berry fairy
Scarlette at breakfast, she hurried to put on her snorkleberry helmet, arrived yesterday all the way from Finland! (thanks Ruth!), to combat this drizzy, cold reluctant morning
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novembre 21, 2006
novembre 20, 2006
i drink purple
my daily breakfast is a purple juice, either a smoothie named "berry burst" or "stress buster", both made from fresh berries. My other fav drinks include the fabulous Hong Kong Ribena, hot Taro Pearl Milk tea, the Sangria and if it comes to a dinner wine it''s rouge or rosée.
Scarlette wears dollsville's purple paisley"Peace and Love" retro dress (i forgot the headdress this morning)
berry burst recipe: Blueberry + Strawberry + Guava + Low-fat yoghurt
Stress Buster recipe: Guava + Strawberry + Blueberry + Banana + Low-fat yoghurt + Vitality & Immunity boost
novembre 18, 2006
open rice at dai pai dong
Eating out tonight at open-air food stall, in Fotan, Shatin
Dai Pai Dong, or large-license stall, is regarded by some as part of the collective memory of Hong Kong people. Characterised by untidy atmosphere and with big electric fans, foldable ltables and chairs, as well as the great variety, low prices and wok hei (grest stir fry in the wok) of the dishes
Chicken congee, shells in hot spicy sauce and deep fried pigeaons are the must in every table in this stall. We ate tonight "ehite rice" fish omelette too
Beatrice a la table, sitting on the table number stand;
untidy and of course unset table, served with chopsticks, plastic tea jar, tea in glass, and bowls in roaster motif, an icon of dai pai dong...
and do not forget to take away for "midnight meal" for those at home...
chun chun food stall, fairly large area tood stall off the road, in Fotan, Shatin, convenient by car.
novembre 12, 2006
sailing to Byzantium?
The lights of the Star Ferry clock tower and pier in Central went out at midnight on 11/11 as the iconic green ferries left the berth for the last time after 48 years - sparking protests for some and memories for others.
Petitioning messages for the pier's closure. - Clock tower blurring to a halt
Popping down for a softie ice cream amidst a tantalising meeting or at times when having something to swallow for a nobler and strategic cause was my chimera when working at Jardine House
Nocturna assuming sailor, in Dollsville's sailor design recalliing to any Hongkonger in mind Star Ferry's sailors' uniforms for 48 years
Petitioning blue ribbons
Nocturna reclining on the steps at the opoosite disused Queen's Pier
Overlooking from City Hall's elevated corridor
Closed gates
Diva, in another Dollsville's pokka-dotted sailor design. at the new Central Pier, at the Waterfront off 2ifc
The new Central Pier is a handsome complex.
On the first day's operation on 12/11, sailing on board of a star ferry, named Celestial Star, from the new pier
Are you sailing to a bygone era or to a new era?
novembre 08, 2006
signs of x'mas
Diva noticed some signs of x'mas in town
novembre 06, 2006
folie folie
four year in a row...
riding hood folie
novembre 05, 2006
diva divina
Diva, my darling diva, was born on 3 November, right after my dad's funeral. She is "des nuits blanches", her white allure is to me all the unknown
She is quite unreal, dramatic and sensational, and even surreal...
"Noyée sous les flots
de la musique électrique,
dans le rock n roll, tu recherches un rôle..." (Jane Birkin/S. Gainsbourg)
novembre 04, 2006
cleopatra spa
Beatrice at cleopatra's spa
The alchemy of Cleopatra : The ancient Egyptian skin rejuventation lotion was incence and myrrh , two once-sacred substances symbolising absolute purity and immortality, and forming a distinguished perfume when mixed with Rosa damascena flower distillate.
aromatherapy from Alqvimia