vegetarian 'dinz'

tried cooking an all veg meal today for AN and SL. everything was vegetarian including the oyster sauce! took quite a bit of effort for the old cucumber soup but it tasted great! i started the habit of becoming vegetarian once a week since April and it was possible only with social support from friends who do not mind doing it together! perhaps i may just turn full veg one day.. mmm..

Shanghai in a nutshell

after the 3 hour flight delay from HK to Shanghai... 筋疲力尽
thank god the car ride from airport to LL's house... 有惊无险
seeing LL and Yellow... 异地重逢
Cami... |骨|瘦|如|柴|
walking around the city with no agenda... 随心所欲
most of the restaurants we ate in... 物超所值 ^^b
appreciative of the hosts... 地主之宜
wrong return date on my ticket... 晴天霹雳!!
so bobian must buy a new ticket... 破财消灾 :(
after all that fun it is time to go back to work... 打回原形 @@

Guilin.. 真的还好而已

and they say 桂林山水 - 甲天下.. i say SO-SO-ONLY! quite disappointed with what i saw. not sure if it was the wrong season or was it because we joined a local Chinese tour which kindda spoiled it for me. this picture was probably one of the best shots of the 山水 there, so you can be the judge.

we joined this cheap local tour which brought us to so many places, including a ride on one of the ferries like this. i got into a huge fight with a China aunty on board of the ferry because threw a soiled diaper (full of shit) into the river right in front of my eyes. i even had to take a whiff as the wind was blowing my direction. let's just say it was VERY hard for me to sit and do nothing - i went right up to her and gave her a piece of my mind!!

what was slightly more entertaining were the caves we visited, unfortunately they were dramatically litted with neon colours that made me felt like i was in 盘丝洞 of 西游记 the entire time.

very impressed with how they actually brought the entire souvenir shop INTO the caves as well - seizing every opportunity to sell fake stones and jades to tourists like us.

and of course, people like them almost makes me want to laugh. excuse me, the '后面 aunty' - the sign already told you "NO ENTRY" and you still happily walk in to take pictures. '前面 aunty' sitting on the railings 'like a boss'. haha.

Guilin - definitely not a place i want to re-visit again.