So we arrived at Beijing airport and my sister found a segway to play with, Bush fell off one of those before.

We stayed at Marco Polo hotel for a week, the bathroom panel is made of glass so that it is visible outside but there is an automatic blind as well.

We are standing at the entrance of the Forbidden Palace, a world heritage site, used to belong to emperors dating back to the 14th centuries. The weather was mediocre but warm enough. It was a long walk around the gigantic palace that spans several kms.

Here at the Bird’s nest complex, where Olympic 2008 games were held. I wanted to try out the tracks but there was some construction hence not allowed.

We are at the Great Wall of China, took a stroll up the stairs to the next watchtower. It was recorded that over 1 million workers died whilst building this wall, must been overworked. A marathon round the walls would prove to be challenging as it was harder to breath at the top.

Evening, we had a tantalizing sushi awaji korean bbq grill, it tasted so delicious on the taste buds. We had scallops, cow tongue, king prawns etc. and unlimited drinks such as mango smoothies or coconut milk. There were sushi for starters. Each table surrounds a big grill and there is one chef cooking for them.

Grilling the marble steaks, well worth the calories intake.
Fried banana and icecream underwent some fire.

We went to see Olympic athletes practising such as competitive diving and gymnastic, unfortunately we were not allowed to take photos inside as this would distract them whilst training. I was impressed, most them are quite young and spent their whole life crafting their skills, they get complimentary sport massage and physiotherapy.

We spotted Lin Dan, who is a gold medal badminton player and All England championship coming out of sport centre

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I arrived on the set at 7.30am on a Saturday, in time for another breakfast. Got my hair done and dressed by the team to play a nurse first then a student doctor, got given some stethoscope. It shall be broadcasted next year in January, will be on episode 29. I have worked with them before and the episodes are screened in about 6 months period therefore they film summer in winter and vice versa, I was freezing up last time, pretended to be a patient on the ambulance then wheelchair. I’ve played a visitor and a school kid before as well. I don’t really watch Casualty but will check myself out.

Studio equipment, the gigantic filming lights. They were dotted around the place, everywhere, even outside the window to give an impression of an incredible sunny day inside the patient rooms!

I’m a student doctor, I play in a scene where the main character, the doctor addresses to his team of five medical students. We all pretended that we don’t know the answer to his questions and he gets frustrated. Then we just keep nodding at his outburst of medical terms and surgery instructions. The next scenes will be shot next week, I will get to wear the surgeon scrubs!! We wrapped up like 4.30pm or so.

Props for filming, not for the faint hearted hahaha.

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I love Hong Kong, the diversity, the food, the shopping and much more. It’s a place that I usually stay for a short time each year of my life and I think this is the reason for finding it exotic.The culture is so different, from the etiquette to how the people behave. I have only lived in Germany and England but do feel at home there. It is may be because I feel like I belong to one of the people but still the culture barrier may differentiate me.

The locals can tell us apart, it could be the accent or the way I’m dressed. I do feel that Hong Kong people are fashionable, following the latest trend. I hope I can live around the world and experience all the cultures and the beauty of it.But I have to point out that over the years, it seems that Hong Kong has westernised a lot, major international labels are infiltering places, I wonder how long it is till there are Tescos there as well.

I love how Hong Kong uses Octopus card for multi purposes, such as you can access most transport type with this card and paying for all the groceries like at 7-11s or major retailers.

I still love the Oyster card though when I’m round and about in London. But I don’t understand why those sort of cards are named after seafoods, Octopus and Oyster, now maybe London and Hong Kong has something in common to share.

Bakery in Element, Das Güte which means the good in german. It sells a selection of German traditional bread like the Pretzel, which I always used to eat when I was young. Apart from that it sells Hong Kong type of spongy soft bread and dessert.

Olympic city II for the win, everything is at the fingertips, they have all the essential shops attached to the apartments and also the health club with gym and transport links directly underneath that is the MTR station and taxi/mini buses.

So much food in Hong Kong, you can’t find any of those UK’s Oriental takeaway food though for some reason.

The shopping is immense, a lot to choose from. This photo was taken during off peak time, shopping in the morning is less of an hassle when everyone is at work but you’re on holiday.

The shops are open late in the morning till around 12pm in the evening and this is one of the main difference when all the shops closes at 5pm or so in UK and you wanna go shopping after work. But no worries, Tescos are open 24/7 most of the times.

Mong Kok shopping has a lot to offer, many cute and cheap things that you don’t even need but want to own.

We went on one of those boat trip and went on a banana towed by a speed boat. I went on it as well and all of us fell off at some point, after a while it’s alright when you know how to balance and control. It was hard to get back on when you fall and hit the salty water at millions miles per hour.

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Singing inside at PC World and Curry, who would have thought that I would gig there? But yes it is for the store promotion and the customers enjoyed it throughly. I will be doing more gigs in the future.

Sound check and system run through.

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Golden charms that I’ve designed for Fiesta Jewelry, check out their luxurious boutique. This is the exclusive ‘Love’ edition. These lovely charms comes in satin velvet.

1. Heart locket with wings – Symbolizes love, freedom to love

2. Love key – Love is forever, just like a lock and key are made for each other.

3. Button with bow ribbon – Do you still remember how mum does many things for us like dressing in bow ribbons, repairing clothes and all the knick knacks?

4. Starfish – Who saves us during trying times? It’s the infinite divine love, guidance, vigilance, inspiration, brilliance and intuition that we all need.

* A set of 4 charms on a luxury velvet strap which can be used as a necklace, bracelet and/or handbag charms.

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