Jim and I have been meaning to go to Hong Kong to visit his sister who works there. Ate Mia works for Cartoon Network, how cool is that?
So when the opportunity came for us to fly there, we didn’t even hesitate. We booked our flight Friday and flew out Sunday! Can I just share that Clark flights are wayyy cheaper than Manila flights?! Manila-HK was more than double the price of Clark-HK. I didn’t mind the extra travel time, it would be more of a road trip with my boyfriend than an uncomfortable drive 1.5 hours away. Seair‘s planes are also very comfy. I’ve only booked twice with them (once on a flight home from Kalibo) and their planes are consistently nice.
I’m used to the 2-hours-before-your-flight rule. Our flight was at 7:20 so we wanted to be at the Clark airport (a.k.a. Diosdado Macapagal International Airport) by 5:20. Everything was set – we were to leave at 3:30AM. Jim came to my condo at around 1:30AM to park his car so my driver would take us. He said he wanted to just stay up so we wouldn’t miss the flight but I said we should take a power nap and besides we could set both our phones’ alarms. Cut to: me waking up without an alarm, looking at the time and screaming “p*&^ngina 4:30 na!!!” We were out of the door at 5AM!!!
The whole ride to Clark did turn out to be an uncomfortable ride because we were on panic mode and we didn’t know who to blame. Anyare sa alarm. Anyway, I checked the ticket and it said the check in counter would close 45 minutes before the flight so I was praying we would make it! Yes, we did. Thank God. Haha! Never again will I sleep through an alarm. Ang na-set ko naman kasi ay pang-spa na bird chirping yata paano naman ako magigising dun?!
So there we were, on the Airport Express a.k.a. the train that takes you from the airport to Kowloon/Hong Kong :)
So happy we’re here!
So cold!!
Cute panda display at IFC mall
Breakfast at Simply Life. Black mushrooms and cheese pizza. Sarap!
On a tram to Happy Valley where Jim’s ate Mia let us stay at her apartment :)
Super vibed on the tram because when I’m in Hong Kong I only take the MTR or taxis – this trip I got to go on trams and buses! Commuting in Hong Kong is so orderly I wish we had the same system here.
Ate Mia and her boyfriend Rahul were awesome hosts, they took us to places that made Jim and I feel like we’d been living in HK for months too haha!
We wanted to have drinks at this cute place in Star street but it was fully booked :(
The xx (weh)
Dirty birds
AHRT
We had drinks at this lounge called Upper House – so nice! I had a nice glass of Mojito :)
A trip to the bathroom merited a few “selfies” *barf*
Passed by this sign while walking haha Light Mouse Facial?
HK boutiques have some strange window displays
We missed Japandroids, they played the same day we left.
We went to HMV – I heard it’s closing down soon :( Check out Chris Owens’ solo album haha it has a big EX-GIRLS MEMBER sticker on it
I bought some vinyl records – Jagged Little Pill, Duffy, No Doubt’s new album Push and Shove, and RATM. Check out Jim and I being cool.
We ate at this pub place called The Globe – this sign looks like The Glob as in WHAT THE GLOB. Hahaha.
After dinner we were all so tired especially since Jim and I barely got any sleep the night before haha so we just decided to get some sleep and get ready for the next day. Jim and I actually brought exercise clothes so we could go jogging. There’s a really nice park in Happy Valley where people can jog and exercise, it’s also where horses race! I didn’t bring my camera since I had nowhere to leave it while jogging so here are some pictures I took with my phone!
Channeling Carrie from Homeland
After that workout we figured we should reward ourselves (hehehe) so we looked for a good place to eat. Trams cost only $2! Love it!
“Where do we eat?”
We’re so corny we ate at Hard Rock Cafe hahaha I really wanted a burger
After eating, we passed by this restaurant. Thanks for the sign, God.
We also missed Breakbot
Love this sign hahaha
YMCA
Square street
Should’ve bought these
FREE SWINGER GAY ALL NATIONALS
We passed by a Chinese Temple
We also passed by a lot of small stalls selling random stuff. Check out the name of this boutique hehe
Remember those jelly candles when we were back in grade school?
Little bikes
Skateboards turned benches
Back at the very hip square street
Funny cos this envelope said “VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS INSIDE”
I love Agnes B cheesecake!
We had dinner at this small cute Mexican restaurant called Brick House! There’s usually a long line for dinner but we got there pretty early on a Monday. Yay!
Their street corn is amazing!!!
Beets were good too!
Taco sample platter!
Fatman!!
We walked to a jazz bar along Peel street called Joyce is Not Here
Cutie
We were lucky to watch Heidi Vogel sing with Filipino keyboardist Jesrael Lucero. Grabe!
Watch this video I took of them performing Etta James’ Willow Weep For Me
Lovely night, I really should watch more jazz bands!
Lan Kwai Fong
We went to Insomnia where we got a couple of free drinks (thanks, Filipinos!) and then we had some kebab at Ebeneezer’s!
The next day we went to IFC mall to eat more kebabs haha! Ate Mia and Rahul were telling us about a place called The Great Indian Kebab Factory and we couldn’t wait to try it out.
We’re here!!
BURP!!!
We walked some more and ended up at Kowloon Park to check out some birds! There were some anime statues on display!
Spotted these two swans trying to get it on, I guess? Haha! One of them just jumped on top of the other – so cute!!
Some PDA goodness
We saw Daniel Craig. Char.
We started walking towards the Hong Kong Science Musuem
I watched an artificial cloud making demonstration. I wish I understood anything the guy was saying. He was speaking Chinese.
What is this?! A cellular site for ants?!??!!
Telephone wires
These girls kept hogging the bubbles section hehe
It’s okay I had fun with this
We headed over to the Hong Kong Museum of Art for the Andy Warhol exhibit
No pictures allowed inside but it was so awesome. His original artworks were right in front of my face. Coolio.
After the museum, we went to the Avenue of Stars for a little sunset fun
Jackie Chan’s star
Bruce Lee!
Those three days were so much fun, I wish we could layer clothes here in Manila hehe. As much as I loved Hong Kong, it’s good to be back in my own bed :) Have a happy Sunday night, Manila!
Saabscribe!!
amazing pictures saab! thanks for sharing them.
saw a side of HK I usually don’t see when I go there :)
where did you got your tan cardigan???
Live the life! hehe. Pang ilang punta mo na po ito sa Hong Kong?
4th, I think :)
Hehe typo, visit *his sister? :)
Whoops, thanks!:)
Awww. It’s nice na you went to the “unfamiliar” places in Hong Kong. :) You are really pretty! :) Take care! :)
Thanks :)
May I know what brand’s your brown knitted cardigan? :)
Topshop :)
those shoes are to die for!!!
AWESOME post Saab!It will be the 1st time for me and my mom to visit Hong Kong this year and we will definitely visit most of the places that you went to.Keep up the good job!:D
Yayy :)
nice supah will visit hk soon:) mura nung shoes binili niyo?
Noticed you ate some delicious looking Indian food! Is Rahul Indian? :)
Yes :)
Nakarelate ako sa alarm at late nagising! ganyan kami lagi ng boyfriend ko pag may trip at earlier flight. We ended up cramming and panicking haha! :)) *just saying*
BTW, you are cute couple! Nice photos and I love all your blogs! :) xoxo
One thing I like abou DMIA, kahit feeling mo late ka na sa flight mo, makakaya mo pa mag check-in! Hehe
BTW, nice pictures!
Hi Saab. :) ine edit mo pa ba mga pictures mo? :D
you took nice photos Saab, especially that last picture at the temple-pang travel mag :) thanks for sharing your beautiful trip! the other side of HK
Awesome great photos of HK! :) Me and my team are looking forward to visit HK soon! :)
Hi. How much does it cost you to go to hong kong? hihi Your plane ticket and stuff. Can you make a post about your budget or something? Thanks
Plane tickets for both of us totaled 15k with taxes na. Considering we booked 2 days before the flight it wasn’t bad at all! And we stayed with Jim’s ate so no hotel fees!
May I know what brand’s your sweatshirt? yung may bones. hehe pretty :)
Zara :D
Wow!!!
Hong Kong was a very nice place…
I really want to spent some of my time there… And visit some religious places…
Nice posts Saab, I was happy you have this.
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Drooling to go to Hong Kong. :(
What camera did you use? :D I like your photos. <3
Sony NEX 5N :)
Saab are these photos still from your sony nex5? Nice shots!
Yes :) Thanks!
You’re so pretty and I love your style. :) I’m a fan of your blog :)
Thank you!!:D
I love your hair! Pero nakakamiss din yung “Ate Saab anong style ng hair mo papagaya ko” hairstyle. Hahaha! Never na nagkaroon ng name yun. =))
Edi Saab hair :p
Woah, candid blog post! It seems that I was on a trip too, just by looking each photo. I really enjoyed reading it! And you’re so lovely! I love the bruce lee shots with jim and the cool photo of you couple (HK-31) and especially the foodsssss! <3
Heehee thank you!!!
Awesome sights and photos! How do you edit your photos? They look like they were edited to a matte finish :) or is it the cam?
I edit using Adobe Lightroom :)
Nice pictures!:) I like your brown sling bag! May I ask where it’s from?
It’s a violet bag from Debenhams and it was completely destroyed by the weather. Now I have a newfound respect for designer bags.
OH EM. I didn’t know Hongkong has a “Hipster” place.
Hahahahahahaha hipster place
This post made me want to buy a ticket and revisit Hong Kong once more!:)
Feeling nasa HK na rin ako when I read this post. :)) Hehe
That’s what I aimed for.. kind of :p
Someday, I’ll go to “Joyce is not Here” and they will have to detach their jazz bar name :) Haha! You and Jim look really lovely together ♥
Hahahhaaha! Awww thank you!!
Tawang tawa ako run sa panic mode mo sa Saab sa alarm, ang kulit eh! anyway, it’s always been a dream for me to take a trip to Hanngkaang (as how you say it!) hopefully this year, im sure this are one of the places i’ll look for. Thanks for the post! you are soo bubbly as ever! :) Godbless Saab
Gandaaaa! Para ngang nasa HK na din ako. :D Nakakarelax tong post na ‘to.. Hehe. Nice pics, ang kukulit lang.. hehehe
Hi, Ate Saab! Paano yung processing mo ng photos using Adobe Lightroom? Sana makapag-blog ka about it. Tutorial something. Hahaha. I really like the “cinematic” effect ng photos na pino-post mo. I’ve been trying to edit my pictures with “Saab Magalona awesome photo effect/peg” for so long. Naka-graduate na ko ng college at lahat, pero hindi ko ma-hit yung tamang processing. Hahaha. Btw, I also use Adobe Lightroom din. :)
Hahahaha ok sige!:)
those pictures are just wow. if you did not mention at the end of the post that you were only there for 3 days, i will surely think that you’ve maxed your 14 days stay in hong kong. i’ve been there a couple of times already, but looking at your photos makes me realize that i haven’t truly explored hong kong :D
you look fab and gorgeous as always :D
Awww thank you!!!!:D
sana katulad kayo ni francis magalona at pia arroyo mismo…
I can actually know you are with your posts. So funny and bakla type. I love it. Walang pagpapanggap.
what’s the brand of your bone printed sweater? :)
Zara :)
hey saab!!!! just lurve the pics! i wish i could have the same camera ur using! hopefully i would explore HK as much as you did!