Seminar on Art in Spain

Yesterday night I attended a 2-hour seminar organised by the School of Continuing & Professional Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The host has been traveling to Barcelona and Madrid so he introduced the art works and architectures by famous artists and architects like Antoni Gaudi, Pablo Picasso, John Miro, Salvador Dali, Velasquez, Diego and Goya. I have been to Spain and I was really impressed by the architectures by Antoni Gaudi. I hope that I shall go to Barcelona again as I have not had enough time on exploring the city last time.

Las Meninas - Diego Velazquez (More description of the above artworks at Wikipedia) I remember that I have seen it in person when I was in Spain years ago!)

Travel Expo

Got free entrance tickets from the Next Media so I attended the Expo at HKCEC on Sunday. Happy to get many souvenirs and travel books and leaflets, etc. However, my shoulders are still in pain today!

Fat Angelo's

Ribs alla Roma (mini-sized) - enough for us!

Tiramsu - one of my fav' desserts!

The Sweet Dynasty

We have ordered the followings tonite:-

The Sweet Dynasty Congee - HK$32
Noodle with Shrimp Dumplings & Special Briskets in Soup - HK$40
Steamed Duck Noodle Roll - HK$32
Steamed Superior Chicken with SoySauce & Onion Oil (Half) - HK$65
Steamed Glutinous Rice with Salted Meat - HK$20
Seasame Pastle Glue Pudding - HK$19

Good seats after renovation! But so-so food quality

Winnie the Pooh - A.A.Milne

I have eventually finished reading the famous children story book! Pooh is always so greedy for honey! Piglet is small and shy! Eeyore is always so gloomy! I wonder why Tigger does not appear in the party in the final chapter?!

Tai Hing New Century

Fusion Tea-set - "BBQ Pork in spicy creamy sauce" plus a drink - HK$36

FA Cup Final - Man Utd 0 Vs Chelsea 1

Hundreds of people (including me!) gathered at apm on 19.5.2007 nite to watch the live coverage of FA Cup Final match. I was upset that Manchester United lost a goal duirng the last few minutes of the extra time!

But I was happy to find there are so many Manchester United fans in Hong Kong!

Hiking on 12.5.2007

Yesterday I went hiking again! I took No. 13 bus outside the City Hall, Central to reach the starting point of Pik Shan Path at Pokfulam. It was easy to walk along the path which directs to the University og Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, the Peak or Lung Fu Shan Country Park, etc. It only took about 1 hour and 30 minutes to end my hiking at the University of Hong Kong.

British Premier League 2006-07

Manchester United won the Premier League for the first time in four years yesterday as Chelsea could only draw 1-1 at Arsenal!!! We Man Utd. fans have longed for the premiership title for a long time!!

Hiking on 6.5.2007

This morning I walked along one of the many hiking trails in Tai Tam Country Park (Extension) in Quarry Bay. There you can see the old red house and many stoves at wartimes (photos above)! I felt a bit hot in noon on a sunny day today! Summer is not a good time for hiking!

Legend of White Horse

Recently I have read a promotional leaflet from the DinersClub and they offered us a discounted price HK$25 for watching movies at the 4D Extreme Screen at the Hong Kong Airport. It was said that it was a 4D cinema which contained the largest movie screen with special effect currenlty to be found in Asia. I was told that we could only watch the 4D movie "Legend of White Horse" at such a discounted price (orignal price was HK$50) when I arrived there this morning. Anyway, I chose to watch this movie. There were really some 4D special effects when we watched the movie. However, the story was real boring and it only lasted for 14 minutes!! It was not quite worth spending so much time on reaching there to watch this movie! I think the similar 4D Donald Duck movie I watched at the Hong Kong Disneyland was much more interesting!!

Queen Pier

Queen Pier in Central will be demolished soon! I decided to reach there to take some photos!

Caritas Restuarant

"Grilled Lamb chop with Garlic Herbs Sauce" - HK$118

Egg Tart

I bought a box of 6 egg tarts from the famous old cake shop in Kowloon City on 9.4.2007. Too much for us!

Tai Po Waterfront Park

I have been to the Park on 8.4.2007. You can never imagine that there is such a beautiful "flower sea" in Hong Kong. I have taken loads of flowers photos here!

Dining Nite - 7.4.2007

Roasted Rack of Lamb with Onion Red Wine Sauce (HK$33) at Watami Japanese Restaurant (Telford Branch)

Chocolate Cake with Fudge & Ice-Cream (HK$39) at Delifrance (Telford Branch)

Cheung Chau Trip - 5.4.2007

On the 1st day of the 5-day long ching ming festival and easter holiday, I have been to Cheung Chau for a day. It only takes an hour to reach there by ferry. This time I had more time to explore this outlying island and tried much local food like red bean cakes and fish balls noodles. However, it was so unlucky that I fell down on a wet rock and hurt my bottom! Now I still feel painful as I think it takes me some time to recover.

Vase Rock along the coastline! Honeycomb weathering effect!

Cherry blossom outside Kwan Tai Pavilion!

Drying the shrimps along Tai Hing Tai Road

My itinerary:

9:50 am: Central Ferry Pier 5 > 10:50 am Cheung Chau Ferry Termninal > Kwun Yam Wan > Mini Great Wall (16 Rocks including Vase Rock, Human Rock, Elephant Rock, etc.) > Tin Hau Temple > Kwan Tai Pavilion > Cheung Chau Sai Tai Road > Cheung Po Tsai Cave > Reclining Rock > Sai Wan Tin Hau Temple > 7:30pm: Cheung Chau Ferry Terminal > 8:30 pm: Central Ferry Pier 5

Tourist map is available!

Photo of the Day

"Beautiful Cactus Flower" - Photo taken at Cheung Chau on 5.4.2007

Macau Trip - 31.3.2007

Last time I visited Macau for 1 day in mid-February, mainly for signtseeing. This time I went there again and entered a number of new grand casinos! (Gambling is just for fun! haha!) And I have tried some good Portuguese food! Macau has changed a lot!! I enjoyed my trip and I think I shall go there again!

My itinerary:

9:15 am Departure on TurboJet > 10:15 am Arrival at Macau > Star World Casino > Wynn Casino > A-Ma Temple > Lunch at Restaurante "A Lorcha" > Ruins of St Paul's > Senado Square > Dinner Buffet at "The Grand Buffet" of Grand Lisboa (MOP 180 + 10% service charge) > Lisboa Casino > 9:45 pm Departure on JetFoil > 10:45 pm Arrival at Hong Kong

Shenzhen Trip - 25.3.2007

I joined the Shenzhen 1-Day Tour by the Wing On Travel. Tour price is HK$99, lunch and dinner inclusive. Only 22 people joined the tour but we got a 45-seat coach! Very spacious! Don't expect much to see; it is still good to take a break from Hong Kong!