So let me list some updates in chronological order.
2013
Mar: Wai Yi and Leng Yi in Hk. attended Esperanza Spalding's concert. Bought a baby bliss hair curler for my longer hair. Owen has left the company. 10s.
April: Was in SG to pack as parents were ready to sell their apartment. Went to new place in Msia and had seafood there. Experimented with cooking seafood. Been to Sai Kung many weekends with Chris. First ever trip to Taipei. Put on braces.
May: Attended David Guetta's concert. Met Mandy at bun climbing festival. Baked a lot of chocolate cake this month. Made belacan for sting ray bought in Sai Kung. Yx & Von visited.
Jun: attended the dragon races at Stanley. Made lor bak. Jie & Des visited. We went Ocean Park & Disney in the same weekend. Scorching but lots of fun!
Jul: Made bread! Went for a concert with Pi. Went to Bath & Bodyworks at Kwun Tong. Still going Sai Kung with Chris.
Aug: went hiking at tai O in search of the infinity pool with H & K. It was a treacherous hike! But great waterfall! Attended our country's national Day celebration at city garden hotel with D&R. Food was simply divine! Ate way too much. J's farewell drinks with the boys. They are such funny and gay people ... A joy to be around. Playing squash with C every week! Attended Msia ball with T&S - Food was great and entertainment was even better!
Sep: perfected my sour cream banana nut cake! Aunts and Ah Ma came to visit me! Attended mid-autumn festival at park along Aberdeen Rd. Had my birthday dinner at good O' Lin Heung with Arv, Pi, Steve, Jas, Flo, Chris. Got a brownie pressie from Arv! Bro came to Hk. I had endoscopic sinus surgery, septoplasty and turbinectomy to treat my sinusitis. Discharged in two days and bro cooked a delicious spread of yummy pasta, bread, eggs and tomatoes for me every day! Doc gave a month's medical leave.
Oct: bought a torch for bro to flame salmon and desserts. Also bought a blender for soups and juices! Walked up the peak to catch the beautiful sunset and kites flying in the sky. Bro loves Mak's noodles. Watched bro's collection of chefs, the art of seduction / behavioural documentaries , movies. While I recovered, bro experimented with cooking techniques and I learnt from him the essential value of exercise and eating well. We made crazy huge chewy cookies filled with cheddar! He overworked my Ac and microwave simultaneously and my landlord had to get them fixed. I needed to exercise so we went Tai Long Sai Wan and this time we went in search of the cliff jump. We found it and the dare-devil did not miss the chance to leap. Jackie gave birth!
Nov: as I got stronger, bro conjured more sweets like cheesecake, chocolate tart, garlic focaccia. It was inspiring and I could feel his intense passion and creativity. We decided to go Spoon for a taste of a Michelin Star quality food in a hotel. We tried truffle on soup and beef won the thumbs up. We didn't stop the exploring. We went to cyber port during sunset and caught a glimpse of the orange purple sky. It was breath-taking. He found a job opening at a restaurant and we decided to try. They served beef steaks only. Excellent fare. We OD ed on the desserts only to discover it wasn't part of the set meal price. We also explored a new Ramen shop at Cwb. This and Jiro Sushi show gave us the inspiration to visit Japan. The perfect plan came together when HK airline express launched a cheap fare. I booked a ticket for two for a weekend in Tokyo. We didn't plan much. Only knew we had to see Jiro, Robot, Shibuya, Shinjuku and maybe check out the love hotels ( I was on a budget...). We ended up visiting all of that plus playing baseball at an amusement centre, ate fresh and reasonably priced Sushi at Tsujiki market, had ramen and udon, walked the malls and were in awe of the culture , skyscrapers and bright lights. It was an eye-opener as our first time and definitely not the last... to land of the rising son. Jie and Avr came towards the end of Nov for us to all hang out, shop, eat at La Vache, Mak's, cook together and laugh together.... I love these people so much. Those were very precious days that I felt blessed, very happy and appreciative of the gem of a family I have. I rounded Nov up with the very brilliant music festival that is Clockenflap. 1975 , Nile Rogers, performed amongst many others. It was a great night with the happy bunch : Ch, Ja, ki, mand ... We danced our Sat night away together with tens of thousands of revellers ..... Kowloon waterfront park was magical that night.
