I'd like to take a short break from my food posting to acknowledge with deep appreciation this Friendship Award given to me by VG of "My Household Capers". Thank you, VG, for your kind award and it's been great to know you and grow a friendship over the Net and through blogging!Since I started blogging, it's great to get to know many fellow bloggers through this bond of virtual friendship in blogosphere :-)) … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2009
Shanghai – Day 3
As my friend CH had to go to work on our 3rd day in Shanghai, we decided to explore the area near her neighbourhood. We took the free shuttle service available from her condominium - there're regular vans going to several key areas in the city.As we got onto the van, there were a couple signages inside which got me kinda perplexed.I'm sure the signs make perfect sense if you read the Chinese words... but the English translation was a bit confusing, don't you think?Anyway, since it was my … [Read more...]
Doing your own repairs
Are you one of those clever nifty people who can just do any repairs around the house with no problem at all? I am hopeless in such things. Any DIY task in the house will be made worse if I even just attempt it! Recently, the sink in my bathroom was not draining water as it should. Most of you would probably know how to suck or dislodge whatever that’s blocking the water pipe. But me - I had to call in a plumber! The same thing happened when there was some leaking under the kitchen … [Read more...]
Shanghai – Day 2
Day 2 - a Monday - that's the day we went to Hangzhou. It is the capital of Zhejiang province and located 180km southwest of Shanghai - 2 hours' drive away.Before we started the journey, we went looking for some local breakfast. Yon Ho was our choice as it's one of the largest chains of chinese fast food in Shanghai. Yon Ho is also the brandname of a popular soyamilk drink there.The interior was bright and cheerful with some chinese writings on a mirrored wall...My friend CH made the orders … [Read more...]
Shanghai – Day 1
I'm back!A week away in Shanghai - oohhh...so lovely! Lovely weather, lovely food! It's spring now in Shanghai with temperatures ranging from 10-20 deg.C - really pleasant. Just don a light jacket and it's so comfortable, without the heat and humidity we experience here!My flight was at 0140 from KLIA and arrived right on time at 7.00am in Shanghai Pudong Airport. This is the international airport - they have an older airport in Hongchiao which caters mainly to domestic flights. Immigration … [Read more...]
Shanghai – here I come!
I will be flying off tonight to Shanghai for a week's break! Ahh... off to some shopping and loads of good food, hehe! With a gourmand friend there to take us around, I'm sure we can achieve the latter. Can't wait to get out of our blistering weather here and enjoy the coolness in Shanghai, even for just a week or so.Will be back next weekend... and hopefully with some good food stories to tell :-)) … [Read more...]
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