HKFO

Finally have time to write something. Earlier in this week I was lucky enough to attend 2 music concerts of HKFO, I haven't been to a music concert like this since secondary school! HKFO was founded in 2009, non-profit and with about 80 musicians. That was the premiere concert of the orchestra. The music was touching and powerful, we can definitely feel the hearts and souls the musicians have put into the music. When people are doing something because they simply love doing it, the mood is much different, the musicians were really enjoying themselves and the audience can feel their desire to share music with everyone. Symphony #9 "from the new world" is definitely my favorite.

It is very easy to see how successful people are on the stage but not the hard-working moments behind the scene. I admire the whole orchestra because they are all people who can fight against the fear and limitations we often give ourselves when we are pursuing what we want. When about a 100 people are working towards a same goal, that's how powerful cooperation can be. The sleepless nights, tear and sweat they've put into the orchestra have well paid off at the second they start playing music on stage, the applause from the audience assured their hard work. Their spirit and the action of how they fulfilled their dreams are something we should learn from. Dare to make a difference and make the dreams come true.

How could young people only in their teenage and 20's have the ability to form an orchestra from scratch? The answer revealed in the concert- their passion towards music, see it for yourself next time when the great orchestra is performing again in the future!

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

My sincere congratulation to HKFO.

Yum Cha (Drink Tea)

I can't recall since when my family have developed a habit to yum cha every weekend, yum cha is a noun in cantonese which basically means to eat dim sum and drink chinese tea at the chinese restaurant.

Tourists often feel a bit overwhelmed when they are presented with the long list of dim sum order sheet, wondering what should they order or what are the most famous dishes. I can't say my suggestions are the best but I would suggest our tourist friends to eat SiuMai (燒賣), which is appeared at the right bottom corner on the above picture, this is a must-eat (I guess) dim sum at the Chinese restaurant, but beware if you are allergic to prawn (like me><). Other dishes include rice noodle rolls (sorry that I don't have a picture here, will shoot it next time~), usually there are plain rice noodle roll / with barbecue pork inside / beef inside / vegetable or mushroom inside / seafood inside. Okay, other good dim sum in my opinion includes the Chinese bun (barbecue pork or chicken or the sweet ones), beef balls, prawn dumplings, normal dumplings, congee, and dessert like the sesame rice ball at the right top corner!

If you are crazy about dim sum, even if you pick any on the list randomly, it can't go very wrong...LoL

Yum Cha is something we must do when we are visiting in China, a very good way to enjoy food, tea and to explore the culture. Many visitors can master chopsticks even better than me because they really love Chinese food, I am really proud of our food and culture! :)