The Chinese celebrates the lunar new year for 15 days. There are 12 days of Christmas, so this concept is not too strange to understand. However, I am not sure if the 12 days are of real significance, or, it is just a song. Can you please enlighten me, if you know the answer? …
Yesterday was Cheng Beng or also known as all Souls day. It is a day in the Chinese Lunar calendar where the Chinese remember their dearly departed..it is ancestral worship. On this day families will take time off to clear the graves of their ancestors, tidy the graves by removing all the weeds and giving …
This trip to Malaysia is a bit special as I got to spend it with my brothers and sisters and their families. The celebrations and tradition starts on the eve of the first day of Chinese New Year. We used to travel a day or 2 before the eve so that we would be at …
Chinese New Year is around the corner and I am heading ‘home’ to celebrate it with my family in Malaysia. After 10 years of celebrating it in the UK, I am finally flying to spend time with my bothers and sisters and their families. This time I decided to fly with Malaysia Airlines. The last …
Well, we decided to eat out on New Year’s Day. We did not plan for it and so was just spontaneous, or as the young people call this as ‘random’. So my other half phoned and I was amazed that we could get a table in Ashfields. Ashfields has a good reputation and sometimes it …
Hello, 2016 is coming to and end and we are all looking forward for the New Year which we all hope and determine to be better. May all of us have a wonderful and great new year full of victories. I just want to thank all of you for your patience and understanding. As you …
On my last trip to London, we were in Chinatown doing some shopping and looking for some interesting Chinese food. We had come across this restaurant before. So this time we decided that we want to give this a try. Shuang Shuang is a Steam boat restaurant. Steam boat is a popular type of cooking …
On my recent trip to London, I intended to have a lazy weekend. However my niece told me that her mother-in-law suggested to her a ‘trail’ which was really good for children. My niece took her advice and went on this trail with her friend and young daughter. The little girl enjoyed herself with …
This was what I did last summer.
Fishing trip in St. Mawes, Cornwall. A great trip and my first youtube video!!
My adventure continues… In the tour there were some optional tours that we can go to. However, the optionals were only announced on the day in the bus on Saturday. It was a bit confusing. The bus driver was describing the tours and I had a hard time understanding him. It is not that he spoke badly, it was just me. …
As I have mentioned before, I went on holiday recently. Knowing me, I like to go to places where, if possible, I do not have to drive. So my other half booked a week’s holiday by tour bus to the South – Cornwall area. It is a place called St Mawes. The tour company, Shearings …
Last week, we had our annual Midland Area Summer Course. I always look forward to this course. I missed last year’s course as I was away on a very long holiday. So this year, I made sure that I attend the course. We always have the course in the Hinckley Island Hotel in Hinckley, now …
As you know, we love to try out new restaurants around where we live. We came across this restaurant some time ago and the feedback from friends was that it wasn’t very good. The B & B, Kirkby House has been in business for a long time, and there was not a restaurant in the …
We recently had a dinner here. This was to celebrate a birthday. This restaurant is our favourite. We have been patronising this restaurant on a regular basis for many years. We used to dine here about once every fortnight or monthly. However, as we have discovered many more restaurants around where we live, we …
