Auntie Jane ... ...

" Auntie Jane.. no no .. don't call me Auntie.. should be Sister instead "

I always said this before. Now, i have changed coz I really feel that I should be in Auntie "grade" now. Many of my friends delivered babies in the past two years, Ryan, Malaika, Chun Chun, Ting Ting, Lam Lam.... and many will be coming in the Pig Year too. Some of the older Babies are now 4 -5 years old and it seems that they are more right to be called as "sisters".

Baby Lam Lam, Sister Ting Ting and Auntie Jane ...

China Home Visit

On the first 3 days of the chi new year, our family went to China and visit the village which my parents used to live in during their childhood time.

The interesting time of the visit is a hiking trip as we went over the route which is our parent's playland in the old times. The route should be close to the sea side, however, the recent development has extended the costal line and we no longer could see the sea la ! A prove to the rapid development in CHina.

Also, our cousin took us to the fireworks area in the night time. Every chi new year, the local government will set-up a restricted area and all the fireworks have to be lighted up there. So , it was so impressed and every night you could hear " Band Band Band..... for at least a few hours. This gov't is more clever than HK's, our gov't have to PAY for the fireworks which only last for 30 mins....

A very warm new year ...

Only 2 days left before the year of PIG, as usual, we will clear up the house and then decorate it with new years items, such as flowers, 揮春Fei Chung ( red paper with greetings) and 吉Tangerine ( chi meaning auspicious ) ....

This CNY will be warm standing at 20 degree!!! I still remember that in our childhood times, we used to wear very think cloths in the new year visiting. Also, the Chinese lily ( 水仙) brought my mum is nearly all open due to the warm weather ! I think it's a god's hint of global warming.

Tulips brought by my mum..

The hint is also found during the planning of my ski trip this year. Our original plan is going to a ski resort at the middle part of Japan ( about 1.5hrs bullet train journey), however, due the the lack of snow in the area and we have to change our destination to the northern part of Japan ( about 2.5 hrs bullet train journey). The snow depth of the middle part is only to 100cm where last year during our visit, it was about 200cm.

So, my new PIG's year wish is - Save the Earth !

Chi Lily at Home New year greeting !

Learning Yoga....

Have started practicing yoga for about 1 year and I've never thought that it would become one of my favorite sports.

I remember that I took my very first yoga class in University and my first impression is - SLOW SLOW SLOW .. move slowly , breathe slowly and think slowly. It seemed to be a bit boring to me. Therefore, after a few lesions, I dropped out.


Not until the end of 2005, when I started my new job and I had more spare time to work for my own interests. Yoga become my first trial, after all, I love it. The yoga club I now attending is hosted by an Indian instructor. The classes are completely different from the uni one. It is a real powerful exercise and it tests your endurances, strengths, flexibility and balancing. Every times when I went through the classes, I felt so relax since you needed to be so focus in the class and therefore all the troubles from works, family are throwing away.

To me, the most difficult part is not the physical challenges (yes … … it sometimes pretty hard and you feel like your foots are torn apart and never be back together), but the metal one. At the end of every session, we are required to RELAX the whole body and just focusing on your breath. But I never success on this and there are always different thoughts pop in to my mind… like works, food, homeworks... just anything. One times, I tried the meditation class and the whole hour is just like that. I just couldn’t stop thinking and keep twisting my body from here to there….

Vagina Monologues

Yesterday, I went to see a drama called " Vagina Monologues"... yes ! it is a story about Vagina.. Vagina of different women at different corners of the world .

This drama was written by Eve Ensler in 1996 and has been translated into 35 different languages and performed world-wide. It was written in a times that woman are still linked up to guilt and embarrassment with their sexuality. It talks about Vagina in different contexts :

- Vagina and Old Woman who has no sex in her life time
- Vagina and Man who love to see it
- Vagina and War where woman are being bullied
- Vagina and Birth as it deliver a new life.

For Chinese , this would be a bit strange if you voice out the word " Vagina" directly.. it sometimes like we shouldn't talk about it. After seeing this drama, I have changed a bit as I felt that I have to take care it as it is a very important part of my life.. no only about sex, but also to our health, to being a woman and being a mother !