March 30, 2012
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Yes, I’m off to Vietnam tomorrow for a holiday! Taking four days of annual leave will allow me to have a 11-day holiday because of the Qing Ming, Good Friday and Easter Monday public holidays. My friend and I will … Continue reading
March 29, 2012
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I’m back! With a whole new look and a new content managment platform I’m still playing around with! So with the help of my friend, R, I’ve now made the switch to WordPress and am now using one of many thousands … Continue reading
March 19, 2012
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So that’s basically what my entire weekend was about – reading The Help, ‘cos I was and still am down with the flu. Without the energy to go roaming the mountains even though there was nice sunshine and blue skies … Continue reading
March 15, 2012
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Wanting to get in some hillwork last Saturday, I hiked up High Junk Peak (釣魚翁) last Saturday with a friend. This is one of the steepest peaks in Hong Kong and it stands at 344m. On a clear day, you’ll … Continue reading
March 12, 2012
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Went to 合益蜂場 in the first week of February while on a hike around Tai Po and Fanling, which are in the northeast part of the New Territories. There is no direct public transport to this humble hakka eatery and … Continue reading
March 9, 2012
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If I had to sum up The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner in one word, it would have to be “hunger”. Hunger for a father’s love, hunger for food, and a hunger for success. Gardner’s rags-to-riches memoir was the … Continue reading
March 7, 2012
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quirkyalone: n. a person who enjoys being single (or spending time alone) and so prefers to wait for the right person to come along rather than dating indiscriminately; relishing equal doses of friendship and solitude; attracted to freedom and possibility. … Continue reading
March 6, 2012
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From Nepal, I moved on to Iran and I picked up this book purely because I loved the author’s first book Reading Lolita in Tehran which I read several years ago. Reflecting her profession as a literature professor, Nafisi’s writing … Continue reading
March 5, 2012
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I’ve always had thoughts of doing lots of volunteer work, going on volunteer trips/holidays, with the intention of giving back to society and blah blah blah. You know the spiel. But of course, being the self-indulgent and selfish person that … Continue reading
March 2, 2012
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What’s the point of seating you next to a window, only to have you pull the curtain shades down 100% of the time? Now that’s the question I’d like to pose to all the people who sit by the window … Continue reading