New Year Holiday (Jan 4) - Tsing Yi Park Foliage

As we had too many things to do yesterday, so we did not make it to Tsing Yi Park after our Yuen Long tour. It was not a bad decision because the weather is much beautiful today. 

The foliage in Tsing Yi Park is a brand new experience for me because we have not seen such scene in the past few years. 

There were quite many people there on a sunny Saturday afternoon, but we still managed to take photos. In our last visit at Dai Tong a few years back, it was really difficult.

The scene with people going picnic under the trees looks like Japan. But soon the LCSD people are sending people off. :(

I found two perfect leaves in similar sizes, and therefore set this up. 

Copyright goes to Meiling. 

Ah Lun is a very respectful person when it comes to creativity, and he did not take any picture of this set-up because I am the one who created this. 

On the other hand, there are so many hopeless people trying to steal people's picture or copying other's angle. 

 Reflection! 

Meiling's copyright again. Ah Lun said only me could find this leaf in the bunch on the ground. I don't know why, but my eyes could spot these interesting stuff. 

Something crazy!

我們終於用了陳年聖安娜餅卡換了一打西餅。然後我們逛超市，阿倫忽發奇想，不斷問我敢唔敢搖個西餅盒。我第一次無理佢，第二次我都無應，第三次我忍唔住啦...啦....啦......

我搖.......

大家都在超級市場大笑！ 

從車場回家的路上，我已經feel到蛋糕的重量已經聚到一個角落上，哈！絲帶的十字已經不再在盒子的正中間了。

搖呀搖！阿倫真的很會玩，回家的路只要有他就不會悶。

回家後阿倫來個十級認真的搖，真的超大力，之後蛋糕就完完全全的散哂。

請注意，我們玩完之後食番晒，無浪費。來做些框框以外的東西，超好玩！

New Year Holiday (Jan 3) - Yuen Long 髻山

Today, we decided to go photo-taking at a nice place. 髻山 in Yuen Long is one of the top 20 beautiful places of taking picture of Hong Kong. Unfortunately the weather today was really bad, but we decided to go anyway.

In the first place, we cannot find the staircases to reach to the top, but we found it in the end after a few trials. 

From the top of 髻山 viewing over Tin Shui Wai. It's not sunset yet, but it looked like sunset. 

Imagine how beautiful if the day is clear. Will come back for another shot of these paddies when the sky is blue. 

It's not too difficult to reach 髻山, just a few flights of stairs away from the main road. 

This is the staircase on the left hand side of the road. I wish people have told us! We tried a few before seeing this one, but the other ones are just reaching some tombs. 

The staircase is just opposite to this seating area. And we just parked at the far end of the road. 

We went to one of the popular eateries in Yuen Long to have Taiwanese beef noodles. Quite lovely! 

New Year Holiday (Jan 2) - Ap Lei Chau

Oh yeah! I am finally off after the busy month of Dec. I am officially starting my long weekend from today.

First of all, we are coming back to Ap Lei Chau for his truck checked. Before we can get it back, we spent the whole morning in pacific coffee eating breakfast and chatting. 

Sitting in the same seats. This time the place was decorated in festive styles. 

Today the weather was very foggy, so we did not spent time by the water. It's a shame but that's ok. 

Afterwards, we went to have our dinner at Ruby Tuesday. Tall cake is his favorite. No matter how much food he got before dessert. 

We also bought 8kg dog food for Kailan and we played silly games on our way back because there's no one seeing us in this quiet bit of road. 

New Year BBQ

We are celebrating the new year under this beautiful tree. We had been to 大棠 a few years back but the place is so crowded nowadays. So we found another area near Tuen Mun. We did not need to fight for space anymore here. 

All photos were taken by my iPhone 5s. Pretty amazed by the camera quality. That's the main reason of not switching to samsung phone. 

Happy 2014

After midnight, I set this little art work up alone when Ah Lun and Kailan had gone to bed. 

Taken at 1:30am on Jan 1. 

Taken at 4pm on Jan 1. It looks so like a digital clock in this close-up. 

Another escape game...

Just three of us and this time the room name is 浴血更衣室

New for us！this vendor will set up two bombs onto two players.

We are so into the situation! Look at our facial expression. :)

We were so close to unlocking all codes, just two more, we will be out!!

Our new toy - fuel band by Nike

First day wearing the gadget and it keeps you feeling guilty not to move! Argh! 

Two sessions of figurobics just burnt me close to 250 calories. In case you are surprised about the low level of calories, I took 1x fat burn class + 1x fitball class which is just muscle building. Before my exercises, I used up only 409 calories by just going to work and coming back. But after the exercises, the total calories burnt is 667. 

I earned 3158 fuel points (a reward point developed by Nike) while Ah Lun  got 2,310fuel points. Yes! I have won over him on the first day. Let's see how things go as time goes on. 

Caprice Hong Kong (Dec 29)

Ah Lun is a big eater, so he has not been a big fan of fine dining. But he agreed to accompany me to try out Caprice, that's great! 

I called caprice in Nov, hoping to get a table near his birthday or our anniversary. But it's really full and we can only book Dec 29...

Ok, let's make it later so we can wrap our year in style, not a bad idea. 

He is worrying... But in the end he is ok. I can say he is not hungry, but not full. Lol. 

This is his appetizer! Those green little cubes are so tasty, giving a refreshing balance! 

That's my appetizer. This is mushroom soup. It feels like they are getting this clear broth with 50kg of wild mushroom. The red thing was made of beet root. 

His main - beef. It's tasty and has a strong beef flavour and it's cooked in perfection. Cannot see the colour here, but they look so nice. 

Oh la la! My seabass! The taste is super super awesome. How can they marinate the fillet in such a perfect taste. The sauce has so many flavors, and you can find pasta and clams there. It's just divine. 

A few petites before desserts. A million flavours in a mouth, lots of harmony! 

My dessert - chestnut and black current are two major ingredients. I love the polka dots. Great presentation! 

His desert - ginger bread and apple are the key stuff in this beautiful dish. It's just an art!

Service is superb! They keep a distance from us but yet they are so attentive. 

An occasional treat is necessary to keep us in good mood. Where should we go next? 

Christmas makeover

Before the holidays, we bought some new furniture from IKEA. They were delivered on Dec 24 afternoon. So we were busy with our home furniture re-arrangement during this Christmas, in between our gatherings. 

We threw away two old desks and replaced with one slim desk. The change is small but the re-arrangement has helped to make my living room more spacious unintentionally. This will give us a bigger area for weight lifting and stretching. 

Dining table moved to the right side

It makes more sense to move the portable cabinet back to sofa area! 

It's a wise choice.

I moved everything before Ah Lun is back, I just love the idea of moving things around. I guess I picked this habit up from my mommy when I was young.