Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

The moon, the moon .. the roundest of all.  Only 3 showed up at the badminton court.  Gosh.  John offered me a moon cake/egg/bagel = beat me 15:0.

Dana Thomas said that .. .. “Luxury execs demonised production in China .. .. when they declared that western European artisans were the only craftsmen who knew how to produce luxury goods.  .. China, for example, was the birthplace of luxury, and for 3,000 years reigned as one of the world’s cultural capitals.  It was communist [...]

Mexican Carlos Slim is likely to replace Gates as the world richest man.  Does anyone actually care who’s the richest man on earth is beside the point.  My first thought was is that true and how did Forbes come up with the criteria to measure?  Should they consider the circumstances of the two ( .. like Gates faces antitrust challenges and [...]

Ok, the shop made a mistake on the frame.  Instead this, they used the thinner one.  It did feel too thin, but I never thought could be an error.  I found out only when I went there for another frame, and debate if I should use the same frame.  The shop was nice, replaced the frame, [...]

      
Today is the Moon Festival 中秋节 (I like Mid Autumn better).  Moon cakes are my favored, up there with red bean, sticky rice cake 年糕, 八宝饭, tiramisu and Veniero’s chees cake.  This year I found this brand moon cake, from Shanghai with 4 flavors: jujube, coconut, sesame and chestnut, not the usual white lotus paste and [...]

 As the saying goes .. what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas .. we shall leave it that way.