a very bleak landscape, mainly land reclaimed from the sea. on a 6 hour car ride from beijing to dongying in shandong.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Friday, January 06, 2006
Thursday, December 29, 2005
festive drinking...
hoegaarden white at the wala2. meeting some friends for dinner. but the real action starts at 2000hrs when the bloggangsters come. it has been awhile since we met so there will be some drinking tonite ;-)
so consider you've been 'jio'ed, join us if you are in the neighbourhood.
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Turtle head!
what maotai got his american friend R to eat LOL
R had the blood and gall as well, the traditional way with chinese vodka!
Monday, November 21, 2005
Shanghai - Afternoon Coffee
came back from a crab feast at yangcheng hu lat night. she has to work today and i am taking a break from a very tedious stressful beijing trip. will be leaving for singapore tomorrow for a few days before heading back to beijing next monday. have to close a multi million deal before christmas.
am reading 'tuedays with morrie' and wondering when i can actually learn to let go... and still be me. how much of what i do is really me? how much of it is what others expect or want of me?
when i start having more questions than answers, it is coz i am sober LOL.
Friday, October 14, 2005
Dusty Windy Shanghai
foggy hazy busy shanghai. just had my cuppa at my fav cafe across from the hilton. the setting is not quite perfect; the noise and pollution of the traffic here at hua shan lu is the biggest flaw.
but the facts are that;
.. i am in shanghai,
.. meeting her,
.. good dinners,
.. had a good night sleep and
.. will be eating hairy crabs at yang cheng hu tomorrow
make me happy and relaxed.
Dusty Windy Shanghai
foggy hazy busy shanghai. just had my cuppa at my fav cafe across from the hilton. the setting is not quite perfect; the noise and pollution of the traffic here at hua shan lu is the biggest flaw.
but the facts that;
.. i am in shanghai,
.. meeting her,
.. good dinners,
.. had a good night sleep and
.. will be eating hairy crabs at yang cheng hu tomorrow
make me happy and relaxed.
Monday, October 10, 2005
Why I need a mistress/ to drink/ to get out of singapore... Reason 61106
drunk blogging entry deleted...
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Beijing Ascott Starbucks
just relaxing away the morning after a long and stressful week in beijing. everyday was a rush here for meeting, rush there for meeting routine. every meal except for breakfast was a business lunch or dinner. gotten to the point when later in the week, fatigue set in and i kinda sat back and just ate without bothering to talk shop. i think i could be forgiven afterall i am here in beijing second time this month with only a three day break in between.
so a starbucks coffee, a relaxing morning then a 4pm flight back home. 3 nights in singapore and i am off for a hopefully relaxing holiday in bangkok. there is of coz work involved but one grabs what one can get ;-)
Thursday, September 22, 2005
China Open
maotai is attending a tennis match in beijing. maotai knows nothing about tennis except that the ladies wear shorts under short skirts when they play.
the game is between venus williams and a spanish girl named lagoster.
right now at 8pm the score stands at venus 6:3 and 4:1.
and venus seems to be receiving some medical attention for her knee.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Beijing Houhai
having the chinese original chivas and green tea. seems to be getting to be a good night out ;-)
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Wala Wala
am now at holland v waiting for makanguru and gang to turn up. though it started as a boys nite out we invited LMD as we would love to *cough*torture*cough* see her before she goes under the knife.
as usual i started early with older folks and did a bottle of cask strength 58% macallan, her 12 year old sister is the choice now. would love to do the 18 but they have a special on the 12 and i am a sucker for a bargain ;-)
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
An Espresso in Guangzhou
am leaving tonight for singapore. this has been one of my longer trips. i can say a couple of things;
. business in china for me is really taking off
. hangzhou is beautiful
. good coffee can be had
what can i say, tired and happy ;-)
Xian "prata" in soup
had this over the weekend in Beijing. walked into a hugely popular eatery. everyone was having the same thing and it seemed good. one was given a couple pieces of round flat bread that looked like prata only thicker and very very hard.
so one would have to tear these into tiny crumbs. when that you have bowl full of crumbs, mutton soup would be added.
must say in my most humble opinion that it was not really worth the effort. the soup was too salty and the mutton tasted rather strong. now, if the soup was to be replaced by soup kambing then it would be much better.
guess i must be missing singapore more than i care to admit :-)
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Friday, August 05, 2005
3 weeks in China
off on my regular. will be a busy three weeks. shanghai, hangzhou, liuzhou, beijing, jinan and guangzhou.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Good Night.
may my love sleeps well tonight
dreams sweet of me her knight
the charging white horse neighs
carrying her through clouds nigh
dreams sweet of me her knight
the charging white horse neighs
carrying her through clouds nigh
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