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It’s going to be really hard to concentrate at work today cause I am really excited for this trip to Sydney with Selwyn tonight! The last time I was in Australia was in 2007 and it took me this long to visit again *sigh*.
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It has always been a struggle to balance out our itineraries when it comes to visiting a city so close to home like Hong Kong. Are we willing to miss out on our usual favourites and do something different or are we going to be boring and do the exact same thing all over again?
Just came back from a 4-day trip in Hong Kong with Selwyn last week and we’ve decided to give our itinerary a little twist this time – to include hiking. Apart from appreciating the other side of Hong Kong & staying fit, it also made us feel less guilty every time we sat down and indulge ourselves with good food.
Life has been quite hectic for me since I came back from NYC. There was the “coming back” to home adjustment period, then came this new job (oh yes, I am working again), then the recent holidays and lastly, the tiring weekends after each trail session – my new found joy of the outdoors.
Walking down Orchard Road (Singapore) has become a mundane thing to me these days. Nothing really exciting, nothing out of the ordinary and during Christmas, “Tree/s” are up, bright lights lined up the streets, more people and even more shopping bags – and all of these are just normal.
I did not arrive on a plane but I got a glimpse of what the Amazon Rainforest (I know it’s not comparable and far from but ….) would be like yesterday at the MacRitchie Reservoir here in Singapore - a first for me.
After spending 6 weeks in North America, I was finally back in Asia – Hong Kong. I and my parents plus my cousin who joined us from Manila, spent the remaining 3 days of my mega vacation in Hong Kong.
Although it was sad to see the chaos that Hurricane Sandy had left NYC with, we still manage to make do with whatever we have and went out to celebrate dad & mom’s birthday – dad’s first then mom’s (their birthdays are only 1 day apart).
After Hurricane Sandy; Dad & Mom’s Birthday.
At about 9pm, just minutes before Hurricane Sandy hit the city, they cut off our power and water supply. We were caught off guard as we thought our apartment was part of the safe zone but apparently not. Even our mobile phones did not have any service – which means no 3G too!
28 October 2012.
Most of the TV channels have been broadcasting about the hurricane of the century – Hurricane Sandy coming our way by Monday evening as early as Saturday morning. So on Sunday, we decided to go for an early church service, had a quick lunch and headed back home before sunset.
