Had a new kind of Mango cake last week, from the bakery shop it’s named Mango Layer Cake, it’s actually a cake with  layers of crepes,  creme and diced mangoes on a sponge cake as a base….a very creamy dessert which I at the end left the creme and crepes aside.

Went to Red Robin for a burger dinner on Mon night, it’s the 2nd time for me over the 13 years living in Vancouver..why? Though they have about 15 location throughout British Columbia, none of it is located around Richmond area…..what a pity….since they offer nice burgers….

Apple Chix Salad, surprisely refreshing…..

Mushroom Burger with Fries

Chix Burger with Ceaser Salad

Been listening to this song for a few years. it’s originally  written in French  by Charles Aznavour a song writer singer from France. I love the lyric very much  though I don’t know if they have been translated correctly…. just found the above clip and finally got the full version of the lyrics..

MY mum and I we live alone a large apartment is our home in Fairhome Towers
We have to keep us company 2 dogs, a cat a parakeet , some plants & flowers.
I help my mother with the chores. I wash, she dries, I do the floors, we work together
I shop & sew & cook a bit, though she does too, I must admit, I do it better.
At night I work in a strange Bar, Impersonating every star. I’m quite deceiving.
The customers come in with doubt and wonder what i”m all about but leave believing.
I do a very special show, where I am nude from head to toe after strip teasing.
Each night the men look so surprised, I change my sex before their eyes.
Tell me if you can what makes a man a man.

Around 3 o’clock or so I meet with chumes to have a bite, to eat & conversation.
We talk & empty out our hearts on every subject from the arts to liberation.
We love to pull apart someone and spread some gossip just for fun or start a rumor.
We let our hair down so to speak and mock ourselves with tongue-in-cheek, & inside humor.
So Many times we have to pay for having fun and being gay, it’s not amusing.
There’s always those that spoil our games by finding fault and calling names, always accusing.
They draw attention to themselves at the expense of someone else, it’s so confusing.
Yet they make fun of how I walk and imitate the way I talk.
Tell me if you can what makes a man a man.

My masquerade comes to and end when I go home to bed again, Alone & Friendless.
I close my eyes and think of hime & fantaise what might have been. My dreams are endless.
We love each other but it seems , this love is only in my dreams it’s so one-sided.
Yes in this life, I must confess, the search for love and happiness is Unrequited.
I ask myself what I have got, what I am & what I’m not, what have I given.
The answers come from those who make the rules, that some of us must break just to keep living.
I know my life is not a Crime, I’m just a victim of my time, I stand defenseless.
But nobody, nobody has the right to be the Judge of what is right for me
Tell me if you can What makes a man a man

It was raining the whole day on Mon,  this morning once I woke up it was such a beautiful day, a clear blue sky with a bright sun, fresh air and a cool temperature…..

So towards the late afternoon I decided to ask a friend of mine to go for a brief photo shooting  around Richmond before going for dinner…

The first stop was the Richmond Olympic Oval an arena where the  2010 Winter Olympic speed ice skating will take place..

After that we drove along the dyke where Vancouver International Airport is located on the opposite..

A sea-plance which can fly you to Victora - the capital of British Columbia

This is somebody’s bike…….

Saturday night, met up with my old schoolmate and his girlfriend and went to have dessert at the Yee Shun Milk Company

Steamed egg(custard), Iced Red-beans Drinks, and Steamed Milk with Red Beans

On Sunday morning went to Tsing Yi for the exhibition of a  famous Japanese cartoon in the 80s Doctor Slump and Arale.  There are people with family taking picture and I notice that those parents around my age are even more excited than their kids……cos we know all the characters from the cartoon!

remember tha pooh pooh??

After spending some hot days in Vancouver, back to HongKong on last Friday morning, actually a place even hotter than Vancouver only with more air-con indoors. The  influence of a Typhoon(Tropical storm) around the South China Sea was very obvious on Sat…I was sweating just standing  on the street without much movement  under shades, Together with the Smog and  air pressure, breathing was a bit of difficult…..no wonder some local reports saying that in Hong Kong there will be no Spring and Autumn within the up coming 5 years because of these man-made global warming..

Anyway under such a hot temperature,  having different snacks several times a day seems better than have a full meal, and Tsui Wah is one of many locals and tourists favourites HK style cafe

(picstures taken with a test run with my new DC)

And this Mini Baugette with butter and condensed milk is my must have item everytime I visit this place

Had a meal at the UCC (Ueshima Coffee Company) cafe a Japanese-Western chain restaurnat from Japan who first started out selling coffee…. Anyway back to this meal….acutally for the price I”ve paid really not much compalins, their service is efficient, food quality and taste are  generally acceptable.

Having a set dinner , you will have one serving from the self salad bar, a soup and an entree with tea/coffee.

This is my all you can put salad whcih reminds me the Pizza Hut self salad bar which I used to have at teens, same concept you can put as much stuff as you can but only for once, I remember my schoolmates and I tried so many time to stuff a Salad tower and share at the table…

too bed this is one of the most blend creme of something soup

A baked beef with cheese on risotto( hm….they used the beef stripes usually for Shabu Shabu

a spaghetti with mushroom and scallopes

Remember th out door Bloc Mickey Moused Exhibition?  I just  found out that there’s is an indoors-section too..

If you like Japanese carton(animation) as me during the 80s  you will know the character

Arale from the title Doctor Slump