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A wagyu heavy -- as well as heavy, period! -- dinner feast!

# 2013-05-22 06:07:35, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Wagyu meat heaven!    The wagyu being prepared as sukiyaki    The memories flood back as I see this photo and  I find myself wishing to have this dish again soon! :b Last week, I had the good fortune to be invited by a friend to what amounted to a veritable wagyu feast.  And bef...

From Wan Chai Gap to Wong Nai Chung Gap via Hong Kong Trail Stage 4 (Photo-essay)

# 2013-05-21 04:05:47, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Since I've been on more than 100 hikes in Hong Kong now, it stands to reason that I've gone on certain trails more than once.  But while some might expect that the trails I've decided to go on more than once are especially scenic or special, that's actually not the case with that which is covered b...

Hiking up (and down) Needle Hill on a hot and humid Sunday

# 2013-05-19 03:06:58, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Do we really want to go up that?! Yes, because by that point, one's already climbed up pretty high up Needle Hill already! And yes, there really are beautiful views to be had  atop the 532 meter hill that's  Hong Kong's joint 40th highest (with Mount Parker) Last week, a friend ...

Glass and Show hands (This week's Photo Hunt themes)

# 2013-05-18 05:25:54, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
This was one of those weeks where I had lots of photos for Sandi's chosen Photo Hunt theme (Glass) and Gattina's (Show hands) but not all that many which combined them.  But after hunting through my photo archive, I've come across at least three -- and I didn't even have to use a ma...

Responding to a reader's query about Christmas Rose :)

# 2013-05-16 14:11:05, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
From left to right: Xia Yu, Charlie Young (aka Charlie Yeung), Aaron Kwok, Kwai Lun Mei and Chang Chen The same people -- and more -- appear on a big screen at the same event and venue The occasion: the gala premiere of Charlie Young's first film as a director and scriptwriter, Chri...

Hiking up Cloudy Hill from the area around Lau Shui Heung Reservoir (Photo-essay)

# 2013-05-15 14:32:06, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
After writing about a hike where I wasn't able to get to the top of a hill with the kind of name that had struck my fancy and made me want to go up it, here's writing about a hike where I was able to do what I had set out to achieve!  More specifically, here's finally putting up a photo-essay of th...

A Hong Kong hike during which I saw no other person except for my hike buddy!

# 2013-05-12 03:25:32, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
How my hiking shoes, socks and lower parts  of my legs looked towards the end of today's hike :S The result of hiking on narrow, muddy -- and  most definitely unpaved -- trails like this one The only other person I saw out hiking  in the area today was my hike buddy! "Remind me...

Lazy and An unusual perspective (This week's Photo Hunt themes)

# 2013-05-10 17:09:27, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Lookit!  Wow!  A giant plushy pink rabbit's inviting us to "Chill out on my tum!"  That was my reaction after dinner one evening at the Miramall when the friend I had gone out to dinner and I spotted the giant plushy pink rabbit sprawled out in the center of the mall's basement flo...

A Hong Kong movie-esque evening

# 2013-05-09 13:15:48, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Photo credit: the blogger behind Monday Morning With... :b Have you ever had one of those moments when you got to thinking that "I feel like I'm in a movie" -- more precisely, "I feel like I'm in a Hong Kong movie"?  Well, I had several of those one evening a couple of months back -- one that...

From Yung Shue O to hike's end at Sai Sha Road (Photo-essay)

# 2013-05-07 03:41:07, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
So... Jacob's Ladder.  Or as a hiking buddy put it -- "more like Jacob's disabled access"!  After having put off hiking along this part of Hong Kong for ages (and thereby not having been able to enjoy the experience of hanging out for a time at lovely Cheung Sheung Plateau), finally descending alo...

My favorite Hong Kong seaside restaurants

# 2013-05-06 04:31:36, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Large razor clams topped with black bean sauce  and transparent vermicelli Scallops topped with garlic, more of that vermicelli and chopped bits of spring onions Delicious by itself but so much better when eaten with rice! :b Yesterday, I mainly blogged about the hike I went on bu...

Election day hike on Lamma Island

# 2013-05-05 03:22:55, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
The signal station and trigonometrical station at the top of  Ling Kok Shan were my main hiking destinations for today The view of the trigonometrical station and  signal station from the top of the 250 meter hill    And yes, even with the haze, there were some nice views to be h...

Under and Something upside down (This week's Photo Hunt themes)

# 2013-05-03 16:57:25, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Pretty much every day that I'm in Hong Kong, I spend some time underwater as well as underground.  This is because my regular work commute involves being on a bus whose route includes the Cross Harbour Tunnel (that goes underneath Victoria Harbour) as well as taking a Mass Transit Railw...

On Tin Hau's Birthday

# 2013-05-02 02:35:45, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Tossing paper offerings to the Goddess  of the Sea on Tin Hau's Birthday There was a festive air in Joss House Bay that day Dancing lions and colorful flags are a must  on such celebratory occasions :) Three years ago, I took a ferry to Joss House Bay to check out the Tin Hau's Birthday celebrations at Hong Kong's oldest...

Critter spottings galore on a spring day Hong Kong Island hike! :)

# 2013-04-29 05:43:25, WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Today, I had my first sighting this year of a butterfly known as the Lemon Emigrant :) I also spotted this long-tailed skink on the hike  Another interesting creature out on today was this cool stick insect :) Early on in today's hike that took me up Mount Parker Road and then d...