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About Me (Xiao Loong Zi) in Traveling, Art Appreciation,

Reading, Health & Fitness, Taste Bud and Profession

 

IntroductionAnnyeonghaseyo (Hello in Korean), my name is Xiao Loong Zi. Yes, it’s a Mandarin name not Korean. I am a mid-20th Malaysian ‘boy’ living in Kuala Lumpur, a chinese-descendent that many people though that I am a Japanese or Korean wherever I traveling.Can you spot which one is me when I was with a group of Koreans?

 

Answer: I am the most handsome ‘boy’ in the picture loh :p …

What I like to do?

 

TravelingWell, who doesn’t like traveling? Traveling to a foreign country like Korea or Mauritius is a fantastic & bizarre experience for a ‘boy’ like me who doesn’t know much in speaking Korean or Crelo (a heritage French dialect used by locals in Mauritius). At the time of this writing, although not many countries I visited, I had had the chance to visit cities like:

Seoul, Itaewon,

Hong Kong Island,

Port Louis, Grand Baie, Ho Chi Ming & Singapore. My most memorable trip was the ‘Winter Sonata’ business trip to

Seoul which I would like to stay there for longer. My most amazing trip was being the lone ranger in

Mauritius that I met many new friends. I will share all these in my blog, thus, please come back again.See me parashutting along the coast line near Ile aux Cerfs in

Mauritius.

 

Art AppreciationMy taste of music can be anything from classical, vocals, operatic, musical, stageplay to contemporary nu metal as long as it touches deeply into my soul. Masterpieces from great operatic composer like Puccini’s La Tosca & Turandot are many people favourites, so as mine. Le Fantôme de l’Opéra or The Phantom of the Opera is indeed the most splendiest of all. Modern vocals singers like Russell Watson, Andrea Brocelli, Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church and Il Divo are also my delights. The most sensitive, daring & political theatre play that I ever seen is ‘Tunku, the musical’ directed by Joe Hasham. (check my post for ‘Tunku, the musical’)Puccini’s Turandot

 

ReadingI like reading especially when comes to free reading, you should know what i mean here. Going into the bookshops like Kinokuniya, MPH or Borders spending the whole day there like it is your home comfortably sitting on the nice sofa enjoying free flows of ‘Personal Money’, ‘Men’s Health’, Paulo Coelho, Peter Mayle, Adeline Yen, Yann Martel and et cetera. Unlike you, I am at least better which I actually brought a numerous books including ‘Life of Pi’, ‘Failing Leaves’, ‘Pligrim’, ‘Eleven Minutes’, ‘Alchemist’ as well as others. My favorite is still ‘Failing Failing Leaves’ by Adeline Yen, a book portraits her childhood during the China civil war, a setting happened in the old Shang Hai’s French Concession of a well to do later today’s Hong Kong tycoon family.

‘Failing Falling Leaves’ by Adeline Yen

 

Health & Fitness

Going to the gym is my usual habit to stay healthy and to enhance my body strength & stamina. Occasionally, I will swim in an olympic standard pool to soak myself into cold water & perform destress theraphy. Depending on time arrangement, I will go indoor rock climbing with friends to kill my phobia from time to time. I don’t smoke and dislike it very much.I deteste beer and hard liquor but I welcome wines. Not often toxicated by wines, mostly during dinners or parties or special occassions at places like Lafite, SevenAteNine, Shook and et cetera.

Taste Bud

My daily breakfast is usually came with 2 half boiled eggs, 2 pieces of toasted bread with a lot of peanut butter and 1 full bowl of muesli with chocolate or white milk. My meals are all pork-free and I don’t eat beef so most of the time I decline invitation to eat bakuteh or beef noodle. White rice with two dishes (one vege and one meat) and 1 bowl of season salad or fruit will be sufficient for my daily lunch. Oftenly, I need to go for tea break or tea time in the late afternoon as I get hungry kinda often. Not a proper english tea break, I only can afford for a cup of hot chocolate drink with a piece of cake or muffin. My workdays dinners are ordinary foods found from mamak and food courts except when dinning with friends or colleagues in some cozy restaurants. Korean and Japanese crusines are my favorite among all choices.

Profession

I am the founder for UntoldCityLife.com and the principal blogger of this site. The idea of setting up this site is basically to invite similiar bloggers to share interesting stories about ‘City Life’ that are yet to be known or soemthing not yet becoming popular to readers. It can be anything down from the myth, underground, hidden or shocking stories related to city lifestyles, cultures & tribes that are worth to be written and known. My full time job is a SAP consultant in Financials & Controlling for a Fortune Global 500 company.

And finally the handsome ‘boy’ ……

 

 

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