Lawrence sent us a great e-mail about the birthday cake that Hayley made him this week, so with much envy and awe, I am re-posting the photos and descriptions with his blessing. Wish someone would bake me a cake like that…it’s only a couple months away (hint hint)! From: Lawrence Chew Sent: Friday, August 31, [...]
hong kong travel diary: day 4.
Rolled out of bed at Kuya Mike’s flat with 45 minutes left to the morning. Kuya was already awake and chatting online with my mother. Had a nice VOIP chat with her while uploading the crazy number of snaps I took the night before. Once we were both ready to go, we had a delicious [...]
hong kong travel diary: day 3.
Tuesday morning consisted of breakfast at the hotel buffet. I had been eyeing the asian part of the selection the day before so I partook whole-heartedly in the siu mai, sponge cake, steamed buns, and dragon fruit. It was not all it was cracked up to be so I made note to search for a [...]
hong kong travel diary: day 2.
Dawn broke in a blanket of fog (or is it smog?). The view of the harbour and Victoria Park is amazing from my floor. I was up at 6am and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I took in the local English paper and caught up on Australian news. Scanned the TV airwaves for signs [...]
heading back to vancouver.
1 dress, 2 pants, 2 skirts, a belt, 6 tops, 2 underpants, 1 jacket, a travel charger, a webcam, 3 pairs of shoes, 300 photos, 8 video clips, an armful of souvenirs, a belly full of asian cuisine, and a wealth of memories later, I am homeward-bound. Am leaving Hong Kong at 2:30pm to arrive [...]
hong kong travel diary: day 1.
hong kong This photoset has 264 pictures aug 11-19, 2007. aug 11, 2:30pm – YVR airport. Just a half hour till my plane departs. Knots of dread have been stealing into my body over the past few days at the thought of flying over the Pacific. This 14-hour flight all by my lonesome is combining [...]
Mi dulce niña (Los Kumbia Kings)
Elmer is becoming such the source of great latin music that I am struggling to keep up with all the translations…but I’m not complaining We both adore cumbia, which sadly is not danced very much in the salsa circles that I frequent in Vancouver. So here is Mi dulce niña by Los Kumbia Kings, the [...]
karen, leanne, and cheryl at robson square.
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hooray for online dictionaries.
did you know that dweeb was originally an acronym? only Naruto seems to know what dattebayo truly means. sapiosexuality: no wonder trivial pursuit is so much fun!
Lola (The Kinks)
Oh my lord…I have always liked this song but I guess I had never paid attention to the lyrics before!! Priceless. Thanks to Matt for pointing this out to me (even though Lorne should have long ago!). [link to guitar tab] I met her in a club down in old soho Where you drink champagne [...]
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