E V E R Y D A Y . B E A U T I F U L . P U R P O S E F U L
March 18, 2011 Leave a comment
(Photo Taken: Hollywood Road, Central Hong Kong – Anything you don’t need, just fly them out of your window! There is enough room for everyone – including your rude neighbors, naughty kids and monsters-in-laws!)
March 17, 2011 Leave a comment
(Above Photo Taken: Bus Terminal at Disneyland, Hong Kong – Windy and cold. We were waiting for our taxi. Elkan wrapped himself with Mummy’s scarf. The bus terminal was empty. Just 3 of us, waiting for our next transit. It will be a long way home. Below: Central, Hong Kong – Checking out the back alleys and authentic traditional shops along Hollywood Road.)
March 17, 2011 Leave a comment
It is our great honor and pleasure to play host to our 121st Hong Kong Visitors – Meet my very very good primary school buddy, Lionel Wong and his lovely family (Hui Qing & Dylan). It has been a good 3-4 years since we last met. Like fathers, both our sons and wives hooked up with each other quickly. Within hours, our boys played, hugged and held hands like long-time buddies. And our wives had a great time shopping and chatting! I managed to spend some quality time with them at Disneyland today. It is certainly great to have them around – especially for our boys and wives. Feels so warm and comfortable.
March 14, 2011 Leave a comment
Yes, my prankster half is back! After our last reunion in Singapore 3 weeks ago, Felicia and Elkan flew in to Hong Kong last Friday night! My gosh, my son has grown so much taller (again!). He is only 6 and he is already 60% of my height! So good to have them back in town! (Yippy, my house is messy and noisy once more! It feels so much like home now!)
Elkan came prepared with his long “to do” list. He missed his favorite Hong Kong “茶餐廳” noodles and our weekend hikes. From Central to Hong Kong Park to Kornhill, we did quite a lot of activities (watching movie, playing Ps3, shopping, hot-pot dinner and 2 x hiking) within the last 48 hours! We wasted no time and did so many things together!
We had one of our toughest hikes this afternoon. It was a strenuous 10km uphill hike (from Quarry Bay to Stanley) and we over-estimated ourselves (physically and time). After hiking uphill for an hour, Felicia and Elkan were limping in exhaustion. In the end, after “consulting” some of the local hikers, we decided to give up and turned back. It was impossible to complete our original hike before sunset. We were only 40% at that point. Originally, Tracy was planning to hike all the way to the Peak – her “wishful hike” would take us at least 7-8 hours!
Of course, there were lots of funny moments of squabbling, complaining and whining. Not really our ideal hiking experience but we managed to complete our longest and toughest hike (6.2km up 280m) at the shortest time (1.20 hrs) ever! Guess we have to exercise more to train up our stamina! Enjoy the video:
March 14, 2011 Leave a comment
(Photo Taken: Quarry Bay, Hong Kong – 2 buildings, side by side. Old meets New. Thanks Harshad for framing the shot.)
March 12, 2011 Leave a comment
(Photo Taken: Times Square, Hong Kong – A big crowd of people stood quietly and watched the telecast of the Japan Earthquake news on the big screen. Atmosphere was gloomy and quiet.)
March 7, 2011 1 Comment
Move aside, Bubble Tea. Here comes another humongous new hit from Taiwan! (Finally, some one has the balls to do it!) Chew it, suck it or swallow the entire stick, these egg-puffs-penis-hotdog (aka 大雕燒 “Big Bird Toast”) come in different flavors, sizes and colors (brown, white, black). Best eat it when it is hot – it is a hotdog inside. Only NT50 per stick. (And please do not play with your food.) Click here to see more photos.
March 7, 2011 Leave a comment
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!)
March 3, 2011 Leave a comment
The new Apple iPad2. Available on Apple Store, starting 11th March 2011. (Yes, it was good to see Steve back onto the stage once more!)
March 3, 2011 Leave a comment
I have been really busy moving house over the past 2 weekends. Internet connectivity is impossibly slow in Hong Kong. I can’t believe my ears when PCCW told me that they need 14 days to transfer and activate my internet account! With no internet and a new messy place (plus tons of new jobs at work), I am trying to get back to my usual rhythm. It is a completely new routine now and I am trying to get used to the new place. The cold spell is over and the weather is fantastic now. Haven’t got time to do our usual weekend hiking. Would like to do more exploring of the neighborhood too. Good news is – we are living just 2 minutes away from our buddy Harshad!
Back in Singapore, the kids and family are having a great time! Felicia sent in many photos and wrote me a nice blog.
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After many weekends of no-where-to-go, Jovel suggested that we should go visit the farms. The kids were really excited about it! Even baby Jorance was all smiles and laughters through out the trip. Thanks to Amy Ah Yi, who agreed to join us in this trip! Otherwise transport would have been a problem. There are indeed many farms around the Kranji Country Side. From animal farms to fruit trees and vegetables farms.
Our first stop was to an Aero-ponics Farm. Veggies are grown with their roots suspended in the air and a fine mist of soluble nutrients are sprayed onto the roots. So no soil and less water is used! Great technology where water and land are scarce. Next we go find the billy goats at the dairy farm. Mummy goats were busy expressing fresh milk for the visitors while the daddy goats are happily munching weeds. The kids were upset that they didn’t get the feed the goats. The farm has stopped the feeding by the visitors for health issues.
The third stop is where one may kiss and find her handsome prince!! It’s the frog farm. The croaks of the frog were quite annoying. I have never seen frogs so huge and they were certainly not handsome. For the frog lovers, you can get some yummy deep fried frog legs right after the short tour of the farm. Bet you find it hard to swallow after seeing the frogs! Some of you may have liked the sweetness of Hasma double-boiled with rock sugar and red dates. Do you know that they are actually dried fallopian tubes of the frogs? Maybe the saliva nests of swallows is more acceptable.
Next we went to a farm with a wide variety of veggies! Best of all, we had a great meal at their lovely bistro. Deep fried sesame chicken, healthy brown rice, ice cold Fig tea, banana curry, Moringa tempura, Papaya salad, etc. With our tummy filled. We took a slow stroll into the well landscaped farm. There’s were safe play areas for the kids, little ponds and benches under shady trees. It felt like one of those Australian farms. It will be great if Singapore have a cooler weather like Spring. I would probably bring my picnic basket with a pillow and book!
Our last stop was a fish farm. There were the XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXXXXXXL sized fish! I mean really XXXXXXXL! It was the giant Arapaima. Almost 2 meters long! There were other monster fish like the Alligator Gar, Red Tail Catfish and the Freshwater Stingrays. Lots of tortoise and prawn fishing was available too. Wanna itchy? Go for a Fish Spa and off goes all your dead skin from your feet!
It was really a long day for the kids and baby Jorance was a great sport! Not a whine from him! Good boy!! I certainly have a backache after half a day of walking. But it was worth the trip. There are over 20 farms around the Kranji Country Side. Looks like we may make another trip back!!
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