Syan and Maton

While i was having dinner with Stephanie, Raymond and Nicole, i also notice this little drawing from one of my music, culture, life and art idol - Mc Yan a.k.a SYAN @ LMF and Fu©kin Music



and while i walk past Tom Lee in TST, i couldn't resist but to go back and visit this beautiful beautiful Maton Acoustic that I have never seen in Australia, such a lovely cherry red....me love.

Before and After

to me, my favourite, and most important shoes to me is my pair of staple Black and White Leather Chuck Taylor Hi Cut. My current pair has lasted me 3.5 years and it's pretty much ripped and trashed (or Thrashed) in every single way.




i have written on it during lecture


given him a tail


drew on it


and full on ripped it from the inside

at this stage, i think my pair of Chucks is at its most matured and coolest condition, apart from comfortableness, i wouldn't want to part with it at all. It's been to Melbourne, Sydney, Taiwan, Japan, China and Macau with me, and definitely the first pair of shoe that comes to my mind when i think about a pair of shoes.


but sadly...no matter how comfortably we go with each other, Mr. Chuck is a pair of shoes afterall...and i think i have pushed him too far. Therefore, as much as i don't want to, i got a new pair to take his place.




Before and After

when i tried it on, it almost shocked me how Stiff it is, i guess as anything ages, things go soft and loses its stiffness....

goodbye Mr. Chuck, you've done well enough, much better actually. I am sure Mr. Chuck 2 will take your place and we'll travel further and further together!

Butao Ramen 豚王

After going home at 2:30am the night before, i woke up at 9:30am and headed out with Jerry around 10:15 to meet Ondy and Queenie at Central Station. why?
just because we want a taste of the hottest ramen in town, Butao 豚王.



now you might think breakfast is too heavy, yeh i think so too. but since this top shit ramen is limited to 200 bowls a day and once it's gone, it's gone. therefore, in order to have a taste of it, people (including us) line up before the shop opens at 11 and patiently wait while our stomach is slowly digesting our intestine.


there are roughly 40 people behind us after 15 minutes of lining up, and that's around 11:05, by that time we around the 70th customer of the day.

from 11:05...we kept lining up till 12:15......and finally we were seated.

you get to squash your own garlic and other random sauce and sesame etc etc etc


while we were waiting for our ramen to come...i tasted something else...a mixture of success and...foolishness...thats the rest of the 100 odd people waiting for ramen.


finally, my Butao Ramen 赤王 (spicy red miso flavor)

and my comment about the ramen?
it is a decent bowl of ramen, the broth is thick and hot, the noodle is thin and chewy and the pork was definitely delicious. would i line up again? most probably, but not in a short while, and definitely NOT during winter!!
 (on top of the standard ramen, we also added another noodle for $10, extra shallot for $5 and extra pork for $10, just because we waited for so long...as a result, we were too full to even finish our coke)

for more information and proper photos (not my shitty iphone quality ones), you can check out CNNgo.

Because of Love

lately this song has been on repeat and repeat, not only because it's a really nice song, but the whole concept. this is the theme song for a movie "將愛情進行到底" which is film by the same crew that shot the drama with the same name "將愛情進行到底" 12 years ago.

kinda like "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunrise", it gives the audience a feeling that they grew up with the character and this song, just calmly, gently pieces all the memories and pictures together.

it's such a simple song, even if this song is done by one guitar only, with Eason Chen 陳奕迅 and Faye Wong 王菲's voice, i think this is a master piece. one day i will write a song just as touching and powerful, yet breaking everything to the simplest....

enjoy, because of love, 因為愛情

2011 continue

so continuing with my second part of 2011 post~


deena and ice cream before our boat trip to long island


photographer being taken by another


being what i have always been - transportation


triumph foto for climbing the pirate cave 張保仔洞



next up is new years "1,2,3,4"!


Happy New Year~


definitely our best photos together


most awesome taxi driver ever!


SMACK!

on the first day of 2011 deena was actually...sick, so i went home and met up with my big brother for family~ (not related)


what a happy family~

so on the second we went to have a lil adventure on my dad's mini cooper from 1972~which was named "Deena" afterward by...you guessed it, Deena~


me and Deena


deena and Deena

afterward that was macau day trip~

new lisboa


new lisboa


ugliest Phantom EVER!!


even nigo's camo has more swag than that!

at the end i lost 200 and she miraculously won $20 dollars from -300!!
next up, realise that we have pretty much no time left, we started to focus on our main goal again, MUSIC!

so we hired Pac to come record for us with a bowl of Pho~



and hotpot

and the second last day, it was recording day again, but having an elephantis voice (deena's), it was a hard day's work
and whilst she was doing her recording, she tries to pack and make a card for my family at the same time~



and finally~on the last day, we woke up, pack and watched Chung King Express, then went and check in at elements. she was actually feeling ill at the time but...she had to go :(
so after sushi, i sent her off to the airport and off she went to Tai Wan and back to Australia~

still misses Pretty Green after 2 weeks~~~~~~~
 and thats my 2 weeks of adventure with Deenacolada!

2011

It's over half way through January and i haven't really do a proper 2011 post.
I've been back to HK for about 5 weeks and the first 3 was occupied by Deena the Pretty Green while she stopped by as part of her TW - US - HK trip. we had a great time wandering HK and for me, it's quite fresh to reexplore HK with a total stranger.
So as usual, im gonna let the picture do the talking~
it's funny how we lived together but she managed to update her blog on a 2-3 day basis, if not daily...therefore most pics are either stolen off her blog or herself...


after we both crashed on the first night, we started off our first outing at TST


visiting 星光大道 and eating 糖荵餅


next day started off with a satisfying sushi lunch at 板長




we also met Michael Lau


this turtle Jello made Deena tick "Turtle" off her "Animal I must eat before i fly away" list
 

she also met Pac, my non related brother, guitar provider, occasion *stuff* provider and future Producer

and with a guitar in our hand, we were able to focus on what this whole trip was all about - "Music"


but then it's X'mas eve so we went out for a lil celebration, there's my lovely sister while they were having fun in G.O.D


identical Bun


it's much more natural for us to take silly photos....


see how akward? yeah?


by this time it's past 12 and right into X'mas, there's Daniel


crazy girls~






ended up with Pac Djing


few days later was Carson, 3# and Gus


and shisha


next day she found her internet crush - Martin, but quickly changed her mind after playing with it, not up to her standard i guess


to our surprise we got XO, such a long story~so if you're interested CLICK


awesome Katsu for lunch before we head to 上環 for some secret mission


new shoes


it was then off to the peak

too much to go on, i'll break it in two part...