Prawn Noodle in HK!

so much about not finding my prawn noodles in HK (as well as i cannot find packet of bandong- Rose syrup water with milk), My colleagues took me to one in Sheung Wan called "Prawn Noodle Shop". (Address: 181, Queens road central, shop 201, Grand Millennium Plaza. Open from 11.30am to 7.30pm except sun.)

Its bloody expensive for one. Cost a whopping HK$35 (~sg$7). And i didnt particularly fancy it though it is decent tasting.

For starters, its not authentic soup -kinda suppose to be spicy yet not (since Hkongers cannot handle spice), Two: not pure prawn ingredients - for that price you would expect King prawn but all i got were shrimps. Back in Old Airport road Hawker, a huge prawn noodle will the most cost me $5 and a wholesome prawn soup!! Three: i can only choose from vermecilli or hor fan, none of the laksa noodles i like.

Still, for a somewhat close to home taste, one cannot be choosy. Even if I couldnt finish the noodle soup (evidently from the pix), but i sat there for a while enjoying the busy crowd below me...

Looking like Edison

We had this waiter who resembles so much like Edison esp when he smiles! And the attitude to match!!! When we ask him if anyone asked told him before about the resemblance, he said "Yah, so?" Sooo cool!! and then he smiled again

Clinic?!?

What happens when you are sick and in a "foreign" land not of your native tongue (Mandarin + English)? Jokes happen!!

The other day in office when i got really sick, I called Emily. I wanted to find out if there were any clinics around the office in Times Square so that I didnt have to travel like a million miles to Central whom I usually get medical consultation. I felt so dead i didnt wanna walk n the blazing summer heat.

I called her extension @11am. I was too sick and naturally i swop back to English that requires least brain energy...

Me: "Emily, do you know if there are any clinics nearby or in Times Square?"

Emily: "Yes! Yes! There are a few around and even one in Times Square!!"

Me:" Realllly???? I didnt know. Where?" (Confused and unconvinced not recalling one)

Emily: "You wanna go now?" (Sounding concern)

Me: "Yes" (Feeling weak and tired and not willing to say more than necessary)

Emily:" Downstairs theree's one"

Me:"U sure? Where?"

Emily:"Inside Land crawford" (Prob why I am a real idiot asking stupid question)

Me:" Where? Never seen one" (Genuinely surprised there is one)

Emily:" In Level one, next to Estee Lauder"

It was at that precise moment, my brain stopped functioning for a split sec and I burst out laughing.

Me:" Emily, I want to go to a CLINIC, NOT CLINQUE!!!!!"

And we both laughed our heads off! The next time, I will say "DOCTOR. I wanna see a DOC!!!"

Craving for papaya milk

had the best papaya conconut + fresh milk in the "Dan dan" (cold or warm stewed egg) dessert place Yee shun milk company !!! Oh my god to die for. It tastes even better with the coconut milk in it..... Me and emily were craving for it so badly after thurday that we went again on friday nite. Even though i had to work late, Emily waited for me to head there straight after work since it was behind times square our office. Hmmmmm.. pure heaven!!!

Earthquake retard

I think i am an earthquake retard. Last night about 7.30- 8pm, i was still in the office working on the migration when my vendor suddenly asked me "Is that an earthquake?"

I looked at her blankly and said "Is there? I didnt feel anything. Maybe its the MTR train downstairs. My colleagues said it happens sometimes" I was so absorbed in my work i didnt even realise the tremor!!! I think this isnt the first time i went through an earthquake and completely oblivious to it!!! My vendor is from Thailand and she seem to know earthquake better than I do... That's what happen when u come from Singapore that is safe from all these natural disaster!

Only realise i went thru a short quake from reading my favourite CNA news...what a joke!

HONG KONG : (Source: ChannelNewsAsia)

An earthquake rattled Hong Kong Thursday causing skyscrapers to shake and sending people running into the streets in rural areas, officials and witnesses said.

The Hong Kong Observatory said the quake, measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale, struck in the sea around 36 kilometres off the coast of Hong Kong, which sits on the coast of southern China. Police said there were no initial reports of injuries or casualties, but local radio stations were inundated with telephone calls and e-mails. Hong Kong is one of the world's major financial centres and has some of the tallest buildings in the world.

The city is closely packed with high-rise buildings. English teacher Kate Hodgson said residents of the village of Shek O on Hong Kong island ran into the streets after the tremor struck. "I was lying on my bed reading a book when out of nowhere the walls and furniture started to shake. The whole house moved," she said. "I didn't know what it was because I had never felt anything like it before," said Hodgson, who picked up her nine-month-old baby Mathilda and left her house. She said the streets of the village were full of people wondering what had happened.

Martine Montagne, 46, who has lived in Hong Kong for 11 years, said her building in the Tai Tam district shook for around three seconds. "I've lived in earthquake zones before but I have never experienced anything like this in Hong Kong," she said.

According to the Hong Kong Observatory website, just six tremors measuring over 5.0 on the Richter Scale have hit the territory since 1874. - AFP/ch

Friday nite out

Debarah our part time staff decides to bring us gals out for "clubbing" on Friday.

We had dinner at ISE and we made so much noise from laughing that we actually got complained to tone it down. haaa haa. It is not possible to share the jokes here since the gals were teaching me all the cantonese "foul" words and handsigns thru it all, all the blunder from the different languages.

We head to Sugar but there was a private party and so we changed venue. Ended up in Mooch in LKF but it wasnt all that great, but it was nice in the sense we could sit there and chat and laugh as loudly as we want. It was quite empty and alot of professionals and "posers".

As we were at the bar staring into the dance floor, there was a silly gal who look china like and she was dancing with her guy. when he went away, the slut turn ard and try dancing this guy behind her. He prob thot it was his lucky day and he was all grins. Next thing we knew her beau came back with a drink and he saw red. He shoved the new guy and the gal was acting all innocent. The security guard appeared in a flash and seperated the 2. Before anyone knew it, the guard demanded the couple to leave the premise. It was so quick!!! The gal must have thot the guard was joking as she bring the guy away and she tried to start dancing. But the security guy crossed his arms and told him to leave. The gal got embarrased and indignant and she turned to her "guy companion" and started slapping at him and cursing him for getting her booted out! Hilarious., Its always funny to see sluts making a scene and get ousted out. I gave the guards thumbs up! Woman who doesnt know how to conduct themselves should really not be seen in public.

By 1am, we gals decide to call it a nite. So funny, we were in the club the whole 3 hours and we didnt drink a drop of alcohol. Who would believe us!

Debarah wanted to check out the Edge but it was Live DJ nite and so it was packed and needed tixs. I said forget it and i wanted to go home and sleep.

As we were walking to Landmark to grab a cab back, emily and debarah and I saw this pathetic gal sprawled by the roadside and half unconscious. There was this caucasian who was trying to help her up but she refuse to get up and just moan. It was an absolute disgrace. If you want to drink until this disgracefully, for christ sake, do it at home.

The crowd thickens and the caucasian guy apparently is a STRANGER. he said that he didnt even know the gal but he saw the chinese guy who claim to be drunkard's fren but he was rubbing her boobs so much that the caucasian guy chased him away as he didnt like how the chinese guy was taking advantage of the gal.

As i shake my head and left, i was wondering why would any gal want to get so pissed drunk (unless its your annual birthday bash with a group of close frens?) It doesnt make you feel good, doesnt make your worries go away (just being escapist), and worse, it makes you look super cheap and unrespectful. And lying by the side like that, or losing all sense is gross out. I hate people like that. On that very moment, it reminded me of some alcoholic at home. Yucks. Drown that thot. If only one can scrub their thots as clean as brushing the teeth........