Leaving my trail...

Can't believe that I managed to take such beautiful photos...(if I may say so myself)

Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints……yeah….that’s what I have been doing the past couple of weeks and the next few mores left….leaving my trail…

Let’s see…we had a glorious spring weather a couple of weeks back and we used it to the fullest! There was one Saturday that we went inter-island island hopping from Central to Peng Chaum then to Lantau and Mui Wo and back to Central.

A bit of hiking in Peng Chau, smooth and windy but no sea-sickness ferry rides, a sumptuous lunch with a friendly and not so bad looking American host Gerry, enjoying the quaint old villages in Mui Wo on our rented bikes and ending with a hearty seafood dinner…..it was a great day with a pleasant spring weather and of course…..enjoyable company.

After a short bout of beautiful spring sunny weather, last weekend was a bit of a damper. It was foggy and grey the whole weekend! And so…it was indoor camping with movie marathon……I think we must have watched nearly 10 movies? Come to think of it…can’t remember much what we watched but it was pleasant time indeed.

And of course….there was that endless feeding and eating throughout the whole time …from a delicious home-made gulai darat and sambal durian and cili….fluffy lempeng kelapa (with real kelapa muda soft bits and pieces), nasi goreng kampong and finally…. closing down the weekend with another dinner at Sri Siam in Soho. And I finally after a long time craving….i get to enjoy my creamy red rubies…...

Burp! excuse me :)-

The hustle & bustle of HK Harbour seen from the Central Pier

A hundred year old Banyan Tree in Peng Chau

This is not a longkang okay...but it looked prettier in real life

Its low-tide and shell picking time. It is also competition for best looking ???

Living by the sea...in every sense of the word

As picturesque as it is....i wouldn't want to live here during the typhoon seasons

(1) Views from my place on foggy & misty days

(2) On beautiful clear days

The Full House - Korean Love Comedy

This was a famous Korean drama about 3 or 4 years back which I did not get to watch fully. Eventually…somebody kind enough took the trouble to download the whole series for me. Thanks so much Dr Lee Wang Wang Ph.D (as she always introduced herself back then…dunno what it is now….she’s relocated back to UK, bless her!).

After sitting in the cd pockets for the past 3 years, I eventually took out the cds and started watching from last Saturday nite. And I wonder why I didn’t start sooner. It was sooo enjoyable to watch!!!!

I especially love the girl meets boy, they hated each other on sight, then they are stuck together by accident or unavoidable situation like in a ‘marriage of convenience’ kinda situation and after a while…..the hatred turn to love and the much-loathed person turn to be the most significant other in the other person's life.

That is one of the most common and popular recipe for a love story from the Sweet Dreams stage up to Mills and Boons. Who wouldn’t resist a good laugh and happy ending….

What we’d love more is when both protagonists are good looking people as in this story, the main actors (males and females) are really gorgeous and easy on the eye. I don’t understand Korean but whoever did the English subtitles did quite a good job resulting in a captivating, engaging and entertaining scripts. This really brought out the romantic in me.

Love conquers all and hopeless romantics like yours truly will swoon and sigh happily at the end of the story………

Ms Wannabee is still looking for her own 'love story'........

Momsy in town

My mom was in town for the past 10 days and to keep her company ...I have been working only sporadically in the office. Have been on leave for quite a bit these past 2 weeks.

Being away from the office that long was very nice indeed and coming back to work today is a big yawn........ However, being coop-up in the same place with my mom, though beloved she maybe…..was more than I could bear.

Don’t get me wrong! I do love her but most times….she really tried my patience to the limits! Sometimes or I should say…most of the times now…we have a role reversal…she’s the daughter and I’m the wise and ever patience mother. Guess I’m the ‘chosen one’ after all. My friends were greatly amused by this….

But then again, this is good re-orientation for me since I’ll be heading back home again soon.

There will be no more going out on a whim and staying out as long as I like. It will all have to be reported: my ins and outs, my activities, where I’m going to and whom I’ll be meeting, how long it will take and what time I’ll be coming back….

URGH!!!!! It’s a little bit disconcerting but no worries….I’ll get used to it again. And if it gets really worse…I can always move out.. Yeah, I wished…………

And so…. despite the shaky starts (couldn’t help but scolded her for picking up the wrong luggage at the airport which inconvenienced everybody tremendously, the clashing outfits and ill-fitting shoes, the endless chatters, same ol’lectures and repeated stories of our various family members (which I have been hearing over and over again till I can throw up!)…..it was kinda entertaining to have her around (for a limited time).

I did behaved myself, we had an ‘okay’ (I won’t say great) mother/daughter bonding time together and thankfully, there were no major emotional outburst or soapy dramas.

Thank you Lord!