Q7 - What do you absolutly LOVE about Hong Kong? What do you NOT love about it?

Thanks for the question, Heather! This is a really fun questions to answer...

LOVING:
1) The sea
2) The simple fact that I finally moved out of Missouri
3) The food
4) The breeze coming off the sea
5) The idea that (HOLY CRAP!) I am in freakin' China
6) The cultural differences...too many to mention
7) The wet markets/cool shopping for food, clothing, etc...
8) The flowers
9) Tao Ti Apple Green Tea. Mmmmmm....
10) Extreme diversity
11) Not having to work right now.
12) How safe it is in our community, kids are able to roam unsupervised without danger. I know, impossible to believe unless you see it first-hand. Part of this has to do with the cultural belief that children are EVERY ONE'S responsibility and therefore perfect strangers look after children that are unattended. I swear that as crazy as it sounds, it IS SAFE.
13) Outdoor seating at many restaurants so you can take your dog with you.
14) The local pub cat that begs for food at our table while we dine and is ALWAYS there...has a big belly, too!
15) Trying new things constantly
16) Meeting really nice people from all over the world
17) Our view of the water with Disney fireworks across the harbor
18) Exploring "local" areas
19) Walking/riding bicycles as transportation and efficient, cheap transportation everywhere you wouldn't want to walk or ride
20) Everything that is Hello Kitty...and there is soooooo much


NOT LOVING:
1) Missing my friends and family
2) Being so far away in case of emergency
3) Being so far away all the time, especially on holidays
4) Not working right now (yes, it is a love/hate thing and I am exploring my options thoroughly)
5) Not having a Cecil Whittaker's
6) Not having a car/driving
7) No IHOP
8) How long it takes to get to certain areas due to public transportation
9) There is no "one-stop-shopping" here
10) Not having a yard for the fuzzy kids to run around in
11) No WalMart, Target or Kohl's
12-20) Missing my friends and family a lot...

Not too satisfied with Blogger.

I am not extremely satisfied with Blogger, so I will be changing things here soon. It isn't that it is so terrible, just that it has it's limitations and I am not able to do things I would like to do.

I now have my own domain, which Cybr will be hosting and I will unveil the name to you all soon.

There is still a lot of work involved with the change-over, so it won't be immediately but hopefully soon...

Happy Birthday, My Little Angel Chicken!

It is belated, but only because I forgot to post about it.

My little girl turned 7 years old on Cinco de Mayo.




I cannot believe she is seven and I am really hoping that my friend Heather will correct me on her age by saying "she can't be 7, because Benny is only going to be 6 yrs old". Our dogs are only a few months different in age. I hope I am wrong.

Let's all wish Missy Chini Poochini Chicken Britches a happy birthday and many, many, many, many more! (I am kind of attached and maybe a little crazy).

Picture Day! YAY!

These photos were all taken in Utah during my westward journey to L.A. with the dogs and cat.

These are all from Black Dragon Canyon.

This was just a cool rock.

The shadow in the foreground is from a storm rolling in.

Q6 - What foods will you typically refuse to eat? (fuzzy pork comes to mind)

I have actually tried the fuzzy pork. I didn't like it and won't do that again.

I refuse to put 100 yr old eggs anywhere near me. They are black and have been buried in dirt. I thought eggs went bad if you didn't refrigerate them and after a certain amount of time they went bad anyway. So to me, a 100 yr old egg is not a delicacy but more of a rotten egg. Ewww.

Anything that involves chicken feet. Need I say more?

Runny scrambled eggs...I just can't handle the runny-ness, it is like snot. That seems to be common here at any place that makes breakfast or egg as the main course dishes, they often seem to be a bit runny.

Ox tail. Won't even try it. It sounds like butt to me.

Shark fin soup, which is very popular, but I can't do it based on principal. I would probably like it, I just can't eat it. They catch the sharks and hack off their fins and toss them back in the water, or at least that is what people say. If it is true, I do not condone it and I will not eat it. Until I know for a FACT that this practice is NOT occuring, I will have to avoid it.

That is all I can think of for now...

Introducing Lantau Island's Most Popular Feral Cats...

Q5 - Have you been to any Hong Kong action movie auditions? (this could be a cybr question)

Thanks for the question, Yoshi. Please refer to Cybr for this question, as I have had no such experience.

He had a scene be filmed in the service apartment he stayed in before I got here. I don't know much else other than that but I am sure he would LOVE to tell you about it!