HK Trip 15th Dec 2006 - Day 2

15/12/06 (Fri) - Day 2
Woke up around 10 plus and after some dilly dally, we stepped out ard 11 plus.. hahaha.. Wonder how come we can take so long lor.. hee hee.. It was drizzling outside and it makes the weather even colder... Seems like the weather forecast given by Robert not very accurate one leh!! It makes me even more sure that i will need to get some winter clothing very soon..

We went to the shop that sells martial arts equipment.. Robert brought us there yday but it was closed.. So today, we thought we could go there and see if there are any things to see or not.. WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET ANYTHING ONE LOR!! Haiz.. But being woman, when the word "Discount" is on the tag, we will take a second look right?? Ha! That's Tokaido gi on sale woh.. My sensei wears this particular brand.. SO "HALF PRICE"?? Wow... Cheap now.. HK$580 convert back only S$116 leh.. For that quality, that is cheap.. Okok.. Should we get it?? Hmmm... Both of us stood there.. Figuring it out.. So after trying it on, we decided to get the gi.. Then the owner asked if we wanna sew our name on it, we decided to do it and at the same time, sew the dojo name on it too.. So the total is HK700 = S$ 140.. Ok la.. When we walked out of the shop, we both thot : Huh?? Buy Gi in HK, are we mad or wat?? So heavy, still must carry it back lor.. Hee hee.. If we tell Robert, maybe all the more he wants us to train in his dojo le.. Haha..
Went to get our breakfast in a restaurant opposite the road(rec by Robert).. Got dim sum.. So we went to order whatever we could.. (Based on our prior knowledge of dim sum, we can order a bit la) Some of it were recommended by the waitress.. The food's not bad.. But when the food came, i was trying to figure out wat it was.. So i tried naming some of it.. Well, the ha gao became xiao long bao? siew mai?? Ice was amazed at how i can get the names all wrong.. Hahaha.. Well, not my fault wat.. Normally i just eat and dun bother to order one wat.... Hee hee..

Our breakfast spread...

Ice couldn't finish her share, so i had to finish it.. Haiz.. No wonder i think i gained more weight after coming back..

While waiting for people to come and fetch us, we went to shop ard.. The shopping centre's stuff were too expensive and we wasn't too interested.. So we decided to go back to the hotel.. Robert called me and said that he's unable to join us in the afternoon as he needs to go back to the office and so only 黄师傅 is free.. It's ok.. So I called 黄师傅 and he came shortly..

黄师傅brought us to the Ladies Mkt（女人街）.. Along the way, we saw the ICAC.. Ice was so excited cuz that's wat we normally see in the HK serials.. So we took some pictures here too.. Err..

The Renowned ICAC!!??

After getting some shopping, i bought a skirt, Ice tried her Smelly Doufu（臭豆腐）, we went to the little shops along Tong Cai Jie（通菜街）... We bought some stuff and then 黄师傅 suggested going to the Huang Da Xian Temple （黄大仙庙） to take a look.. So we hailed a cab there..

黄大仙庙

We met a school girl there who claimed that she lost HK$1000, so we told her to go to the police lor.. 黄师傅says she might be a trickster.. Which school girl will go all the way to the temple and have so much money on her??

We went to collect 黄师傅's car in a carpark (actually it's a open space la.) and then went to a very beautiful buddhist temple.. But i think that place looks more like a garden.. It's contributed by the famous stars in HK like Anita Mui.. It's the 南莲园池！The place is very serene and once we stepped into it, we simply kept our mouth shut! Haha.. 我们根本不想打扰这一片宁静的土地。似乎如果我们一吵闹，这里的一草一木都会被我们惊醒。

While we are in it, we were totally mesmerised by the plants and the stones..Every tree, shrub, rock, flower is a piece of art.. And the best thing was, how much did they spend on this place ah?? We spent close to 2 hours in this place and we didn't even finish the whole journey cuz some of the areas are closed!! Wah..

At the entrance

One of the beautiful stones we saw

This tree is called 九里香(Orange Jasmine).. So It's me la.. Hahaha... 这棵树比周杰伦的七里香还厉害呢！它多了两里！haha..

Ice was acting stupid in the rock museum.. while i jus relaxed one corner.. haha.. All the stones in here were imported from China.. Can't remember where.. hee hee..

黄师傅 had kindly, graciously invited us to his house for dinner.. Oh.. So another free dinner.. hahaha.. So we had to leave the place slightly earlier so that he can go home and prepare dinner!! Wah!! He's cooking woh!!

SO we went to New Territories where he lived.. He dropped somewhere to get his dojo's jacket done and then in that short span of 15 minutes in that shop, Ice bought a top and i bought a white pullover.. Hahaha.. Got good discount cuz he knows the owner..

And 黄师傅 was so kind and sweet, he remembered that i wanted to eat roast goose so he went to buy to 加菜!

黄师傅大显厨艺！

家常小菜但有浓浓的温情在里头哦！

吃晚饭后，黄师母从深圳回来了！haha.. Jus by talking to her for less than a minute, she actually can guess that i am 南方来的，a Hokkien!! Wah!! 高人！Had a very nice talk with her as she is very bubbly and chatty.. We even taught her how to dl and email pictures... haha.. 黄师傅's daughter 紫彤，is a very clever and good gal.. She has so many certificates and all.. Initially she didn't want to talk to us.. So after taking a few pictures and after dinner, she kinda warm up to us but she's still quite a reserved child..

After taking this picture, it seems that 黄师傅 got 2 more daughters le woh!! haha.. Anyway, he's old enough to be our dad la.. He already got a 21 year old son wat.. hahaha.. That's y me and ice thought that for the whole day, it seems like 我们在和爸爸逛街！

As we were about to leave at around 11pm, Robert called and confirmed with ice the itinerary for tmr.. So when he heard that we are at 黄师傅's house, i think he's quite shocked! haha.. And he's still persuading us to train at his dojo.. Wah.. Go HK for training??? haha..

After which, 黄师傅sent us back to the hotel..

Took a picture with the newly bought pullover.. hee hee.. and ya, must mention this, ICE bought this for me.. Hahaha.. Thanks Ice!! I love u! Hugz..