Week #1 in Hong Kong

one week has passed and im still safe and sound in Hong Kong. i wont say my week went by without any hiccups or happenings but it's pretty okay as well. nothing very very drastic happen but still it's quite an eventful week here.

on tuesday, i was soooo sad. i almost wanted to go home. haha basically, on this day, there is an announcement that my new team will be spilt into 2 and i have to report to a new boss. i have nothing against the new boss but well, i kinda like my old boss. and with this split, there are more people joining us and it's kinda like back to square 1 for my current team. but anyhow, we will get by. was really shocked initially, followed by sad and unsettled and now, im pretty okay. accepting the fact that things have changed. oh well, cliche saying goes: change is the only constant. anyway, im pretty open to this new manager and hopefully, the new team can create sparks and all. ai zhai ai zhai. haha!

and on tuesday, i was feeling sooo pathetic. basically, i went to a mobile shop near my office to get a line. and when i reached there at 720pm, it has closed. darn. so the gung-ho me decided to take a train to the Causeway Bay and try to locate a simliar shop. and so that's what i did but it's not soo simple. i asked around and walked and walked, aimlessly, without knowing where i was and where i was going. the only aim is to looking for the mobile shop and thank God, i found it. so i got my line. then i asked around where is Wan Chai Road as i need to take a bus back and i followed some isntructions and walked and walked and walked. Aimlessly again. i've walked past 5 macdonalds and several bus-stops but i still did not find my bus. so wanted to call someone to ask BUT i dont have any numbers on my mobile. how sad is that? so i walked and walked and finally, took a cab home, only to realize the next day that i am just 1 metre away from the bus-stop that has my bus. ARGH. anyhow, i told my colleagues the next day and one of them was soooo sweet. he told me " oh man, call me. come give me your mobile. " hee hee. if he's not married, i would have marry him RIGHT AWAY!!!

other than that, i was busy with house-hunting. sooo difficult and so tiring. HK is sooo hilly and i have to walked up and down, up and down. but thank God, my agent is really good. she's very nice and sweet and has shown me many many apartments. some of them are pretty alright, some are small, old and dirty. the bigger and nicer ones are beyond my budget BUT im in a good position for bargains as the market is really bad. hee hee. thus far, have viewed 24 apartments and i have fallen in love with some. anyway i think i am more or less decided on which apartment to rent but i need my agent to negotiate for a cheaper price. hee hee. remember i have the bargaining power now. hehe! am pretty excited about getting my own house though.

oh there was a farewell party for a manager on friday. so i went because (1) FREE booze, (2) FREE food ( but only finger food, (3) networking (sigh). it was pretty alright. i had quite a bit as it's FREE but i was really hungry as there's only finger food. sigh. networked a bit by introducing myself to the sales team and also chit-chatted to some managers. wanted to talk to more girls from my department but they didnt even say " hi " to me. sob sob. i guess they really dont like me. HAHA do i look like i care? not really right? haha this is bad. anyway, it's pretty fun and interesting to see the mangers drunk and dancing crazily. but i still miss partying with my peeps in Singapore.

ooh, halloween this friday and i've gotten a party to attend. looking forward to it. darn, need to get a costume. need to spend money again. sigh.

my "first day" in Hong Kong

today is my first day in Hong Kong as a Hong Kong citizen. was pretty annoying. haha! getting all the things settled and all, so mafan, i want to go home! haha! took my 1-way trip from Singapore to Hong Kong last night and landed in Hong Kong around 1130pm. Luckily i "ordered" limoursine service to ferry me to my service apartment ( 1 month only ) at happy valley. quite shioks, S320 plus happy valley. feels like a rich person. happy valley is very holland village-ish. near town but yet residential. if i have the means, i would definitely want to stay here FOREVER. haha okay, maybe not forever but for as long as im in HK. this is how my "home" looks like:

this is part of the living room.
part of the bedroom.
this is the bed, quite big right?
the toilet and the BIG TV. hee hee.

have checked online. the cost for renting this current " home" is HKD 24,000 per month which is about SGD 5000 per month. CAN DIE right? if i rent here, i have to work as their chamber maids loh. hahaha. so too bad, i cannot continue staying here. got to enjoy myself now as much as possible.

opened my bank account with DBS HK today. soooo dumb. DBS HK and DBS SG are not "related" at all. dont understand. arent they under the same family called DBS. why they cannot check my SG account or whatsoever and kept asking me for HK whatever. sighz. but finally managed to open an account. then wanted to get a HK mobile line. BUT, because my HK ID is not ready yet, i have to pay a HKD 3000 refundable deposit. MAD! so i told the guy, " i'll come back tomorrow with my HK ID " and he said " sure " hahaha. waste of my time. then i went to the local supermart to get some food such as bread and instant noodles. supposed to last me through the weekend or whatever loh. hopefully lah. quite fun actualy to do grocery shopping. heh heh. maybe one day i will bump into my ONE TRUE LOVE, just like the movies. maybe. one fine day. maybe.

alrighty, need to be realistic and find my own apartment. please, let me get a CHEAP and HUGE one. CONVENIENT, FULLY-FURNISHED. haha am i asking too much? oh well, one never knows. seriously. really. *yawnz*

17 boxes!

the movers came to my house today to move my stuffs. it's rather amazing. i have 17 boxes to be shipped over. haha dont ask me what did i bring. honestly speaking, only my clothes, shoes and bags! 4 boxes of clothes, 2 boxes of shoes and 2 boxes of bags. the rest, i really have no idea. guess it's all the daily necesities which my mum bought for me while everyone else says i can get them in Hong Kong. haha i guess my mum is just worried that i wouldnt know where to get those stuffs. but oh wells, i agree with her! hahaha anyway she's coming over in November to help me to unpack and settle in. hee hee. feeling sooo loved.

now i am living out of my suitcases. haha! and my room seems soo empty now. i also shifted my room's furniture to give my room a new look. or rather, my brother prefers to call it his room! he kept asking me to remove all my "names" from the room but i told him " NO WAY! " i think i am so childish for my age ya, fighting with a 16-year-old kid over a room.

on another note, i realized that i do miss my piano kids. hee hee the other day i just bought macdonalds for 3 of them as they asked me for children's day presents. and they were so happy to see me ( although i think it's more because of macdonalds than myself but i dont care ). they even smsed me to tell me that they will miss me and will keep in touch with me via emails and ask me to teach them again when i'm back from Hong Kong. 2 more mothers told me to contact them so that i can teach their kids again. hee hee guess im a GOOD TEACHER ya? actually i also miss the extra income. hahaha

also, i realized, ever since my relocation has been officialized, i have been having farewell parties, dinners and lunches with the same people. haha! been partying almost every week with the same group of peeps and also having lunches and dinners with people all over again. i told everyone that i wanted to take pictures with them so that i can stick them all over my wall in HK but i also forgot and in the end, i realized i didnt take any pictures. too busy chatting and yakking away that i forgot my mission. oh well, doenst really matter, im coming back in 3 months' time. hahaha!

mmmm been surfing the web for autumn/winter fashion. HAHA! trying to get some inspiration so that i can go HK and purchase fashionable but cheap stuffs from Mongkok! looking forward to wearing my boots again!! yay!!

okok i think am just bored and blabbering rubbish. 17 boxes. will have a hard time unpacking man.

crying

it's been a week since i have come back from Hong Kong. there are some thoughts running throught my head and all but somehow but yet they dont seems to exist at all. it's like as much as i am looking forward to my new life in Hong Kong, i am missing my usual life in Singapore. as much as i would love the independence and exposure and experience Hong Kong can give me, i am missing my family, friends and everything here already when i am still physically in Singapore.

this is really weird. because all along, i have been yearning to live and work overseas and be totally on my own. and i have always been proud of myself for being able to be alone. but now, it seems that i am not as "strong" as i thought i am. there have been conversation exchanged with my family and friends that have made my eyes brim with tears. especially when the replies that i've gotten are sooooo sincere and thoughtful.

for example, yesterday i was just jokingly asking my youngest brother: " are you going to miss me? " i was expecting answers like " no lah, i can have my own room now." (we're kinda sharing a room now haha) or " remember to give me money before you go ah ". instead this is what he said: " okay lah, a bit. when you're there, you send me a picture of you every month okay? then i know if you have grown fatter or not. " when i heard this reply, tears just flowed from my eyes and i was telling myself: I DONT WANT TO GO HK ALREADY!! and when my grandma asked me to go to her house so that she can cook dishes that i love to eat, i was really really touched. and when i saw how my mum fussed over the things that she want me to bring over so that i can settle down nicely, i felt soooo much love. and when friends tell me that they will miss me and ask me to meet up for lunch or hang out, i seriously am thinking: how can i leave all these behind just like that????? some friends have also mentioned that they want to send me off on 10/19. i am really not willing to let them come at all because i dont want to cry on that day. i can foresee myself getting all emo and drama when i see my family and friends asking me to take care and etc etc etc. sigh. when did i become so "weak" ?

seriously, now i realize it's not that easy to just drop whatever you have at home and just unplucked and move. although it may seems easy physically but emotionally, there will be difficulties. but anyhow, i see this as a good oppotunity to learn and grow up and i have promised myself that i will not cry on the day that people send me off. i want them to remember the smiley hannah and not the sobbish hannah. but then again, what if i cannot control? haha aiyah. tough tough tough.

only 1 week left. i have taken time off to spend more time at home but it seems that im still going out almost every day to meet up with friends. mmm, didnt know im so popular. haha! i guess i am not as lonely as i thought i was. sighz. i really need to control my tears. MUST CONTROL TEARS!