Reconnect with friends

It's a packed day, and this is a day for good friends. After the 2-week business trip, it's good to be home and reconnect with my friends. One of my old friends, Ah Yan, is coming back to HK for two weeks. We had a drink at the same Habitu Caffe at Elements, the same place where we met 1 or 2 years ago. We could not get the same seats, but we were pretty close! I enjoyed the specially made Earl Grey Tea with Passion Fruit Syrup.

Crab Kee is having a gathering tonight, and Donna is the only person who is absent. what a shame. We had both crab and hotpot for people on the cold side or the hot side. It's sad to know that Anton has to continue with the hotpot / crab / hotpot / crab cycle to get a good balance of cold/hot. I hope your body is coping with this harsh cycle.

We also had a belated birthday celebration for Flora.

A touching love comic - forwarded by my brother

Kailan is getting very very naughty!

she has been crying and barking for a long time already.

she has been fed, and she has been hugged, and she has been running freely in the room for a long time. what else does she want?

you cannot imagine how naughty she had become, while keeping an innocent face!

i really like this shot, which is taken by ah lun.

This is too much food for 2!!

Got the free dinner for 2, but we kept ordering extras...luckily, Mr
Tse has a big appetite tonight.

Metro Daily Photo Competition

All of a sudden i found my name in the Metro Daily Photo Contest's finalists page.

The story is.......Joyce Ip asked me to vote for her friend who is another finalists. I only browsed the page after i have vote for him, and i found one familar photo ie my photo uploaded a long time ago.

Frankly speaking, the other photos are very very professional, and my photo is not comparable to theirs, but being shortlisted is the best news of the week and one of the greatest surprises lately.

Remarks - I like China Bank Building and Tai O Photos. Wish them luck!

Samsung Digital Lock

My home furnishing project will start from 1 Nov, ie tomorrow. After my busy work schedule in the month of October, i have to speed up my home project.

I visited Mongkok again to search for the doors today. My requirements are very basic, so I can easily made up my mind. In fact, i prefer to buy cheaper doors because i do not like those complicated and outdated designed doors. My philosophy is always "less is more" so it will look great in the next 20 years.

After i have more or less confirmed the door designs, cat and I looked out for other items. We started shopping for locks. We were attracted by numerous door locks, especially the digital door locks. They were so expensive in the shop, from HKD3XXX - 5XXX. But I have found a chepaer source from ebay tonight, i can say it is almost half price. It's so tempting!!!!!Thank you Cat for accompanying me. Ah Yea said she will come, but obviously she must be in her bed when i called her in the afternoon.

2009 Business Trip #6 - Hong Kong (Day 11)

ho ho ho......I am finally home today.

We got up so early to catch the flight, and we have seen the sunrise on the way to KL airport.

I am pretty sure to say that this is unlucky day for our group because we were delayed in the group transfers in the early morning, and could not waive our excess baggage from CX (+50 kgs though), and one of the Dubai delegates got his luaggage sent to Dubai (instead to HK), so he spent most of his time settling his baggage issue at the HK airport.

Last but not least, I almost got heart attack when i was informed by my colleague that some guests received our computer-generated reminder which stated the wrong event date. Luckily, we found out from service provider that there were only 5 people got the wrong email message, and remedies could be made within half an hour.

Phew~ What a stressful day. Tomorrow will be a brand new start, I believe!

Hopefully there will be very little no-show, and the event will run smoothly and it puts a perfect full stop to the Dubai Roadshow. :)

2009 Business Trip #6 - Kuala Lumpur (Day 9 -10)

It's hard to believe today is the 10th day already.

We finally left Singapore after 9 days, so this is a great move as we finally moved away from Sheraton Singapore which is not providing good services to my surprise.

We are here at Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur.

Hurray, I am going back to HK tomorrow. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I hope the clock can tic faster today.

2009 Business Trip #6 - Singapore (Day 6)

Today is Saturday, but i still have to work. But I tell myself i have to be quick, otherwise, there is no sunlight to take great pictures. Finally I managed to leave my room at 2.30pm. I re-visited Singapore Art Museum & Chinatown Heritage Centre.

Singapore Art Museum is a boy, because he is called SAM

My lunch at DOME Cafe @ SAM at 4.30pm

Chinatown Heritage Centre My new family name, and thank you (xie xie) for reading. :)

2009 Business Trip #6 - Singapore (Day 4-5)

Time really flies, today is already the 5th day i am staying here.
We have almost finished all local food we should try (Chicken rice, laksa, popiah, prawn noodles & fish ball noodles), of course we will not forget to eat different types of crabs.
According to Singapore Tourism Board, Chilli Crab is an unofficial national dish of Singapore. How can we miss this out in our 9-day trip?
Apart from Chilli Crab, we also had black pepper crab and creamy crab in the past 5 days. Normally, I do not eat crab in Hong Kong because i feel tired of taking off the shells. i can say the crabs i have consumed these days exceed my quota for the whole year. Top: Black Pepper Crab (Front) & Creamy Crab (Back) from Seafood Paradise, The Singapore Flyer - taken by Nikon D90
Bottom: Chilli Crab with steamed bun from Long Beach, Dempsey Road - taken by iphone