sight-seeing: lamma island

Lamma Island is situated three kilometers off the south west coast of Hong Kong Island. This is island is Hong Kong's third largest island.

To get there, take a ferry from Central Pier 4 on Hong Kong Island or from Aberdeen on the south side of Hong Kong Island. From Central Pier 4, there are separate ferry services to both Yung Shue Wan (27 minutes journey) and Sok Kwu Wan (30/40 minutes journey). For this trip, I took a ferry from Central Pier 4 to Yung Shue Wan.  

I did the popular family trail across the island that connects the two largest villages; Yung Shue Wan in the north and Sok Kwu Wan in the south. This is a three kilometres trail which is along concrete paths all the way. 

From Yung Shue Wan, take the path around the harbour side and through the congested street lined with seafood restaurants and small shops. Let the journey begins...

Hung Sing Ye Beach

The trail..

The view..

Sok Kwu Wan

End the trip with a nice treat of seafood before departing the island. Enjoy scrumptious seafood whilst enjoy the nice seaview from water front seafood restaurants. What an enjoyable day, don't you think?

For more details of Lamma Island, please visit:
http://www.discoverhongkong.com/au/see-do/great-outdoors/outlying-islands/lamma-island/index.jsp
http://www.hongkongextras.com/lamma_island.html

can't stop once started...

Can't stop once started? I think so. I bought these vintage tops just two weeks after I purchased the first two tops; black and grey tops.Click here to check these two tops. Again, these two tops are from HK$5 racks. Great bargain, right? How can anyone resist such good deal?

500th post

the look: vintage dress, thrifted vintage belt, necklace and kitten heels shoes

500th post! Can you believe it? Well, it is kind of hard to believe. And I have been here for three months! Oh boy, how time flies so quickly. I am juggling between work, studies, 'me time' and of course blogging. I must admit I have not been a good blogger lately. Sorry for this and I hope I can manage my time better!

Anyway, hope you like my outfit for 500th post although it is not very autumn like outfit. It is more a summer like outfit, don't you think? Well, can't blame me as I am from a tropical climate country. 

Have a great weekend everyone!

taking a part time course in footwear design

Life has been a little hectic lately especially with work, thus I was unable to blog as frequently as I wish to. Anyway, one of the things to share with you which have mentioned in one of my entries is that I have signed up a part time course in footwear design. Class started three weeks ago. I am enjoying every moment of it. I am happy to be sketching, drawing and colouring again. The last time I hold a colour pencil was many years ago, about five years ago, if I am not mistaken.

How did it start? Well, before moving here, I have been looking for footwear design course in Malaysia but to no avail.I thought of enrolling in a summer course of footwear design in Italy but it is very, very expensive.So I put it on hold. Now, that I have moved here, perhaps I can try to find any part time course in footwear design.Next thing I know, I was searching online for footwear design part time course.

I came across ITS website and was quite excited that they offer shoe design course. I sent an enquiry but did not hear anything. Then, I searched again and came across with Clothing Industry Training Authority (CITA) and sent an enquiry. And I received a response! I was flabbergasted and the rest was history. 

So far, I have attended three classes and last week I learnt colouring shoes using colour pencils and markers. For the first two classes, we were taught drawing techniques. Here are my homework;

Pencil drawing of shoes

Colouring using colour pencils

Colouring using markers

Ten more lessons to go and at the end of this course, students are required to prepare a presentation of shoes design which would be graded. Gasp... I have left school for a long time and the term grading kind of scares me. Keeping my fingers crossed.

sight-seeing: hong kong museum of history pt 2

The Hong Kong Museum of History houses a permanent exhibition of history of Hong Kong from prehistoric period to the reunification of Hong Kong to China.There is a section of natural environment and folk culture. It is worth to visit this museum if you are interested in history and of course to know more about Hong Kong.

From prehistoric section

From folk culture section - Chinese opera

From early growth of the city section

From modern metropolis section

What do you think? A trip to this museum is educational yet fun. There are few more museums on my to-visit list. Hhhmm... which is next?