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What is Irene up to?

Art Exihibition - John Li

I'm happy to welcome autumn for more hiking activities. The path behind where we live leading to the Peak is lovely and I like to go there more often. This weekend, we went to Cheung Chau for a short walk and visited my grand parents. Autumn also means a season of weddings. It will be fun to attend some of them.

The opening of exhibition at the Bella Vista Art Gallery was cozy. We're planning for a new one and a painting workshop in October. More details: Jamart

Enjoyed attending the bridal shower of one of my best friends! First time joinging a proper bridal shower.

What is Dominic up to?

Cambridge Class of 19xx

Just finished my project in Shanghai. Now working on building different ventures for 2 companies and part-timing on project.

Time flies, just had a reunion dinner with my fellow class from Cambridge to celerate our 1x th anniversary of graduation.

Having been to a number of wedding or engagement banquets in the last few months, more to come in Q4! I also notice that I am receiving quite a few baby photos from friends.

Weather is getting very nice, hiking will resume in October!

We went to serveral dinner and parties in the last few weeks, including a Cambridge University Chinese Society dinner, Warwick high table dinner, Swedish party organised by the French Alumni Association, An Italian party featuring "Fiocco di culatello" (a special type of Italian ham) :-)

In this issue, we have a guest writer who wants to recommend a restaurant in Cambridge, UK. Enjoy.

North and Mid Vietnam
We went to North and Mid Vietnam during 21 Dec 2002 to 1 Jan 2003. It was an interesting trip and we enjoyed meeting many fellow travellers from different countries of the world. We were also glad to find out that we have visited all 4 recognised World Heritage sites in Vietnam, namely, Ha Long Bay, Hoi An Old Town, Hue and My Son (Note: now there is a fifth). Having said that, Ha Long Bay is very similar to Gui Lin of China; My Son is like a mini version of Angkor Wat of Cambodia. If you have been to these 2 places before, you won't be as impressed.

Itinerary
1 AM flight: Hong Kong > Hanoi
2 Bus+Boat: Hanoi > Perfume Pagoda
3 Bus+Boat: Hanoi > Ha Long Bay
4 Bus: Cat Ba Nat'l Park
5 AM Boat+Bus: Ha Long Bay > Hanoi; Train: Hanoi > Sapa
6 Sapa
7 Night Train: Sapa > Hanoi
8 Noon flight Hanoi > Hue
9 Dragon Boat Trip: Hue
10 Bus: Hue > Hoi An
11 Bus: Hoi An > My Son; Boat: My Son > Hoi An PM flight: Hoi An > Hanoi
12 PM flight: Hanoi > Hong Kong

...Read more

Cotto (Cambridge, UK) - By guest writer in UK

This restaurant has been open a year and serves organic food. It also sells bowls, wooden cheese boards, cookery books, cakes, take-away coffees etc

The interior is extremely well designed, with white walls and modern, Jasper Conran designed oak furniture, including a beautiful buffet to display glasses, bottles and a large collection of fabulous bowls. The upstairs dining room houses exhibitions, and is currently displaying Fiona Thomas? work. This adds to the pleasant ambience, as the lighting is extremely good, and the walls are equipped with hanging rails to ensure that the work is displayed properly...Read more

The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership (buy from Amazon) by James C. Hunter

John Daily, a businessman who heads up a company and has a family and good life style, is failing miserably in each of his leadership roles as boss, husband, father, and coach. What went wrong? Find out from his weeklong retreat at a remote Benedictine monastery.

Is leadership born? or trained? This book explains the simple principles of a good and successful leader. One of the concepts is:
POWER = The ability to force others, by virtue of your position over them, to do what you wish them to do.

AUTHORITY = The ability to have others voluntarily do what you wish them to do as a result of the nature of your relationship with them and the example you set in front of them.

The principles can be applied to different situations of our life...Read more

Bridal and Mirror Pools
This is also a very easy hike. After visiting the Bridal Pool and Fall, hike your way to the Mirror Pool and Fall which are also very impressive. Spend a relaxing afternoon at the pool before returning the same path to catch the bus back to Tai Po Station

How to get there
Bus no. 275R (weekend and holiday only) will take you all the way to the Bridal Pool and no. 75 will take you to Tai Mei Doe and takes about 40 mins to get to Bridal Pool... Read more

Shinobi Heart Under Blade (buy from Amazon)
Shinobi - Heart under blade 甲賀忍法帖 (Japan, 2005)

During the Tokugawa era, the two ninja clans Iga and Kouga have existed for over 400 years, always been opposing each other and separately have been helping different regimes in power. Under a cease-fire agreement, the two clans have not been fighting each other. The two future leaders of the clans, Oboro (Iga) and Gen-no-suke (Kouga) are in love with each other. Little did they know that the cease-fire has been uplifted by the Tokugawa regime because, he wants to exterminate the two clans by asking them to fight one another, because during the peaceful time, Tokugawa feels that the ninjas are themselves a threat to him. Each clans has to send 5 people to fight, Oboro and Gen-no-suke are the leaders of each team. Can the lovers escape their destiny or would they have to fight each other to save their own clan?...Read more