That's the food court at Cityplaza, the building where the company is located, and it's pretty great!
A couple of days ago, i just took a quick look and bought some dumplings, but didn't really explore all of it. Today I decided it was time to stop having take-away dinner alone in my apartment and have dinner alone at the food court. It was a good chance to go people watching.
To be totally honest, I didn't really see anything super different... well, except for the guy wearing purple pants with a bright pink hawaiian style (flowered) shirt.
But anyway, the Food Republic is worthy of a posting by itself.
So many different types of food: Thai, Korean, Chinese, Japanese... took me some good time to decide what to try today and I'm definetely looking forward to going back and trying some other stuff. The dish I had: Shanghai Style Noodles. And Pan Fried Pork Dumplings. Yeah, I'm a fan of the dumplings.
P.S.: The Thai place across the street from Cityplaza was pretty good today too... Thai Pepper, if I remember it right. Delicous noodles.
P.S.(one more): Second post in a roll about food... becoming quite the food-centric blog. I'll try to bring some more diversity next. I'll explore more of the town during the weekend so I'll have more to tell.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Dim Sum
Dear readers,
it is with pleasure that I inform you all that I'm now in Hong Kong and will be staying here for the next 3 months. It's part of my trainee program, so I got a pretty good deal for myself: the company paid for my flights and my accomodation!
So now I'm living in a flat in Hong Kong Island, just a few minutes from the office; there is a supermarket below my building and a shopping mall below the company's office building. Plus, i get cleaning service twice a week!!
Anyway, I arrived on Sunday and so far haven't seen much of town. It's super warm outside and the humidity is absolutely off scale... I thought my hometown in Brazil was hot and humid, but this here is something else! Two minutes outside and my feet were already sweating on my flipflops.... really crazy stuff!
Anyway, i've been planning to start blogging about my Asian adventure, but so far hadn't actually got to it (as usual...) but i thought today I had good enough reason to get started: I had my first Dim Sum lunch!
So basically Dim Sum is a very traditional and usual meal here in Hong Kong, kinda like Tapas for the Spanish people... a group of people orders a bunch of small/medium sized dishes and shares everything. Soups, dumplings, rolls... honestly i don't know the name of half the stuff i ate today, but i assure you it was all delicious! And the most important part and reason for my pride (and posting): I managed to eat my whole lunch with chopsticks!!
So i guess if it wasn't for my curly hair, brownish coloring and general non-asian looks, people would have sure thought i was Chinese ;)
it is with pleasure that I inform you all that I'm now in Hong Kong and will be staying here for the next 3 months. It's part of my trainee program, so I got a pretty good deal for myself: the company paid for my flights and my accomodation!
So now I'm living in a flat in Hong Kong Island, just a few minutes from the office; there is a supermarket below my building and a shopping mall below the company's office building. Plus, i get cleaning service twice a week!!
Anyway, I arrived on Sunday and so far haven't seen much of town. It's super warm outside and the humidity is absolutely off scale... I thought my hometown in Brazil was hot and humid, but this here is something else! Two minutes outside and my feet were already sweating on my flipflops.... really crazy stuff!
Anyway, i've been planning to start blogging about my Asian adventure, but so far hadn't actually got to it (as usual...) but i thought today I had good enough reason to get started: I had my first Dim Sum lunch!
So basically Dim Sum is a very traditional and usual meal here in Hong Kong, kinda like Tapas for the Spanish people... a group of people orders a bunch of small/medium sized dishes and shares everything. Soups, dumplings, rolls... honestly i don't know the name of half the stuff i ate today, but i assure you it was all delicious! And the most important part and reason for my pride (and posting): I managed to eat my whole lunch with chopsticks!!
So i guess if it wasn't for my curly hair, brownish coloring and general non-asian looks, people would have sure thought i was Chinese ;)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
London!
Little over a month since my last post and I'm finally back.
Last time I posted was just a couple of days before my parents arrived from Brazil to visit me here in Germany. They stayed a few days just walking around Nuremberg and shooping while I worked, but then I took some days off and we headed to London and Amsterdam where we meet a family friend with her grown-up son and my brother with his wife.
So we were 7 and I took the role of guide and translator. Yeah, so not much of vacation time for me.
Anyway, let me share here a few tips incase you plan to make it to London someday:
Last time I posted was just a couple of days before my parents arrived from Brazil to visit me here in Germany. They stayed a few days just walking around Nuremberg and shooping while I worked, but then I took some days off and we headed to London and Amsterdam where we meet a family friend with her grown-up son and my brother with his wife.
So we were 7 and I took the role of guide and translator. Yeah, so not much of vacation time for me.
Anyway, let me share here a few tips incase you plan to make it to London someday:
- A single journey ticket in the public transportation cost 4 pounds (!!!) but you can get a day ticket for 5,60 (or maybe a little bit more depending on the zones you wanna ride within)
- Hop-on/Hop-off sightseeing tours are awesome. Unless you really love going around with a guide book, save the money (guide books are super expensive!) and pay for the tour. In a huge city like London, you can even get a 48 hours-ticket and enjoy it without hurrying. But really, 24 hours should be good enough: take the whole tour at once, just seeing the places (maybe marking on the map the ones you wanna really stop later to see) and listening to whatever the guide tells you about the city and places. Once you've seen it all in passing, you can take your time to see your favorite spots without any hurry. If 24 hours isn't enough to see it all, it doesn't matter cause you've already identified ur favorites and the next day you can buy the public transportation day ticket and easily find the corresponding metro station: it's cheaper than the 48 hours tour and the metro system in London is great! (btw, these tours often offer multi-language audio options)
- If you do the hop-on and off tour thing, make sure to choose one that includes a boat ride to the price (most do!) and enjoy a beautiful ride on the Thames: fancy isn't it?! ;)
- Unless you really dislike this sort of thing, do go to a musical. There are more than 20 musicals playing in London so, plenty of choices... I've seen the Phantom of the Opera my first time there (2006), then Les Miserable (2007) and this time I saw Billy Elliot. Superb. I'm a huge fan of the Billy Elliot movie, having always loved movies with dancing showcased; the musical is simply fantastic!
- Don't miss (at least) a quick walk through the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square. You don't need to be a fan or connoisseur of the arts to enjoy it; there you get a chance to see masterpieces from Monet, van Gogh, Caravaggio, Renoir (to name a few)... all for FREE... yeah, no admission fee! (most museums in London are free like that including the TATE Modern)
So, enough for now... I hope this helps you :)
Next posting: Amsterdam!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Totally GLEEd!
I've been meaning to write about my love for Glee since the come back of the new season a few weeks ago, but my lazyness, as usual, got the best of me. I've also been recently advised to try to find a focus for my postings, which is a wise piece of advice, but since I've never really managed to find only one thing to keep my focus on at a time for most of my life, I'm having a hard time with it... besides, if there is one thing I do religiously (which kinda relates to focus, I guess) is watching my tv shows, so probably not too bad to write about something I'm familiar about.
Anyway, let me not lose the focus of this post... it's a rainy holiday here in Germany and I just watched episode 18 of Glee. And I can't help but to wish I had some singing talent so I could realistically dream about one day being discovered and becoming a Glee club member myself.
Well, I'm a dreamer and often and easily get myself into 'the imaginary world of Pam' (ops...) but even I know that a singer I am not. So don't worry people, I'll restrain myself and only sing in the shower, in my car while driving (cause it's awesome to turn up the volume and have a Mariah moment) and at karaokes... nobody is stopping me from karaoking, don't even try!
Anyway, what an awesome episode!
Totally loved the number by Kurt... damn, that was fabulous! Mercedes and Santana doing 'That boy is mine' was great too and I really like that they are using more and more the dumb blond cheerleader... clueless and predictable, but never fails to make me laugh. But it was the last number with the tetraplegic character that got to me, and yes, I had tears in my eyes by the time it was over.
Good brazilian that I am, even living in Germany, I watch my soap-operas (telenovelas) every day on youtube and especially as it's almost at the end, I don't miss one episode of 'Viver a Vida'. And I totally think they are overdoing the drama with Luciana's character.
Don't take me wrong... I think it's brilliant that the soap brings the topic of handicaps to the Brazilian prime-time and the story they are telling is beautiful and inspiring. I like the characters too and Luciana and Miguel are cutest couple of the show. But is it really necessary to use that gospel-like music everytime the characters are on air?!?! Serious joy killer! I almost feel like fast-forwarding whenever that song plays... the Whitney Houston song is already cheesy enough, but that other one.... let's just say that song managed to totally spoil the scenes on the Monet Garden and with such a beautiful set, this is quite the accomplishment!
But anyway.... see, I lost my focus, this was supposed to be a post about Glee and now it's already super long! So just to finish: if you don't watch Glee, try it! The come back episode with Madonna songs was fabulous... Sue Silvester making her madonna video was so cool! But really one of the shows best moments so far was the football team doing the Beyonce 'Put a ring on it' song... just hilarious!
Sooooooo, get GLEEd you too! And then come and tell me about it :D
Anyway, let me not lose the focus of this post... it's a rainy holiday here in Germany and I just watched episode 18 of Glee. And I can't help but to wish I had some singing talent so I could realistically dream about one day being discovered and becoming a Glee club member myself.
Well, I'm a dreamer and often and easily get myself into 'the imaginary world of Pam' (ops...) but even I know that a singer I am not. So don't worry people, I'll restrain myself and only sing in the shower, in my car while driving (cause it's awesome to turn up the volume and have a Mariah moment) and at karaokes... nobody is stopping me from karaoking, don't even try!
Anyway, what an awesome episode!
Totally loved the number by Kurt... damn, that was fabulous! Mercedes and Santana doing 'That boy is mine' was great too and I really like that they are using more and more the dumb blond cheerleader... clueless and predictable, but never fails to make me laugh. But it was the last number with the tetraplegic character that got to me, and yes, I had tears in my eyes by the time it was over.
Good brazilian that I am, even living in Germany, I watch my soap-operas (telenovelas) every day on youtube and especially as it's almost at the end, I don't miss one episode of 'Viver a Vida'. And I totally think they are overdoing the drama with Luciana's character.
Don't take me wrong... I think it's brilliant that the soap brings the topic of handicaps to the Brazilian prime-time and the story they are telling is beautiful and inspiring. I like the characters too and Luciana and Miguel are cutest couple of the show. But is it really necessary to use that gospel-like music everytime the characters are on air?!?! Serious joy killer! I almost feel like fast-forwarding whenever that song plays... the Whitney Houston song is already cheesy enough, but that other one.... let's just say that song managed to totally spoil the scenes on the Monet Garden and with such a beautiful set, this is quite the accomplishment!
But anyway.... see, I lost my focus, this was supposed to be a post about Glee and now it's already super long! So just to finish: if you don't watch Glee, try it! The come back episode with Madonna songs was fabulous... Sue Silvester making her madonna video was so cool! But really one of the shows best moments so far was the football team doing the Beyonce 'Put a ring on it' song... just hilarious!
Sooooooo, get GLEEd you too! And then come and tell me about it :D
Monday, April 19, 2010
A new runner is born
People, I went running yesterday. Or at least I tried.
Inspired by the beautiful weather outside and thinking it would be a shame to stay lazily at home while the sun was finally shining, I put on my exercise clothes (very little used, I must admit), checked a map of the city, made sure my mp3 player had enough battery and left.
Nürnberg is such a beuatiful city. There is a Castle (and royalty as I am, I live right next to it of course) and a Wall surrounding teh city center. I had already been told that the running path following the Wall was quite pleasant and so I decided to give it a try.
Turned out I didn't need to bother much about my mp3 player's battery as I didn't last very long running... I must have done it for about 15 minutes (i'm sure I run for longer than 3 or 4 songs) and then right foot started to hurt. Talking to a friend who knows a little more than I do about running (she just signed up to run a marathon in Frankfurt in September), it seems my shoes might be too small, hence the cramps.
The good things is that as far as I recall, I wasn't much out of breath by the time I stopped, so I can go on fully blaming my shoes for the very short run of yesterday. And anyway, I actually considering giving it another try today...or maybe some other day this week.
Believe me, dear readers, this is not the last you read about my running efforts!
'Impossible is nothing.'
Inspired by the beautiful weather outside and thinking it would be a shame to stay lazily at home while the sun was finally shining, I put on my exercise clothes (very little used, I must admit), checked a map of the city, made sure my mp3 player had enough battery and left.
Nürnberg is such a beuatiful city. There is a Castle (and royalty as I am, I live right next to it of course) and a Wall surrounding teh city center. I had already been told that the running path following the Wall was quite pleasant and so I decided to give it a try.
Turned out I didn't need to bother much about my mp3 player's battery as I didn't last very long running... I must have done it for about 15 minutes (i'm sure I run for longer than 3 or 4 songs) and then right foot started to hurt. Talking to a friend who knows a little more than I do about running (she just signed up to run a marathon in Frankfurt in September), it seems my shoes might be too small, hence the cramps.
The good things is that as far as I recall, I wasn't much out of breath by the time I stopped, so I can go on fully blaming my shoes for the very short run of yesterday. And anyway, I actually considering giving it another try today...or maybe some other day this week.
Believe me, dear readers, this is not the last you read about my running efforts!
'Impossible is nothing.'
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Inspiration
Just now talking with a friend on skype, I had a moment of inspiration and since these don't come too often, I'll blog about it.
I explained to my friend: now that I have a blog, I no longer have imaginary conversations in my head, now I have conversation with my imaginary readers. So instead of crazy, I'm now cool and trendy.
Damn, i thought it sounded nice and smart when I wrote it to her, but now that I'm trying to figure how to go on with the posting, I'm realizing it's not that interesting and worse, not very true.
1. I still have imaginary conversations in my head, of course.
Pretty much everyday I can come up with different moments and situations in which my ex asks me to go back to him and be happy again. Don't be sad for me yet, dear reader, in my mind I'm starting to have seconds thoughts about whether this would be good for anyone... so I'm progressing towards the light in the end of the tunnel.
2. Talking to myself doesn't mean I'm crazy, just that I'm through and prepared!
If you imagine everything in ur mind first, you are ready when things happens.... though it sets place for disappointment when things don't happen or happen but not how you want them to... also, no suprises if you are ready for everything...
Crap...this posting sucks... a case of imaginary inspiration, i guess.
I explained to my friend: now that I have a blog, I no longer have imaginary conversations in my head, now I have conversation with my imaginary readers. So instead of crazy, I'm now cool and trendy.
Damn, i thought it sounded nice and smart when I wrote it to her, but now that I'm trying to figure how to go on with the posting, I'm realizing it's not that interesting and worse, not very true.
1. I still have imaginary conversations in my head, of course.
Pretty much everyday I can come up with different moments and situations in which my ex asks me to go back to him and be happy again. Don't be sad for me yet, dear reader, in my mind I'm starting to have seconds thoughts about whether this would be good for anyone... so I'm progressing towards the light in the end of the tunnel.
2. Talking to myself doesn't mean I'm crazy, just that I'm through and prepared!
If you imagine everything in ur mind first, you are ready when things happens.... though it sets place for disappointment when things don't happen or happen but not how you want them to... also, no suprises if you are ready for everything...
Crap...this posting sucks... a case of imaginary inspiration, i guess.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Where do I get one for myself?
OMG!!!
I know this is pretty much a teenager behavior and I'm well past the age for it but I want a Robert Pattinson for myself!! Please please please tell me that i can have one! pleeeeease!
Where to start?! Oh i know: that mouth of his.
When he smiles, it curves on the corners just like a cat's mouth and it's so absolutely charming and looks so delicious...
Then there is the hair. All tousled, all over the place; made me feel like playing with it, grabbing at it...
And the eyes with those awesome eyebrows. So masculine and compelling...
Oh, yeah, I went to the movie theater yesterday to watch 'Remember Me'. I saw it in German but well-prepared person that I am, of course I saw it online in English in advance ;) Online the quality was quite low as it hasn't been released for long but good enough for me to understand the movie and allow me to see it in German later just for the pleasure of staring at R.Pattz's handsome face. And boy, what a face!
The movie?
Nice too but if you are planning to watch it looking for a happy ending to sweeten your day, I must warn you that you won't get it. Sorry if this is too much of a spoiler, but I do this with the best of intentions... don't know about you, but I simply hate to be caught by surprise by a sad ending!
Anyway, amazing how Emily deRavin really looks so young and pretty! She plays a believable 21 year-old while she is actually 28... Good for you girl!
The movie also has Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper in it, playing Pattinson and Ravin's fathers respectively. Oh, and there is also Sidney's mom ('Alias') playing dear Rob's mom. Well, i guess if she and Brosnan really had kids together they'd indeed have a good chance of coming up with pretty kids. And the girl who plays Rob's sister is pretty adorable and your heart really breaks for her at some point during the movie ...more than once actually... sorry, more spoilers, I guess.
So, if you get to watch 'Remember Me', let me know what you think of it.
P.S.: he had already caught my eye as Cedric Diggory and of course I was totally hypnotized watching him as Edward Cullen, but honestly I was in love with Edward even before seeing him on screen and - please don't hate me for this - but he still isn't portraying Edward to perfection... so Rob as Tyler Hawkins in 'Remember Me' is the best I've seen of him so far :)
I know this is pretty much a teenager behavior and I'm well past the age for it but I want a Robert Pattinson for myself!! Please please please tell me that i can have one! pleeeeease!
Where to start?! Oh i know: that mouth of his.
When he smiles, it curves on the corners just like a cat's mouth and it's so absolutely charming and looks so delicious...
Then there is the hair. All tousled, all over the place; made me feel like playing with it, grabbing at it...
And the eyes with those awesome eyebrows. So masculine and compelling...
Oh, yeah, I went to the movie theater yesterday to watch 'Remember Me'. I saw it in German but well-prepared person that I am, of course I saw it online in English in advance ;) Online the quality was quite low as it hasn't been released for long but good enough for me to understand the movie and allow me to see it in German later just for the pleasure of staring at R.Pattz's handsome face. And boy, what a face!
The movie?
Nice too but if you are planning to watch it looking for a happy ending to sweeten your day, I must warn you that you won't get it. Sorry if this is too much of a spoiler, but I do this with the best of intentions... don't know about you, but I simply hate to be caught by surprise by a sad ending!
Anyway, amazing how Emily deRavin really looks so young and pretty! She plays a believable 21 year-old while she is actually 28... Good for you girl!
The movie also has Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper in it, playing Pattinson and Ravin's fathers respectively. Oh, and there is also Sidney's mom ('Alias') playing dear Rob's mom. Well, i guess if she and Brosnan really had kids together they'd indeed have a good chance of coming up with pretty kids. And the girl who plays Rob's sister is pretty adorable and your heart really breaks for her at some point during the movie ...more than once actually... sorry, more spoilers, I guess.
So, if you get to watch 'Remember Me', let me know what you think of it.
P.S.: he had already caught my eye as Cedric Diggory and of course I was totally hypnotized watching him as Edward Cullen, but honestly I was in love with Edward even before seeing him on screen and - please don't hate me for this - but he still isn't portraying Edward to perfection... so Rob as Tyler Hawkins in 'Remember Me' is the best I've seen of him so far :)
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