/edit]

3. haven't taken the powerbooks sale opportunity and i only have very few days left. [edit]- remind me to grab the opportunity of a month-long sale early. i went to two different branches on different occasions last week (29th and 30th) and everything i was looking for were already out of stock. pfft! anyway, i managed to get that perks of being a wallflower book though and some other (for my siobe as well) :)[/edit]

[edited 11:39am, 090506]

Weeklong Update Part 4

aug. 10 - unlike the previous days, we decided to have our breakfast outside the flat thus we got ready earlier than usual. around 8, we were at kfc ordering their breakfast meal (how come ours don't?). looked like our team leader had been having his breakfast there and was surprised to see us up early LOL. anyway, reported for work for 3 hours only because today was our last day. and since it was our last day... we had to do last minute shopping also even if we don't have our lunch anymore. us 3 girls agreed that we'd meet the others at 2:30 to catch our bus ride going to the airport. guess what? it was already 2:20, and we're still going around the shops in island resort! lol. by the time we got to our meeting place, we saw our team leader's hands on his waist with matching shaking of his head. LOL at the airport, what to do but still look around, right? our flight got delayed and we didn't know why. we were just there enjoying sitting, clueless that there has been something going on. flight was much better. met with jun and wee who fetched me from the airport :) and then slept late (what else is new?)

1.KFC 2.Breakfast Meal - 3 Pieces of pancakes, Omelette, Chicken, Coffee 3.Last Look 4.Swimming Pool We Never Got Around to Take a Dip 5.Trash Bin that Had Filipino Instructions (look closer) 6.Really Cute Store 7.Last Minute Shopping Still 8.The Only Incorrect Screen Among the Counters 9.Our Hand-carries (taking pride that we know how to pack! lol)

Weeklong Update Part 3

aug. 9 - because we went to sleep really late, i couldn't bring myself to wake up the same time as the previous days. ended up to be the first one to wake up (*is proud*). went to the office to attend a short meeting, and that was it. spent most of the day doing nothing there hehe (was kinda surprising that i wasn't sleepy the whole day, considering i only had 2 hours of sleep). for lunch, we went to One restaurant inside island resort. it was our last night there so we wanted to cover two places and as much as possible ride their other mode of transportations. we were a bit worried though because it looked as if it was going to rain. nevertheless, decided to head to tsim sha tsui first by taking the ferry. at tst, we gave ourselves only an hour to go around harbour center mall because we were to go to our 2nd destination: mongkok. took the mtr on the way there. once we set foot, we heeded to the call of our tummies. it was already 10 in the evening when we had our dinner (at Eat Together haha). after that, it was the Ladies' Market that we checked out. again, like the previous nights, they were about to close stalls already. walked around nathan road while we find our way to the bus stop that would lead us back to our flat. caught sight of the specific bus just as the rain started to fall. unluckily for us, even if we were already running, we weren't able to catch it. luckily also, we waited for a few more minutes and lo, another bus came (we were worried there won't be any of that bus that would pass by and we'll have to take a cab). got back to our flat past 1. slept at almost 3am eventhough i know we'll have to wake up early.

1. Day 3 Lunch - Beef Brisket Noodles 2. Day 3 Lunch - Shrimp Dumplings 3. At the Office (Chatting lol) 4. Ferry Sign to TST 5. City Sights While Onboard the Ferry 6. HRC at TST 7. Street Directions at TST 8. MTR Going to Mongkok 9. Mongkok 10. Where We Had Our Late Dinner 11. Yummy Dinner - Noodles, Porkchop, Dumplings, Soya (for me) and Milk Tea (for snow) 12. Ladies Market 13. Nathan Road

Weeklong Update Part 2

aug. 8 - same as the previous day, still woke up at around the same time. continued our training session. had lunch back at island resort and had individual orders for a change(at Steak Expert this time). after training, i attended a meeting for a few minutes before leaving the office. our destination: causeway bay. so many people around and in every shop you'll see this SALE word plastered. after checking out a few stores (and it took us hours to do this), we checked out this dessert place that offered nothing but mango. went inside Times Square mall and unfortunately, some of the stores were already closed. and again, just like yesterday, we left just when all the stores were closed. there was this street food stall where we had to first try what it had to offer before deciding to call it a night (well, almost). got back to our flat at 12 midnight. later than the previous day but less tired (maybe because we didn't do as much walking). spent hours of talking that we didn't realize it was already 5am.

1. Steak Expert's Dining Utensils are Packed :), 2. Day 2 Lunch - Set Meal (costs 30 something hkd) Includes Bread and, 3. Soup (cream Soup - if i remember it right) and a Drink of Your Choice (Milk Tea shown) and, 4. The Main Course A - Hawaiian Pork something (Snow's order), 5. The Main Course B - Spareribs something (Che's order), 6. The Main Course C - Chicken something (mine), 7. Mango Pudding Store in Causeway Bay (people swarmed this place), 8. Menu, 9. What We Ordered: Mango Pudding with Bird's Nest for 33hkd. Definitely Recommended!!!, 10. Times Square Facade, 11. Streetfood Stall, 12. Coming Back to our Flat (bus terminal at island resort)

Weeklong Update Part 1

I can't believe it's just only a week that went by. Anyway...

aug. 6 - we arrived at hk airport around 4 in the afternoon (kinda got scared during the plane ride because we were almost bouncing in the air). from the airport, it took us almost 2 hours before we got to siu sai wan where we were to stay (island resort hotel). wasn't a least bit tiring because it took us only one bus ride to get there. went straight to tower 5, 39C. Left our luggage to go around the building and do a quick stop at the grocery. [The place where we stayed was a one-stop shop. it had restos, clothes stores, home stores (japan home), grocery and convenience stores (parknshop, circle k, 7-11), basically, you don't have to go outside for the things you need!]. Going back to our flat, we decided to just stay there and... clean up the place! (imagine that). we were left tired but we still ended up sleeping at 2am.

1. Near HK, 2. HK Airport's Visitors' Brochures, 3. A12 Bus Ticket Going to Siu Sai Wan, 4. Double Decker Buses, 5. Island Resort at Night, 6. Island Resort in the Morning, 7. View from our Flat At Night, 8. Cute Trinkets Store at the First Floor, 9. Kawaii Store on the 2nd(?) Floor, 10.Signage

aug. 7 - woke up at around 6 in the morning. took a bath, had breakfast, prepared stuff for work, and then by 8:45, we left our flat. our office was just a mere 10-15 minutes walk (so convenient!). so on with the training. the whole morning we tried hard not to fall asleep while we listen to "portlet" sounding like "porkleg" and other funny sounding words. lunch time, we went back to island resort to eat at Maxim's. it was such a good thing that all three of us girls were dieting that we came up with the plan of sharing whatever we order (their food serving was HUGE! i wouldn't be able to finish it on my own, seriously). that way we get to divide our food expenses and still try out the food. back to the training after lunch. lecture wasn't really that bad because there was this cute guy who were also with us (he was wearing a pink long sleeved shirt and pulled it off well <3). us three girls were really hoping we won't extend till 6pm so that we could make gala already. Fortunately for us, we were dismissed by that time. Aside from that, our project leader allowed us not to attend a meeting with him :) We decided to head to the Peak Tower and to the Wax Museum. Stayed there till shops were almost closing. Walked around while we looked for the bus that was supposed to take us to our place. Arrived home still early (around 11pm). Rested, showered and stayed up till again 2am just staring stories.

1. Our Training Manual, 2. Day 1 Lunch at Maxim's - Spicy Ramen (around 28hkd), 3. Day 1 Lunch at Maxim's - Chicken something and Rice (Lemon Tea not shown), 4. On the Way to Admiralty, 5. Street Directions (On the Way to the Peak), 6. Peak Tram, 7. One of the Wax Personalities - Andy Lau (looked real!), 8. Another Wax Personality - Einstein, 9. Hongkong Skyline - View from the Peak, 10. Gelato Just Before Heading Home, 11. Another View of the Gelato Store, 12. What We Had - Black Sticky Rice, costs 22hkd for one scoop (really yummy! the guy from the store even let us had taste test first and it seemed he didn't give us only 1 scoop too).