Hongkong Travelogue: Day 2 at Tsim sha tsui

We slept in today! Lol. Only woke up at 10am and didn't realize it was already so late! That's the thing when your room has blackout curtains!

Here are the highlights of day 2!

1. Breakfast at Man Wah at Tung choi street. We just missed the cheaper brekkie set meals since it was 11am when we reached. But thank goodness for all day breakfast!

We ordered the breakfast set which came with toast + scrambled eggs + ham and marcoroni with char siew! This tasted better than capital cafe's! Also ordered the beef curry set which was soooo yummy! 

Man Wah also has my favorite steam rice! So want to try that!

2. We took MTR to Tsim sha tsui and exited at B1 to get to Granville road for some shopping! 

Was so happy to find Lush! We have a bathtub in our room so I wanted to get a foamy bath ball for our bubble bath! Ended up buying 2 bath balls and quite a few handmade soaps which smell so divine. G bought some for his colleagues too! 

3. Found an awesome pie and tart shop at the end of the road. Tried a milk tart which was so YUMMY! Omg.

4. Visited K11 mall, exit N4. G wanted to buy his onisukas which were only available at that mall, in a shop called Mitra. And yay he found a really cool pair!

5. We walked over to Locke road for a late lunch at the Macau restaurant! Still remember my mum bringing my bro and I there a few years back! We ordered their specials: Macau fried rice and curry pork shops. Too bad G didn't want to eat roast pigeon =(

6. With our full tummies, we walked along Haiphong road to reach canton road, one of the main shopping streets at TST. We went to Habour City, the crazy huge shopping mall which has mainly high end brands which we weren't interested in. We window shopped at the Ocean  terminal side.

I did buy my Mac angel lipstick there, at the popular Faces shop.

And we went to the kids section, where there were so many high end brands like Gucci, Burberry, Stella Mcarthey. Thankfully there was the affordable Toys r us there so we checked it out! I was so tempted to buy a Vtech interactive nursery book for Leia but it was kinda bulky!

Oh we had yummy banana split yoghurt ice cream there!

7. Bought the famous egg rolls at Kee Wah at the TST MTR station. Can't wait to eat these yummy snacks!

8. Took a train to Yau ma tei to find another Otaku spot called In's point. Gosh there are so many otaku places in HK! It's along Nathan road and actually quite near to Sino center. G bought a Dragonball set there! 

9. After our rest at our room, we brought our friend mike out for street food at Sai Yeung choi street and Dundas! Tried the noodle in a packet, coconut drink, fries, Korean fried chicken, smelly beancurd and chicken kidney + pig's intestine + pig's ears from Fei Jie! Omg I love Fei Jie so so much. 

10. We went for dessert at Hui Lau Shan near our hotel. Tried the bird nest + hasima + mango + fruits combination which was so delish!

11. Late night shopping at Langham place! It was 10pm plus and the shops were still open! There was this shop called Log on on level 6 selling quite cool stuff. Also saw Melissas on level 5!

12. Ended our night with a nice chit chat session at our room before having a nice bubble bath with my yuzu bath ball!

Hongkong Travelogue: Day 1 at Mongkok!

Yes, G and I are in Hong Kong! Our Cathay pacific flight was at 2am and we reached HK at 6am sharp! I totally concussed during our flight and still woke up groggy when we landed. 

Here are our highlights for our first day!

1. Took airport express from airport to kowloon. The journey was so comfy and fast via the train. Reached in 25 mins! We took a taxi to Langham place hotel Mongkok. Short taxi ride.

We bought the 300HKD airport rail card which includes two transfer via the airport express and 3 days unlimited MTR rides. Hopefully we utilize the MTR rides enough!

2. Checked in at our hotel and the service was awesomeeee. Our service personnel told us we can freshen up at their 41st floor Chuan spa and also likely can get early check in! 

So we took a shower at the spa, which included luxurious shower facilities + sauna + steam bath + jacuzzi! Such a waste that I only showered and didn't use the other facilities! Felt soooo much better after that. 

3. We went for breakfast at Capital Cafe at Sai Yeung Choi street south. The place is famous for their breakfast menu, especially their scrambled eggs. We had their set at 35HKD which included ham marcoroni, scrambled eggs with butter toast and milk tea. Also ordered some toasted bun with butter and condensed milk.

Anyways, it was so funny cause we had problems reading the Chinese menu, not knowing that an English menu was available! Doh. Food was okay. We didn't actually find it that fantastic even though it's recommended by openrice and some friends.

4. Wandered around and walked along Tung Choi and Fa yuen streets! Most of the shops and stalls were closed though since it's so early. We also walked along Sai yeong Choi south street and Natahn road to see what shops there are!

5. Checked in at hotel at about 11am and took a rest. The room is so amazing and rather luxurious! You can actually choose the type of pillows you want and they have special ones like scented jasmine etc. And yes! It has an amazing bathtub!

6. We had dim sum at Lei Garden (Sai yee) for lunch! Lei's a one Michelin star restaurant serving traditional dim sum. We almost couldn't eat there cause dim sum ends at 3pm and we reached at 2pm. Thank goodness we were just in time!

Ordered quite a bit for the two of us! Our top picks: Pan fried radish, chicken feet and egg tarts. Honestly, the dim sum didn't blow us away. It was good but not like wow wow if you know what I mean.

 

7. Shopped at Fa yuen street since the shops were open. But most of the shops were selling winter clothes! So I really didn't get any clothes. But we did buy 1 chrismasy Pj for Leia and a really sweet pink sweater for her. This is parenthood! You just keep thinking about your kid hehe. 

8. Such a great day for G today. He managed to go to most of his otaku shops at Richmond center @ Argle street, CTMA @ Sai yeung choi street and Sino center @ Nathan road. 

9. I did some shopping too! Bought my favorite masks from Innisfree and the raved about jelly lipstick from Etude house.

10. Visited ladies market at Tung Choi street. We weren't very impressed with the stalls. 

11. We found the famous Fei Jie at Dundas street and I ordered grilled octupus which came with mustard for 11hkd. It was so yummy. Definitely coming back for more snacks! Wanna try the chicken kidney! 

12. Roast goose is a must in HK. We hopped over to Chan kee roast at Reclamation street to da bao roast goose leg rice + roast pork. The dinner was expensive at S$20 each but it was really really yummy!

(Baby Leia) My sweet little one.

This morning, before I left for work, I was playing with Leia on her playmat. And she was so sweet. 

She crawled to my lap and layed on it. She was trying to snuggle with me! And my heart was going to burst from bliss. 

Sigh, going to leave for Hong Kong tomorrow night and I'm so gonna miss my little darling! 

(Baby Leia's milestones) Happy 11 months!

Just one more month to turning 1! Leia's growing up so fast!

I've started planning her first year party! Venue, food, cake and decor more or less settled. Just need to go buy balloons and more decor after our Hong Kong trip!

Here are her recent milestones: 

1.Leia's getting more independent! She's learning to play more on her own now. She absolutely loves crawling around the house! We have to close all our room doors because sometimes she's so quick to crawl into them. 

I allow her to crawl into the study to explore and she loves it! Just have to be super careful because the chairs have wheels and she might fall trying to hold on to them.

2. She loves to chase after her ball toys! Like a lil puppy going after a ball that's thrown. She gets into her excited and giggly mode just crawling after her favorite pink ball. 

3. Our lil girl can totally cruise! She cruises along our sofa, both on the floor and on the sofa itself. She cruises in her cot.

4. Leia can stand without holding anything for like 5 seconds! She's so cute when she does it. For her, she always looks like time stands still lol. She'll try to keep her balance as long as possible. 

Baby Leia's milestones: Rolling to sleep!

Before Leia's bedtime, I usually start her night routine half an hour. I will put her on our bed and read her 2 bedtime stories: The going to bed book and Goodnight moon. Then I will let her roll around our bed for quiet play. Sometimes she likes to crawl around the bed and slam herself against our soft mattress lol. When it's close to her sleep time, I will carry her and sing her 'somewhere over the rainbow'. When she looks very sleepy, I will then put her in her cot, switch off the light and leave the room so that she can fall asleep.

For the first time ever, last night Leia just rolled around on our bed and fell asleep on her own! Without me carrying her and singing! I think she was really tired hehe. She was playing with her pjs and hands... Starting at our light and then, her eyes started to close. It was so funny. And it was such a pleasant experience because there was no crying involved at all! I wish she could do this every night!

Anyways, it didn't happen tonight. She was so full of energy and kept playing for such a long time. And she didn't want me to carry her and stop her play time! She started crying and struggling so much -.- Had to just put her down and let her sleep on own. Sigh. Hopefully she learns to fall asleep rolling again!

(Weekend highlights)

We brought Leia to Vivocity and Sentosa for the very first time! 

It was also her first time taking the MRT all the way to harbourfront. It wasn't too bad. She did fuss after 10 mins in her stroller so I let her sit on my lap. I had to distract her with many random things from my handbag to keep her occupied! Lol.

Anyways we brought her window shopping on the entire 2nd level of vivo. Went to all the baby shops and I had to withstand the very strong temptation to buy all the adorable and very pretty baby clothes! I did well =D didn't get anything. I almost did get something in Cotton on kids though! The clothes were soooo niceeee. Definitely going back there next time. 

And we spontaneously went to Sentosa RWS to get dinner hehe. Wanted to show our helper how to get there by the express train. So Jo and Leia got to go Sentosa for the very first time! We took some awesome pics just outside Universal Studios hehe.

(Baby Leia's milestones) First kiss

G and I were playing with Leia on the sofa last night. My little one looked at me, leaned closer and kissed my lips! She was soooooo sweet! Totally melted my heart!

G and I were kinda surprised when she did that! I tries getting her to do it again but she didn't hehe. 

Anyways, it was a moment to really really remember. 

(Weekend highlights)

It has been a productive weekend!

Saturday: 

Got my grocery shopping done!

Met my sis after 2 weeks of not seeing her. Had a good lunch with her and the 3 kids! And we bought Crocs shoes together! =D 20% off for more than 3 pairs so we combined and bought! Love the black, platform strappy shoes I got. Finally some comfy heels to wear with dresses or more formal clothes!

Spent couple time with G at PS. We went to challenger to get a better router and home camera for Leia's sleep training. Lol we spent so much time and $$$ there. Guess shopping habits change when you have a home and family. You end up spending your moolah on very different things hehe. 

Oh I also got a very sweet ballerina top for Leia from Mothercare! *so happy* she doesn't have many tops so I'm beginning to look out for more. Especially simple, classic pieces.

Sunday:

I made waffles for breakfast! Yay! Felt so accomplished. I was feeling rather down after a night of very bad sleep so I wanted to do something different to make myself feel better. Making waffles helped!

We brought Leia out to Ikea at Tampines! Finally got our shoe rack to organize our shoes at the corridor. Yay! Been wanting to do that for a while. Now our corridor is so much neater! 

Ohh and we got uber nice scented candles too! Been wanting to try candles after watching so many YouTubers rave about how nice it is to have some burning. One of it is lavender and the other is raspberry. The latter smells sooooo niceeee. I think I'm gonna try that after this post! 

Life is short. We should always try new things and have new experiences!