Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

King made another grand $20, this time off Apple, iPhone is hot, the kids told me …

Hi, 北京哥儿们 look what I’m eating!  Tomato sprinkled with sugar.   It’s so good.  There are few things I miss, duck is for sure, and ranks top; there are also 糖葫芦，四川酱豆腐 .. .. Don’t you people craving them too???

It never occurred to me that the nicknames I bestowed to my kids are inappropriate, not uplifting, uninspiring, with bad connotation.. ..  Maomao, a friend pointed it out, and asking would I call them stupid and why not.  Hmmmm, there lays the drastic difference between two cultures.  In all honesty, Nainai (the hottest courtesan from Shanghai) lovingly dabbed me, among [...]

Colored diamonds have always been rare, one dealer claimed that 1 in 10,000 possesses natural colour.  Hues in yellow and rose are bit more common than blue and red.  One GF who’s little over 5 and slim, bought a 9 carat diamond, and is quick to take it off for admirers; I reckon her hubby is doing well; and she certainly enjoys the wos [...]