Hong Kong day 4

Wheeee...1 cent paper money...back in 1940 something...

Day 3,we went to the IFC 2 tower in Hong Kong island to see the monetary info centre and look at the skyscraper view.The info centre displayed how money is made,the designs on the money,and the anti forgery features of paper money .Before that i didn't know that Hong Kong money was made by 3 different banks.Standard Chartered,HSBC,and one more that i forgot.

Unfortunately the lighting has botched my spying plans...

Remember your FA printing terms?

Pretty cool,all the notes have different mythical creatures on them.The first one is a dragon,second a phoenix,the rest I dunno

I spy with my little eye something beginning with "B"

Christmas decoration at the shopping mall part of the IFC

Also,we went to ride the Chinese Junk called 'Dukling".It's sponsored by the HK tourist board to attract tourists.1 hour 10 minutes ride roughly.It used to be an old fishing vessel but it was restored and is now used as a novelty boat and for filming movies.

I thought this was it.Jakun tourist right?This thing is actually a floating restaurant.Which is not doing such a good business by the looks of the empty interior...Also,I christian thee "Jei Juin".Reminds me of her drawing style.

I christian thee "Vincent".lol...that comes from going to CF right before flying off to Hong Kong.This sculpture was outside the Museum of Culture.

This guy's painting the view of HK island,eventhough it was a smoggy day.It always is a bit smoggy though.I suspect he's making up the colours anyway,and i think he's painting a night scene.

This is the Dukling,with masts tied down.

Masts lifted.Too bad couldn't take a full photo of the junk since I was onboard already.

It was pretty good sitting up on the highest deck.It was quite windy.I think most of the other tourists were either Malaysian or Singaporean though,by the way they talk.

Also,later on,we went to the Templer street night market.I think we went too early.Lonely Planet says it's the biggest night market in HK,but prolly not all the stalls were open yet when we visited.The best time to visit would be 8.00pm.We were there at 6.00pm.Still could see a few interesting stalls though.There was a row of stalls specialising in fortune telling,including one that used birds to pick out cards.Also,some...no,actually quite a lot...of stalls were selling sex toys.Dunno whether anyone would be brave enough to openly buy one in public.Afterwards like their neighbour or auntie come across them or something...and you know lah,women like to talk,and old women can lagi talk kau kau wan...

Nearby there was the Jade market.All the stalls were selling jade,so competition was very high.I saw one of the stalls selling those humongous mopit brushes made of horse tail hair and i told my parents.Then immediately the stall woman took down like a dozen brushes and spread them all over the table.And I didn't buy anything.I was lucky that she was polite and didn't use a jade statue or LV bag to belasah me and curse me in Cantonese or anything...

There was one stall that sold tagua nut carvings.So i bought one.The stall woman tied a Chinese knot on the spot to accompany the carving.Prolly I'll post a pic of it when I get my camera back from the workshop.It decided to continue being a bitch according to mood.

That's all for that day

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