nice weather

sunny
it's very very rare to have a beautiful sky like this in hk... i really luved the past two days when it's totally smog-free... it's like the sky in europe... pity it doesn't last... already getting a bit blurred today... look the camera of my phone is not bad at all... though it's bad of me to take it while i was driving...

it's the trip again

hot as oven

finally uploaded the photos... tried uploading slideshow but apparently the frame doesn't fit... so better go back to the old way... please click here for the link...

acknowledgement

stormy

this is to thank miss little kare kare for being so kind to read my long-winded posts when she's already tired and exausted... i'm happy to sponsor life bread in all colours and shapes... luv u...

the very trip to rome

shower

let me do rome today... we stayed in quite a nice a hotel in a good location, there's a playstation and an imac in our room... for the first time we played PS2 in hotel... we travelled around by metro and bus... metro is quite underdeveloped... we got to walk quite a lot... bus is okay if you know where you're... taxi was super expensive, cost us ~5 euros just to travel literally 3 blocks and the meter starts clicking once you booked a taxi... we booked a taxi and it's already 8+ euros when we jumped into it...

we visited only the must-gos... the vatican, the colleseum, the trevi fountain etc... enough for us... no wonder the rabbit always said once u've been to vatican u'll never like other cathedrals... it's very elegant... accomodates those huge sculptures and is still very spacious... if i put one of those in my bedroom i probably can't walk at all... because we're so lazy, we're able to do it at our own pace... we bought a timeout shortlist guide for rome... their restauant guide never fail us... since it's shortlist... there isn't much details on tourists' spots...

there's this restaurant recommended by the book... dinner at uno e bino was probably the best we had in italy... it's commented to be one of the best there... it's a small restaurant with simple decor... only two staff who know their job, they're really able to recommend and u feel welcomed... i took pictures for the meal... it's not quite what i usually do... anyways... located on the other side of the main train station... not quite near city centre... we attemped walking there, the walking was probably the worst bit of the night... we started with this tiny appetizer... tomato and bread paste in 2 consistency... there's the freshest scent of tomato in it... bread was well baked...




i had the triangular pastry (i.e. samosa) with pistachio paste filling...
rabbit had mackerel on goatcheese & cracker... and he was like ymmmm after the first bite and he's been mentioning it even when we're back in england...
i had a pigeon for main dish...
and he had this lamb cooked in four different styles...

you look at them and you imagine how good it could be made and that's how it is... it's tender as it should be... tasty and fresh as it should be... warm as it should be...

we finished with pistachio gelato... i didn't know ice-cream could be fresh and chewy until i tasted it...



if anything is to improve it's the wine... poor rabbit only ordered house wine by glass since i don't drink... ~40 euro per person plus 10+ euros for taxi home...

i don't think i can

i luved this ad when i first saw it in perth... i've always wanted to post it... and i just figured out how... it just hit me harder when i'm now working in respiratory team... i dunno how to say... i used to get quite upset at some of my best friends but i've given up long ago... i really see how devastating it can be... there's something which makes life of a chest doctor easier than the cardiologists and haematologists... many of them & families know why their lives ended up the way they ended up... so i don't needa answer the why question... well it's difficult to convince those who don't see what i see every day... i always say the resp & ventilator ward should be opened for public to see... of course this is unfair to the patients... u see what i mean... perhaps my english is not good enough to put it into words... how terrible it is.. and how preventable this is... and i can say no one ended up on LTOT would have chosen it if they're given a second chance... it's not like you die after a bungee jump... because the suffering is so long and debilitating... this is so real... it's hard for them to learn it's a cancer... it's hard for me to say it's inoperable, too...

the very trip of the year

the oven's preheating..

here i'm... back from my fabulous dream trip to italy... it's was, fab... hehe... as expected... and sadly... am already back to work, finished a presentation in two days, am post call today and slept for 12 hours in the past three days... there're loads about the trip i wanna share & i think will help whoever'd like to self-travel... let me do it step by step...

first i wanna talk about what i did in england... we literally had nothing to do... our main task there was to visit rabbit's sister... spend time at her new flat... meet people... dine in london restaurants... and to see a muscial or two... it's quite awkward on day one... two of us who hadn't even time to sleep suddenly have to kill time... so we went window shopping in our favourite shops and walks around some favourite streets... like my father, we have some must-dos in london...

let's start with food... we went to bibendum for crab mayonnaise... sadly it's gradually changing from super-thumbs-up on my first visit to i-don't-think-i-needa-come-back-again after my ?fifth visit... it's still good actually... but the feeling of how-amazing-! is long lost... the bread was depressing in particular...

we had french dinner in l'oranger on day one... food is good... it's so good that nothing is going to upset you... however, there's nothing particularly special either...

we had lunch in the wolseley the another day... meant to be one of the best restaurants in london... i was told this is where the super celebrities go... again food was more than perfect... i had an asparagus soup and i'm going to remember it forever... you don't know how well an asparagus soup could be made until u've tasted it... you don't recognise it's asparagus soup because of it's green... but you actually taste fresh asparagus in the well-blended soup... mind you it's not the signature dish there... other dishes were equally finely made... including the bread & the chips...

why don't we go to musicals... the only planned activity in london... we watched two... cabaret & wicked... i'm sorry i was the one who picked cabaret and ordered tickets well in advance... it's rather new... think it's shown in london in the recent 1 to 2 years... apparently it was a famous movie some ages ago... it's about a story of people around a cabaret in germany in the time of nazi... perhaps it's a good show... it's just not my cup of tea... there's not much of props... and even not a need of costumes, because the people just don't wear... they went naked for unknown reasons... suddenly this man came out unclothed... songs were nothing worth noticing... it's simply better to spend the money & time elsewhere...

and i'm glad that we put wicked after carbaret... therefore we had a happy and satisfying ending to the journey... as said... it's wicked! it's newly shown in london this year... a very childlish story as a sidetrack from alice in wonderland... about a strange girl becoming a witch and stories behind... it's simple but rich for a musical... the costume and props are amazing... the kind of things i'd luv to see... very fancy and very well made... the lighting & stage effect stunned me most... remember it's all real without computer techs behind... it's the best that i've ever seen... songs and vocals are all very good... it's only the choreography which is not as perfect as the rest... but that's no big deal... because adding all others has already made it a very fancinating & enjoyable one... i thought rabbit may felt it's a bit girlish... he enjoyed it very much either... there're lots of kids inside but some of the scenes probably scared them... another strongly-recommended after billy elliot...

let's pause here... with the italy bits to come soon...