My thoughts & experience in ShenZhen & Hong Kong

Hmmm…. What can I say about ShenZhen? Well, it is totally different from what I’ve expected or imagined in the first place. I expected to be welcomed by nice sceneries and would be able to enjoy the cold fresh air (something like Genting Highlands) as it supposedly winter over there.

But, it was so hot when I was there. It was almost like Malaysia except when there were cold breeze off and on. During the last day there, I decided to just put on my halted-neck top and go around and I sweated like a pig.

It was very hazy from the day one I touched down till the day I left. In ShenZhen itself, there are so many developments going on and there are factories everywhere. Thus, the pollution level there is extremely high.

In the bus on the way to our hotel for company event, with my colleague, Angeline.

Looking out from the bus. the entire ShenZhen is so hazy.

Finally get to meet up with my Hong Kong colleague, Elcote, again after 1 year apart! Love ya, babe!

Cute lovely panda bear given by my company as souvenir









































See how they did the direct translation. It was sponsored by Amway and as an international company, i think it is an unforgivable error. Basically it should be translated as 'Lets protect the greens together'


























Our 'Guardian' pharmacy, apparently is called 'Manning' in China, which simply translated as 'Everything works'


























We were all excited (for no reason) when we spotted the KFC Delivery Bicycles in China!

These are the only foods I ate in ShenZhen worth mentioning. The seafood was really fresh!

People in ShenZhen are okay in the sense that they are quite polite and good manner but the way they talk suggests otherwise, coz it sounded very rough & loud, it almost like they are having some arguments when they are merely making conversation and they can be mistaken as rude if you can’t catch what they say.

People there like to spit everywhere. Men & women, young & old. I think to them it is a norm as they have been brought up that way, but for us, we were so disgusted when we saw all the spits on the road. I practically stared at the ground when I walk the whole time so that I don’t step on anyone’s spit. YUCKS! Yet, the overall cleanliness in ShenZhen is quite satisfactory. You don’t really see much rubbish around compare to Malaysia.

What frightened me the most is that, there seems to have NO traffic rules in ShenZhen. First, their roads do not have any arrows painted so it’s hard for us to tell which direction the cars are coming from. Second, just when we thought we’ve figured it all out, suddenly there are cars coming from all directions. Third, not only we have to watch out for cars, the bicycles’ are as dangerous. Fourth, the ways their bus drivers drive are ruthless. Fifth, even when the pedestrian green-light is on, most drivers there still continue to drive thru and fight their way against the people who are crossing the road.

And talk about the shopping. I do not like to shop in ShenZhen. If the sellers/retailers are all the same in other parts of China, I would like to declare that I do not like to shop in China. They are all out to con people and if you are not good in bargaining, you might end up paying so much more. Frankly speaking, things there aren’t really that cheap, well, at least not all things are cheap. With the low air fares and business globalization these days, anyone can import products from China, Hong Kong, Korea easily and sell at a very reasonable price here. For example, a plain spaghetti straps top cost RM10 a piece and in ShenZhen it cost me RMB20. So it actually cost more or less the same.

We managed to cross over to Hong Kong for a day trip and did some shopping at the ‘Lui Yan Gai’ (Women Street) and bought a few accessories. People there are quite polite and the foods are generally nicer than ShenZhen. Oh I forgot to mentioned about the food in ShenZhen, one word, TASTELESS.

I bought some imitation branded T-shirts from Women Street and dumped in to my washing machine and washed with ‘Hand Wash’ setting. When I took out the shirts, the printing all shattered and now Keith can’t wear it anymore. Wasted my money!!! I’ll never buy any imitation shirt with printings anymore. Oh well, what did I expect anyway? Sigh…

Again I felt so cheated when I unpacked a long sleeve working shirt I bought for Keith. You see when I buy the shirt, it was suppose to be ‘Nautica’ brand, but when I unpacked the shirt, I found out it was actually ‘Hugo Boss’. They stick a Nautica’s sticker to cover the Hugo Boss’s label. Hmm… I wonder why they did that, coz Hugo Boss also not bad what.

Following are some shots in HK






















In the train to Hong Kong with my colleagues.













































The first thing we did was headed to the local 'Char Chan Teng' for breakfast.

Their 'Yao Char Koay' was really good. Even when it is cold, it is crispy and soft, unlike ours, once cold it would turned rubbery. I also love their 'Century Eggs Porridge'. Can't find the same in M'sia. :(

We walked pass the wet market and all seafood are alive. But most fish we saw already turned upside down though.


Some shots on the street in Hong Kong. It's a very busy and NOISY place from morning till late night.

After walking the whole day, everyone was so exhausted and we settled down in our of the restaurant for our dinner. We had our dinner real slow coz we were trying to rest as long as we can.

This is the most prestiges hotel (7 stars) in Hong Kong and according to my colleague a cup of coffee cost abt few hundred HK dollars. It is a common hang out place for all the celebrities so if you wish to bump in to your idol, this is a good place to go to.

Night views of the signboards

I was so fascinated by the lights on this bulding coz the lights could form different designs and wording, it looks really awesome!

One of the subway we went thru and the wall was painted with all these sort of paintings. It looks more like an Art Gallery instead of a subway.

Looking across from Hong Kong to ShenZhen.

Also took some pics at the Hong Kong's 'Walk of Fame'

Statue of late Bruce Lee

Hands print of Tony Leung

A lot of people sent their wishes to late Anita Mui. She is surely missed by many.


All in all, it was quite an experience and I would like to visit Hong Kong again with Keith in the near future but China….go sight seeing enough lah….I rather go shopping in Bangkok. Trust me, Bangkok is a better place to shop especially for people like me who am not good in bargaining, so that you won’t get cheated by those cunning people in China.

And one more thing, foods in Malaysia are still da BEST!