Won a TGCF Manhua Giveaway!!

Bond on Twitter (@headBONDmeLWJ) does so many giveaways for MDZS/The Untamed/TGCF, and after many months and RTs, I actually won one! Well, actually, my friend Aida (@preciousjiyoung) won, and she tagged me as a bonus winner (after I tagged her in my entry lol).

We both won the gorgeous TGCF manhua Vol 1 by MXTX & StarEmber, and it came with more beautiful postcards, bookmarks, and stickers. It is the most beautiful graphic novel I've ever seen!

 

Canada/China Trip - Day 15

Hong Kong

• overnight in airport. nap 3-5 AM. check-in 5:30.

 

• HK to Shanghai. boarding 7:00. take-off before 8:00.
• breakfast: dim sum w/ siopao pork bun, beef ball, + shumai w/ shrimp. fruit mix w/ papaya, pineapple, + dragonfruit(?). apricot yogurt, apple tart pastry. (or curry option?)
  
• sleep.

Shanghai

• layover 10:30-1:00. no wifi. :P
• Shanghai to Vancouver. "only" 10-hour flight. ;)

 

• lunch: tuna sandwich
• breakfast: sausage + egg. pork + beans, potatoes, fatty pork, + shrimp. croissant w/ honey. cantaloupe, mango pudding, + cake. :)
  
• (or fish + noodles option)
  
• departed 1:30 PM on June 7th...

~~~Time Travel~~~

Vancouver

• ...arrived 9:10 AM on June 7th! whoa~ went back in time~
• picked up from airport by Uncle W. (aw, poor grandson is sick again.)
• brought to Aunt C's house.
• surprise! cousin Cher + her baby came from Calgary to see us! :D omg, he's so cute! <3
• R + Geo okay, just sore.
• played w/ baby & played Pocket Street Fighter w/ cousins all afternoon.
• reminder: check out K-drama The Moon that Embraces the Sun & more K-variety Running Man.
• nap. woken up to get ready.
• family dinner w/ cousin Jon, cousin Gil + GF (very nice, sweet, + smart).
• dinner: pork chop w/ glazed walnuts + cream sauce. fresh peas + veggies. Peking duck (1. skin + scallion wrap. 2. meat + veggie lettuce wrap). baked lotus paste + tapioca pudding pie (crust).
• home. bath. can't sleep.
• watched the live-action Rurouni Kenshin movie! (w/ cousins who introduced me to RK in late 90s & Mom who watched RK w/ me last year. ;) 11:00PM-1:00AM. RK is my favorite anime. seeing it in live-action was awesome. fantastic adaptation w/ good cast, writing, & fight choreography. didn't mind slight changes from manga/anime. can't wait for Kyoto Arc sequel.
• slept really late.

Canada/China Trip - Day 14

• breakfast: conjee w/ pork + century egg, ham + egg, eggroll, steam pork bun, orange juice.
• packing.
• lunch: Crystal Jade - famous xiao long bao!! 1 serving (4 dumplings) each, perfect! best beef soup w/ beef strips (tastes like roast pork), fresh-made noodles (you can watch them make it by hand), + green onions. gyoza. flaky pastry radish.
  
• packing. waiting. 5 PM.
• transport van (Mercedes) to airport. 6 PM.

 

 

 

• bye to Aunt C & Uncle G.
• overnight wait for flight, so walked around airport, browsed shops til 7:40.
• heavy security - police, SWAT w/ machine guns(!), K9-unit dogs.
• dinner: McDonalds - HK menu
• Black & White special
  
  
• Black Beef Burger w/ potato paste, bacon, truffle sauce, & black squid ink(!) bun.
  
• White Chicken Sandwich w/ potato paste, bacon, mushroom sauce, & white bun.
• Chicken Rice "Bowl" w/ broccoli + corn
  

Canada/China Trip - Day 13

• met up w/ cousin Rose. =) but raining, so no crossing to Kowloon. & boo, dim sum closed. ended up at McDonalds (how ironic). breakfast: grilled chicken soup w/ veggies + corkscrew pasta; sausage + egg plate; hot dog + egg plate.

 

 

 

• paper work.
• lunch/dinner(?) - matsang, white/soy chicken, fresh veggies, & Asian pear.

Canada/China Trip - Day 12

• breakfast: pork + veggie ramen soup. congee. toast.
• lunch: beef (jerky) noodles, HK xiao long bao!! (much better than Shanghai fast food place)
• shopping.

 

 

 

 

• bed rest.
• dinner: fresh veggies (steamed w/ kettle??). refreshing Asian pear.

Canada/China Trip - Day 11

• up at 11. free hotel breakfast: ham + egg sandwich, fruit, orange juice.
• rest day.
• Aunt C brought me a gift from the Philippines: You're Beautiful DVD! 8D my favorite Korean drama. <3 finally found it after 3.5 years! XD
• lunch: HK street food take-out - roast pigeon + duck. whole pigeons w/ lolling heads & talon feet! kinda disturbing, awkward to eat, but so yummy. ;P
• dinner: matsang w/ pork filling (sticky rice, filled w/ meat, wrapped in bamboo leaves, steamed, aka zongzi)

Canada/China Trip - Day 10

• up at 6:00-6:30 AM. breakfast at 7:30-8:30.
• bus 8:30-9:30. airport check-in.
• boarding at 12 noon. take-off at 12:30.
• lunch: pork + veggie + bow tie pasta. bread roll + ham + veggies. pickled radish. yogurt, fruit, peanuts. mango ice cream! & tea.
• land in Hong Kong.
• ugh, dropped passport on plane while getting ready to leave. -_-;; luckily, found & returned by staff. but now late. Mom mad. =/
• couldn't find exit to Bus C, as instructed. (there is no C bus.)
• finally found Aunt C + Uncle G.
• 1-hour bus ride to Causeway Bay, then short walk to Times Square.
• check-in at Holiday Inn Express. catching a cold?!
• walk to mall for restaurant floor.
• dinner: fried pork belly(?), roast goose, beef, sweet+sour pork, veggies, & mango + grapefruit soup dessert.
• shop around upstairs coat sale. feeling worse.
• back to hotel. ugh, definitely sick. XP in bed at 9 PM.

Canada/China Trip - Day 9

• 7:30 wake up. Benadryl hangover. still red + itchy.
• breakfast 8:00-9:15. leave hotel.

 

• Tong Ren Tang - largest producer of traditional Chinese medicine. presentation of history, quality. imperial herbal medicine. individual meeting w/ herbalist. palm reading diagnosis. (>_>;) recommended supplements for kidneys, heat, hormones. totaling $1000s! o_0 (older NZ man in tour group: "Everyone gets [diagnosed & prescribed]. Nobody's perfect. ^^") 10:00-11:30.
• lunch til 1:00.
• Shanghai skyline - CEOs compete for tallest building, so add "toppers" to increase height. eventually turned to threatening symbols and bad feng shui against competition: guns, cannons, even a coffin!

 

• Shanghai Museum - 1:30-2:30. only 1 hour to see 4 floors!! quickly saw bronze, painting, jade, minorities' art, & furniture exhibits. best part of tour (so much history ^^) & worst part of tour (so little time ><).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 2:45 drive. (under bridge, feng shui center of city, i think??)

 

• Tianmai Jade Jewelry Expo Center - met w/ jade carving master artist (kinda smug & smarmy w/ assistants/apprentice). long talk, so boring, sleepy, return to wait on bus.

 

 

• dinner at local fast food place. very crowded, long wait, shared table. supposedly the "best xiao long bao in Shanghai." tasty but skin too thick, not delicate enough. also ordered noodles + wonton soup.
• Shanghai Circus World -

 

• "ERA: Intersection of Time" show - set list. Shanghai acrobats, contortionists, large porcelain bowl tossing/balancing, cup + bowl toss/stack/balance, tricks on ferris wheel w/ giant hamster wheels, flying ribbon aerial acrobatic dance, trampoline tricks, seesaw tricks, motorcycle ball (now w/ 8 bikes!), finale.

 

 Mirror Mirage / Kicking Bowls

 

 Hoop Diving / Snake Girls

 

 Wheel of Life / Jar Juggling

 

 Fire Meteors / Sculpture

 

 Russian Swing & Teeter Board / Trampoline, Russian Bar & Bungee

 

Forever / Space Motorcycles

• hotel. midnight xiao long bao snack.