When You Wish Upon A Star: Part II

 





















The branch manager was supportive of my plan to go to Disneyland. He must have seen the determination in my eyes. LOL So he accompanied me to the  Tsim Tsa Tsui train station and instructed me to ride three trains. I never took my eyes off the train map during the entire trip waiting for the exact stop to switch trains. You can imagine how anxious I was the entire time. I only breathe a sigh of relief when I saw a group of prep school children and a bunch of Korean tourists holding Disney maps; a sign that I was on the right track. LOL

When I rode the Disney train, probably I was giddier than the school children and was smiling from ear to ear. You have to give it to me people. It was my first time in Disneyland so the excitement almost killed me. Hahaha

The whole Disney crew were so accommodating I never had problems in asking them to take photos of me and even suggested some wacky poses. It rained hard for almost two hours but that never dampened my spirit or the kids in the park for that matter. Instead, I gained two friends because of the rain. A young couple, Filipino and Cebuanos at that (lucky me!) took shelter near my table while I was eating  lunch. You know how it is when you're in a foreign land and you spot a kababayan it never fails to lift up one's spirit. We said hello and it  was also just the two of them vacationing in HK (or shall i say honeymooning? hmmmm) and lugging their camera and tripod around for purposes of having photos together. We ended up going together for the remainder of the day.
 They were very nice people and never bothered having a third wheel around. LOL
We also left the park together and got out of the same train station. Lucky me coz we stayed somewhere in the same area. Although I did ride the bus on my own and managed to mumble the only Chinese word I know when i saw my bus stop. 
My whole body was aching  especially my legs from all the walking. But the experience of discovering Disneyland on my own was all worth it. And I wouldn't have it any other way. 

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When You Wish Upon A Star: Part I

During our last day in Hong Kong, after the business comes the much awaited pleasure. 

It would be such a shame if I was in Hong Kong but not go to Disneyland, right? That would be so tragic. It would be like going to Paris without dropping by the Eiffel Tower or in New York but not seeing the Statue of Liberty. Or going to Hollywood without seeing Brad Pitt. That would be a tragedy of epic proportions! And living in the third world, where theme parks are rare and has less attractions, i guess when the opportunity comes, any person with a sane mind would grab that chance to go and see the fulfillment of one's childhood fantasies. That is to step foot in Disneyland and see Mickey Mouse and all the other fairy tale characters come to life. Call me trivial and shallow, but it is a big deal for me.

So despite the boss' advice on how far it is from where we were staying, I bravely took the experience of going there alone. Yeah, you heard me right. Alone.... in a foreign land during the height of the "crisis".

More stories and a  LOT more pictures about my adventure on my next post. Gotta run and do some errands! :)

wearing:

Zebra-print dress - from officemate's garage sale

 Blazer - thrifted 

Lace-up shoes - people r people 

Bag & Straw Hat - Gaisano Countrymall

Green wayfarer - from Carbon 

Hong Kong: Day and Night (Part One)

I'm back from my short stint in Hong Kong.

I was anxious to go at first because of that unfortunate incident (if you know what i mean, i'm even upset to mention or write about it till now). I was too scared to set foot in their land  two days after what happened. You just don't know how many Hail Mary's i said while  on the plane praying to God that everything will be okey in there. 

Surprisingly, the immigration officer stamped my passport after like just one minute without any further questions or delay. I was scared of any intimidation or discrimination I might encounter but thank God He didn't let any of that happen.

First day was spent scouring the streets of Hong Kong doing some official work matters. Can't discuss about that here for confidentiality reasons. LOL

And night time was spent rummaging through the night market of Mongkok. I'm not so good at haggling so I was only able to buy little stuff for pasalubong (travel gifts) for my officemates. Bought really nice bangles although the price wasn't that low as oppose to buying in Carbon (Cebu's version of Mongkok and Manila's Divisoria).

wearing:

Sinequanone lace dress - thrifted for only PhP 50 ($1)

Bag - from Bangkok

Brown lace-up shoe - People r People

Cross / Pearl Necklace - from Carbon 

Brown belt - D&G (from dad)

Black  wayfarer - from Alabang Town Center

Black beanie - from Mongkok