Hong Kong Trip - Day 14

Monday ...And we're back in HK!

Me and my brother agreed to dedicate the first day we return from TW to pure shopping.

In the morning, we decided to have lunch with our parents since the stores open late in HK anyways. We ended up in Times Square just because there were the biggest selection of food concentrated in those floors of the building. When we got there, we called up Auntie Irene for some suggestions but she was in the area so she joined us instead. We headed up the floors of restaurants of Times Square and somehow ended up picking Tony Roma's. The place was quiet and was run by Filipinos. We had their lunch specials and chatted until 3ish. It was then, my brother and I decided to set off to do our much needed shopping and burn up all our cash!

First stop was to our beloved building - Oriental 188. This time, it was well into the afternoon so everything was open. We sped through the first floor and doodled down prices. He picked up a few games and things on the way. We reached the third floor... which is now my holy grounds. We made an unexpected turn and encountered the greatest figurine store. We decided to leave that place for last and went on looking first. We found a particular store that overflowed with limited edition goodness and it was then I spotted my longed limited edition Star Ocean PSP! It was the only store in the whole building that sold it! My bro, who was looking around for the best deal for his limited edition Monster Hunter Portable 2G PSP set, also got it there to try and get a deal out of it. Their awesome Monster Hunter geek shirts also caught our eye, so we nabbed some of those too. I left with Kotobukiya's Kureha, a figma of Haruhi (it was either a figma or the heat-sensitive Haruhi bunny suit... not fond of being a perv so no thanks on the latter), and a Gainax puchi set. My brother got some FF play arts sets, One Piece sets, and a rare MGS figure. I totally regret not getting more! I only saw one other store with the Haruhi Pinky: st, so I bargained less a few HKD and nabbed that as well.

After our successful battle in 188, we headed to Causeway Bay to visit the small stores we visited the last time (and others we didn't have time for). I was totally sold on the giant Keroro head cushion even though I knew it would take up so much damn space in my luggage.

I started to get tired from all the walking, so it was safe to say we were done for this trip. We headed to my brother's place to rest (and I checked up on local - Canadian - prices on some electronics). I watched him try and stuff all our loot into his empty luggage bags (which wasn't so empty after all the stuffing).

Amy soon gives me a call after she was done work so we can meet up. We decided to go to Festival Walk and ate at EXP (EXPERIENCE POINTS) by the food court and ice rink. We each had one of their special fruity mix drinks and shared some interesting meals she recommended. After some good food, we did a stroll around the mall. I visited LOG-ON again to grab some more souvenirs. Before the mall closed, I tried out the Haagen Dazs store and their Bailey's Ice Cream with customized kiwi toppings and marshmallows! It was exciting! But actually too sweet for me... Now I can say I tried the Haagen Dazs' ice cream chain tho! X3

While enjoying my ice cream, we walked to Amy's place which was a few blocks away from the mall. We walked up this crazy narrow hill, and this rather not so popular university and made it. I didn't want to raid the actual inside of her apartment, so we toured around the building. She had an amazing view of Hong Kong (perfect for those fireworks!) and other facilities like an outdoor swimming pool and whatnot.

It was a shame it was already so late as most of the lights outside were already turned off. She had work the next day so I let her go before midnight rolled around, also so I could catch the metro back as well. Taxi would be rather frightening for me.