Leglessbird leisure guide

First time we met up after her wedding.

Dear Family and Friends,

It has been several months since we last wrote, hope this finds you well.

Irene and Dominic
May 2007

We had a 3-week trip in Europe during Apr-May 2007, visiting France (including a 2-week French language course in Lyon), Italy, Vatican and UK . We also took a short break in Koh Samui during Easter weekend. To improve our skills in taking out-door photos, we did a photography class in March and practiced with our teacher and classmates at Tai O. We went to an excellent seminar on Bhutan organised by Royal Geographic Society of Hong Kong.

We have started sponsoring 2 kids (1 in Nepal and 1 in Laos) through World Vision, Irene has exchanged a few letters with them.

Index to all photo albums

Individual Photo albums:
Rome 1 2, Vatican, Lyon City, Lyon Bleu school, Tallories, Annecy, Dijon, Bourgogne, Beaune, Koh Samui

What is Irene up to?
Organized an investment talk for the Warwick alumni association. Wrote a business plan and got the retail licence at the Hong Kong Airport for client. Happily doing freelance marketing and business development work. Met by chance an artist in Tallories, France who would like to exhibit her art work in Hong Kong. Researching information for where to study Japanese in Hong Kong.

What is Dominic up to?

Organised an event for student visitors from LSE, Oxford and Cambridge; Attended a reception welcoming the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, Prof. Alison Richard; Spoke with the Hong Kong students at Cambridge sharing personal experience on work and life.

A few business trips to Kuala Lumpur, Beijing. Wrapping a project while pitching a few others.

O Sip Hah

Cuisine: Thai in Central
My rating: 4; Price per person: HKD 100-150+
Address and tel.no
G/F 15 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong kong

Review: 3 course set lunch priced $68 - 98. Value for money. Although the dishes are westernized, they tastes good. You can find out the level of spice from the staff. Service is welcoming and friendly.

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Filipino Philippine Tagalog DVD You Are The One (buy from Amazon)
Romantic Comedy, Philippine, 2006

My review:
I got this DVD as a gift from a friend in Philippines. It is very funny and entertaining, old fashion clean fun (well, most of the time anyway), with a warm touch.

Story:
Sally lives and works in Manila while her parents and elder sister live in USA. Her family wants her to join them in USA, she is not so sure but she applies anyway because her mother is not well and needed to be taken care of. At the US embassay, her application was rejected by the US officer Will, who is young and handsome. While she has a crush on this young man, she also hates him for rejecting her application.

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EF自助遊學 帶你走向世界2星期團費由HK$8,200起

Long time no see!

French Alumni Association were treated by the French Consulate to the contemporary ballet show.

Cuisine: Japanese in Wan Chai My rating: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: HKD 100

Address and tel.no
Shop C, G/F, Lok Moon Mansion, 29-31 Queen's Road East, Wanchai (Near Pacific Place 3)
+852 2528 1568 or 2865 7888
Closed lunch time on Sun and public holiday

Review:
We had lunch here. Lot of choices for set lunch. It's OK. The space of this restaurant is big, seats are comfortable. you need to book for lunch.

Cuisine: Western in Causeway Bay
My rating: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: HKD 350-400

Address and tel.no
12/F, Food Forum Times Square
+852 25060611

Review:
Nice comfortable restaurant with very friendly service. We had US clam with wine wine sauce, wild mushroom soup, roasted half chicken, thin cut beef starter and some coffee.

Thanks to Jacqueline, we got the ticket for this French wine tasting event, there were many vineyards participating and lots of people!

Cuisine: Western in Central
My rating: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: HKD 150

Address and tel.no
13/F, SOHO Square, 21 Lyndhurst Terrace
+852 2869 8266

Review:
A small private kitchen in Central, a good choice for lunch and the food is quite good. Friendly service. We had lamp chop, salmon, scallop, king prawn wrapped in fish. Food with mostly strong taste. Bright lighting and comfy seats.

I had the pleasure of meeting with some undergraduates at Cambridge in an event organised by Cambridge University Hong Kong and China Affairs Society (CUHKCAS). We talked about the management consulting industry and life as a working professional in Hong Kong.

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Photo album 1 of 2
We have mixed feelings towards the city Rome, on the one hand it is a very interesting city full of historical monuments, like the Colosseo, Palatino, anywhere you go in Rome, you find a piece of history, not to mention that Vatican is right in the middle of Rome. On the other hand the city itself isn't exactly the type that we like, even though we are quite experienced travellers, we still had some problems with the transportation... Accommodation is generally quite expensive, but we managed to find a place called Pigneto House (essentially someone's private flat) that was reasonable and only 15 minutes from the centre.