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香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS | Its been a while on The Star Ferry- Part two…..

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“What ….It’s only in between 2.80 to 3.40 Hong Kong Dollars on the Star Ferry between Tsim Sha Tsui to Central.. Awesome…!”

Having watching out for the Star Ferry terminal signs in which are written in Traditional Chinese also in English, in which most of the Street signs in Hong Kong with moderately modestly display with black fonts with a with background……….  Then Finding the terminal in which departs towards Central on Hong Kong Island is walking towards to right hand side of the center corridor in which is noticeable with the tea shop, with the cute various Chinese traditional teapots… in which nearby before then the “Discover Hong Kong” was helpful in getting the right maps, also getting to reconnect with the place…. One thing I did notice is to best to ask a lot of questions, in which I did… in reconnecting with the place..

Having walking up the flight of those nostalgic, those very nostalgic stairs in which leads towards the terminal waiting room… looking onwards to the thinking back… to another exit gateway below… Seeing, thinking of the couple whom meet up at that faithful night, Ruby and Josh walking towards the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade, catching up from all those years from a point in Lan Kwai Fong, on how he was inspired by her of going in writing his novel, then also as she found herself adventuring in becoming an expat, in finding herself, working in Hong Kong as a Chief Designer for toys.. Walking towards with that Grown up ever so changing city neonic city landscape…

As I watching that Gateway as they left those two behind, it was morning thinking, inspiring of those two.. as I walked up that terminal, seeing the place aged transitioning from my childhood years slightly fresh with those bold whites, hospital mint greens, towards the late 1989’s where the place is noticeable worn, then now walking back retracing those steps, seeming finding that sense of nostalgic aroma, back reconnecting.. as in the distance there’s something new, an Octopus entry terminal, with the harbor watery smell from a busy Victoria harbor.. Looking at one of the iconic views through the Deco style window picture framing individual of each view of Hong Kong Island, from the eastern towards the western side of the Island… With those plastic well-kept form sixty chairs like they been there seventies…

 

香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS| The Star Ferry- Photographer @KevinJamesNg

香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS| The Star Ferry- Photographer @KevinJamesNg

 

As I approached, the semi-circular room terminal, as I sat down on those retro plastic seats, awaiting for my passage for the ferry ride towards Victoria Harbour, in which, I then later onwards standing up, to examining recollecting, reconnecting of looking back.. That terminal room, looking at the through the deco style window frames, as the picture ever so constantly changes timelessly… As the harbor waves hit the Tsim Sha Tsui pier arithmetically rhythmically… Looking at the late morning city cape of Hong Kong island, thinking back at Ruby and Josh what have they been doing together before they reconnected,  Thinking of that Ruby just finished of doing work at her office as well Josh, just taking a break on his novel writing. While taking the island view in while photographing the view through the windows..

As I turn from looking at the rectangle timeless pictured frames that painted Hong Kong Island ever-changing of Hong Kong Island to a view of looking down at the terminal, north wise to east thinking of also of someone as well, of the same Ruby coloured name.

As I turn backwards to the view of Hong Kong, frame by window frame, in that semi-circular waiting room looking ahead as the inbound ferry starts to berth of loading the passengers from Victoria Harbour, noticing that the place haven’t changed since, only with, with a few slight modifications along the way with some well maintain structures, paint work with TVB broadcasting news with insider TV in the background on that flat screen panel TV..  Still retaining that nostalgic feel all those years ago…

As the gates terminal gates open up to board on the ferry, I look back to where Ruby and Josh, also towards walking down to the plank entering on board the ferry, then finding that seating with those old school sitting benches along the either side of the ferry, then looking at where Ruby was standing with Josh Catching up all those years.. Then onwards to Victoria Harbour…

香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS | That Star Ferry been a while – Part one

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香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS | it’s been a while on a Star Ferry Photographer @KevinJamesNg
香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS | it’s been a while on a Star Ferry Photographer @KevinJamesNg

“…..DAY TWO… intriguing adventuring recreating walks… also it’s been a while on a Star Ferry ……”

 

There’s this scene in “its Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong” on the Star Ferry as it transits from Hong Kong Island, from Victoria Harbour terminal towards Tsim Sha Tsui…  Where an expat whom reading lost into middle of a novel, in the middle front of an old colonial style  Star Ferry, then takes his eyes from the book that he’s reading,  to the view of the Hong Kong night city scene until he see someone in the close distance,  in that close distance he knew only recent years ago, from that he walks towards to her, making sure it’s that American Chinese girl with her long black hair pony tailed wearing that red silk blouse, with black skirt, , whom recently arrived lost in Lan Kwai Fong long time ago that he met…walking up to her.. Finding it’s her as they reconnected their moments back years ago… “Ruby…!”

That’s also my reconnection, as walk downwards towards Tsim Sha Tsui Star ferry terminal, Orthough not meeting up with Ruby- Jamie Chung Orthough like too with Josh –Bryan Greenberg, in getting to know more of that scene.. Looking at that reconnection with that scene in finding where point in scene is where he sat, also where she stood looking outwardly into the Hong Kong Island night life filled with that city neonic landscape…  But seeing that scene unraveling backwards as I walked to the Ferry Terminal,  in which finding that terminal, is relatively easily to find with that nostalgic feel as I walk towards the terminal, along the finding the bus terminal that interconnects in between the local various neighborhoods in Hong Kong..

Walking towards the terminal, looking at the classical timeless blue space age, space station construction beams that seen from by childhood they were freshly painted, as now the place is now seeming has shown it well truly age… You can see the place changed in the progression of time from its World War Two construction, as I walked under its 1960’s space age framed type much needing painted roofing… noticing the pavement hasn’t really changed much from my childhood years, with only finding it matured age fully with worn out gracefully smoothed as it been constantly walked throughout time..

Continues…………………….

香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS | THE OCTOPUS CARD…….day two….

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This, your, my Octopus card is far more important than this card in the late 1980’s Diners card advert… Really  is…!

One of the most important pieces of plastics, with a magnetic strip including a NFC chip, is the “Octopus Card”; it has the same dimensions of a standard Credit card, with exclusive features…  As from the first post written that arriving onto back to Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, as coming back to Hong Kong, the first thing was on my mind beside customs, immigration, Accommodation, also that of my luggage was having too much fun on the carousel…..

Having getting re accustomed with my first Home of three, Hong Kong… adventuring setting foot wise onwards to Nathan Road to Tsim Sha Tsui Subway station in which is in the corner of  Nathan Road, Haiphong Road..  Having walking downwards towards the stations reception in awaiting in line for the inquiry in purchasing one, at the MTR Customer service Center, in which is normally located in the center of the stations between the inwards and outwards flow of the stations hall

After purchasing an Octopus Card, with a deposit for one, is at 50 Hong Kong Dollars (~ 10NZD), in which you can top it up following amount that you required, but a good 100 Hong Dollars (~20 NZD) will do it for a generally getting you by for a week or least that’s depends of how you travel in between unitizing the subways trains, the ferries, Trams and bus network systems travelling in between Hong Kong Island also New Territories … but for now it’s best topped up the card least 300 HKD (~ 60 NZD) for just in case just to get you by in case that you don’t use it to shop for food, groceries, in Octopus Cards affiliated stores in which most places are affiliated with an octopus card NFC reader instore, or a sticker labelled outside the store…. Also if you can’t find the nearest subway station customer center to top up your card you could try the nearest Seven eleven stores around normal open least 24/7…….

When you try to get to know the subway station networking neighbourhood around it’s best to grab a subway map from the customer service center, or there’s a “Hong Kong MTR – iOS App” in which finding it very usefully when there’s various updates with networks that you’re travelling within, the app provides with ambulances of useful information having using it of find the times, best directions on which train route that I’m on or travelling too.. Somehow wondering how along the way of how did I lead myself writing up from Octopus card to MTR network that’ll be another on another post.. but they are very much in a really good relationship together

香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS | There’s park around the corner- Kowloon Park…..

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One of the many illustrated steps of Kowloon Park, Nathan Road… Photographer @KevinJamesNg -2016
One of the many illustrated steps of Kowloon Park, Nathan Road… Photographer @KevinJamesNg -2016

Exploring adventurously bit by bitty, there’s the park around the corner, its call Kowloon Park, it sits alongside within Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon also it mostly my morning walking haunts as I explore around already tomorrow in Hong Kong… also it’s a good sneak towards the China Ferry Terminal. Kowloon Park formerly the British Army’s Whitfield Barracks sits on top on a major Subway network substation system in which of Tsim Sha Tsui, The Tsim Sha Tsui station can be found on lower Nathan Road, on the corner of Haiphong Road.. In which was forms the Tsuen Wan to Hong Kong line…   But the most obvious place of how to find it into the park is finding the Kowloon Sports Center from Austin Road…  or various decorative steps that leading into the park that illustrates the different artistic culture of Hong Kong…

Among the park, lies a long row of two levels shopping complexes- Park Lane Shoppers Boulevard that lies below the park in which lies between the muralized steps of Nathan road with different bronze structures among the footpath widen pavement walking down wards is the Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Center in which has unique colonial post-modern architecture ….. Among within the park itself lies with an interesting concept a small miniature Mac Donald store that does drinks, of cold and warm, also a selection of smoothies, ice creams..  but within has a collection small aviaries, in which has in its collection of  Flamingos, also other various type of birds that used to be part of the former British colonial Governor General bird collection.

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Also among the park that’s among Canton Road side is the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center, it’s worth checking out for in rediscovering of what was the park was like in its  former Army Barracks  days, now it’s full of Galleries, lecture Halls, with an libraries  with an ongoing with Hong Kong architectural history in explaining its heritages……

Alongside the park is where the confines of the Kowloon Park Swimming pool is the Hong Kong Avenue Comic Stars in where there’s statues of various comics characters… from various Hong Kong television visual history….

Kowloon Park is always safe, in which is carefully heavily monitored by parks webcam for security during day and night, also around the Corner between Austin and Nathan Road, is the Yau Tsim District Police Headquarters, so there’s bound to be police officers on the beat, walking around the neighborhood on the streets. So when exploring round the park, noticing them every ten or fifteen minutes walking the beat in which is ensuring comforting to as it’s rare in Auckland, New Zealand that we get that neighborhood assurances….

I could spend ages walking around the park exploring every single pathway, in which some paths are intimate in nature as each part is thematic, as romantically, or for self-relaxing ….  As in the morning you’ll see the elderly exercise every, morning also as Sunday comes along you’ll see the Philippines workers, taking there restful days off, in also selling there produces  to make an extra little entrepreneurial income for themselves..

 

香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS| where to begin……. With that view also Open Hailing Frequencies required….

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香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS - looking south wise of Tsim Sha Tsui-photographer @KevinJamesNg
香港 #AlreadyTomorowInHongKong – Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS – looking south wise of Tsim Sha Tsui-photographer @KevinJamesNg

My first day back… It’s modestly warm in the early hours of the afternoon…

Once settled, settling in checking into my accommodation, to well-located Hotel that overlooks Kowloon Park, with amazing anthropology views of Hong Kong, north wise in facing New Territories, even though it’s not facing Hong Kong Island way… I can see the neighbor anthropology building up as I look onwardly as each building in presents its own stories in through the windows of its neighborhood…  from the amazing views of Tsim Sha Tsui onwards towards new Territories…..

The first thing, on my mind was getting to know the place once more, in saying that food, was one thing also it’s been a while since I’ve eaten anything from this morning flight from Auckland towards Hong Kong… secondary, knowing as first also it was an Octopus card… Only spending only few least hours in getting to know my accommodation, tuning in my devices with the hotel’s Wi-Fi, also meaning that getting to get Data Roaming available mobility, one way of getting that very much Data Roaming was either get new sim card from either “China Mobile-Hong Kong” or the Hong Kong equivalent of Vodafone…. In which was “smarttone” also I’ve noticed along the way there was vending machines with Data simcards, but in that sense having think with the options, with Data security essentials was on my mind, that deciding I rang my carrier back home to arrange for the Data roaming as I presume that I had it, but noticing it I didn’t ..

While Arranging, Data roaming with my carrier back home, while looking out the windows of and ever so innovative changing Hong Kong as seeing the city landscape changing in one go exploring all in one go as I pan my view from west to east where the sunrise to is setting seeing the different high lights as the lighting shone throughout different the afternoon.. As I complete what was needed to be done, then I settle out to get something to bite on exploratory…