.....times of refreshing.....

Here wishing all my readers a Happy Chinese New Year of the Dog (my year :)) and may prosperity, abundance wealth, happiness, good food, best of health, lots of love  and peacefulness of the mind is with you!  ...

I was glad I got a chance to visit my ancestral home, which is Panyu in Guangzhou. In fact, my parents hailed from there and I never felt so good to be able to step onto the city. Though it was just to visit some jade factory on a shopping itinerary,  I was excited to be there and was on a lookout for some 'Au' (my surname) family kampung, just...