"Hell Bank Note" anyone? So you're gonna need money in the afterlife right? This is the chinese currency of the dead. They even got "Yu Huang Da Di", who is like Zeus in chinese mythology, to be the President of Hell Bank. "Yan Wang", ruler of the underworld, is the General Manager. You can't find a better team anywhere. :-O Besides money, the chinese people also make miniature houses, cars, servants, maids, and other luxury items out of paper and send them to their dead loves ones by burning these items at the grave site. My grandpa got a nice mansion, a Ferrari, a couple of servants, a Rolex, and a top of the line cell phone this year. I'm a little worry, however, because we didn't send him any instruction manual... 

Sugarcane

It's been years since the last time I chew on a sugarcane. Mom brought some home from work today. It turns out that her boss planted some in her backyard. Boy, it really brought back some memories. I can still recall chewing 0n sugarcane in movies back in Hong Kong. No wonder the movies theaters had sticky floor, yuck! Mom and dad had fun re-living their dating days by bitting on them. I had even more fun to see them complaining their teeth and jaws hurt. :-)