Touristy Us.

We had some touristy day in Hong Kong the last weekend. And I am happy to announce that I had so much of fun just being with my partner. His the best-est bestfriend, guyfriend a girl could have especially to hang out with. Oh, I forgot, Im married to him too. That's a PLUS.

Anyways, the touristy spot to go when anyone comes to Hong Kong is Ngong Ping 360. It's a place where one can see a Giant Big Buddha. We Muslim don't really focus on that, but on the other hand, this place is interesting for photo taking or practising the photo skill that one always wanted to develop. And they do have some shows, activities to do there. Like hiking, or island visits & others. Check out Ngong Ping 360.

Direction.

MTR from Central or any other line that leads to MTR's Tung Chung Station & the Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal is adjacent to it. It is a two-minute walk from Exit B of the station. Easy peasy. I think it takes about 30 mins to reach Tung Chung. Don't worry. You will never realize the 30 mins when you are in a MTR. I've attached a map (I took it from Ngong Ping's website. Sorry.)

We didn't know the direction for Bus or other transportation to NP360. Cause we think that MTR is the best transportation ride you can ever ride on. It's on time and fast. I think the trip cost about HKD$ 20 +/- Single trip.

So basically, Tung Chung Station, go to Exit B, then get blinded with Citygate Outlet just next to you (that's another topic to talk about), walk to the Cable Car (it's a recommendation, not for those fainted heart though, as its a loooooooong trip across up the hills, sea and well, land.) Then line up for a VERY long time to get into one of the cable cabin which is shared by others up to 10 pax. You can pay up to HKD 2900 to get a private cable, but you CRAZY!. You do have a choice of a Standard Cabin or Crystal Cabin which is, your cabin floor is visible to see. But price defer. We took Standard like other which cost about HKD 179.

Once in cabin (pssst.., only 2 cables are supporting us)it took us 25 min (5.7 km) trip across the mountain, hills, sea & land. It is worth it. Trust me. You will reach your destination, and head up to NP Village where the shows, food & shopping be. Make sure to check your tickets to know your itinerary that is included.

Standard only have Round Trip Ngong Ping Cable Car journey and entry to Ngong Ping Village's Walking with Buddha and Monkey's Tale Theater attractions. Can't compare with other package, but I think, we had just enough fun with this package.

Muslim, have no fear as there is Halal food up there, besides having the blessed smell of Starbuck's coffee, you can find Ebeneezer's Kebab & Pizzeria too. Thank god. A good meal and a good coffee place. And for desserts, they have Gelatos for those who crave ice cream, Honeymoon Dessert (Astro's Rasa Halal Orient HK, recommendation) and others too (if you're not as picky as we are.) After a good full meal, enjoy the gift shopping. They do have loads of things to buy up there. Not those fancy branded clothing, but touristy, souvenir thingy.

Anyways, enjoy the photos.

Updates.

While listening to Faizal Tahir - Kasih Tercipta, which is a weird choice of genre for me, I asked myself, what happen to blogging? Therefore I tweeted, "why have i stop bloggin'? what is wrong with me & my thoughts? has it shut down." Got to start my fingers typing & exercising. *krack krack*

My goodness. How long has it been since I last updated my blog. Must've been ages. I can see dust on my pages. Literally. Heh heh heh. How's everybody doing? Life is good? It's a beautiful date today. 11.11.11. And coincidentally, it's my good friends birthday too. Krystle. Happy birthday, baby girl.

Headphones on me ear, Youtube's on with my music playlist. Getting the grooves of typing. Sitting straight, shadows of me typing can be seen on the walls of my room, as the only luminous lights that I'm getting is our Ikea stand lamp which I just loved.

How's Hong Kong? Its ok. It's been a good 11 months here. Well, there were ups & downs, such as I hated the Summer heat, but then again, loved the sunny brightness, loved the coming Winter, but hate the coldness when showering. Both Suami & I are doing all ok. Living every day with full of grateful, thankful and blessed feeling.

My Youtube playlist is playing God Help The Girl's Funny Little Frog now. Gosh! It brings me back to work life. I keep playing this song when doing my work. I dance to this song when I'm at home in front of my wardrobe mirror and sing out loud when I'm driving to work or back from work. Life has totally changed now. I do miss my ID life. Gosh. *Silent moment* Ni semua Syana's fault for making me in a sob sob situation. Emo.

*Sign* Move on. While my head is nodding up and down following the music beat, I even typed according to the music tempo too. I wonder how I could actually think, type and listen all at the same time.

Suami's at work now. Housemates dah balik. Cause I can hear them front door banged & entering the room door banged. All is good. All is fine. I've got loads to blog about. But, not sure where to start first. Maybe I should list it down first.

1. Weight
2. Halal Discovery
3. Touristy
4. Business
5. Dancing
Before I start babbling, I would like to wish all Muslim Happy Eid Al-Adha. Though it was last Sunday, but then its a new year for us Muslim. So I've got another 1 year more to go before the next Eid. :) Would like to tell the whole world, that Suami & I experienced the best solat raya haji ever. We were privileged enough to pray at Causeway Bay's Victoria Park's field with other Muslim who is in HK. Well, 90% are Indonesian as 172,000 of them are domestic helpers working in HK & other 10% are Malaysian like us, Chinese, Mat Sallehs and so on. The field at Victoria Park was like a waved of white homo sapiens wearing their prayer attire. We were fortunate enough to experience it. I wonder if this is how it would be when we do our Haj. Masya'Allah.

And this year would be the first time that I didn't get to celebrate in KL. It was kinda sad, but I didn't want to think about it. But when I saw Suami's expression, I was in tears to see him in tears. *Silent* We may be missing all the family gathering, celebration, no korban, but we were again fortunate enough to have friends in HK and we did have a little celebration & makan-makan. Though we weren't invited cause we were with friends who said let's just go, therefore rezeki kami. Alhamdulillah.

Ok. I will continue on the list wrote above in the next blog.