Brussels-where mussels come with fries

This is the land where my dream of craving pralines came true..
The land of art of the Gastronomy.
Brussels, the land of chocolates and pralines..the capital of the bilingual Belgium..where French and Dutch are the major population here.




The unique heritage is expressed in lace and Belgian lace is well known for it's fine art..



Fries with variety of sauces that can't b found in other part of the world...



Belgian waffles (Gauffres)..it's the die heart must try !People swamps for it okay!
They bake the waffles with special iron that is only available there in Brussels where the waffles are crunchy-golden outside and fluffy inside...*drool*
they come with different toppings...the sugar coated Gauffres is special for the burnt sugary scent...ooolaa laaa..strawberries, choc, banana toppings..u name it, they serve it..







Did you know that this country produces 172,000 tons of chocolate per year?
The Belgian produce chocolate with their traditional way and the 1st praline was manufactured by the Belgians and that the idea of a little chocolate shell filled with delicious creams, ganaches, marzipan and other pralines is born.



some choc machine display i saw ...



The luxury chocolatier started selling fine chocolate in the 1880's before they gain fame through out the globe.Godiva, Neuhaus,Guylian..are not uncommon for you.





The Grandplaz



the Speculaas, the shortcrust biscuits in Belgium.Not cheap.They tell the story about St Nicholas..where the biscuits were stamp and tell stories.





One of the past time in Belgium is beer drinking and here Belgian breweries produce about 800 standard beers.
We came to the place where most beer were serve ...around 500 different kind of beers you can order here.










Some sinful things we did while visiting Belgium...





Last but not least..the Manneqen pis( the peeing little man)..


and the squatting little woman, T___T... just outside the bar we went

Pisces sailing 12 hours

For my entire life, i love the ocean. Christopher Columbus sailed across the seven seas, whose voyages led to the expeditions which created history to mankind.
Nothing great for me sailing just across the straits but it brought something called FUN. :P


quick stop before embarkment


Mum was intrigued over the little yatch


The hallway, where the star-studded carpet makes your day...lolx


Don't pay RM 150 and be Leonardo Dicaprio..


If your darling Rose has jumped..call this


Woke up 0600 in the morning just to capture this baby..

Trisomy 18

A retrospective entry.
Child was born on 14th March, boy, term but small for gestational age.Birthweight 2.11kg.
Clinically suggestive of Edward's syndrome,presenting with:
Trisomy hands
Low sets ears
Rockerbottom feet
small lower jaw
imperforated anus
heart murmurs

Baby was kept nil by mouth, solely on drip and it has to be monitored strictly as he doesn't have a patent anus for bowel output.So, we had to aspirate the stomach contents before it reached the large bowel.
So, he has to get surgery for the imperforated anus, but the question was, was he operable?



We sent his chromosomal study to Bertam and off we went to get an ECHO for his heart viability.
The father was along with us, the mother was not.SHE, was ill.





Well,i would say it was soulful moment for me, the father to meet the peadiatric cardiologist.
ECHO showed Pulmonary atresia, VSD and large PDA.



In view baby's condition(imperforated anus), heart pathology and his chromosomal quiry, such perplexing uncertainties were very much a torment..
As long as the ductus arteriosus remained open under prostaglandin, he could stil undergo colostomy surgery.As for the heart, Edward's syndrome is not viable for any cardiac intervention..

I could feel the air static, humming of the air-con and ticking of the wallclock..as Dr A was explaining the pathology of the heart and what outcome and prognosis would he foresee.. her eyes teared.And the small one was lying in the incubator, sleeping peacefully .

we left the clinic after 3 hours.Baby shall continue his drip and KIV for surgery..



Baby was not patient enough..he couldn't stand the stress, and amount of drip given to support him but yet lethally brutal..
Took his last breath at 7.25am the next morning.='(

Roaring CNY 2010

Here are some of the pictures i took with my newly handled DSLR skill.
All pictures were taken with Canon EOS 500D.
























Happy Chinese New Year!!