Posted by KueC on March 31, 2012 · 1 Comment
All the tour book recommended this restaurant..turns out Shek O is very small and has only 4 or 5 other restaurants besides this one. They do however have the better seafood selection and LOTS of selection of Thai food. The best dish I had was the garlic asparagus. It was crispy, fresh, and full of [...]
Posted by KueC on March 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment
All the tour books we read said to go hiking the Dragon’s Back as it has an AMAZING view. It actually quite reminded me a less great version of the great wall as you hike along the tops of the mountain the path looks like it. Getting there was quite easy, simply take the Hong [...]
Posted by KueC on March 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Din Tai fung is one of the most famous and delicious Shanghainese food (outside of Shanghai) I’ve had in Hong Kong. They are a chain of restaurants around Asia and I had a chance to go there with Jessica when she came to Hong Kong for a week. The chefs are very meticulous when preparing [...]
Posted by KueC on March 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Staring: Andy Lau and Deanie Ip A Simple Life was released in Hong Kong on March 9, 2012 and has won many awards such as Best Foreign Language Film and 68th Venice International Film Festival. This movie was first released in Venice and later opened in Hong Kong. Andy Lau stars as Roger, the young [...]
Posted by KueC on March 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
From Siem Reap to Bangkok, we had taken a bus/mini bus. It was a packed ride in the mini bus as the company and over estimated the amount of people and luggage in the bus. (the “mini bus” was a 10 person van) Upon arriving in Bangkok we headed straight for our hotel ( we [...]
Posted by KueC on March 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Hong Kong’s Famous Rugby Sevens happened this lovely sunny weekend starting Friday, March 23, 2012. The games were held in Hong Kong Stadium in Causeway, by Happy Valley. Countries from all over flew in their best Rugby players to compete in this event. Of course, secretly I was cheering for Canada amongst all the screams [...]
Posted by KueC on March 23, 2012 · 1 Comment
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth The anticipating wait for “The Hunger Games” has been released in Hong Kong on Thursday, March 22, 2012. I was never really hyped on this movie but since many of my room mates had already read through all the books, I was, of course, obligated to jump for [...]
Posted by KueC on March 18, 2012 · 2 Comments
Upon temporarily moving to Hong kong, I’ve had the chance to join a community I’m quite familiar with. The Hong Kong Dodge ball Association has been my routine night gym visits throwing foam balls at locals and ex-pats. This weekend, HKDBA hosted an exhibition international game of the All Star Players of Hong Kong and [...]
Posted by KueC on March 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Booking our bus from Vietnam to Cambodia was super easy. Most hostels in Vietnam provide excellent service in getting you somewhere you need to be. My bus ride was way to long to remember, luckily it was 6am in the morning and I slept most of the ride. Once getting to the Vietnam/Cambodia border we [...]
Posted by KueC on March 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment
During my reading week at HKU I had a chance to book an amazing trip around southeast Asia. (Yes it actually doesn’t seem like I’m in Hong kong to study but more to travel, but I swear I’m here for school!) Our trip starts off in Ho Chi Minh City, upon arrival we did not [...]
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