Last week when I blogged about surreal experiences in Hong Kong, it got me thinking about other out-of-the-ordinary travel tales. Vietnam was the first place to come to mind. Maybe surreal wasn't the word, but rather random. Very random.It started at the Kim Do Hotel, where I … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
When I lived in Hong Kong, I found myself in the midst of some surreal moments. Maybe not surreal for everyone, but definitely out of the ordinary for me.It all came back to me last year when I returned to Hong Kong for the first time in 14 years. (It was my husband Tom's … [Read more...]
Book group nostalgia
It's that time of month again. My book group meets today and I've yet to finish the book. But I'll still attend and look forward to it. I've been in a total of five book groups over the last 13 years. My first was my mother's neighborhood book group and this last one is one I … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Aunty Lee’s Delights
Last week I went on my first family vacation since my little kids were born four and six years ago. I still brought a slew of books and managed to read three in six days (the kids go to bed early, even though they didn't fall asleep at their usual time that whole week we were … [Read more...]
Selective amnesia about Beijing
Beijing was my first taste of China and ironically the city I know the least (of all the ones I've visited there). It might be because I went to Beijing in 1988 and 1991, but traveled to other Chinese cities in later years. Or perhaps it's because my photos from that first trip … [Read more...]
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