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Twitter what? This is the latest craze on web2.0 thang!
It's another social tool for anyone who want to get connected and be
updated thru instant messaging.




It's cool and I love it. So if you want, follow me on Twitter and
you'll see what am I up to.

here's my twitter link
http://twitter.com/tonychel

Rhine Garden Cafe in Sham Tseng is back!

Guess whose back in Shamtsengville? it's the Rhine Garden cafe. But this time, the name is Sweet Garden. I remember last year, when they opened up and just a month, they closed it. Maybe not so many people were buying. I protested, because here in our place, we don't have McDonald's or KFC, and the place they occupied could have been occuppied by those double arch franchise. Enzo and Gian will be delighted to see that.


Now, the coffee shop is back. I could see no customers like last time. I can see empty chairs and tables outside, which looks really really good for alfresco coffee sipping.


They have 3 sweet specials too. Wanna try Chocolate Souffles? How about Belgian Waffles or Chocolate Pudding?


If you don't know Sham Tseng, it's our place in Hong Kong for almost 8 years now, and we really love this place. It takes only 12 minutes to go to MTR in Tsing Yi and Tsuen Wan.

Youngest Rockstar! Five year old ENZO Live!

This is my five year old son, ENZO. He's been invited by my best friend Jong of VIP HK (Voice Image Production), an event organizer in Hong Kong, to do another song number, this time for the concert of Miss Sarah Geronimo.

Oh boy! He did well and really rocked the show with his awesome performance. Just watch him and you'll see what I'm talking about. Post your comments below and let me know what you think.

It's his birthday tomorrow and he'll six. This video is also posted on PinoyHongKong website.

It’s Renaldo Lapuz this time!!! Move over William Hung!

Yeah. Have you seen last Wednesday's season premiere of "American Idol"?
If not, let me tell you what happened. It was actually Thursday nite here in Hong Kong when I saw it on StarWorld.

Renaldo Lapuz, a fellow Filipino in Dallas (yes, another Pinoy!) stole the show. He sang his own song, I Am Your Brother, Your Best Friend Forever, which was a massive hit. It's funny and at the same entertaining to see Randy and Paula singing and dancing along with him.
After the song, Simon was happy, even though he has to say no, he embraced Renaldo and made him feel accepted (by his long lost brother...hehehe)

Happy New Year! and Seven Gods of Fortune

OK, here's what the title is all about. It's the picture of
seven fortune gods, which I have no idea where it came from,
and who are they. It was just sent to me thru email.

It says that these seven fortune gods will bring good fortune, happiness and prosperity to anyone who receives the email. Very well. I hope it's true.

I jsut wanna thank God for the year 2007, for all the blessings, love and of course some trials and difficulties. I am also thankful to all my friends, and colleagues and relatives.

Anyway, happy new year to you and all the readers of blogspot. Even though the US dollars and the Hang Seng index continues to plummet, I wish you a happy and prosperous 2008.

Gosh, January is almost finished. I need finish my report here in the office. shacks!

Arnel Pineda is now Journey's New Vocalist!!

It's amazing! At last, a San Francisco based melody rock band Journey, announced officially on their website about their new vocalist. It's no other than "Arnel Pineda".

Arnel Pineda who? He's a Filipino singer from Quezon City Philippines, who happens to be a vocalist of Manila based band called "The Zoo". He's been rocking in Hong Kong for a decade, before he left for good to form another band in his hometown.

Neil Schon and the band, noticed him in youtube, invited him in US to audition, and the rest is history.

Arnel Pineda's story will hopefully open doors of great Filipino voices to the whole world.

It's really amazing. Way to go Arnel! Don't forget us here in Hong Kong!

cheers!

Rainbow Trek 2007 in Hong Kong Trail

Rainbow Trek is an annual trek event organize by Rainbow Project to raise money for an organisation that educates Autistic children in Hong Kong.

Wheeew! we did it! We joined for the second time around the same event we had two years ago, where we won third place on 25K race.

Participants mostly students from HK island, and some corporate people competed in teams of four and aim was to complete the trek in less than twelve hours. Each team committed to raise a minimum of $12,000 for the Rainbow Project.

This time, our team is composed of William Caluza, Errol Labuguen, Warren Santos and yours truly. Our team paid HK12000 dollars as entry fee, sponsored by QuestNet, generous company of William's wife.

We only finished 25K race in 4 hours. Unbelievable! Right. We actually didn't go thru the whole trail, but instead, we took a short cut. We've walked only about 15 to 18 kilometers. Not bad actually, although big brother William got cramps in the last 3 kilometers of 25K trail.

The weather was perfect, the air is cool and the sun is up. Yet, we still felt the heat in the last few kilometers. The best part of our trail is when we stopped at around 11am and have a rest while we eat Adobo and rice. Boy, we had that good time.

We all decided to take this event every year. Next year, we will probably complete the 50K race.

Here's some pictures of us in action!

Team Philippines: Front is Errol and William, me and Warren (hidden)


View of Aberdeen


One hightly competitive young team that overtook us


Unforgettable adobo moments


Cool weather and the sun is up


Another shot in the last one kilometer


William having physiotherapy right after crossing the finish line.


Funny, these young team came half hour later. Didn't they overtook us?
Click here for more pictures of our trek