gotcha

Saw an article in the motherland twitter service this morning.  

These pics were taken by a by-stander reporter somewhere in the city of Gu@nG zh0u.  A guy was being kidnapped by a gang of four.  The reporter just kept shooting and shooting… Finally, the gang got spooked and left the victim behind.  Pretty courageous reporter.  Not sure what this guy did.  

end product

It was such as beautiful day here. Cool temperature. Blue sky (contributed probably by the lack of economic movement ;-) )) We took a walk from home to a market about 35 minutes away - by #11 bus aka walking.

The shop was full of fresh produces and fruits… Take a look. When we went home, we prepared this excellent lunch - tomato salad, humus and fig crustini. Soo yummy. O yeah, a bottle of French red Melot.

Life was good for a few hours along w/ a much needed nap.

more food

It's mushroom time here in Seoul.  Autumn mushroom harvest.  One of the special offering at the JW Marriott's Olivo restaurant.  Man, it was good.  Pallenta and mushroom.  I had a glass of a Chianti red. Man…….  

Apparently, the district this hotel locates is one of the wealthiest in Seoul.  No wonder, the expansive watch shop in the mall next to this hotel was crowded w/ people looking at Omega, IWC, etc… more people than the individual shops in Macau - like zero! 

surrounded

While waiting for my flight to ICN from HKG, I heard sirens.  Looked over next to my gate and there it was.  Firetrucks and all surrounding a 747.  An engine was popped open.  Then an hour later, the flight crew came back out.  Wonder what happened to the passengers.  

tower

This might be the only best view for my birth city.  

food… yummy...

It's pretty much a week-long food love affair.  

I am finding eating the local food is a bit too heavy for my taste now.  So I tend to eat a bit more "simple".  Right…..   Took mom to a high-end Japanese restaurant at One Central next to Mandarin Oriental in MFM.  The result was a mouth watering Tuna sashimi rice and oysters.  Got mom to sample some raw tuna.  Now, that's coming out from her shell.  Ha!  This meal costed a lot!  I meant a lot… like 4 digits lot.  OK we had a bottle of sake between us and a mouth watering seared cod fish on rice.  Sorry, forgot to take a pic. Notice the portion - Asian size.