Sleepless Travels Reloaded

More photos from from the inner palace and (quite possibly) Qianlong’s garden.

I actually rather like Chinese traditional garden architecture. Not just “gardens” but “garden architecture”. The Chinese have a bad habit of building on every last square inch; and then paving up the rest. Well, that’s not what I like about it.

Garden architecture is not like the stiff formality of normal buildings. It tends to be airy and light. It looks like a pretty cool place to have a party on a hot summer’s day but it’d probably be pretty useless in the bitterly cold northern winters. Look at all those windows, pfft.

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’d like to build a Chinese-style garden at some point in my life. And a Japanese one. And a sleek modern one too. Don’t forget the kitchen garden. At this rate I’ll be sitting on the residential equivalent of a theme park.

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Made red bean soup dessert the other day. My Sunbeam StickMaster Pro immersion blender is teh awsum.

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Did you know that the guy who founded Kambrook (Australian affordable household appliance company) invented the four way power board, the plug-in electric timer and the plastic kettle? Aussie aussie aussie oy oy oy!

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This Saturday marks the 10th year anniversary of my Antipodean sojourn.

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I ‘m hanging out for some Korean barbeque. There’s a great new-ish place near Her Majesty’s Theatre off Grote Street. I think it’s called Hwan-Ro? Great price and most authentic joint in town.

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Work is piling up.
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