Categories: Friendship, Overseas, Personal life, Pictures, Travel, With my NEX
It’s my first trip to Hong Kong and it was quite an experience.
I got a flu and sinus infection less than a week away from my flight and didn’t manage to recover in time. Then I still took the flight while having partial blocked nose. It was a terrible experience because I basically got blocked ears after that. Luckily it went away in half a day and I was with my friend, Xiao Wei, at that time. Her presence definitely calmed me down and not make me panicked due to blocked ears.
It was a 5-day trip and since I was not feeling well, I wasn’t able to enjoy much.
Just gonna post the photos here for memories sake. 😀
Xiao Wei wanted to get her sneakers so we went to the famous Sneaker Street.
The public transit is also quite interesting. There are some similar/exact names of our stations or roads in Hong Kong. Like Admiralty is in North South (red) line in Singapore and it is also red line in Hong Kong!
I have to say the public transit card is so cute!
Something random I spotted while exploring streets at Hong Kong…
Categories: Insights, Overseas, Personal life, Pictures, Travel, With my NEX
I went to Golden Gate Bridge in this trip again. This time I managed to walk more than half of the bridge. I don’t think I walked till 75% but I am still quite happy that I conquered my fears and got to the midpoint of the bridge. It is quite an accomplishment for someone who has fears in heights and water!
I kept encouraging myself to continue to walk and don’t focus on the height or the ocean below me. I hit my goal of reaching the middle of the bridge then I decided to walk back. Whoa, panic set in and my legs became jelly-like. But I am all alone so I cannot be stuck in the middle of the bridge right? No one can save me in that situation except myself…
So I started distracting myself by thinking about the Tiffany and Co hardwear bracelet I tried on at the Haneda airport during my transit. That certainly helps because I did manage to make it back to the start of the bridge.
Categories: Friendship, Overseas, Personal life, Pictures, Travel, With my NEX
Gulabi and I went to the beach on our final day at LA. Revathi has already flew out of LA since she is not joining us to go to San Francisco.
We explored the beach and took some great photos too.
Will I go back again? Probably no. I think I reached the maximum capacity to visit the same beach after this trip. Haha. 🙂
Categories: Food, Friendship, Overseas, Personal life, Pictures, Travel, With my NEX
In my 2023 trip, Gulabi told me Westfield has left San Francisco so I can only visit the westfield mall at LA. My senior director at that time also recommended visiting the mall, along with with one of my favourite YouTuber Kieun Choi. Of course I have to visit it and wow, they did not disappoint!
I had dinner with Gulabi and Revathi at the Eatly restaurant which Gulabi recommended. It is like fine dining place and the portion size is rather small for the price.
The ice cream is quite nice even though it is quite expensive.
They also had their Christmas decorations at the mall since I went there during the Christmas season. Well, I did not expect to see cactus again…
Categories: Friendship, Overseas, Personal life, Pictures, Travel, With my NEX
I visited The Getty museum in this trip since I didn’t have time to visit it in my last trip. I had take Uber to get there then have to take a train ticket get up the peak where The Getty museum is located at. Going back was a pain as both Gulabi and I struggled to book an Uber back. We also saw several folks having the same problem. I panicked and we even went to the visitor services counter to try to book a taxi. I think I will panicked completely if I was there alone, especially when the sun sets and it gotten pretty cold. Waiting outside the cold is no joke.
It’s definitely way easier to explore LA if you know how to drive…
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