7-Nov-2007

Back from Kunming and Hongkong….so much happened in one week….

Kunming Day One
– Ate Fungus HotPot(All wild mushroom) – very nice….but almost got poisoned coz the person said MUST COOK for at least 15 mins to clear the poison but me and Chris started drinking the soup after 5 mins…and i had headache after that…maybe really got poisoned..

Kunming Day Two
– The people there dun eat…We walked for  more than half hour before I spotted a restuarant for brunch….luckily that place is quite ok….very very crowded but we managed to find a nice spot and have our lunch (Big bowl noodle). Then got to know a couple over lunch. This couple is amazing…they are supposed to have just met each other last night after communicating online for almost two years but they are loving like hell. Then after lunch, we decided to go on their jeep to sightseeing in the tourist places.

Kunming Day Three
– This day was crazy. We went to CITM (China International Travel Mart) and discovered that the CITM is only opened to public on the 3rd day! that was crazy coz we were supposed to leave Kunming on the 3rd day. We managed to cheat our way through the first security post by forcing our passport on the police. He let us in after our numerous begging and telling him we came from Singapore just to attend this fair. Me and Chris were so happy coz we thought we managed to smuggle ourselves in. God knows there is another more strict security post further inside.  This one need ticket and pass and need to go through X-ray machine. This is just like going pass the immigration where you need air tickets, passport and the scanning. And of coz, we do not have the passes, nor the tickets. We went to the registration counter and realised that one ticket cost 800RMB. that is hell. totemo takai! that is equivalent to my faye wong’s concert ticket. (S$160) and we need 2 tickets! So we decided not to buy and be shameless and start asking those people who had come out to see if they can smuggle us in..haha…AS there are many other shameless people there, these people ignored us! hahhaa…..so shamelessly i have to call my friend who is exhibitor in the CITM. Luckily she managed to got me 2 passes. But hor, got pass and no ticket no use! ONCE AGAIN, we had to be shameless and force ourselves on the security. haha..the security was very strict and said he cannot let us go in. BUT when i took out my passport and he saw its Singapore Passport. then he look at me for half a second and pretend not to see me and step one step forward. We knew we did it. We got in “behind” him for FREE! hahhaa…ok…we are very shameless! The Travel Mart was very big, with 6 Halls and DAMN COLD inside. We walked around and start networking for the next 6 hours until the whole thing ended. Carrying more than 10kgs of things EACH, we were almost dead. We dragged ourselves back to the luckily-it-was-just-across-the-street-HOTEL and order our LUNCHNER(Lunch and Dinner – room service). That was our day! Tired but satisfied.

Kunming Day Four
– Poor both of us. We wanted so much to get the hell out of Kunming early (Chris to CTU and me to HKG). Mine was full fared business class, so i can change my time anytime i want. But Chris got discounted fare, so cannot change time. So bo bian, i need to stay also and be a friend mah! So we decided to explore the city a bit. But the city itself was really small and we shopped around a little only. Then we meet our new friends again for dinner. This guy was very nice and wanna treat us to a very local/traditional roasted whole lamb in a  village. We ordered a whole lamb but Chris was very scared coz this guy is a Kunming local and the place is very ulu. Like very rural place. Then she made him send us back to the town to take taxi by lying that we need to rush back hotel to sign a contract. The excuse was very lame but the guy did not expose her la..he was quite a gentleman to send us back to get a taxi while leaving his girlfren alone in the village to wait for the lamb. Anyway..this was a long long story and i dun wanna write down everything coz it will take pages..haha….you can just say that we are very very bold and not scared of death..hahah

Kunming Day Five / HongKong Day One
– Nothing to do. All packed and waiting to get our arses out of Kunming. As this time i bought business class ticket, i dun have to wait in line for boarding mah. So when the guy said we can go and board first, we walked straight to the gate. Then there are a few c-lai queueing in front of the queue. Then the stupid c-lai very rude and spoke to me ” WE QUEUE FOR LONG TIME LE” (in mandarin)..then i ignored her and she repeat again “WE QUEUEUE FOR LONG TIME LE” (in mandarin)…then her friend talked to her “THEY WILL NOT LISTEN LA” (in Cantonese).
– Got to Meiki’s home. Damn nice place, i would love to stay there myself too. We took a long rest and took Misu up to the peak and have a very nice dinner. Initial plan to have a nice dinner and take some nice photos. But Mrs Alfonso keep scolding us for being late. Haha…so in the end, we did not manage to take any photos. Just dinner and rush to Mr Alfonso’s chicken shop and have our 2nd dinner. haha..his fried chicken is really good…a lot of people stopped by and looked into the shop…coz misu is very big inside..haha..then at his shop, i also met a lady whom i met on the plane.

HongKong Day Two
– Woke up in the morning and brought misu out for a walk and breakfast out. One thing i like about Hongkong is during cool weather, you can sit outside for dining-Alfresco Dining.Used to do that in Boston, but Singapore is really too warm and humid for that coz you will melt anytime. After brunch, we went home and then went to hotel to meet mum and dad. Stupid taxi driver tot we are from mainland China and detoured us!! Spent 20 mins on the taxi while it should only take about 10mins. We also went Element for shopping but the mall was nothing. Dinner at Aqua was very nice. Nice place and nice food too. At night we brought misu down to park to play. Misu was soo funny. In the middle of the night, probably 2am. He was sleeping and i tihnk he accidentally touched his toy that made squeky noise. Then he thought I threw him the ball, coz he took the ball and threw on me and wanna play with me (but i was sleeping and it was in the middle of the night wor!! haha)..then he realised i was sleeping and he came and slept with me.

HongKong Day Three
– Met my business partner in Excelsior for a very nice lunch. Half the day was gone and by the time I met up with Meiki again, it was already almost 6pm. Then went for dinner again! damn..too full. After dinner, Meiki went home and accompany Misu while I accompany mum shopping. Shopping was damn tiring and boring as i dun really shop mah! then went home and went jogging with Meiki and Misu. Misu come and play with me in the middle of the night again. Then he climbed on the bed and slept with Meiki. He is sooo cute. I wish i can clone his soul and put into Kuro..wahhahhaa..then kuro will become very demure, obedient…hahhaa

HongKong Day Four
– End of my one week trip. Lunch with Serene and Meiki at Feng Sushi.

* Know that mimi is sick now and meimei is very worried. Meimei, please take good care of yourself and I am sure mimi will not wanna let you worry so much too. Mimi will be fine coz now the medical technology is good. Plus mimi’s life is fortunate and good coz he has you. So God must have already planned a good long way for him and you. Always be here for you.