10/3/2009 PM
現在在半空中喔~ =P 越南航空的服務實在太……好了，連等也等不了下飛機就要寫下來，要不然下機就沒時間寫啦~
第一接觸，超小一架 3-3 的 A321<-- 這是同行上司 comment 的~然後，在飛機口，居然被空姐勒令關機，這一次真的是勒令喔~ 不像上一次新加坡的勸籲。
11/3/2009 AM
現在是三月十一號了，我正在越南河內的酒店中。這一次來河內是參加國際會議的展覽，現在會議進行中，所以很清閒。
繼續「飛機奇遇記」：
進機艙後，一切正常，只是等我們隔壁的三位乘客。剛坐下的時候我還以為旁邊沒有人，想等一下換個位子呢。見空姐拿着名單對坐號，就想應該是有乘客還沒到吧，等着等着，也不知道有沒有 delay，終見三個日本人進來了！<-- 來越南之前，我不知道這邊有很多日本公司，還擔心他們有沒有走錯飛機 :p (對！VN 的 service 就是好到連這個我也覺得會弄錯！) 三人一進來就是超級大聲的「よっかた！！！」(太好了!) 全飛機的人可能都在懷疑「日本人不是很寧靜的嗎？」我身旁的中東〈或埃及，我看見他的 passport 是阿拉伯字〉白人男子更探身看過究竟。看他們拿着一人一袋的日本 Duty Free，應該是從日本來香港轉機吧。他們連聲「よっかた！！！」〈真的是連聲，一人不下五次，共三人〉，我也隱約聽到「怖い」(害怕)，或許前一班機延誤了，他們擔心趕不上這一班機，而且去河內的飛機班次本來就很疏落，看他們也拿着電腦，應該是去工作吧，要是我趕不上飛機去工作的話，我也會「怖い」。
【插個題，飛機小得日本人一坐下就說「新幹線みたい」(像新幹線一樣)】
飛機不知道是為什麼 delay 了好一段時間〈因為我沒帶手錶，所以不知道 delay 了多久〉卻甚麼都沒廣播。坐着就睡着，感覺到一陣「噪音」與震動，以為已經起飛了，張開眼卻還看見陸地。剛才的震動，難道是飛機在走動的聲音嗎？超怖い =P
飛機終於要起飛了，震動比剛才要大好幾倍，好誇張，從來沒試過這麼嘈跟震的起飛。
起飛後，好不容易等到「安全帶燈號」熄滅，趕緊去洗手間 :p 洗手間就沒甚麼〈畢竟應該沒有比維珍那一次更差的吧〉，一出來，居然有一架餐車在門口！我有自知之明，向空少求救，望向機尾餐點準備處發出「 SORRY」的求救眼神跟小聲哀號〈不想讓全機人都知道我給餐車擋住〉，居然，毫無反應！連正在等洗手間的小姐都向我投一個「幹嘛不出來」的眼神。天喔！越南人很瘦嗎？只有那一點點的空隙〈那空隙比餐車停在走道上留下的那條還小〉，我跟它拼了！幸好，我沒有很胖，看來我還可以當空姐。
然後是用餐時間，我旁邊的中東人要的是 Indian Vegetarian，空少盤來的是 Indian Vegan??，最重要的，是它沒有任何記認，都是寫 Indian Vegetarian〈還是有我們看不到〉。當中東人拆開包裝袋準備用餐時，空少又盤來另一盤東西，說「Sorry」，然後就要換掉，拆開的餐具袋也就換掉，最奇怪的，連麵包都要換掉〈後記：我現在想明白了，麵包是沒有包裝的，所以要換，新盤來的沒有麵包，中東人自行拿起舊的放到新的去；我想，舊的那盤，空少會先放麵包再運到客人吧，也有可能是別的客人發現不對，拿起麵包先吃吧，哈哈！〉。不過，我之前真的沒碰過弄錯 meal order 的航空公司。畢竟會特意下 meal order 的，很多都是 vegetarian 或 religious reason，弄錯了真的很差喔！〈難怪之前新加坡的穆斯林同事說他不會下 meal order，免得弄錯，還告訴我，飛機餐都是 Fish or Beef / Chicken or Beef，他只叫 Beef 就行了。〉
餐點沒有很難吃，算是萬幸了。只是咖啡，只有一個 coffee cream，沒有 brown sugar，下了太古砂糖後 = 雀巢3合1，還是最便宜黑色的那一種。
收餐盤的效率很慢，我等很久才能拿起電腦。〈還是要向日本人學習，他們一上機就是 NDS！而且也沒有用餐﹝應該是在上一班機吃飽了﹞，只喝酒 =P 對了！他們只有一個人用餐，而且那人也沒有拿 Duty Free 袋，看來是從香港出發，在閘口等他的同伴吧，這樣也就說的通了。香港機場從幾年前就沒有了 Final Call 廣播服務，也確實執行起飛前 20分鐘關閘口的 policy。〉
降落是最令人驚喜的，很久沒有坐過降落時不會「機身震到像要裂開」的飛機。降落是整個航程最好的。<-- 因為這個是 pilot 的技術，pilot 是一個白人。
寫了一大堆飛機的，下一篇要寫一下越南初感。
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
終於出台既日本遊記(一)
17 July 2008 PM
Originally I planned (and told my boss) to leave a bit earlier for the preparation but works were ‘flushing in’ and I could only leave at around 6:15pm. I rushed back home and took a shower and had my dinner.
Final check on all my suitcases and handbags (yes, it has an 's') and passport etc, we set off to the Airport at 10pm and took the 10:30pm bus.
We arrived at the Airport at about 11:30pm and it was so crowded at the check-in counter…. Aisle. It was the Qatar Airline, probably for transfer in Doha to Heathrow.
As I’ve already checked in when I got the tickets in early July, it was quite ‘smooth’. Silly me forget to note down Juli’s japan mobile and we went to Mix for free internet connection (damn that the Pacific Coffee were all occupied). After that, it was already time for going through the customs and boarding.
Burger King was closed but they were still selling foods! Kakin bought a set meal and we shared the chips. I was so thirsty and afraid that no water would be served on plane (it said only breakfast would be served), I bought a big cup of NestTea.
The Airport was silent and peaceful ‘as always’ but the gates were very crowded. Besides our plane, there was another one to Japan (similar time), the Qatar one (a bit earlier) and one for Korea (not Icheon, not Busan but a place called 清洲; a bit later at ~3:00AM!!!)
Our flight was scheduled at 01:45 and the boarding time was 01:20. We all went on board at about 01:30 and started our journey!
As mentioned before, I’d checked the meal being provided and thus not surprised by serving breakfast. Rather, it’s a little surprise to have drinks served before “sleep”. The ‘go’ trip was good; lights turned off and the gal right at my back was using her laptop silently and producing no light pollution. However, after serving the drinks, it was already 0300 HK time and that’s 0400 Tokyo time. The light turned on again at around 0500 Tokyo time for serving breakfast!!!
I managed to sleep for a bit more (fell asleep once buckled up and woke for the drinks =P after woke up, I forced myself to sleep again before the breakfast was served and had a nap though a few minutes only before landed) and was not too tired when got off the plane.
It was almost 07:30 when we went out to the Arrival Hall of Tokyo International Airport (i.e. Haneda International Terminal). It was a very small terminal and once we stepped out the ‘exit’, we saw the ANA Sky Porter service counter and grabbed our mobile phones. Right after this, we rushed to the Bus Terminal No. 3 (with the help of the Airport Assistant) for the free shuttle to Domestic Terminal 2.
Haneda Airport is best known as the Big Bird ‘coz the comics and Terminal 2 is “fully equipped” with shops and restaurants. It is very nice! And, similar to the Manila Airport #2 (I name it so), Domestic Terminal 2 is dedicated to ANA Group (i.e. for airlines under the ANA Group).
Despite the prior knowledge of Japan Domestic Flight Check-in process, we could not find the correct counter at first. After ‘wasting’ some time, we managed to find the correct counter, counter no. 14, and queued for check-in. Things were smooth, and the staff even asked if our final destination was alright as she’d noticed that we would be leaving Hokkaido from Wakkanai!
Thing went not that smooth when dropping the baggages at another counter! They said one must drop one’s baggage at one counter. Even you’re travelling together, you can’t calculate together. You must tell them, A has one baggage; B has two baggages and C has one baggage. Well, I think this is not only stubborn but a bit stupid. Anyway, we got all our baggages checked in.
The domestic flight system in Japan is really interesting. First of all, you have to buy the ticket and check in (at the same counter). They will then print you a physical ticket. You need this ticket to drop your baggage and once you’ve dropped your baggage, remember to keep the baggage tickets. They will check the baggage ticket at the exit of your destination airport.
After dropping your baggage, you can go ahead to the x-ray and there, you will use the digital mark on the ticket to print your ‘passenger card’. And we found out that, you can bring water or bottles on to domestic plane, they have a special checking machine for bottles. :P You put your bottle onto the machine (like a mould for it) and it will have different lights turned on. After going through the x-ray and getting your ‘passenger card’, you can proceed to the boarding gate. In front of the gate, you will need the passenger card digital mark to print out your actual boarding pass!!!!!
The plane we got on to Sapporo was a 747!!!
Double-decked and decorated in Pikkachu animation character!!! It was so lovely! =D And surprisingly, the English of both captain and flight attendants were much better than the international flight we got on from HK to Tokyo!
And we have nuts and juices too! ^_^
The flight was delayed for about 30 minutes without any concrete announcement as if it was not a big deal.
I slept for almost 2 hours more and it was so refreshing! We finally arrived Sapporo JR station at around 12:00noon and went straight to the Tourist Information Centre.
We booked the bus from Asahikawa to Wakkanai; we bought the JR pass for Furano and Otaru and got relevant information and discount coupons!
The first $ spent in Sapporo (except travelling) was for the beautiful cakes!
We had cheese cakes, chocolate cakes and milk and cameral pudding. With bulky luggages and the cakes, we spent almost 10 minutes to the Hotel which is usually a 5-min.-walk. We checked in the Hotel at about 1:30pm and went out at around 2:00 or 2:30pm. :P
The digital thermometer showed that it was 26C and 23C later, but it felt like 20C! We had a late lunch in the Ramen Republic, a well-known and well-introduced place in all kinds of tourist guide book.
Kaman had a very thick soup curry ramen and both Kakin and I had salt ramen. I do think it was very nice despite the complaints from Kaman regarding the thickness of the soup curry and the mismatch of curry and ramen. ^_^
After fulfilling our stomach, we went to the souvenir shop nearby. There are so many ramen related stuff! But we had ice-sticks! =P very nice! And this started Kaman’s “ice-cream tour”.
We had planned to walk around Sapporo city for the distinctive old buildings but it was raining quite heavily in a sudden. We ‘sightsaw’ a few shops in the Department store and the city view from the windows. When the rain seemed to be pouring less vigorous, we went out for a proper walk.
Seibu in Sapporo was indeed very beautiful! I mean the building and the bus terminus nearby. We took a few pics and went ahead.
We reached the “Ice-cream Parlor” in about 5 min. and was really shocked by the Super Parfait!
I’d love to buy the baunkuchen but finally missed that due to “time constraint”. I should have bought one when I first saw it.
Then it’s raining again and we turned 90C right back to the Old City Office (北海道道廳) then hotel.
The old building is beautiful and I just love this kind of buildings or I should say, buildings of this time period.
Weather wasn’t too good on the first day and probably my companions were too tired (they couldn’t have slept properly the night before), we went back to the Hotel for a rough rest and went out for dinner again in late 5pm.
After resting for some time, we decided to go to the famous shopping streets: 狸小路. We walked along the main street and passed the TV tower.
We reached the streets at early evening and started our ‘shopping’ again! We were first attracted by the fruit shop and just wanted so much to buy the melon and peaches! (and we did at last =P)
Shops were like those in Osaka or else ‘shopping streets’, not too special indeed, but still, shopped for some time.
Finally we were too tired to go ahead to the Susukino area or go back to the JR Tower area for dinner and chose one ramen restaurant along the street!
Once going inside, we found a J-walker magazine cut on the wall and Kaman ordered what recommended in the article.
I still went for the salt ramen. Both Kaman and Kakin ordered similar soup for the ramen and both commented too salty. Mine was very good!!!! =D
Taste just fit mine and the ramen was appropriate too, not too thick and not too thin, neither too hard nor too soft! Later, I found out that it was a very famous ramen restaurant. It was also recommended in those guide books we obtained in the Tourist Information Center (in Japanese) and I checked my Japanese magazine later in HK, it recommended the shop as well. Probably it's very popular among native Japanese.
Originally I planned (and told my boss) to leave a bit earlier for the preparation but works were ‘flushing in’ and I could only leave at around 6:15pm. I rushed back home and took a shower and had my dinner.
Final check on all my suitcases and handbags (yes, it has an 's') and passport etc, we set off to the Airport at 10pm and took the 10:30pm bus.
We arrived at the Airport at about 11:30pm and it was so crowded at the check-in counter…. Aisle. It was the Qatar Airline, probably for transfer in Doha to Heathrow.
As I’ve already checked in when I got the tickets in early July, it was quite ‘smooth’. Silly me forget to note down Juli’s japan mobile and we went to Mix for free internet connection (damn that the Pacific Coffee were all occupied). After that, it was already time for going through the customs and boarding.
Burger King was closed but they were still selling foods! Kakin bought a set meal and we shared the chips. I was so thirsty and afraid that no water would be served on plane (it said only breakfast would be served), I bought a big cup of NestTea.
The Airport was silent and peaceful ‘as always’ but the gates were very crowded. Besides our plane, there was another one to Japan (similar time), the Qatar one (a bit earlier) and one for Korea (not Icheon, not Busan but a place called 清洲; a bit later at ~3:00AM!!!)Our flight was scheduled at 01:45 and the boarding time was 01:20. We all went on board at about 01:30 and started our journey!
As mentioned before, I’d checked the meal being provided and thus not surprised by serving breakfast. Rather, it’s a little surprise to have drinks served before “sleep”. The ‘go’ trip was good; lights turned off and the gal right at my back was using her laptop silently and producing no light pollution. However, after serving the drinks, it was already 0300 HK time and that’s 0400 Tokyo time. The light turned on again at around 0500 Tokyo time for serving breakfast!!!
I managed to sleep for a bit more (fell asleep once buckled up and woke for the drinks =P after woke up, I forced myself to sleep again before the breakfast was served and had a nap though a few minutes only before landed) and was not too tired when got off the plane.
It was almost 07:30 when we went out to the Arrival Hall of Tokyo International Airport (i.e. Haneda International Terminal). It was a very small terminal and once we stepped out the ‘exit’, we saw the ANA Sky Porter service counter and grabbed our mobile phones. Right after this, we rushed to the Bus Terminal No. 3 (with the help of the Airport Assistant) for the free shuttle to Domestic Terminal 2.
Haneda Airport is best known as the Big Bird ‘coz the comics and Terminal 2 is “fully equipped” with shops and restaurants. It is very nice! And, similar to the Manila Airport #2 (I name it so), Domestic Terminal 2 is dedicated to ANA Group (i.e. for airlines under the ANA Group).Despite the prior knowledge of Japan Domestic Flight Check-in process, we could not find the correct counter at first. After ‘wasting’ some time, we managed to find the correct counter, counter no. 14, and queued for check-in. Things were smooth, and the staff even asked if our final destination was alright as she’d noticed that we would be leaving Hokkaido from Wakkanai!
Thing went not that smooth when dropping the baggages at another counter! They said one must drop one’s baggage at one counter. Even you’re travelling together, you can’t calculate together. You must tell them, A has one baggage; B has two baggages and C has one baggage. Well, I think this is not only stubborn but a bit stupid. Anyway, we got all our baggages checked in.
The domestic flight system in Japan is really interesting. First of all, you have to buy the ticket and check in (at the same counter). They will then print you a physical ticket. You need this ticket to drop your baggage and once you’ve dropped your baggage, remember to keep the baggage tickets. They will check the baggage ticket at the exit of your destination airport.
After dropping your baggage, you can go ahead to the x-ray and there, you will use the digital mark on the ticket to print your ‘passenger card’. And we found out that, you can bring water or bottles on to domestic plane, they have a special checking machine for bottles. :P You put your bottle onto the machine (like a mould for it) and it will have different lights turned on. After going through the x-ray and getting your ‘passenger card’, you can proceed to the boarding gate. In front of the gate, you will need the passenger card digital mark to print out your actual boarding pass!!!!!
The plane we got on to Sapporo was a 747!!!Double-decked and decorated in Pikkachu animation character!!! It was so lovely! =D And surprisingly, the English of both captain and flight attendants were much better than the international flight we got on from HK to Tokyo!
And we have nuts and juices too! ^_^
The flight was delayed for about 30 minutes without any concrete announcement as if it was not a big deal.
I slept for almost 2 hours more and it was so refreshing! We finally arrived Sapporo JR station at around 12:00noon and went straight to the Tourist Information Centre.
We booked the bus from Asahikawa to Wakkanai; we bought the JR pass for Furano and Otaru and got relevant information and discount coupons!The first $ spent in Sapporo (except travelling) was for the beautiful cakes!
We had cheese cakes, chocolate cakes and milk and cameral pudding. With bulky luggages and the cakes, we spent almost 10 minutes to the Hotel which is usually a 5-min.-walk. We checked in the Hotel at about 1:30pm and went out at around 2:00 or 2:30pm. :P
The digital thermometer showed that it was 26C and 23C later, but it felt like 20C! We had a late lunch in the Ramen Republic, a well-known and well-introduced place in all kinds of tourist guide book.
Kaman had a very thick soup curry ramen and both Kakin and I had salt ramen. I do think it was very nice despite the complaints from Kaman regarding the thickness of the soup curry and the mismatch of curry and ramen. ^_^
After fulfilling our stomach, we went to the souvenir shop nearby. There are so many ramen related stuff! But we had ice-sticks! =P very nice! And this started Kaman’s “ice-cream tour”.
We had planned to walk around Sapporo city for the distinctive old buildings but it was raining quite heavily in a sudden. We ‘sightsaw’ a few shops in the Department store and the city view from the windows. When the rain seemed to be pouring less vigorous, we went out for a proper walk.
Seibu in Sapporo was indeed very beautiful! I mean the building and the bus terminus nearby. We took a few pics and went ahead.
We reached the “Ice-cream Parlor” in about 5 min. and was really shocked by the Super Parfait!
I’d love to buy the baunkuchen but finally missed that due to “time constraint”. I should have bought one when I first saw it.
Then it’s raining again and we turned 90C right back to the Old City Office (北海道道廳) then hotel.
The old building is beautiful and I just love this kind of buildings or I should say, buildings of this time period.
Weather wasn’t too good on the first day and probably my companions were too tired (they couldn’t have slept properly the night before), we went back to the Hotel for a rough rest and went out for dinner again in late 5pm.
After resting for some time, we decided to go to the famous shopping streets: 狸小路. We walked along the main street and passed the TV tower.
We reached the streets at early evening and started our ‘shopping’ again! We were first attracted by the fruit shop and just wanted so much to buy the melon and peaches! (and we did at last =P)
Shops were like those in Osaka or else ‘shopping streets’, not too special indeed, but still, shopped for some time.Finally we were too tired to go ahead to the Susukino area or go back to the JR Tower area for dinner and chose one ramen restaurant along the street!
Once going inside, we found a J-walker magazine cut on the wall and Kaman ordered what recommended in the article.
I still went for the salt ramen. Both Kaman and Kakin ordered similar soup for the ramen and both commented too salty. Mine was very good!!!! =D
Taste just fit mine and the ramen was appropriate too, not too thick and not too thin, neither too hard nor too soft! Later, I found out that it was a very famous ramen restaurant. It was also recommended in those guide books we obtained in the Tourist Information Center (in Japanese) and I checked my Japanese magazine later in HK, it recommended the shop as well. Probably it's very popular among native Japanese.
Our very long travel day was ended with a medium size of melon, four peaches and one big apple bringing back Hotel. All fruits were too great to be described in black and white; you can only experience it with your taste buds and nose. :P
P.S. I'll post the link of Kaman's Photo Album and other pics taken later. ^_^
終於出台既日本遊記(準備篇)
4 June 2008
眼見出發之日已逼近，終於約左 mushroom 出黎傾行程，但其實都係「老生常談」，無乜 output。但 the next day mushroom had already headed for Bangkok and not until she came back, I was in the Philippines already.
It was like ‘can we finally manage all stuff? What shall we do next then?’ but anyway, I must go to the Philippines and she to Bangkok, so just ‘let it be’. =P
15 June 2008
I was finally back from the Philippines and was too busy at work and didn’t find mushroom at all. Not until end June when I finished the first draft of the Report.
End June to early July
Just about 2 weeks left before our departure date and we just had a very preliminary and simple plan, probably mushroom had more for herself. It was quite ‘scary’ in fact as we didn’t made up our mind by that time and still wanted to go to say 10 places in 3 hours. Impossible.
13 July 2008
Haven’t packed anything yet and in fact the final route was not even worked out. Just based on the discussion with mushroom, based on the simple plan and route, I ‘imagined’ what I needed to bring for the trip and tried to work out my ‘shopping plan’ before that.
15 July 2008
A final shopping with Kakin in CWB and packed all basic items into my ‘soft’ suitcase. Those daily items had also been packed into ‘portable convenient bags’ together with my ‘soft’ suitcase; in about an hour, I’ve finished my packing! Gradually, I think I become very pro in packing now :)
16 July 2008
Final checking and packing into my suitcase and a final reading on the Japanese travel magazine.
眼見出發之日已逼近，終於約左 mushroom 出黎傾行程，但其實都係「老生常談」，無乜 output。但 the next day mushroom had already headed for Bangkok and not until she came back, I was in the Philippines already.
It was like ‘can we finally manage all stuff? What shall we do next then?’ but anyway, I must go to the Philippines and she to Bangkok, so just ‘let it be’. =P
15 June 2008
I was finally back from the Philippines and was too busy at work and didn’t find mushroom at all. Not until end June when I finished the first draft of the Report.
End June to early July
Just about 2 weeks left before our departure date and we just had a very preliminary and simple plan, probably mushroom had more for herself. It was quite ‘scary’ in fact as we didn’t made up our mind by that time and still wanted to go to say 10 places in 3 hours. Impossible.
13 July 2008
Haven’t packed anything yet and in fact the final route was not even worked out. Just based on the discussion with mushroom, based on the simple plan and route, I ‘imagined’ what I needed to bring for the trip and tried to work out my ‘shopping plan’ before that.
15 July 2008
A final shopping with Kakin in CWB and packed all basic items into my ‘soft’ suitcase. Those daily items had also been packed into ‘portable convenient bags’ together with my ‘soft’ suitcase; in about an hour, I’ve finished my packing! Gradually, I think I become very pro in packing now :)
16 July 2008
Final checking and packing into my suitcase and a final reading on the Japanese travel magazine.
Monday, August 04, 2008
終於出台既日本遊記(序)
再唔寫真係驚自己唔記得，又再「重蹈覆徹」。
今次既日本之旅意義重大，係上年既十一月已經定左，只係時間仲猶豫緊四月定七月。最後決定七月，因為七月北海道既花田實在太吸引了。
係決定左七月去之後，其實都j無乜 prepare 過，直到農歷新年 mr kao 既 email 話佢七月會係東京搞 exhibition 之後先開始「正式籌備」。
為左就 mr kao 攝影展既時間，我揀左七月十九號出發去北海道，當時係三月。幫細佬用 asia miles 出左張 Tokyo 機票後就即刻搵 suki 問 package 價同機位，我仲記得，當時仲幫細佬個 friend手問埋五月底去 Bangkok or Taipei 同幫我地自己問埋佛誕去 Bangkok 既野。最後，竟然十八號晚十九號凌晨機都係 full 晒！兜兜轉轉，又問埋 egl 同縱橫遊，決定請多一日假 (最後 turned out to be 多左兩日半)，十八號凌晨出發，二十八號凌晨到香港，整整玩足十日，如果由離開屋企門口計，係十二日長，對我黎講，算係名乎其實既「長假」。
係未定好機票前就已經買左本香港出既 guide book，又買左一本台灣一本日本既 magazine，仲上左 n 個 websites 同 mushroom 夾住 d 行程。
我覺得 preparation 唔算一等一既充足，但起碼 hotel，hostel，pension 都 book 晒，咩 pass 抵 d，巴士點搭都 check 過晒，火車班次同船期都 check 過，夾過行程，算係唔錯啦~
可能出去做野做得都幾多次，習慣左到一個新既地方係香港機場買本 guide book 係飛機到望下，再唔係就係當地機場拿 map 拿 brief guide 係車到望下，做完野無人帶就自己出去「闖」下，flip 下 guide book pick up 一個 spot 既「半準備式」四圍走 travel mode，今次顯得好有 planning，同埋無以前咁驚青，唔會話無準備唔知點咁，隨意 d 都好，otherwise 就好似 guided tour 咁，去邊食野都定住晒，我地今次呢，就有 d 邊走邊逛，邊走邊找吃的感覺。
今次既日本之旅意義重大，係上年既十一月已經定左，只係時間仲猶豫緊四月定七月。最後決定七月，因為七月北海道既花田實在太吸引了。
係決定左七月去之後，其實都j無乜 prepare 過，直到農歷新年 mr kao 既 email 話佢七月會係東京搞 exhibition 之後先開始「正式籌備」。
為左就 mr kao 攝影展既時間，我揀左七月十九號出發去北海道，當時係三月。幫細佬用 asia miles 出左張 Tokyo 機票後就即刻搵 suki 問 package 價同機位，我仲記得，當時仲幫細佬個 friend手問埋五月底去 Bangkok or Taipei 同幫我地自己問埋佛誕去 Bangkok 既野。最後，竟然十八號晚十九號凌晨機都係 full 晒！兜兜轉轉，又問埋 egl 同縱橫遊，決定請多一日假 (最後 turned out to be 多左兩日半)，十八號凌晨出發，二十八號凌晨到香港，整整玩足十日，如果由離開屋企門口計，係十二日長，對我黎講，算係名乎其實既「長假」。
係未定好機票前就已經買左本香港出既 guide book，又買左一本台灣一本日本既 magazine，仲上左 n 個 websites 同 mushroom 夾住 d 行程。
我覺得 preparation 唔算一等一既充足，但起碼 hotel，hostel，pension 都 book 晒，咩 pass 抵 d，巴士點搭都 check 過晒，火車班次同船期都 check 過，夾過行程，算係唔錯啦~
可能出去做野做得都幾多次，習慣左到一個新既地方係香港機場買本 guide book 係飛機到望下，再唔係就係當地機場拿 map 拿 brief guide 係車到望下，做完野無人帶就自己出去「闖」下，flip 下 guide book pick up 一個 spot 既「半準備式」四圍走 travel mode，今次顯得好有 planning，同埋無以前咁驚青，唔會話無準備唔知點咁，隨意 d 都好，otherwise 就好似 guided tour 咁，去邊食野都定住晒，我地今次呢，就有 d 邊走邊逛，邊走邊找吃的感覺。
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Candice is back from the Philippines!!! (reposted here)
It's correct, it's Philippines!
I was planning to Thailand with Ms. Mushroom but finally she went "alone" with her colleagues and I stayed in Hong Kong. Then suddenly, I got a Project in the Philippines! So I've been to the Philippines on business for almost a week!
I was planning to Thailand with Ms. Mushroom but finally she went "alone" with her colleagues and I stayed in Hong Kong. Then suddenly, I got a Project in the Philippines! So I've been to the Philippines on business for almost a week!
Saturday, June 02, 2007
《台北 (+ 平溪線) + 基隆 + 宜蘭 之旅》簡單闡述篇
之前都寫左幾篇有關今次去台灣既事，但都係寫 d shopping 野多 d~ 宜家就黎個簡單闡述篇，話聲比大家知我去左 d 咩地方先~ 遲 d 再慢慢逐日講~
23/5
搭夜晚機去台北~ 一早約左司機周先生接我地，係 T2 接完我地就去 T1 接埋 janet~ 然後出發去台北~
周生驚我地餓親，就帶我地去寧夏夜市醫肚~
食左: 臭豆腐，蚵仔煎，甜不辣和餃子
24/5
七點鐘係酒店出發~ 錯過左包埋既早餐~
係台北車站 7-11 Express 買 Drinks
出發去平溪線~ 係瑞芳轉車，瑞芳站裝修，行左出街兜左一圈。
因為列車時間問題，我地先去菁銅~ 行左一圈，食左"日本冰"
時間同 travel info 寫既好唔同，我地早左 finish，要等個半鐘火車實在唔抵，所以改為"行去平溪"
沿路行左 20 min 去平溪，平溪老街，十分鐘就行完~ 食好出名既粉圓~ 超超超好食!!!! d 粉圓係軟軟又QQ的~ 天氣太熱，所以食左棉花冰加粉圓~
搭火車去十分~ 行十分老街~
沿 106 縣道行 2X 分鐘到十分瀑布~
行番去十分車站~ 錯過左返瑞芳既車~ 搭左去侯硐~ 點知出台北班車岩岩走左~ "滯留"係侯硐一個鐘有多!!!! 偶遇兩個香港人~
車站職員叫我地等火車去七堵再轉車返台北~ 我地去到瑞芳落車~ 因為瑞芳都有巴士返台北~ 點知 d 職員都係叫我地返上車去七堵再轉巴士~ 個兩個香港人上返車~ 我地就轉另一班火車去松山~ 因為約左 wendy 係信義區等~ 應該係松山近 d~
係松山火車站搭小黃 (當地 taxi 既叫法，因為 taxi 係黃色）去新光三越~
行左 A4 館，因為要等 wendy 出黎，janet 又無咩興趣 shopping，就去左誠品~ 分頭行~
我~ 當然要係"下面"個幾層 shop 下 ping 先啦~
limi feu 少左~ 但有 philip lim 喎~ dsqaured d 款就麻麻~
大概行左個多 d 鐘誠品，wendy 就到啦~
去左 A9 館上面既一間中菜廳食~ 叫新湘菜~ 四人~ 六送一湯...
食飽飽，沿路經過紐約紐約同華納威秀去 101，上左 85/F 觀景台，台灣夜景都真係幾靚喎~ 仲上埋 91/F 戶外個個添！
看完夜景都未夠喉，去埋美麗華坐摩天輪，係北面望番向 101，一晚從兩個角度看台北夜景~
最後，當然要去埋士林夜市啦~
25/5
八點幾出發去基隆~ 去到基隆十一點幾~ 行左去廟口~ 途經康是美買 Handcream 同蚊怕水!
去和平島公園~ 看了太平洋同異石~
late lunch 買左 Burger King 外賣~ 再加一杯超好飲既迷你珍珠奶茶，迷你珍珠又軟又 Q，仲細細粒，非常好~
係七堵轉火車~ 等左半個鐘度~ 一路坐到落羅東~ 返民宿~
再出發去礁溪泡溫泉~ 好靚既飯店~
坐左成好貴既 taxi 返羅東夜市，去左北方餃子舖食餃子當 dinner~ 再行羅東夜市~ 飲左木瓜牛奶~ kakin 食左蚵仔麵線~
26/5
八點幾食早餐原來已經好遲~
出發去羅東既冬山河親水公園~ 來了一趟冬山河 Boat Trip，經過傳統藝術中心既門口~
返民宿羅行李~ 出發去蘇澳！泡左個超凍既冷泉~
好出名既手摃麵 close 左，去火車站看時刻表既時候遇上一個從台北黎既司機，以"油價"既價錢載我地返台北~ 唔好話同我地本來 plan 左坐既七人巴比~ 連坐火車都貴過呢個司機既開價~ 我見佢架車真係"台北車"~ 咁我地就上左啦~
上車之前買左滷肉飯便當同奶茶~ 味道 OK~ wendy 食唔落，買包 only~ 但我覺得 d 包仲飽~ :p
行雪山隧道呀！50 min. 返到台北啦！
係隧道中遇上緊急 AMBULANCE，要讓位比佢過~
返到飯店，放好晒行裝，就去 SHOPPING 了~
行去微風~ 十幾分鐘度~ 食左 GELATO 唔肥既 Ice-cream 同行左新開既 Plaza~
Plaza 真係超正~ 勁多唔同種類既 COSMETICS!!! 仲有 CLOTHES 同日用品~
約埋 janet 一齊食小籠包~ 雖則周生成日話鼎泰豐唔好，而個日周生帶我去食既"路邊攤"又真係好好食，但~ 香港既小籠包真係唔好食~ 所以台灣鼎泰豐我地已經好滿足~ :p
食飽飯都有 d 累~ 但都係要去"探"我最愛既"通化夜市"~ 即係臨江街~
27/5
九點幾食早餐~
行去台北車站~ 都係 20 min 度~
去到 K-Mall 十點十一，未開~ 行左入一間大型文具舖~
返去 K-Mall 看高過個人既高達~ 過埋去隔離新光三越行地庫~ wendy 買左茶葉~ 係 food court 坐底左一陣~
wendy 要返香港~ 我地 cont'd~
係台北車站坐捷運到石牌站~ 轉 taxi 去天母~
先行三越~ 想看 movie 又無位~
行下天母既 Outlets 同 boutiques~ 發現左一間專賣 sanrio 既 shop~ 好靚既 kitty 呀！全部都係日本空運架！
lunch 食左 MOS burger~
坐巴士去東區~ 先係 Sogo shopping~ 再係行入忠孝東路係巷仔入面~ 去左 Graniph, TAIPEI UC, Urban, I-am, PS Underground 同 d small shops
買左好多戰利品後去 101~ 本來打算醫肚~ 結果行左 101 既 Sogo (不過無野行)
去 NYNY 既茄子咖哩食 dinner~ 順便 shopping~ 又有斬獲~ 哈哈~
跟住梗係要返飯店準備好看大結局啦~ 呢個係我留多日係台灣既理由呀~
28/5
最後一日~ 因為 kakin 想悠閒 d~ 所以唔打算去遠 d 既地方~ (同我既 plan totally opposite :p)
食完早餐再去信義誠品~ 買左野又看左野~ 去新光三越 A8 館買手信~
時間尚早就去埋中山站啦~
點知間勁好食既 la belotta (spelling 唔 confirmed :p) "closed on monday"... 唯有去衣蝶食囉~ 去左 Afternoon Tea Café~
再行下 Idee，過去隔黎既三越~ 行左上去 Hands Tailung~ 同 plaza 差唔多~
又行左 fnac~ 行第二間了~ 第一間..... 唔記得~ 可能係天母~ :p
跟住就係歸程啦~
要下次先再見啦~ 台灣~ :)
23/5
搭夜晚機去台北~ 一早約左司機周先生接我地，係 T2 接完我地就去 T1 接埋 janet~ 然後出發去台北~
周生驚我地餓親，就帶我地去寧夏夜市醫肚~
食左: 臭豆腐，蚵仔煎，甜不辣和餃子
24/5
七點鐘係酒店出發~ 錯過左包埋既早餐~
係台北車站 7-11 Express 買 Drinks
出發去平溪線~ 係瑞芳轉車，瑞芳站裝修，行左出街兜左一圈。
因為列車時間問題，我地先去菁銅~ 行左一圈，食左"日本冰"
時間同 travel info 寫既好唔同，我地早左 finish，要等個半鐘火車實在唔抵，所以改為"行去平溪"
沿路行左 20 min 去平溪，平溪老街，十分鐘就行完~ 食好出名既粉圓~ 超超超好食!!!! d 粉圓係軟軟又QQ的~ 天氣太熱，所以食左棉花冰加粉圓~
搭火車去十分~ 行十分老街~
沿 106 縣道行 2X 分鐘到十分瀑布~
行番去十分車站~ 錯過左返瑞芳既車~ 搭左去侯硐~ 點知出台北班車岩岩走左~ "滯留"係侯硐一個鐘有多!!!! 偶遇兩個香港人~
車站職員叫我地等火車去七堵再轉車返台北~ 我地去到瑞芳落車~ 因為瑞芳都有巴士返台北~ 點知 d 職員都係叫我地返上車去七堵再轉巴士~ 個兩個香港人上返車~ 我地就轉另一班火車去松山~ 因為約左 wendy 係信義區等~ 應該係松山近 d~
係松山火車站搭小黃 (當地 taxi 既叫法，因為 taxi 係黃色）去新光三越~
行左 A4 館，因為要等 wendy 出黎，janet 又無咩興趣 shopping，就去左誠品~ 分頭行~
我~ 當然要係"下面"個幾層 shop 下 ping 先啦~
limi feu 少左~ 但有 philip lim 喎~ dsqaured d 款就麻麻~
大概行左個多 d 鐘誠品，wendy 就到啦~
去左 A9 館上面既一間中菜廳食~ 叫新湘菜~ 四人~ 六送一湯...
食飽飽，沿路經過紐約紐約同華納威秀去 101，上左 85/F 觀景台，台灣夜景都真係幾靚喎~ 仲上埋 91/F 戶外個個添！
看完夜景都未夠喉，去埋美麗華坐摩天輪，係北面望番向 101，一晚從兩個角度看台北夜景~
最後，當然要去埋士林夜市啦~
25/5
八點幾出發去基隆~ 去到基隆十一點幾~ 行左去廟口~ 途經康是美買 Handcream 同蚊怕水!
去和平島公園~ 看了太平洋同異石~
late lunch 買左 Burger King 外賣~ 再加一杯超好飲既迷你珍珠奶茶，迷你珍珠又軟又 Q，仲細細粒，非常好~
係七堵轉火車~ 等左半個鐘度~ 一路坐到落羅東~ 返民宿~
再出發去礁溪泡溫泉~ 好靚既飯店~
坐左成好貴既 taxi 返羅東夜市，去左北方餃子舖食餃子當 dinner~ 再行羅東夜市~ 飲左木瓜牛奶~ kakin 食左蚵仔麵線~
26/5
八點幾食早餐原來已經好遲~
出發去羅東既冬山河親水公園~ 來了一趟冬山河 Boat Trip，經過傳統藝術中心既門口~
返民宿羅行李~ 出發去蘇澳！泡左個超凍既冷泉~
好出名既手摃麵 close 左，去火車站看時刻表既時候遇上一個從台北黎既司機，以"油價"既價錢載我地返台北~ 唔好話同我地本來 plan 左坐既七人巴比~ 連坐火車都貴過呢個司機既開價~ 我見佢架車真係"台北車"~ 咁我地就上左啦~
上車之前買左滷肉飯便當同奶茶~ 味道 OK~ wendy 食唔落，買包 only~ 但我覺得 d 包仲飽~ :p
行雪山隧道呀！50 min. 返到台北啦！
係隧道中遇上緊急 AMBULANCE，要讓位比佢過~
返到飯店，放好晒行裝，就去 SHOPPING 了~
行去微風~ 十幾分鐘度~ 食左 GELATO 唔肥既 Ice-cream 同行左新開既 Plaza~
Plaza 真係超正~ 勁多唔同種類既 COSMETICS!!! 仲有 CLOTHES 同日用品~
約埋 janet 一齊食小籠包~ 雖則周生成日話鼎泰豐唔好，而個日周生帶我去食既"路邊攤"又真係好好食，但~ 香港既小籠包真係唔好食~ 所以台灣鼎泰豐我地已經好滿足~ :p
食飽飯都有 d 累~ 但都係要去"探"我最愛既"通化夜市"~ 即係臨江街~
27/5
九點幾食早餐~
行去台北車站~ 都係 20 min 度~
去到 K-Mall 十點十一，未開~ 行左入一間大型文具舖~
返去 K-Mall 看高過個人既高達~ 過埋去隔離新光三越行地庫~ wendy 買左茶葉~ 係 food court 坐底左一陣~
wendy 要返香港~ 我地 cont'd~
係台北車站坐捷運到石牌站~ 轉 taxi 去天母~
先行三越~ 想看 movie 又無位~
行下天母既 Outlets 同 boutiques~ 發現左一間專賣 sanrio 既 shop~ 好靚既 kitty 呀！全部都係日本空運架！
lunch 食左 MOS burger~
坐巴士去東區~ 先係 Sogo shopping~ 再係行入忠孝東路係巷仔入面~ 去左 Graniph, TAIPEI UC, Urban, I-am, PS Underground 同 d small shops
買左好多戰利品後去 101~ 本來打算醫肚~ 結果行左 101 既 Sogo (不過無野行)
去 NYNY 既茄子咖哩食 dinner~ 順便 shopping~ 又有斬獲~ 哈哈~
跟住梗係要返飯店準備好看大結局啦~ 呢個係我留多日係台灣既理由呀~
28/5
最後一日~ 因為 kakin 想悠閒 d~ 所以唔打算去遠 d 既地方~ (同我既 plan totally opposite :p)
食完早餐再去信義誠品~ 買左野又看左野~ 去新光三越 A8 館買手信~
時間尚早就去埋中山站啦~
點知間勁好食既 la belotta (spelling 唔 confirmed :p) "closed on monday"... 唯有去衣蝶食囉~ 去左 Afternoon Tea Café~
再行下 Idee，過去隔黎既三越~ 行左上去 Hands Tailung~ 同 plaza 差唔多~
又行左 fnac~ 行第二間了~ 第一間..... 唔記得~ 可能係天母~ :p
跟住就係歸程啦~
要下次先再見啦~ 台灣~ :)
Thursday, May 31, 2007
曬傷了的前臂 + 生熱痱的大腿
(moved from elsewhere)
台灣好好玩，不過好熱又曬...
看天氣報告話有雷雨，所以仲帶晒傘呀、雨衣呀咁，羅起左支身體防曬又放番低，想住應該唔需要用，點知我去個幾日天氣好到爆，個太陽遲遲都唔肯落山，熱力夠晒！好在我有支 spf 50 既防曬乳液，塊面先「保得住」！但我既身體...
本來係o個邊都無乜野，第一日(到達既第二天)曬左一個早上，雙手就變左兩截色... 我當日著短袖既 polo shirt，由 the mid of arm 直落去到手指都係黑晒！之後覺得唔對路，羅把傘出黎遮太陽，個頭髮先無咁傷。當日着牛仔裙，本來想住咁會無咁"局"，點知低估左熱力，熱到我呢個平時汗腺幾乎算得上閉塞既人流汗！一出汗就死啦，我大腿唔瘦架喎 :p 好在條裙係 stretch 既貼身款，雙腿唔會太大動作，無咁慘！
第二日醒 d，着背心加薄褸，遮到 elbow 位又唔會好熱！因為帶左又唔想"sai" (=waste) ，專登係條鬆鬆 one piece 抵加條打底褲，好在我醒目帶定多幾條 leggings 同打底 pants！本來係基隆市都無乜野，但我都醒目買定支 lotion 以備不時之需。去到和平島，落左車，我地懷疑我地落遲左，所以 info 話要行五至十分鐘既路程，我地好似行左成十幾分鐘。一路都係 d 鎮仔既街，無遮無掩，個太陽就係你上面，開左傘都好似透曬 d 光入黎咁。去到個海邊公園看海同石，又係要沿路行，海邊，乜遮擋都無，名符其實「兜頭兜面」射 d 陽光入黎！行左無幾耐，我已經知道"lai"野 (=中招)，短褲無"遮"到既大腿部位開始有 d 刺痛，實係 d 類似熱痱既東東。所以一去到羅東既民宿，有機會換衫我就即刻換番條新加坡短褲！:p
之後 keep 住搽 lotion 就好番好多，但另外有 d 位，唔係熱痱，真係"損"得太厲害，(因為我大腿真係有 d 唔合比例既粗，所以熱得太勁就有此等狀況)，就改搽藥膏，本來都好好地，返香港個日著 jeans，先發現條 cropped jeans 咁"鞋"，又有 d 整損自己 d 肉既感覺。返到香港，著左一日裙返工，又好似有 d "惡化"，即刻換番條褲，不過我覺得最好都係著 leggings! :p 好似我係台灣咁~
上面講左，因為 keep 住搽 lotion 同著新加坡短褲，好快就好番啦~ 咁我返到台北，又唔想着條新加坡短褲周街走，就着對 leggings 係 jeans skirt 入面，原來好 work 喎，因為對 leggings 係 cotton，又軟又舒服，仲索汗添！
但因為我 keep 住幾日都係着背心加薄褸，elbow 對落既前臂就遭殃了。曬到黑晒都算，開始又紅又痛，係台灣都即刻搽 lotion，點知一般既 body lotion 直程滲入唔到，白色一達達，要 massage 好耐先變透明，即係話乾到七彩又有角質啦~
返到黎，想住齋黑jer~ 點知尋晚開始 forearm 勁痕，天呀！又曬傷左啦~ ><
對腳又未好番，d 損點仲越黎越"爛"咁.... 點算呀???!!!!
仲有..... 被蚊針到幾乎變花柱既小腿~ 好在我有噴蚊怕水，咪一定變左 dot dot 腿~ :p 不過宜家都係好痕，有幾粒開始有變"好多小水泡"既現象... 要小心處理...
無怪得知，個邊"早晨新聞"既天氣報告叫人"防曬防中暑"... 防曬真係好重要，因為唔係黑唔黑既問題，而係"善後"既麻煩~
好痕呀！好難頂呀！有無特效止痕藥架? 我想跳落水呀!!!! 咁樣會無咁痕~ :p
台灣好好玩，不過好熱又曬...
看天氣報告話有雷雨，所以仲帶晒傘呀、雨衣呀咁，羅起左支身體防曬又放番低，想住應該唔需要用，點知我去個幾日天氣好到爆，個太陽遲遲都唔肯落山，熱力夠晒！好在我有支 spf 50 既防曬乳液，塊面先「保得住」！但我既身體...
本來係o個邊都無乜野，第一日(到達既第二天)曬左一個早上，雙手就變左兩截色... 我當日著短袖既 polo shirt，由 the mid of arm 直落去到手指都係黑晒！之後覺得唔對路，羅把傘出黎遮太陽，個頭髮先無咁傷。當日着牛仔裙，本來想住咁會無咁"局"，點知低估左熱力，熱到我呢個平時汗腺幾乎算得上閉塞既人流汗！一出汗就死啦，我大腿唔瘦架喎 :p 好在條裙係 stretch 既貼身款，雙腿唔會太大動作，無咁慘！
第二日醒 d，着背心加薄褸，遮到 elbow 位又唔會好熱！因為帶左又唔想"sai" (=waste) ，專登係條鬆鬆 one piece 抵加條打底褲，好在我醒目帶定多幾條 leggings 同打底 pants！本來係基隆市都無乜野，但我都醒目買定支 lotion 以備不時之需。去到和平島，落左車，我地懷疑我地落遲左，所以 info 話要行五至十分鐘既路程，我地好似行左成十幾分鐘。一路都係 d 鎮仔既街，無遮無掩，個太陽就係你上面，開左傘都好似透曬 d 光入黎咁。去到個海邊公園看海同石，又係要沿路行，海邊，乜遮擋都無，名符其實「兜頭兜面」射 d 陽光入黎！行左無幾耐，我已經知道"lai"野 (=中招)，短褲無"遮"到既大腿部位開始有 d 刺痛，實係 d 類似熱痱既東東。所以一去到羅東既民宿，有機會換衫我就即刻換番條新加坡短褲！:p
之後 keep 住搽 lotion 就好番好多，但另外有 d 位，唔係熱痱，真係"損"得太厲害，(因為我大腿真係有 d 唔合比例既粗，所以熱得太勁就有此等狀況)，就改搽藥膏，本來都好好地，返香港個日著 jeans，先發現條 cropped jeans 咁"鞋"，又有 d 整損自己 d 肉既感覺。返到香港，著左一日裙返工，又好似有 d "惡化"，即刻換番條褲，不過我覺得最好都係著 leggings! :p 好似我係台灣咁~
上面講左，因為 keep 住搽 lotion 同著新加坡短褲，好快就好番啦~ 咁我返到台北，又唔想着條新加坡短褲周街走，就着對 leggings 係 jeans skirt 入面，原來好 work 喎，因為對 leggings 係 cotton，又軟又舒服，仲索汗添！
但因為我 keep 住幾日都係着背心加薄褸，elbow 對落既前臂就遭殃了。曬到黑晒都算，開始又紅又痛，係台灣都即刻搽 lotion，點知一般既 body lotion 直程滲入唔到，白色一達達，要 massage 好耐先變透明，即係話乾到七彩又有角質啦~
返到黎，想住齋黑jer~ 點知尋晚開始 forearm 勁痕，天呀！又曬傷左啦~ ><
對腳又未好番，d 損點仲越黎越"爛"咁.... 點算呀???!!!!
仲有..... 被蚊針到幾乎變花柱既小腿~ 好在我有噴蚊怕水，咪一定變左 dot dot 腿~ :p 不過宜家都係好痕，有幾粒開始有變"好多小水泡"既現象... 要小心處理...
無怪得知，個邊"早晨新聞"既天氣報告叫人"防曬防中暑"... 防曬真係好重要，因為唔係黑唔黑既問題，而係"善後"既麻煩~
好痕呀！好難頂呀！有無特效止痕藥架? 我想跳落水呀!!!! 咁樣會無咁痕~ :p
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