Hong Kong Trip 2010: Day 1 & 2

December 22 - 27, 2010

My second time to visit HK. We left Manila past midnight already via Cebu Pacific flight to HongKong. The flight was delayed 2 hours for some reasons which was ruined our plan that night. We arrived HK around 4am already. Supposedly, we'd exchange a few US dollar to HK dollar in the airport to buy Octopus cards. Unfortunately, shops were closed by past midnight. We just decided to take the bus N21 to our hostel. We just slept for barely 2 hours in the hostel, which is not a bad thing because we just paid a small amount for our stay. In the early morning, we had our breakfast at Mcdonald's just located a few steps from our hostel then we travelled by taxi to Lantau Island where we will transfer to Disneyland Hollywood hotel. We opted to travel by taxi since we had big luggages to carry and there were 6 of us. So 2 taxis were enough. By the time we arrived, it was not yet checked in time so we just left our luggages at the lobby. Our plan for the day was to visit Ngong Ping village. We then bought Octopus cards at the Disney MTR station. From there, we rode the MTR from Disneyland to Sunny Bay and interchanged at the Tung Chung line. We entered the CityGate Outlet store just and had lunch at the Food Republic. At around 12noon, we rode the escalator going to the cable car station. The queue for the ride was so long, but good thing my mother booked our tickets online so minus the hassle of lining up. It was really a straight walk going up there while others barely moved on their feet. Hay! So the ride was about 25 minutes overlooking the beautiful place. We also enjoyed the sights in the Ngong Ping Village. The weather was fine too. It was cold about 15 degrees yet the sun was shining through which was perfect because I didn't sweat eventhough we walked and walked. They also had Christmas decorations with matching snow, well artificial only but it was still cute. We really had a great time taking pictures. We went back to Disneyland hotel through the same route. We rested for 2 hours and then went inside the themepark by night time. Was able to catch the Procession of toys and later ended the night watching the spectacular fireworks display.

cute Mickey Mouse handrail in the train

very cozy that I wanted to sleep already there

crystal cabin where the bottom part is glass so you can see what's under 

outfit: black and white striped top - Dept. store find, red floral skirt - Bayo, Black trench coat - thrifted, black stockings -random find, black boots - Forever21, brown satchel - Bangkok find

Coke in a different shape of bottle - awesome!

random find figurines in a store in Ngong Ping

real or not?

I love Doraemon!

cozy Disney theme room - spacious room and big beds

bathroom stuffs

Hollywood Hotel view by night

for my chictopia! haha

swimming pool in the hotel

I love bokeh photography!

going to the cafe

sweets before sleeping time

mango cream cake?

Hong Kong Haul

Few stuffs I got during a recent trip in HK during the holiday season.

floral top - Cotton On, floral flats with bow - Cotton On, Bow striped top - H&M, white tank top - H&M, Earrings set - H&M, black mittens (not in the pic) - H&M

closer look on how pretty those flats from Cotton On and cheap too!  I got them on sale for HK$49 only. The earrings from H&M are my fave too because they're a classic. I can wear them anytime and match with any outfit.

L to R: bow headpiece - HK streets, nail art brush set - Bonjour, dotting tool - Bonjour, eye magic gel eyeliner - Bonjour, Rubi nail polish - Cotton On, glitter nail polish by Etude House, red nail polish - Revlon, lip ice lipbalm - Bonjour, Palty hair dye - Bonjour, Noir blanc lipgloss - Bonjour, Kiss me lipgloss, Moschino and Lanvin Eclat miniature perfumes, nail beads

nail products!

Finally got my package from Wei when I won her blog contest. Thank you so much!

My first time to win in any contest in the blogosphere! Yay!

Our dreams give us strength

Make this strength to make them come true:)

Just wanna share to you our Christmas Tree this year. I and my mom decided to place cute teddy bear stuffs for a different look since Christmas is all about sharing especially to the less fortunate. Earlier this month, we gave little gifts to a school in the barrio. This school is very close to our hearts because my late grandfather was a pioneer teacher in this school. It was such a great feeling to be able to share our blessings to the kids. The smile in their faces was unexplainable. Definitely worth all the sleepless nights we had for preparing everything.

navy blue dress with peter pan collar - Bangkok, wedge booties - online, accessories - H&M

Palty Hair Dye Review

Finally my sister decided to have her hair colored. We bought this Palty hair dye when we went to Bangkok, Thailand last October.  Palty is a Japanese brand designed to work well with Asian darker hair. Our first choice actually was Prettia Hair Dye but it was pricier so we just settled for this. It was about 350 Baht when we bought it and we chose the color Caramel brown.

 contents of the box

my sister has dark brown hair so more or less 

we expect a lighter brown effect after coloring

2) this is where you'll mix it and cover with the comb like cap

1) hair color

comb/cap, gloves, conditioner, instructions in Japanese

box 

original hair color 

no flash

So basically, we just research through youtube tutorials and blog reviews on how to apply this since the instructions included in the box were in Japanese. All we can understand are the pictures. So thank God for those reviews we found online. After mixing number 1 and 2, I applied it on my sister's hair by sections and leave for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, shampoo and condition hair.

after 30 minutes: the result

I think the color change is not that noticeable much. I agree that one box isn't really enough especially if you have long and thick hair. But I recommend this for everyone out there, who wants to try to DIY hair coloring. The procedure itself is easy. While on the process, I asked my sister if she felt any tingling sensation on the scalp but she replied none. There was no strong smell too so it's safe to use.  I suggest you get 2 boxes if you have long and thick hair. 

*Make sure to do an allergy test first on your arm before you apply the dye on your hair:)

I would love to read your comments:)xoxo

Thailand Trip Day 3 and 4

Our third day in Bangkok was spent shopping around Siam Paragon, Central World, Pratunam, MBK, Pantip Plaza and my favorite Platinum Mall again. We also went to Chatuchak weekend market because as what I read and heard from people, it sells affordable stuffs. But when we got there, it was scorching hot that day and after about 2 hours going around the different stalls we could hardly breath already. It was really hot, no air conditioning because stalls are just located outside so we opted to just go back to Platinum and continue shopping there since I myself believed I got more fashionable yet affordable stuffs to get there.

lots of different stalls that sells fashionable clothes at a cheap price

On our last day, we went to Damnoen Saduak Floating market where small canals are filled with people selling goods using a "bangka" or small boat. After that we then drive to Kanchanaburi province where you can see the death railway that was used years years ago. It was during the World War II when the Japanese Imperial army began the construction of the infamous Death Railway including the bridge over river Kwai.

At the floating market

coconut juice for sale

Bridge over the River Kwai

 tourists everywhere