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Facing The Sea, with Spring Blossoms

From tomorrow on, I will be a happy man;

Grooming, chopping, and traveling all over the world.

From tomorrow on, I will care foodstuff and vegetable,

Living in a house towards the sea, with spring blossoms.


From tomorrow on, write to each of my dear ones,

Telling them of my happiness,

What the lightening of happiness has told me,

I will spread it to each of them.


Give a warm name for every river and every mountain,

Strangers, I will also wish you happy.

May you have a brilliant future!

May you lovers eventually become spouse!

May you enjoy happiness in this earthly world!

I only wish to face the sea, with spring blossoms.

——————————— Hai Zi (1964-1989).

Written on January 13th, 1989.

Two months later, he suicided in Beijing.

06.01.2010 Book No Comments

My favourite powder – Yalta’s Makeup Review (Part 3)

A good powder product is a must-have. It helps you set the foundation and concealer. When you are out and need to fix your makeup it is quite helpful as well.

I’m ridiculously strict about powder. Not many products can satisfy me at all. Lots of girls love Chanel and Dior ones, but they are very bad in my eyes. Chanel powder is in good quality but it hardly does anything. What’s more, for Asian girls, it can easily make your skin look dull after hours. What about Dior? Well, their powder products are not even in good quality to me. So Bobbie Brown? Oh, well, I hate it. I guess I sound very picky. Hehe. :P

Pressed powder would have higher coverage if compared to loose powder. It is also easier to carry with. Loose powder is great to use after foundation/concealer. Some pressed powder could be used dry or wet while loose powder usually is used dry.

Anyway, here are my favourites. Seriously, not many! I’m still trying to discover.

1. Giorgio Armani Silk Foundation Powder (N0 SPF)

As all of you can tell, I am a huge fan of this brand. I have most of their products and I always love to test out their new ones.

Anyway, this seems their most famous one. I guess there is another version of it with SPF in Asia.

Silk Foundation Powder could be used wet or dry. It has natural to full coverage. Usually if you use it as dry application, the coverage is less. I love it. It functions pretty much just like a loose powder when being used dry which gives you a natural look. Or, when not using foundation, I apply it after base/primer in either dry or wet application. Great in summer. Might be too dry for dry skin though.

2. Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Powder (No SPF)

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03.01.2010 Cosmetics 2 Comments

Apple China Support is useless

Lewi bought this MacBook (silver & black, 13-inch) in the end of October 2008 in Hong Kong for more than $11k HKD with Apple Care (2 years extra warranty) as well. Later Apple upgraded this one into MacBook Pro and kept “little white” (white MacBook) as the only MacBook.

Anyway, it was all working well and never gave us any problems until this year November 30th.

On November 30th 2009 I went to Guangzhou (the capital of Guangdong Province in China). After I arrived the hotel, I turned on the laptop, checked my Gmail, Facebook and got on iChat. Then I decided to go and have some food at the restaurant in the hotel. So I put the MacBook to sleep then put it in my bag to take it with me as they had Wi-Fi in the restaurant.

So here is the beginning of this drama.

After I ordered some food I took out the MacBook and tried to wake it up from sleep.

NO RESPONSE AT ALL.

Then I noticed that the white light was not flashing.

For a second I thought the battery was flat but right away I realised that it was impossible. I do not use battery much and I always make sure it gets charged fully and in the right way. Before I left I checked and it was absolutely full.

I felt very weird as it was working all fine just 5 mins ago so I went back to my hotel room straight away. I plugged the power adapter and attached it to the MacBook.

The LED on the adapter connection did not really light up. Usually, it is bright green when battery is fully charged or bright orange when charging the battery. However, it was just dim green light.

As soon as I saw that I knew there was something very wrong. I tried to turn on the laptop but no response at all. I pressed the button on the left side to check how much power left in the battery. Still no light. Not even a single light was on. Normally when the battery is flat and when you press the button to check there would be one green light flashing.

Just 5 mins, the MacBook completely stopped working. I have a lot of important documents in it and I had to prepare quite many documents all over again in a hurry just because of this.

And, of course, Lewi and I took this MacBook and the original receipt to an Apple Authorized Service Provider. The person who was handling Continue Reading..

17.12.2009 Words 5 Comments

Belly Delights in Hong Kong: Bubba Gump

The Peak is a hot tourist attraction in Hong Kong all the time. Everyone who visits Hong Kong, they would go there. The reason is simple: it has a stunning view over the Hong Kong skyline. This also makes it a great place to dine out.

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. is just located in the famous Peak Tower on The Peak. It’s at the top floor of the tower with amazing views. This restaurant is definitely one of my favourites in Hong Kong. It’s themed from the movie Forrest Gump and is now all over America and some other international locations such as Hong Kong, Osaka and Kuala Lumpur.

Their menu features shrimps, of course. And that means you can have as many shrimps as you want in different cooking styles. However, they also have declicious steak and Alaskan king crab legs. Their drinks menu is very interesting too. I love the cocktails there. They are either very tropical style or just refreshing which would go well with the seafood.

(Alaskan Crab Legs & USA Prime Steak Combo)

CrabSteak

This is seriously yummy. The crab legs are very tender, fresh and juicy. I guess they just steam it which would keep the best flavour of Alaskan crabs. The steak is high quality as well and for that price it is great in Hong Kong.

(Garlic Shrimps)

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10.11.2009 Food 1 Comment

My favourite quote from Ernest Hemingway

“Oh, Jake,” Brett said, “we could have had such a damned good time together.”

Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against me.

“Yes,” I said. “Isn’t it pretty to think so?” (19.60 The Sun Also Rises)

Every time I read it, I feel that my heart is shaking.

06.11.2009 Book No Comments

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