Phuket, oh phuket...

Was supposed to go to Phuket for my holidays on friday. Bought my holiday package last year. Anyway, had to cancel that cos of uni convo. No prob. Bought another ticket to go on Sunday morning...after my convo....but that flight is now postponed cos of the protestors in Phuket....postponed to evening....hope all will be okay then. At home now, looking forward to the trip in the evening. Hope it will not be cancelled or postponed again....:-(

Will be my second trip to Phuket. My friends already there....I lost 3 days of my holidays......

AnCasa All Suites resort, port dickson

Am in An Casa All Suites resort, port dickson for a retreat. Nice place. condo facilities. a good place to be away from the hustle and bustle of city life to relax, think and rejunevate. not too far, not too near town either. Should try it out for anyone who is looking for a place to meet.

Koi Alive!!

This school of koi fish was taken in Guangzhou when i was there for a two day trip in July 2008. It was in a park, one of the tourist attractions for visitors. You get people dancing ball room dance there as well--mostly the retired folks....hmmm....wonder what i will do when i retire....

Will put better pictures

Oh well...two friends have commented about the snake picture....:-)
i must say it is very unsightly...will have to put in better pictures...more pleasant ones...
will do so in my next post...right now...it is 11.40 pm...lazy lah to put any pictures now.....
been busy, working working....looking forward to my phuket trip at end of august........

Snakes alive

took this picture in Guangzhou in China. A man was selling snakes in a market. People there buy them to cook. Reminds me of Medusa's hair.....

Snakes alive!

One of the things that i love to see when in another country is the market.
Cos it is in the market that I get to see the culture, the everyday life of a person of that country...
After dim sum in Guangzhou, managed to spot a market in a back alley (like what you see in Pudu). There were a number of fruit stalls selling mangosteens (in fact, many stalls in Guangzhou were selling mangosteens and durians)....but .....guess what i saw someone was selling??? (see my next posts, and the title of this post will of course give you a clue....)

"Sheet char"

When my friends and I were in HK, we went to this place and one of my friends ordered "sheet char" (which in Malaysia means 'iced tea').
But the HK waiter was puzzled and wondered about it.
We too were puzzled and wondered why he did not understand.

So we changed the order to "yeet char" (hot tea)

Later, back in KL, I mentioned this to my students. My students explained that "sheet" in HK means "snow", so my friend was ordering "snow tea" , which obviously puzzled the waiter...(and anyone of us if we knew that 'sheet' meant 'snow').

There are sociolinguistic differences in the Cantonese spoken between HK and Malaysia. Obviously, in this case the difference resulted in us not getting what we wanted (iced tea)....

but it may be a good idea to have someone invent "snow tea".....shaved ice with thick tea ....hmmmmmm