WoW, my dad is somebody in Central! :D

My dad and I went to Central today to shop for tea. I never realize how famous my dad is!  Everywhere he took me, he was given discounts and chatted up a storm! :D

He first took me to his usual lunch spot (波記). This is like his canteen when he was still being employed... that's like 10 years since he retired. :D 

TOP LEFT: The restaurant is actually a make shift outdoor tent! 大排擋:D You can't find these type of eateries as many as it used to anymore. TOP MIDDLE: The Chef in action! :D TOP RIGHT: ratio of hot sauce to noodles is about 3:5 hahah I used up 1/2 bottle of their hot sauce paste. Sorry.  BOTTOM LEFT: The Menu. BOTTOM RIGHT: What we ordered:  Fish and greens flat noodles stir fry, and beef and soy sauce stir fry. :D

The eatery is famous for its stir fries. The beef noodles stir fry was done perfectly, not oily at all.

After this, he took me to a fruit juice store just a few steps away. :D I ordered the best melon juice I have ever tasted, no sugar added, just pure juice squeezed right in front of my eyes with an electric juicer as old as I am.

The lunch costed $50 (it should have been $53)
The juice costed $20 (It should have been $23) :D


address:
Alley next to 148, Queen's Road Central

Wow.. this is worth reading, I must share it.

"Infographics: A look into Hong Kong-mainland feud"

http://www.ministryoftofu.com/2012/02/infographics-a-look-into-hong-kong-mainland-feud/

Destress dinner :D

Aren't you jealous of me? :D

Assorted sashimi

Miniature rice box with salmon roe and sea urchin! :D the bowl is about only 3 inches in diameter and only about 1 inch thick of rice at the bottom! :D  3 bites, then finished! :D It's done just right. :D

In what way is this bus service enhanced?

Saw this at the bus stop the other day... I pondered at it for about 5 minutes before the bus arrived, I still failed to understand what changed.

So confident that my math and logic skills are poor, I decided to take pictures of the signs and ponder it longer.

Temporary sign at the bus stop

Old , seem to be out dated sign at the bus stop.

 I have come to this conclusion:

The only service enhanced is the more precise time table.

Old table (pictured in color) says first bus starts at 0640 hour. Then starting 0700 hour, bus will embark every 15 minutes Mon - Fri.

New sign (pictured in black and white) says First bus starts at 0640 hour and in 20 minutes (0700 hour), another bus would embark every 15 minutes Mon - Fri.

Correct me if I am wrong, this is trickery!

Tricking my fellow riders into believing the bus service has improved!!! But of course, unless maybe there are 2 freaking buses embarking at the same time at 7am, I am not buying this bull shit! :D

掛羊頭賣狗肉

Continue 講下今次北上逸事。

原來祖國 still allow dog eating legally. We of course wouldn't dare to order this!  How barbaric!!!!

In this meal, we had the toughest chicken and medium rare fish, which was the most terrible meal in this trip. :D

Old Lau, Happy Birthday to you! :D heheh

To celebrate my newest unborn god son's mom's birthday, I present to you my masterpiece! :D hehehehe

99% humidity

enough said! :D 

Hmm.. I am getting nose bleeds even with this 99% humidity.... fine! I will get a specialist to check it out. :/

九江雙蒸博物馆 （Kiukiang Double steamed rice wine museum)

Next stop is the 九江雙蒸 museum.  It is not a museum you can just randomly walk into. I just found out from their website after this trip that you had to pre-book the time you would visit. :D So anyways, we went there as a group obviously. :D

I especially like this picture of my dad. :D He's truly enjoying himself.

I always thought 九江雙蒸 is merely a rice mom my mom use to cook with or sprinkle on the ground during the ghost festival. :D  I could not be more wrong!

There are many different kinds of wine, such as plum wine, rice wine, stinky rice rice wine, etc. I think they are recently brewing their own white and red too.

A museum is not a museum if there is no antique looking things. :D

The tour was about 1/2 hour long with a guide leading us to different locations which shows us how the rice was steamed and fermented into wine.

At the end of the visit, everybody was rushed to the shop, and of course, naturally, I could not control myself and did a bit of impulsive shopping.

I bought 2 sets of these for souvenirs for my colleagues. :) Aren't the decorations on the bottles adorable?? :)

Museum's official website: (Chinese language only)
http://www.kiukiang.com/chinese/pmg.asp

The hills are alive.....

After that satisfying meal, it's time to climb some mountains to burn off those calories.

Look how much my dad is enjoying the nature and fresh air!

 This mountain we climbed is called "大雁山", it's a province level park (省級森林公園)　in the 鹤山市. There are 2 ways to go up the mountain. One is from the very very long stone stairs extended from the bottom of the mountain to the top (no way we would enjoy that); the 2nd way is from the shallow mountain side paved rocky road. From the above picture, you can tell we opt for the shallow path. :D

 There are 7 attractions on this mountain, but due to time constraint of a guided tour, we only visited the temple,  "海會寺", on the mountaintop.

What did I do there? :D hehe I was helping them build it!  :D

With a donation of RMB$100 you get to buy a piece of roof for the temple and write well wishes on them. :)

It's a very tranquil place, we stayed there for a brief 45 minutes, said hi to the Buddhas and deities then left for our next designation.

Here are some more pictures of the place.

For more info (Chinese):
http://travel.heshan.gov.cn/html/2006/11/20061102164513-1.htm

Double chickens meal!

The first thing we did on this mini get away trip once we arrived China was to eat! :D ehehhe

It is the beginning of a series of satisfying meals on this trip.

Have you ever had 2 chickens served in a single meal? :D This restaurant, I forgot the name, was famous for its signature "game hens" (走地雞), so the guide ordered 2 chickens for each table! :D We initially thought the 2nd chicken was given to us by mistake. :D

My friends would tell you, I loathe non-frozen chickens. I hate its earthy smells and tough meat. :D But these chickens, although freshly slaughtered, were done just right!

The sesame oil covered the earthy smells.  The chicken was skinny and simply no fat in between the chilly crispy skin!

Ok, enough about chickens... let's show you other dishes I enjoyed.

Top Left: Famous Shunde fish balls 順德稷魚球 & pumpkin stew
Top Middle: fresh greens :D
Top Right: peanuts and green beans and pork stir fry
Bottom Left:  Watercress soup (Love it!)
Bottom Right: Steamed fish

Loot from the trip! :D

I must show you this!! :D hahahah  My mom said I am 古老當時興! :D

When I saw a bunch of these on the shelf at a Chinese rice wine museum I visited during this mini trip, I thought everyone of them were so funny! :D If I were like stinkin' rich, I would have buy every single one of them! :D hahah

But I of course am not stinkin' rich ... yet, so I only afforded 2. :D

Translation: "I would rather become moldy with pride than to date degradingly." I couldn't control myself when I saw this one! :D This will become my ultimate motto and the cup will be a permanent fixture on my desk!

I got this for my boss! :D We all should not forget to flatter our bosses to build a better work relationship at work! :D hehehe 旅行不忘托大腳!

There are other funny ones too, such as this one below I didn't get. :D

Translation: "Don't fancy me, I am merely a legend!" :D  This would make a perfect gift for my American friends. :D

No facebook/blogspot/youtube in China! WTF!

Although the last 3 days of trip was ultra fun, one drawback was that there was no access to websites I frequent!

Especially no blogspot! That's why I can't fucking update my blog while I am in China. Major disappointment!!

I was telling my dad I want to go to Xian next!! FUCK THAT!!!!

Living in China for 3 days without regular internet already made me on edge, imagine going to Xian for a whole fucking week.  I will probably go completely insane!!!

Now, unless freedom of speech changes for the better in that freaking country, I will think twice / 3 times before I visit there for an extended period! It fucking sucks!!!

Here's a list of blocked sites listed by wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China

Being single does not mean being lonesome

I just realized I didn't feel bad about being single this Valentine's day! :D I guess my mind spent all its energy worrying about that work project! :D

Then I read this piece of news and seems it's becoming the norm for us independent single ladies to not worry about being single on V day! :D

Hurray !

China Mini get away!! :D

GO! GO! GO!

 I may or may not be able to update the blog in the coming few days. :D

It all depends on how convenient the internet is at the hotels. :D

See you in a few days, just in case.

黑色星期一事件溥

First off, my vacation was shortened 2 days!  then on Monday, below happened.

00:00. Discovered 2 complicated tasks at work which was initiated by another on 02/02 but just handed down to me which is due on 20/02. I have annual leave from 15/02 to 20/2. Which means I have to work at home with only 2 days to complete because of mini get away trip from 16-18/02!!!

18:00. Went to work, found out that my original iPhone electric outlet adapter was stolen from my desk at work! Fucking thief!!!!!

03:30. (this is actually tuesday)Arrived home after work. Visited bathroom, night light was not working. So, I tried to turn on the ceiling light. It suddenly made a "bob" sound and the bathroom went back into darkness.

03:40. Showered in darkness. Eerie.

Just felt awful last night. :(

But, bad lucky comes to an end on Tuesday because I've got a pay raise and bonus! :D I won't disclose the amount there! :D

Black Monday Yesterday...

My stuff got stolen! Black 13th!

No mood to talk about it now! :(

反私院容許雙非婦打尖生B!

I read a piece of news  (雙非婦打尖害港媽流產)
yesterday about a renowned private hospital in Hong Kong allowed a non-permanent  pregnant visitor woman from Mainland China cut in queue to get examined, resulted in the miscarriage of a local Hong Konger lady's BB.

I wasn't that much into the Mainland Chinese women coming to Hong Kong to poop out their babies  news before, but now that my dearest bestest of the bestest best friend, Old Lau's baby is due in July, I am a bit worried.

There's a Chinese saying, "You don't feel the pain until the needle really pierced you!" (針吾吉到肉吾知痛!), I joined the facebook group: "反對內地孕婦來港產子！10 萬人 Like 俾政府睇！"  too, to protest HK gov't not doing a single fuck about these legalized illegal babies!!!

http://www.facebook.com/itstimetosayno

I think, maybe, just maybe, I will take some days off around the due dates of my newest god son, so that I can fight off the VISA pregnant women with my powerful inner CHI at the hospital for old Lau!  With the fierce Grand mama of the baby and I, I am sure we are invincible!!!

After all, I am the Chief God Mom （首席亁媽！！）　of this new born! 吾係咩呀!!! 

Assistant Manager of 魚蛋檔。

吉魚蛋算是香港十大美食之一吧，包括我在內的香港人也許會閑來無事，行行下街便吉串如蛋食下。　

昨天在公司附近的魚蛋檔看到這麼一個招聘廣告：

留意那句： "表現良好有晉升"!!

怎樣才是表現良好呢？點升呢?

Let me set a S.M.A.R.T. KPI - 日吉魚蛋 5000　串，剪牛雜５００碗 。　:D

升咗之後做咩呢？　

就係 monitor 住吉魚蛋的那個嘅 performance 囉，　而且仲要想Ｄ新方案去幫助吉魚蛋的去吉好Ｄ，吉多Ｄ，提升service level :D

怎麼好像我的 career 寫照!? :D

One song; 2 moods. 一首歌兩種心情。

近期愛聽國語歌，發現有一首幾喜歡的，　let's 分享分享。

劉力揚 - 手放開

本來聽這歌是因為對劉力揚這位歌手的喜愛，想不到原來仲有個原唱者：李聖傑的 version.

李聖傑-手放開

真想不到，同一樣的歌, 沒改任何歌詞，　兩個不同的歌手唱是有兩種截然不同的感覺。

我比較喜歡劉力揚的版本,因為她唱的是分手後對那段感情的雖是有緬懷, 但總結還是輕鬆的 (I mean relieved) , 瀟灑, 脫胎換骨! 正正是我那時候的心情啊!

李聖傑 那 version 給我的感覺是 "他撇完條女, 仲係度呻等待 !!"  找死乎!?!?! :D :D


但李的 version 也挺好聽的, 他的聲音好有磁性, 有點滄桑, 好正!!!

Impossible Shoes for Impossible Women?! :D

After having that weird haunted dream 2 days ago, I needed some antidote to soothe the scare, so naturally, "monitor shopping" (internet version of window shopping) would help! :D hehe

This pair of shoes caught my eye! Not that I want them, I was just thinking "Who would, in their right minds, wear these!" :D

I could only think of the Chinese phrase,＂人仰馬翻＂. Meaning, if I were to wear these, I would suffer a crushing defeat against the floor with my genetically engineered "trip and fall" trait. :D