Guangzhou as it is.....Part 1

This time we were hit by Typhoon Jangmi over Taiwan making the flight shaked like a milkshake ! Reached HK airport ahead of scheduled time , took the train from the airport to Kowloon station and then a taxi to Hung Hom station to cross over the border.The ride was almost 2 hours by fast rapid train and took another half hour to get over Custom and Immigration - this time we were stopped !! Not explosive in the bag but oranges - japanese mikan which we had bought in Jusco !

Anyway to make the story short , we were waited at the arrival hall and was greeted by the chaffeur and a guest officer.Reached the hotel after about 15 mins drive from the station and another surprise because some of the staff still remember us !

From the room you could see the City of Guangzhou - the last time we were here was May this year but the developments in the city is so rapid - fast -and the increased number of high rise buildings and skyscrapers and showrooms for luxury cars - first time I ever saw in my travels where you find Ferrari, Lamborghini, BMW, M-Benz showrooms like coffee shops !

Another view of the city

The hotel itself at night - and.......the typhoon wind still blowing over the flagpole.

A big water feature at the entrance - just right at the center - could it be the Water Star 8 or 9 residing there ??!!

And last but not least - an autographed book by the writer himself.

Good night and will continue blogging after the cm........................

Journey Into Bliss

Something extra ordinary..which I found .....and un-explainable...

Fire Station....

What is red and white and standing in the middle of Tokyo ? No...not a fire engine....also not a fire station...not Superman either...it's Tokyo Tower !
Got sometime off today , so we went to the tower ...just to see as what everyone else do...


quite a good place for base jumping......

a view of Tokyo from the tower....still thinking should I jump or not....

another view from the other end

an interesting mural on one of the wall inside the tower.

spotted near Roppongi Hills , Singapura - I'm sure they must have Curry Laksa and Nasi Goreng there !!

But I had lamb chop instead ! Where in RH ? Check here.

Tokyo Dragon..

No....not the baseball team....Akasuka's dragons..........

the dragons spurting water

the entrance

and...a lonely pigeon..........

His Holiness Lama Zopa..

In close up , a person who is full of wisdom....His Holiness Lama Zopa Rinpoche..

"Your whole life is controlled by karma, you live within the energy field of karma. Your energy interacts with another energy, then another, and another. That's how your entire life unfolds. Physically, mentally, it's all karma." - Lama Zopa Rinpoche

and is always full with happiness...

buy his book ( English language ) or read more......

Google your way home....

Yes.....this is what I want.2009 onwards , some of BMW's top models will be equipped with Google Nav and running Windows CE or Home Mobile as standard.

And it's not only that but that does include standard BMW Assist functionality like locating your car if it's stolen or dispatching an ambulance if you're in a horrible accident. Yeah, we only care about the searching too.

read more about on board PC here...

plus...images of 2009 BMW 7 series

Touch Here...Touch There....

Everything seems to be ' Touch ' now. New HTC Touch 3G maybe bye bye iPhone ........

iPhone 's rival

no detail yet for who would be the carrier for Japan but for specs and more images here .

Beijing Olympic Over ?? !!

Something and someone caught my attention today.......read more here and here and a short video here...Ta.ta...I'll do more updates later !

Vaio..Whyao...

Someone 'donated' an old Vaio to me.It seems that it cannot be recovered.But I'd like to give it a try.From the beginning , I knew the monitor display is already kaput , the hard disk sounds like a fruit mixer and the recovery software from Sony is unavailable but still..........

Got it hooked to a monitor first.Then was to 'hacked' through the disk and retrieve the drivers.Sony's Viao need Sony Vaio's softwares and hardwares - it is not interchangeable - the reason why I would never buy a Vaio myself.Managed to retrieve the drivers , next is to 'hard format' the hard disk.Took sometimes though , old disk , sounds like grinding machine but got it done.

and then...(trumpet ) paraa.......clean installed XP using F-disks , the safest way...

installation completed - did a complete defrag - using a 3rd party software - deleted all useless files and now it's up and working ! I'll use that as my testing ground. Thinking of installing Ubuntu next ! Yahoo !!

Pinky Lady..

What about this one to replace my old laptop....designers made by Vivienne Tam

PC by HP

very nice floral design

not so lady look - more Oriental looking

Could it be my next one ? Available next this autumn.

R.I.P.

After 5 years of hard work , despites thunder and lightnings , sacrificed itself to where we are now....it's time to go....it's not worth to repair anymore..will cost almost as buying a new one...all I can say is ...Thank You !! Rest In Peace

''Goodbye everybody-I've got to go......... -Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.....

-Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows)''........................

excerpt from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody

Chrome...is chromed.

The new browser from Google codename - Chrome is already out for downloads but still in Beta mode , anyone interested can download >> go to Google's main page and look for ' Chrome - download'

Once downloaded you and install immediately but initial installation will automatically set it to your default computer's language - since my default is japanese , it install itself in that language.

No worries , after the installation is complete , you can go to their page setting and change the language.

the browser looks good but in terms of safety from malwares and viruses , no idea yet

what I like most is are the bookmarks and pages that you had visited , it'all compiled into a page with thumbnails which makes easier to navigate.

see ya !!