Shopping in Hong Kong

Our holidays in Hong Kong are drawing near, and we are all very excited.
However, in order to make full use of the time there, we need to plan our itinerary well, especially for shopping!!! Here some suggestions and info SGFemale found online:

Wonderful Worlds of Whampoa

Stretching over 1.4 million sq.ft., Wonderful Worlds of Whampoa, which boasts over 300 shops, is one of the largest shopping, dining and entertainment centres in Hong Kong. It comprises a unique combination of themed worlds, offering an array of fashion, accessories, dining, entertainment facilities and boundless fun. Come and experience the Wonderful Worlds of Whampoa.

What's Hot:

Address: Whampoa Garden, Hung Hom, Kowloon Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm (daily) Tel: +852 2121 8344 Transport: Bus: 8A / 8P - Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier; 115 - Central (Macau Ferry Pier); E23 - Airport Green Mini Bus: No. 6 / 6A – Tsim Sha Tsui Hankow Road via MTR Hung Hom Station Ferry: From Central Ferry Pier, Wanchai Ferry Pier and North Point Ferry Pier to Hung Hom Ferry Pier Website: www.whampoaworld.com

DFS Galleria Hong Kong DFS is the world's leading destination for international travellers seeking the world's finest brands. We bring you luxurious shopping environments to highlight the best assortments in fine watches, leather goods, jewellery, clothing and cosmetics. Customer-oriented benefits such as 100% Worldwide Guarantee, personal shopping services, rewards for customer loyalty and a multi-lingual staff make DFS Gallerias a must-stop destination for international travellers. Exclusive for Visitors: Taxi Service Take a taxi to visit DFS Galleria and we'll reimburse you for the taxi! Up to HK$50 DFS Galleria gift certificate can be redeemed per ride with valid receipt. Address: The Sun Arcade, G/F, 28 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui Opening Hours: 10am to 11pm (Daily) Tel: +852 2302 6600 Transport: MTR Tsim Sha Tsui Station Exit E Address: Chinachem Golden Plaza, G/F, 77 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East Opening Hours: 9:30am to 10pm (Daily) Tel: +852 2732 5229 Transport: MTR Tsim Sha Tsui East Station Exit P2 Website: http://www.dfsgalleria.com

Elements

ELEMENTS is located in Tsim Sha Tsui, atop the MTR Kowloon Station on the Tung Chung and Airport Express lines. The mall houses a collection of the world’s most prestigious and dynamic brands, while its Civic Square (located on 3/F) provides a unique alfresco dining area with bars and restaurants offering seven different international cuisines.

Address:

1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui

Opening Hours: 11am to 10pm (daily)

Tel: +852 2735 5234

Transport: MTR Kowloon Station Exit C or 5 minutes walk from Austin Station Exit B5

Complimentary Shuttle Bus: Hankow Road, Tsim Sha Tsui – Peking Road (Outside Duty Free)–ELEMENTS (Service Times: 12:30pm to 9:30pm)

Bus: 8/11/215X/203E/270A

Minibus:26/74/77M

Website: http://www.elementshk.com

Lane Crawford

Lane Crawford is delighted to invite you to discover Asia's leading specialty store.
Within Lane Crawford's luxurious and innovatively designed stores, customers will find the largest assortment of international designer brands. Every season, Lane Crawford presents a unique edit of the world's best in Womenswear, Menswear, Shoes and Accessories, Jewellery, Cosmetics, and Home and Lifestyle collections.

Address:

Address: G/F-2/F, The Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, Harbour City, Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Opening Hours: 10am to 9pm (Daily)
Tel: +852 2118 3428


Address: Shop 3025-3026 & 3031-3066, 3/F, ifc Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong
Opening Hours: 10am to 9pm (Daily)
Tel: +852 2118 3388


Address: Shop 117, 126 & 225, Level 1 & 2, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong
Opening Hours: 10am - 9pm (Daily)
11am to 8pm (Sun & PH)
Tel: +852 2118 3668

Address: G/F-2/F, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Opening Hours: 10am to 9pm (Daily)
11am to 8pm (Sun & PH)
Tel: +852 2118 3638

Website: http://www.lanecrawford.com

Times Square

The largest mall in Causeway Bay, Times Square has more than 230 shops, offering an exciting range of products as well as great dining establishments. Food Forum offers 20 restaurants featuring a wide variety of delectable and exquisite world-class culinary delights. Definitely a must-visit dining and shopping landmark!

Address:

1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Opening Hours: 10am to 10pm (Daily)

Tel: +852 2118 8900

Transport: MTR Causeway Bay Station Exit A

Website: http://www.timessquare.com.hk

Plaza Hollywood

Plaza Hollywood is one of the largest shopping malls in Hong Kong's Kowloon East. It offers an unequalled environment of light and space, a place to shop, relax and enjoy life to the full -- over 220 shops and restaurants, a 6-screen cinema multiplex, 10,000 square feet of exhibition venue. Adjacent to popular attractions like Chin Lin Nunnery, Nan Lian Garden and Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple, Plaza Hollywood is a one of the destinations not to be missed when you travel in Hong Kong.

Address:3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill, Kowloon

Opening Hours: 11am to 10pm (Daily)

Tel: +852 2118 8811

Transport: MTR Diamond Hill Station Exit C2

Website:http://www.plazahollywood.com

Harbour City

Harbour City, with an area of 185,800 square metres, is one of the main tourist attractions in Tsim Sha Tsui. Encompassing over 700 shops of all kinds, around 50 food & beverage outlets, three star hotels, and two cinemas, you are sure to find something you like at Harbour City. Moreover, in order to bring art into a part of Hong Kong’s lifestyle, Harbour City also launched "Gallery by the Harbour", which is the only one of its kind in any shopping mall in Hong Kong.

Address: 3 - 27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Opening Hours: 10am to 9pm (Daily)

Tel: +852 2118 8666

Transport: MTR Tsim Sha Tsui Station Exit A1, walk along Haiphong Road for five minutes, or take the Star Ferry from Central or Wan Chai to Tsim Sha Tsui.

Website:http://www.harbourcity.com.hk

Tsim Sha Tsui Centre & Empire Centre

Just a few steps from Tsim Sha Tsui East MTR station. Tsim Sha Tsui Centre and Empire Centre are connected by a covered pedestrian bridge. The nearby Star Ferry offers easy access to Hong Kong Island.

The centres offer a wide variety of fashion, cosmetics and accessory items, providing customers with a one-stop shopping experience.

Alfresco Lane at Tsim Sha Tsui Centre and Empire Centre is one of the favourite harbour-front dining spots in Hong Kong. Located on Tsim Sha Tsui East's waterfront promenade, Alfresco Lane offers a variety of international and fusion cuisines.

Address: 66 & 68 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon

Opening Hours: 10am to 9pm (Daily)

Tel: +852 2721 5489

Transport: MTR Tsim Sha Tsui East Station Exit P1

Website: www.tsimshatsuicentre.com.hk

Hong Kong Trip - Itinerary and Preparation Work

Now that SGson is 4 years of age, we have decided to bring him out for his second oversea trip. His first maiden trip oversea was to Penang by air ( May 2010). He was surprising well behave during the 1 hour trip given his hyperactive nature.

This time round, we have decided to visit Hong Kong again. As mentioned in one of our earlier post, we were there in 2003 Dec. Well, time flies, after seven long years, we are going back there again, with the addition of SGson of course! The initial plan was to go New Zealand but since we do not know if SGson can take the long journey, we decided to shorten the 'air' time by going to Hong Kong. Ocean Park and Disneyland would be the 2 must-go theme parks for SGson.

The exact itinerary will be populated below gradually by SGMale once he has finalized the places to visit.

We will be flying off on the 10th Dec, just in time to experience the X'mas mood and spirit there. And mostly important of all, both SGMale and SGFemale are looking forward to enjoying the nice and cooling weather there.

Day 1:

- Victoria Harbor
- Short visit to Nathan Road - Tsim Sha Tsui - Shopping District
- Stanley Market
- Ladies Market (Mongkok)

Day 2:

- Shopping!!@ Times Square, Causeway Bay
- Victoria Peak
- Temple Street Night Market

Day 3:


- Star Ferry
- Have Dim Sum somewhere near Star Ferry
- DisneyLand


Day 4:

- Shopping!! @ Central District
- Repulse Bay (Go during Weekday)
- Space and Science Muesum
- Middle Kingdom => A miniature China that houses Chinese shrines, street scenes, temples, and palaces only at Middle Kingdom.

Day 5:

- Macau
- Water World => Travel Hong Kong with kids would never be so much fun without taking a plunge on Water World. Enjoy wave pools, play area, and water slides.

Day 6:

- Ocean Theme Park

Day 7:

- Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park

Day 8:

Day 8 will definitely be a short day as half the time we will be busy packing our stuff and luggage.

-SGMale

Working as Freelancer

Doing freelancing is a widely popular choice for people who does not want to be tied down by a office hour job. Just go register with any of the freelance websites like Elance and Freelancer, one can starting bidding for jobs from people looking for freelancers who specialize in designing websites, article writing etc.

Do you know that people like willing to pay as high as $10 for a very well written article? Some jobs may require an article to be rewritten so as to make it unique and unless you have a content re-writer tool, most of us may find it challenging to churn out unique articles.

So if you are sick and tired of the corporate jungle and have a flair for writing or website design etc, you want soon realize that being a freelancer is a much better option than tying ourselves down with a job that doesn't provide flexibility (choose how many hours to work) and mobility (choose where to work from).

-SGMale

Yu Sheng

Today is the 7th day of the Chinese New Year and this is the best date for Yu Sheng.
By the chinese traditional custom, it is an auspicious date as it is also the "Ren Ri" (Everyman's birthday).

What is Yu Sheng ?
It is a salad dish made up of thin slices of raw fish and various spices, mixed with tossing by the diners. Tossing of Yu Sheng means prosperity and longevity, adding to the good wishes and good luck for the new year.

Origins
It is believed that Yu Sheng has its origins in southern China. Legend has it that a young man and his girlfriend found themselves stranded by bad weather at a temple with nothing to eat but a carp they had caught. Chancing upon a bottle of vinegar, they added this to the stripped carp and found it quite appetising.

Today, both SGMale and SGFemale had Yu Sheng and salmon sashimi for our dinner.
YUMMY!!!!

- SGFemale

Happy Birthday!

18-Feb-10 (Thursday)

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you both......
Happy Birthday to you!

Yes, today is the birthday of my hubby - SGMale.
Today is also the birth date of my new notebook, named Tigee.
Why is it named as Tigee?
Answer: cos it was born in the year of tiger, so we both decide to name it Tigee.
Let's hope Tigee behave herself and able to service SGFemale for at least another 5 years.
Long life to Tigee!!!!

- SGFemale

PS: SGFemale's old Sony Vaio notebook "retired" two weeks ago.....:(

Alexa Ranking

I am sure most website owners will know what is Alexa Ranking. Alexa Ranking is a very popular indicator used by many webmasters around the world to gauge how their website performance. It also bases its ranking algorithm on the level of traffic each site receives from the number of internet visitors who enter a website with the Alexa toolbar installed.

If you have a website or a blog, you may want to visit www.alexa.com/toolbar to download the plugin for your browser to display the ranking of the website you are visiting. Obviously Google is world #1 by Alexa Ranking standard followed by Facebook #2 and Youtube #3. The lower the number of your Alexa ranking, the better it is in terms of performance in the eye of Alexa.com. ;)

Why good Alexa Ranking is must for your website?

-It will help promote credibility to your website.
-It will enhance the number of real visitors hence quality clients or sponsors.
-It helps boost your website sales as your website becomes more established
-It helps you to better monetize the website.
-It will also help fetch you a good price should you want to sell your website in the future

I believe many advertisers would be knocking at your virtual door once you achieve a ranking of below 100,000 which is considered to be very rare considering the hundreds of millions of websites out there.

SGMale hope to achieve below the 100,000 mark one of these day, hoping...

-SGMale

Valentine's day!

2010 is a very special year. Having Valentine's Day and Chinese Lunar New Year on the same day bring along lots of headaches to both business owners and lovers.

As much as they want to earn some 'easy' cash from those "oh shit I didnt buy anything yet" customers/lovers, they also want to spend quality time with their love ones.

As for the couples, especially those new lovers, it is a torture for them as some may not even get to see each other at all since they will usually have a whole day relative-visiting marathon awaiting them.

To some it doesn't matter, because everyday is consider a Valentine's day so long the couples still share the same frequency and their hearts still beating under the same rhythm. ;)

-SGMale

Chinese Lunar New Year

Chinese Lunar New Year has arrived. Kids from around the world never fail to look forward to the coming of this festive season. Why? This is the time for them to fill their PIGGY BANK with 'Red Packets'. A few visits to relatives' houses would easily earn them pocket money that is enough for them to buy their dream toys..lol. Can you imagine, our SGSon got almost #300 in a day..not bad ya..($.$)

As for the parents, it is the once a year ritual for them to change fresh notes from the bank, label all the red packets with secret markings so that it is easier for them to dish out red packet that has little amount inside for those "I don't even know you at all" relatives' kids. This method really helps them 'save' money. Imagine going to a relative's place for visting and out of sudden, a huge group of his relatives come along with an army of kids. Ha..fret not..having secretly labeled Red Packets a.k.a Hong Bao will save your wallet's life here. Not sure if people still provides $2 dollar red packetsn nowadays...anyway typical Singaporean will not dish out $10 dollar red packets to "I hardly know you" relatives' kids..unless they are really filthy rich! End of the day, thriftiness is a virtue, isn't it? lol

Yes, you may have guessed. SGMale and SGFemale use similar tactics when it comes to this. We do not use secret markings, instead we make use of red packets of different designs to differentiate between the cash denominations within.

First day of the lunar new year is over for us. Pretty tired but rewarding to know that we have 'saved' some money for more important things in life..haha! Indeed, Natas Fair is coming again..hehehe...

- SGMale

Honeymoon in Office

Due to a company wide acquisition that took place last year, SGMale find himself having lots of time in the office doing his own work. This is probably the best time in his entire career life getting paid for doing personal things. Shh....;)

Again, SGMale is making the best of this time to enrich his knowledge in the area of Internet Marketing. He is hoping never to return to the 'Corporate Jungle' anymore should he get lay off after the restructuring soon. That being said, he is spending lots and lots of his personal time in front of the screen setting up all the neccessary tools to pave the way to early retirement and also towards financial freedom. He is very thankful to SGFemale who has been very supportive of him and his spending of all his time on this 'financial' project.

SGMale hope to meet his goal by end of the year by earning enough to lead a stable and yet comfortable life through his online businesses.

Cheers!

-SGMale

Starting a cooking blog

One of the website that SGMale recently started was a online resource for sharing cooking tips. For someone who doesn't cook at all, he will be very much dependent on SGFemale ( who has gone back to become a Tai Tai again) to furnish the site with useful information for anyone who wish to pick up some tips on cooking.

The website that has gone from ranking 27 millions to 14 millions in a short span of 6 days in Alexa. For those who doesn't know what is Alexa, please go and find out --> www.alexa.com

Let's hope the website rank for this site will break below the 10 million mark soon.

-SGMale

Earn Cash from Home

Ever wonder if it is possible to earn an online income from the very comfort of your home? Ever since the early 90s, there are already people that quit the corporate jungle and raking tons of cash from their online e-business.

So what exactly is there to do in order to make a living off the Internet. Go visit http://earncashfromhome.info and hopefully you will have more visibility and clarity.

-SGMale

Singapore 1st Concept Store

Just came across someone's blog and found this link.

http://www.fr3b.com/referral_program.php?referrer_token=8af6d067d720c7b2b7cd7bf5167d5f82

It's interesting!

Free Sample Shopping, try before you buy.
You need to become a member for $28/year in order to request for sample.

Visit the link and see for yourselves.

- SGFemale

I wish I can have one

You should have seen this particular advertisement at least once or twice every night when you watch TV.

Yes, it's none other than the OSIM uKimono advertisement.

Whenever SGFemale passes by OSIM outlet, she will just look at this product cos the advertisement were filmed by her favourite idols - S.H.E and it was really a very cute advertisement.

Moreover, the product itself have got a very appealing power which attracts SGFemale to keep on looking at the advertisement. The fats in the advertisement looks like humpty dumpty, and it do look comical.

Haha....:)

Oh yes, this product claim to breaks down fatty tissue in the tummy, butt and thighs, tighten muscles, and create a perfectly trimmed body when combined with an effective diet routine plan.

It can enhances circulation to help to eliminate waste and fluid retention and increase basal metabolism that further burns fat even while at rest, enhances blood circulation and massages sore and aching musles.

Oh... so many advantages...

But is it really effective?

Anyone tried this product?

Pls comment.

- SGFemale

Challenging year ahead

Yes, it's year 2010 now....

This is a challenging year for SGFemale.

Why?

As you can see from the earlier blog entry that SGFemale has got so many new year resolutions.

SGFemale wouldn't be looking for a job and will become a homemaker till further notice. During these period, she will have to find time to exercise to shed away some KGs of fats and also to build up her stamina.

Yes, she has also signed up with Mary Chia for a 6 times treatment, and only shed 300g to 500g per session, 2 more session to go before she decide whether to continue or to stop. SGFemale will then go for the twice weekly gym training, that's consider tough for someone who don't jog regularly over the years.

Back in old school days, SGFemale always took part in sport's day event, 100m, 400m, 4 x 100m relay, high-jump and long jump. She got 2nd prize for high jump and 1st prize for 400m during her secondary school days but now..... she can't even chase down her son. Sob...

So, this year, her primary objectives are to build up her health & stamina.

Wish her luck and strength to do all this.

- SGFemale

Our New Year Resolution for 2010

It has been a while since our last blog. Yes, we know that we have been lagging behind again due to heavy work and family commitments. Anyway this is one area we hope to make improvements in this brand new year.

Below's our New Year resolution for 2010:

SGMale:

- To be able to get out of the IT arena before year end.

- To have multiple streams of passive income that can easily replace the active income.

- To make time to visit The Great Wall of China at Beijing and Hokkaido in Japan.

- To improve on anger management

- To upgrade to a SUV [Grand Vitara]

- To maintain healthy BMI and weight at around 70 -71KG

SGFemale:

- To reach ideal weight which is 48KG

- To exercise at least twice a week so as to maintain healthy muscle tone and energy level

- To whip up more delicious dishes

- To be more patient with our son who is hyperactive

- Hope to bond better with our son

- To bring our son to Disneyland @ Hong Kong

- To improve on driving skill on the road, especially parking

- To either get a better job or to become a successful homemaker that can cope with all household chores

That's all. We will check back towards the end of the year and see what much we have accomplished over the year..;)

-SGMale & SGFemale