Hey guys! So time for part 2 of my Hong Kong trip! The next two days were calm, with nothing too special going on.

It was my 18th birthday but it felt sort of surreal to actually be 18 now! Buuut, I had a great day and ended it on a pretty high note too! We bought a mango cake which was delish! I could eat that cake all day err' day. Like seriously, I would fly to Hong Kong just to eat more mango cakes. ;)
 Just a casual selfie of me eating lychee flavoured ice cream. It actually tastes really nice! I always get sucked into these kind of ice cream flavours. Like green tea and sakura flavoured ice cream too.
 The day after my brithday, we went for a little walk around Yuen Long because my aunt, uncle and cousin were still fast asleep. It was around 10am but they're used to waking up late and dad and I were still used to NZ time I guess! And we're just natural early birds haha. Speaking of birds.. ;) (what a great little jump from one thing to another) We were in Yuen Long park and saw this huge aviary which is made for the public so we decided to go in and check it out. It's like 7 (or more) stories high! There were quite a few birds in there and the aviary looked really nice. The birds are given a really beautiful area. I didn't know what to expect but it was better than what I expected haha!
 The view from the top was amazing.

I've decided to just do short little posts for each couple of days unless there was something really interesting during those days haha. Next diary post will be about Victoria Peak, Madam Tussauds wax museum and a japanese buffet.

Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! I haven't written in here for a while now but I just don't have anything that interesting to be talking about right now. I promise I'll write more blog posts during these Summer/Christmas holidays because I have some stuff planned! You'll find out what my holiday activities are pretty soon. :)

It's my birthday in 2ish weeks and I started thinking all this birthday stuff, like how to celebrate and all. So below are some polls because I'm interested to see what you guys like and do for birthdays! Please answer them, this is just for my curiosity and I'm still trying to think of different ways to celebrate.

For all these questions, just saying the one that's either most realistic right now or the thing that happened on your latest birthday. And answer in the comment box below! :)

Where do you like to celebrate your birthday?

At home

At a restaurant

At the beach

At a club/bar

Overseas vaccation

Road trip

Other

Who do you celebrate your birthday with?

Family (Parents and siblings)

Best friends

Group of friends

Boyfriend/Girlfriend

I invite everyone that I know

What do you do on your birthday?

Talk with friends, socialise (While sober)

Get drunk and party hard

Have a meal

Throw your own party at home/venue

Other

Looking forward to reading your answers!


Love,
Elaine

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! haha I turned 17 yesterday! Wow, where has my childhood gone? My old innocent little self has now matured. I'm nearly an adult!? Say what! Like honestly, the past few years are just like a major blur. Not that I don't remember anything, but it has just gone so quick! I still remember celebrating my 10th birthday and that didn't seem like that long ago.

So here's how my day went:
I woke up at 7am with a sudden burst of energy. Like I wasn't even sleepy when I first opened my eyes! That has got to be a first haha I pretty much jumped out of bed because I was not tired at all.

From 9-12pm, my mum and I went to our local shopping mall to buy groceries and just see what goodies are on sale. I ended up buying two long sleeve, plain shirts for $8. It was originally $5 each but Jay Jay's always has this special mate rate deal on where if you buy two things, the price would be cheaper than just buying one. The price depends on the item you choose and how much the item originally is. I'm glad I bought the shirts because they're pretty thin so it wouldn't get too hot if I wore it during the Summer time. We also bought a black forest gateau which is delicious! My mum also bought me the game Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts.

Once we got home, it was 12pm and I made mini pizzas using pita bread and having the typical pizza toppings of pepperoni, lots of cheese and sun dried tomatoes. It was so good! I haven't had pizza in ages.After eating, I started playing Banjo-Kazooie but I only had time to play one of the mini games because it was already close to 4pm which meant that I had to start getting ready because my friend would be over at 5pm.

When it was 5.30pm, my friend and I began to walk to the restaurant. The restaurant is only 15 minutes away and it's still bright nowadays due to day light savings. By the time it was 6pm, we were all seated in the restaurant. There was only 5 people (including me) at dinner which was actually really nice because it was easier to just all talk as a group. We placed our orders (I'll talk more about the restaurant in a review which I will post up soon hopefully.) and we were all just goofing around, taking photos, then suddenly the waitress comes to our table holding a fancy looking drink. I didn't even think about anything at all and then she said that it's for the birthday girl! Aww, that was honestly so sweet! haha I wasn't even expecting it. The drink was just orange juice but it had two layers with red at the bottom and orange at the top.

Excited to eat!

7.30pm was around the time when we finished our dinner and walked out. Man, I was freezing! haha it was still bright outside but the sun was setting and it was windy so we were cold. Before heading back home, we all went to this playground that is really close to the restaurant and just swung on the swings haha! I love swings! You can never get sick of swinging on swings and I always get that adrenaline rush when I go really high up! I was so cold because I forgot to bring a stupid cardigan or jacket or something to keep me warm!

After the playground, we went back to mine just pretty much just played some Raving Rabbids, watched quite a few episodes of Gilmore Girls and sleep. hahah I was so exhausted after the day but we stayed up until 5am, watching Gilmore Girls.

That was my whole day yesterday! :)


Love,
Elaine

Hey! It seems like next week is going to be super busy for me! I'll have like things to do almost every single day. This would have to be the first time that I have so many plans in the same week haha!

Sunday (1st Dec): My birthday + birthday dinner with a group of friends + sleepover with two close friends.
Monday (2nd Dec): Still with my close friends but they'll leave probably like midday or later so my whole day will mainly be gone.
Tuesday (3rd Dec): Sign out day at school at midday and Summer's birthday sleepover at night.
Wednesday (4th Dec): Excellence prize giving. :o There's a rehearsal at 11am and then the actual thing at night.
Thursday-Sunday (5th -8th Dec): Nothing planned yet but I'll probably hang out at the beach with friends.

That seems like such a hectic week! I'll tell you guys all about it afterwards :)


Love,
Elaine

Oh. my. gosh. I can't believe I'm turning 17 in only 3 days! It feels like I only just turned 10 haha I'm quite excited to celebrate my birthday but not so excited that I'm aging! It's not that I'm scared/don't want to get a year older, it's just that now that I'm older, I know there's so many more responsibilities. One more year and I'll be pretty much an adult. Where has all the time gone!?

For my birthday this year, I'm going to be having a nice dinner with my group of close friends and then afterwards, two of my good friends will be staying the night at my house. The restaurant that we're going to is an Indian restaurant that has pretty cheap food available. The main meal costs $15 and includes rice, naan, salad and poppadom, as well as the main that you choose (butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, etc). This is quite a good deal since some other Indian restaurants cost $10 (when it's on special) when it just includes the main and rice. I've never been to this restaurant before so I'll write a review about it after I go on Sunday night. I'm really hoping that this restaurant is good though.

After the dinner, Summer and Akshaya are going to stay the night at my house and we're just going to eat lots of junk, watch lots of movies, play kinect if we're not feeling lazy and just do fun stuff! :D

I'm going to write a blog post (and possibly vlog for my YouTube channel) all about the day/night! So stay tuned for that! :)


Love,
Elaine