Tag: China

“wish” list

And the tower topic continues…  (click here to read the “towers” article)

Below are the towers and buildings (as well as statue!) that I would like to visit in this lifetime (hopefully it will come true… cross your fingers for me please?  ):

(Japan ) Tokyo Sky Tree

  • the tallest tower in the world which will be completed by February 2012 (Source: Wikipedia)
Tokyo Sky Tree

(China) Canton Tower

  • second tallest tower in the world (Source: Wikipedia)
Canton Tower

(Korea) Namsan Tower

  • simply because I love Korea. 😀
Namsan Tower

(Taiwan) Taipei 101

  • I also love Taiwan because Jerry Yan and Ella lives there. 😉
Taipei 101
(Dubai) Burj Khalifa
  • I want to see where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stayed. :p
Burj Khalifa
(USA) Empire State Building
  • because it’s New York! New York! New York! 😉
Empire State Building
(USA) Statue of Liberty
  • it’s not a tower or a building but I would like to see it!
Statue of Liberty

(France)  Eiffel Tower (one more time)

Eiffel Tower

Who want’s to go with me?  The more the merrier!   And if there’s a tour guide out there who’s willing to plan the itinerary and show us  around for free, that would be totally awesome! Ha! See you! :p

That ends my wish list… for now. What’s yours?

mistaken “nationality”?

After eating a mouthwatering lunch at Yip Hong, a famous Chinese Restaurant in this side of the world, we decided to go to Superstore to buy weekly food supplies. With my nephew in tow, I was grinning while pushing the cart when I saw a Chinese lady looking and smiling at me.

I thought she’s the same lady that I often had a chance encounter whenever I go to work but I was wrong. All of a sudden, she stopped near our cart and asked me something. The brief conversation went this way:

Lady:      Hi! Are you from Huangzhong?
Me:          Sorry?
(I had a clueless expression on my face… I did not quite catch what she said)

Lady:    Huangzhong, China.
(Smiling with a twinkle in her eyes)

Me:          No. Do I look like a Chinese?
(I was laughing while talking.)
Lady:      Yes.

I just smiled and then we went separate ways. I still have that smirk on my face when I turned to my nephew, James.

Me:        Do I look like a Chinese?
James: No. You look like a Canadian.
(Looking at me with an incredibly serious expression on his face)

That did it. I can’t stop laughing while pushing the cart. Merci Beaucoup James! You’re such a sweetheart.

One last note, it’s really strange because I got that all the time…wherever I go, whoever I meet. Ha! I’ve been asked if I’m a Dutch, French, Latin American, Indonesian, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai, and Chinese.

I must be a human chameleon? What do you think? 🙂

Proud to be a Filipino 🙂