Week 23: Hong Kong

A Special Thank You Event:

"Exercise Control over Arthritis"

Presented by The Arthritis Society

Thurs July 7 @ 8pm

The Fitness Institute

2235 Sheppard Avenue EastToronto, ON M2J 5B5

Featuring Elise's "Fight Against Arthritis!"

Lucky Draw Tickets 

$2 ea or 3 for $5

Prizes:

1. The Fitness Institute - ($500) 2 Month Gold Membership, 2 Personal Training Sessions, and Fitness Assessment
2. Holiday Inn Toronto Int'l Airport - ($140) One Night Stay
3. Absolute Comedy - ($120) 10 Tickets
4. The Fitness Institute - ($100) 1 Hour Massage and Postural Assessment
5. DBK Salon and Spa - ($100) Cut, Style, and Partial Highlights
6. Remezzo Italian Bistro - ($50)
7. Kosta's Meat Market - ($50)
8. Aphrodite Spa and Nails - ($45) Manicure and Pedicure
9. Mr.Greek - ($25)
10. Red Lobster - ($25)

View from the Victoria Peak

Star Ferry

Central Hong Kong Island

 

A Peak view

Shopping on a Saturday

The actual name of the restaurant

  

Happy feet massages

Big Buddha - 1993

268 Steps

 

My little friends laughed at me because of my height

Seafood Market in Kowloon

 

Underwater elephant

Selecting our dinner

Lobster time!

Too bad we had to eat this cute couple. I hope they didn't have children.

The tastiest scallops!

Century egg (apparently)

Chinese Dog

Chinese Cat

Week 22: Shanghai

I would like to THANK YOU for your support and sponsorship by inviting you to a presentation on "Exercise Control over Arthritis" by The Arthritis Society!

Exercise Control over Arthritis

Thursday July 7 @ 8pm

Free Info Session

at The Fitness Institute 

(2235 Sheppard Avenue East., Toronto, ON M2J 5B5)

A FREE 30-minute presentation focused on the importance of becoming and remaining physically active with arthritis.

It addresses tips to get started, and provides a brief overview of the types of activities that could be done to remain physically active. An important distinction is made between exercise, and physical activity.

Lucky Draw!
$2 per ticket or 3 for $5 
 
The winners will be posted online on Tuesday July 19. 
All proceeds will go to The Arthritis Society.

Prizes:

1. The Fitness Institute - ($500) 2 Month Gold Membership, 2 Personal Training Sessions, and Fitness Assessment
2. Holiday Inn Toronto Int'l Airport - ($140) One Night Stay
3. Absolute Comedy - ($120) 10 Tickets
4. The Fitness Institute - ($100) 1 Hour Massage and Postural Assessment
5. DBK Salon and Spa - ($100) Cut, Style, and Partial Highlights
6. Remezzo Italian Bistro - ($50)
7. Kosta's Meat Market - ($50)
8. Aphrodite Spa and Nails - ($45) Manicure and Pedicure
9. Mr.Greek - ($25)
10. Red Lobster - ($25)

If you would like to purchase a ticket, please contact me.



SHANGHAI 2011
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Pudong Skyline with Pearl Tower (aka Futuristic CN Tower)

The Bund

My cheetah twin

The British settlement (1940). The Bund is filled with banks

Drinks on The Bund

 

 

Nanjing Road - Shopping Street

One of the world's biggest shopping streets

Shanghai Shopping Tour

Fabric Market - My favourite place to shop

All types of material: leather, silk, cashmere...

Wet Market

Biggest cucumber ever

Yuyuan Gardens (1559) - A son spent 20 years to build this garden for his father who was a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty

Nan Xiang Steamed Bun - Yummy!

Shops

Street meat - The chef ran away from the police before our food was cooked 

Week 21 : Beijing

 A city filled with history and culture.

 

Entrance to the Forbidden City with Mao on the front

Bird's Nest

Tiananmen square

Golden Knobs for Good Luck

Forbidden City

 

 

 

The Sacred Way to Ming's Tomb

Mr.Ming

 

Enemalware Cloisonne Info

Enamel (Jing Tai period 1450-1456)

The history behind Silk

Silk (30th Century BC)

Temple of Heaven (1406)

Summer Palace "Gardens of Nurtured Harmony" (1750)

17 arch bridge, linking the human world with the Penglai Fairyland

Rickshaws (19th Century)

A local family invited us into their home for lunch

We saw a band playing music and we ended up being the rock stars of the event!

Running in the morning