Domo Arigato

All courses completed for this year and looking forward for more courses next year..thank you everyone for participating.....

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100 dollar company

Not bad yeah....when a few agreed I should start to whatever I always wanted to do - hopefully with the help of few friends...and should start small ...Mark Zuckerberg started from his bedroom.. and so does Jerry Yang...and Sergey Brin and Larry Page.....when should it be launched ?

Boo !! Not Fair !!

Japan survey shows 40 percent of hotels, inns not accepting foreign travelers...

I don't understand .......... read more..

The Petai Invasion

Follow Up - the day we were supposed to fly back home , the typhoon hit Hong Kong , it was quite hard and was a little worried if the flight got delayed or worst still , cancelled , which I can't afford to extend my hols or I have to do replacement classes to the school , so prayed to God , and grateful enough , the typhoon weakened , hitched a taxi from the hotel to the airport , arrived there more than enough time , had lustiful lunch ( Chinese ., of course ! ) and soon we were on board.

the strong wind and hard rain surrounding the hotel

far out - can't see almost anything - with strong wind gushing like mad !

One funny thing during this trip was what I called ' The Petai Invasion '.....knowing that petai (s) are the most stinkiest food or bean ( put durians aside ) but the most delicious when eaten which any South East Asian can't resist , and since you can't get it on this side of the world or even H.Kong , I requested a friend to bring it over from Singapore.First , she said it was verrry ,verry smelly !!! Then she bought a bag pruposely just to put the petais so that she could take it on the plane and on top of it , she triple wrapped it with Ziplock ! Anyway , it arrived H.K. and was immediately passed to me because she can't bear the small in her room.And me...I was of course very glad .Then we moved to another hotel , carried the petais along with us and the whole taxi smelled of petai - but I pretended I don't know anything ! Checked in at the next hotel , the smell is still there...as the bell boy trolleyed our baggages , the whole corrridor smelled with this new brand of perfume...and still...I pretended nothing happened ! And to make the story short , I brought it back home - my most savioured petai - intact.

Many things can be done with petai - cooked or eat it raw or the best....

with a sambal - chilli paste fried and shrimp paste fried with petai...

more updates to come after the commercial................

Dear Lama Zopa - follow up

Tomoko being blessedby His Holiness...

Presenting the present that was specially flown from Lillian Too to His Holiness

Getting the book signed and autographed...

Proudly showing the signature..

Guangzhou Discovered....

I went to Beijing Road last night just to see what's going on - they say it's like a night market - which actually is not - but full of people but what interests me was in the middle of the street there are ruins of old streets during the Ming , Tang and Yuan Dynasty.
It was discovered in 2002 , right underneath the present street , when some of the workers were doing some repairs on the pedestrian mall.
According to local folklores , the City of Guangzhou become more prosperous after the discovery as some old people believe the discovery of the old street is the ' opening ' of the Dragon and it's Gate.But if you go to economic reports too , the city's economy soars from the beginning of 2002 and until now is one of the busiest industrial and business city in China....more interesting infos about Guangzhou

the present street - above - and the discovered street - below and it is below the present street


I'll move to HK tommorow morning by train and hopefully the coming typhoon won't disrupt our plans..

Guangzhou as it is.....Part 2

First of all , I didn't know that blogs are blocked in China on the base of political and safety of the country.It's the first time I updated my blog in this country the other day , never did I realised that I can edit , change and update my blog ( for viewers and readers outside this country ) but I CANNOT view it ! I made a quick search on the internet and seems that any blogs , Wordpress , Typepad are blocked by the Great Firewall of China.I have no complain as I respect each country's rules and law , as long as I can keep updating it for my readers elsewhere.

This time just more pictures - the outdoor cafe at the hotel

one of the restaurant staff preparing the dinner buffet - fresh seafood !

I found my favourite - Hainanese Chicken Rice - with steamed chicken !

Tomoko had the dumplings with vegetables in chicken soup and Singapore Curry Laksa

Li Wan Plaza - a typical shopping mall in the city .....

and the typical weekdays crowd - these people really knows how to enjoy life - which I envy them !

a seafood yakitori - chinese style - semi fried in hot spicy oil

the water features outside the hotel - also acts as a fence

one more ....and bigger one

next posting - I discovered Guangzhou's secret -