Ni Hao 2008, Day 4

Glad our fourth and last day wasn't a need-to-wake-up-early day. We all got up a little past nine. We decided not to avail of the buffet breakfast. Kars tried to get in touch with CebuPacific to inquire about early check-in. We've been deliberating since the evening before how to kill time. Our flight was at 9:55PM, and we were checking out of the hotel at 1PM. We finally decided to go to Tung Chung anyway (Citygate Outlet Mall), via the MTR and just return back to TST, then take the City Flyer Bus back to the airport.

Packing was surprisingly a breeze. I didn't have a lot of purchases to begin with, which made me a little sad and worried. This was supposed to be my Christmas shopping trip. No BKK this year, but most of the stuff I've been seeing in the stores are slightly more than my budget.



Anyway, we spent the morning packing and taking pictures inside our room. I wanted to use my new red jacket ASAP. And Karina looked like a model for the hotel! Haha. She was still a lola by the way, so she put on some eyeliner. Naks. Dalaga na si Kars. Hehe.






In the afternoon, Remy decided to just roam around the area while Karina and I caught the MTR to Tung Chung. The ride was relatively easy! A little over 30 minutes.



The outlet itself was not that big, which was a relief. We had lunch at the food court first before exploring the stores.

A few more shirts and a new wallet (watch out for my NO-LONGER-UGLY-WALLET!) later, we walked back to the MTR station. Remy was waiting for us at the YMCA lobby about forty minutes after the ride.

The YMCA hotel staff was actually pretty helpful. They helped us weigh our bags (Schmenten's blue suitcase came to about 15 kilos!! Not bad at all!) and they directed us to the A21 City Flyer bus stop.

I have to thank my travel experiences this year for the strength to pull my suitcase and hand carried luggage two blocks down Nathan Road. We had an initial booboo by lining up at the A21 bus stop just before Peking Road, but a nice stranger tapped me and pointed down the street. So we walked further and finally found our stop (where there were other tourists with suitcases waiting).

The bus came five minutes later and we hurriedly got on, dragging our luggage along the way. I channelled my inner amazonista when I hoisted my 15 kilo luggage up. Even the other tourist commented, "Wow. Superman!" Haha. That's Super-Woman to you! Haha.



The bus ride to the airport was less than an hour. Our driver was pretty quick, and there weren't as many stops. We took a chance and got off Terminal 1. More jump shots here. We didn't really care for the other passengers who were passing by (and none of them cared for us either anyway!). Best moment though was when Remy, our jump shot photographer, lost her balance and fell while she was taking our picture.





We were actually right on target, because the Cebu Pacific Air check in counter was in Terminal 1! Wootwoot.



I must say. The Hong Kong Airport.... HUGE. We had to take a train to go to our boarding gate!! There was an ample supply of shops to keep the visiting shopaholic sane.



For dinner, we chose this resto close to our gate. I said to the girls, "I want to be served this time!" We've been eating fast food the past few days. The resto we ate at served a large variety of Asian cuisine. I ordered the Oatmeal Prawns (a.k.a. the Singaporean Cereal Prawns), Sweet and sour pork ribs, Shrimp Dumplings, and Chicken curry. We couldn't finish the food, so I am officially bringing home Hong Kong cooked food!





I brought out MacMacMac. Free Wifi in the airport! we exchanged two emails with Irving, and I chatted for a bit with Epal Pesem.

A little past 9, we walked to gate 46, where our flight was boarding. A few more jump shots of course (on the walkalator and right in front of our gate).






Before we knew it, we were seated on the plane (row 21), and waiting for take off. Poooh. I can't believe Ni_Hao 2008 has finally concluded. It seems like a blur. Probably because so much happened these past four days, and we were simply exhausted at the end of each day. Hehe.


It was very nice going on this trip with both Remy and Kar. My last trip with Kar was four years ago (Uh_huh2004), and we had our BFF Meriyen with us. We're all looking forward to Bora 2008, this December. And the trip which will follow Bora 2008 is Kangkungan 2009. The bank is definitely broken this year! Haha.





Thanks to Kars and Remy for this awesome, awesome trip!! Sa uulitin!