Hey guys, so almost a month away, my dad and I went to Hong Kong and China for a two week holiday. It was so relaxing over there, even though the streets are full of people, it's a different kind of relaxation. Relaxed knowing that I don't have any major responsibilities to take care of until I came back to NZ. This allowed me to enjoy my time and just free my mind from everything. I'll just write about the main things that we did but will do more than one blog post for each event so you guys aren't too overwhelmed by the amount of writing in one post.

So our flight was at like 7am which meant that we had to wake up super early. On the way there, the plane food wasn't too bad but breakfast is always gag-worthy in my opinion. However, the lunch we had was fabulous. Hahhaha I don't think I've ever used fabulous before but anyhow, I got the chicken pie and it was so delish! Even though I didn't have much of an appetite because I couldn't handle the excitement of being in HK so soon!
 While we stopped over at Brisbane airport, we were waiting for our next flight and found this really cute arcade machine thing which had games like Pacman and Invaders. It was for free and you could play one or two player! This was the best time waster ever haha. Every airport should have one in my opinion. :P
 Once we landed, it was like 5pm in HK so my uncles, aunties and cousins took us to this restaurant for dinner. But I still didn't have much of an appetite and I was so tired by then (because I wasn't able to sleep on the plane) that I started feeling kinda sick. But after a good nights rest, I was fine.

Sorry for such a small post but I'll post diary #2 soon where it'll be about my 18th birthday and just our little adventures around Yuen Long.


Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! I'm proudly procrastinating by doing this fun questions tag that I found out from seanajvixen :)

1) When is your birthday?
I actually have this in my bio already, but it's the 1st of December. (First day of Summer!)

2) What are 3 of your favorite colors?
Yellow, plum/purple maroon and yellow. (And yes, I know that I wrote yellow twice, just love it that much haha)

3) What are your 3 favorite quotes?
I don't have any special quotes that I live by but right now, I like Alexander Pope's quote,
"How happy is the blameless vestal's lot, the world forgetting by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned."
This quote just has a nice ring to it, I don't really know. It's just a nice quote. 

4) Are you addicted to YouTube?
I'm not as addicted anymore, I now just watch TV shows.

5) What are 3 of your favorite shows on TV or YouTube or both?
I am currently loving The Flash, How to get away with murder and Selfie (Still so sad that they cancelled selfie though!)

My all time favorites are FRIENDS (Because I have watched all episodes a billion times and still crack up every time I watch an episode), Gossip Girl (xoxo) and Running Man which is a Korean game show and it's hilarious! Makes me want to learn Korean so I don't need to read the english subtitles.

6) What are 3 qualities you like in a best friend?
Funny, the ability to give advice or talk to you about everything and anything, also loyalty and trust so I can trust them to not blab about important things that I tell them.

7) Do you like your name?
I can't imagine myself with another name but 'Elaine' just seems like such a grown up name

8) If you have the choice to pick your own name, what will it be?
If I was a gwai lo, the name 'Summer' would be perfect since my birthday is on the first day of Summer but if I did change my name, realistically I'd name myself... Lilly. hahaha Imagine if I was called Lilly.. I just think Lilly's a really pretty name but I definitely can't see myself having that name!

9) What is your fantasy dream?
To go to the Willy Wonka factory from the movie 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'!

10) Do you wear makeup?
I wear concealer and bb cream if I go to school and sometimes work if my face is really pigmented. But I have stopped wearing makeup to work because honestly, who cares what you look like at work haha. But if I go to hang out with friends then I wear concealer, bb cream or foundation, masacara, light/natural/soft pink lipstick and a little bit of blush.

11) If you could write a book, what would the title be and what would it be about?
The book title would be 'Cotton Candy Kid' and it would be about a little girl that's rich and is spoiled rotten by her family and one day, she finds out there a magical land called 'Cotton Candy Island' and tries to get her parents to fly her out to this magical island. This island has unicorns that poops out cotton candy, a waterfall of coffee frappe and a forest with 'wild' colorful cotton candy. So pretty much the island is my paradise. Anyways, no one can enter the island unless they are proved worthy. So there are a bunch of tests given to the girl to see if she is worthy enough to be allowed to go on the island. You'll have to read the ending when I actually write this book. ;)

12) What makes you cry?
The movie Hachiko, when I see my friends cry and when I get frustrated, I just burst out crying.

13) What makes you angry?
When people take credit for things that they didn't do. It doesn't make me super mad but I just get annoyed!

14) What makes you happy?
Being with friends, eating yum food and just relaxing with no care in the world.

15) What is "fangirling?"
It's the thing that I do when someone mentions Chace Crawford or Zac Efron. :*

16) What are your 3 favorite snacks?
Doritos and kit kats. I can't think of anymore snacks that I'll never say no to.

17) What are your 3 favorite foods?
Sweet and sour pork, sushi and mashed potatoes.

18) What are your 3 favorite drinks?
Water, iced  milk tea, coffee frappes.

Hey guys! So at the end of this month, I'll be heading off to Hong Kong and then China. I'm only going to two weeks though. Which is fine, I'll have enough time to do most of the stuff. :) I haven't started packing yet since it's still a bit too early to pack stuff into my suitcase right now. However, I have made a packing check list. I thought I'd just share it with you guys because some of you may be stuck or forgetting some of the most important things for your own overseas trip.

This is my list of things I'll be bringing along for my trip, keeping in mind that it will be winter in Hong Kong and China. So I have to pack extra warm things! Annnd, this isn't a final list or anything like that, this is just the stuff that I thought would be helpful if I brought it along. 98% chance I'll be bringing everything on this list though!