星光大道

Hong Kong - Kowloon (Avenue Of Stars)

香港 － 九龙 （星光大道）

星光大道於2004年开放给公众游览。

它仿效美国好莱坞星光大道而建造。

此建设是为表扬香港电影业界的杰出人士。

这些杰出的电影工作者的芳名及掌印均镶嵌在经过特別制作的纪念牌匾上供公众游览。

影迷公主 － 陈宝珠

《世上只有妈妈好》原唱者 － 萧芳芳

七公主中的小公主 － 冯宝宝

琼瑶笔下女主角的化身 － 林青霞

七小福中的大师兄 － 洪金宝

凭《蛇形刁手》和《醉拳》奠定“影坛大哥大”地位 － 成龙

连续五年获中国全国武术全能冠军“功夫皇帝”之称 － 李连杰

迄今唯一一位同时获得柏林电影节及戛纳电影节影后的华人演员 － 张曼玉

唯一一位获得国际影展（康城影展）最佳男主角奖项的香港演员 － 梁朝伟

马来西亚第一位演艺界华裔艺人受册封“拿督“，“拿督斯里“及“丹斯里“勋衔 － 杨紫琼

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很遗憾的在星光大道上没能留有张国荣、梅艳芳等已故叱咤演艺圈艺人的手掌印以做纪念。

Coup/Curfew 政变/宵禁

Thailand - Bangkok (May 22, 2014 - May 25, 2014)

泰国 － 曼谷 （2014年5月22日 － 2014年5月25日）

Visited Bangkok during Thailand political unrest period, was to settle some urgent matter.

在泰国动荡时期去曼谷是为了解决一些事项。

Suvarnabhumi Airport was basically quite empty.

素万那普机场可算空荡荡。

Even the always lively Erawan Shrine was quiet.

就连一向热闹、香火鼎盛的四面佛也冷清清。

May 22, 2014, military coup occurred at around 5pm, followed by promulgation of martial law and a curfew from 10pm to 5am the next morning.

2014年5月22日，军人政变发生在下午5点左右，紧跟着颁布戒严令及实施宵禁从晚上10点至隔天早上5点。

BTS and MRT stopped operation at 9pm, everyone rushed home before 10pm.

BTS 和 MRT 在晚上9点停止运作，每个人都赶在晚上10点前回家。

All television programme ceased telecast.

所有电视节目停止播出。

Soldiers could be seen on the road.

街道上可以看到军人。

There were even soldiers outside MBK.

甚至MBK外都有军人。

Like what the local says, life still the same in Bangkok.

就像当地人说的，曼谷生活一切如常。

P/S: Before travelling, it is still advisable to check the development of the local situation.

注：出行前，最好还是关注一下当地的局势发展。

有妈妈真好

China - Xiamen

中国 － 厦门

又是早起赶车的旅程。

有读过我的部落格的读者应该知道我不习惯早起。

从厦门搭动车到深圳，整个行程大概四小时。

坐我前座的是一对母子。

儿子应该不超过二十岁，妈妈大概也只五十来岁。

为什么会写他们呢？

因为他们实在“吵得”太凶，把我的好奇心给唤醒！

那对母子

事因这位妈妈去拿水（动车上有免费提供冷、热水），然后糊里糊涂地走过自己的座位没察觉。

儿子看到了，把妈妈给唤了回来。

以下就是他们的闽南语对话。

儿子：拜托，出门可以带眼睛吗！

妈妈：什么啦？我也没走失啊！

儿子：什么没走失？如果我没叫妳，妳早走失了好吗！

妈妈：那我现在有走失吗？

儿子：又不是没读书、不识字，干嘛好像游魂！

妈妈：你说什么啦！

儿子：不喜欢跟你出门就是这样！每次都添麻烦！

妈妈：好啦，你就最厉害、高高在上哦！我跟朋友出去都有说有笑，跟你就从头被骂到尾！

儿子：不是我要说你，出门都没带脑，整个头都空的！

妈妈：啊，你对老人就不能宽容点吗？好啦，静啦！我不想和你讲话啦！

儿子还继续在唠叨。

如果看官们以为这儿子怎么那么不孝，那你们错了。

下车时，他可是主动帮妈妈提行李箱。（大家赶着下车所以没机会拍到照片）

整件事的出发点是因为对母亲的爱，只是年轻人的表现方法比较“另类”吧。

饮水机

餐厅

我妈妈曾中风过两次及昏迷过两天。

她第一次中风是四十多岁，那是我人生中第一次真正了解什么是心痛的感觉。

我妈妈五十八岁那年在救护车抵达医院时断气四分多钟（医生说五分钟就脑死），所以导致昏迷。

当时医生说如果两天还不苏醒就拔管。

我曾经几乎失去我妈妈。

医生说就算苏醒也可能成为植物人。

我当时祈求上苍把妈妈还我，就算是植物人。

最后，我妈妈终于苏醒也没成为植物人。

每次说到这些我都会落泪。

我妈妈最怕给人添麻烦，是那种处处都为别人设想的传统女人。

她就像电影《新难兄难弟》里梁家辉常说的“我为人人”的那种人。

我妈妈每次都会问我，她是不是累赘、拖累人？

如果嫌她拖累是累赘，就不会跟上苍承诺，无论我妈妈成为什么样我都会尽心照顾好她。

切记，妈妈的唠叨是她关心你的表示。

有看过漠不关心的人唠叨吗？

大家不要等到失去了才来后悔，那就后悔莫及了！

祝愿天底下所有的妈妈“母亲节快乐”！

Phallus Shrine

Thailand - Bangkok (Chao Mae Tuptim)

In Thailand one can find a lot of places for worship.

Other than the famous Erawan Shrine, this shrine is not so commonly known to tourists.

Chao Mae Tuptim is located behind the Swissôtel Bangkok Hotel near the bank of the Khlong Saen Saep.

To go there, you can take BTS to Phloen Chit Station.

Walk towards the direction of the Home Pro Plus building.

If you need direction from the locals, do ask them to point to you where Swissôtel Bangkok Hotel is and not the shrine.

Base on experience, not all locals know where Chao Mae Tuptim is located.

When you found Swissôtel Bangkok Hotel, ask the friendly car park attendant for the exact location of the shrine.

Do not enter from the hotel main entrance, as the shrine is situated at a very remote area behind the hotel.

You have to navigate through the car park to reach Chao Mae Tuptim.

In Thailand, the phallus is considered to be a symbol of good luck and also a representative of fertility.

If you are observant enough, you may notice that most of the shops and stalls you have patronised in Bangkok may have displayed a phallus at their cash registers.

Authenti-City?

China - Shenzhen

中国 － 深圳

Shenzhen, a well known city for counterfeit products.

Anything range from high-end stuff to food can be fake.

The food mall at D.M.D. (东门町) Fashion Shopping Plaza has a lot of self-proclaimed authentic food stalls.

Even the name Dong Men Ding (东门町) is a copycat of Taiwan famous Xi Men Ding (西门町).

Found this Hong Kong cuisine stall very interesting.

Other than selling Hong Kong Dim Sum, it sells "Bo-Bo-Cha-Cha".

The stall claims that Bo-Bo-Cha-Cha is an authentic Thai Royal dessert.

Bo-Bo-Cha-Cha is a Peranakan dessert.

In Thailand, no one is supposed to post Thai King and Queen to "advertise" for their stalls as it is regarded as lèse-majesté.

Penalty for lèse-majesté in Thailand is imprisonment of three to fifteen years.

Bo-Bo-Cha-Cha

Bo-Bo-Cha-Cha

A popular Nyonya dessert in Singapore and Malaysia, make of coconut milk together with sweet potatoes, yam (taro) and colourful tapioca cubes.

It can be eaten either in cold or warm.

Tub Tim Grob (Thai name)
Suong Sa Hot Luu (Vietnames name)

Tub Tim Grob

(Vietnam has a similar dessert, Suong Sa Hot Luu)

Red Ruby in coconut milk, is made of water chestnuts, tapioca flour and red colouring.

It is best served in cold.

Ruam Mit

Ruam Mit

Mixed fruit in coconut milk as "Ruam" in Thai means "get together".

It is refreshing when served chill.

Look familiar?

This is MaiKenJi fast food restaurant.

"Hybrid" of McDonald's & KFC.

After a bite, I refused to sink my teeth into the filet.

Basically there was not much fish but a lot of bones.

Guess how do companies make sure that their products are not regarded as fake?

Paste a "GENUIN" sticker.


The ventilator, thought to be a Japanese product as "正野" suggested "Masano".

Eventually found out that "正野" in Cantonese means genuine.

Gentle reminder:

In China, if you are a foreigner, especially Caucasian, do keep your benevolence to yourself.

Unless you are a multi-millionaire, and do not mind "donating" your money, the last thing you want to get yourself into is a lawsuit filed against you for helping that someone who falls on the street.

Due to the high medical expenses, some sick people will go to the extreme to fake a fall in public area.

They will choose to fall either on bus or street where there are a lot of people around them.

They wait for that compassionate person to help them.

What comes next is that the person who helps will be accused for causing them to fall.

They will demand that person to bring them to hospital and eventually pay for all their medical bills and reserve their rights to pursue for further claim.

News had reported such cases.

I had seen an old man fell on the street and none of the Chinese helped him.

Kind of shocked, but decided not to take the picture, for the dignity of human kind.