Double Happiness

"A double-decader defies death, dollars, and deportation." Hello and welcome. All I know about Iceland is itīs cold as hell, the people arenīt friendly, itīs really expensive, I wouldnīt fit in, the language is tougher than rocket science, and they ...

... with our bags (too much stuff, not enough space). Opted for the easy route of taking a taxi to our hotel - Beijing Double Happiness Courtyard  Hotel (www.hotel37.com) near DongSi subway station. Our hotel seems really central but is down a little ...

We are on our second night in Hoi An -- a World Heritage site for its French colonial architecture. Beyond this it has 2 big things going for it: the food, and the tailor shops who can make anything you want in a matter of a few hours. We have been ...

... my legs and looked up at me with a big smile and a beautiful twinkle in her eye.  I glanced over at her twin sister, Happiness, took a deep breath and remembered why I came.      NOTE TO FAMILY:  I later found out that everyone ...

... news, or even walk out my front door here I'm reminded of that... So what's the reason to be happy? Simply because: "Happiness is an inside job." The reason to be happy is because it's your decision to be so or not! So get on out there ...

... and just listened to the Dalai Lama’s voice. I couldn’t understand his speech, but I could sense his passion and happiness regardless.  At the end of his teachings, he once again exited the temple through the crowd. People reacted in ...

... what a government should represent. The founders of government felt that well-crafted government played a crucial role in human happiness. The Great Essentials of Government state that “The role of government is simple; government exists primarily ...

... wailing away to the accompaniment of a single Spanish guitar.  These guys are so intense and so into the music, their happiness is obvious, and incredibly infectious.  Soon we are all swaying along with their notes, some off-key and some ...

... ; After viewing pretty model things, we ate lunch nearby. Afterwards we returned to the Academy Gallery, and there was no queue. Happiness! So we entered saw even more religious art, and, of course, Michelangelo's David (the real one!) who has massive... ...

... dinner and meet Alexis - talk wow.....so fun.......meantime play with dogs each day Head to "little vegas" and party at double happiness.....good times with girls playing connect 4 and dice games drive home drunk, makely doing 100Km per hour, birnie ...

... dinner with almost the same set of menu (I really prefer Cantonese cooking from Schezuan), and tasted their beer called "Double Happiness." Surprisingly, the bottle label read "Packed and brewed by San Miguel Corporation." The Sorianos certainly know ...

... a good departure time, so I headed up to midtown.  When the bus arrived, I got confused because it was called "Double Happiness", so I almost didn't board, but it turns out that Eastern Travel and Double Happiness were the same thing.  Who ...

... John and I had chosen in China. Raphael added to this with Double Happiness paper cuts he made for us, Madonna added 2 huge Double Happiness lanterns brought from Suzhou. The day was truly a group effort. Before leaving for the wedding office, John and I ...

... bubble-shaped, glass and titanium wonder. Beijing has enrolled its taxi drivers for English lessons, and a nation that loves its "Double Happiness" cigarettes has started posting "No smoking" signs inside its 66,000 cabs to create a non-smoking ...

... the history linked to prosperity and the crane connected with longevity.)  In a few blocks we saw an inflated archway with a double happiness character on top – the sign of a wedding.  We’d seen a wedding procession earlier in the ...

... boys play in a bicycle truck parked at the entrance. They appear to be twins. The parents would be considered very lucky to have the double happiness of two boys and as a bonus they can dodge the fine for having more than one child. An older man is near ...

... the if not the largest cities in the world with 33 million people. Well, it means all of that; Chongqing means the city of "double happiness". The flight from Beijing was interesting to say the very least. We got to the airport in Xi'an and were quickly ...

... in the video. Train left Da Tong on time at 8.30am and was a "short" 6 hours to Beijing. Short taxi drive to Double Happiness Hotel passing the Forbidden Palace and amazed at how clean and organised Beijing looks in comparison to other places... We got a ...

... flavour, see the photos included. At the end we had a vegetable soup and I got 2 baby dumplings in mine. Apparently this means double happiness- she didn't give me a time scale however!   19:24 We went round muslim quarter and did some shopping. They ...

... relaxed and unpacked at home until mid afternoon when we all went down to the Red Lion and got the Ma (that scary Chinese spice), Double Happiness, Moa quote matches and dice out (most of my presents are still on a boat somewhere).  The Ma went down ...