独一无二, 无尽的爱

Came upon an article on a couple of Mexican restaurants in China.
Living Life to the Mex
Would like to wish my friend Pedro all the best in his enterprise. He lives too far away for me to be a regular customer of his. But if he does indeed open a new branch in the city centre, [...]

Just wondering ….
Can you grind coffee grains and then just add hot water, milk and/or sugar to drink? Or should you use a coffee machine? Any coffee machine would do?

I’ve finally had a great evening last night. It’s a nice change from the bad luck that’s been tagging me lately. I took a friend to dinner at Lost Heaven (花马天堂云南餐厅), a Yunnan fusion restaurant in Shanghai. It was her birthday and we both wanted to forget the various turpitudes of today’s society. As she [...]

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My uncle’s finally gone back home after staying over here for more than a week. Don’t get me wrong. I like having my uncle here, and him staying over at my place is not problem. I gladly gave him my bed and slept on the sofa bed (which is too soft and not very good [...]

I haven’t been online due to my neighbour’s network being very bad these days, plus I am busy with my visa extension hassles. I might end up doing another HK trip. It’s going to be touch and go. :(
Anyway, tomorrow is Lantern Festival, just wanted to write a few words on that. Will try [...]

I am using my neighbour’s wifi network without his knowledge to post this. Hope he doesn’t disconnect halfway through the post. I will only have my internet connection working some time next week. :(
Well, it looks like my friends like to let me know about festivities. Today is apparently 立春 (li chun), or [...]

Last Friday, one of my friends asked me if I had 腊八粥 (Laba porridge). I had no idea what she was talking about, and she then explained to me that it was a Buddhist festival. So here’s the lowdown about the festival:
Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring [...]

As previously mentioned, I went to Houhai Zoo again last Saturday for a friend’s birthday. It was a bit of a let down as many people didn’t show up in the end. Had the usual drinks and met some more people. I later learnt (yesterday actually) that one of them [...]

Last Friday met a friend C and her boyfriend A, and went together to a pub in Houhai - Zoo Houhai - where my friend’s former language professor was holding his birthday. It’s just a gathering of friends and friends’ friends, having a chat and some drinks. C and A are both English teachers, but [...]