Yangon, Myanmar

On a recent 3-day work trip to Yangon, i kinda fell in love with Burmese food.


Nan gyi thok - its like pho or laksa thick rice noodle with some kind of peanutty curry gravy and garnished with toasted chickpea flour, sliced onions, chilies, crispy noodles, slices of hard-boiled egg, and zested with lime. The flavours! Absolutely yummy.


We were treated to an authentic burmese sit-down meal and by sit-down i mean sitting on the floor cross-legged around a low round table. Dish after dish was served, almost like the side dishes in a korean meal... the dishes all had a curious look about them and i enjoyed this lunch very much.

Oh and fresh sliced garlic with fish sauce and lime and cut chilli as dip - loved loved loved it! i must try and make that some time.

I must try their famous mohinga next time!

Shanghai Sensibilities

28-30 November 2011

Probably the last work trip to Shanghai and my first time flying in and out of Pudong Terminal 1. Got this picture off the net cos forgot to take picture. Wanted to talk about Terminal One's super clever roof truss design. Like magic, you can hardly see any truss structure! Bottom chord of truss painted black so all you see are the white vertical members that look like interior design treatment to the ceiling. Clever right? Even the detail of how the vertical member meets the bottom chord is well-designed and even has a small light fixture tucked neatly inside.

Shanghai Streets

11-14 November 2011

Hong Kong - Macau

5-9 November 2011

Doing daughter duties, both Lai Yeow and I, heh... Taking both our folks to Hong Kong and Macau for a 5-day trip!