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李香蘭 [玉置浩二 行かないで] (song)
One of the classics, in both Japanese & Cantonese, is this song in 日粵精華 (CD). Sang by Koji Tamaki(玉置浩二), one of the very respected singer songwriter in Japan (& music written by him also), and sang by one of the greats in Canto-pop Jacky Cheung (張學友). Sounds very natural in both language, sang by two [...]
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ろめのうと とロメモト 日粵精華 (CD)
I’ve been noticing this new CD box set for a while at CD/DVD shops & finally my curiosity got the better of me & bought it today (was $130 in Mongkok, but $105 in Ma On Shan). Obviously the Japanese title does not make much sense to Japanese people… How should I say this, it’s [...]
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Dwarf shrimps 小蝦
We’ve inherited our 小朋友 Shaun-shaun’s little tank with an aim to house crystal red bee shrimps. We’ve started the process back in April, when we set up the tank with soil, water plants, and a Siamese fighting fish (our little A-Hong 阿紅) to get a stable environment for the little shrimps.
We first started with getting tiger [...]
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Siamese fighting fish 阿紅哥
A tribute to our little A-Hong-a… (阿紅哥), our little Siamese fighting fish, our first pet in HK, the first inhabitant of our now flourishing shrimp tank. We’ll come & visit you again at MOS Park where there’s plenty of your favorite food, mosquitoes…, RIP from your parents at Suite 676…
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HK JPTimeTV 香港aTV じゃぱナビ
It a TV show on aTV on Sunday at 6:25pm. I do often miss it as we’re out on Sunday afternoon, but you can watch missed episodes on their website (http://www.jptime.tv/ an ancient website which sometimes has issues with my browsers, but it’ll get there in the end). It’s the first (& only) HK locally [...]
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麻雀 Mahjong
I’m fortunate enough to be invited to play Mahjong at 1A (Aunty Mary’s place). I really enjoy playing & as with anything, practice makes perfect (well, may be if you started at 5! but, we still have fun). I didn’t know how to play until I came to HK, but been wanting to learn, so [...]
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美女厨房 Beautiful Cooking (TV Show)
美人厨房 Beautiful Cooking is a popular TV Show in HK shown on Sunday night. I started watching it when it first aired & been quite constantly viewing is since (now it’s season 2). The format is like ‘Iron chef’ in a sense, but instead of ‘Culinary legends’ & professional chefs, there are 3 girls, some [...]