Hong Kong Day 4 (13th Jun)

Woke up to a slightly gloomy day... which was unlike the previous 3 days of warm and humid weather. As the bus travelled towards the airport, it started to rain along the way, which was a complete contrast to the weather in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. Most probably it was the outer islands that experience those stormy weathers that the news had been reporting all along.

At the airport, we had our very last bowls on Hong Kong wonton noodles. Yes, again. Honestly, I don't think I'll ever get tired of eating them over there. Anyway, our breakfast that morning cost HK$160, with a cup of milk tea costing HK$20 (equivalent to about S$4). I guess food at the airports are all the same, extremely overpriced.

And look at the message on the side of the bowl... :)

After filling our tummies with delicious hot noodles, we spent some time walking around the shops, and getting some Wife Biscuits, tea leaves and pineapple cookies at the last minute.

And the rain was still coming down hard and fast. As we sat at the boarding area, the view to the outside looked as if we were looking through those decorative waterfalls that some shopping malls had. The rain was heavy, and judging from the way it was beating against the windows, the wind was strong as well.

Due to the weather, a number of airlines had to change their boarding gates, including ours. In fact, our flight was delayed for about 50 minutes. And luckily, the rain let up and the weather was a little better when we took off.

Anyway, I remembered Auntie Koh and I used to talk about the guys in Hong Kong, that they are actually quite good-looking. Well, maybe not as good-looking as the actors, but still good-looking in their own way. Before you girls get too excited, not all the guys are good-looking (or else the 6GB memory cards I had would not be enough... haha), however, majority are. From the bellboys to the waiters to those executives in power suits. Even those with single eyelids have their own charm. Ok, maybe I'm sounding shallow... but then again, who isn't when it comes to eye candies? ;p

Another thing we notice is that there don't seem to be any plump people around. Yes, there are no fat people in Hong Kong. (at least from the places we went to for the past 4 days) Everyone, male and female, old and young, all look like they are of the ideal weight. Ok, other than some uncles with the beer bellies, which I don't think are considered as overweight. The food they eat can't be the reason coz we eat almost the same things here. They also have fast food chains, ice-cream parlours, and supper eaters.

Then I found the reason. At least I thought this was the reason - it could be all those walking around and climbing up and down the stairs. Some of their train stations can be as big as a shopping mall, and with exits labelled from A to J, which is 9 exit points, excluding the letter "i". And on top of it, some exits may be further divided, example, exits J1, J2, J3. So, imagine you come out from the train and you are near exit A, but your destination is at exit J... the distance you have to walk.

Don't be mistaken, though. There are escalators in the train stations. But the escalators only bring commuters up and down to the waiting area for the trains. There are no escalators from the basement area up to the street level. Ok, maybe I cannot say that there are no escalators for all stations. But the main stations that we went to, we had to climb flights of stairs to get in and out of the stations. Imagine the amount of exercise your legs get everyday just for your travelling to and from work.

And don't ever think to compare the distances you had to walk from our North-South line to NEL in either Outram or Dhoby Ghaut stations, these are nothing compared to those in Hong Kong.