hong kong this time

so we were away for a good 7 days. don't recall ever being to an asian holiday destination for such a prolonged period of time with my family before. and to be honest, i was afraid we might bite each others' heads off. but it was better than expected. although, i almost bit some heads when mom decided to settle for some dodgy looking malaysian cuisine instead of being adventurous and looking for the famous chilli crab under the bridge in mongkok. turns out, chilli-crab-under-the-bridge is NOT in mongkok but in wanchai. imagine if i made them search, i'd be headless. u know how they say mothers seem to know it all. jyah. so there were no surprises, hong kong IS all about eating and shopping so we didnt try to do anything too funky like wax museums or disney lands.

we went to this modern toilet restaurant in sz for dinner. as the name suggests, the theme was.. well, toilets. usually, what goes in and what comes out don't go very well together but i guess we were all tired from walking and hence, agreeable on potentially ruining our appetites as long as we had somewhere to sit, even if it meant toilet bowls. so this is mom and her nasty looking friend with things leaking out his nose. halfway through the meal, we burst out laughing at the sight of our parents spooning their tom yum soup from a toilet bowl the size of a steamboat pot. see how vulnerable a tired man can become. hurhur. after the meal, dad shot us a NO DESSERTS look for fear of what chocolate ice-cream might look like here.

at the malaysian restaurant where i was ready to bite!

entertaining ourselves at the shopping centre next to laforet, beverly something when the shops weren't open yet

delighted to eat crepes right after japanese pizza & pasta for dinner!

seafood in china!!
and i tell u,some of the prawns were already dead.

that was that. hong kong is like a suitor; tirelessly throwing in little surprises & gifts in pursuit of this heart already sold to someone else. in many ways, she resembles the love of my life yet much of what is lacking is what matters. nonetheless, she still caused severe vacation-withdrawal symptoms the moment i place my foot on spick & span sunny island.