Crazy Fun iPhone game. :D

Hahah!

Thanks to my best pal and sister from the last life, Liza, I discover once again how much fun to draw! :D hahah

This game is called "draw something" :D 

So the last couple of days, Liza and I were drawing up a storm!!  She is a real good artist!  Can you imagine drawing for the word "Bradpitt"? hahaha She did and was so kewl.

Here are some of my drawings! :D hahah

考察。 食。 食。 食。

Once again, a picture is worth a thousand words.

In my case, a picture could worth a thousand calories! :D hahahha

Here are series of meals I have encountered during my China Trip this time!

Day 1 - Lunch.

Every meal involves glasses of red wine. Then there are 2 celebrities from Hong Kong, (One politician 葉劉，　＆　one businessman 海天堂老闆，吳耀明）。　The foods are self explanatory! :D  Well, okay! I will explain. Top left: Steamed chicken, right, big head shrimps on noodles with cream. Bottom, left: steamed bok choy soup, right: bbq baby pig! Yum :D

top, clockwise: Greens! Cabbage in chinese red berry sauce, Pig feet with young giner :P, steamed buns, cherry tomatoes as fruits, steamed scallops with transparent noodles, broccoli and scallops stir fry.  Bottom Left: steamed fish, Right: abalone on lotus roots and Chinese lettuce.

 Day 1 - Dinner.

Left to Right. Top Row: Assorted Chinese BBQ meat; The long table for the commie officials; steamed 'worm flower 虫草花' soup;  Middle row: big head shrimps again, seafood and celery stir fry; steamed fish. Bottom: Menu in chinese. :D Chicken cooked in soy sauce.

Top row from left: Beef ribs stir fry; duck feet and mushroom on broccoli;  congeegee with shredded fish meat; Middle row from left: Greens; that pig feet and young ginger again;  fruits!; dumplings and buns! and fish meat ball and bamboo skin and melon soup

Day 2 - Breakfast.

It was just an ordinary hotel buffet breakfast, I was so unamused, I didn't take any pictures! :D

Day 2 - Lunch.

Clockwise from top left: Beef and shrimp stir fry; yellow spring onions and bbq pork stir fry; steamed pear and sugar cane and pork soup; lotus roots and duck stew with abalones! and there's the Menu.

Clockwise from top left: Steamed stacked cake :D ; marinated beef stomach and goose wings; congeegee with fish meat; veggie with fish ball

Day 2 - Dinner.

Clockwise from top left:  shrimp, eel, bbq pork and smoked duck combo; stir fry yellow green onion and pork again, abalone and sea cucumber stir fry; menu, fried seafood rolls and dry ribs.

Counter clockwise from top left: chow mein; steamed apple soup; greens in soup; roasted chicken; steamed fish; fruits!; Weird Chinese desserts.

 Day 3 - Breakfast.

Top Left: steamed rows with chicken stuffing and mixed mushroom stuffing; greens; steamed veggie dumplings; congeegee; steamed buns; shrimp dumplings; chicken feet and steamed pork ribs combo; Bottom Left: fish meat dumplings; Right: redbean pastries. 

 Day 3 - Lunch. Thank god, this is last meal!

Clockwise from top left:  scallops and celery stir fry; that yellow spring onion again, must be in season! ; chicken! steamed snake soup!!!!!!; abalones and mushrooms and broccoli; BBQ meat combo set in a picturesque style

Fruits; weird chinese desserts; greens; fried fish meat paste and seafood rolls; steamed fish; gift from the local government, a Chinese dancing lion. :D

Gosh!  Just typing the name of these foods makes me feel full again! :P

自製 卥水糖心蛋 Medium Rare Soft Boiled Egg Experiment Part 2

Now, let's show you the finished product of the 卥水糖心蛋。

Top: Left: Chinese spiced "Lo Shui" sauce :D Right: Cooked eggs soaking in icy bath.  Bottom: Left: Eggs ready to jump in! :D Right, marinated after barely 1 hour.

Now just let osmosis do the work for at least 24 hours, then we can eat! :D

After 18 hours :D

at 12pm today :D that's about 42 hours after it's done. :D I made 8 of these, between 3 people, and only 1 left now :D hahah

Las Vegas, here I come again! :D

Just booked my plane ticket and hotel room in Las Vegas! :D

The June trip is getting into shape nicely. :D

Now just need to buy the "Phantom of the Opera" tickets, then I am all set! :)

I will be there from 25 June to 27 June! :D  Feel free to join me. :D

Below is a funny COPS video from Vegas! :D Funny stuff. Enjoy.

自製 卥水糖心蛋 Medium Rare Soft Boiled Egg Experiment Part 1

Today is the last day of my 6-days holiday.... :D So, my kitchen is yearning for some of my skilled cooking awesomeness. :D

Today's menu is 糖心蛋。

The hardest part, which is still very easy is to figure out how long to cook the egg to make it just right. :D

I usually boil my eggs about till it's dead, that's about 10 minutes... so to make it 1/2 dead, I figured maybe well.. 6 minutes after water is boiled..

But then after the first sacrifice, 6 minutes was good but a little too well done and because I waited till the water was boiled before I put the eggs in, the egg actually cracked open in the middle of the battle.

So the 2nd batch of egg went into the cold water and boiled for exactly 4:59 seconds after the water reached boiling state. I gave them a nice icy bath after the hot tub soak to stop the cooking process.

And it turned out just perfect!!!

Back row: the failed 1st batch.  Front Row: the successful batch!

And here's a video of what the texture feels like when it's wiggling. :D hahahah

佛山祖廟 - 古與今

昨日係China trip 嘅 last day, 適逢係農曆三月初三, 即係佛山祖廟-北帝誕, 所以我地成團人就浩浩蕩蕩咁去趁熱鬧喇.

但我一去到,便感到 overwhelmed with nostalgia. Mom confirmed I had been to this place when I was barely a little bean. :D

當我一回家便馬上"揪"童年舊照, 找到了那時三,四歲的我, 在祖廟前門前的相片. 可是,那隻給我騎過膊馬的石獅子已 retired, 呢個 younger version 高咗, 又瘦D, 沒有古老的那隻親切.

人實在是太多了,只可慨嘆走馬看花, 回家後在網上找到很多關於祖廟的網頁, 只可從那些網站再了解呢個北宋已經存在的 landmark.

 http://www.foshanmuseum.com/jd/jd07.htm

仲找到其他幾張 細路仔照片 呢!

This was me :D

Mom and I :D

My Uncle from my father's side 伯父 travelled with us from Hong Kong to visit my uncle from my mom's side who was living in China at the time. I was in my uncle's arm and the long hair lady next to me is my aunt. :D The 3 kids in the front are my cousins 堂兄,姊.

This is me showing how much I enjoy my Hong Kong cousin's company :D

This is me showing how much I didn't enjoy my China cousin's company :D

 Wow.. this post suppose to be just a few line, but now turned out to be a walk down the memory lane post. :D Better stop before it's too long. :D

:)

返來囉。。。。

有什麼是恐怖過沒有得上網？

就是沒有上網 + 忘了帶我的第三眼， my camera!

今次用我的「愛瘋」 只可以 sensibly 影下 200 多張相，算是不賴吧。

iPhone 隨影。

I took these pictures with my iPhone on a moving bus/train on my way to China. :D

Considering these pictures should be shaky and blurry, it turned out not bad, eh? :D

The GIF is composed using the iPhone app: GIF快手. :)

The richest cheesecake!

One of the duties of being a manager is to care for your teammates. :D How do I show that I care? :D

Well, of course is with my expertise, "Eat!" :D

This year, I have been buying birthday cakes for my colleagues to celebrate their birthdays.

February is Roy's month, so I bought this cake for him from a Japanese cake store, 東海堂. It's a cheese cake made with Hokkaido cow's milk :D

This is the "thickest", "richest", "heaviest" cheesecake I have ever tasted! :D  When I cut into the cake, the knife was simply stick to the cake and difficult to slice! :D

As much as I love cheesecake, I don't think I have the desire to buy this again. :D

Geez! Forgot to bring my camera on trip

Shittttttttt!

Thank god for iPhone.

又北上!

今年我真是驛馬星動, 今年上了大陸己有四次了。　但這仲未夠，明天又出發了。　和上次二月時那次不同的是：　上次是＂食，玩＂團，　今次是去＂考察＂！

看看呢個 itinerary. 好像好多餐都係由什麼什麼 村呀／鎮呀／區呀　的政府招待的。　難怪團費只需　＄６ｘｘ！:D

我家的夜景

Even though summer was here just yesterday, Spring is still lingering here.  It's so foggy at night nowadays I simply feel sticky and suffocated.

Last night when I got off work, I couldn't help but use my iPhone to take a night scene near home.

Eerie, isn't it?

There is no need to log in as me after I am dead on facebook :D

After reading the piece of ghost story news yesterday, I've been pondering about death. :D

This made me think of how eerie it was if someone else logged in my account as me and converse with my friends after my death.

I mean "ifidie" was just gonna be my last message, that's all. If it were feasible, I would even ask my 'trustees' to delete my a/c permanently. It's not like I will need that a/c again in my next life. :D

I remember last year, when a colleague passed away, her boyfriend kept logging in her a/c and left message about how much he missed her and stuff.  After about 1 week of this, I couldn't help but to remove her facebook a/c from my friend list so his messages after her death will not be seen by me again.

I appreciate the fact that he loves her and misses her, but shouldn't it be done on his own a/c, not hers??!!  After all, her friends aren't necessarily his friends, e.g. I am her acquaintance,  I don't really know the boyfriend in particilar, so I don't feel like seeing her news feeds updated long after she expired.

Call me cold hearted, but I considered this another form of haunting which I can't bear.

There is this other piece of news about the legalization of digital properties. Which was quite interesting to ponder on. :D


http://mashable.com/2012/01/26/digital-assets-after-death/

Wow good weather finally

Heading to china for a half day trip. Finally can wear short sleeves!!

Too hot for me actually.

Ghostly Facebook message

I love ghost stories.. :D I would like to be able to materialize in some way or another after I die and I highly unlikely would just move on quietly. :D  Consider me "Tickle the friendly ghost." 


http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/03/ghostwriter-mysterious-emails-sent-from-beyond-the-grave/


I aim at floating around the world, see things I haven't been able to see when I was alive.
I would lick any foods of the living that I have never tasted before. (legend says that ghost would like BBQ pork displayed at Hong Kong BBQ houses. :P)

Don't be surprised if you still get Facebook game gift requests from me after my death for I am such a cafeworld aimless clicking addict.  :D

Now I am seriously considering this ifidie app :D haha  I will soon name my 3 honorary trustees to assist my 身後事。

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/facebook-app-for-sending-messages-from-the-grave/

久違了的 錦鹵雲吞. Hello, Mr. Kam Lo Wanton, Long time no see :D

Lately, whenever I have a day off, my dad would nag at me to bring him to dim sum. :D  Most of the time, his request is denied, because it simply unbearable to have dim sum 2 times a week for me. :D

Just yesterday, it's one of those semi-rare occasions that I brought him to a better quality restaurant to have lunch.  We are surprised to find this Special wonton dish on the menu and couldn't resist to order it.

It's basically just a basket of fried wonton wrapping without any usual stuffing.  Instead, diners are offered a side bowl of assorted meat & veggies (chicken, shrimp, squid, pork, livers, fish, bell peppers , tomatoes and onion) in sweet and sour sauce to dip in. :D

Not many restaurants put this dish on the menu anymore. :D

I love it :D

Chief God Son :D hahah

My God Motherly Title(s) ...

My mind is quite blank lately due to stress from work. Since this year, I am the compliance officer, there are so many readings to do... aiya....

Just as I needed an escape... my mind wandered and try to think up more elaborate title for my Chief god mom status....

• The Greatest God Mom :) (This comes to mind first, but then it sounded so old, like the great grandma)
• The Supreme God Mom :D (I like this the best... it sounds like I am the supreme court judge with loads of logic and sanity :D)
• The Unsuppressed God Mom :D (hmm)
• The Incomparable God Mom :D (Oh well, this is a given :D)
• The Towering God Mom :D (This is more in size than spiritual :D)
• The Fairy God Mom :D :D :D (For when I go insane! :D) 

Once I made up my mind which to choose, I have to change my description in the profile to match with my status. :D

Japanese BBQ meal

Everybody knows I am a carnivore, so I love any kind of BBQ :D 

Last weekend, my folks and I went to this newish restaurant out. :D

It was quite satisfying! :D Lots of meat and seafood and some veggies :D I this is would be my selected restaurant to treat my team next if they are best team once again in Q1-2012. :)

Giant shrimps were best!!! :D and the beef cubes simply melts in your mouth. :D gosh, it's a bad idea writing this post at 2am! :D So hungry now.

Top Left: Japanese new year cake with red bean paste, Top Right: fried oysters, Middle: assorted sashimi, Bottom Left, california rolls, Bottom Right: my favorite, tofu and sea urchin! :D nom nom nom.

This is the flyer that got our attention. :D

HKG-SFO! :D

Flight booked. 1 baggage or not, USA, here I come. :D

This trip I am planning to have a dine and wine trip in the Napa valley with my favorite pal and sister from my last life, Liza.

I will also go to Las Vegas and possibly the Grand Canyon with or without any company. :D It's still at the planning stage. :D So excited again! :D

BTW, I have called the airline and confirmed that only flight starts from Japan and the Philippines allow 2 free check-ins!

Discrimination, I say!!

Somebody invent the teleporter already! :D "Scotty, 1 to beam up"

The future of flying is ...

.....  to fly nekkid! ಠ_ಠ

I indeed didn't care to fly to America anymore, so much so that I didn't even know the Free baggage allowance  was limited to 1 check-in and 1 carry-on even for international flights nowadays!!

I didn't know until I was having a conversation with my jet-setter colleague that the baggage allowance was reduced.

My mind was immediately rendered into chaos as I planned to take 2 freaking suitcases full of air to land in the U.S. of A. and then in turn bring 2 heftily filled suitcases back after my shopping spree!!

Now this might all turn into bubble!

Anyways, I have trouble understanding below table... what does it mean by "Excludes Japan and the Philippines for transit via the Pacific."?

Old Lee, please help!

My favorite Gene Kelly

It was my day off yesterday and I was in the mood of some Gene Kelly! :D

Yesterday's Gene Kelly Marathon included, "The Cover Girl" and "Du Barry was a lady".  Both were new to me.


Below, let's enjoy my favorite scenes from these 2 movies. So Romantic! :)





I was surprised how beautiful and sexy Lucille Ball was back before the day of her "I Love Lucy" sitcom era. :D  I loved her in "I love Lucy" too, but that was her "funny girl" kinda image that got me impressed, not her foxy looks. :)

Look at how Gene's "push up run" go!! Amazing strength! <3 <3

你會忍嗎?

近來唐太的行為真係 create 咗好多 feminist discussion. :D

隨住我一個二個老友記嫁了人, 只有我呢個　"盛/剩"　女仲可以 以旁觀者嘅身份去 comment 什麼 "沒80歳都吾好比飽飯佢食呀!", "一次不忠, 百次不用呀!". 


回想起以前 proudly 以小女人姿態 去有異性無人性 的自己, 現在雖 addicted to 單身的自由, 說什麼不會再做男人的小女人了，　但現實中, 到底我到時候會否真的做到 "餓死老公薰臭屋"?　

我相信我到時候很大機會會死性不改，成為那６０％中的一員．　唉! 

Die! Thief! 2

Saw this on the window of a noodle house near work the other day.

This says: "Wanted! Thief!"

It seems I am not the only one got things stolen.  :(

I asked the owner whether he had reported this to the police.  He said he did, but it seems the police didn't consider petty theft a priority.

I feel this owner's pain. Just like even if I reported the theft at work to the security, I am sure I am only gonna be laughed at instead of treated seriously.  After all, it's only an iPhone adepter, not an iPhone! :D

Destress shopping galore 減壓掃貨大晒冷

Picture is worth a thousand words... :D I don't think I need to elaborate :D

and here is the complimentary trolley from the shoe store since I am such a VIP :D

I am not going to answer your questions about "HOW MUCH?" :D  If money can buy happiness, these shoes are priceless :D

Die! Thief!

My last piece of sane mind got stolen on Monday!

My stuff got stolen again!!

Refer to this post on 13/Feb/2012, My triangle iphone usb converter plug got stolen from work, but the fucking thief was kind enough to leave me the power cord.

So I thought there's hope out there in this world... (NOT).

Anyways, just this past Monday, I showed up at work, the cord is gone also!!! 你老味吖!  So I fucking went and bought a replacement plug once and for all!

This time I unplug this every day after work and locked it.  I left the newly emptied box out in the open and insert some Chinese curses in it. Tempting the thief to steal the empty box and find my serious curse!  Like a "misfortune cookie" :D

I wrote: 邊撚個再偷我D 野會手斷腳斷, 口爛眼盲, 生仔條 Jer 短, 生女吾長奶, 仲有，　生仔無屎忽，　生女似拂拂！

嘻嘻，　我原來係可以咁惡毒嘅! 我自己讀後覺得幾攪笑，felt a little bit better.

How would you like your eggs? :D

Aren't these beautiful? :D Let me introduce you to my lunch date, Mr. Roe :D

Seriously, I like them both :D hehehe

The bigger ones are Salmon roe while the tiny ones are crab roes.

Lately I feel like I am often having brain fogs... :D Roes have great nutrition value such as Omega-3, EPA and DHA, etc. Legit reasons to eat these to make myself smarter :D

哈哈哈! 無８０歲都吾好比飽飯你老公食!

昨讀到一篇有趣國際新聞，要同我一個二個嫁了人的老友分享下。。。。　：Ｄ

http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20120304/00423_081.html

我媽也曾經對我說過，　我老爹一出糧便全數交出，由精打細算的老媽子 ration! :D  "你老豆咁闊綽，　吾係點養到你肥Ｃ大隻呀!"

But of course, my mom fed my dad well too :D he's also 肥Ｃ大隻. 

大家都知道，　我沒有 inhered 老媽子的＂好數口＂，inhered 了老頭子的　＂洗腳吾抹腳＂。 

Unicorn Whale. :D Wow, it's real! :D

Until today, I thought these Narwhals were stuffs of legend! :D

I often see people's drawings of this animal on the internet, but I have never feel the need to investigate it further as I thought they are just mermaids' version of unicorns which of course aren't real.... :D

But today, I read on a magazine which has a real photo posted of these cute whales and my mind exploded..... hahahaha

So now, maybe unicorn and mermaids are real too! :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal

I am surprised but glad that these animals aren't listed as "threatened with extinction". Let's keep these babies alive, shall we!

Hugo vs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (SPOILER ALERT)

I just watched both of these movies in the subject. Both of these movies are about a boy and a mysterious keys!!

I couldn't help but find the uncanny similarities of these movies.

• The protagonists are both kids who just lost their fathers in some kind of sudden tragedy.
• Both of these fathers are very close to the protagonist who always encourage the boy to think / adventure / solve problems by themselves.
• They ventured out the find the key/keyholes which the keys fit in the hope of finding the message left behind by their fathers
• In the process of finding the key/keyhole, they gain friends and love.

Which one I enjoy more?  I think I like Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close more because it's more dramatic and real. I haven't cried so hard for a movie for a long time.

I bought the book of "Extreme" when I was in Spain last year, it was not a bad read either.

Geez! The inflation is going nuts!!!

A few months ago, I remembered a bowl of octopus meat balls noodles only cost $22 bucks!!!

Last weekend, I went back to my favorite noodle house again and found out everything has hiked up in price!!!  Now this same bowl of noodles costs a bleeping $27!

A plate of chives used to costs $12 bucks, now $16!!!

Notice the make shift memo tags on the menu?  It's a sign that prices would go up anytime, and so often that the owner can't even keep up to make a permanent price sign anymore. :(

China Trip day 2 - needed 4 freaking stomachs to survive the day (17 Feb)

Itinerary:

07:30 - Morning call
08:00 - Head out to have breakfast (last year, old Lau and I skipped this, so last year's trip felt more normal)
10:00 - Head out to 觀音 goddess temple to have a hot pot brunch sponsored by the townsmen
12:00 - Start the firecracker ceremony and or climb up the mountain to visit the goddess' temple (it's on the mountain top)
13:30 - Leave the temple and head out to lunch!
14:00 - Eat that lunch! :D
15:30 - visit a local dessert factory .... (freaking taste test their dessert of course)
16:00 - souvenir shopping which includes a famous steamed milk dessert eatery (of course we couldn't resist to eat again!)
18:00 - Visit a local fish farm which is famous for its 2-3 feet long fish for Dinner!!!!!!!!

I know this is very shocking but this is what I did that day.

 

This is the sneak peak of what the foods we had. :D I will go into more detail about the temple visit and the big fish meal later. :D