Tale of a Lost Stroller

November 24, 2008 Leave a comment

 

Last weekend, we finally met Kelvin and his family (our 30th visitors!) in Hong Kong. Amazingly, this is the 4th time Kelvin and I met overseas (none in Singapore since 2005!). After spending a good day with him, I realised Kelvin is a very very devoted and pampering father. Most of the time, you will see him carrying his 2 little princesses (2 and 4-year old girls or should I say 12 & 21kg girls?). It was a difficult, tiring and back-breaking task – especially he had to squeeze through the conjested human traffic, going up and down Hong Kong’s unfriendly slopes and steps.  

To make things worse, I left his precious travel buddy – the baby stroller – on a cab! He had to carry the 2 princesses when we strolled down Causeway Bay. I felt so bad and guilty that I bought him a new stroller. It will be a handy buddy when they visit Disneyland on Sunday.

Amazingly, the cab driver returned the stroller the next morning – he left it with our security guards. Since I took leave on Monday, we went to Disneyland this morning to bid farewell to our dear friends and returned back his princesses’ favourite stroller. (Yeah, Cherie was jumping up and down when she saw her stroller!)

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Elkan’s Angels

November 18, 2008 1 Comment

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Hong Kong Park

November 18, 2008 2 Comments

No, this is not a bird park. It is a free public park in Hong Kong. A gem well hidden and blended perfectly in the heart of the CBD. Beautifully landscaped (water-fall, lake, tree-walk and a big aviary), this is a great sanctuary for the birds and city-dwellers. Hong Kong surprises me again!

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Anita Mui’s Resting Place

November 2, 2008 Leave a comment

(Photo Taken: Inside "The Hall of Remembrance" of the 天壇大佛, we found the late Anita Mui’s resting place. There was a group of fans paying their respects to her.)

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Rainy Sat

November 1, 2008 Leave a comment

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A Halloween Afternoon for DBS

October 31, 2008 Leave a comment

(Photo Taken: Central DBS Branch, Hong Kong) – NOT A HALLOWEEN PROMOTION FOR DBS BANK – A rare scene outside DBS Bank today, hundreds of "officially registered" protesters rallied outside the bank today, shouting slogans. It was quite a commotion – Policemen struggled to contain the crowd…there were lots of onlookers, reporters and photographers. You can feel the anger of these people. Mostly, I feel sad for the bank staffs. They formed a line, guarding the entrance – facing the abuse and discriminating stares from the protesters. Poor banking fresh grads – tough jobs!)

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Happy Halloween

October 31, 2008 Leave a comment


Theoretically, Halloween should be a "Joe’s" festival (no, I am not Irish). I am a natural prankster, love scary stuffs, hideous and 101% monstrous! In fact, I am a living Halloween character 363 days a year (except my birthday and Christmas). In order to blend in with the world of goodness and justice, I have no choice but to conceal my ugly identity with a "Mr Quite Nice Guy" mask. Seriously, who the hell want to employ a monster-cum-prankster?

Haven’t been feeling the "Halloween" festive mood for such a long time. The last time I celebrated Halloween was back in 1992 (that was the first and only Halloween party I attended ~ at Felicia’s Nanyang Polytechnic ~ the night she casted a spell on me!) Over the past 16 years, the only scary costume I wore was the green jungle camourflage "long 4" by SAF. Like most normal men out there, I am often intrigued (by not fetish) by mesmerising uniforms and costumes. Hot tight red eather vampire suit, skimpy black lacy seductress lingerie and white puffy cotton angel gown. Dun mind those toilet-rolled mummy female suit – provided there is nothing inside.

The younger generation sure love this festival. (More like a really bad fashion festival – of rugged street wear, low budget monster costumes, "going extinct" animal suits and recycled superheroes attires – like Spidy, Batty and Supy…Man, what so scary about my favourite heroes???) In Hong Kong, no matter where you are – you can feel the festive mood. There are giant pumpkins everywhere! Shopping centres, restuarants and even in housing estates! Not a pumpkin fan. I would prefer to carve those scary eyes and smile on our favourite old durian (if only we can do that!).

Elkan had his first halloween party this morning. Creative mummy made him a "CHUA-E" robot suit. Good and original home-made suit! At least, he is unique amongst the plenty of spidermen, supermen, pirates, princesses, mickey mices and vampires in his school. Mmm…didn’t see any Chinese Milk Farmers or Careless Sexpoliting Edison today… Aren’t they the worst breeds of Halloween this year? Perhaps, we should use this day to commemorate the undeserving villians and scumbags (not condoms) of this year.

After tonight, all the monsters will be gone and we be celebrating Christmas!
Mmm…. ohhhhh no……. my monster-in-law is coming back tomorrow! Er..typo…mother-in-law.

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This Week in Hong Kong

October 26, 2008 Leave a comment

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A Surprise (22nd) Visitor

October 21, 2008 Leave a comment

Minutes after we bid farewell (temporary) to Felicia’s mum and aunt. Ellen Yong (her Lasalle and Perth Curtin classmate) called Felicia for a surprise meet-up! Time flies so so fast, she is already a mother of one 7-month toddler. What a sweet surprise for Felicia – in fact, Ellen just called Felicia last Thursday for a chat. Evil…that phone call from KL must be a pre-trip spot check! Surely, what a good time to meet my monster during the festival of Halloween!

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Morning Drama

October 15, 2008 Leave a comment

(Photo taken: Tuesday Morning Panic – Yesterday, Tracy suffered an acute tummy ache and we called the ambulance in to send her to the hospital. It was pretty scary as we have never seen her in such painful state. Dun worry guys, she should be okay now. Perhaps enough strength to kick my ass after reading this on my blog later!) ~Damn, they didn’t take off their shoes when they walked in.

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