sleepless tea

had a ice milk tea (hk style) at my favourite neighbourhood restaurant, dong's and could not sleep till 3am that night!

according to a reliable source (M), apparently if the quality of the tea was good, it should not cause any insomnia :o pple who know me well will know that i dont take coffee well. my hand trembles and will get heart palpitations... even the cans of diet coke in my fridge is caffeine free lol :D

not only that, i have also recently discovered that i'm lactose intolerent! its ok here in syd where its easy enough to get soya milk with our usual coffees, teas and chai lattes ;p but overseas it would be quite different.

however the recent trip to hk have proven otherwise... strangely enough consuming the genuine *hk milk tea (obvsiously not made with soy milk), i somehow did not suffer from (a) any side effects of lactose intol or (b) insomnia... hehe and amazingly, there's a corner take away shop (undergrd next to maccas) at the kowloon city-airport station that serves ice milk tea immersed in a bowl of ice! (see abv) apparently as the ice melts, it then does not dilute the tea.. how thoughtful..

back to reality :(

back to work this week and working a full 6-day week. not happy jan.. but such is life aint it? it's pass 1am and im still working (hard) in the office

therefore wont be posting till perhaps the weekend...

i cant believe my next flight out is next fri... damn quite soon gosh!

best in the world!

what makes food around the world taste different? the air, water, pple making it? sometimes i wonder....

have u ever thought how can a big mac in NYC taste exactly the same as the one in HK for instance. apparently very strict rules on water temperature and imported ingredients etc? if anyone does know, pls kindly enlighten...

no matter where i go, i'll try to have some local asian noodles and they all taste different. although i must say that im not too picky with my food (just as long as it has not turned sour or passed its use by date), i still find the noodles in hk the best...

the noodles in the photo abv is on top of my must-eat list whenever i come to hk. its just a lil noodle shop right opp HMV in tst. go after 2pm for super specials. its 27 HKD for a 2 mixed meat noodle. plus 3 bucks for cold milk tea... yum... cheap and good!

ps. remember to ask for chilli oil and try not to drink the free tea provided.

east meets west

nowadays, anyone can be a professional photographer, i feel. armed with a digital SLR, its all now just about composition, lighting and subject matter isnt it?

armed with my D90 and looking through my newly acquired 60mm macro lens, it seems that this may be the best way to look at this east meets west, old meets new city from a different perspective..



i found this wet market after a short stroll from times sq at causeway bay. seeing these sights somehow reminded me of my childhood days visiting the wet markets back home with grandma.

maybe its winter the stench usually associated with wet markets somehow did not feature as strongly as i could remember.