Maybe eating too much spicy food, there are some pimples on my face and I can feel myself a little bit hot inside the body. Therefore, I decided to order a bowel of Tortoise Jelly (The glossy blackish pudding made of turtle’s plastron and Chinese herbs) this afternoon. Put few spoons of syrup on top of the jelly and eat together… Feeling so good…..This is to flush away toxins and remove the damp-heat in my body.
Kam Shan Country Park is famous for its macaques. These animals can be found across the park. Smugglers' Pass, also known as Smugglers' Ridge, was a component part of the Gin Drinker's Line. This key military position had a network of trenches and bunkers interconnected by underground tunnels. Some of these facilities, particularly the Smugglers' Ridge Defense Line bunkers built in the mid 1930's, are substantially in tact today. Embracing some 70 years of history, these wartime relics are well worth seeing.
Transportation
Kam Shan Country Park
Take bus no. 72, 81, 86B or a red minibus to Tai Po Road near Piper's Hill. Walk along Kam Shan Road for about 10 minutes to the park.
Smugglers' Ridge
Take bus no. 72, 81, 86B or a red minibus to Tai Po Road near Piper's Hill. From Kam Shan Road (Stage 6 of the MacLehose Trail) near Kowloon Reservoir, it is a 1-hour walk to the ridge.
This is my recently personal experience want to share with you. I tried to book a flight from HK to Singapore in November because of quiet season and cheap price. Therefore, I login to “www.singaporeair.com” and found the price was labeled as HK$1200 for return. Wow... it was cheaper than budget airline, e.g. Jet Star. Therefore, I quickly input my personal information and tried to book it online. The total price is HK$1540. Hey…. How comes the fare is only HK$1100? The price is different from the advertising in the main page. Even better… I then continue the process and ready to pay by credit card. However, the transaction was terminated with problem occurred during validating my credit card information. A dialog box also prompted and suggested not book the itinerary a second time as it might cause me second charge to my payment card. Oh….what could I do? I might lose this good deal? But I need to contact Singapore Airlines office for assistance in the next day morning.
On Monday morning, I phoned the airline and gave my name and credit card number for them to check if I have made the confirmation. The answer is “NO”. I therefore tried to book it again online. Same price quoted in the main page, HK$1200. Quickly key-in all details but found out the price now HK$1640? HK$100 more… I phoned to airline and they explained HK$1100 ticket is only available to book from Friday to Sunday and online. They couldn’t help me under any special situation.
I was so annoyed and kept checking their website during the week, and found out on Tue morning that HK$1200 ticket, early afternoon flight(13:30)was gone. Only late afternoon flight(15:30)or evening flight available! Oh…oh….my flight is gone…!! >_<
I have no choice. I was thinking I could only book Jet Star for HK$1800 if I really want to go there. Therefore, I was not in a hurry and eventually I waited until Friday morning, 12:00… I login Singapore Airline and tried my lucks …. Oh, the seat for early afternoon(13:30)is available and it is still HK$1100…. I now understand how a big company doing their business!! Do you have the similar experience?
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A variety of different color nail polish (指甲油) only sells at HK$5 per bottle. Perfume sample only sell HK$35, HK$9.9 items…. So cheap?! Where can I get it? It is Sa Sa Cosmetics (莎莎) I usually sneak in to Sa Sa when I passed the shop and check what are the good deals on that day. This week, Shiseido Maquillage eye shadow is only sold at HK$271.8 which is reduced from HK$322, and Clinique lip gloss is at HK$70. Wah…. Temptation! No wonder why so many tourist, especially mainland Chinese like to shop here. I heard few of them ask for samples after they had purchased HK$100 products. Oh, I misse
d my opportunities as I never ask. I would like to try and ask the beauty consultant to give me some samples next time! However, be careful to choose the time to shop in SaSa as it is very busy and crowded especially on Sunday and public holiday. (Photos from left to right: montly special items; hot promotion items)
By the way, here is some background information about SaSa:
Sa Sa Comsmetics is the first one-stop concept shop which selling quality cosmetics at a discounted rate by bypassing local agents and parallel importing their goods. The open-self, self-service environment make it easy for customers to try out new products. It sells over 400 international brands and more than 15,000 products that span skincare, cosmetics, hair care and accessories, as well as health food and supplements, including private-label products and exclusively distributed merchandise of over 50 international brands in its about 60 retail stores throughout Asia. It also provides beauty and fitness services through nine Philip Wain health clubs. It is therefore acquired a diverse customer base, from fashion-conscious teenagers to busy executives, from high-profile celebrities to tourists from around the world.
If you ask any lady in Hong Kong where is the best place to shop for cosmetic products, I believe 9 out of 10 would guide you to Sa Sa or Bonjour. Most of the visitors have heard of the first one, so this time I introduce you the latter one- Bonjour Cosmetic卓悅. Why is it so famous? Although most of their goods are from parallel import, the variety of choices and competitive prices brought it the prestige as one main Hong Kong Brand, so it gave me confidence to shop there. Nowadays, it is becoming one of the most favorite spot to visitors from mainland China. This "one-stop cosmetics specialty store" provides skincare, fragrance, make-up, hair care and health products etc. Personally I would recommend buying perfume there, they're much cheaper than those of the big counters. Within one shop, there is a worldwide perfume collection, sometimes I can even buy the limited versions that are so hard to find elsewhere! There are also beauty consultants stationed at the shops to help customers, but different from many cosmetic stores, they're not "hard-selling" at all. I think most of the girls like me experienced that before, we all enjoy looking around freely and shopping without pressure. A little tip I would like to share, the shops are always crowded, so the optimal time for shopping is before lunch hour.
Well, we talked about Egg Tart yesterday. It was happened to me that I passed Central today. Therefore, I went to Tai Cheong, bought 1 dozen of freshly baked egg tart and brought it home.
I couldn’t wait and ate on the right outside. Wow…delicious! I loved Egg Tart(蛋撻)! Puff pastry, egg custard which was just sweet right. No wonder why Chris Patten could not wait to taste the tart (Tai Cheong Egg Tart泰昌蛋撻) in his hand every time when he is over to Hong Kong.
Continuing with our trail of local food, even if the limit of your stomach is reached, you should at least take away the Milk Tea and the Egg Tart, which are representative of
Despite their fame and history, places serving Milk Tea and Egg Tart nowadays do take time to find. Modern restaurants no longer have them available. Nevertheless, there are some local (less well-furnished) eateries in Mongkok areas still offering the legendary goody. Having tea there after visiting the “Lady’s Street” nearby makes a very nice half-day trip.
