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| 元旦 |
So it's the first day of the Lunar New Year. Trying to stay positive and enjoying whatever little festive air there is. The sunrise was great - the first dawn of lunar new year (
元旦).
The evening before - the Reunion dinner at Mandarin's was great. The food was superb as Ah Ling cooked up dishes traditional and not in the menu. There was slow boiled whole chicken soup in herbs, handmade dumplings, Hung Xiu Yuk (Hong Shao Rou), claypot veggies with vermicelli ... it was fantastic. My guests were however few but important: Dong a PhD student from Shandong, Nicholas a french priest who'll be sent to HK in a few months' time, Beryl our HK volunteer at our museum, Pedro the spanish missionary from Kaohsiung, one italian prof and one italian volunteer. Table talk switched from italian to french to cantonese to mandarin to english. Got pretty confused. People (all chinese) at the other tables found it very amusing.
Anyway am into my 2nd day of Prednisone. Blood pressure shooting up, loss of appetite, then in the next few days it'll be swollen hands and feet and face, withdrawal symptoms ... am just dreading it. What a way to start the New Year. Thanks to Lawrence and Winnie for sending the links on precautions and don'ts when taking Pred. Been there, done that. Now the asthma is back ... gotta look for my puffer ....
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| Claypot veggies |
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| Slow-boiled chicken |
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| Steam fish |
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| Noodles and Siu Yuk |
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Our poor substitute for
fireworks |
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| Pedro and Dong |
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| Nicholas and Beryl |
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