Northeastern Guangdong - Meizhou (梅州) And 潮州 (Teozhou)
Posted On Thursday, December 9, 2010 at at 6:01 PM by AlvinHakka Tulou (客家土樓) - Stunning And Overwhelming !
Posted On Sunday, December 5, 2010 at at 5:59 PM by AlvinMaritime Cities Of Fujian (福建) - Fuzhou (福州), Chuanzhou (泉州) And Xiamen (廈門)
Posted On Saturday, November 27, 2010 at at 1:12 AM by AlvinSis' Visit
Posted On Thursday, September 30, 2010 at at 3:33 AM by AlvinMy sister, Paulette who has been based in San Francisco as a psychiatrist for the last 15 years, came back to HK for a bit of "relaxation" - plenty of HK style milk tea (港式奶茶), visiting the local tea houses (茶餐廳), catch up with old friends and of course a trip up the Big Buddha in Lantau Island. Here are a few cool pictures.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7F2aOcbaSfJoDiS56cXlv0x03LkW1uD47q2UKMoCG5uzc-_mBBMg75mgptV-rpn9yh1s2HhN54Pjq9PkVmFrwjHu3PKCaWljko3tbjtExp-JZaPyAZ8VESos7b8xH_Qrb6SEroGBNzs/s320/Wisdom+Platform+With+All+2.JPG)
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Having Fun On The Lakes Of Jiangsu - 太湖 And 瘦西湖
Posted On Thursday, September 9, 2010 at at 1:46 AM by AlvinThe Waterways and Gardens Of Jiangsu - 江南水鄉、園林
Posted On Monday, September 6, 2010 at at 11:26 PM by AlvinNanjing (南京) And Its Mountains (中山 And 茅山)
Posted On Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at at 1:54 AM by AlvinThe following day we travelled about 60 km East and visited the Taoist holy mountain of Mau Shan (茅山). Since ancient times, Mau Shan had been famous for the Taoist priests (茅山道士) who had attained magical powers to ward off harmful spirits; the priests would normally point a closed first and middle fingers towards the attacking spirits and believe it or not, the spirits would then just subside in a puff of smoke. Yeh, just like that !
Goldcoast - Sold !
Posted On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at at 6:27 PM by Alvin![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxIAHvtry1fQwEjMMVobqqaaw5G1T1UGtWmonDbBaufV_95F6fqYlKXpoz2EJ6zLFb8IGrUm4cj_X7MIB0Oj0lmExI-yAhm3aUd31z_h55g1fQ1Wzsl-JpMn-UApmvdnkejrxwl_z8ok/s320/Rainbow+26D.jpg)
So first things first, we thought we had better sell out on our current Goldcoast Residence before loading up with a new place. The following had been important dates during this very interesting period and just for our records, along the way, potential buyers included such interesting characters described below. The "viewers" were mostly impressed with our place with its airy tropical decorations, light colors and of course, the breezy feel when the sun was not fierce. If we had learnt anything from this exercise, it was that everyone had their own specific preferences which might sound peculiar at first.
- On 23 June 2010 - we put the house on the market through more than 10 estate agencies; and
- on 14 July 2010 - the initial contract signed and the place sold (to a young couple) !
The famous viewers:
- On 23 June 2010 - we put the house on the market through more than 10 estate agencies; and
- on 14 July 2010 - the initial contract signed and the place sold (to a young couple) !
The famous viewers:
- a single man (spent 5 minutes looking around, said the house was very clean and goodbye);
- a middle-aged lady with a grown son (buying a place for her darling son);
- a Beijing girl with Western BF (Western BF came in not shaking hands but did a Buddha praying clasped-hand sign to me...);
- an un-interested couple (probably on their countryside day-trip from the city);
- a few westerner neighbours (had seen this couple for years around Goldcoast, complained we had no air-con and contemplated where to put their 60" TV...);
- a Chinese old couple with daughter (on a shopping trip from Guangzhou ?);
- a single girl (she eventually missed the boat by 3 days);
- a young couple x 2 (one of the couples was the eventual buyer);
- a few Italians (great to speak Ital with the Milanese, unfortunately they came with a mad woman from the estate agency...);
- OL (Office Ladies) x 2 (took some time to un-tie her highly-strapped trendy boots with coils of laces, before entering the door);
- a snooty cow with BF (felt like punching the dizzy cow - spoke down her nose, like she owned the world);
- 2 middle-aged ladies with family (performed a very detailed check on all things minor - the flushing toilet, turned on and off the taps a couple of times, complained it was too hot in here when Hong Kong was 33 degrees Celsius outside, basically a fault-finding mission for them and they failed);
- 3 ancient ladies (very appreciative of our place but turned out to be a real hard bargainer);
- an old Chinese man (came in when the sunset was at its most mighty full blast, he almost melted...);
- a last couple (seemed stressed out with their compass).