A night of Chinese opera

On Monday night we were invited along to a night of Chinese opera at the West Lake in HangZhou with our friend Aruna, her friend Amie and Aruna’s cousins visiting from Singapore. The programme is called “Impression Westlake” and is something of a grand spectacle.  As you would expect, the entire show was sung in […]

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Revisiting Wu Shan

Today we made a trip to Wu Mountain, which I visited last October.  It was, as it was before, nice and green although unfortunately, not the clearest day.  This time I took along my trusty Olympus E-620 with my 11-22mm wide angle lens.   As you can see, it wasn’t the clearest day however it […]

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Views from the new residence

Well, here are some shots from the balcony of our new pad.  The view is of the common pool area in the complex, taken from the balcony adjoining the master bedroom.  Obviously the pool (above, left) isn’t quite ready to be used yet!  Behind the pool is a four storey (!) community (estate) recreation hall […]

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