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「太極書」展覽暨藝術表演
Artist 藝術家: Henry Ho 何家强
Curator 策展人: Doris Sung 宋夏蓮
Opening reception and performance 開幕茶會及表演藝術:
Saturday, May 29, 2010, 2pm-6pm
Tai Chi Performance (with guqin music) 古琴音樂太極書表演 – 3pm
Exhibition 展覽日期:
May 30 – June 6, 2010
Sat & Sun : 11am-6pm
Mon-Fri : 1pm-3pm (or by appointment Tel: 416 8300923)
Venue:
Ji Hong Tai Chi ( Toronto) 基宏太極拳多倫多分院
3241 Kennedy Road, Unit 9, Scarborough, Ontario.
Roast Beef Dinner at Mon Sheong Court
President David’s Choice (see article here) Roast Beef in action; David cooked a roast beef dinner (see menu here) for the fortunate group of us. Thanks to David, Tim (wine and facility) and John (wine), we all had an enjoyable and ‘delicious’ evening. Click the picture below to view a short video.
The Disappearing Trade
Cut, shave, shampoo, wash, antique chair, tender care….all for the price of HK$82!
Not too many of these Barber and Hair-dresser Shanghai style shops are around in Hong Kong. The one patronized by the past CE of HK, Mr. K. W. Tung, was gone.
I found this one in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong island.
Enjoy the barber show (slide-show) below.
華山之旅
Please walk and enjoy the precipitous mountain with me by clicking the picture below.
WYKwinos Report No. 5
Date/Time: April 29, 2010, 7 p.m.(roughly 3 hours)
Place: Fantaxia Restaurant樂逍遙
| 1st Bottle | LES PRINCES ABBÉS PINOT GRIS 2007 |  |
| Varietal: Pinot Gris | Winery/Producer: Domaine Schlumberger | |
| Type: White | Year: 2007 | |
| Cost: $19.95 | Region: Alsace, France | |
| Food to pair: XO醬爆雞柳 | LCBO #: 21253 | |
| Remarks: Delicate flavours of white peach, clementine and spice are shy today, but they sit on a solid framework of nervy acidity. A pleasant fleur de sel note runs through the wine, leading to the mouth watering finish. | ||
| 2nd Bottle | MAISON FRANÇOIS MARTENOT CUVÉE PRESTIGE BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY 2007 |  |
| Varietal: CHARDONNAY | Winery/Producer: Raoul Clerget S.A.R.L. | |
| Type: White | Year: 2007 | |
| Cost: $16.95 | Region: Burgundy, France | |
| Food to pair: 金枝桃紅雙仙 | LCBO #: 159095 | |
| Remarks: Straw yellow. Apples, yellow plum, and a touch of butterscotch on the nose. Dry, medium bodied, pure and approachable on the palate, with a nice crisp finish. | ||
| 3rd Bottle | RÉCOLTE DU DOMAINE VOARICK CLOS PARADIS MERCUREY 1ER CRU 2005 |  |
| Varietal: | Winery/Producer: Michel Picard | |
| Type: Red | Year: 2005 | |
| Cost: $21.95 | Region: Burgundy, France | |
| Food to pair: 脆皮海皇石榴果 | LCBO #: 86603 | |
| Remarks: The fruit flavours are well defined and layered, with a sweet core. They’re complemented by a texture that shows good structure and a nice line of refreshing acidity. Not too dense or powerful, | ||
| 4th Bottle | DOMAINE DE LA CROISETTE CÔTES DU RHÔNE |  |
| Varietal: | Winery/Producer: Terres d’Avignon | |
| Type: Red | Year: 2007 | |
| Cost: $13.95 | Region: Rhone, France | |
| Food to pair: 干蔥蒜片美極牛柳粒 | LCBO #: 155465 | |
| Remarks: Winner of a Bronze Medal at the Concours des Vins de la Foire d’Avignon in 2008. Beautiful ripe, spicy fruit here. Blackberry and blueberry on the nose, with anise and lavender spice adding to the charm. The fruit follows through gorgeously on the palate, which is dry, medium bodied and lushly textured. | ||
What You Should Know About Booze
What is single malt?
Single malt is so-called because the malt comes from a single distillery. It is a whisky refined by a single distillery, using malted barley as the only grain ingredient. Each distillery has its own distinct taste, flavour and style and single malts bear that. Some world-renowned single malts are Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenlivet, Glenkinchie and if you move into the rare varieties, PortEllen, Dalmore, Glenfarclas, IsleofJura, Knocdhu, Lagavulin,Laphroig, Macallan, Oban,Taliskar, Cragganmore. Enjoying a single malt is a connoisseur’s job and you have to learn to be one. A single grain, as distinct from a single malt, is a grain whisky made at one distillery, while the single malt is made with barley.
What is Blended Whisky?
Blended whisky is a mixture of single malt whisky and ethanol derived from grains. Developed for those who could not stomach the strong taste of whisky, it is a combination of malt and grain whiskies. First distilled and bottled by Andrew Usher in Edinburgh in the early 1860s, it turned out to be softer, lighter and more palatable.
The character of the whisky is determined not only by the proportions of malt and grain whisky, but also by the ages of the individual whiskies and the manner in which they are combined to bring out the finest qualities in each other. Most whisky drunk across the world is blended whisky. Famous Grouse, Bells, Teacher’s, Whyte & Mackay and Johnnie Walker are a few that are well-known.
Wine Pairing with Chinese Dishes
There is an interest episode on wine pairing with Chinese food recently aired in the Fairchild TV. Click the image to view the programme.
中菜配葡萄酒
An informative and interesting persentation on wine and its paring with Chinese food (at 2010 WYKAAO Spring Banquet) by John Kan
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Prostate tests may cause more harm than good?
Q: I’ve just read this article titled ‘Prostate tests may cause more harm than good’. What’s your opinion on this? Thanks.
A: Good question.
To test or not to test, it is up to the patient to decide. If a male patient wants PSA , digital rectal exam, transrectal ultrasound or a prastate biopsy(if the first 3 are abnormal), any normal professional doctor would comply with an added caveat that no lab test or tests is/are 100% accurate.
Dr Neil Fleshner’s opinion is that of the current Canadian MD thinking:
“Canadians physicians know screening for prostate cancer saves lives, he said. The preferred approach in Canada is to find the cancer but not necessarily treat it, an approach called “active surveillance,”
It is the treatment like radical prostatectomy, orchidectomy (surgical castration), or estrogen therapy (chemical castration) which can do more harm than good.
If the doctor explains the test results and options to the patient well, it is highly unlikely that the patient would be harmed.
As the saying goes: “Ignorance is the worst cardinal sin!”
Here is additional reading for those who might be interested:
,The Johns Hopkins Prostate Bulletin through
www.johnshopkinshealthalerts.com . As well search under “Prostate”
or Stay Active to Reduce Your Risk of Prostate Cancer in the same Johns Hopkins’ website.