Hong Kong #4

Here I am at Kowloon Station, wondering if I should make a trip to the speciality store in Sogo at Causeway Bay after visiting the boutique at Elements!



In the end, I got ...



A mug for the new work place. :)



A bon shopper which can only be bought in HK! So worth the money! Actually J's money. Hee hee...

Hong Kong #3

I have always known that the HK kate spade outlet does not sell its stuff cheap but still I cannot resist making a trip there each time.

For over an hour, I debated over a pair of shoes which fit but felt a little snug. In the end, I left with these items.





Journal flat pouch. This is from the earlier batch which means it's an old stock. But I like the red zip pull over the new one which is a short black ribbon of sort.



Bet you can't tell what this is.



Unzip it and you'll find a grocery bag! 环保袋!



Now I feel so glam doing grocery shopping! Plus no more plastic bags so I'm doing my part saving Planet Earth. :)

Hong Kong #2

Eight years of travelling together, this is the first time we left with two pieces of luggage and came back with three!



J was rather indulgent this time and let me buy everything I fancied. With my new job, it's unlike that I can drop my work in an instant and accompany him on his work trips. This means us travelling together less next year. Which makes me sad! Hence his indulgence in a bid to cheer me up.



This is me very very anxious because for a long time all we got was J's bag. The loots were in the other two bags of mine!



My agnes b. bag charm did not survive this trip. One of the blings fell off somewhere in HK. Because I do not even know where I dropped it, I can't glue it back. Sadly this means early retirement for this bling bling. It is my favourite and always will be.

Hong Kong #1

Like many, we love the eating bit in HK. There's so much good food, I hardly take pictures of them anymore. Besides, a quick search on the Internet will lead you to a zillion blog posts about what and where to eat in HK.



What I did take a picture of is this dessert shop. I think it's called Hang Fa Lau. We were told it's pretty good. There is one just 10 metres away from our hotel. J and I love 甜汤 (dessert/sweet soup) and really nothing beats a hot bowl of sweet soup on a winter's day!



Double boiled papaya with white fungus is my favourite. I must have a bowl of this every day every time I am in HK. I know I can do it myself but I'm lazy and it's available every where in HK. So easy!



Usually at the dessert stores, you can also find fried radish cake. (萝卜糕) J swears the ones in HK are better. I think he's just biased. :)



Look at those glass bottles! For the sake of drinking out of a glass bottle, I ordered soft drinks with my wanton mee. So ancient and so nostalgic! I don't even know where we can find these in Singapore.



I eat these small sweet cakes for remembrance sake! We love walking from Tsim Sha Tsui to our hotel late at night. On the way, we will stop by this stall and grab some 鸡蛋仔. Because we did it the first time we went to HK, we have been doing so every trip.





Miniature egg tarts (蛋挞仔) are another of my favourite. I love everything to do with eggs! These are from our favourite dim sum place, Dragon Dynasty (龙朝) in JD Mall.



Maxim's Cakes came up with Angry Birds muffins this Christmas season. Hilarious I thought! The icing isn't great but the chocolate chip muffin is! Yummy.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas shopping was done in HK this year.





Blessed Christmas to one and all!

Love and peace be with you. :)

Taiwan #4

No trip is complete without a visit to kate spade. Lo and behold! The only store in Taipei was a short 10-minute walk from my hotel.





Service was marvellous. One of the saleswomen came up to explain which items were on sale and which were new arrivals. I asked her if I could use my membership card and found out it wasn't valid in Taiwan. Quick as a flash, she immediately offered me a 10% discount.

How could I resist?!

So in the end??



Hee... J bought me this lovely bangle. :)

Taiwan #3

This is all about food!

We raided Shilin Night Market (士林夜市) and had a wonderful time stuffing ourselves silly.



First stop, beef noodles (牛肉面). Cheap and good.





Next, the famous Ah Zong Mee Sua. Once is enough for me though. The mianxian was okay but I didn't fancy the ingredients.





Then I decided I needed something sweet and got 奶油饼, a custard cake of sort. Not too sweet and definitely different from anything I have tried before. I like!



Finally, another must-try, 大鸡排, the gigantic fried chicken chop. Super delicious! We had to share because the piece of fried chicken was the size of an A4 paper.



A fantabulous eating experience! Taipei, I like!

Taiwan #2

This is the train ticket/token in Taipei. Cute!



Travelling by train is quite affordable, fares range from 50 cents to 2 dollars (SGD). Trains are not too crowded, unlike those in SG and HK. By and large people do not occupy the priority seats meant for the needy, even when the trains are crowded. Thumbs up!

Taiwan #1

We were told Din Tai Fung in Taiwan would be different so off we went in search of the restaurant the moment we got to Taipei. Lucky for us, there is one just two streets away from our hotel.



First thing we noticed was the declaration of the Michelin star on the menu. Our expectations were raised even higher.

It turned out that the food was indeed different. It was more bland and I like my food tasty. Yes, there are a few dishes which seem to be available only in Taiwan and not SG. But if you ask me, I think the DTFs in SG are good enough, even without the 1 Michelin star. :)

Hands

Our last morning going to work together. Will miss you so much come 2012.

All I want for Xmas?

I found these on the Internet but unfortunately they are not sold here. :(


Call Me Chase - I saw this on a fellow kate spader's blog. It's so cute! I so want to get one but I heard they flew off the shelves during the Black Friday sales.


Support Japan iPhone Case - No, I really don't need another iPhone cover but this one is unique to Japan and the more impossible it is, the more attractive it becomes.


Support Japan Medium Flat Pouch - Another pretty item unique to kate spade Japan. This will definitely match my Support Japan Tote!

Note to self: STOP coveting material goods, especially ks related!

(All photos were taken from the Internet.)

年年有今日！

爸爸，祝您生日快乐，身体健康！



Happy 81st!

Morning madness

Mom had surgery recently and I stayed over to look after her. On the morning I was to take her back to the hospital for her medical review, I grabbed what was to me a bottle of sugar and dumped a teaspoon of it into my coffee.



Big mistake. Turns out it was salt.

The question you might ask, did I drink it?

And the answer is Yes.

Salty or sweet, I need my morning coffee and there was no time to make another cup!

This year's tree!

No prizes for guessing the theme for our Christmas tree correctly. :)



It's Angry Birds of course!



And Angry Birds ain't complete without the annoying pig. LOL!