dermk4 BLoG - Leisure & Travel

The wait is almost over.

nospam@example.com (dermk4) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:26:01 +0800

The long-awaited New York Fries @ Harbour City!

The "Highline" - from abandoned railway to elevated greenway

nospam@example.com (dermk4) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:40:33 +0800

The "Highline" is probably going to be one of the most interesting things that happens in NYC in the next couple of years. A little searching and summarizing gets us photos, renderings and information from Wikipedia and other sources online:

The "Highline" is an abandoned 1.45 mile (2.33 km) section of the former elevated freight railroad of the West Side Line, along the lower west side of New York City borough of Manhattan between 34th Street near the Javits Convention Center and Gansevoort Street in the West Village. The High Line was built in the early 1930s by the New York Central and has been unused since 1980.

The community-based group Friends of the High Line was established by neighborhood residents Robert Hammond and Joshua David, leading to plans to turn the High Line into an elevated park or greenway. In 2004, the New York City government committed $50 million to establish the proposed park.

On April 10, 2006, Mayor Michael Bloomberg presided over a groundbreaking ceremony, marking the beginning of construction on the High Line project, turning it into an elevated park. The project is being undertaken by landscape firm Field Operations and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro. If work goes as planned, the southern section of the High Line, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, will open to the public in early 2009.

New York Fries in Hong Kong by late 2008

nospam@example.com (dermk4) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:54:36 +0800

Can someone also bring over Tim Hortons, Loblaws and perhaps Canadian Tire?

台北 08

nospam@example.com (dermk4) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:39:57 +0800

Old friends, great time.

nospam@example.com (dermk4) — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:51:00 +0800

Went hiking on two consecutive days during my Easter holiday, had great time with these old friends I grew up with in Toronto, some of them I have known for 13 years!

Beijing 07 - My Family

nospam@example.com (dermk4) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:49:38 +0800

Top: My Parents & I
Middle: Twin Cousins & I
Bottom: With Uncle KM's Family

四樓、啤酒、三條友

nospam@example.com (dermk4) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:47:08 +0800

仲要放工即刻走!

Beijing 07 - 飲食篇

nospam@example.com (dermk4) — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:19:05 +0800

長城腳下的公社 by SOHO China / Kempinski

東方君悅長安壹號: 烤鴨

蘭 Club: Philip Starck 北京首作，佔地六千多平方米，號稱裝修共花了 3 億元人民幣。
上圖為洗手間一景，下圖為吧桌。