#symphony of lights

[taldigi]

I colored the picture that accompanied @lennauts's adorable fic Symphony of Lights, of which I think everyone should read.

[salthesaltyfox]

Symphony of Lights

Completed fic!

Around 9k words, 5 chapters, and a lots of self-indulgent fluffy with my autistic Félix and ADHD Marinette headcanon!

Main tags: Alternative Universe - Childhood Friends, Not Canon Compliant, Friends to Lovers, Romantic Friendship, Romantic Fluff

Summary: The Festival of Light is soaring in the streets of Paris and Félix is enjoying it in a quiet corner of a café when a familiar face walks in.

(Ao3 link)

[suppenzeit]

ok you got me rly curious about tar flavored stuff and now i kinda want to try it?? i think it sounds good but it doesn't look it's available in the states at all :(

yeah tars one of those weird flavors that only shows up in finnish grocery stores im afraid :( but! i managed to find this store that sells tar candy internationally! well, tar licorice, i'm not sure if non-licorice tar candy even exists.

[zanandreas]

made a vlog from my first few days in hong kong for my uni exchange - check it out (pls forgive the poor quality, we’re learnin here)

[soraniyan]

Symphony of lights✨ Hong Kong

So fantastic view but we could hardly hear the sound. 😐 I wondered ants were playing music 🎶🎻🐜 ???

海を隔てて見えるのが香港島 “シンフォニー・オブ・ライツ”という ナイトイベントを 毎晩開催しているというので 対岸でワクワク待って 鑑賞して来ました！

夜8時になってビルがチカチカ光始めて 緑の光がビーーーーッ！ と出て 何処からか かすかに ダイナミック"そうな"音楽も 聴こえてきました。 チカチカ、ビーーーム！ ビーーーーム、チカチカ でも…音楽がいつまでも小さい アリの音楽会？？ってくらい聴こえない コソコソっとおねぇが 「いつ盛り上がるのかな…？ もしかして ずっとこの調子なのかなぁ…」 ディズニーシーとかランドとかの 感動の演出が当たり前になっていて 拍子抜けに感じてしまう 私たちは贅沢なのかな？ と、思っていたら 隣にいたイギリスから来たという イケメンさんもヽ(TдT)ノｱｰｳ… 「香港に到着して何も食べずに 2時間ここで待っていたのに💧」 と、悲惨な😆身の上話をしてくれて そっちの話の方が盛り上がった感じで 多分 私たちの他にも ガイドブックに載ってる 前振りと違うぞ？と、 思う人は結構いたんじゃないかな 終わっても歓声などは上がらず 皆 静かにバラバラと解散して行く感じで とても綺麗でしたが 長い時間 待つ必要はないのかなという印象でした✨

[travel-in-pictures]

Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong

The beautiful skyline of Hong Kong as seen from the Kowloon hiking trails, illuminated during the nightly light show.

by Peter Stewart from China 

Source | Google Maps

[gazillionththoughtbubble]

Hong Kong Day 1 Itinerary & Expenses

I’m finally sitting down and writing this down for everyone who asked me for a breakdown of our expenses and itinerary when we were in Hong Kong last June. I think the reason this took so long was because I wasn’t ready to face just how much I spent on this trip. I included meal expenses in case you guys wanted to know but I didn’t included them in the total. Joren & I were really on a mission to eat so our choices may not be the best for budget travelers. You can check out how our trip went through my travel vlogs: Day 1, 2, 3, & 4.

First up, airfare. I booked our tickets in February from Cebu Pacific for 8172.80 php (4086.4 per person, roundtrip) . Despite their reputation for late flights, both of our flights left on time. Lets not forget the travel tax which is 1620 php per person.

The next thing I booked is our hotel. We stayed at Best Western Harbour View located at Sheung Wan in Hong Kong Island. I booked a Deluxe Harbour View Room for 3 nights in April through Agoda. Overall, it cost us **6,605.17 php **- that’s around 2,200 per night for two people. Quality hostel rooms would cost you about the same price so we chose to go with a hotel. Location wise, it was convenient. Buses passed by the hotel, trams are a block away, and the MTR exit is super close but it’s still a walk getting to the trains. The walkalators are a big help though. The room was big enough and the bathroom was adequate. They also replenished our bottled water everyday. The best thing about thise hotel is they let you leave your luggage before check-in or after check-out while you go around. The only negative thing is the waiting time for the elevator. It takes so long especially at peak hours.

By the way, we didn’t rent any mobile internet service. We just relied on internet from our hotel and the places we went to (there’s wi-fi almost anywhere!). I just bookmarked the areas we wanted to go to in google maps which I was able to access offline. 

Airfare: 8172.80 Travel Tax: 1620 x 2 = 3240 Hotel: 6605.17 

Total: 18,017.97 php

Now, for the itinerary.

Day 1: Ocean Park

The first thing we bought upon arriving was an Octopus Card. They have two kiosks in the airport. One exactly after baggage claim and the other after immigration. The line was practically non-existent past immigration. We bought the on-loan octopus card for 150 hkd. It comes with a 100 hkd credit and 50 hkd deposit which is returned upon giving the card back.   

We took the Citybus to get to our hotel. The rates differ depending on where you’re headed. Ours cost 48 hkd which was deducted from our octopus card.

Our agenda for the day was to go to Ocean Park. Having changed our itinerary at the last minute, we weren’t able to book discounted tickets via Klook but we managed to buy discounted tickets at a kiosk inside the Admiralty MTR station for 355 hkd each.

We took bus 629 to Ocean Park which cost **10.6 hkd **(deducted from our octopus card). It’s fairly easy to find what you’re looking for (i.e. bus stops) in Hong Kong because their signs are very efficient so from the Admiralty station just find out which exit to take to get to the Ocean Park buses. It takes around 15-20 minutes to get to Ocean Park & there’s a bus every 10 minutes. 

Theme park food can be very expensive and Ocean Park is no exception. You’ll get the best bang for your buck at McDonald’s up at The Summit. 

We left Ocean Park at around 5-6pm and headed to Tsim Sha Tsui to watch The Symphony of Lights which is totally free. We found a spot at the viewing deck in front of the Hong Kong Cultural Center. 

After that we had dinner at Din Tai Fung at Silvercord. We had the pork xiao long bao (60 hkd), angled loofah & shrimp xiao long bao (60 hkd), steamed pork bun (16 hkd), and steamed vegetable and pork bun (16 hkd). Including a 10% service charge, I think we spent 167.2 hkd or 1010 php. I’d recommend their pork xiao long bao (although Crystal Jade’s was so much better) and vegetable & pork bun.

Octopus Card: 150 x 2 = 300 hkd / 1868 php Ocean Park: 355 x 2 = 710 hkd / 4421 php

Total: 6289 php

[vixxrose]

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