Thursday, September 22, 2005

Romantic Quotable Quotes

 
I am always fascinated by certain people who could play around with words and come up with inspiring phrases or quotes.

"You make me want to be a better man!" from this weirdo Jack Nicholson, remember..
The other night in the Korean soap opera, I heard another pretty good one. Immediately after the wedding scene between this lovely couple, the lovely wife said to the husband, "Will you still love me just as much when I am an old granny with a head full of white hair". This is what he said, " My love for you now is at its minimum, but by the time you are an grand old granny, it will be at its maximum". Not a bad quote as far as romantic quotes are concerned. Don't you think?

These three nights, my wife has been away in Nexus attending seminar. Out from her schedule, she came back and took the trouble to prepare me special dishes for my dinner. Wow... I was really lost for words.... But I did say to her, "You make me want to be a better husband!". That's my quotable quote....from the bottom of my heart.

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Shanghai Experience


I was in Shanghai for three days. But in actual fact, I only spent about 5 hours or so visiting the usual tourist spots all at the night time - Nanjing Pedestrian Walk and Shanghai Beach.

Though the trip was short, I did enjoy the Shanghai food my friends in Shanghai took me to savour in a number of places - Siau Loong Pau, Shanghai dumpling noodle…..I also had a chance to taste the so-called Tian Sia Ti Ik Pau (World No 1 Bund) during the farewell lunch at the 2nd largest restaurant in Shanghai. My friend saw me enjoying it so much that he specially ordered one dozen for me to take back to Sabah. So my wife would have a chance to taste real Shanghai food after all. With regards to the restaurant, it is really huge as far as Sabah is concerned - 4,000 capacity plus another 120 VIP rooms.

While walking with my friend along the Nanjing Pedestrian Walk, I felt a tap at my shoulder from the back. I turned and saw two girls probably age 17-18. They claimed they have not eaten for quite some time and needed money. The fact is they are not beggars but hookers! Further down the walk, another school boy looking lad bumped my friend and asked, “Do you want Massage?”. In my mind, he could be the pimp trying to market his classmates or some girls. Well, this is one side of Shanghai!

I also deliberately chose to go back to the Shanghai Pudong Airport by taking the Shanghai Maglev Train with a traveling speed of 400 Km/hr. For just RMB40, it was worth every cent of it.