Once he drew
With one long kiss my whole soul thro'
My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
~Alfred Lord Tennyson

Dare to be imperfect and one day there will tug at your sleeve a soulmate
~Robert Brault

Something 'bout the way the hair falls in your face
I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase
you tell me where to go and though I might leave to find it, I'll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it
-jm-

I do not want what I haven't got

Be the master of your fate, be the captain of your soul, but do not hesitate, should the chance befall you, to be the slave of your heart
~Robert Brault

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what
treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.- Robertson Davies

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet  ~Albert Schweitzer

Had a wonderful birthday celebration for my brother last night, got quite ridiculous, but very fun overall... We ate at a wonderful Mongolian place, formerly known as Kublais, now called Nomad's, which I love going to -- they do a huge raw buffet which has so much variety which you choose from and put in a bowl, as well as lots of things to mix together for a sauce in a separate little dish -- when you give your tray to the chefs to cook, you leave a little plastic numbered tab with it, and when they've finished cooking it on their huge frying grill (usually about 10 minutes later) a waiter brings it back to the table and voila! If you don't like it, only yourself to blame ... Makes for a competitive dinner between dinner guests, but very gourmet, stylish and fun! They also have little flat-bread pizzas with tomato sauce already on it which you can make that they bake with a little mozzarella which is also delicious.
To top it all off, generally you can purchase the all-you-can-eat package, and go back as many times as you like, as well as an all-you-can-drink package that's available; all you can drink in free-pouring Hong Kong? Trouble!! Like I said though, very fun overall ;)

Welllll!! What an exciting time it's been, my brother and I have been attacking all the restaurants in the city, trying to get a different country every night ... Overall, I think we managed Vietnamese, Himalayan, Indian, Thai & Cuban ... Although for the Cuban I think it was a specific time period of American influence rather than Cuban food, because we had delicious little burgers and chicken wings, but the bar was beautifully themed, with the most gorgeous posters all over, tucked away above the street upstairs where you'd never notice it. Not enough people ever raise their heads to look up at all the hidden things they're missing!
After a delicious Pimm's out in Stanley with the meal I had there, it only made sense to order it again at Castro's (the Cuban bar) but as per usual Hong Kong free-pouring standards, it was deliciously strong and lacking what the other drink had had: mix and garnish. Pimm's on the rocks. Delish. Although I can't forget how could the first one that I had in Stanley was, it was mixed with soda, just the right amount, and garnished with a lengthy sliced cucumber, and I cannot think of anything I would rather have ever to refresh myself with on a warm evening off the coast of the South China Sea.