Thursday, February 01, 2007

Part time Tour Guide - Part 1

so my sis & andy came to town since Monday nite - man, it was quite difficult to be around w/ them for the last 2 days - b/c i've that biggo infection on my face and feeling REALLLLLLLLLY sick - it was esp. terrible when i've to pick them up at the airport at 11pm+ on Monday nite (when i took sick leave!) (cees, u owe me a big one!)

haha, just kidding, afterall, it's the FIRST time you guys came back together (1st time Andy comes to HK!) so i guess i can't snake king (until next time!) *LOL*

so far we've went to Kowloon Tong's Festival Walk, Mongkok's Ladies Street, Stanley, and TST - and on the agenda for the next few days are Ocean Park, Disneyland and Big Buddha. i think after all i ain't too good a tour guide because:
  1. Bad health - tour guide can't really have sick leave - and it's really difficult to tour ppl when you're not feeling well (I do feel a lot less stress when pisces & gemini were visiting - hmm.. maybe b/c i wasn't really feeling THAT sick back then??? Maybe...)
  2. Bad planning - i've tried to squeeze too much stuffs in one day - i've talked to Sagittarius and got a reminder from him - ppl DO get tired after their long trip (all the way here!) - and not to mention the jet lag part!!! so MAXIMUM MAXIMUM only plan TWO Places in one day (i never thought of it THAT WAY) - a good tips indeed
  3. bad time management - places i think shouldn't need to stop too much time (e.g. Stanley) but turned out we spent like.. 3 hrs there?!
  4. bad information - i never remember the exact date and tourist details/info (well, i never really intend to so that's why! hahahaha)
  5. overlooking what the "customer" need - cees & andy are really those "go-w/-the-flow" ppl - they've already complained about the pace (and they walk SLOW!) hahaha... alright, i'll try to walk a bit slower in the next few days....
  6. i've to take calls at work in between (sucks)
OKAY anyway, so next time whoever comes in i guess i'll be a better tour guide :P And for now, well, I hope my "surprise" to ceci that staying in the Hollywood hotel in Disney on Friday (all by themselves! haha) can make up all of the above :P

P.S. and i better go to bed NOW (02:01) as i've to get up by 08:00 tmr - geez, how come "tour guide" just can't sleep in?????????

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hope u get well soon & have fun on next few day!!

WittyBB said...

u know ... i think u can show them some 'unique' yet not have to be 'traditional tourist spot' in HKG ... quality vs quantity ... did you mention about the 'tofu' place in north point market to me?
how abt the middle/high school (not sure when your sister went to US) that your sister attended? just my thinking ...

Jasper222 said...

wittybb - what tofu place u're talking about?!

WittyBB said...

thought you mention a good place (to fu fa) boh ... um.. may be i mixed up with other info ... from someone else ...