Macau Trip - 19.4.2008 - 20.4.2008

A large hotel room!
Oh so few people on the street!
Always blue sky inside Venetian Macao!

I visited Macau in mid-April. The main purpose of this visit was to stay in the Venetian Macao. However, it was so unlucky that typhoon signal No. 8 was hoisted in Macau @ 1:30 pm on 19.4.2008! We were suffered from heavy rain and limited transportation. We were totally wet outside as it took hours to return to the hotel in the evening! Luckily it became sunny on the next day so we could have some sightseeing!

Manchester United : King of Europe - Winner of UEFA Champions League Final

UEFA Champions League @ FinalLuzhniki Stadium, Moscow on Wed 21 May
UNITED 1 - Ronaldo 26 (6 pens scored: Tevez, Carrick, Hargreaves, Nani, Anderson, Giggs)CHELSEA 1 - Lampard 45(5 pens scored: Ballack, Belletti, Lampard, A Cole, Kalou)

I was too excited when I was watching the live coverage of the game! 'Cas the game was so dramatic & there's death penalty! Happy that Manchester United did so well in 07/08!

2007/08 English Premier League

Congratulation to Manchester United!!!!!! They are the Champion of this year's English Premier League!

Tam Kung Festival Parade cum Temple Fair

Tam Kung Festival Parade cum Temple Fair is held in Sau Kei Wan on 11 May and 12 May. Tam Kung Festival falls on the 8th of the Fourth Month of the Chinese Calendar. This is my 1st time to join this event. It is very interesting to see "Tam Kung" (one of the deities) being moved from the Temple to the venue of the Fair! I also learn much about the chinese temples and deities from the website of the Chinese Temple Committee.

Paddington Bear

Poster downloaded from 7-11 Offfical website

The Paddington Bear exchange programme by 7-11 will expire very soon! I have collected 3 PB in different costumes! I intend to get one more PB before the programme ends! I wanna to collect a classic PB!

Shenzhen Trip - 8.4.2008

I took about 1.5-hour bus to OCT East, Shenzhen. OCT East is an eco-tourism mountain resort opened last year. It is divided into three conceptual zones:- Knight Valley, Tea Stream Valley and Wind Valley with both western and eastern landscape and architecture. It is good and relaxing for us to spend one day on exploring the resort on weekdays as there are not so many people.

New Features & New Look

This morning I can spend some more time on the web so I discovered so many features available here! The most interesting one is to add a slideshow here - a slideshow of my photos stored in Flickr.com!

My new web link

I have created a new web link at http://www.flickr.com/photos/madeline_hk/

At the start, I have uploaded my collection of paddington bear!!!

Hong Kong Flower Show 2008

Photos taken on 21 March 2008 am, @ Victoria Park. More photos were uploaded in my worldisround homepage!

Tai Chi Made Easy Class

I shall join the Class at 7 am to 8 am every Sunday from April. I need to wake up early on Sunday morning! But i think this is a good habit for me!

Backstreet Boys Live in Hong Kong 2008

I've eventually watched the concert at Asiaworld last nite! Most new songs from the new album, but also include all their hits!!! Good memories, great performance of BSB!!! The concert started at 8:30 pm and ended at 10:15 pm.

Song list:

Larger than Life
Everyone
Any Other Way
You Can Let Go
Unmistakable
I Want It That Way
--Howie Solo
Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely
More Than That
Helpless When She Smiles
Trouble Is
Incomplete
--A.J.Solo
-- Nick Drum Solo Panic
Everything But Mine
--Nick Solo
Quit Playing Games With My Heart
As Long As Love Me
All I Have To Give
I’ll Never Break Your Heart
Inconsolable
--Brian Solo
The One
Treat Me Right
The Call
EveryBody

encore: Shape of my Heart

Fireworks on 8.2.2008

It seeems that this is my 1st time to see fireworks along the harbourside of Hong Kong! The above video was taken beside the Star Ferry Pier in Central.

Backstreet Boys Live in HK 2008

Happy to learn that BSB will host a concert on 29.2.2008!!! Yet the venue is Asiaworld-Arena - too far away and no seats arrangement for the concert:( So I decide not to buy the ticket now until I confirm that I can go there in time on that nite!

Another good news to know is that NKOTB will unite!

Visit to Ocean Park - 16.1.2008

Initally I wanna visit Shenzhen instead of the Ocean Park on my birthday (as I have visited the Ocean Park for many times!) But due to cold weather, I go to the Ocean Park today! There are not so many people and I can see a new pair of pandas! Also I like to see sea jelly again!

Beautiful Sea Jelly!

Cute Panda!

Will upload more videos in youtube soon:)

Kai Ping Trip - 1.1.2008 to 2.1.2008

On the 1st day of 2008, I traveled to Kai Ping City in Guongdong Province, China. Kaiping Diaolou and Villages have been recognised as the 1st World Culture Heritage in Guangdong. The owners of the Diaolou are emigrants from Malaysia, Chicago, Canada, Mexico, etc. The Diaolou show the mixture of chinese and western architecture.

I have stayed in Kai Ping City for 2 days and have visited all the main attractions. Kai Ping is comfortable as it is less polluted (when compared with other cities in Guangdong). The Diaolou is worth visiting as it is difficult to find so many Diaolou in other cities in China!

X'mas in Hong Kong

This year I have not been to so many places to take photos. Here are the highlights:) It seems that every shopping malls have x'mas decorations as well! Another x'mas has passed! Until next year!

Christmas Day

Oh a few minutes left for me to leave a message here on a christmas day!

Autograph of Shayne Ward

Autograph session held at 7 pm on 6.12.2007 @ CD Warehouse, Mongkok. There were 200 fans meeting Shayne Ward and receving his autograph! I was one of them:) But I could not take photos with him:( He will be back in early Janauary 2008! Here are the words he said to us!

Shayne Ward @ New Town Plaza

My photos are not of good quality:(

Shayne Ward is the guest for the X'mas lighting ceremony @ New Town Plaza this evening! He sang "No Promises", "Breathless" and "That's OK with u"! So nice to see him again! I have taken videos of these songs but the size of the files are too large to be uploaded on Youtube:(

Shayne Ward comes to HK again!

I have not expected to see Shayne Ward again in HK so soon! I have obtained the pass for the autograph session to be held on Thursday!