如何回到當時　猶如情侶熱戀的那時
記憶可以　幻作一對蝴蝶飛舞在時光深處
荼薇紅過都變枯枝
血肉之軀會沒法保持
唯獨春天可以給記住

舊照

我不算是個極愛拍照的人. 就是記性好. 很多片段, 小事一宗, 也上心頭. 發現舊照其實不多, 但卻勾起不少畫面. 聽著王菲, 看到6 年前的我, 那個笑容, 我還可以嗎? 同一個問題, 3 年前我也問過自己. 或者, 我是太依賴.

合上眼, 闖進思潮, 我還認得那是天真任性的自己嗎? 但我慶幸有過這些. 大概, 我們也不會回到那時.

The Food Paradise - HK!

I haven't forgotten my little throne here - it's just taken me so long to blog maybe i should do this more often this year :)

Twenty-twelve has been such a tough year, except the last month which was a blast! It's been awhile since i was being pampered and spoiled it was like heaven - parents and maid all looked after me and everyday my timetable was just sleep, watch tv, go out & shop, eat and sleep again... special thanks to my dearest mommy and new maid Anna (it's just amazing someone would do my laundry and bed everyday and make me nice meals with table set etc!). jesus now i sound super like a HK kid... i wonder if i'd put on weigh since I've been indulging myself with lots of mouth-watering fooooooood and trying out different restaurantssss :P here're some highlights!

Seafood at Lau Fau Shan (流浮山)

one of the many many seafood dishes - traditional local stir fried razor clams!

This little fishing village has transformed to become the landmark of seafood restaurants in HK where you buy the very fresh, ie swimming!, seafood and the restaurant would cook to your liking.

Omakase sashimi lunch at Tin Hau

there's no way you could get something similar in london considering the freshness, variety and technique of sashimi/ sushi in london! The steamed egg was almost perfect, just that the prawns at the bottom was a bit overcooked. The miso soup was OK-ish with clams. The toro and scallops were heaven - i wish i had sea urchin too.... It's not cheap but def worth it!

                                 
                                     

dinner with mom after shopping at Festival Walks. Very nice soft shell crab tampura!

Dinner with UK boarding girlies at St. Francis Street.

Amazing starter - scallop sashimi with snow crab brown meat!

the highlight of the dinner was the diaphragm of beef! it was very juicy and crunchy!!

Dinner at home - hot pot for winter solstice!

i was a good girl i went to the market with mommy! okay i only stayed in the car to support spiritually... the pic only showed half the table of food unfortunately! we had oysters, eels (both my fave!), fish, prawns, deep fried fish skin (must have for hotpot!), lily and shitaki mushrooms, crabs, clams, pork neck fillet, hand cut beef and many many more... i dont know how my stomach managed to hold all these that evening... and we encored another 2 times during my stay at home :P

Lunch at Pacific Place's Peking Restaurant. 

this is a fairly high-end chinese eatery as it sits at Pacific Place, however! the food was a little bit of a disappointment esp the tea!!!!! 

dinner with mom and aunt and Ana at Hangzhou Restaurant in Wanchai 

special dish - river shrimps infused with 'Dragon well' tea

it was very very light and very very delicious! the shrimp was crunchy and fresh!

this is one of my all-time fave starter! It's hand-chopped wild green with tofu dressed in sesame oil! This wild green has to be hand chopped cos you can then feel the roughness and texture of each bite! it doesnt taste the same if it's done by machine...

okay, jap again... the toro and malin and sea urchin just melt in your mouth!

indeed i had tried a lot of different food toooo... from fusion Thai to German suckling pig, from Vietnamese to home made heartfelt dinnerssss. 

it was just so good to be back and nice to catch up with all my dear buddies! i wish you all a happy 2013 with a lot more enjoyable and unforgettable memories! xxxx

piazolla on sunday eve...

the room is dimmed on this sunday evening and i can feel mr. winter has quietly arrived. wrapped in my throw and night gown, i'm accompanied by piazolla's strings. it matches my mood perfectly. i have my eyes closed for a minute. maybe i have to get used to all these, and stop feeling sorry for myself. maybe it's time to stand up for myself too... yet i'm all too weak. too weak to even compose my already disorientated vision. maybe the question is how to regain composure.. im scared. im scared of myself.

Fifteen years on

I was such a naive girl with massive ego 15 years ago.
I was only 13.
I was happily awaiting my Year 7 final results and the beginning of summer holidays.
I was also deeply saddened by the departure of the last HK Governor and his family, a tear stung my face when the HMY Britannia drifting along the harbor, becoming smaller and smaller until she disappeared gracefully, with pride and honor, into the darkness of Pacific Ocean.

The first of July 1997 marked the historical day in this little fishing village in the South-East. Fifteen years on, I am now a grown-up living in the Motherland. I first thought of writing this in my mother tongue. Strangely enough, it feels more natural to pour out in English. Even stranger is - how Honkers are still regrettably attached to the British reign (I know it sounds uber politically incorrect).

I was lucky to be born in early 80s, able to experience the less turbulent era and enjoy the wealth of cultural freedom and be a little witness of the last few years of HK as a British colony. The little touches have since faded - the coins with Queen's face, the red postboxes, the stamps, the public holiday of Queen's birthday, and the English and colony flags. These are however only the physical features, with a lot subtle replacements that only a local could tell. It may be wrong to express an opinion - having not lived at home for 11 years I do not feel the most appropriate to comment.

'I have relinquished the administration of this government. God Save the Queen. Patten.' The last telegraph sent to Her Majesty at 00:00 HKT1st July 1997, aboard with his family and two little Norfolk terriers, as well as the Prince, drew a line of the British rule for HK. A very beautiful line that would always earn him pride and praise amongst those who had the fortune to taste. A very beautiful line that the city and history will never forget.

立立雜

最近於YOUTUBE 上看了黎小姐 WINIFRED 上年替衛視拍的 <時尚達人>, 她說時裝好聽, 始終她於這行打滾了多年, 可是, 當她自稱文化人, 作家, 資深傳媒人時, 就真的不敢恭維了... 甚至有點笑壞人. 她於節目訪問了不同品牌負責人, 包括McLaren - 她竟然問 '你們這新車用了橙色, 是不是要加強時代感?' ; 跟心齋主理人談, 又問何謂食素, 何是吃齋... 當然, 我不怪她沒見識, 但訪問別人前不是該先做做家課, 免得失禮人前. 再說, 她不斷地拋英文單字, 我想當年能以 3A 入港大COMPARATIVE LIT 都該說得口流利英語嘛.... 說時遲, 那時快, 她以英文作訪問, 立刻露了底.... 結果只惹得人貽笑大方.

又或者,不需太執著? 最近看<飲食男女> 一篇關於挪威的遊食記, 90% 資料都是老作. 那位小記定必覺得外國的月亮特別圓, 他/她只是寫浪漫散文, 但也懇請下回附句 '全屬虛構'...

其實, 可能我太脫節, 跟不上時代步伐...

i am beginning to seriously wonder what i'm doing or what i should be doing?

the random and lively bunni is gone. maybe she should wander in the forest again - there are beautiful exotic mushrooms awaiting her no? and in this forest she knows no one is fighting with/ against her. all she could risk is to pick a poisonous one...
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you'll be surprised if there're no surprises. so the room was too small for any audio, and a speaker almost suffered from a heart attack and had to step out yesterday.

this morning when i arrived at 815 i thought it's still early to finish my yoghurt. then came a gentleman with a big smile. he extended his hand and said thomas i'm - my chairman! he was such a nice guy that i owed him a massive favor.  i was so so so impressed that someone so high up could be so down to earth. i've seen a lot of fake people here in this industry. people call themselves an EVP or MD and boss ppl around. when you do get to meet such sincere people you couldn't help looking up to them.

and my rustic norwegian surprised the two who halted abruptly and asked if i'd just spoken norwegian to them :)