Guiling Gao (龜苓膏)

Guiling Gao, is a kind of black jelly like chinese medicine. Guiling, means the powdered shell of three-lined box turtles. It is mixed with several kind of chinese herb to become Guiling Gao.

It is normally slight bitter in taste, however, it become a chinese style dessert nowdays, people take Guiling Gao with honey or sugar. It is enjoyable and have medical value to skin, especially for ladies.

You can find Guiling Gao and several kind of chinese style herb tea in a chinese herb tea shop.

Festival Walk

Festival Walk is a large shopping mall located at Kowloon Tong. It is not new, was opened for about 10 years.

There is the Hong Kong's largest ice-skating rink. People can enjoy skating there.

Cinemas, flagship stores, boutiques, fashion, home accessories, cosmetics, books are also there. It is near the railway station, therefore, tourist especially from mainland China can access it via MTR directly.

Food courts and various kind of restaurant are also opened in this mall.





Transport: Exit C, MTR Kowloon Tong Station

Sino Centre (信和中心) & Comic World HK

Lots of young people in Hong Kong like Japanese Anime. If you have heard about DragonBall, Saint Seiya, Sailormoon, you may know why Anime are so popular. The story itself is already good enough. Together with the beautiful illustrations, Japanese Anime becomes an important interest among Hong Kong people. Apart from the annual anime show introduced before, you can also go to Sino Centre in Mong Kok.

Apart from the annual anime show introduced before, you can also go to Sino Center in Mong to find out those anime related goods. A lot of manga (comic books), illustration books, anime magazines, figures, capsule toys, VCDs and DVDs can be found there. If you think you are also interested in Japanese Anime, you can enjoy a lot in Sino Centre.

Furthermore, if you want to know more about Hong Kong's own comic culture, you can join this large function, Comic World HK 26, which will be held two times per year. The coming show will be on 24th August 2008.

Sino Centre -
Address: 582-592 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
Transport: MTR Mong Kok Station, Exit E2.

Comic World HK 26 -
Date: 24th August 2008
Venue: Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre
Application Deadline: 31th May 2008
Website: http://www.cwhk.org/php/CwDetail.php?cw_id=26 (Chinese link)
Transport: http://www.hitec.com.hk/en/hitec_transport.htm

Torch Relay in Hong Kong on 2th May 2008

Today, I have join the cheering team to the torch relay organized by my company. We wait at the road side with a group of secondary students. This is a rainly day, fortunately, not so heavy. We wait for an hour and finally saw the torchbearer running towards us.

This is the first time we saw the torch (with flame). It is wonderful and unforgetable. :)