Wa Gwai 兩隻人見人愛的搗蛋嘩鬼 - My 2 Little Rascals

I’ve been back for 3 weeks now, and I haven’t really started to blog about my trip. One word - AWSOME!! It was a blast!

My last trip to Hong Kong was almost 4 years ago, when Ashlyn was 4 months old. Things haven’t changed much, except more high rise buildings, and upscale shopping malls.

The best part of my trip, besides seeing my nephew for the first time, spending time with family, all the good food, and lots of lots of shopping, was that I had met up with many of my friends from elementary school, secondary school, ex-coworkers, and family friends.

I think I should start organizing all those pictures of food, stuff I bought (for Ashlyn, Alex and myself) and start blogging.

Stay tune!

OK, so I was back from vacation a week or so ago, but I didn’t feel like writing much. Jetlag? No. Lazy? Not really. Well, let’s put it this way. I think I’m keyboard challenged. Not that I don’t remember how to type, or I have to type with my pointy. It’s just… It’s just… Well, see if for yourself.

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Pretty hun? You now know what I meant by keyboard challenged? These are Gel Nail, I got them done hours before I got on the plane. It took 2 hours to have the extension, color, glitters, and bling bling (Swarovski crystals) done. They are comfortable, not hurting. Just need some get used to when it comes to typing. It’s extremely popular in Hong Kong for the past year or so. It’s been popular in Japan. I still remember flipping through Japanese fashion magazines, like JJ and CanCan, models always had long decorated nails. Back then, some 20 years ago, didn’t understand how they could possible do that, but now, I’ve got them myself. I just hope they will last ’til end of June, that’s when my cousin is going to have the wedding banquet.

Bling Bling!

TOUCH DOWN!! I have arrived HKG. I arrived yesterday morning. The flight was pleasant, but to my surprised, I didn’t sleep at all. Majority of my friends know that I sleep on flights, short and long distance, from the moment I got into my seat until the plane pulled up to the bridge. This time, I didn’t sleep. Why? Simply too many great movies offered on the plane. Well, I must mind you that I haven’t been to the movie theater ever since I had my first child, which was almost 4 years ago. Since then, busy with kids, needless to say, didn’t even have time to rent a movie. Yeah, kids are older now, so our choices of movies is limited to Disney. On this 12 hour-flight, I watched American and Chinese movies one after another.

I arrived at 6:20am, I stayed up by keeping myself busy with activities, such as SHOPPING and working (replying emails). I couldn’t keep my eyes open anymore at 6:30pm, so I took a 2 hour nap, had dinner, then I went straight to bed at 9pm. I slept through the night (sounds like a new born baby), and woke up at 7am this morning. It’s almost 10pm now, and I feel alright after a day full of activities. I think I should go take a shower and hit the sak.

xoxo

Ever since my first child was born, I have been obsessed with sending emails and greeting cards with her photos on it. When my second child was born, needless to say, pictures of one turned into pictures of two. Every time I saw advertisements of stationary companies that offer “design your own”, “do it yourself”, or “put your favorite pictures here” greeting cards, note pads, and even bank checks, I would stop whatever I was doing and just had to check it out.

I love custom photo cards, especially those with simple, contemporary designs, and neutral color that would fit into any occasions.

Every now and then, I would pick out a few good pictures of my kids and turned it into photo note cards or photo greeting cards. I just left it blank without any holiday or seasonal greetings, so that I could use it for anybody, anytime, and for any occasion. For example, I have used it as thank you cards after birthday parties, get well cards, or just to say hi cards to relatives who live overseas. I also use it as a gift tag, so that the recipient would know exactly who gave him the gift without second guessing.

There are so many other way I can use a custom photo cards for. You just have to be creative!

Have you dine in the sky before? I have. That is dining on the airplane in the sky. Ha Ha!

It was on Today Show. Dinner in the Sky is hosted at a table suspended at a height of 50 meter, which is about 16.5 feet, by a team of professionals. They prepare, cook, and serve the meal up in the sky. They serve up to 22 people each session. As you can see, they are not serving heavy meal, and I wonder why. For me, I guess I won’t have the appeitite when you ask me to dine 16 feet up in the air. Maybe that’s why they are serving bite size food. I can’t help but wonder, where is the washroom?

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I had a day off on Good Friday, so I had a long weekend. That’s the first long weekend since our company shut down a week for Christmas last year. Starring at the calendar, feeling kind of depressed, cux we are not going to get another long weekend until end of May - Memorial Day weekend.

Well, I guess I shouldn’t be too up sad, because I already booked my plane tickets to Hong Kong in April. I haven’t been back there since October 2004. The main purpose of the trip is to see my new born nephew, the leap baby, who doesn’t have an American name yet. Of course, how can I not do some damage to my hubby’s wallet while I’m at the heaven of shopping. The one mall that I must go, which was open last year(I think), is the IFC Mall (International Finance Centre). It is located in Central, heart of Hong Kong, which houses over 200 international brands, restaurants and bars, beauty services, and a unique new cinema. I guess I can spend the entire day there and pamper myself. Got excited just talking about it.

I’m starting the count down. Less than a month to go!!

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Today is the first day of the year of Rat. Last night I have prepared the outfits for Ashlyn & Alex to wear today. I remember when I was little, growing up in Hong Kong, the first day of the Chinese New Year was the most important holidays to celebrate. Dad would take us to the most upscale department store, Lane Crawford, after Christmas (after Christmas/Winter Sale), to buy new shoes for the Chinese New Year, and the upcoming school year. We were not allow to buy shoes during the first month of the new year, the entire month, because in Cantonese, the pronunciation of shoes (鞋)sounded like sighing, not a good start for the new year. I don’t remember where we got new clothes, cux Dad would get new clothes from overseas when he was on business trips. All the garments were new, from head to toe, inside to outside, every single garment was brand new. But when we were big enough to wear adults clothings, we shop at Esprit and Benetton (how many of you still remember these brands?). Oh, even the bed sheet was brand new.

Since after Xmas sales, I have been scouting for new shoes for Ashlyn (bling bling shoes) & Alex (McQueen shoes). With help from my cousin Jessica, I finally got everything prepared. Oh, and I got the perfect outfit for Ashlyn by accident from H&M. As for Alex, mom already got him the perfect silk jacket from Hong Kong 2 years ago.

XOXO