Well, guess who’s back! Thanks I just touched down yesterday at Changi Airport at 2000hrs. This trip had a lot of firsts, I can tell you that. First time I’ve ever been out of South East Asia…first time I’ve had time to watch a movie on the way there and back…first time my flight’s been delayed [for an hour, ‘cause of the bad weather]…first time I’ve spent so many days not buying any souvenirs and on the last day buying HK$1003 worth…

When we landed in Hong Kong the weather was horrendous. The plane flew straight into a storm and the plane was thrown about like a roller coaster. Pretty fun actually, when you get used to the idea. But there was this little guy behind us, sounding like the prophet predicting the end of the world type – “Uh oh! Uh oh!” I reckon that was the only thing he’d learnt to say so far.When we finally landed I turned to look at our mysterious “Prophet”. Turns out he was only this three year old boy who had conveniently chosen the landing time to fall asleep after interrupting my roller coaster ride with his many “Uh oh!” predictions.

The taxi driver that brought us to the hotel cheated us. The way there, he charged us HK$360. But when we went back it was only HK$289. Bloody hell, it isn’t fair. Not to mention his taxi was so smelly.

We crossed a landslide on the way, though sadly we didn’t see it happen. There were also floods and thunderstorms…that should give you an idea about how bad the weather was.Well, after that it was pretty easy going. We went back to the hotel and fell asleep. Next day, 0630 I wake up, go to the toilet and then go back to sleep. Same thing happened everyday after that. Then I wake up at 0800 and turn on the TV to AXN and watch CSI: NY and after that Early Edition and if we stay in the hotel longer, NUMB3RS. This is the first holiday I’ve watched so much TV, really. Maybe it’s ‘cause we didn’t have kiddy channels. Lots of sports channels…we watched Russia being thrashed 4-1 and Netherlands winning 4-1. Also gymnastics, biking, Guinness World Records, that sort of thing.

We walked around a lot [must’ve walked at least 11 miles] and bought relatively little. Went to Victoria Peak and Madame Tussauds [where I took pictures with Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill!] and Ocean Park. But No Disneyland. But on the last day there was this absolutely mind-blowingly fantastic soldier and weapons exhibition at this “Hollywood Plaza” place. We bought three 1/8 scale soldiers, one British, one American and one German. My little brother, who’s just turned 10 today, got a tank for himself. And all that added up to HK$1003, which is about SGD$198.

When we came back we were delayed one hour ‘cause of the weather. At least it gave me time to watch my movie [Vantage Point] and still have lots of time to watch CSI:NY and play “Bookworm”. In case you didn’t know I love word games. And that’s really all there is to tell about my fantastic trip to HK. Not a lot, I guess, but it was pretty amazing for me.

[i've got to go now. Mom's calling me. Today's J's b-day, as you can see. We've gotta go celebrate. Argh. No pic 'cause this is J's com.]

~Quote of the Day~

"The way to win an atomic war is to make sure it never starts."

-Can't remember who. But anyway I've really gotta go.