Pseudo night out

Ever been in vehicular elevator?

Us either.





Clarence and I had a sweet gnocchi dinner in this wacky little area called Knutsford Terrace, then met up with Timmo in LKF at a cool little bar called TiVo. (Oh those Asians...)




Tim made a call to get us a table at Dragon-I for "Models Night"...



But we couldn't get in due to Clarence's "attire".



Sweet one Clarence.



No worries though, Sat night will be epic.



ST. PATTYS!!!!

Cemetery Day

Yesterday was Cemetery Day.

We spent the morning driving up to the mountaintop cemetery.







And paid respect to the Great Kwans who have passed.





Burning things like fake money, paper suits, paper servants, paper cars, etc are a way to transfer items to the heavens.



Not sure what the purpose of the stone on paper on headstone is...



My grandpa's grave. The most extravagant in the entire cemetery.






We stopped at the Jockey Club for delicious lunch...



Which included Mr. Giant Lobster...



And Mr. Fish.



Then continued onward to Uncle Benny's resting place.

MaMa's B'day Dinner

We had a veryniiiiice little banquetfeast for the grandmadre's 84th birthday.



Pre-gaming involved some mahjong...

...and Uncle Steve trying to kick some little kids' asses in Dogopoly.





Fun at first...but then things got a little serious.



Following that funnery, we had a little tea ceremony for the birthday girl.




Toasting...



And then the foods, which included: flatpig...



Giant ratfish...



Shrimp and chicken special rice baked in a big leaf...



Weird papaya soup that smelled like feet...



And everyone's favorite: Butt-shaped buns filled with weird looking poostuff!






Happy Birthday MaMa!

Hello? DVD?

We took the train into China early yesterday to do some shopping.




We got to the big mall before anything had opened so we could get to all the good stuff first.




Kristy made off with some sweet goodies.




And I updated my DVD collection. Yay!