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

Hong Kong

Like Guangzhou, HK has so so so so many people...wow...food is expensive, compared to food in Malaysia. a bowl of noodles may come to about RM9. Have to choose the right places though. not all places are nice, but we (I and my friend) managed to find a nice place (like home cooked food--had steamed fish, sweet and sour pork and kangkung like vegetables) for about RM50 (plus a bowl of green beans). Dim sum at the hotel we stayed (Ramada) was about HKD50 for two persons. quite cheap.

Hong Kong---once in a few years is good enough for holidaying.

Beautiful Guangzhou and Macau

Macau is a beautiful place. went to see the St. Paul's ruins, beautiful. Went to see the latest casino--the venetian, fantastic. but the food there is %$#@& expensive...had chicken rice, equivalent to about RM 20 something per plate. but good lah

If Macau is a good place to visit, Guangzhou is a must go...went to the Pearl River cruise...must go in the night to see the buildings which were brightly lighted....well, don't think that China is 'ulu' lah...very very modern, I don't think you can get any such cruise outside of china within Asia...definately not in Malaysia....

A must see place for holiday.