50!!!!!

Today marks the big "five-o" for, not me, of course, the Lego brick. It was on this day in 1958 that the interlocking Lego brick was patented.

http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/01/50th-anniversar.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aRTBxPQelakk&refer=europe

I am a big fan of Lego and would like to say:

Happy B'day Lego brick!

Trams

Hong Kong trams - a slow, basic and old fashioned form of public transportation.

For myself, I absoutely love the trams. Though it may be slow, but that is exactly the speed to enjoy and absorb the scenery on both sides of the street. Not only does it add a lot of history and character to the daily life of Hong Kong, and with its colorful and eye-catching advertisements, how can one not to like it?

Lately, I have started to collect trams photos on the web, and realized how many of them are out there and I can imagine there are even more that are not documented.

I took these photos while I was visiting HK in October and am hoping whoever that has other trams pics, will forward them to me to add to my collection.

Pretz & Pocky

Saw these 2 new green tea flavored porky sticks at a local Chinese grocery store a few days ago. It was kind of on the expensive side at $2.69 each. Thought for a little bit, and since I like green tea, I decided to give them a try and compare them.

Porky Marble with green tea and chocolate
- 3 small packs

- 4 sticks per pack

- 12 sticks total = $.224 each (ouch!!)
I tried and found the chocolate flavor too strong and overpowered the green tea flavor.....don't like it : (

Green Tea Pretz
- 4 small packs
- 9 sticks per pack
- 36 sticks total = $ .075 each (reasonable)
the lightly glazed stick has a rich green tea flavor to it....absolutely love it, highly recommended : )