Leglessbird leisure guide

Cuisine: Japanese in Causeway Bay
My rating: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: HKD 150

Address and tel.no
10/F Henry House, 40-42 Yun Ping Road

Review:
Fresh sushi, big lunch menu portion. Usually very full and need advance booking if you want a table, otherwise, you can sit at the bar table. A good choice for having lunch in Causeway Bay.

Cuisine: French in Central
My rating: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: HKD 475

Address and tel.no
Shop 105, Level 1, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, Kowloon
+852 3188 4282

Review:

We had lobster and lamb which were very tasty. The restaurant is pretty good but not in a good location of the shopping mall, thus not a lot of customer (unfortunately).

Date: Sunday, October 7, 2007
Time: 10:40am - 6:00pm
Meeting Point: Outside McDonald, Sai Kung (bus-stop for 29R)
Difficulty: 3 out of 5 (5=hard)

Please be on time, we plan to take the 11am minibus that sometimes departs a few minutes earlier Please bring: snacks, water (about 1.5 - 2 litres), towel, torch & an extra pair of socks

Description:
An ever-popular classic trail that starts from Sai Wan Pavilion to Chek Keng where greenery, beaches and scenes of villages can be enjoyed all at once.
Further to a stopover at the beautiful Sai Wan beach, we will have lunch (around 2pm) at one of the food stores at Ham Tin Village located at another beach of the Tai Long region. After passing through the Tai Long Village and the scenic Chek Keng, we will terminate at Pak Tam Au and take the bus back to Sai Kung. The whole event takes about 7 hours.

Please reply by Sat 6 Oct 2007

Type, Country, Year: Action / Fantasy, Japan, 2007

Director: Akihiko Shiota

My rating: 3

Key actors/actresses:
Satoshi Tsumabuki ... Hyakkimaru
Kou Shibasaki ... Dororo

Story:
Hyakkimaru is a young man who has 48 body parts missing since he was born, because his father Kagemitsu Daigo made a deal with 48 demons, the demons take the body parts and materialize on earth and Kagemitsu gets to win his war and tries to conquer the whole of Japan. When Hyakkimaru was born, his parents were horrified and throw him to the river, he was raised by a wizard who made fake body parts for him. When he grows up, he wants to kill these demons to reclaim his body parts. Along the adventure he met a thief, Dororo.

My review:
I have always like Japanese fantasy movies, this one is pretty interesting. It is based on a comic book by the Japanese master Osamu Tezuka in the late 1960s.

French Alumni Association

Great food and company!

Lunch with Xavier, Angela and Alicia

Sir Michael Atiyah is the former college master of Trinity College (1990-1997) and the former President of Royal Society of UK.

Type: Cartoon Drama, Japan 1984-1985

My rating: 5
Key characters:
Minami Asakura, Tatsuya Uesugi, Kazuya Uesugi

Story:
Based on the comic book by Mitsuru Adachi. Kazuya (younger) and Tatsuya (elder) are twin brothers, Minami is the girl next door, the three of them were born in the same year and grew up together. Both brothers love Minami. She has a wish which becomes the common goal of the twin brothers that is to go to Koshien Stadium to play baseball. To do so, they must represent their high school and win the regional competition. Tatsuya doesn't want to compete with his brother and thus he quits baseball, Kazuya is a great talented baseball player and has led the school team to the regional final, soon Minami's dream will be realised by Kazuya but she is clear on who she loves - she loves Tatsuya the kind-hearted elder brother who supposed to be inferior to the younger twin only because he always let the younger brother to win. Kazuya is also a kind-hearted younger brother who always wishes the best thing for his brother and Minami. On the day of the final game, something happened and Kazuya did not turn up... Tatsuya has to step up and work hard to make minami's dream come true...

My review:
Touch is one of my all time favourite cartoon. I have always loved this comic by Mitsuru Adachi, this TV cartoon has become a classic. Kazuya and Tatsuya are good and loving brothers, Minami is the kind of girl every boy dreams about. Mitsuru has created many touching and clever plots in the story with many other interesting characters surrounding Kazuya, Tatsuya and Minami, including Harada, a friend who always say something wise despite his big, rough and scary look, Nitta the star player of the rival baseball team.