It's 2009! Soon!

It's 31 December 2008 today, soon it will be 2009!

Another year has passed me by and I realized that there are many many more things that I have not done! I wonder how many more years have to pass me by before I can get everything that I wanted to do done!

Someone told me a Chinese phrase, 'Long life work, long life do' (direct translation lah) The meaning is...work is a life long thing so you need not rush to it... Well, I'm not sure if I can agree to that. What if I don't have such a long life? Of course I wish I have. So I think it's better to finish off what I've started fast. Get the fruit, eat it and let the taste of the fruit linger...

Easier said then done! At least we've got another second this year to recap our past. (that's what our official time keeper form the GMT said) So, hang on a second before the New Year begins.

Happy 2009!
To my love, my relatives,
my good friends, my not so good friends,
my pets, my enemies and also not forgetting
the people whom I don't even know!

Yes Man

This movie by Jim Carrey is funny!

It reminds me of some of the direct selling meetings which I attended decades ago. This one is more extreme!

Worthy to watch if you find yourself running out of things to do on weekends.

Visit to China (Part 3) - Food Glorious Food!

For 13 days, I have been eating not because I need to but because I want to.

I had breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, tea, snack, dinner, snack, supper, snack! OMG! Can't believe myself. But what the heck! I'm on vacation! I don't want to think about the calories then, I'll worry about those when I get back!

The food in China is somewhat not so much to our taste but I'm not choosy about food. So minus the salt, sugar and oil in those food, the result is...nice and cheap food!

...but not this cup of coffee. It cost Rmb45!
Never go to this place again in my life!
(a cafe somewhere near Westlake, Hangzhou)



Breakfast is simple here.




Dumplings are cheap and tasty. Notice the price tag? Get what I meant? Oops! For those who are not good in Mandarin, let me translate...from the top;


Our shop's specialty dumplings
Each portion 10 pcs

3 mixed meat dumpling 8 yuan/portion
Beef dumpling 7 yuan/portion
Seafood dumpling 7 yuan/portion
Veg & meat dumpling 6 yuan...
.....and so on....tired leh.

Our lunch here cost Rmb26 inclusive of tea for 4 person.
Cheap leh!

And much much more...













..street food and snacks..must try!


...snacks ('ping thong wu lou', steamed maize, maltose, cotton candy)


the best mutton dishes...in Suzhou! Tasty...


Beer taste a little sweet...?? Chinese rice wine...good kick!

Dare to try this milk??


This Da Niang Dumpling is like Old Town White Coffee here, branches everywhere!

the end product is.. this...not something I like.


sweet but not my taste...



...the most renowned 'siu long pau' and 'tong pau' in Zheng Huang Temple, Shanghai. Good but....


...the world best 'siu long pau' and 'tong pau'...in Nanjing Rd. Shanghai. (my personal opinion)



...the best duck noodle soup...in Shanghai...yummmm!

And of course, their local delicacy.























Weird food...




...I tried and didn't die...cool!