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Saying our goodbyes to Hongkong and onto Thailand, Chiang Mai!

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                                         ~ DAY 1 ~ Jan 3rd, 2026, a tiresome flight later to Chiang Mai... > Chiang Mai Night Bazaar If weren't for a nap after that heck of a flight, I wouldn't even be standing anymore... I haggardly comment to oneself, staring at the beaming lights coming from the stalls at Chiang Mai Night Bazaar. Staring would be a mere understatement, actually. Staring whilst starstruck would be more like it. I'd never seen anything like it. The atmosphere is bright, filled with energy as conversations fill the air. It's almost thrilling to me when I witness all of this, contagiously passing on its vibe. I unexpectedly find myself shocked at the number of tourists I see roaming around the night market, despite being in such a place before. This... this feeling. It's new. And I love it. When you're enjoying yourselves a little bit too much, time feels like it's...
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Starting the first day of 2026 at Disneyland!!

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  Jan 1st, 2026 It's the first day of 2026. After midnight's turn of events filled with uncontrollable laughter - which unbelievably was only a matter of hours ago -, today will be the last day of Tito Ram, Tita Pretty, Mamu and Cubby's time in Hongkong. They'll be leaving to go to the airport and to return  back  home in Thailand.  I give all of my family members who are returning home a tight embrace. The memories we'd made, the late night conversations, the tiredness we'd all been through together, it comes flooding in my mind. We exchange our goodbyes, and it feels so hard just to stand there and watch them leave. And I can sense that Ninang and Mum are feeling a similar emotion. * Mum, Ninang and I glance at each other after the train ride from our hotel, as if we're all telepaths, and can distinctively tell what we're analysing. The familiar crowds that are formed is what ticks us all off.  This is going to take forever just to get inside... * Des...
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Location: Lantau Island, Hong Kong
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A New Years Eve spent in Hongkong!!

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December 31st, 2025 - Prologue, before main events * When Mum mentioned about the breakfast buffet   , it was excruciatingly hard to hide my enthusiasm over it. I beam ed as I enter Cafe Circles, fists out with a silent "Yess!" with the sight of food. I c ould eat an elephant. As usual, there is an assortment of pastries, toast, with choices of jam and spreads to go along with it. My eyes trail over to the Asian section, and my mouth is drooling just right about now. Porridge, soups, fried rice, but the main prize of all... "I'M GETTING TTEOK-BOKKI."  As a proud Asian, I stride over to the steaming pot of tteokbokki, grab myself a piping hot bowl of it, get back to my table, and consume it. This particular cycle continues before coming into the realization that... Several bowls of tteok-bokki later... " Uhm, guys? I think I ate too much tteok-bokki." I sheepishly admit as I pat my stomach, and all I get is a disapproving look from Mum. Fair enough ...
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Location: 8 Yeung Uk Rd, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
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