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Having been in this situation once, I can certainly sympathise with this lady who apparently went off the boil when she missed her flight to San Francisco at the Hong Kong International Airport.

Learned something new today.

Kueh kapit (also spelled kuih kapek) is a thin, crisp cookie emblazoned with auspicious words and symbols. Also known as love letters, kueh kapit takes an inordinate amount of effort to make, and is thus only prepared during Chinese New Year. For many people, though, the wait is worth it.

Actually, from what I can see, it is available more or less all year round these days.

ps. Will try to find a photo of this some time later.

I guess it pays – literally – to be a regular customer, because for the first time, I got a latte on the house today!

As the saying goes, “use it or lose it.”

The “it” I am referring to is a hunger for challenge or knowledge. I suspect that the more we become complacent, the less we are willing to take risks – consequently, less chance to grow and become better than what we were.

Time for a change?

It used to be that having a good memory was a good thing. You can, for example, do well in exams, dazzle people with obscure facts and figures, or simply have a better handle on things because it’s easier to mentally associate many ideas and concepts if they can actually be recalled. Unfortunately this also means ghosts from the past cannot be easily shaken off.