Yuen Long

we went to yuen long to visit a relative of mine. ashley, my 1-1/2-year-old niece, had a great time running around the place and playing with the puppy. david and i took the opportunity to familiarise ourselves with our cameras before our london trip. i wonder if i should get a film camera afterall, but maybe it is my poor skills that make the photos not looking as nice as i would like them to be.... :(

london - we are heading your way!

we have finally decided to go to london in december. flying on 10th to be exact. i'll leave on the 19th and dave will stay till the 22nd. pretty excited about the trip, apart from the fact that our tickets cost us a Canon 20D, or almost a Nikon D200...

we have started planning on where we would do or go during our fairly short stay - all the main tourist sites in london is a must, because i always drove by them but never really set foot on any of them. we'll be part of the crowds, with our camera across our necks, information guides in our hands. ha!

大閘蟹

tonight we had a crab feast at home. crabs are not exactly my favourite dish, but i do like their brains
(or whatever it is that they have in under the shell).

食蟹之逸聞

唔講唔知，以嗜食見稱中國人古時礙於蟹恐怖長相─利螯，長爪和厚甲都不敢捉蟹來食，促成「蟹民」橫行無忌，完全唔怕人。你估係咪呢個原因導致蟹養成打橫行習慣呢？

這個不敢捉蟹食情況被浙江一次山洪暴發完全扭轉過來。話說當時群蟹被沖到田上，農夫礙於群蟹橫行均不敢接近。在無計可施之下，一個怒火沖天的農夫嘗試以熱水潑向群蟹，希望可把它們趕走。呢一潑使群蟹由青色化為滿地金黃，而且一動不動。眾農夫見狀紛上前將蟹拆骨，一股肉香由是撲鼻而來，一食之下重齒甲留香，令人萬分回味，亦由此奠定中國人食蟹的習慣。

至於大閘蟹名稱由來，話說江蘇人在陽澄湖捉蟹，知道群蟹貪光， 在天黑時便一手提籠，一手提燈，群蟹便自動投降，乖乖入籠，故名。



食蟹禁忌

1. 切忌半生熟
食蟹必需注意清潔問題。年前有未煮熟大閘蟹便食，而引致肺吸蟲入侵身體，造成腸穿肺爛。所以要將蟹徹底煮熟 才可進食。

2. 切忌食蟹胃
蟹的雙鰓之間有一個六角形的白色「蟹胃」極之寒涼，虛寒人士不宜。另外，但凡內臟都不應吃，因內臟積存重金屬，多吃易中毒。

3. 「柿蟹同吃，定見閻王」
蟹肉含豐富蛋白質，柿子含鞣質，同時吃造成蛋白質凝固，導致腸痙攣。

4. 切忌以啤酒送蟹
啤酒又名「鬼佬涼茶」。若以啤酒送蟹，寒上加寒，可引起肚瀉。

london

the idea of going to london in dec came up during dinner. so when i went home i went on the internet to check out the air ticket prices. there were special promotions for the all 3 major airlines to london a few weeks ago, but no traces of them anymore!!! darn... then i went through this week's newspaper but couldn't find the ads as well. so perhaps it is japan afterall???

white aeroplane

we saw this at a shop in causeway bay. i will get it this weekend after checking the price is not unreasonably higher than the selling price in japan.

still planning on the trip in december. wanted to go to 黃山 but the tours available are either not the dates that i want, or the routes that i want.... so begin exploring the alternative of going to japan (again). 日光 is not bad... but winter means no flowers for me to photograph... :(

monchichi

found this while looking for monchichi on a white aeroplane... should i get this for ashley???

Dinner at 7-11

Our dinner today "Fish ball and Siu Mai" :0)
We were trying to go shop around for water heater tonight, unfortunately the shop was closed. Have to leave office earlier next time!

church map

here's the map to the church that our wedding is going to be. not bad, huh?

banner

spent almost an hour trying to modify the banner but without any apparently improvement on the current one. i've given up. i'll leave it as it is.

holiday

i would like to go on a short trip in december, as david has the entire month off. however it would be too late for the autumn leaves in japan, and too early for the snow.... thought we'd go to kyushu anyway but my sis was saying "you going to japn again?? can you not think of another place?" well i guess she's right - i went to that country like twice within the past 12 months already.... umm....

My first entry

this is my first ever blog.... hope i would be able to update this regularly. tonoshi mini desu ne!!