Lust.Caution

This is a brilliant movie. For someone who can't stand listening to mandarin, which 99% of this movie is spoken in mandarin, for 2.5 hours, it's brilliant. Go to see see la ~

Rarest of the rare!

I have many Leo friends who's birthday surround mine.

I have people whom I know that share the same birthday as me, such as my direct cousin and my best friends baby.

I have not yet met anyone who shares the same DAY, MONTH & YEAR as me.

Yesterday I have. This is Peter!! Finally got to meet him - actually this is the second time I've met him. (I didn't know he was the one last time I met him)

Born on the same DAY, MONTH, YEAR as me, born in Hong Kong too!!



Many many thanks for Kali for introducing us!!

www.mysweetheartfood.com

Steam egg pudding with Spirulina - apparently really nice for the skin and makes you look years younger!

Mango Pancake

Ice cream with dumplings with black sesame inside

This is a very yummy Ferrero Rocher Souffle - highly recommended!!

The 2 black banana's are BBQ banana's.. very yummy with the ice cream.


Please note: I did not eat all these on my own! hehehe =)

Interested ? go to www.sweetheartfood.com

More memories

I can't believe that we are already nearing the end of September. Time is going by so quickly and it's reaching 7 months that I've been in HK. I can no longer call myself a newbie. I have to be honest. I am adjusting. I am starting to enjoy it just a little more than I did before.

Seeing the new winter fashions of nice long coats and the sexy winter boots make me feel very excited. I often wonder whether HK will be that cold that I'll need to wear those mega wolley jackets. I was told HK wasn't even cold enough to wear a leather jacket. This will be my first Autumn, winter in HK. I've managed to get through my first summer in HK. I have to say - it's not too bad.

This year will be my first mid-autumn festival in HK. Seeing people at work start buying lanterns for their little kids, lights and decorations on the streets, the colourful butterflies, the beautiful flowers and the traditional big lanterns.

My memories of playing with lanterns lie back home in Sydney 1990. I remember choosing a bright pink butterfly lantern, my brother, a blue car lantern. On a full moon night glowing into our backyard in Haberfield, my dad placed candles inside our lanterns and we played for hours, listening to stories about the rabbit in the moon.

I walked past the markets in Central today, seeing the lanterns for sale and realised that now they have the ones that have lights in them. I wasn't suprised. There was a clitch on the handle to turn the light on and off. There's no need to worry about the weather on the night, no need to worry about whether it was raining or too windy and no need to take 5 second steps to ensure the candle doesn't blow out. I still like the candle lanterns though. It brings me back memories of the days that Dad, Mum, Mike and I were sitting in the backyard, under the moonlight, the four of us happy & smiling and telling stories.

Black Sheep Exhibition

Carrie Chau website: www.wunyingcollection.com

a belated b'day presssieeeee...

Can you notice the STRAWBERRIES, MANGOES, MARSHMELLOW & CUPCAKE ?? It's HANDMADE by DeeDeeeee.

Thanks Deeeee =) Love it sooo much !!!! xxoo

A belated New Year resolution

Since 2003, one of my New Years Resolution which is always top on my list is to do a Detox for 15 days. This year, because of my move from Sydney to HK, it's been delayed. I'm finally doing it. Today, I went to get my de-caf coffees, soy milk, cereal, brown rice and veges ready for my 15 days of not being able to drink my normal milo breakfast, my daily intake of choc and junk foods, my wonton noodles & BBQ pork rice lunches.. and the list goes on...



To be prepared of not being able to eat my favourite foods for the next 15 days, my cousin and I rewarded ourselves with this little pink piggy - note the date!! hehehe

Procrastinating again...

I've been back in HK and back to work for 4 days. Getting back into my old routine and "attempting" & "trying" to study for my exam next Tuesday. My first FP licence exam in HK. I've been procrastinating. I only have 4 more days to study and MC's are my weakness. Starting to feel the pressure now...

My Sydney Trip 23/8 to 2/9 - 2007

Unfortunately back home, I couldn't logon to blogger to update my blog.
However, I've finally managed to post pics up on my MSN SPACE & Facebook.

Overall, I had a fantastic time back home. I caught up with as many friends as I could. I do apologise for those who I didn't have time to see. My schedule was so tight and 9 days back in Sydney is definitely not enough.

This is what happened in the 9 days back home (cut short):

1. Had my fav Banana bread @ Gloria Jeans x 3
2. Had my fav carrot cake from Muffin Break x 2
3. Thanks to Brian who organised a very welcoming steamboat@his house! Thanks Alice, Alice Jai, Jon, Polly & Andrew for all helping out and making the night so much fun and memoriable! Pictionary was so much fun!
4. Had a delicious dinner at Westin Hotel, Martin Place with W.
5. Had many mother-daughter shopping, yumcha, coffee, dinner and chats! This is something I miss ever so much!
6. Spent time with my 7 week old pup - Fluffy. I gave him his first bath and now he's toilet trained!!!
7. Spent time with K and Penny x 5. Was so happy to be able to be part of Penny's 1 month birthday dinner and catching up with K and learning the life of motherhood.
8. Had my favourite baked pork chop with corn and cheese sauce in Chatswood x 3 - Bumped into some unexpected friends there too!
9. Went to Cha for Tea for drinks with Elaine & Alex
10. Had a nice sister - brother lunch at Makoto with Mike.
11. Had 2 x 4 hour session chats with S. Can't believe how long we chatted for. The only place we could find open at 11pm that wasn't too far for both of us was North Ryde RSL, which closed at 2am. Then we felt hungry and made our way to Harry's for after mid - night snack! Didn't get to Harry's till 2.30am - had a cheese dog with mash and peas and gravy.. mm... unforgettable!
12. Another night - had a sudden Macca's craving at 2am at home. Managed to convince Mike to go drive thru. Only to realise that the drive thru was closed - so wearing our PJ's, we hurried in and out of Pennant Hill Macccas. Lucky I didn't bump into anyone.. hehee
I had 5 nuggets, half a packet of large fries and an apple pie and Mike had a large McChicken Meal and 5 nuggets! Arn't we pigs?? hehehee =)
13. More lunch visiting people @ work and more dinners & drinks.
14. Third last night dinner with Brian & crew @ Amo Ramo at The Rocks followed by dessert at Harbourside Kitchen@Park Hyatt where I had a yummy sticky date pudding with fudge ice cream.
15. Second last day - went yumcha with my mum at Eastwood, then did some shopping at CBD, went to the Cupcake shop @ Pitt Street to bring some over to K's place for afternoon tea & dinner at Crowsnest with Uncle & Aunty Wong.
16. ... waking up at 4.30am to get to the airport with my lovely mum & bro to send me off.

As you can see, my whole trip consisted of eating, drinks, eating, more drinks and more drinks after! It was great catching up with everyone and coming back home after being away for so long. It was soo warm. It felt so much like home. Even though it was FREEZING COLD!! Getting back into my car felt abit weird at first, but it definitely didn't take me long to adjust.

I enjoyed sitting at home on my lounge, just staring into space and loving how spacious my house was. How big my kitchen is. My bedroom. My bathroom. Being away makes me realise even more how much I appreciate my home, my family and my dear friends.

No.. I didn't want to come back. Yes, I am homesick. Sydney will always be home.

But hopefully it won't be long till i'm back again!

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