(You know, my dream is to visit Tacoma... do you know what's there?)


The day in emergency dept passed ever so slowly today... but it wasn't too bad really. it does give me some job satisfaction, *sometimes*....

i walked to "New Crowd" market after work to get the ingredients for my supper... here in tuen mun it's so different to the environment that i was grown up in. the market here is like one of those traditional old fashioned chinese markets, with wet floors, meat hung up in the air, vegetables piled right out into the corridor... lots of herbs, lots of smelly things... walking there is another exciting experience: street hawkers, grannies, weird stuff like salted fish, pickles... everytime i walked there i felt like a traveller in time, capturing the smiles, smells and movements. it's fun, but makes me feel weird. anyhow, i got my $1 worth of coriander and $8 worth of fresh beef.... that later became tomato beef and coriander soup with udon. tasted absolutely lovely with lemon juice and fish sauce... just finished by me (oh well, i did make 2 portions but nobody came and eat the other half!)

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yesterday, it was a fantastic evening in Tsimshatsui listening to the Havana diva from Buena Vista Social Club. the moment she went on stage i cried. she was so charismatic. after some nostalgic moments, i stood up in the concert dancing and (?) swinging my bottom in music, ha. while the crystal broch on my denim jacket glittered in the red, blue and purple light... and i thought of richmond and marshall. they must have liked latin america music too. i did look around to see if i'd catch glimpse of them but there were too many people around... but then i bumped into a doctor friend who's more senior than me, someone i admired since year 1 at med school... so happy, we talked for a while after the concert, she's more vibrant than ever, being a surgeon as she is... though it was already nearly 11pm and takes 1.5 hours to get back to my flat(!), we ran to HMV afterwards trying to find the CD with the flowery songs. well, it was too expensive and i didn't even think of buying it. you know sometimes i have disinhibitions, but the cheque that i just wrote for my exams was $5210 and it stopped me from buying anything now. besides, it'll be my thailand trip soon. oh well, 9 more days and i'll receive my pay cheque and 11 days more i'll by flying! umm, that's more like it, hehe. no big cameras this time, just eyes-coffee savouring tour...