A Taste of Liberty

(late post)

We lived in a five-star hotel, swaggered at the streets of the famed Harbour City, shopped, and dived into food like we’ve just been released from prison… roughly translated means, WE LIVED OUR LIVES at least for a week.

Yes, my sister and I were out of our home country unaccompanied by our parents for the first time. At first, the thought of it terrified me, thinking that I can’t even manage to take care of myself at times; so how will it be possible for me to take care not only of myself but also of another human being?

Me, pounding the keyboard of my laptop to type this is proof that we made it. We managed to be back home in one piece and my parents didn’t reach the point of slaughtering me for abandoning my sister (well, they almost did).

Here are some of the photos of me and my baby sister during our Hong Kong trip:

On board Boeing 747. Good thing we passed through the immigration considering
that my sister is just a minor so we went through getting a travel clearance for her at
theregional office in Iloilo before leaving. 

The path of wisdom going to the Giant Buddha at Ngong Ping

We made a promise that we were going to try the most thrilling rides.
So this photo above is THE FLASH at Ocean Park and we also tried the
SPACE MOUNTAIN at Disneyland. 

With our cousin, Kristina at the Victoria Harbour. Good thing she
 was there for  a conference so we had some company and
someone to treat us from time to time. haha! 

Harbour City. This is where we lived for a week. It is the most
 expensive shopping mall in HK. Yes, we lived inside a mall. 

My professor and a friend was there for a conference and so I deemed it proper
to visit them. It was an hour away from my hotel to the university where they
were staying but I managed to go there by myself even if it was in another island. 

Sleepless nights. Since we lived in a shopping district, we were awake until the
wee hours- eating, shopping or just merely strolling. We return to the hotel at 2 am. 

The look of this guy in the Marco Polo Elevator is just despicable! 

Grooming for roving. 

Being huge Disney fans, we went to the land where problems didn't exist. 

Squeezy enjoyed blasting the asteroids. 

The Golden Mickeys. 

EPIC FAIL. That machine at the back was supposed to read the palm of my
hands and predict my future. Well, it did but it printed the prophecy in Chinese.
FML. 

The famed Victoria Peak. 

Oh yes, I just can't help it. 

Although budgeting and taking care of ourselves while having clean fun was pretty tough, one thing's for sure, we'll definitely do it again!