December 28th, 2005
Travelog progress:
NEW! Nepal folk song Tamang Selo and more in travelog…
All trekking travelogs completed!
All photos (together with A-Ching’s) uploaded to Gallery… Enjoy!
This is my favorite view of the whole trek — a lake above Gosainkund hide in snow…
From 18 to 25 Nov 2005, I went with 3 friends to Nepal for a trekking trip in the Langtang National Park, we then visit a friend’s project named Future Village in Katunge Village in Dhading District…
November 11th, 2005
baby white chickens at 4 weeks old sunbathing in farm…
it’s about 27c yesterday afternoon, but with a body temperature of 42c, 27c is cooler than what we human feel… nearly all chicks in the ring clustered at the sunny spot to warm themselves…
November 8th, 2005
chicks on the run… 3 weeks old…
November 4th, 2005
Launch of site is followed by nearly a week of sleepless nights, to migrate the content hosted in blogspirit to my own website.
Blogging is fun with wordpress!
And bluehost has provided an excellent service with great integration with wordpress!
October 29th, 2005
Weekend nite along the tsim sha tsui waterfront promenade is a surprise… haven’t been there at holiday nite for many years… kinda afraid it would be too crowded, too noisy, too touristic… Last nite, a friend told me there would be some tango enthusiasts dancing there; I like to experiment with my new canon ixus 550 camera too, so i went there…
Erotic music, gliding steps… suddenly the toilet-like tile (all our public places are covered by similar tile) turn into pebble sidewalk somewhere in argentina… My eyes follow their feet to turn round and round, hoping to grasp the steps… but harder i try to remember, more confused i am… Maybe we should forget our brain and let our body lead when we dance?
On another spot, we have the cross-over of chinese 2-string (二胡), guitar and drum, an old women sings some chinese folk songs… Anyone want to sing can just join in the chorus… Strange is that most music performers are old people, while young peole are by-standers, shy ones, only other old and mainland audience dare to join the show spontaneously…
In another performing circle, a wizard dance with a tribal singer! again both are elderly people…ohoh… How strange is this city — old people are far crazier and more fun-loving than young ones!!??
October 27th, 2005
click the above pic to see the growth of this golden oyster mushroom in a day…
These photos are taken in Cheong’s organic farm in Tai Kong Po village (大江浦) in Yuen Long, HK… Cheong says the mushroom grows really fast and sometimes he needs to harvest them after midnight, as the taste is not so good if they grow too big…
Golden oyster mushroom (金頂側耳, Pleurotus citrinopileatus) is one type of oyster mushroom (秀珍菇, Pleurotus Ostreatus). There are many types of oyster mushroom, in a wide array of colours, including white, yellow, brown, and pink, all tending to fade to a creamy gray when cooked.
In the wild, it grows abundantly on the trunks of dead or dying deciduous trees, usually alder, and sometimes fenceposts. The most unusual location was on the dry skull of a dead whale reported in the 19th century. The mushroom can be found in the temperate regions of the world from autumn through winter and, this slippery textured mushroom, has been known to survive the snow. First cultivated in Hungary, it is now mainly cultivated in China and Japan.
The distorted oyster mushroom can reach a width of five inches and forms on a very short stem offset to the side and attached to the tree.
October 23rd, 2005
Can’t wait to sleep…
Baby chicks are inquisitive, hyperactive and happy… no wonder why this little chick get tired and sleep standing!
Sometimes sleepiness seize me the same way and i just want to sleep instantly, right at the spot… then I can travel faster than light and go freely to places in the past, present and future…
October 19th, 2005
They are the real acrobats!… in a day or 2 they finish building the frame covering the whole building… Power of nature too, bamboos are strong and flexible, and they grow really fast…
