Diamonds are a girl's best friend

I spent the weekend doing my Christmas shopping. Believe me when I say that Christmas shopping has never been more difficult. I woke up bright and early on a Saturday morning to clean my room and get ready to go out early. Why? Because they were going to have a water cut to do some maintainance on the pipes from 9am till 6pm. So that's why I woke up early. The annoying thing was, there was still water running from the taps at 1pm! This was after I did another round of cleaning the room and laundry and repeated going to the bathroom to check the taps. What a waste of my morning! :( I thought I could beat the water cut and laugh at all the losers who didn't wake up early. Gah! I went to the shops at 10am to buy some wrapping paper to find that they don't open till 10.30am or even 11am. So I waited outside and admired all the Hello Kitty rubbish that was on display. There was this cool Hello Kitty water slide toy thing which you could pour water down the chute to allow Hello Kitty and friends to slide down happily.

Anyways, I went to Hong Kong Central to do some stuff at the bank. Hopefully I get my Platinum credit card! *fingers crossed* Then I can shop till I my arms drop off! :) They give all kinds of discounts with credit cards and you can save up to 50% off retail prices and restaurant bills just by paying with your credit card. I was all prepared for the bank to be closed as my local branch doesn't open on weekends. So I had a back-up plan to eat egg tarts and Krispy Kreme New York Cheesecake donuts in case the bank was closed and I felt I wasted my trip to the Island. However, the bank was open (what a bummer) and I got my credit card sorted. The other bank I wanted to go was shut so I carried on with Plan Eat Egg Tart and Donuts.

So having gotten a wonderful high from egg tarts, I went on my tourist trail of Hong Kong. I had dressed nicely for the trip to the bank(in case they believed I was some unemployed person in my scruffy jeans), so I looked the part of stupid-rich-tourist-with-camera-and-loads-of-dosh-and-no-ability-to-speak-cantonese. I went to visit some temple with was the main temple of Hong Kong Island where everyone came to pray for good business. I came out with my eyes watery from all the incense and my cashmere shawl dirtied with some incense debri as well as my hair smelling smoky. I mean, smoky eyes are one thing, but smoky hair?

I walked along Hollywood Road, so named because it was the first road in Hong Kong (so the tourist information panels says) and brimming with antique stores. I love antiques, but I had a hard time discerning the real and the fake. They all looked fake to me. I also wandered about the galleries and fell in love. if I had HK$78,000 to spare I would be a happy woman with an amazing painting. I tried to make do with the postcard. I am determined to visit the artist in China to see if I can get another piece at a cheaper price.

After all the arty stuff, my brain needed a donut. And I couldn't help it if Krispy Kreme just happened to be at the corner. Okay okay, I knew where Krispy Kreme was and planned my trip around the egg tart shop and the Krispy Kreme store. I succumbed to the power of sugar. The Angelic Star was so sweet I almost got a hyper! I can't believe they sell those things without warning labels. There should be some regulation on the sugar content of food in Asia.

Anyways, after completing plan B, I went to find the library for some peace ad quiet. It helped that the Library was facing Victoria Park and had a great view across the harbour. The guy next to me was conviniently cute too. Hehe! :)

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Summary: I got all my Christmas shopping done. And I am so broke. When I was in uni, my mum told me that the first present she wanted from me (besides cold hard cash) was diamonds. So I am officially broke. And I have officially purchased my first diamond. The banker stubbornly refused to bring the diamonds back for me to Malaysia. And I rather not post it via the ever so reliable Post Malaysia thank you very much. So my mum has to wait till Chinese New Year when I go back to get her hands on this. Hm.. I should have waited for January sales. Oh well, whatever makes her happy.

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PS: My blog is turning into a random review of what goes on in my mind and what I have eaten this week. I should think intelligient thoughts. Oh, random cool piece of information: A patient came in with his foot soaked in vinegar to get rid of his corn. I asked if he was pickling his feet for Chinese New Year. I've put you off your dinner haven't I?