Old Meets New

(Photo Taken: Quarry Bay, Hong Kong – 2 buildings, side by side. Old meets New. Thanks Harshad for framing the shot.)

Dining Kit

Kit (aka CrystalBelle) is an amazing Singapore expat living in Hong Kong. She is a lawyer, photographer, gamer, pianist, hacker, toy-collector, book/comic/DVD/gadget collector and best of all, a good-&-modest chef! She has the stamina and energy to do so much! Really, I must bring my wife to check out her collections of games, toys and gadgets – I am not the extreme case – Kit is a professional hobbyist. (And most importantly, her very nice meals!)

The King of Wrong Design

(Photo Taken: Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong – Tacky? Creative? Or simply honest? Surely, his signage is definitely captivating. Can’t be wrong about that!)

Moving Day

5 years, 5 homes. It is amazing how my life snowballed over the past 5 years. Back in 2006 when I first moved from Singapore to Shanghai, I had only 4 boxes. 5 years on, my life ballooned. So is my size and weight. Felicia, Tracy and Elkan came to Shanghai and joined me in Sept 2007. Soon, my little room of 4 boxes grew to 20 and we moved to a bigger apartment. By June 2008, we were moving to Hong Kong. In all, we had over 50 boxes.

2 years in Hong Kong flew by in a blink. Felicia and Elkan moved back to Singapore last December. From 50 boxes down to 25, I no longer need such a spacious apartment. I found a smaller unit 500m away from my office in Central.

We started packing 2 days ago. This apartment was full of happy memories. I remembered the day when we first moved in. Elkan was helping me to assemble the cabinets. Felicia and I were painting the walls. We had so many visitors – Sam, Francis, Echo, Rovis, Chups, Mum-in-Law, Auntie Amy, my dad and mum, Cousin Bin, Mike, Kalinda, Danielle, Ida, Meijie, Yifu, Gareth, Joanne, Jimmy – just to name a few.

Indeed, this is a special place. Feel kinda sad to leave. So many blogs were written here. And so many delicious home-cooked meals. Going to miss the beautiful sea view and its extravagant club house. Especially those morning walks with Elkan to his kindergarten and our little gun fights at home. (Guess all of us will be home-sick soon!)

Well, here is our new downtown home in Central. Almost ready to move in.

Big Wave Bay

While we were pondering where to go for our usual Sunday hike, Wenxu asked us about the surfing sites in Hong Kong. We did a quick check online and found out that there was a popular surfing site not far away from our home.  It was mentioned on a local surfing website that winter is the best season to go surfing in Hong Kong (when the sea is most wavy). We decided to take a cab to “Big Wave Bay” (at Shek O Beach) to check out the place.

Big Wave Bay is indeed stunning – fine beaches, shallow water and beautiful eroded cliffs. Despite the cold winter season, we saw many surfers at the sea. Wenxu couldn’t resist the waves and he went to the nearby surf shop to rent a bright yellow surf board. (It was pretty cold but he enjoyed it!) Danielle stayed on the beach watching her cool darling doing stunts out in the sea. The rest of us took a strenuous long walk up the notorious “Dragon’s Back”! We didn’t managed to complete our hike – The sun was setting and we could barely take another step up the hill. (Harshad and I were breathless at mid way!) We decided to turn back and headed back down to the beach to catch our sunny couple! (This is a great place and we will be back for sure!)

Our Sunshine Girl is Back!

Danielle and Wenxu are in town this week and they lit up our house with so much warmth and joy! It is so good to have them around – Our house is so full of noise, laughters and food! Late nights suppers, DVD movies, PS3 Move sports-games, midnight Kinect dancing plus plenty of shopping! Last Sunday, Danielle even cooked us our favorite Hainanese Chicken Rice! (And I managed to get Danielle to buy my lens on her last night in HK! That gives me an excuse to get a new lens!)

Seasons in the Sun

(Photo Taken: Seasonal Canvas Changeovers at The Center, Central Hong Kong – Finally, it is completed! It took me exactly one full year to complete this canvas collection. These photos were taken by my iPhone camera during my lunch breaks. It shows an annual rotation of seasons’ changeover of spring, summer, typhoon days, autumn and winter.)