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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
If I go, will anyone miss me...
Posted at 12/22/2004 12:35:40 am by Skicat
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Saturday, December 11, 2004
One of my brothers is getting married tomorrow. It's a feat to coordinate half dozen of brothers and sisters and relatives who are visiting us from China. My dad is going to pick up my uncle at the border tomorrow morning. Hope it goes well because the registeration time will be at 4:30pm (!).
My parents are pretending they are not excited. I bet they are so happy to see finally at least one of us start getting married.
Mimi told me about a make-up session offered by NARS. So, I booked a session last night. Lilia is a make-up artist from SF. Hong Kong is one of the cities of her make-up tour. I asked her to show me how to make smoky eyes. My eyes looked soooooo BIG! After the session, I bought few eye shades adn blush. Hope I can recreate the style for my brother's wedding dinner. Make sure I don't turn into a panda.
Posted at 12/11/2004 12:06:26 am by Skicat
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Friday, December 03, 2004
Santa Yoko is coming to town!
Yoko will be visiting me mid this month. I look forward very much to spend few days with her.
We plan to do dragon's back hiking, lunch at Shek O and watch DVD at my house. The weather now is perfect for outdoor activity. Also, because of global warming, we can still eat hairy crab in December.
Posted at 12/3/2004 12:27:00 am by Skicat
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Tonight Christina and I went to Broadway Cinematheque tonight to watch Bridget Jones' - The Edge of Reason. It was a good laugh though we both agreed the first one was the best. BJ was just too desperate and the film didn't make much sense. Am I too serious and critical?
When BJ's diary I showed in HK, I went to see the film by myself. After finishing the film, I was walking down the street and replaying few skits again in my head. I love the book. Suddenly friends started calling me, they told me something was so unbelievable. 'Kit, where the hell are you? New York was in a mess. A plane just crashed the World Trade Centre!'. I then rushed home and watched the news almost non-stop till next morning. My sister, our two cats and I were sitting in front of the TV. At that moment, I thought I was really lucky that I could be with my family.
Fortunately this year, touch wood, nothing bad happened. At least not on my birthday. It's just another day, really. In our family, we hardly celebrate birthdays and I cannot even remember my parents' birthdays. I feel almost a bit uneasy to draw any attention because of just this reason. On the same token, I also feel the pressure if I need to remember all my friends' birthdays. Anyway, I think from now on, I should only celebrate the every 5th and 10th birthday. It's getting a bit boring if I need to do it every year.
Life goes on. I haven't made my wish yet. Will do it before going to bed tonight. Hmmm...
Posted at 12/3/2004 12:21:18 am by Skicat
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Wednesday, November 24, 2004
There was a great promotion at PCCW Shop in HK last week. For each HK$1 you spend you will get 1 Asia Mile. Therefore, buying a laptop can almost get you a free return ticket to few countries in Asia.
I bought my Toshiba laptop in 1998 and it looks like a piece of antique. Last week I finally made up my mind and bought an IBM laptop. It's IBM thinkpad serious R51. Its specification include:
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| Intel® Pentium® M 1.5GHz (2MB Cache) |
| 512 MB DDR RAM (333MHz) (the original was 256 MB, the sales gave me another 256 for free, plus a free 128 SD Flash memory) |
| 40GB HDD |
| DVD + CDRW Combo |
| Intel Pro/Wireless 2100BG, 802.11b/g |
| 14.1" XGA TFT LCD display |
| Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (Traditional Chinese/English version) |
It has more gadgets that I really need. I am really happy with that. Will spend sometime to get familiar with this new toy.
With this purchase, I got 10,000 Asia Miles (!). Just need few more to redeem a free ticket. |
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Posted at 11/24/2004 11:52:07 pm by Skicat
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Sunday, November 21, 2004
Right now I am using the WiFi services provided by Boston Logan Airport to surf the internet. These days it is so good to have wireless card installed in the laptop and it does bring a lot of convenience. My flight is leaving in 30 mins.
Fortunately I still operate my body clock in Asia time so I shall have less trouble to adjust my biological clock when I go back. Here, each morning I woke up at 3am (!). And at night I just dropped dead on bed without having taking out my contact lens.
Story to be continued...
Posted at 11/21/2004 1:14:13 am by Skicat
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Wednesday, November 17, 2004
I have just returned from a biz trip in Shanghai. Dragonair is usually my choice of airline to go to China especially it serves Pacific Coffee inflight since early this year. Also, I used to be the Chinese editor of its inflight magazine, Silkroad, for 2 years, I do feel a special feeling whenever I take KA and love to flip the magazine to see how my former colleagues are doing.
On my way to downtown, there was a heavy conjestion on the airport highway. The driver then found out there were two traffic accidents on both sides of the road. What a nice way to welcome to Shanghai.
Anyway, the trip was packed with meetings. Each day, I was completely shattered and couldn't open my eyes. Then I still needed to scan the email inbox and clean up some urgent mails.
So, life must go on. Despite the heavy schedule, I managed to check out few interesting eating places in Shanghai:
1. Xi's Garden ϯ¼Ò»¨Ô°
889 Ju Lu Lu (by Changshu Lu)
Shanghai
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Phone: 21-6466 1246
Neighborhood: Julu Lu
2. FACE cafe
" www.chinaetravel.com/entertainment/ shanghai/nightlife/night.html
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| 4 Ruijin Guesthouse |
Tel: 64664328 |
| 118 Ruijin Er Road |
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| Country living in the heart of the city. Tucked away behind lively Mao Ming Road and along the driveway from Ruijin Guest House, Face is a real find in Shanghai. A country house in the heart of the city. Lounge on the verandah or lawn for an hour or two before dining at one of the 2 excellent restaurants in the same building. |
Posted at 11/17/2004 5:06:38 am by Skicat
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Monday, November 01, 2004
A new blog for skiing in Gulmarg
I have opened another blog fully dedicate to my ski trip next Jan. If you are interested in my trip progress/ preparation, check http://skicat.blogdrive.com whenever you have time.
Posted at 11/1/2004 12:32:26 am by Skicat
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Monday, October 25, 2004
Today, I put down my flight booking. I plan to leave HK to India about end of Jan and come back in two weeks time. First thing first, I need to get my orientation/ bearing right. Found this useful map. So, I will probably take a domestic flight from Delhi to Srinagar (slightly more than 1 hour, US$230 return). Then I need to plan the next step. At least it's one step closer.
Click here to check the weather and snow forecast of Gulmarg Weather Summary at 4000 m!!!!
Posted at 10/25/2004 11:58:19 pm by Skicat
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Sunday, October 24, 2004
Mimi showed me a piece of news article about skiing in Gulmarg, India few months back. Since then I am becoming more and more intrigued. I have searched for more information on the Internet. Gulmarg seems to be very nice and pretty safe. I am seriously thinking to go there to ski in early February 2005.
Anyone games? Plse spread the words and see if there are any ski/ adventurer around like to join me. Otherwise I still plan to go there alone.
http://www.access-india.com/kashmir-skiing.htm
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Location: Gulmarg, Kashmir Region, J&K
Heli-Skiing Base: Apherwat Peak
Facilities: T-Bars & Chair Lifts, Toboggans, Sledges, Snow Cycles
Skiing Season: December To March
One of the major attractions for adventure loving tourists is skiing in the Himalayas. Gulmarg, the best ski resort in the Himalayas, was first established by the British in 1927, when two British Army Officers, Maj. Metcarp and Maj. Hadow had setup the Ski Club of India at Gulmarg.
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Skiing at Gulmarg |
Skiing had become very popular during the pre-independence years and Gulmarg used to host two main events, one each during Christmas and Easter. In 1938-39 about 500 skiers are reported to have participated in the Christmas and Easter ski races. Gulmarg's atmosphere can generally be identified with 1940's and 50's European skiing—‘the Alps of good old days’. It has good sunshine as well as good snow.
Gulmarg holds a position as one of the highest lift-served ski resorts in the world. This is due to setting-up of a Gandola Cable Car Lift from Gulmarg to Apharwat top. Presently, only the first section of the Gandola, from Gulmarg to Kongdori is operational, giving a downhill ski run of about 3 kms. In addition, three ski lifts and one chair lift also service the resort, which are suitable for beginners and intermediate-level skiing, respectively.
The skiing season in Gulmarg usually commences beforeChristmas (around middle of December) and continues till middle of April. In January-February, 1998 the first National Winter Games of India were held at Gulmarg, for which the facilities were enormously improved and upgraded. The resort acquired two Kasse Bohrer snow beating machines used for preparing skiing slopes, and five snowmobiles, which can be made available for going up the mountain. Good quality equipment, including skis, boots, sticks, gloves and goggles are available on hire on the spot from the Government-run ski shop. There are also trained instructors available for guiding the tourists. Gulmarg is ideally suited for learning skiing, as it is probably the cheapest ski resort in the world.
Some time back, the famous French skier Sylvain Saudan, had started Heli-skiing in the Himalayas for European skiers. He would take the skiers by helicopter on top of Gulmarg mountain and other peaks in the area from where they would ski down the immense Himalayan slopes. This programme has been suspended for the time being.
The most enjoyable aspect of a winter sojourn in Gulmarg is the friendly atmosphere. It is like being in a family where everybody knows every one else. |
Posted at 10/24/2004 4:28:24 pm by Skicat
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