I finally take my first trip inside the H & M store and it was 'okay'. Their clothes were average but the price and the quality were competitive. Since I couldn't find any biking jerseys for my spoiled husband, I just bought him shirts praying that I would somehow appease his craving for those damn jerseys. Big mistake. The shirts and the few items I had bought for myself turned out to be a heavy package which I had to lag around HK. Gosh, it was only 11:30 and my right arm was already stiffening up.
After H & M, we peaked inside the newly renovated Landmark mall before riding the MTR for lunch at Causeway Bay. In all my trips to HK, this is the first time I can remember being in Causeway Bay. My mom says we used to go there when I was younger but I hardly remember the place now that I was standing in the middle of Jaffe Road ready to feast on any restaurant that would catch our fancy. After about 10 minutes of walking, we settled on a place that had chinese symbols and a line out front and started our ritual of pointing at the food to be ordered. What a yummy resto! But as I said, its name was in chinese symbols so I can't even recommend the place to you. All I know is that it was on Jaffe Road....
After lunch, Maja brought us to the Laforet Mall. Its a quaint three-storey building which houses boutique shops that carry not so popular brands. I actually enjoy shopping in places like these because at least you dont stand the risk of wearing the same thing as the person beside you. The place was similar to maybe Granville or Greenhills but a little more high-end naman. You could still find nice pieces at reasonable prices.
After the trendy Laforet, Maja directed us by foot to the Times Square Mall. I forgot to mention that this was also Jaz and Ria's first time in the area. Upon reaching the place, we wasted time pa outside looking at the surrounding stores which of course baffled Maja. She couldn't understand why we were spending so much time there when 'heaven' was inside Times Square. True enough, upon entering the mall, the four of us disbursed and tried to enter as many stores as we could. There were just too many stores with too little time. After about 2 hours of roaming around, the girls finally gave up! Since the MTR was supposedly under the building, we decided to take the train instead of getting a cab. What a mistake! The tunnel leading up to the MTR was super loooooooong. Hay naku. And to top it off, we even had to walk from the Tsim Sha Tsui station back to our hotel. By the time I got to my hotel room, my legs and arms were in dire need of Alaxan.
Ria still had the energy to run around while the 3 of us rested. Before dark, Ria had gone back and was forcing us to get off our lazy butts since this was technically our last night in HK. Of the numerous stores we passed on our way to dinner, the one that caught our fancy was HOMELESS. When you have a tool wrench for a doorknob, you cant help but be curious at the stuff they had in their store. True enough, they had all this fancy, one of a kind items that would rival Ikea or maybe even Z Gallery. We had fun poking around and Maja even bought me a souvenir. Sweet.
For the third day in a row, we ate in Happy Garden again. Im sure you would think that by now we would be saturated with their food but as you can see, we were still very excited to eat at this place. As Maja so aptly described, we had a PIESTA! My rice quota for a month was ingested in that meal alone. 
After dinner, we rolled ourselves over to the Star Ferry terminal where you could catch fantastic views of HK at night. It was actually a chilly evening but the skies were clear and it was our way of relieving ourselves of the sin of gluttony. Heehee. Our minds were dictating on us to head on over to Mongkok to do some night shopping but our bodies could no longer move. Even Ria had to raise the white flag! By 11, we were savoring our last night here as we took our slow stroll back to the hotel. Not to worry, we still have tom. for our last minute errands....
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