Saturday, September 15, 2007

HK Music Camp - Part 1

Was browsing thru my photos to find some with me playing erhu... apparently there wasn't many of those nicely taken... and then i saw the hk music camp photos... and i think i should be in the mood to start blogging abt it. haha! (after like more than a month) =P


Introduction
We (changle, desmond, michelle and i) were in hk from 28/7 to 6/8... out of the 10 days... the camp was only 7 days (29/7 to 4/8) and 5/8 was the concert. we arrived one day earlier than the rest.. and left only one day after the concert.

The Plane Rides...
We were lucky to take SQ flight, the courtesy of SCO. heex. We met at the airport early on 28/7 morning... happily board the plane to take us to hk... there were some problems initially regarding our instruments but eventually it was solved cos the flight wasn't full... and we were even luckier to be on a new plane! the seats, the tv, the table and everything is just so different from usual... Anyway. the main point was.. i watched Confession of Pain on my way there. :) I watch that cos i couldn't find that show in vcd shop for rental... dotx. And on my way back.. watched Paris de Je'taime... but i was so tired i fell asleep. =x due to the late night be4 lah... haha. And only managed to watch one third of Protege.. eh.. should have watched that first... er.. whatever. The food was not bad esp. on our way back. i like the fish and mashed potatoes. heex. And the ice cream! hahaha!



The place we stayed
We stayed at the Lei Yue Mun Park and Holiday Village throughout the 10 days we were there. So unlike the previous batches whereby they get to stay in hotel be4 and after the commencement and end of the camp lah. dotx. Ok.. so basically this place is built on a hill.. so we got to really exercise for the whole 10 days... every place we want to go bound to include some climbing... stairs or slopes.. u choose. then.. imagine. our luggage are ard 20kg and we got to drag/push (whichever way each of us used) up the slopes to get to where we stay. worse still... right after the camp ended whereby everyone else check out and return home except for us... we had to bring our stuff down and put at some place be4 we were given a new room to move to.. which implies we move everything up to the same place again. dotx. super tiring.




That building up there was where we stayed. err... for the girls.. for the guys... can't even see the building in sight.. they were further up.. and really. poor them. for that 7 days.





The route to go back after meals... long slope...


The alternative to go back after meals.. the stairs. quite a long way too..
In the end we found some short cut.. but then didn't take photo of it.

The whole place is actually booked by the camp so there's usually no one else other than the campers... which consisted of Youth Chinese Orchestra, Youth Choir and Junior Strings. total up to abt 300 ppl? Madness right.


The meals..
Very simple meals we have everyday... had our meals with a few strings guys... they are some nice ppl... told us a lot of things.. and taught the 3 of them some easy cantonese since i already knew some of them. Ya... they were all guys... so basically michelle and i were the only girls at the table...



A typical meal we had for the camp. with white rice and soup. they try to provide us with different food everyday lah... the steam egg only appeared the first 2 days we were there... but i like leh. tsk.


But as the days go by.. realised that the food aren't enough for 8guys and 2 girls... dotx. i think too many guys ard already. mic and i didn't even get to eat much after all. cos we were slower.. haha! I think it's always the breakfast that is nicer... with bread lah. corn sauced chicken/pork was one of the favourites too.. :)


Ironically... the best meal we got was outside the campsite... really sumptuous!


Really the best... thou i didn't really had a lot.. i dunno why. they guys had their fill finally i guess.. haha!! Thanks to the manager who brought us there... and thanks hk for treating us. haha! =x

That's all first... i'm tired!!!!

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