Finding the Right Hole ;)

            Do you know what kind of holes that I'm talking about here? Of course you don't know, do you? From the smallest hole to the black hole, there are too many possibilities. Oh well, I guess you have so many choices with so little time.  So, let's just read this post until you find the right hole. ;)
            I hardly recall since when I started taking pictures of the insects. Guess, since I got a camera as my 23th birthday gift last year? Birthday gift from myself, lol! But no, I wasn't really interested in taking pictures of small objects, not even the moving objects, not especially small living objects that keep moving, the insects! But once I did, I felt the adrenaline rush, when I had to wait for minutes, even hours to get the good pictures. What I really liked was when I had to move in a very slow motion, while I'm such an impatient person, I have to say. So yeah, that was really challenging for me. I've posted some of the nice pictures on the Instagram, but then because of some reasons that I can't explain, I've deleted my both accounts there. Pfffttt!
            OK, back to the topic, the right hole. I usually go to the bamboo forest near the sports ground every morning. Not because I'm  looking for young bamboo sticks to feed my Panda (some of my friends call me MandaPanda, aww). I don't want to deforest nor do I want to find the bamboo shoots to make "sayur lodeh". I just regularly come to visit my friends there, the carpenter bees.
            As I pay a visit everyday except Sunday, I know quite well about their habits, I can tell which holes are empty and which bamboo sticks are full of bees. But today I got a surprise, ughhh! Hahaha


It has pretty sharp mouth and can you see its red tongue? :p



         I spent half an hour with this cute guy before I decided to explore the other side of the forest. I walked twice passing another bee without noticing it until I finally saw a black object and I screamed "oh my gosh, I almost stepped on you!" What a relief, hahaha.
 

Yup, that's him!

           Because I got stung by a carpenter bee few days ago and that wasn't really nice, I've learned a lesson then. This time I didn't want to take any risks although I didn't mind touching them. But I couldn't move quickly if I put him on my finger (that was the reason that bee stung me, because I moved way too fast and it made him feel in danger, even though I didn't provoke him!), so I found a stick for him to hold on.



It looks like he's giving me a kiss! Awwwww :D a kiss by a bee?
 Hahaha as long as it's not a kiss on your lips, then it'd be safe for you.

Why didn't he fly? "Why are you complaining about the way I move? Remember, it's my territory human!" Alright, alright, stay cool, you bee!

           I don't know why, maybe he was too tired to fly? He's too old, as I could see the white hair on some parts of his body. Or he might just have a fight with another male bee. I tried to find a hole for him. But whenever I put him near the entrance, there was always a bee inside. They showed their asses to block the holes, some were showing their heads and almost attacked the old bee. After 5 attempts I finally could get an empty hole for him. Oh well, I called it the right hole :) He was, without doubts, crawling inside the bamboo stick. Haha, he looked pretty excited to meet some other bees. I said goodbye and left him with his new friends. I hope I can see him again tomorrow as he's pretty noticeable because of his hair! ;)          
            Now you all know the right hole that I keep talking about, don't you?

Is it the right hole? Nah, it's not! But that's fine, let's just find another one

Haha, I know you're happy now, but I'll  still pay you a visit tomorrow!

Next Destination: Tai Tong Ecopark, yayy!

           Hollaaa!!! It's been a while I didn't update my blog since my last hike to Grass Island in March. As that was a solo hike, I had to take complaints from my friends who always wanted to join me. So, when one of them told me that she really wanted to ride a horse, I tried to get a piece of info, I kept it in my mind about her wish, and even though we had to postpone it several times, because of the weather, the insanely busy schedules of our Sundays, finally, yesterday, we made it happen, yayy!

         1st May, an International Workers' Day, but we called it Labour Day here in HK, is a public holiday. But because it was on Sunday, so we had it on Monday, as the replacement. I had so much fun on Sunday night, hanging out with some friends, doing girly things and having dinner together. So, the next day, I woke up in a very good mood, I even greeted my grandma when she was still in bed, ckckckckkck.

        I told my friend that we'd have another friend who also wanted to go with us. I didn't want to disappoint anyone, so I tried to buy some time from the first girl, while we were waiting for the second girl to show up. Haha, it, to be honest, was a tricky situation for me!

        We started the journey from Meifoo MTR station at around 11.30 a.m. We chose the West Rail Line to Tuen Mun, but got off at Long Ping MTR station. I didn't really pay attention about the timing, as we were having nice chit chat along the way. We took exit B2, going to the K66 bus stop, but before that, we grabbed some food, and brought it as victuals. We walked back to the footbridge going to the bus stop. I saw K66 big bus, but we didn't catch it, as it was quite far. When the next bus arrived, after 10 minutes waiting, we asked the driver was that bus going to Tai Tong? He said that we waited at the wrong bus stop, aiyyaaaa! We should wait at the bus stop that was on the opposite side of the road! Alright, we were all spontaneously babbling nonstop, hahaha. I wasn't sure about this journey at the beginning, because when the first girl called me in the morning, I heard her voice was different, sounded like she was sick. So, I urged her to quickly get her breakfast and take the medicine, thank God, she did! And the second girl, she usually spent her days off at home, sleeping, or just being lazy, she didn't seem like moving her ass to get the fresh air. But heyy, just after she jumped out of her bed, she ran to us, and even though I've known that she would make it, I still appreciated her efforts somehow! While for me, at first, I wasn't interested about the idea of riding a horse, although I haven't tried it yet. But, the review about the park that we were going to, was really bad. Most of the visitors only gave it one star of five. The pony ride was just way too fast, only few seconds, they said. The animals there were dying, and there was no attractions, such a boring park. I needed to agree, as I visited Tai Tong Ecopark last year, or maybe two years ago, and at that moment, its condition was awful. But, with all the uncertainty, we finally got there safely, even more, we were extremely happy!

        Again! I wasn't sure how long did it take from Long Ping to Tai Tong bus stop, because we were having random conversations, like nonstop! Hahaha. Until I suddenly said, "Heyy guys, don't you think it's better for us to just going down and ask the driver about where we should get off?" Ahhh yeah, it was the right decision at the right moment, because the destination was right in front of us. Lucky us!!! We compactly thanked the driver, and he added "But heyy girls, you still need to walk around 20 minutes to get there, and have fun!"



Haha,we were so happy just seeing this banner

     The first thing I noticed was the Pang or Pong ride, haha, I spent few seconds complaining about it. It should be Pony laa, come on, why did they write it Pang? Oh well unless the horse's name is Pang, blablabla, etc. Even both of my friends they ignored me,,ughh,,haha, the first girl was busy showing her best pose while the second girl was enthusiastically taking pictures of almost literally anything she saw along the way, aiyaaa! But it was really fun!!

 

Does anybody want a drink?

      We found an abandoned restaurant, and I was so curious. I was about to come to take a look what was inside of it, until I remembered our first destination was Tai Tong Ecopark. So yeah the first girl @KhusnulKotimah even needed to remind me and we were arguing on the street like a cat and a dog, only if you know what I mean off course! :p

OK, if you wanna go to that old restaurant, then just go back!



     I said yeah, yeah I'm not listening to this! I only wanted to take a look while you're busy taking selfie laa. As we all know that you stop at almost every spot to take some shots :D Haha, she admitted that, though! But that didn't stop us for continuing our journey. And here I need to thank the second girl @EllenWidjayantiPotoruw because the credits of the pictures here is belong to  her, yup, She was the one who took the pictures!!! Thank you! I owe you an ice cream!:p



Haha, you don't need to thank me, n not an ice cream heyy, but two!

      We haven't even reached the entrance yet! Hahaha but I feel like I've been talking too long, just don't get bored of reading this, because the riding horse part will be on the second part, the babies goat, the bunnies, birds and the giant lazy pig too! For the review, I'll say it again, take MTR to Long Ping, then take exit B2 to the K66 bus stop to Tai Tong Ecopark. If you're going there, I strongly suggest you to bring an insect repellent with you guys. Or just wear long sleeve t-shirt and trousers instead. But if you can't keep up with the hot weather, the an insect repellent is the best choice for you. Happy exploring!!!!

Tap Mun Island, Camping with the Cattle!

    




    

     Today I went to Tap Mun Island, Hong Kong. OK, If you have no idea where it is, I'm going to give you a piece of info about it (let's ask Grandpa Google)!! Grass Island (Chinese: 塔門) or Tap Mun is an island in Hong Kong, located in the northeastern part of the territory. Its area is 1.69 km².^[1] Administratively, it is part of the Tai Po District. There are about 100 people living on the island. It is located in the northeastern part of the Hong Kong territory, between Mirs Bay and the North Channel. It lies north of the Sai Kung East Country Park on the Sai Kung Peninsula. To the east is Kung Chau, to the south is the South Channel, to the west is Wan Tsai and to the southwest is Long Harbour.

Grass Island, Hong Kong

 

     I wanted to hike to Lantau Peak at first, because I've checked the weather and today would be a great day to watch the sunrise, as it'd be a sunny day, they said. The thought of watching sunrise was suddenly running through my mind in Saturday evening. Fortunately, I've bought two big bottles of water in the morning (1.5 lt each bottle) I planned to go out at midnight to catch the last train to Tung Chung. I had it twice, night hike. First, with my boyfriend (at that time) but we failed, as there was a heavy rain at 4 a.m. so we didn't reach the Peak. And the second, I hiked alone to the Lantau Peak and that was extremely cool! I didn't see the full sunrise because I left the Peak when it was dawn, I just couldn't stay longer. There was really cold, and I was all wet of sweats, hahaha and even worse, I didn't bring any jackets with me! But I could still seeing the sunrise, although wasn't from the peak. So, the urge of watching the full version of it, haunted me so bad at that evening. I was so excited yet a little bit nervous as I needed to sneak out if I wanted to do that journey. I forgot about the bus that I took from the last hike, so I searched for it on the internet, but I couldn't find it, even until 11 p.m. I suddenly remembered that I also broke my flashlight on that hike. Too tired of searching without getting any results, I fell asleep! So bleurgghh! I know, yeah yeah,, and I didn't even set my alarm,,ckckcckk! So, yeah, guess what? You're right, I woke up too late! Dang! :p  It was about 7.30 a.m. when I opened my eyes. Guten morgen, welt!!!

     I didn't blame myself for waking up too late. So I changed the destination, searching for a while about 10 best trails in HK and I ended up choosing Tap Mun Island. Because the review was way too good! Also one of my friends, she recommended me to visit it long time before I got this chance, so I always wanted to go there. I searched again about how to go there, but because I needed to get back at 3 p.m. so I chose the earliest and the fastest way to go there. My choice was going by red minibus from Mongkok. Its stop is on Dundas Street, right in front of the garbage disposal. It's way closer if you take the MTR to Yau Matei exit A2, you just need two walk 2 minutes and you will reach the minibus stop. Because I wanted to know exactly how long would I take from Mongkok to Saikung by red minibus, I kept my eye on my watch, lol! A little bit too much though, for the other passengers. The minibus left Dundas Street at 8.27 a.m. OK, let's just make it 8.30 a.m, deal?

     8.58 a.m. we reached Saikung, yayy! You can take both 94 or 96R big buses from Saikung to Wong Shek Pier. I waited for the first bus for my departure, and I finally took 94 after 15 minutes waiting. Yup, it was 9.15 a.m. at that moment we were leaving Saikung. I couldn't remember exactly how long was it take, but I think it was around 45-50 minutes, as I got off few minutes to ten. The information I got from the internet, also the boat timetable there, they both have the same schedule, so I thought I need to wait until 10.35 a.m. to get on the boat. But I was wrong, there were so many small boats going to Tap Mun Island. That's good, so just don't worry about not getting or missing your boat :p The fee was  HK$ 20 and it was pretty fast. It could take approximately 18 people. It took us only 10 minutes to reach Tap Mun. I was to be honest a little bit surprised, hahaha,,but that was good!

     I started hiking at 10.30 a.m. and I had no idea that it'd be so crowded there, goshhhh!I even needed to walked really slow because there was a group of tourists in front of me, so I just joined them. There was nothing special during the hike, was a very easy trail to walk, If I could rate, I'd give one star of five! It's actually good for a family hike, especially family with kids. Ahhh,,, and yeahh I saw so many families bringing their kids to hike and camping there. Again, there was too crowded! I thought it'd be a long walk, at least two hours was needed. But I was wrong, without even realising it, I  reached the starting point again, hahahah! I took some pictures and walked to the balanced rock. I didn't notice the rock, I mean rocks were everywhere there, so who cares about the balanced or equilibrium rocks, except for anti-gravitation rock for sure! :p But  then I saw the lower part of the hill, and I instinctively knew which one was the balanced rock, that was the biggest rock on the beach.

My starting point! ;)

    

He looked so cool!

 When my eyes accidentally caught a figure of cattle, I happily ran to their direction, ignoring the people I passed by. I came closer to them and yeah, what else? I was enthusiastically taking pictures of them. I sat on the bench and two of those cattle were coming to me, even one of them was hungrily licking my fingers, awwww!! When I was about to leave, the cutest cow was standing so close to me, with his nostrils were widely open, he looked like smiling to the camera saying "Heyy, human, let me take selfie!" Muhahahhaha, that happened twice, the second time, when I was taking his picture from distance, and he ran coming to the camera, waaaa!! So yeah, the most interesting part from today, was a moment when I played with those cattle! And then following by nice views there. I was pretty lucky, as today was a sunny day. I continued walking to New  Fisherman's Village (or whatever its name) then I got on the 12 p.m. boat. This time I took the big boat. I was sort of starving, so I bought some packs of potato chips before I jumped to the boat. Belly won, yayy!!

Where is my food, human???

 

     Oh well, there were only 10 people on the lower deck and 5 people, including me on the upper deck. I could see the captain through the glass window, he was an old man who looked like a retired sailor for me, although I imagined that I was on the pirate's ship!!!(Hahaha the imagination was running wild!) There was only a crew on that boat, an old uncle (not old enough to be called a grandpa, though). With a box in his hand, he was collecting the money from the passengers. I was kind of surprised about how traditional their method was. That uncle asked me, "Where are you going Miss?"

I said, "Wong Shek Pier, so how much is it, uncle?"

He smiled and said, "HK$ 14 only, for a nice girl like you."

"Hahah, owh, thank you!" I laughed and gave him the money.

He then handed  me the ticket. With the old way of collecting money, I suddenly felt old, I missed the traditional life, and I liked that feeling.

     20 minutes later, our boat docked at the pier. Yes,, it was twice longer than small boat that I took in the morning. I got off and walked to the bus stop. This time I took 96R big bus to Diamond Hill MTR Station. I tried so hard to stay awake, but I was about to puke! Uggghhhhh! I finally fell asleep until suddenly there was someone tapped my shoulder. And because of it, I jumped from my seat, lol! The uncle who woke me up looked shocked, hahaha so did the other passengers. They laughed at me saying, "Wahh,,,,you look exhausted, no wonder u were sleeping like a baby." I shyly smiled and thanked him. I didn't remember to check my watch, as my stomach was singing loudly. As soon as I got off, I ran to the nearest shopping mall, haunting for food!!hahahahah! It Sounds like I was in the middle of the jungle :P

Adios, Grass Island!

 

     Overall, I'd give 2.5 of 5 stars. Wasn't a great hike, but It wasn't a bad one either. If you're planning to go to Saikung, I advise you to hike to Sharp Peak instead. Trust me, it's really worth a climb to reach the peak. 4 stars of 5! Or just simply go for a cliff jumping, or go to any beaches on Saikung! Tap Mun is OK, but it isn't really good as its review. Happy exploring!!!! :D 



 

 

 

 

 

 



Sai Wan Beach, Hong Kong

     Sai Wan (西灣; lit. "West Bay") is a beach in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. To distinguish it from other bays and beaches of the same name, it is commonly known as Tai Long Sai Wan, as it is one of the four beaches of Tai Long Wan. It came first in the Hong Kong Best 10 Scenic Sites Election in 2006.^[1] However, in 2010 the beach is said to be in jeopardy after a nearby plot of greenery was cleared to make way for development (wikipedia).

     

Sai Wan Beach, Sai Kung

   

    Yes,,it was my idea to go there, because my friend is a beach lover, while me, such a mountain climber. so, I was thinking of going to the beach and hiking at the same time,well, I killed two birds with one stone, yayyy! I started with searching for the best beaches in Hong Kong on internet, found an interesting article, and finally I chose Sai Wan beach as our destination (especially, cz there's a waterfall and we can do cliffjumping too there!)

     It was around 12 p.m. when we reached Sai Kung, walked around and around to find the 29R bus stop. Thought,it must be a big bus,not a minibus. But we couldn't find it,so we went to the minibus terminus. again, we stuck with the same result. Ahh, the sun was shinning so bright, it was really hot that day. Desperately, almost dehydrated, we walked to the travel agency office asking the directions to get to 29R bus stop. Okay, that lady told us to find the Park n Shop supermarket, "keep walking, then turn left,u'll see Mc.Donald, the 29R bus stop is right in front of it".We thanked her and left.

     We found Mc. Donald, but not the bus stop! We were wandering on that street like two crazy guys trying to find the lost money. I almost gave up, told my friend to just cancel the trip.But wait,,,i saw there was a sign, a very small sign, and it was covered by crowd of people. Waaahhh, I pointed at it and screaming, "omg!!!dat's it!! 29R bus stop is over there!!"Haha and yeah,,, it was exactly right in front of the Mc. Donald. Yaay! We waited for only ten minutes until the bus finally arrived.

     It was a medium bus, haha,, with 28 seats. From Sai Kung to Sai Wan Pavilion, it took only 20 minutes. We were a little bit confused deciding which way that we should take. finally we asked a woman there, and she said, both trails were heading to the beach. So we chose the right side to "Sai Wan Village".We needed an hour hiking to reach the beach, because we stopped many times to take pictures. The views were so beautiful from there, with the wind and fresh air. It was a really nice day for hiking.

Breath taking views jn  Tai Long Wan, Sai Kung

     

     When we finally reached the village, there was a cattle welcomed us. I wasn't expecting to see them in a village, live together with the people actually.So haha, my first reaction,,,what else?? Yeah, as always,"omg, a cattle!!!" I screamed and enthusiastically ran into them. They really looked so friendly:) Some of them were eating the flowers, without being distracted by the visitors.

Lunch time for the cattle :)

    

      There were so many people on the beach when we arrived. Haha , until suddenly it was started raining, and people walked away, leaving.

Sai Wan Beach

  

      Because we wanted to find the waterfall, we didn't spend too long in that beach. We went to the next beach then, a beach with big waves. It was the Tai Long Wan Beach. But  my friend reminded me about the last bus to Sai Kung was at 5.30 p.m.  And it was already 4 p.m. "I can make it in 30 mins", I said. So we played on that beach until 5p.m. and ran away back to the Sai Wan Pavilion. Haha, we walked so fast, passing everyone like a marathon. Because my friend always said "Last seat,,last bus!!" so I walked faster and faster, and yeah,,we did it, less than half an hour.

      Even though we didn't see the waterfall, no cliff jumping too, but I was so  happy. At least we made our way to the beach;) and I'm sure that we're gonna go there again, next time, to find the waterfall.

   

   
   
     

Celebrating Eid Mubarak in Hong Kong

     Happy Eid Mubarak!!! Yayyy!! Minal Aidin Walfaidzin:)

     After finished a holy fasting month, finally, we, all Muslim in the world, could celebrating Eid Mubarak on Friday, 17 July 2015, it was yesterday. Ahh but not here, in Hong kong, we still had to fasting on that day. Some of my friends, relatives also, they asked me why was it different here, one of them even surprisingly asked me, "Heyy, do u use the different calendar there?" I said I only knew that The Consulate General of Indonesia in Hong Kong has determined that Eid is on Saturday, 18 July 2015. So, the morning prayers also would be held on Saturday, in some points in Hong Kong.There are in Tsim Sha Tsui Mosque (for Kowloon area), Yuen Long or maybe in Taipo (for New Territories) and at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay (for Hong Kong Island).

     I told my friend that I couldn't sleep the night before, was too excited or too much caffeine, I'm not sure. So he called me, and we talked until we fell asleep. I was thinking of waking up very early in the morning, because from what I read on my school website,my teacher, told us to get there at 7am. But I went out after 7 this morning, so I guessed it was a very late starting!

     I ran to the MTR station, seeing many girls wearing hijab. I told myself,,"Heyy, easy, ur not gonna be late", I was slowing down my steps then. While waiting for the train, I started to conversing  with the first girl who smiled at me. But they continued talking in a group on the train. I didn't pay attention to them, so I was only smiling not knowing what n how to respond. When I was getting bored, I saw someone, a girl, with a birthmark on her lip, right in front of me. It was just few seconds, suddenly she looked at me,and I, called her, "Heyy,it's youuuu!! Long time no see la." I even scared some girls beside me,haha (because I inadvertently shouting).Wahhhh, just now, here, at home!!I remember, I forgot to ask her name!(please forgive me,as it's still Eid :p) So that girl, is my old friend, we met in Macau last year. It's been more than half year I didn't see her.Then we talked and talked along the way to the Victoria Park. What a surprise:)

So that's her!! My old friend:)

    We walked to the entrance, Gate A, it was already closed;( Continued walking to the Gate B,was the same. Haha, my friend, she insisted, so the security guards, they rejected us, and commanded us to just go to the next gate.Finally!!!! We could get into the park through the Gate C,yayyy!!!

So many people!

     My friend was on the phone, looking for her the other friends who had come earlier. I said, ahhh, it's okay,,am gonna take some pictures and come back to her.But noooooowaaay! I lost her! I walked n walked trying to find her, but well,,i failed! Too many girls wearing red clothes there, so I gave up.

Eid prayers at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay

Haha,, too cute!! Because selfie plague is everywhere:D

     I met another friend too, but we aren't so close, so I left her in the toilet,haha. I was wandering around, to find a space for me only. Finally I sat and preparing myself for the Eid prayers when suddenly someone touched my shoulder,"Excuse me,,,can I sit beside u:)" Haha,,I said,,"Of course la" We talked alot, I called her sister at the beginning,but then she asked me to just call her 'Aunty Nah' She has been working in HK for 8 years she said, and now she lives in Taikoo. She comes from Malang, East Java, it's not so far from my city, Madiun, so yeah we have the same dialect.

She's Aunty Nah, pretty cute, eh? :)

     I also talked with the other girls (or aunties), one of them said that she just came on Tuesday and will leave tomorrow. She's here because of her project,she's handling a company with 11 employees. "What a lucky lady,heyy aunty, u can go wherever you want like having a long holiday" I interrupted her. Haha we laughed together. I like to meet new people in my life, like,,, I always want to learn something new from them, their experiences, their stories, good or bad, so I was a little bit  excited, and asked too much , I guess.The Eid prayers started at 9am, continued with a sermon and some lectures about Ramadan. I couldn't stay longer because I had to get home before 10am! So I didn't listen to the priest and left at 9.20am. So happy! And,,,again,,,happy Eid Mubarak, all!!

Top 10 Cool Buddha Statues,Heyy, Let's Vote!!

     Still about my visit to Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Shatin, Hong Kong.So, me and my friend, we decided to find which one is the coolest Buddha:) Heyy, help us, by voting for them! Haha, ok here we go!

I don't know the best name for him,but I think he's a Happy Budhha :D

     

A lovely grandpa, I guess:)

   

Long Right Hand Buddha

   

I think he's a river crosser  Buddha (with very nice legs)

   

three in one Buddha (in red hair)

   

A Tired Buddha

 

small hands in eyes but still cool Buddha

   

A wise hot Buddha

   

bff  Buddha, they've been gossiping since morning!

   

I love his wide smile, he's my fav!! :D 

   

   

         Because it was so hot,so we didn't stay too long in the main temple. And also I didn't know that there's a mummy,the founder of Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery,in the main temple too!! Wahhh,, so we missed it:(

Mini version of  Buddha statues in the main temple

     We decided to see the upper portion of the monastery then back to the Pagoda again. In the upper part, I saw  sleeping Buddha in front of the Giant Kun Yam. The White Big Kun Yam is located in front of fake waterfall. I remember there's a statue on the left side, a guy playing chinese instrument for the Kun Yam. In front of them, also on the left side, there's a small temple, with a statue in the center. Under the bridge, there's a pond, with so many colorful fish swimming around, in the lower pond, I saw some turtles were sunbathing, while their babies were in the corner, hiding:) 

A Sleeping Buddha Statue

Giant Kun Yam in the upper portion of  Monastery

    

      It was a good day, I really wanted to spend the whole day in that place actually. But we had to continue our journey. Okay, I followed my friend, because it was his idea to choose different way. Oh well, I was a little bit curious too, so yeah I finally agreed. Running down the stairs, my friend suddenly stopped and asked the direction to a girl that we met. She smiled and said nothing then leaving us. Haha! I could see a village, on the left side, and few houses near the jungle on the right side. 

     "So,,,bee farm or bookstore heyy?" I was busy taking pictures at that moment, when my friend offered me to go to the bookstore in the middle of the jungle. I thought he was joking about the bookstore. "Excuse me? a booksto....

Before I could finish my sentence, I saw a sign next to him,,yeah a bookstore! So we went to the bee farm first. Actually it was not a bee farm, or okay, it was, but a very small one.

Bee farm in Pai Tau Village

     

        Haha!!Yay!!Bees!!Cool!! I enthusiastically ran to them, haha, like I was trying to catch a train:p 

I saw there were two tables for those bees, enjoying their lunch. I forgot about my friend (oops,,sorry banana boy,don't lose your cool!:p) He was standing there, outside the bee farm, under the tree, n patiently waiting for me. Awwww, bleaaargh!!xoxo 

        I just wanna take some pictures and then go! told myself. But suddenly an uncle,the owner of that farm,he came to me asking,"Ahhh,, so u wanna see those bees,don't you?" I smiled and said yes. There were bees everywhere, flying around me, I even saw some wasps joining the bees for free lunch! Hahaha. So happy to see them enjoying their food. But then I remembered about my friend!! I left  that bee farm to find him, and he was still there,on the street under the tree:p. I almost forgot about the bookstore, if he didn't remind me. Haha, thank you, thank you! 

        It was just a house, looked like an empty one, because so quiet, thought it was closed on that day! We were getting closer, and I saw the wooden door was open!:) Full of curiosity, a little hope, and I was thinking of using my energy to just break it, my hand almost reached the door. I took a deep breath...and...

" Hello!! Welcome to my bookstore, I'm gonna show you something about....bla bla bla...

An old man, suddenly opened the door for us, like he was expecting of our visit.  A little bit shocked, I looked at my friend, and he stared at me, we said nothing, but then just following that old man.

Heyy,,what did that old man say to us?:)

He shared cool stuffs,,with both of us,,,but what was it? A cool stuff from an old man living in the middle of the jungle, n calling his home as a bookstore? Haha,,I think it's too long, my story:p See you on the next post! :D

   

    

      

      

Exploring Hong Kong,yayy,,Let's Go!!:D

     It s a public holiday in Hong Kong, 1st of July in every year, you know, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day. So yeah, I had a day off on that day, was just two days ago actually:) I planned to visit Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Shatin, and I made a good preparation for it. A very long exciting night, I couldn't sleep! The same feeling like having the very first day in school in the next morning! Awwww,Haha! Texting my friend, and we talked about the stuffs that we have to bring for tomorrow. Okay, finally I fell asleep not sure what time, but it was almost dawn! I woke up in the early morning, even though I'm not a morning person, but whenever I'm full of excitement in my system, trust me!!! There's no one can stop me!:D Feeling so free, so alive, and so high! Yay!

     My appointment was at 9am, in Prince Edward MTR Station. It's an interchange station, so we could jump to Kwun Tong Line, then jumped again at Kowloon Tong Station. I was a little bit confused between Kwun Tong and Kowloon Tong Station, hahaha. It was only two stations from Prince Edward. Reached the Kowloon Tong station, we took East Rail Line MTR to Shatin, was also only two stations more:) 

     From Shatin MTR Station, choose exit B:) You will see a bus terminal right in front of you. If you're not sure where will you go, find a map on the left wall beside you, a very big map. or just go to the left side and walk along the bridge. 

     It was quite confusing, haha to find the entrance of Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery. We walked to the private road, and turned back because we didn't see any signs. then we took another road, and we saw an entrance of a temple, yay!!! Nah nah nah! Don't get fooled! A temple besides the Shatin Government Offices, that's not the entrance of Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery. Haha! I saw a path, on the left side of that temple, and I yelled happily calling my friend, because I was so sure, I found the right path! But when we came closer, n looked carefully,it said *u cannot go to the ten thousand Buddhas thru this path* And you know what? My friend laughed so very hard at me,well, it made me laughing too( hidden laughter heyy!) I left my friend, and ran to the uncle in a small store across the road, asked him to show me the right way. He pointed at a small road between the temple and Shatin Government Offices Building, on right side of the temple. Smilingly, I thanked him and left. And yeah,there was a sign there,said *to ten thousand Buddhas Monastery* But it was a very small sign laa! Oh well, at least we finally found it, the right way! Yay!

     As a one of the famous monasteries in Hong Kong, I was expecting to see an entrance, I mean like a gate, maybe? Or anything! That's why I unbelievably yelled (again?) to my friend when I saw golden Buddhas in front of me "Omg,that's it! Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, we are here!!!" I ran to the first statue, and there was no gate, no fences, just two big bins, and some bricks there. Ahhh,,I saw a green gate, was opened by a woman carrying her son, But not a gate to the Monastery, but who cares! Let's say Hi to all the Buddhas there!

This is the entrance to the Monastery

     It was a sunny day, with the summersun burning us, we were sweating like crazy! But it was really worth it:)  My friend even confidently said,," Ahh,, see,,I'm gonna take picture of every single of you, heyy Buddhas!!" I laughed like a winner this time,saying "Haha,heyy, there are more than 12k statues here!" He looked at me and said "Wahooo,r u kidding me?" I winked at him and continued walking.

A cute lady was so focus counting the statues in Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery

     Heyy it's just the beginning, I know:p And I have so many pictures of those Buddhas with the different postures. Wanna share them all with you actually, but I have to sleep now. It's almost 4am here. And also we met a wise old man in the middle of the jungle. Sounds weird? Nah,he's such an artist, with his principles of life. So yeah, gonna tell on my next post,,,see you!:)

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