This lip gloss This lip gloss made me laugh..
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  Cheung chau Jenny at the temple on the island of Cheung Chau
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  Thanksgiving pilgrim Pilgrimage to the buddha on Lantau Island.. Now where is the turkey and cranberry sauce (actually the restaurants at the temple are vegitarian .. So tofurky)
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  Eat Meat. Eat Meat. Eat a big ol steer... another ex-veggie joke.

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Jennifer K. Loomis
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  Drying fish Shrimp and fish drying in the noon day sun. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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  Searching for the final memories. We are within days... of moving home to Minneapolis. The weather is cool &

pleasant. I am spending every free moment exploring to try to burn the

feelings, sounds & smells of Hong Kong into my memory banks. I know why the

phrase includes 'bank'. That's what it feels like to me.

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Jennifer K. Loomis
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  Qr code on package This is a cool little 25 usd remote controlled plane from Japan. I thought it was cool because it had a bar code as its wing symbols but the packaging is even cooler.. Why? Well if you look closely on the lower lef of the package there is a qr code. When I snap a pict with my camera phone it takes me to a cool web site about my plane!
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  Shenzen Metro Token This RFID token is used in the Shenzen metro. In Shenzen they also have RFID stored value octopus cards like hong kong. But for one time use you buy a token, wave it over the rfid reader and plop it into the exit token reader. Pretty slick and reusable.
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  Square melons While we are talking about melons. How about an approximately $150 usd square water melon from Japan. I wonder how many of these they really sell.
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  The big buddha We visited the big buddha today on lantau
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  Nice melons? $60 US dollar melons at the supermarket
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  logistical problem You know it is going to be hard day at the office when you go into the mens

room and every urinal is out of order.
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  moon festival lanterns
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  lantern Moon festival
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  Shanghai food Shanghai food
You want good traditional Shanghai food in a 100 year old restaurant. Here is where you go:
Mei Long Zhen Restaurant
No 22 Lane 1081 Nanjing Road
Shanghai, China
+86 625 353 53
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  Thinking of you This is the head of the big reclining buddha in Bangkok Thailand. Dreaming the world into existance..
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  turtle Turtle on a lotus pad. This turtle doesn't need to worry about being made into soup! He is a resident of the Chi Lin Nunnery.. They are vegitarians!
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  Little flower rock Balancing rocks in lion peak (huangshan)
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  future cola! Future Cola from China! Because "Future will be better"
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  lovers locks In the 'yellow mountains' in China it has become a custom for couples to interlock two padlocks, lock them to the chain rail and throw the keys down the mountain. This symbolizes that they will be joined together forever. If you see more than one padlock locked together this could be a family. Some locks have the couples name and date engraved on them.
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  Ok, I thought this was a gimmick but it was like $15 HKD's at the Shatin Ikea. What the heck. I threw it into the basket. You all know that I bought this nespresso thing for the office. So I am sure that you are saying "why does Elwin need a 'milk frother' when he has a 15 bar steam pump at the office. Well the answer is mess my friend. You see you stick some milk in your cup and then nuke it, stick this little wand in it and you actually can create a pretty decent frothy milk for your expresso. Instant cappuccino. All you need to do is swish the wand in water and it is clean. With the machine, I dirty a frothing cup and the wand of the machine. Poop on that.. this thing really works, but you won't get microfoam (Microfoam is the grail, for latte art people.. if you care that much about your milk froth, which some people do and some are even more serious) Of course all I care about is that I can have a decent easy 'fancy' coffee drink out here in the New Territories of Hong Kong.  ¶ 3:25 AM 0 comments

  Johann, leaving hong kong

Johann, has been staying with us for the summer. He is the son of a friend of ours (and also a friend of ours too). Last year he said to Jenny: "I am going to take Arabic in College", Jenny said "What, are you an idiot? take Mandarin." He did and got A's so we sponsored him to come over here in Asia and use our apartment in Hong Kong as a base of operations. Last weekend was his last day so we took him to the Intercontinental for a 'send off'. Here is his blog post from my Treo 650:

What to say? It's been a hell of a summer...from the killing fields of Cambodia to ritz of the Hong Kong bayside, from the mountains ofYunnan to the bars of Hiroshima. I can't say I've learned anything I can package in a sentence but it definitely has been a pivotal opening chapter in my life. 've made many new friends i'll never see again but as parts of the moments i've lived they''l always be a part of my past and thusly my present. Where I go from here is still pretty obscured but chances are if you're reading this that i'd be honored to share the path. Enough sincerity, though. Let's fuckin' kick it when the time comes. This summer proves that location is a beatable obstacle.
boyhauser

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  best buy Best buy china
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  mmm chicken Dan chowing on some chicken..
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  what? This was on a bare white wall of a parking lot. Jamin took this there was

no switch visible.
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  Monkey man

This is a cool sculpture in Heidelberg Germany. Kinda like a monkey man.Funny and gross (very phallic, though I didn't shoot that part heh..)

It has a kinda neet interactive feature where you can put your head in its head and become the monkey creature ..

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  This is why Jenny is working The view of the pond.
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  La la la Lola This is one of those blog posts that is going to sound 'hoity toity'. But who cares I have a smile on my face. I am sitting in a restaurant called 'Lola' in Brussels. Two weeks ago I was home in Minneapolis on vacation. Jenny has returned to Hong Kong after a meeting at Heidelberg (the town) with Heidelberg (the press manufacturer). Simon, my boss, has left for his further travels. In this case the farther away from the budda (simon) the _less_ chaos there seems to be. So I have some time by myself in wonderful city. So I am recommended this restaurant. And I just finished eating.. As you who know me food is a love of mine. As I sit with my dessert, a Muscat wine and plate of cheeses. I am happy because of the influence of the food and wine but also sad because I miss Jenny and my friends back in Minneapolis. A bitter sweet that actually makes me happy. Kinda like Belgium Chocolate.. anyway La La La La lola.. If you are in brussels, in the season of crawfish please go here an enjoy a wonderful meal.
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  Sai Kung This is a little out of order (in that the picture is a few weeks old) this was a celebration at the small town of Sai Kung (about 15 mins from our home) for budda's birthday.
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  See a man about a horse Gallant Lion is Simon’s (my boss) new horse. He came from Australia and he raced his first race in the Hong Kong Shatin racecourse on Sunday. We were all there to see him run his short sprint. And yes we bet big. But he ended in 12th! But really, that didn’t matter because we had an experience that few will ever will have the pleasure to experience. Being with a horse’s owner when they run a race. Standing in the paddock when the horses are paraded. (many here go to the races every Sunday for years and never get to have that experience). So winning or losing.. it was a beautiful day at the races! And one heck of an experience.  ¶ 8:09 PM 0 comments

  RFID, Cards, Video Games
I walked into an arcade here in Hong Kong, I saw something that must have been going on for a while but is new for me. Video games that integrate playing cards and a RFID memory card. So insert your master card into the system, then you take your player cards and can set your players up on the 'field' by laying them on the reader pad.

Then you as you play points get added or subtracted on your master card that you can use in the game or future games.

What is cool about this, is that the cards are read on the filed as they are played and moved around. You then use button's, joysticks to play as well. What is being shown is a Soccar game. But my favorite is a real time strategy game where several players can move armies (represented by their cards) on large virtual battles. http://www.avantgaming.com/sangokushitaisen.html (this is the actual website of the Sega game called Sangousha-Taisen )  ¶ 3:20 AM 1 comments

  Man Mo Temple It's the Labor Day national holiday in China & Hong Kong. one of the few

holidays for mainland besides Chinese New Year. Elwin & I are spending the

day exploring Tai Po. An old rural town near the Chinese border. We went

through a wet market with fish, pork & beef on the first floor & vegetables

on the second. Outside are the main streets lined with shops. Ate some

sugar buns filled with red bean paste. Yum. Bumped into this buddhist

temple in the middle of the busi-ness of the street markets. Even though

this a communist holiday in general, the temple is full of burning incense

& kow towing buddists.
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  hong kong 7's Saturday at the HK 7s
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  buddhas Buddhas at the foot of the moutains. At 7 star mountains in China. (chut

sing ahhm.. Kinda phonetically written)
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  @ a Cool coffee & cake shop in Happy Valley Louis our saviour & friend treating us to chocolate orange tea & cake at

his friends' coffee shop. Aries is the name - orange is the color.
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  Tresident Jen found this in a general office art n stationary store in China. The

Chinese says 'Vice Presidents Room' the engrish translation is Tresident.
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  fish pond fish pond in southern china
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  Hong Kong Gaming.. When it is 1 am in Minneapolis, and you are playing a network game, it is probably these kids in Hong Kong who are kicking your A** and wiping the floor with you. (it is only $12 Hong Kong Dollars .. that is $1.50 USD.. an hour to play network games on pretty well decked out gaming machines. )
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  cars hairdoo Love this car's 'doo'
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  game of chess anyone Chessboard outside of the castle in Istanbul
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  hooka coals While I had turkish coffee, Denis was bubbling apple tobacco in the hooka..
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  Fishing Denis fishing off a pier in Istanbul.
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  Is this China? Well, yes and no.. This is Macau (a short one hour boat ride from Hong

Kong) Settled by the Portuguese but given back to China a few years ago.
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  they said it wasn't they said it wasn't spicy .. Chicken cooked in chili's
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  peeing of the roof This is a picture of the mens urinal in 'Felix' Hong Kong. Some say peeing here feels like you are peeing off the roof of the building. (the fantasy of every ten year old boy) of course every man has a ten year old boy in em.... I think it would be a better effect if the urnals were clear glass..
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  crabby..



Crab anyone? Some may say that this inhumane... Pick your own food out from the tanks before you eat it.
I'm going to really enjoy this spider crab with shaghai-style sauce. Mmmm. Can't wait.

Little clams. Scallops. Calamari. Crab. Bigred fish with small purple spots on it.  ¶ 10:58 PM 1 comments

  How do you like my pearls? I met Terry @ the Conrad Hotel today to attend a wholesale pearl show. The deals were amazing, I picked up a multi-colored strand & matching earrings. Wearing them out tonight to eat seafood in Sai Kung.
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  These are a few of my favorite teas..
Living in Hong Kong means Jen and I are drinking a lot of tea. The two that I always have in my office are Flower tea (ju hua cha) and White Tea (Silver Needle is my favorite). Both of these teas can be brewed multiple times, and if I start a pot in the morning, I can drink it all day long. Flower tea is simply Chrysanthemum. It is sweet and fresh tasting and seems to mellow me out. White tea is also sweet, but is very mellow and doesn’t have the grass or sea taste of a normal green tea. White tea also doesn’t have as strong tannins like in darker fermented teas. So you can drink it all day without the cotton mouth. I have found White tea to be the hardest to find (or at least ask for in the tea shops). It is also the most expensive, and I have had to be very picky when buying it because they like to try to slip me a lower grade than I am asking for. Rule of the day, don't buy from a tea shop that won't brew you their tea to try, adn don't buy tea you haven't tried.

Simon seriously digs Pu-erh tea . He considers it very good for your health and that it aids digestion. Pu-erh is a very dark rich tea, and there are many kinds of Pu-erh. It is aged, and can be aged in several different ways (in caves, in earthen pots, in fruit rinds etc). It is one of those teas that get very strong as they sit in the hot water. (you can have white tea sit in hot water for an hour and it will not become undrinkable. Some Pu-erh can become strong to the point of being undrinkable in 5 minutes).

Pu-erh is perfect with Dim-Sum. It cuts right through the fat, and it’s rich flavor compliments the exotic variety of the dim-sum lunch. It is a great tea; I just can’t drink it all day. There are some Pu-erh teas that have been aged for dozens of years. These are for celebrations and medicinal purposes.  ¶ 3:44 AM 2 comments