la Saint-Sylvestre

Uncle and aunt who live in Toronto have come back to Hong Kong for vacation. They haven't come back for 19 years! The last time I saw them was in Toronto in 1999. I didn't realise they have moved there for such long time!! We all family and relatives gathered at one cousin's home and had barbarcued dinner. Barbecue for me again!! Isn't it too much for this month? LOL But anyway we all had good time!!

I got a flash, tripod and 2 black & white films!! Yay!! I got everything I need now, I think I really should use my SLR Camera!! Do I look more like a professional photographer? :D

NETWORK GOT FIXED

I have been a bit annoyed that I couldn't access internet. I know the earthquake in Taiwan broke 6 undersea cables and I was patient enough to wait for the recovery. But what made me feel annoyed is I could browse local websites at work, my freinds could access internet at home but I couldn't do anything at my home PC! PCCW sent a technican to fix the problem this afternoon. He changed a new modem and the landline plug. I have no idea why the earthquake can affect my modem. Anyway it works so well now and I'm quite appreciated with their service this time. But I think I should consider to keep using Netivagtor or not. Seems I-Cable and HK broadband are better eventho they are cheaper.

COMPENSATION LEAVE, BBQ

++ View from the barbecue site ++

Got compensation leave today coz last Saturday I had to work. I went barbecue with colleagues at Pak Tam Chung. My Korean colleague prepared many Korean salad, beef, pork and chicken wings. She even bought Korean wine!! So great!! I love barbecue!! :P

FINISH WORK FOR 2006

Finally I've finished some reports and urgent stuff today. Tomorrow auditor will come so I can't wait to do my work after new year. But I can imagine how busy I will be after new year!!! This year really runs so fast!! I've worked here for a year already!!

After work I had dinner with colleagues at Fat Angelo, just wanna relax and celebrate for the year end. I feel like there is a clique at work, Japanese in group and we Hong Kongers and Korean in a group. Not really a clique but it's just sometimes we are like outsiders when those Japanese colleagues are talking something about the company stuff. Anyway I'm not going to invlove into anything, I just wanna work well.

JUNK

Walked along Tsim Sha Tsui and then saw a junk at Victoria Harbour. I have never seen a junk so close to me and it looks great!! I didn't bring my digital camera with me so I could only take pics with my mobile. I really wanted to get on the junk... it must be fun!

BOXING DAY

Got a gift from my friend on 24th, finally I manage to open it today. Heheee It's a nice wrist rest!! I will use it at work!! Thank you!! Luckily I didn't open it that day :D I can imagine how you all look like if I opened it in front of you guys!! LOL Anyway I like it a lot!!

Joyeux Noël

Merry Christmas!! Yay! I bought a lots of things for myself today!! Some clothes, a coat, earring, and a watch for my Christmas present LOL Oh I'm bankrupt now LOL I didn't mean to buy a watch but I couldn't resist when I saw it :P

Dinner at Han Ah Rum Korean Restaurant, it was great. We ordered too much food and we all were so full!! We had barbecued beef, pork, Korean damplings, Korea Sushi, a spicy hotpot and a beef hotpot!! This spicy hotpot wasn't too spicy but it looked terribly hot lol It's nice tho. I think I should stop eating so much now lol Recently I have been eaten a lot!! That's enough LOL

la veille de Noël

Finally it's Christmas Eve!! I have been waiting for my Christmas holiday for a long time!! I thought I could have a nice long sleep until noon since I have been lack of sleep but I was waken by a phone call from post office in the early morning!! The postman called to make sure if I was home and he wanted to deliver me something. I thought it was a Christmas gift from someone, but it's only something that I ordered from the internet a week ago. I thought it would arrive in January!! So efficient that it arrives before X'mas!!

At night I had Christmas dinner with friends at Shooter! Not too expensive, I liked the soup and the ribs!! It wasn't expensive. And we ate a lot!! It would be better if the restaurant has better X'mas atmosphere :P

After dinner, we went to the Peak. It was soooo cold!! But the sky was clear and I could see the nice beautiful night view of Hong Kong!! Wow!! I didn't know the nightview could be so impressive!!

PARTY NITE, WORN OUT

What a tiring day!! I'm worn out!! Last night I went for party until 3am and then today I still had to work! I only had 2 hour sleep! I hate working on Saturday!! Althought I will have compensation leave on the coming Friday, there is no meaning. My head is so hurt coz I drank too much and I didn't get enough sleep. I shouldn't have drunk so much lol Well at least I can come home by myself lol

My company doesn't have any Christmas party, I think Japanese really don't really care about Christmas. But suprisingly we all have some gifts from company. What gifts? Those cosmestic samples from suppliers, damaged, defected and returned goods from customers! Oh my god! Some products are expired, I don't think I will use it. My company is so stingy lol Or my company is so "generous" to give these gifts for us.

AN EARLY X'MAS PRESENT

I got an early X'mas Present! A very nice calendar!! Thank you so much!! I like it a lot! I forgot I should wait to open it in Boxing day :P I'm too impatient lol It's really good to have a new calendar, the calendar on my wall now is still Michael Owen Calender 2005 :D Looking at this new calendar make me want to go travel. I think I really need to make a travel plan soon...

SORABOL + AZABUSABO

Dinner at Sorabol tonight! We had a luxuary set and it was great. Not really luxuary tho but someone said it was too expensive lol Oh well that's why we can only have luxuary dinner when he is not in lol After dinner it's our dessert time again! We went to Azabusabo to eat ice-cream. I'm quite annoyed with the service of this restaurant but I like the ice-cream. Yummy! :D

PO CHAI RICE

It's so cold today!! 12 degrees! I was reluctant to wake up this morning. It's like dragging myself out of bed LOL Becoz of that, I was late!! 9:01am!! Shit! Why the lifts always take so long to the upper floor? I think those people who are going lower floors should walk up the stairs LOL It's good for health! LOL Hopefully our office will move to 10/F soon! At least I can save 3-4mins! ;)

I really wanted to eat Casserole Rice (Po Chai Rice) today. It's too cold! Nothing is better that eating "Po Chai Rice" to keep yourself warm!! Murshoom chicken in Rice is really perfect match!! Yummy! (o^_^o) My rice cooker has a function to make casserole but I think it can't be compare with the tradition one!

PRISON BREAK SEASON 2

Finally I have finsiehd watching Prison Break Season 2. It took me long time to finish it! I have been too busy and I hardly managed time to watch it. I can't wait for the season 3!! It will be released on 22 January!! Still have a month to wait!! That's too long!!

THANKS GOD!!

I feel so relieved today!! Thanks god!! After checking in the hospital, the doctor said I'm all clear now!! I have worried for few days!! But I still need to be careful and I don't want to get infected again. Nothing is better than health!!!

Afterward, I had hair trim at Hair Peace. I just walked in and I didn't make appointment with any hair stylist. This hair stylist suggested to do straight perm but I didn't have much time. And then he said curly hair suited me. Straight or perm? Sounds like he wanted me to pay more for doing more things on my hair but not only a hair trim.

Then shopping around at TST but I couldn't get what I want. Someone had crazy shopping but I only bought a scarf!! Not really satisfied but better than nothing :P

DINNER WITH SUPPLIER

Dinner with a supplier tonight. We usually talk on phone and make orders but it is our first time to meet. Actually we were not coming out for talking about business. It's not convenient to talk about non business stuff at work. But then it turned out mainly talking about our works and colleagues. Too much things to complain lol But we ate quite a lot, 2 people but had 4 dishes!! Isn't it too much? Hehee :P

EXPECTATION

people tend to like hearing something good eventhough deep in their heart, they are sure that things are not going like what they expected. I did expect something but it's not what I can control. So when I knew that, I felt a bit upset. It's not easy to get it out of my mind. It happend before, I still remember that night, my reaction, my feelings. It was just like tasting a dark chocolate. That's why I only like white chocolate. I don't like the bitter taste. C'est la vie?

BOWLING, BAD SCORE!!

I hardly concentrated on work today. May be I've got that Monday morning feeling. Or may be becoz of the dream last night. Or may be something which is stuck on my mind. Yes I really should set a goal, but I still don't know. I don't have a clear mind and a future goal like someone. Experiment? Hmmm I'm still finding out the answer. It's not easy.

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I played bowling with colleagues tonight. Well... comparing with last time, my score is bad!! Why is like that? I can't believe!!

MY DESIRE?

What is my desire now? Only one thing coming up on my mind. I don't want to consider too much but I have to!! Sometimes not everything is under your control. No matter how much you want to do or get something, if it doesn't suit you or it doesn't belong to you, you can only let it go and act like you don't care. It's hard and you may regret but at least nothing will get involve in it.

Someone told me, if you want to make it in this world, you have to know what you are worth and what you are capable of doing. Relying on others is not a good strategy towards advancing in life. What a positive thinking! So I should pay effort to get something I want!! But is it possible?

BBQ at SAI KUNG

Chilling out with friends at Sai Kung today. We had afternoon tea at Jaspas and we had some delicious dessert. They looked good but a bit sweet. It would be better if they added less sugar.

After tea we took some graduation pics for my friend, she has just graduated and she had her gown so we had some fun together. I found my new camera is very functional and powerful! So great!! :D

Then we barbecued at Sai Kung Flea Market. The food was ok, not too many choice but at least there was grill and we were no need to set the fire by ourselves. For me, I still prefer the traditional BBQ, we buy the food from supermarket, look for the barbecue site and set the fire by ourselve, it is more fun!

Cross dat bridge when I come to it

Whenever I don't know how to settle a problem, what I can do is to neglect it. It seems like I will not worry about a possible problem but will deal with it if it happens. But actually I feel sick of facing the problem. I hate I'm not tough enough to deal with knotty stuff. Am I too easy to be led by the nose? May be I'm a good actor that I can deceive everyone but sadly I can't deceive myself. How can I get rid of troubles?

BUSY SUNDAY, NOTHING GOOD

I overslept!! Luckily I still arrived the Convention Centre on time to take the Japanese proficiency test. I couldn't concentrate on the test coz I was too sleepy and I got headache. I kept yawning and I almost fell asleep!! Anyway I don't have any expectation on it. I know I can't pass, unless I was so lucky to choose 70% right answers! Why the passing mark is 70% not 60%? So difficult to get pass!! Haste makes waste?

After test, I rushed back to office coz I had lots thing that I didn't finish on Friday. I didn't want to go back but I had no choice. Hopefully the new staff will come, I feel like I can't bear soon.

Dinner with family at Cafe Lagoon. Actually we have booked Dan Tai Fung but someone suddenly changed his mind!! It's strange that Dad only likes Chinese food but suddenly he chose to eat steak! I think the only reason is he doesn't want to wait for the table. If he really wants to eat steak, I wouldn't choose there. What da suck!! I ordered medium rare steak but it was like well-done!! The steak was bad, like chewing gum!! The foie gras was bitter and it didn't taste like foie gras. The waiters weren't well-trainned and I was annoyed with the poor service. Overall this restaurant is crap!! I will never go there again!! Wasting my money!!

CURRY FAVOUR

So BUSY today!!! Suddenly I had to meet the client and had meeting! Why didn't let me know earlier!! I hate to be informed so late. My manager acted a bit strange today... I wanted to work as long as I have finished some urgent stuff but then suddenly she suggested to have dinner with the assistant manager after 8pm. It makes me feel like she wants to curry favour with someone (obviously not me!!). I know she feels threatened since the assisant manager has joined this company. She lacks leadership and ability, no wonder why she has to do that.

3 DAYS?! ONLY 1!!

Soon it will be Sunday!! A terrible day!! I shouldn't have rushed headfirst into taking the Japanese proficiency test. I knew I wouldn't have time to study and someone has asked me not to do so many things at once but I still persisted to apply for the test. Kinda pigheaded? Sigh... I don't feel like taking the test coz I have never studied! Few months ago I thought I still have time to study and now I have 3 days left. Obviously I can only arrange to study on Saturday. Is there any miracle?

PRISION BREAK

Finally I got chance to watch PRISION BREAK!! What a great drama!! So cool and exciting!! This shows really got me hooked... Good story and amazing actors!! Wentworth Miller really played out the part!! He is sooo Sexy LOL :D I like his eyes!!

SICK OF WORKING OVERTIME

I hate to work overtime alone. Especially Friday! Why me? What a shit day. Why I have to help those fools to fix the problem? It's not my business. I'm sick of it!! Someone always shift the blame to others but why doesn't she think about it's her problem? Things won't progress if someone always think she is right.

THE BEST BD EVER

Awwww What a surprise!! \(^o^)/ A bouquet of roses for my Birthday! How sweet it is! :) Thank you very much!!! Nothing is more special than this! I'm sooooo HAPPY! And also thanks to all my caring friends who sent me presents, birthday card, e-mails, e-cards and text messages! Love you all! ;)

CPK! I'm loving it :D

Dinner at CPK again :D Thanks for celebrating my birthday there! I like the food a lot! I like the Sicilian Pizza and the Marsala Marinara! Yummy~ Italian food is my favourite! May be I should have learned Italian not French LOL

Sigh... goodbye 25, tomorrow I will be 26!! What a sad thing LOL 26 is so old!! Time runs too fast when I'm 20 something! Especially this year!! Too bad... From now on, I should forget how old I am LOL So please don't ask me LOL

MY EARLY BIRTHDAY PRESENT

Merci Beaucoup! I have been thinking to buy a new wallet and I got it now! Yay! \(^o^)/ Just think about what you want for your birthday next year! I'll try to fulfill you! LOL

BUFFET DINNER @MARCO POLO

Buffet dinner at Marco Polo Hong Kong Hotel. The environment and the food were good! There were quite a lot of food such as salad, curry, seafood, sashimi, sushi, Chinese food, beef, rice, dessert... The oysters and sashimi were fresh! I like the dessert too! Especially this strewberry blancmange! I think dessert is the most part for the buffet! ;)

++ cheese cake & blue berry tart ++

KNOTTY QUESTION

I really want to pretend I'm stupid or something so I can get rid of it :P I'm not good at come up against complicated things especially something I hardly avoid. I only want simple stuff so please don't drop me knotty questions. May be I should say firmly that I don't want to get involve in it. I always think "YES" or "No" question is easy to answer but it's a two-way thing so if someone is stubborn, I really can't help...

SE THEME

This is my 1st made theme for my Sony Ericsson mobile! I am a Genius! Heheheee :D Special thanks for the models of Burberry! Hahahaha :D

CANON IXUS 850IS

Yay I bought a ditigal camera finally!! I have been hestitating and waiting for too long! I really want to buy a SLR digital camera but I think compact camera is more suitable for me. The price of this camera is reasonable and the fuction is powerful! Thanks for my friend that recommending me to buy it in a shop in Central. It's a bit cheaper than Broadway and Fortress.

I had a test pic of the clock tower at Central star ferry pier. What a pity the pier and the clock tower is going to be knock down for reclamation plans. Today is the last day of for the pier. The new one is near by IFC and I think it's quite far away. It's shame to see the it go.

Oh I was a bit silly that before I thought the clock tower at Tsim Sha Tsui would be knock down. When I was at the Central star ferry pier this afternoon, I saw so many people taking pics and then I knew it wasn't the TST clock tower LOL Silly me LOL

++ test pic of clock tower by canon 850is ++

How easily do you get bored?

"It depends on what you are doing. If you have great interest on the subject you are likely not to get bored, but if you hate it you will probably get bored fast and find something else to do. I suggest for you that you just keep doing things you like and you will have a very low chance of getting bored."

What can I say? Oh yeah BINGO?! Well... isn't it cool? I am what I am ;)

JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

I think I really can't judge a book by its cover. I usually jump to a conclusion and assume someone or something is like what they look like. I can't know by looking only at their appearance. But I usually feel extra surprised when thing is out of my expectation. Kinda silly, huh?

SICK AGAIN

I am so sick again. Today I went to see the Chinese doctor. I should have seen the doctor earlier but I was too busy. I don't like Chinese herbal medicine coz it's very bitter. Also I don't really trust Chinese medicine. The doctor said I got tracheitis! He said drinking milk can cause sputum! Oh I didn't know and I drink a glass of milk a day! It's hard to get rid of the illness!

DEATH NOTE

Watching DEATH NOTE 2 tonight. It wasn't as good as the 1st one. It was a little bit long-winded and they should have cut those scenes. Overall it was was okay and the ending was unexpected. I wonder the story is same with the original comic or not. I'm going to download the comics and read it when I have time.

HIKING, DYING

I felt so sick today! I haven't recovered from my sickness yet. We planned to hike from Tsuen Wan to Yuen Long but becoz I was too sick, we just hiked around the hill at Tsuen Wan. I didn't feel wrong before hiking, but when I walked up to the hill and stairs, I was so sick. I felt like vomitting and I had difficult on breathing. It's really strange coz I had never felt that before when I went hiking. Today I had to keep stopping, resting and then walking again. The route wasn't rough but I felt like ages after finishing. I'm really worn out! Thanks god I can come home safety....

SONY ERICSSON W850I

I bought a new mobile today! I didn't think I would buy a SONY ERICSSON coz I heard it is quite fragile and not easy friendly. I wanted to buy Sharp SX633 Black Opal since Smartone is on promotion but finally I decided to buy W850i! I like the stylish looking! Slider phone looks cool! Other functions like walkman, FM Stereo Radio, and Bluetooth are not very important for me coz I have iPod already. My colleague said it was kinda waste to buy this fuctional phone if I don't use all the fuction. Oh well... I bought it only becoz the look! :P

P.S. Now I can use mp3 ringtones and I can set my favourite theme!!

THE PRESTIGE

Watching "THE PRESTIGE" tonight. I thought it was a thriller when I read the ad in the newspaper. This film is a tale of obsession and competition between two magicians. Not much tension and no suspense. But the ending was unpredictable! I couldn't figure what happened till the end of the movie. It was quite good but I was really hoping for some magic.

WELCOME HOME! L-CA!!

I got my L-CA back!! Oh yeh!! I have been waiting for a long time!! I should have taken it back last week but I was too busy. Lomo Office is really far away and I don't want to go there anymore! I lost the way again! It's worth to pay $350 to fix the camera and I have 3 months warranty start from today. I have to be careful and not to drop my camera on the floor anymore.

HALF DAY OFF

Really don't want to go to work today!! I'm still so sick and I'm tired. But I had somethings to do in the morning so I had to go back to work. I don't want to ask my colleagues to do it for me. I trust myself more :P After a busy morning, I decided to go back home in the afternoon. Thanks for my manager that allowing me going home. But I only took 2 hours nap and then had to wake up and attend the French lesson. Oh I didn't feel like going to school but I knew if I missed a lesson, I would miss many things!! What a hard working student I am!! :D I proved that it was right to attend the lesson!!

I GOT FLU

I have been feeling not well for few days, finally I went to see the doctor after work. I got flu! Not serious though, it's just my throat doesn't feel well and I got sputum, aching back, nausea... The doctor didn't look friendly, his face was black and seems this job is routine and boring for him. I think I saw him not more than 3 mins! How can a doctor diagnose a patience accurately in such short time? I understand why doctors earn so much now! 3 mins for a patience, so if he works 8 hours a day, that means he can diagnose for more than 100 patiences in a day!!

STANLEY + CWB + MK

I'm so tired today! I didn't want to wake up in the morning but I had to show my friend around Stanley Market and then went to Causeway Bay and Mongkok. Stanley Market is always a place for tourist, I don't think I can buy anything there. I don't like to go to Causeway Bay and Mongkok during weekends coz it's extremely crowded!

Nothing much to do, just walked and walked... kinda boring...

ENGLISH vs AMERICAN

My friends have English and American friend that visit Hong Kong, so we went out for dinner and had a drink at LKF. We had Shanghai food and these two western guys liked a lot. It's funny that they both spoke same language but their accents were so different. And they are kind of typical English and American!! The English guy was quite reserved and the American guy was very funny and was open to talk everything and make us laugh. I wonder how can they go travel for few months! They don't need money to survive?

Oh I really can't wait to go travel! Life is boring here and I need to breath some fresh air and get some rest! When will be my next vacation?

COMMENT ALLAZ-VOUS!!

Had my 2nd French lesson. I learned some more greeting phrases. When the teacher taught us "Comment allaz-vous", it reminded me of Steven Chow Shing Chi's moive "God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai". "Comment allaz-vous" is his French name and he won the French Gold of Gambler finally LOL Oh yeh let's hit the tiger tonight LOL :D

BLANK LOOK

I always believe Sunday is a resting day. Especailly a tiring Sunday. God created the world in six days, and the 7th day, God rested and sanctified the day! Why can't I rest at home today? I was reluctant to go out and waste my time. It annoyed me! I really couldn't put on my happy face mask, there was only blank look on my face. At lease I didn't act like I feel annoyed.

Dinner at CKF, I had no appetite and I only ate a little. The new "Milan" pizza was quite good. I liked the cream sauce linguini too! Next time I should go there and eat again when I'm in happy mood.

1ST FRENCH LESSON

My 1st French lesson at Alliance Francaise! Surprising my teacher is a young French woman, I thought it would be a handsome French lad LOL No I thought it would be a mature French fat woman LOL The class was quite interesting, I learned some some simple phrases like "Ca va?" "Comment tu t'appelles?" "Je m'apelle...", les nombres and les lettres. I didn't expect it would teach pharses and numbers before learning alphabets! The teaching sequence is quite different. I tried hard to memorise the pronouncation from 1-19 and A-Z. I doubt I can remember all those stuffs until the next lesson!

++my french text book and exercise++

TENNIS + BBQ + DVD

What a sunny Day! I played tennis today. I haven't played since I left institute! Playing an hour tennis felt like much longer than playing squash! It was really energy consuming and it was too hot to play under the sun. After that I went to my colleague's home to have a barbecue and watch DVD. I found myself like playing with dogs more than children. Or may be my colleague's son isn't adorable enough :P Naughty boy is a big headache!


This DVD was quite good. It's background is at around 60's of Tokyo and it's kinda warm family story. Quite funny and touching. The NorthEast Japanese accent is funny!!

THE DEPARTED

This film was quite disappointing!! I knew as a remade film, it wouldn't be as good as the original one! But how can it be like that? The cast are good with the almost same storyline but the tension wasn't as much as Infernal Affair! Lots of profanity, violence, and blood and the American humours is overacting! ! Obvisouly some scenes are made for appericating the American market. Why hollywood always use Chinese actor who doesn't really speak Chinese?

I'm surprised at all the "A" ratings it is receiving from American critics. Many of the brilliant details of the original are gone, especially its complete omission of the plot of Morse code. Leonardo's acting was fine but Matt Damon wasn't really good. The music was bad too. Martin Scoresese wastes a good story!

HOTPOT @ YAU GWAT HEI

Had hotpot with friends at YauGwatHei tonight. The internior design and the enviornment was very weird inside the restaurant. It's not like traditional hotpot restaurant, there was live band show, dim light and it looks like western restaurant for people to have candle night dinner. So strange!! The light wasn't bright enough for me to see if the meat is well done or not! I think I ate some rare food :P The quality of the beef was bad, the other things were ok. So far this restaurant is not too bad but not so good.

HAIRY CRAB

Autumn, a season for eating hairy crab! ;) Yeah I like it! Yummy~

TIRING FRIDAY

Dinner at Fung Yeun Korean Restaurant. It's a very local Korean Restaurant, the beef was so delicious. But overall I like Golden Sorabol Korean Restaurant more becoz the envoirment is better. After dinner we wanted to play bowling but the bowling alleys in Whampoa and Olympian City were full. We then went for Karaoke again. I was too tired and I almost fell asleep at karaoke :P I planned to join my other group of friends to have a drink but it was better to head to home and have a long sleep! ;)

EXHAUSTED

Playing squash after work. I'm exhausted. I have been so busy at work and it tires me out. It seems like I can never finish my work. It's good that the manager appreciates my performance but on the other hand if she doesn't like to trust others, it will be a burden for me!! Hopefully I will get my rewards at the end of the year ;)

The monitor hasn't worked for few days. Finally bought a Philips 15 inches monitor. Many friends suggested me to buy a 19 inches monitor coz it's cheap and big LOL I don't think I need such a big monitor coz I don't watch movie or play computer games on PC. 17 inches monitor is ok but what a pity that my computer desk only have enough space for 15 inches monitor!! I had no choice...

THE LAKE HOUSE

Watching The Lake House today. A very sweet and sincere love story. It was touching! I am not a romantic movie kind of person but I really like it! Keanu Reeves is very suitable to star this kind of movie. His last romance movie that I watched was Sweet November and he acted so well too. Thumbs up!!

BOAT TRIP 2

++ Heading to Gwai Po Wan ++

Went for boat trip at Gwai Po Wan again! We planned to go to Long Kei but it was too windy so we went to Gwai Po Wan instead. The weather was cool and bad today. It was cloudy and shower sometimes. I didn't swim coz it was too cold. I only played with the dogs at the beach.

Afternoon we went to Salt Farm to have a walk. It's my first time to go hiking with beach slippers! LOL

++ dogs running at the beach ++

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE

I have been busy at work but finally I decide to learn french. I went to Alliance Francaise and apply the beginner course. The 8pm class is full so I had no choice to apply the 6.30pm class. I didn't expect it would be full! How come so many people learn French? Although it's the most popular European language in Hong Kong, comparing with English and Japanese course, the classes shouldn't be so full. Hopefully I can attend the class on time!

FACE CHANGING

Emotional intelligence is a person's ability to understand their own emotions and to act appropriately using these emotions. What the hack is that some people can't control their emotions? Their tempers are more changeable than the weather!! May be they should join the Sichuan opera to perform their "face changing" (mask switching)!! I bet they can be the best of mask switching!!

EARTHQUAKE

An earthquake shaked Hong Kong! It has ony lasted for few seconds but I could feel the shake. It wasn't a serious earthquake, only 3.5 on the Richter scale and nothing got destroyed. Hong Kong isn't in the quake zone but in my life it happened twice. The last earthquake was me still a student, I was in the classroom and I thought my classmate who sat next to me shaking my chair LOL Seems everything is possible now so when would Hong Kong snow? :P

LOMO OFFICE

Took my L-CA to repair after work and I had to rush to there before Lomo office is closed. I'm not good at reading map! How come I lost my way even I had a map in hand? :P No it's not my fault, it's too far away and I'm not familiar with the streets in Sheungwan! Also the map isn't clear enough LOL Oh it needs 4 weeks to check and repair the L-CA, hopefully it can be fixed. Shutter stuck isn't a big problem, is it?

BB + MIKI + KABU'S BD

++ birthday cake for doggies, look so nice ++

Joined BB + Miki + Kabu's birthday party at Hong Kong Dog Park. I haven't seen BB and Miki for a long time! It's my first time to see Kabu and it's not as big as I thought. English and American cocker Spaniels are so different! I wish I could have a dog but I know I can never be a good master. It's ok for me to play with dogs but I don't like to clean up shit LOL

++ doggies swim in the pool ++

RAINY DAY BUT NEED TO GO OUT

I was waken up in the early morning and then rush to Sheraton to take my Korean colleagues to shop around comestic goods and take a look at Tsim Sha Tsui. It was cloudy when I went out but then when I arrived TST it rained cats and dogs! I didn't bring umbrella and I had to buy one. I really wanted to go back home but I couldn't.

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There was nothing good to visit, we just shopped around Mirama shopping mall and Harbour city. Quite uninteresting for me coz only window shopping. Dinner at Kyozaka, they wanted to try traditional food so it's the best choice. I like the menu on the wall and it's so Japanese styled.

SENSHURAKU + DOUGHNUT

Dinner at Senshuraku Japanese dining. The environment was good and I like this salmon sea urchin sushi. The other food like barbecued beef and fried rice were quite good. But the service was bad. So far Mr.Picky hasn't complained much and seem he was quite appreciated. We all felt relieved LOL

After dinner we had doughnut at Krispy Kreme, I know this doughnut store is quite popular in overseas, it has just opened in Hong Kong and I'm surprised so many people like doughuts. Anyway I guess it's just a only a passing fad. I tried the original glazd and it was quite good. If it wasn't so sweet, I think I would like it more.

HONG KONG MEN

I heard many Japanese and Korean women said Hong Kong men are very decent and nice that like gentlemen. I don't really agree until I have known more Japanese and Korean people. Male chauvinism is normal in Japanese and Korean society. Women have to please and serve men. I was surprised to know Japanese and Korean women are impressed by Hong Kong men for doing little things like opening the door, pouring tea, cooking food... I don't mean men should do that but I don't think it's so special for men to do that unless he is doing from his heart. Different culture makes things difference. I understand why someone can find a Japanese girlfriend easily lol

GOODBYE / airsupply

2 Korean colleagues has come to our office from Korea today. They don't really look like Korean. They look more like Japanese and Chinese. I don't contact with these 2 Korean colleagues much and I didn't expect to have dinner with them at night. I was so tried and I wanted to go home as quick as I can. We had dinner at JIN LUO BAO, it's quite boring to talk about business at dinner and I was a bit fed up with it.

After dinner we went to Korean karaoke box, it was quite entertaining but there were no new Cantonese/Mandarin songs. I found an English old songs "Goodbye" which sang by Air supply and I like it! I heard it long time before but this song didn't impress me. But now I think it's good.

you would never ask me why

my heart is so disguised

i just can't live a lie anymore

i would rather hurt myself

than to ever make you cry

there's nothing left to say but good-bye

SHING MUN RESERVOIR

Hiking at Shing Mun Reservoir today. I haven't hiked for a long time! It's good to choose this place, so easy to hike! But the weather wasn't good, it was cloudy, humid and hot. I didn't know there are moneys and those moneys are so clever! They can recognise plastic bags and they know people bring food with plastic bags. They rob people's food! That's scary.

After hiking, we cooked food coz my friends took the cookset and it was really fun to cook simple food like noodles and fish balls. The food was simple but delicious coz after few hours hiking, we all were so hungry. We suggested to cook rice and chicken wings and cured sausages next time!

CARELESS

Oh I broke my L-CA camera :( How careless I was! I have to take it to the Lomo Office to fix it :( The rewinder doesn't work!! Hopefully it can be fixed. The digital camera also doesn't work, I need to buy a new one. What happen on my cameras? (T-T)

KATIGA

After a long tiring working day, I had dinner with colleagues at Katiga. I haven't been there for a long time. There is not as popular as before. Suprisingly the restaurant wasn't full during dinner time. We ordered crab congee, Sushi set, garlic beef and fried chicken softbone. I like crab congee but the suishi wasn't really fresh. I understand why not many people eat there now. I bet Leon Lai haven't been there for a long time lol