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Well, it is not cosmetics or travelers cheque. It is not what-you-call the emergency nail saver, hand lotion, etc. They are these:

Well, of course there are other things like multiple electric adaptor, travel charger, etc. But these 2 are less common for most travelers, so I just want to share it.

The first one is a mini MAGLITE. This was given by the previous department head. It uses 2 AA batteries to power. It helps most when you travel to places with unstable power supply. But then, I seldom go to places like that. It came in handy when I went to Pakistan last year. Even in a 5-star hotel, the power can just go off every 5 to 10 min in the morning (6am), when the sky was still dark. Without this, you can easily hit into things or get scared (like me)! :p

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Whew! I have finally finished posting all my Lijiang experience in my travel blog. They are split in the following posts:

Overview of my Lijiang trip

China Lijiang Trip Itinerary

Lijiang Attraction - DongBaGu (东巴谷)

Lijiang Attraction - Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Tiger Leaping Gorge

Lijiang Attraction - Ancient Cities

Lijiang Other Attractions

Cultural Dances in Yunnan

China Yunnan Lijiang Trip - Other Cultural Highlights

Eat in Lijiang

Eat in Dali and Kunming

Kunming Attraction - Stone Forest (石林)

Kunming Attraction - Yunnan Nationalities Village (云南民族村)

Accommodation in Lijiang

Unpleasant Experience in Kunming

Doorless vs 5-Star Toilet

If you have a little curiosity on the minorities in Yunnan/China, why don’t you take a peep in those posts?

Actually I would like to invite you to read this post in particular –> Doorless vs 5-Start Toilets. I have heard of the famous doorless toilet in China, but have never used one until this trip. It is a good experience, and we were lucky there weren’t anyone else around. LOL! And the 5-star toilet is also another end of the experience for me. See for yourself.

During lunch today, my colleague and I visited this restaurant and we ordered the followings…

We had Swallow To Take The Fish Sand as our appetizer. Then, we had the followings as our entre:
- White Germ in Silk in Chicken Row
- Fuck to Fry the Cow River
- The Black Cow Silk Fries the Idea Powder
- The Thin Cow Picks Three Text Cure

After lunch, I drank a cup of “Mandarin Duck”, whilst my colleagues had “Ancient Dink In”, “Good the Gram of”, and “The Farmland of”, respectively.

Confused? Hahahaha! Well, the above was just made up. They are based on the menus below. This is actually very common in China, where you can find funny translations in English. Seen this many times, and really got to blog about it now. These pics are forwarded by a friend… See if you can stomach them! Total of 8 pics - enjoy!

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Finally, the long planned US trip is here! I’m now in Galveston Island, Houston. This time, the team managed to get away from the city and we are in a resort island out of Houston.

I arrived on Saturday and meeting started on Monday. I have been wanted to enjoy the place on Sunday, since I had whole full day free. Unfortunately it rained the whole day!

Look at the sky. It was just after my breakfast and it was raining. Otherwise, the beach is just in front of the hotel…
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Well, actually I have been away for holiday in the past 9 days.

I went to China for holiday with my best friends, TM (married to a guailou in Shanghai) and SM (working in Bangkok). We visited TM and WW (another friend working in Shanghai) first, then flied to Kunming. Our main focus was Lijiang. Planned to go to Shangri-la, but not enough time and due to the conflict in Tibet it is not pleasant to go now.

I will share more of my trip in my Travel Blog later. Need some time to sort out the photos and stuff. Furthermore, need to spend some time with my children after being away for so long!

Oh, I miss them so much!