New meets old

New meets Old

The picture shows the traditional and the modern style lanterns. You can compare the new plastic ones on the right to the old ones on the left side of the traffic post.

The latest lantern I have seen. It's soft rubber with a ball inside. If you shake or hit the ball, there will be light . If it is in a still position, there is no light.

Plants for teachers

Each year, the Methodist church gives us a small gift as a symbol of respect to our contributions to education. I have received some strange gifts that I didn't like for the last three years. I forgot what the gifts were because every time I received it, I either gave it away to someone at once or put it somewhere and forgot about it.

Surprisingly, the gift was different this year. It was the green plants. I liked it because I myself was planning to buy a plant for my desk. Someone must have read my mind :-) The plants not only promote greening in the staff room but also give lives to the teachers. Why I said that because I feel that the teachers there work day after day from morning till night like a machine. With the plants on their desks, I hope they spare some time each day watering the plants and take a look at them instead of burying their heads in the piles of books on the desk.

An underground trip

I have travelled on Ching Ma Bridge to and fro Chap Lap Kok Airport for many many times. That morning was the first time I travelled under the bridge. It was typhoon no. 8 early in the morning when we saw Alex off on 15th September. The wind was so strong that no cars were allowed on the bridge. I was interested in it only because it was my first experience under the bridge. Besides that, I would rather stay on the bridge to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Birthday Girl

Yesterday was my birthday. The night before I went to Sai Kung with my friends. We went to a very nice restaurant called Anthony Catch. It was quite small but warm. The food there was fantastic. My friend Kwai Kwai nearly gave it 100%. I think I will go there again. This evening I will go to Sai Kung with Peter. Maybe we will try another restaurant. We go there tonight because tomorrow is Saturday and we can stay late.

It was happy to receive the birthday greetings from my friends on the face book. :-)

Not an advertisement!

I am not selling the following product but it is really fun - "wii fit"

It is a sort of video game but not like the ordinary video games that you sit down and play. You can keep fit by using it as well as having fun while you are doing it . It can be connected to a television or computer. Following the instructions in the programmes and stepping on the balance board, you can do different kinds of activities such as yoga, balcance games, strength training and aerobics. It can also check your body conditions such as your weight and BMI, and keep a training schedule to see how your body improves after the exercise.

One thing to keep your interest is that you can go to a higher level if you fulfil a certain requirement. That is to say, it is challenging and 'rewarding'. Be careful, you might be addicted to it like the video games that kids play.

Amount the four categories, I like balance games and aerobics more. Don't look down on the hula hoop, you will complain about the achy muscle on your tummy the next day after doing 3 to 5 mins exercise without the real hula hoop :-)

Why body balance is important to us? We can go to the following web-site.

http://precisionspinal.com/body_balance_and_chiropractic

Fourth day in Kuala Lumpur

There was not much to tell about the fourth day. We woke up late and had breakfast at about 10:00am. Finished breakfast and started to pack. Checked out. Travelled around on the monorail. Finally, went to KL Central and took the skybus to the airport. We reached the airport at 2:00pm and the flight was 4:40pm. Walked around the airport then sat down to have a beer until boarding.

More photos :

Meal on the plane, for budget plane, meal is charged -

horrible sandwich, ham and cheese I think : HK$15 (without water)

rice box: HK$20 with a small cup of water (very generous)

Tou Foo Far (made of bean curd) in Malaysia, I wonder if it tastes good.

Monorail and scenes from Monorail:

A Muslim woman

Fun plane

Walked to the plane (I did it twenty years ago in Hong Kong) - feeling nostalgic!

Full Moon on eye level

Flying coaster - turning you up-side-down - like a washing machine

Home Sweet Home :-) Back to Hong Kong

Third day in Kuala Lumpur

The third day was not as good as the first two days. I had a swim in the hotel swimming pool in the morning. That was good, the water was nice and the pool was nearly empty. I could use 'front crawl' without bumping into or being bumped by others.

It was pouring with rain when we went out. I made a mistake by going to Puduraya trying to catch a bus to Batu Cave. We should have gone to the Central Market to get it. However, it was raining so heavily that we changed our mind. We went to a shopping centre instead. It was 1 Utama. We walked around to kill time.

We were cheated by a taxi driver from Kelana Jaya LRT Station to 1 Utama. He charged us RM 15. At first I said RM 10, then I said what about following the meter. He said if by meter, it was RM18. So, deal. When we went back from 1 Utama back to the LRT Station, we took a taxi with a meter. You know how much? RM6.7, arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

The evening was great to end the day happily. We walked to Changkat Bukit Bintang where there were lots of western restaurants. We found an Irish one. We had Guiness Pie and Fish & chips. It was a great contrast to the night at China Town. It was fantastic too.

Changkat Bukit Bintang

An Irish Shandy

We walked towards the street where we could take a close look at Menara and Petronas Twin Towers. Had a few photos of them. Quite happy with the photos!