Monthly Archives: June 2010

Happy Birthday Mr. Universe!

By | Celebrations, Foodie | 2 Comments

Happy Birthday “Mr. Universe” Mike!! 🙂

Thank you for treating us to dinner…of course in one of the family’s favorite restaurants, Hai Shin Lou 

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Duck Second Way

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Related Entries:

 Tito Totoy’s 76th Birthday August 25, 2009

Happy Birthday James and John April 29, 2009 

Hai Shin Lou May 17, 2008

Happy Birthday Rins! January 29, 2008  

Valentine’s Day Lunch with the family by John and Keena February 14, 2010

 

Din Tai Fung, Hong Kong

By | Foodie, Travel | 5 Comments

We did not leave HK without having our Xiao Long bao at Din Tai Fung!  So we made a quick stopover at Din Tai Fung right before going to the airport just to make sure we ate there!!  

So far, we have been to Shanghai and Hong Kong…for sure wherever there is a Din Tai Fung, we will be there 🙂 

Previous Entry:  Din Tai Fung April 16 2010 

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I ordered the Black Truffle Xiao Long Bao 🙂 

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And the boys had their usual crab and pork  

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My friend, Roselyn ( Travels with a Gourmet ) , who also blogs about food just recently wrote about it too and from Singapore 

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To visit Roselyn’s blog site, Click on this:  Travels with a Gourmet 

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Taxi Driver Creativity

By | Arts and Culture, Great Inventions, Travel | 2 Comments

We only rode a taxi once and we fortunately bumped into a very interesting taxi driver….

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I saw these dancing soda cans in his taxi and I showed it to my son….and the taxi driver told us that he made them!  We were amazed!  He said that he does it during his spare time in the taxi since he spends most of his time inside the car.  

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Then he showed us in his cellphone all his other works!!!  I told him to give me his email address so I can show him my website, but he said he does not have email and does not have time because he gets home so late from work already since he has to earn a living in his cab.  I told him to make more dancing soda cans and sell them!!! 🙂  

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Environmental Levy Scheme on Plastic Shopping Bags ( HK )

By | Green, Travel | 6 Comments

We all know about the dangers of plastic bags 

Previous Entry:  The Dangers of Plastic Bags August 6, 2008

I was shopping in Watsons and the cashier asked me if I had a bag- and since I did not bring any with me on the trip – I just said I did not have one- then I saw my bill go up by a few cents!    

I WAS SO HAPPY!  For once in my life, I was happy they were charging me for a plastic bag!  After that, I never asked for a plastic bag anymore 🙂 I think it is a good way to reinforce the need for us to use recyclable bags and not use plastic anymore….I hope our country follows suit

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Tag…

By | Great Ideas | One Comment

What a nice photo to TAG in Facebook.  You might want to start tagging your friends in the squares that best describes them 🙂

( Just upload this photo on your wall or in your photo album in your facebook profile)

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Pinoys in Queensway Bridge, HK

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It was a Sunday and we were crossing Queensway Bridge to go to our restaurant for dinner…… 

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 and we saw this… In Hong Kong, Sunday is the day when the domestic workers are given a day off 

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At first i could not believe it….then I had mixed feelings- first ashamed… they built their own picnic grounds using cardboard boxes, some removed their shoes and put up their feet, and they had food which they brought with them and you could smell different kinds of smell from the food….then later on I felt pity….but then again I looked at them and they seemed to be having a good time.  I regret not talking to any of them and asking them….  

Could this be the reason why others look down on us Filipinos? Could this be the reason there are no chairs/couches in the malls to avoid circumstances like this?  Why isn’t anyone doing anything about it? 

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