Western Sweden in wind and ice

Swing

Christmas food and fire

Another successful year of Christmas sausage making!  The Swedish kind had Christmas spices and the Italian kind had traditional herbs. Mmmmmm...

White Christmas in Gothenburg

I was very lucky to have a white Christmas in Gothenburg.  Very nice to walk in the snow outside.. in contrast to  the warm food on the table and a nice fire by the Christmas tree inside.

Wulai in Taiwan

 

Taipei felt very much like somewhere in Japan, and Wulai felt like a combination of Bali and the country side of China and Japan. Interesting place... and very comfortable.

Wulai hot spring in Taiwan

I was in Wulai, Taiwan last weekend and stayed at a hot spring resort called Volando. The room was decorated in Balinese style and perfectly sized (my future master bed room). Each room had its own hot spring bath too, overlooking the matcha green hot spring river. Lovely experience... I miss the public hot spring bathhouse already that was quite entertaining, with water fall type hot spring, different jacuzzi type baths, saunas, and outside area.



Photo credit: Volando

A bowl of pedals

It happened almost all at once. The Chinese peony sadly shed all its pedals onto the floor. A spur of the moment confusing consolation piece.

HK construction site with wedding veils

HK version Sartorialist bikes

Big and beautiful

I bought these yesterday to cheer myself up for my eyelash curl place mistakenly rescheduling my appointment 3 times in a row (HK service can be so helpless!). It's hard to see in these photos, but these flowers are humangous, like the size of a big man's heart. I am trying to remember its name, but it's not tree peony is it (my dad suggested carnation... too funny)?

My mom later suggested Chinese peony. I think that's it!

Loving Aesop

I am loving Aesop and the shops they have here in Hong Kong. Everytime I go, they let me try generous heaps of different products, and I always love buying more than I need. Today, I bought this new type of exfoliating and aromatic hand soap with same type hand cream and parsley seed serum that I had tried the samples before. Love.

Try the one near SOHO. The shop people are the best there.

Aesop
52-60 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong
+852 2544 4489

Sunday stroll around Tin Hau

After a nice brunch in SOHO, I strolled around Tin Hau which is just one station past Causeway Bay. It's so surprisingly quiet and very few people are walking around. A perfect place for a peaceful Sunday stroll, starting with a temple right in front of the metro stop.

As you walk towards Causeway Bay on Causeway Bay Road, you will reach an area with a couple of very nice bars and cafes which was an area that used to be (and still is) a car repair town. This coffee shop with black wall in particular, seemed to attract all the hipster Honkies. I also found an ice cream shop and a home made candy store that I will definitely try out next time.

 

    

 

School street looked quaint and lovely too.

Best pork ribs ever at Nuri's

Ohmigoodness. Pork ribs at Warung Nuri's. Go here, to the one in front of Neka Art Museum in Ubud. One order will be enough for 2 eating like a pirate.

Naughty Nuri's Warung and Grill
Jl. Raya Sanggingan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

+62 361 977547

The most beautiful villa in Bali

I arrived in Bali on Friday night, and since then have been living in pure heaven. The villa of my friend's friend was the most beautiful and comfortable house I have ever been to, and I loved the crowd, the food, and the parties too. Thank you for this wonderful long weekend...