Hong Kong Day 3 (25 Dec)

got up early as we were going shopping in a faraway place, Tung Chung. thanks to shirleen's sister for the information. took us about an hour to get to the Citygates Outlets by MTR. it was a great shopping experience. the mall has adidas, nike, new balance and various other factory outlets. we spent a good amount of time at armani exchange as it was having up to 60% sale! the offer items were really worth buying. most of the stuff were really pretty and it was juz so difficult to resist temptation. after around 2 hours of non-stop walking, we decided to take a short break at macdonalds. there wasn't much time left for us as we were on another tight schedule. headed back after browsing through 2 other shops.

stopped at hong kong station to visit City Super at the IFC Mall. both of us had to get chocolates for gift exchange at the christmas party for the night. courtesy of jess who had invited us to the party organised by the church. bought 2 boxes of royce and i was truly impressed by the staff who were doing the gift wrapping. they were juz amazing. took a brisk walk back to shirleen's apartment. got showered and changed in half an hour.

met up with jess nearby where we took a cab to CentreStage. i simply love the way the function room of the condo was done. it was simple and yet elegant. however, both shirleen and me were bored at the party, juz felt we shouldn't have agreed to go in the 1st place. decided to leave early and keep the chocolates for ourselves. *grins* arranged to meet joanne, edward, juliana and derrick for dinner. accompanied jess back to her place to get changed as she did not want to dirty her dress.

headed to causeway bay to meet up with the rest for steamboat dinner. food was ok but the company was great! it was my 1st meeting with derrick, a guy with a good sense of humour. but according to shirleen, they were not on very good terms before due to his personal life. anyway, it was a good christmas dinner, an out of ordinary christmas dinner in chinese style. though most of us were already pretty full after steamboat, we decided to get some dessert. derrick recommended this place at Jaffe Road, Lucky Dessert, which he thinks serves better stuff than 许留山 and hence we gotta try it. waited a good 20 minutes for our table. had my favourite mango with pomelo dessert and shared a mango crepe with the rest. the former was good and yes, better than all others i tried before, but could have given the latter a miss. we then parted our ways and headed home to rest for the next day's activities.