A Soccer Fans and Zidane with Puerh

I'm a Liverpool Fans. I will not miss any Liverpool match that broadcast in Hong Kong. It is quite disappointed to know they cannot enter into the best 12 team on UEFA champions league this year, and maybe next year, if they cannot keep the position as big 4 in the Premier League. I donno why they play bad (sorry, I need to use the word "bad") this year.

Of course, we understand the missing of Xabi Alonso do affect a lot, however, we find this is not the main reason. I think the who team spirit needed to be upgraded, as Liverpool could still play tough without any players at the last season. For sure, we need F9 recover as soon as possible and Gerrad back to 100% power on attacking.

Last night I saw them won Everton 0:2, honesty speaking, not very convincing. Sorry I keep worrying about the team, and well, actually can do nothing. It is quite a long time Liverpool cannot win any 1st, big or small. To win something is the most important of Benitez. I still support you Benitez.


As a Soccer fans, the following news is very interesting. The news said our soccer hero Zidane, wooo, he came to Hong Kong and bought some Puerh. Please note that it is not Oolong (usually foreign ppl bought green tea because of the green tea's aroma). That means Zidane, a French, really a fans of Chinese tea, and do understand how to appreciate the taste of good tea, Puerh.

Chinese tea cake and Rostropovich

This is a wonderful Saturday morning. Though it is late November, the weather is not too cold or too hot. It is the best moment to have a tea gathering. I just ring my friend who also love Chinese tea ans see if they also have the same idea. Well, the feedback is perfect. My friends, a couple, just received a Puerh tea cake, that cost about 300 USD and would like to share with me. Wow, it is more then happy to me. Expensive tea cake do not necessary mean good stuff. Let's drink and judge.

That's 3 o'clock afternoon. I prepared all the tea set and wait my friends and their Puerh to come. Usually, the best combination having a Chinese tea gathering is three people.

They arrived at 3:15. Nothing much to say as today's focus is the Chinese tea cake. It is a typical Seven Sons Raw Tea Cake, but aging from the eighties. It is getting less and less Raw Tea Cake from the eighties and that;s why the price is getting higher and higher.

Forget about the price. We open the cake as usually and cut the first 100g into the bottle. The tea colour is deep and bright and give me a very warm feeling. After the third infusion (we usually do not drink the first three infusion), we taste it quite seriously. First of all, we smell the tea fragrance. Light and thick, very unusual Puerh character. It taste mellow and mild, which is unexpected. I thought it will be more smooth. However it get a bit malty, quite enjoyable for me personally. My friends of course feel really satisfy with their new (Old) tea cake. We talk, drink, and taste, and forget about the past of time.

Our accompany of this tea gather is Rostropovich. While he is playing the Bach's Cello suite, we are having fun with the 300USD tea cake. I am sure I will have a lovely dream tonight.

Muse, Mika, Green Day, the Killers

By the end of 2009 and early 2010, there are number of band coming to Hong Kong having concerts. Muse (the best band in the universe?) was one of my favourite band, when the time they issue "Origin of Symmetry ". Those tensions in couple of songs really hit me. They came for concert 2 years ago and I was one of the audience. Very good, but not impressing. I properly will not pay to listen to Muse again. "Feeling Good", all time favourite.

Mika, the new talent. He successfully gripe the attention around the world this days. But I'm not used to stand for his male or female performance.



About Green Day, this long time band. Well known by the best selling "American Idiot", is a extra and extra ordinary rock band amount the rock band in the world. What can I say about them? I can remember nothing. Please no more Green Day.

I do vote for the Killers. A US band who can turn to very UK sound, playing cathy rock and recently some electronic element with the song Human, really fantastic. I really look forward for their live performance.

Post-Morden Chinese tea Beauty

Some years ago, I was a design student in a University. If the internet industry was as popular as today, the hottest search word within the design community must be "Post-Modernism". As the follower of Modernism, Post-Modernism request more fun, personality, colour, share of interest, human touch and sense of humour. In the early 80's, Post-Modernism penetrated into various cultural field, context, fine art, music, architecture etc. One of the most outstanding example is the HSBC headquarter located in Central area in Hong Kong, designed by Norman Foster.

Some ppl do not like this building. They said it look like a monster, or too much similar to a factory rather then a commercial bank. The building became talk of the town not only in Hong Kong but around the world. That's the interesting point of Post-Modern culture. We need some topics and fun. No matter the building is a factory or transformer, it still a trade mark of Hong Kong. If you look around in the city you live, there are lots of detail you may overlook. Just pay more attention, humour or fun is all around.

I love Chinese tea, because there are human touch and memories. Good Chinese tea need aging. Usually, the older, the better. While the tea leave is getting aging, memories is increasing as well. So when you are enjoying a cup of Chinese tea, you are not only tasting a drink, on top of that, the memory and a taste of history.

I like music and I like Tea

I like music. I am going to attend a concert in January 2010. They are the Killers. Day and Age is one of the best CD published in 2009. The Killers, become my all-time favourite. As a Hong Kong PPL, listening to western music is minority. But who cares, as a music lover, I like all kinds of good music.

I like Tea. Or in a more accurate way, Chinese Tea. Drinking Chinese Tea is part of the life of Hong Kong ppl, as well as all Chinese around the world. In fact, there are thousands of history of drinking tea in China. Some say Tea is originally found in China many many years ago, and some say it is India. It doesn't matter. I do believe Chinese Tea is good to our health, pleasure to our body, amazing flavour, a gentlemen lifestyle and a ancient art.

It is little linkage with music and Chinese Tea. I will not listen to heavy rock or dance when I drink Chinese Tea in a serious way. On the other hand, I don't mind I serve with Chinese Tea when I listen to the Killers.

What kinds of Chiese Tea taste the best? It is a tricky question. Similar to the question of "Which kinds of music is the best?" No model answer. But we may ask "What kinds of Chinese Tea you like most?" I will say Pu-erh is my favourite.