DINNER AT WATAMI

I have been so busy with work these days because of the end of the month. I heard a shock news today and I can feel the change of the atmosphere at work. Anyway it's none of my business and I better not to get involve in it. I won't make any comment and personal ideas again. Misunderstanding can be a weapon to ruin everything!

Dinner at Watami but it's only my 2nd or 3rd times eating there. The food in Watami doesn't impress me much. They don't have many special menu or food. I don't understand why so many people like this restaurant. It's not really bad but it can never be my 1st chioce.

FRANCE 3 SPAIN 1

Spain lost the game!! How come? I thought at least Spain would win 2-0!! Those Spanish lads can't win the French old boys? This game is so unpredictable! Zidane is France's luck charm and France won by experience. I don't think there is gulf between these two teams. France will face Brazil for the next game, but can France win Brazil like what they did in World Cup 98?

OFFICE POLITICS

What is Office Politics?

1. Social alliances form between colleagues of similar interests, and they may team up against other perceived competitors.
2. Personal factors may divide the groups, often including age, gender or qualifications
3. Competition for favour between two executives striving for the top

When you are so busy at work and you try to concentrate on it, usually there are other problems for you to grappling with. It may not a real problem of your work, but you have to find way to fit the culture of your office. If you are too straighforward, you may be thought as critical. If you get too close to your boss, you may be thought as a flatterer. It's so hard to gain the balance and not involving into troubles!

ENGLAND 1 ECUADOR 0

Oh Yeah!! England goes to Quarter-finals!! :) Ashley Cole saved England and the perfect unsavable free kick from Beckham lead England win over Ecuador. I think this new formation 4-5-1 is still not very good and England can only win from free kick. Lampard missed many chances, may be next game Eriksson can consider to leave Lampard on the bench?

The next game will be Portugal and Netherlands, it's too late for me to watch it. Let me guess, Portugal will win and they will face England in Quarter-finals. Oh well, it will be a hard game for England!

WC KNOCK OUT STAGE KO

World cup knock out stage kicks off!! The games will be much more interesting. Leaving aside England, I think Spain, Portugal and Argentia have chance to win the champion. But I don't like Argentia, I don't want them win :P Hopefully England can win Ecuador easily. But it won't be a easy game to play Portugal or Netherlands in Quarter-finals.

JOB OFFER

I'm quite content with my job now beoz of the good working hours and benifits. Although sometimes I have many things to do and I need to work overtime, it's still not too bad for me. My company is now expanding and seems the prospect is good. But today my cousin asked me whether I would like to change the job. I have been working for half year here and I just get used to my job now, I don't feel like changing job again so soon.

It's his friend's company who need a girl to work for something related to admin and account. I don't have any experience in admin and accout, also they require the candidate who can speak Mandarin and good proficiency of Japanese. I'm not interested in this field and I can only speak simple Mandarin, but the salary is 40% more than my current salary, it sounds really attractive!! May be I should go to have an interview to see how it is. Who don't work for money? I thought I wouldn't just work for money but the reality is you are the one who is chosen not you can choose!

ENGLAND 2 SWEDEN 2

Oh my god! :( Owen got bad knee injury and was taken away on a stretcher after playing for only a minute and more. I can't believe!! How unlucky he is!! Finally he could line up with Rooney in the front and had chance to prove to the world that he is one of the top striker but he twisted his right knee :( He can't play World Cup anymore and he is going back to England :( A sourse revealed that he suffered serious ligament damage and will not be able to play again until Christmas. How come? He got injured since last Christmas!!


What a pity England can't win Sweden!! But anyway it's not big different even they drew the game. It's good that the next game will play with Ecuador not Germany :) It won't be easy to win over the host. Joe Cole's and Steven Gerrard were amazing!! Obviously Crouch is the problem!! He can't fit in any of the strikers like Michael or Rooney. Most of the scores from England are shot by midfielders. Michael can't play now and Crouch is a shit, how can England win?

DINNER @ MI-NE SUSHI

Dinner with friend at Mi-Ne Sushi. I haven't been there for a long time coz there are always loads of people waiting for the tables outside and I don't have patience to wait. Today we waited for the table a little bit early than usual dinner time so we didn't need to wait for too long. The sushi are still as good as usual, yummy ;) I ate a lot and I was so full!! I got a little pot of violets from my friend!! I have been thinking to get violets for a long time and I like to have little plants at work. It makes everything look lively! I have no idea how to take care of a plant but seems violet is not difficult to plant. All I need is to water it sometimes. That's easy!! :)


I wanna finish the roll of my film, so we went to Victoria Park to take pics. There was kitty!! But it didn't like being photo taken so I couldn't get closer. I do think my Natura Black is a very good camera to take pics at night!!

FATHER'S DAY

Today is Father's Day. I had dinner with family at Cambo Thai Restaurant. I didn't want to eat Thai food coz I just had it last week. But dad likes this Thai Restaurant very much so we went there. We had shrimp sashimi, chicken, vegetable, curry beef and garlic bread. Overall the food wasn't very good and the service was really bad, I think because today is father's day and there are so many people waiting for the tables, so everything is under their usual standard. Anyway it's a way to please my dad coz I don't know what to buy for him.

There is a research about mid-age fathers who feel jealous with their wives and children coz their children tend to be closer to their mothers more than fathers. Surprisingly after watching the research, dad admitted he was also that kinda father. Sometimes I think it's difficult to communicate with dad, not I don't want to talk to him, it's just he is not open-minded. May be one day he can understand us more and he is willing to communicate with us.

DINNER AT SUSHI TEI

Dinner at TST Sushi Tei tonight. I still think the one on Tsim Sha Tsui is the best. Their sashimi and sushi are fresher and more delicious. We ordered too much food but we couldn't finish them :P After dinner we went to game centre to play for a while. I haven't been to game centre for many years so I only play those common games like driving and points hunt. I missed the football game of Argentina and I was surprised they got 6 scores! Luckily England isn't in the same group with Argentina this year!

ENGLAND 2 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 0

Why Owen was taken out again? :'( Darn!! Eriksson is so indecisive!! He is not deserved to be England Manager!! I don't think it's a right decision to substitute Michael and Joe Cole. It's ok to let Rooney playing for a while but not Crouch!! He should be the one who was replaced!! I wasn't happy to see Crouch scoring. He was only lucky!! What did he do? He did nothing and he is not contributive!! I only cheered for Steven Gerrard and he got a stunning score. I'm happy that England can definately go to round of 16 but can Owen play if Rooney has fully recovered? :(

MONEY MANAGEMENT

What would you do if you only have enough money to do one thing as per following?

1. Buy something to please yourself
2. Donation
3. Gambling
4. Investment
5. Save it up
6. Study and upgrade yourself
7. Travel

Do you see things in short-term or long-term? I know what I want to choose but I'm a greedy person :D I wish I could choose all :P

ENGLAND 1 PARAGUAY 0

Yeah! England won their first game!! :) They made a good start and pressured Paraguay to make an own goal, especially Beckham and Jole Cole did so well in this game. But I feel a little bit dissappointed that England didn't score. And what a pity Owen was taken out after 56 mins and I think he would play better if he could play all 90 mins. I don't like Crouch and I don't think he played well. I don't like Rooney too but I think he is much better than Crouch. Hopefully next game Rooney can partner Owen coz I feel annoyed to see Crouch on the pitch.

I like BLACK RAIN/ World Cup Opening

== I like BLACK RAIN ==

Thanks "Black Rain"!! I got half day off today!! How lucky that I could go back home in the noon! I thought when it is Black Rain, all the employees can leave but seems not many companies allow their staffs to leave. Staying in the safety place? Nowhere is more safety than my home :P

I'm in such happy mood that I got extra day off in the afternoon. It's really rare to see me happy in the rainy days :) I could have time to work on my travel pics and finally I've finished it!!

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== World Cup Opening ==

It's not surprising that Germany won over Costa Rica. They are strong enough to beat Costa Rica and they are host. How can they lose in the opening game? There are so many young players and they tend to more offensive now. But I don't think Germany has much chance to win the World Cup :P

Dinner @ Thai Restaurant

Meeting old friends tonight and had dinner at a Thai restaurant (Mini Bangkok). It's just like usual, many people were waiting for the tables and we had to wait for nearly an hour. I haven't been there for a long time and this restaurant has been expanded. Overall it was great especially the curry fired crabs but I think other food wasn't as good as before.

It's good to meet old friends and talk about everything. Especially complaining about work and unhappy stuff and talk about funny things. I do agree that we can be ourself and talk openly to our friends. It's really tiring to act differently at work coz you have to please your boss and your colleagues.

I'm BACK!!

After a short vacation, I came back to Hong Kong finally! I'm still in holiday mood and I don't feel like going to work. It's just like I'm coming back to reality from my dream :( I miss everything in England!! When I was in England, I complained about the cold, changeable weather but when I come back, I hate the humid gloomy weather in Hong Kong!! The worse thing is the air-conditioner hasn't worked for few days!! How can I cope with this kind of weather?

The Last Day in ENGLAND

This is the last day that I stay in England. It's really sad that my holiday is going to be over! I wish my holiday was never ended. After lunch, I have to go to Leeds and take the train to Kings Cross and then take the underground to Heathrow. It's a long journey!! When I arrived Kings Cross, it was already 5.30pm and I thought I could arrive the Airport before 7pm. But unfortunately the underground didn't work on a station (can't remember which one), so I had to take the bus to another station and get back to the underground to the Airport. When I arrived airport it was nearly 8pm already! But my flight delayed until 11.10pm so it was ok. But the shops in the airport closed so early so I couldn't shop around.


I had great time in England so I feel bad to leave there. Hopefully I can go again soon. I would like to visit London again. Next time I want to visit Cambridge, Oxford, Lake District and Scotland. Who say England is boring? It's not boring for me!

The 7th Day in YORK

York is an historic city and when I stepped out from the York Station, I could see the stonegate and the old buildings. There were some gaurds marching to the war Memorial Gardens and many people took pics for them. Yotk Minster is in the centre of York and it is a gothic building and it looks so grand.

I had Ouse River cruise and it was so relaxing on the boat. The boat crew talked about the history and the builings of York but her voice was too flat and made me falling asleep on the boat. I was a little surprised to see so many ducks in the river.

Cliffords Tower is a symbol of York and you can see the fantastic panoramic views of York from the top. I didn't get on the top but the Tower really looks impressive. Then I walked around the medieval shops and they sells many traditional English snacks. I tried Fudge and it tasted good. I thought it would be too sweet for me but it was good.

Then I visited the York Dungeon, it's a theme of gory exhibits. Inside the Dungeon, there are Vampires, Gorvik, Torture Chamber, The Plague, Dunpowder Plot... It's not really scary but if you are a coward person, you may scream and scared by them suddenly.

The 6th Day in LIVERPOOL

Took 2 hours train to Liverpool, the 1st place that I visit was the Walker Art Gallery. There are many nice paintings and statutes in the Gallery and I like those classical paintings. I think it's a must go place in Liverpool if you like arts. Then I visited the World Museum and it was ok. There are 5 floors in World Museum, each floor has different exhibition like something about space, human, bugs, dinosaur, earth, aquarium... I think the aquarium was ok but the others didn't interest me much.


There are 5 cities in Liverpool City Regions and I only had time to visit Liverpool city. I walked near by the Rivier Mersey and visited the Albert Dock, shops and Tate Liverpool. I didn't really visit Tate Liverpool coz I got out straight away when I knew it was also Modern Art like Tate Modern.

It is so relaxing to have a walk near by the river especially if you are with someone special. I don't think I can have chance to enjoy walking along the river in Hong Kong.

China Town in Liverpool isn't very big and surprisingly I couldn't see any Chinese in the China Town. China Town was so quiet and it's so different with the China Town in Toronto and Sydney.

There are few Cathedrals in Liverpool and I only got time to visit Anglican Cathedral. It is the largest Anglican Cathedral in the world and one of the great buildings of the twentieth century. St.James Mount and Gardens is adjacent to the Cathedral and I had a walk in the Gardens. There is a quiet garden and you can relax there and do anything you want under the tree.

I tried Fish and Chips in Liverpool but it wasn't traditional Fish and Chips. I don't think it was good and I don't understand why it is the most famous dish in England. Fish and Chips are too greasy for me.

I like this city very much and also I like the football team Liverpool. What a pity I didn't have chance to visit Anfield coz it is too far away from the city.