China Hefei - "New Diapers"??

As you can see, I was equally surprised to see this new feature in the diapers....
I gave a thought that this might be some new design for toddlers... give it a shot!

So, after coming back from where I was working, I happened to stop by in a grocery shop near my place, this 1 year old toddler of the owner happened to smiling, and teasing with me.....

Then, as soon as he was trying to be playful yet started to cry because of stranger (in this case, happened to be me!), he was lifted by the mother and I was seeing something that I have been seeing in the earlier day......

So, do you have any idea what's that for???

Finally I asked the owner and she gave me the answer.... which I am going to share with you. However, before that I must tell you that Chinese People nowadays are getting very environmentally friendly with their lifestyle, because they are aware of the global issues...
e.g. I am paid for the plastic carry bags in Supermarket.

Anyway, back to the diaper thingy, as far as the environmental-friendly mindset is concerned, the design of this diaper which there is an opening right in the ass is for "producing" poo & nothing else!

Simple to "process" & easy to "clean" isn't it... no Pampers, no Huggies... interesting...:)

China Hefei - Andy Lau Wonderful World Concert Tour

Guess what, today Andy Lau is in Hefei for his second stop World Concert Tour.

Oh well, as I realised this only like a week ago, so the cheap tickets were quickly sold out.

However, the venue is Olympic Stadium which is outside the residential area where I live.

So, tonight the traffic is extremely heavy..... Apparently I was told this Hefei stop is his second stop after Guangzhou.....

In fact, I can even hear his singing as well as the screaming of the fans from the ongoing concert when I leave my window open... cool isn't it? hehe..... (but I cannot leave it open for too long as it is very cold outside....)

And the greatest news is that, I was told that he is getting married to our very Malaysian girl after this "Wonderful World" concert in April..... interesting!!

$ 1 Million & € 4 Million......

I used to think about how many zeroes are there actually in a billion...
Until I recently received a newsletter saying that "rich" can be quantified, i.e. rich can be measured.
Forbes defined rich as an annual income of $1 Million.
So, $1Million = $ 1,000,000

€4 Million will be remembered and indeed a significant for me to remember for the rest of my life as I was told that during a renovation, the contractor has dirtied the production machine which costs as much as €4 Million... i.e. €4,000,000 (6 zeroes....)

Anyway, as I was looking at the UK Times rich list 2008 juz now and the person who ranked No. 1 worth 27,000 Millions i.e. 27 Billions Pounds....

Interestingly, 27 Billions = 27,000,000,000 (9 zeroes...)

In comparison to all these figures, $ 1 Million is achievable..
Yes, we can...... (Barack Obama)

China Hefei - Working Overtime.... not advisable!!

I thought about working late today as to clear up some of the paper works which have to be cleared. This is not the first time and I knew that it is sometimes quite difficult for me to get a taxi when the dark night arrives..... Previously I was quite lucky to have taxi approached but not this time.......

It's only 8:15pm after I walked out from the company's main gate entrance and the street is extremely quiet, probably this is due to the wet condition and sky is still drizzling!!

Holding umbrella, I stood by the road side.. wishing for not only taxi, but even a public bus to appear in front of me. Somehow, it's juz not there.... lol.. I learnt this lesson well and not to stay up for work later than 8pm unless got pre-arranged transport.......

In the end, after approximately 25 minutes..... a taxi finally appeared and once I got into it.. I thank him for coming!!

China Hefei - Traditional Village Cuisine土菜

Yesterday was an important day in the project that I was overseeing here in Hefei... as the whole plant's electricity was shut down, so that the new electricity cubicle can be connected to the existing system.....

As for me, electricity shut down means canteen got nobody is working and that also means that my lunch supply is "cut" and hence, I went to a local restaurant (meaning those small restaurant you see by the road side!!) to have my meal.

Putting the hygienic of the environment aside, I think their food is authentic..... As you can see, we ordered 4 dishes.

This Chicken-in-the-wok is a village style cooking in which the chicken itself is a free-range chicken, hence the meat is tender. On top of that, it was covered with bread-style pancake. Hence, besides eating the mild & spicy delicious chicken, the bread is also being eaten together with the pancake dipped in the warm gravy.......

There is a steam fish head with salted black bean paste & chilly.... Likewise, this is a village style cooking and the most important is that this fish contains not much "small bones" like any other fishes served across the mainland China.

Then, here comes the "sweet & sour chicken" which is something like the Cantonese style "sweet & sour pork". But the Chinese calling for this dish is actually "sugar vinegar chicken", and I bet they cooked with Tomato paste too. Look at those red colour........

As for vegetables, we had the lotus which is stir-fried rather than boil in soup as I always have it at home. The salty taste is being spiced up with a little bit of vinegar. Wow, trust me.. it's appetizing...