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GREAT... GOOD FEELING. that's my driving mileage in USA (13 Apr to 27 Apr 2009).. from touching down in San Francisco and off to Hertz... driving straight from the airport to next town, Watsonville... *knocked out* very soon (thanks to that JET-LAG). left-handed driving and speedometer in miles did not improve my understanding of US road conditions for 2 to 3 days.. especially turning right almost on the next road (can be on red light)... keeping to right side of the lane for slow coach (road hogger) like me during the first week... driving is a definite must to travel and enjoy the trip covering San Francisco (cooling weather but 'freezing winds' along coastal drive), LA (cooling weather) and Las Vegas (hot but dry) and back to SF (passing Yosemite with their snow)... 2 weeks was not enuff. Places visited (in chronological order): - Gilroy Premium Outlet - Coastal Drive along Highway 1 (from Monterey Bay to Hearst Castle) - Carmel by the Sea - Pismo Beach Premium Outlet (n...

pics of my girls at Burger King East Coast... zhirui is trying to imitate the elder sister.

i had a hectic trip to bintan island, indonesia on 21st Aug and back on 22nd Aug... a motorola-symbol partner training... we stayed in bintan lagoon resort... nice sea view and beach frontage... but 'thanks' to the iterinary of the event and the dark storm and rain... we had no time to enjoy any sea sports! the resort room was great though, newly furnished, LCD TV, nice resting area... the only concern was the many bugs that flew to your room if you did not keep your door or windows shut...especially at night... good relax place but don't expect to find any shopping.

my 3rd time to HK and i am still yanking on that country (after 3 weeks)... 1st time to HK was with my sister, jeremy, raymond and my wife (then my girlfriend) plus some frens, i think... 2nd time was after our Korea honeymoon (stopover at HK for 3D2N). shopping in women's street was the same 10 years ago except for the many other shops at the adjacent street and the predominant used of Mandarin compared to Cantonese when we first came... the place was crowded even at 9pm and it seemed to go on forever... eating, drinking and shopping all the way... most of the shops were opened early and closed late... we went into a Bossini shop at 10pm and it was still packed... apparently it opened from 9am and closed at 11.30pm... hardworking bunch... shopping culture was really different from Singapore where we visit shopping centres... most of their outlets/shops were by the roadsides, stretches and stretches of shops down all directions of the roads at kowloon island... really shop till you...

some of the photos to Hong Kong can be found at here . videos taken by my in-laws are too large to be posted...