Hong Kong | Food Trip, mostly

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Trip date \\ 31st May - 4th June 2018

Destination \\ Hong Kong

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'Tis was my first time in Hong Kong this time. Honestly, I do not have a strong desire to explore Hong Kong because of it's notorious culture of being rude to tourists. Though I have to say, it was so much better than I have expected, maybe time has changed HK and it has mellow out? We didn't experience anything bad in our trip. No bad-mouth waiter or waitresses scolding us, but maybe just a friendly banter with one or two. The city itself, it has a certain character I have to say. Tough gangster-ish vibe that I often see in Cantonese movie. Other than that, it is quite similar to Singapore I feel. The bus and MTR.. and of course the crowd rush.

I didn't take much photos on this trip, therefore I can squeeze my whole 5 days trip in one single post today. But I did take a lot of videos and I made vlogs out of it. Vlog is kind of like my new thing that I am doing right now whenever I am travelling but I don't talk in these videos. I still feel quite uncomfortable talking and explaining to air while holding my phone out. And I think I sound funny, not nice to hear. HAHAHA.

Amigurumi Tutorial | Eevee Marshmallow Edition

 

Materials

2.75mm hook (or any hook size that suits your yarn)

Minlon acrylic yarn (or any sport yarn)

# Brown 
# Light brown

6mm Safety eyes 

Felt cloth
# Dark brown

Black embroidery thread

Embroidery needle
Fibre fill

Fabric glue
Hair spray

Dog slicker brush (optional)

Japan | Kansai | Day 9 & Day 10, Universal Studio Japan and Osaka

...previous post on Japan...

Japan | Kansai | Joey's 9 days Autumn Itinerary

Japan | Kansai | Day 3 & 4, Arashiyama and Kibune

Day 9 // Osaka

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/ Universal Studio Japan

Finally, D-Day has come! Universal Studio Japan Osaka! I think this is one of the must go-to place if you are ever in Osaka. Well, at least once I must say. Especially if you are a Harry Potter fan (oh, me me me!)!

I bought my ticket beforehand on Klook, I also bought Express Pass 7 for the three of us so that we would save time, and it did save a lot of our time but unfortunately we did not really took all the rides that was included in the express pass because we were feeling quite nauseated after 2 rides.
Out of all the rides, I would recommend:

• Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™ in 4K3D 
• Flight of the Hippogriff™ 
• JAWS 
• Space Fantasy

There are also a few more hardcore ones which are the Hollywood Dream Backdraft and The Flying Dinosaur. I was hesitating to take them but since both my family members are not big fans of super scary ride like these, I gave them a quick pass also (easier than admitting that I don't like scary rides).

If you are planning to buy the Express Pass, I would advise you to check your Express pass ticket properly as there are a few rides that will only let you use the Express Pass in a certain timing which is written on the fine print. Unfortunately, the ticket will be in Japanese, so you might need some help from Klook for the translation. It will look like this:

As for me, I know how to read some Hiragana and Katakana, so I kind of guess the rides name. Learning a new language comes in handy from time to time.

Japan | Kansai | Day 7 & 8, Koyasan, Arima Town, and Kobe

...previous post on Japan...

Japan | Kansai | Joey's 9 days Autumn Itinerary

Japan | Kansai | Day 6, Osaka Kaiyukan & Namba

Day 7 // Koyasan

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/ Kongobuji

/ Kondo Hall

/ Daimon Gate

/ Okunoin

/ Torodo Lantern Hall

/ Shinsaibashi for dinner

Japan | Kansai | Day 6, Osaka Kaiyukan & Namba

...previous post on Japan...

Japan | Kansai | Joey's 9 days Autumn Itinerary

Japan | Kansai | Day 3 & 4, Arashiyama and Kibune

Day 6 // Osaka 

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/ Kaiyukan

/ Namba

I know, it's a particularly short day cause we spent quite awhile in the Kaiyukan. I think if I were alone, I could have stayed longer, just to stare at the whale sharks as this does not get to happen everyday. We also got some shopping done at night at Don Quijote in Namba. 

I think this was the best OOTD I wore during my stay there. I got a new *fashionable* shoes (cause my sneakers were killing me, and it got my bunion worse, so bought a roomier one to lessen the pain). And my outfit matches my coat (which I wore every single damn day).