Itinerary Hong Kong - Macau 2011

DAY 1 (FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2011)

Book Blue Bird Taxi for 07.00 AM.

Flight Jakarta – Singapore

Time : 11.15 – 14.10

Flight No : TR2275 Tiger Air

Conf. No : F2S6AT

Terminal : T2

DAY 2 (SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2011)

Book taxi for 10.40 PM.

Flight Singapore – Hongkong

Time : 13.40 – 17.40

Flight No : TR2966 Tiger Air

Conf. No : I2TDBS

Terminal : Budget Terminal

Cosmic GuesthouseAddress:
Get Directions

Address : 12th Floor, Block F1 (Reception)

Mirador Mansion,

54-64 Nathan Road,

Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Phone : (852) 2369-6669

MRT : Tsim Sha Tsui

How :

Take Airport Express train to Kowloon station and then get Airport Express Free Shuttle Bus number K3 alight at Holiday Inn Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. Mirador Mansion is just beside the hotel.

Ticket : Adult 90 HKD, Children 45 HKD

Take the entrance (there should be an Exchange Shop on the right side inside the entrance), you should see elevator on your right side. Take the elevator that is nearest to Nathan Road entry and the one that goes to even floor. Go to 12th floor. When you exit at the 12/F, you should see us on your right hand side.

DAY 3 (SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2011)

Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car to Giant Budha

Direction : MTR Tung Chung Exit B, then take Ngong Ping Cable Car.

Schedule : Weekdays: 10:00am - 6:00pm

Weekends & Public Holidays: 9:00am - 6:30pm

Cable Car Fares	ROUND TRIP	SINGLE TRIP
Adult	HKD 107	HKD 74
Children	HKD 54	HKD 38

Citygate Oulets

Direction : MTR Tung Chung

Schedule : 10.00 to 22.00

Star Ferry Trip to Central

Address : Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Terminal

MTR : Tsim Sha Tsui

Schedule : 0630 to 2330 hours, every 10 minutes

Ticket : Weekdays, Upper Deck: Adult 2.5 HKD; Children 1.5 HKD

Holidays, Upper Deck: Adult 3 HKD; Children 1.8 HKD

HK Tram Ding-Ding

Schedule : 06.00 – 24.00 (Recommend: between 09:30 and 12:00, 14:30 and 17:00, and after 19:00)

Route : Central Eastward to Wanchai

Symphony of Light

Direction : MTR Tsim Sha Tsui

Schedule : 20.00 PM

Ticket : free

DAY 4 (MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2011)

Disney HK

Direction : Take MTR Tung Chung (Orange) to Sunny Bay station.

Transfer to Disney train in Sunny Bay.

If using Tsuen Wan line (Red), transfer @ Lai King

Schedule : 10:00am - 7:00pm

Ticket : Adult 350 HKD, Children 250 HKD

Mickey’s PhilharMagic, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Space Mountain, Jungle River Cruise

DAY 5 (TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2011)

Macau via China Ferry Terminal

Adress : China Ferry Terminal

Direction : MTR Kowloon

Schedule : 07.00 – 23.00 every 30 mins

Last trip from Macau: 22.30 PM

FirstFerry Ticket Fares	WEEKDAYS	HOLIDAYS
Tsim Sha Tsui to Macau (Day Sailing)	HKD 133	HKD 148
Macau to Tsim Sha Tsui (Night after 18.00)	HKD 175	HKD 175

Cotai Jet Ticket Fares	WEEKDAYS	HOLIDAYS
TST to Taipa Terminal (Day Sailing)	HKD 134	HKD 146
Taipa Terminal to TST (Night / after 18.00)	HKD 168	HKD 168

Depart: 0800, 1000, 1200 to Macau

Return: 0930, 1400, 1730 to TST

Take free shuttle bus to Hotel Lisboa and walk to Senado Square and Ruin of St. Paul. Back to ferry and take shuttle bus to Venetian Macau and City of Dreams.

DAY 6 (WED, MARCH 30, 2011)

Ocean Park

Direction : Go to MTR Admiralty. Once there, find the bus station located at Exit B and get on to Citybus Route 629.

Schedule : 10.00 am – 1800 pm

Ticket : Adult HK$250. Child (3-11) HK$125

DAY 7 (THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011)

Avenue of Stars

Direction : MTR Tsim Sha Tsui

Schedule : 24 hours

Ticket : free

Victoria Peak – Peak Tram

Address : Mount Austin Rd

MTR : N/A

How :

· Get off the Star Ferry in Central and out of the pier to the road. Walk to your right along the road.

· Take a Bus Number 15C, often open-top, from outside Star Ferry pier in Central on HK Island

· Get roundtrip ticket that include Madame Tussaud in Peak Tram station

Madame Tussaud

Address : Victoria Peak

MTR : N/A

Open : 10.00 – 22.00

Ticket : (Incld Peak Tram): Adult 180HKD, Children 90 HKD

17.00 – 18.30 To Airport

Direction : Take Bus No A21

Bus Stop : 83 Nathan Road before Haiphong Road

Address : opposite TST Station (Exit D1), outside TSTMansion

Schedule : Mo - Fri 0530 to 2400 hours, every 15 minutes

Ticket : Adult: 33 HKD; Children: 16.5 HKD

Flight Hongkong – Singapore

Time : 20.35 – 00.35

Flight No : TR2965 Tiger Air

Conf. No : I2TDBS

Terminal : T2

DAY 8 (FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011)

Book taxi for 05.30 AM.

Flight Singapore - Jakarta

Time : 08.10 – 08.55

Flight No : TR2274 Tiger Air

Conf. No : F2S6AT

Terminal : Budget Terminal

OPTIONAL ATTRACTIONS

Stanley Market

MTR : Hong Kong Station

Direction : Stanley Market Road, Stanley, Hong Kong Island (MTR Hong Kong Station Exit D and take bus 6, 6A, 6X, 66 or 260 from Exchange Square Bus terminus, Central)
Schedule : 10:30 – 18:30

Ladies Market

MTR : Mongkok

Schedule : 12.00 – 23.30

Direction : take MTR Mong Kok Station Exit E2, then walk along Nelson Street for two blocks.

Repulse Bay

MTR : N/A

Schedule : 24 hours

Direction : Bus 6, 6A, 6X, 66 or 260 from Exchange Square Bus Terminus (MTR Hong Kong Station Exit D) and alight at Repulse Bay.

Noah’s Ark

Address : Park Island

MTR : N/A

Schedule : 10.00 – 18.00

Direction : Take ferry to Park Island at Central Pier 2 (MTR Hong Kong Station Exit E1 and walk through the ifc mall to Central Pier 2)

Singapore - KL Trip

Itinerary ini dibuat waktu mau jalan2 ke Singapore dan lanjut ke KL bulan Juli 2010. Gak semuanya berhasil dijalanin, entah karena gak sempat atau udah kecapekan. Tapi 80% lebih udah sesuai dengan timetable yang dibuat. Yang mau nyontek, silakan....

DAY 0 (FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010)
Book Blue Bird Taxi for 05.15 hrs.

DAY 1 (SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2010)
05.15 – 11.10 Flight to Singapore

Footprints Hostels
Coordinate: N 01 18' 11.9", E 103 51' 08.8"
Website: http://www.footprintshostel.com.sg/
Address: 25A Perak Road (Grid 6E on map)
Nearest MRT: Little India
Take Taxi to Footprints Hostels,
Fare 20 SGD including airport surcharge

Singapore River
MRT: Clarke Quay
Take a walk to Raffles Monument, crossing bridge near Fullerton Hotel, and go to Merlion Park.

Merlion Park
@ Fullerton Road, near Spore Cricket Club

Esplanade
MRT North East Line, transfer at Dhoby Gaut, take North South Line to City Hall.

Suntec City
Fountain of Wealth laser show: 20.00, 20.30 and 21.00 hrs

DAY 2 (SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010)

Science Centre
Address: 15 Science Centre Road
MRT: Jurong East
Open: 1000 hrs – 1800 hrs (Tue – Sun)
Ticket: Adult 9 SGD, Children 5 SGD

Orchard
Address: Orchard Road
MRT: Orchard, Somerset, or Dhoby Ghaut

Vivo City
MRT: Harbour Front

National Museum of Singapore
Address: 26 Seah Street
MRT: City Hall
Open: 1800 hrs – 2000 hrs
Ticket: free

DAY 3 (JULY 5, 2010)

Sentosa
Take MRT North East Line (Blue Line) from Little India to Harbour Front
Go to Vivo City Level 3 and take Sentosa Express LRT. Tickets 3 SGD, include admission to Sentosa

Universal Studio
Address: @ Sentosa
MRT: Harbour Front
Open: 0900 hrs – 1900 hrs
Ticket: Adult 66 SGD, Children 48 SGD

Merlion @ Sentosa
Open: 1000 hrs – 2000 hrs
Ticket: Adult 8 SGD, Children 5 SGD

Songs of the Sea
Open: 1940 hrs and 2040 hrs
Ticket: Adult & Children 10 SGD

Sentosa Luge
Open: 1000 hrs – 2130 hrs
Ticket: 28 SGD (four ride family pass)

Segway
Open: 1000 hrs – 2130 hrs
Ticket: Adult 12 SGD

DAY 4 (JULY 6, 2010)

Mint Museum of Toys
Address: 26 Seah Street
MRT: City Hall
Open: 0930 hrs – 1830 hrs
Ticket: 24 SGD (four person family pass)

How Par Villa
Address: 262 Pasir Panjang ROad
MRT: Harbour Front, take bus No. 10, 30, 51, 143
Open: 0900 hrs – 1900 hrs
Ticket: free

Networking
Address: Simei Apartment
MRT: Simei

Bugis
Address: Simei Apartment
MRT: Bugis

DAY 5 (WED, JUL 7, 2010)
0800 – 1210 hrs Flight Spore - KL
1300 – 1400 hrs To Hotel

LCCT – KL Sentral
By Bus:
Go to SkyBus ticket booths at LCCT, or at the SkyBus platform at LCCT.
Tickets included in flight ticket price.
Bus departs every 30 mins from LCCT, starting from 0700 hrs.

KL Sentral – Tune Hotel
Use Taxi. Fare is around 15
Hotel: Tune Hotels
Address: 316 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, 50100 Kuala Lumpur
Nearest MRT: Medan Tuanku Monorail

1500 – 2100 hrs Batu Caves n Bukit Bintang

Batu Caves
Direction:
By bus: bus 11 and 11D from Central Market, alight at the Hindu Temple.
Bangkok Bank di Jalan Tun H.S.Lee di tengah-tengah pusat kota KL
By train: use KTM Commuter to Sentul Station

Bukit Bintang
Direction: take Putra LRT to Bukit Bintang

DAY 6 (THURSDAY, JUL 8, 2010)

07.30 – 2100 hrs Petronas and City Tour

Petronas & KLCC
Direction: take Putra LRT to KLCC.
Visiting hours are from 9 am to 7 pm daily except Mondays.
Visit Days: Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Monday)
Visit Hours: From 9 am to 7 pm (closed for Friday Prayer from 1pm to 2:30pm)
Issuance of Tickets: from 8:30 am daily except Monday

Sultan Abdul Samad Building
Address: Jl. Raja Laut
Direction: take LRT to Mesjid Jamek or Bandaraya RapidKL

Jalan Petaling
Direction: take Putra LRT to Maharajalela
Open: 1900 hrs – 2400 hrs

Central Market
Direction: take Putra LRT to Pasar Seni
Open: 1000 hrs – 2200 hrs

DAY 7 (FRIDAY, JUL 9, 2010)

07.30 – 2100 hrs Genting Highland

Genting Highland

KL – Genting

Take Genting Express Bus Service, from Puduraya Bus Terminal or KL Sentral Station

Genting Express Bus Fares (Incl Cable Car)	ADULT TICKET	CHILD TICKET
Puduraya to Genting Highlands Resort	RM8.50	RM6.80
KL Sentral to Genting Highlands Resort	RM8.30	RM6.70

Pudu Raya (@ Plaza Rakyat – Ampang Line)
Counter No.43, Ground Floor, Terminal Puduraya
Depart: 07.30, 08.30, 09.30

KL Sentral
Counter: lower ground floor, below escalator
Depart: 08.00, 09.00, 10.00

Genting – KL or Ikea

Genting Express Bus Fares (Bus only)	ADULT TICKET	CHILD TICKET
Skyway B4 (Sri Layang)* to Puduraya	RM3.50	RM1.80
Skyway B4 (Sri Layang)* to KL Sentral	RM3.70	RM1.70
Skyway B4 (Sri Layang)* to One Utama (Ikea)	RM3.50	RM1.80

Lower Genting Skyway Station at Basement Level 4(B4) operates hours from 8.45am to 8.30pm daily for express bus tickets to any of the Go Genting Express bus station.


Chin Swee Temple

From Genting Highland take Awana Skyway to Chin Swee Station. Ticket RM 3.00


DAY 8 (SATURDAY, JUL 10, 2010)

11.00 – 15.55 hrs Flight KL - Jakarta

GOING HOME

KL Downtown – LCCT
By KLIA Transit:
Train schedule: start from 0725 hrs until 0035 hrs, every 30 mins. Arrive at LCCT in 52 mins.
Buy ticket at KLIA Transit counter at KL Sentral. Fare RM 12.5 adult, RM 6 Children.
Tickets sold from 0500 hrs to 0100hrs
Train schedule: start from 0533 hrs until 0033 hrs, every 30 mins

Best Friend

Di film Valentine’s Day (Warner Bros, 2010), si tokoh utama yang baru aja gagal bertunangan bertanya ke rekan sekerjanya.

“Hey, tell me something. How'd you and your wife get it so right?”
(Gimana sih caranya kamu dan istrimu bisa klop banget?)

“That`s easy. I married my best friend,” jawab si teman.
(Mudah saja. Itu karena aku menikahi teman baikku.)

Best friend. Itu keyword-nya.

Menurut ezine (http://ezinearticles.com/), setiap ahli/konsultan perkawinan, pasti memiliki daftar kriteria apa saja yang membentuk pernikahan yang sehat. Masing-masing biasanya memiliki kriteria yang berbeda. Namun, ada satu yang selalu muncul di daftar tersebut di setiap nasihat, artikel, dan kolom tentang pernikahan: true friendship. Cinta, sex, dll, tentu saja penting, tapi true friendship-lah yang dapat mengikat erat suatu pernikahan dan menjaganya bagai karang yang tahan ditempa gelombang cobaan.

Ada yang bilang “Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.” Ketika seseorang tahu luar dalam tentang pasangannya: hal yang disukai/tidak disukai, harapan, cita-cita, kebiasaan, dll, itu artinya ia memang sobat karib sang pasangan. Dan itu lah yang aku rasakan dari istriku.

Dia tahu diriku luar dalam.
Dia mendengar apa yang terucap dan yang tak terucapkan,
seolah-olah bisa membaca pikiranku.
Dengannya, aku bisa berbagi perasaan gembira, sedih, atau marah.
Bersamanya aku bisa menjadi diriku sesungguhnya.
Tak perlu takut terlihat tidak mampu kalau memang tidak mampu.

Dirinya lah yang menyembuhkan perasaan terluka.
Yang tahu semua kelemahanku, tapi menunjukkan kekuatanku.
Merasakan ketakutanku, tapi menguatkan keyakinanku.
Mengenali ketidaberdayaanku, tapi mendorong kemampuanku.
She brings out the best in me!

Untuk istriku, Sisi, you are my best friend!

"You're the best friend that I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
and I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you

You're the first one
when things turn out bad
In rain or shine
you've stood by me girl
I'm happy at home
You're my best friend."

(taken from You’re My Best Friend, Queen, 1975).

Honey, I AM happy at home…
Happy 11th Anniversary

(c) created by MZ

BM#10 - Life Has A Funny Way...

Life has a funny way of helping you out... [1]
***

Frank Slazak had always dreamed of becoming an astronaut. He held on to his dream.Then one day, NASA opened application for civilian to become austronaut. He filled the application, prayed and continued to dream. But he was not selected. Although many of his friends consoled him, he still couldn't get over it. “Why, God?”

"Tuesday, January 28, 1986, the day I had dreamed about for 25 years, found me gathered with those that I had shared my failed dream with: my students, my family, and people from my community, along with members of the media. We all came to witness history. We watched as the space shuttle Challenger lifted off the launch pad. As it cleared the launch tower, I challenged my dream one final time. God, I would do anything to be in that shuttle. Why can't that be me? 73 seconds later, God answered all of my questions and invalidated all of my doubts as the Challenger exploded, killing everyone on board, including teacher Christa McAuliffe." [2]

***

Someone I know was desperately in need of money to continue building his house. And then he prayed: “God, please give me fortune from any unexpected direction.” What happened next? His office was acquired by bigger company from overseas and many employees were laid off, including him. Why, God?, he asked. He still couldn’t believe what happened, because it was totally the opposite of what he wished. But then God show his ‘funny’ way of helping us out. The employer gave him enough ‘golden shakehand’ money to finish the building of the house. And not more than a month, he was accepted in a new company with salary almost double than the previous one. Isn’t that amazing?

***

Does God grant your wish and deliver it in a beautiful package? No, God does not deliver what you wish in its beautiful form. Instead, He deliver it in an ugly, complicated, and uneasy-to-open package. The question is: why?

That is because He wants to see you to open the gift with patience, one wrap after the other, little by little, minute by minute, on and on. Never stop nor quit, until the last wrap is open and you finally find exactly what you want inside the package.

Truly, there is nothing we can do except to always have a good prejudice on every gift from Him, whether it is pleasure or pain. For even the pain is just a wrapping, where we must have faith that we accept the pain only because He wants us to open the wrapping with love.

Let’s accept anything that happens to us, be it a good or ‘bad’ thing, with love. Og Mandino once put it in beautiful sentences:

“I will look on all things with love and be born again.

I will love the sun for it warms my bones;
yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit.

I will love the light for it shows me the way;
yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars.

I will welcome happiness as it enlarges my heart;
yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul.

I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due;
yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.” [3]

[1] Ironics by Alanis Morisette
[2] A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
[3] The Greates Salesman in the World by Og Mandino

c) created by MZ

BM#09 - Where Am I?

1983, a Korea Airlines Flight 007 was flying over the Sea of Japan. The weather was clear with some scattered clouds. Everything seemed normal, but the pilot didn’t realize that they flew over the prohibited Soviet airspace. Suddenly, two Soviet Sukhoi jet intercepted the aircraft. Two missiles were launched and struck the aircraft, causing it to spiral down and crash into the sea. All the passengers and crew aboard were killed.

The incident was caused by a navigational error and it could have been avoided by using a GPS. What is GPS? The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based global navigation system using 24 satellites launched by U.S. Department of Defense. GPS was originally intended for military applications, but following the Korea Airline incidents, President Ronald Reagan ordered the U.S. military to make the GPS available for civilian use so that navigational errors like that could be averted in the future.

GPS provides reliable positioning, navigation, and timing services to worldwide users on a continuous basis in any weather conditions, any time of day or night, anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day. And what’s best: it’s free.

How does GPS work? GPS 24 satellites broadcast signals from space that are used by GPS receivers to provide three-dimensional coordinates (latitude, longitude, and altitude). For user, this lat-long information does not mean anything unless they use a map. The map is a road database where every square meter is encoded as geographic coordinates. Every time you move, your coordinates change. The GPS receiver will calculate your coordinates, find the exact coordinate in the map, and then display your location in the map. Hence, it is important to have an accurate map. Inaccuracy of the map will lead to navigational errors.

The map viewer can be in any forms. It can be a standalone GPS receiver with LCD display, a cellular phone with GPS capability, or, like what I am currently using, a GPS bluetooth combined with cellphone.

How can GPS be used in everyday life? The basic function of GPS is, of course, to find a destination. After we find a destination, we can ask GPS to create a route to it. The map automatically opens with the route to destination is marked with colored line. Audio instructions will be provided by the GPS to tell us the turn-by-turn direction.



Another basic service of the GPS is to provide information about nearby points of interest (POI). POI can be anything, from ATM machines, hospitals, gas stations, police stations, amusement park, restaurants, hotels, and many more.

More advance service from GPS provide not only precise driving directions, they can also receive and display information on traffic congestion and suggest alternate routes. They can inform you the cheapest hotel available nearby, the cheapest gas stations, or they can even inform you a free space in parking lot. Unfortunately these services are still not available in Indonesia.

My fellow toastmasters, with the abundant capabilities of GPS, you don’t have to worry when traveling in an unknown locations. All you have to do is hit the ‘Where Am I’ button, and the GPS will take care all the rest. And you can proudly say: “Follow me, I have GPS”

[Source: wikipedia, Garmin Mobile XT Owners Manual]

(c) created by MZ

How to Add Slideshow in Your Blog

Here’s the step-by-step guide to add Slideshow like the one shown in this blog:

• Using your Google account, open Picasa Web Album in http://picasaweb.google.com
• Once you’re in Picasa, click Upload button

• Choose the album where you want to put the pictures (if you already had one), or create new album. Let’s say that we want to create new album. Click ‘create a new album’

• Enter the description of your new album. Choose the visibility of your album. Public: anyone can view your public albums on your public gallery. Unlisted: only those who have the secret link can see your album. Sign-in required to view: Only those you specify by name can view your photos. Click Continue.

• Select photos to upload by browsing to their locations. You can only upload five photos at a time. Click Start Upload.

• Your Picasa album is now ready.
• Click Link to this album.

• Click Embed Slideshow.

• Copy all the words in ‘Copy and paste this into your website:” box. Click Done.

• Sign in to your blog at blogspot.com
• Go to Dashboard, select Layout, and then Page Elements.
• Click Add a Gadget. Choose HTML/JavaScript widget.
• Put the title of the widget. You might want to name it ‘Slideshow.’
• Paste all the words you copy from Picasa in the Content box.

• Adjust the width and height of your slideshow. The slideshow in my blog is set at width="200" height="175". Click Save.
• Your slideshow widget is now ready in your blog.

(c) images: private collections; words: by MZ