just a little update... :D

i've been sooo busy lately with many random things, but basically they're all good things, such as doing more sports, more yoga, seeing more friends, seeing marcus more etc etc... :D

anyway... i've been having badminton fridays and i realise i'm no longer sore the following day! yay! haha.. this is a big improvement for me, as i used to have back pain, arm pain, leg pain etc. the days after i play badminton but it's all gone now~ even after badminton, then yoga, then full day of disney i am totally not sore ~ haha ::is proud::

this weekend, i also went to celebrate Marcus' 2 month birthday :D will upload photos later.. i tend to upload them on fb because i want my sis' and bro in law's friends to be able to see them too~ i don't think there's a more diligent aunt than me and i'm pretty sure i upload photos of him more often than most parents do of their own kids =_=;;;

I LOVE YOU!
he's turning into a lovely, beautiful boy and i'm super excited to see him every chance i've got!

his reaction towards different people:

micsis: stared at her for a LONG time, with brows furrowed and trying to "guess" who this person is XD
don: staring staring staring
kenny: brows knit together, and staring hard
bro: will move his hands/fists whenever my bro speaks haha...
so cute! i think he's amazed because he hasn't seen so many males before (lower voices?) and last few times they visited, marcus was either asleep or else his eyes weren't developed where he could see properly~

also went to disneyland with my friends over the weekend...
1. very very very hot
2. i'm glad we went when we had free tickets
3. glad we tried the disney dim sum (they look better in person, i swear haha)4. either i'm getting too old for roller coasters or space mountain really is dizzy-inducing.. =__= i was literally walking in circles after i got off the ride!!
5. i have a big infected bite on my foot... i actually took photos to show that i'm not exaggerating when i say i need to put insect repellent + repellent stickers on me wherever i go :(
for those who are ok, please click the link to see my foot (WARNING!!! Very gross!)

i finally went to see the dr yesterday because it grew so painful and swollen and my foot began to grow numb D:.. not only do i need to wash my foot once a day with their antiseptic wash, i have to put on antibiotic cream + take antibiotics =__= and i was just saying the other day how i no longer need to rely on western medicine as much!!!

onto other happier things, FT island's album was released TODAY, 25 August! YAY! it's a mini album which means only a few songs, but i love their new song "love love love" and the beautiful video for it... i adore the marionette + dark mood to the video... and hongki's voice is amazing as usual :heart: will attempt to buy their album after work today~ :D


(on another side, side note, hongki joined twitter as well! yay!!)

recently heard this lovely song by the japanese singer "Kokia" who has the most wonderful and beautiful new-age-ish songs... this particular song is from this anime we watched over the weekend, called "Gin-iro kami no Agito" (something to that effect)... and i loved the mood of it, and the MUSIC!
the below lyrics summarises how i feel.. :D

[あなたまるで木漏れ日のように
私に生きる希望くれた
幸せが笑った
記憶の中のぬくもり胸に
なによりも強い絆を感じているわ

私が私らしくいられるのは あなたがいるから

あなたを愛して生まれた歌を歌おう
私の愛の証に
信じてどこまでも届け私の思い
あなたが生きていることが真実]

thanks so much..


current mood: feeling very blessed!

PS: the tragedy in the philippines makes me so sad... to know that this normally happy situation (ie. vacation with family) suddenly turned into a nightmare.. and then the nightmare turned into a tragedy when it could have been avoided is just too sad.. i can't read related news anymore because i feel tears in my eyes just imagining what it was like at that moment. my prayers go out to the survivors, the family members and all people involved..

just to let you know....

i read this blog entry one day, about how for every 100-200 people that love you and adore you, there will always be someone who will dislike you for any specific or non-specific reason... and i really agree with that so much...

i think we sometimes waste a lot of time trying to make that ONE person love us, or like us, or even at the barest "not dislike" us... but when you think about it, we should focus more on the 100 that DO love and care for us, and how big a blessing they are to us in our lives~

and...just want you to know (for all my dear beloved out there.. :D),

I love you.

I think you're wonderful.

I appreciate your efforts.

I am cheering you on.

I am your number 1 fan.

I think you can, I think you can,
I.think.you.can.

In fact, I know you will.

current mood: truly blessed~

welcome, baby Marcus~ :D :D

my dearest nephew was born on 22 June!!!

nicknamed 'tiger' since he was still in his beautiful mommy's tummy, the name stuck and i think it'll forever be his nickname (whether he likes that or not)... and his full name, or even more so, his Chinese name, will be used in full by us when we 1. want his attention; 2. most likely are scolding him xD

however, no matter what name we use to call you, we love you!!!!

i would LOVE to write in detail everything about his birth, but i'm much happier to just summarise and say: i'm glad mommy and baby are doing super well and i am so thankful and feel so blessed by the Lord :D

auntie is also super tired :(
not much sleep the whole week (and the days before), waking up early and helping out as much as i can... although i took days off, i think i'm much more tired than i would be if i was at work XD however, it's soso so so so so so x 1000000000000000000 infinity, worth it when you stare into his lovely little face and watch as his little lips twitch as if hes in some happy dream world :3

and most importantly, describing it is difficult.. showing the photos of him for the first week of his birth would do a better job..

after his first bath (literally FIRST, as this photo is taken hours after his birth):

second day :D
first day back home! :D
first bath! :Heart:: (he loves taking baths)
one of the first few times i saw him open his eyes a bit wider:


current mood: love love love my dearest nephew~

8 more days.. :D

lots of upcoming things.. so excited ~ XD

1. so excited.. first of all: 8 more days till i'm officially an "Aunt". XD can't wait! can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. this saturday i'm going to watch Jang Geun Seuk's mini fan's meeting/concert... xD i saw an advertisement for it awhile back and was surprised i could still get decent seats.. so me and Ms. Snow will be goign (since fishy said he will never go with me since this is not hyde, gackt or laruku type.. this type of show is purely for fangirls like me haha...)

3. just booked tickets to see Cyril the street magician XD excited because i loveee magic shows, and i find ppl who can trick people with sleight of hand are pretty amazing (being a slow person and not very fast at doing these things :P).. can't wait~

4. i pierced my ears again! after 10 years since my last piercing (man i'm getting older :( 10 years ago haha...), i finally found the chance to pierce my cartilage again, as i dislike even number of piercings and have always wanted odd number... so basically now, i have two on the bottom, one on the cartilage (upper part of ear) for my left ear, and three on the bottom, (new) two on the cartilage (upper part of ear) for my right ear~

a total of eight holes, but instead of even number on both sides, i went with 3-5 haha XD surprisingly, this time hurt less than my first piercing did.. maybe done well/better?! (earrings are mismatched as I was lazy this morning hahah.. and grabbed whatever i saw XD) i chose the smallest earring they had so it would be less noticeable :P

5. saw jachy again on saturday!! :D hadn't seen him since .. maybe 4-5 years ago?! but this time was much more brief, for 40 mins as i had a yoga class after and he had to fly in the afternoon back to canada! i hope he stays for longer next time..will scan "evidence" that we met soon :D

6. got some nice gifts :D one of them is put on my desk at work and i loveeee it~ so adorable:

i chose it with fishy and he bought this, as well 'plaque' that's quite similar.. i first saw it in my sister's place and liked it so much fishy got me one too! :D i will to put in my room for now, and in my future home (whenever that is haha)..

this is currently at my desk at work... i dunno how long i'll change the date, but i LOVE the ark.. so so so cute!


and a gift from my friend.. thanks my dear! the famous 'pig rabbit' (please excuse the things on my desk... i 'stole' a photo using my iphone =_=; and that windows book that props my monitor up is now changed to something less.. "flashy". XD


she's currently also on my desk at work..xD

current mood: thankful and excited!

success~

A little something i read:

"To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;

To leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is the meaning of success."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

happy birthday dear

"happy birthday dear ~~

this year was very rushed, and you had to finish off stuff on the day of your bday, with no 'special' lunch from your colleagues, no day off, no early off, and worst thing: you had to finish something up and left work super late..... but, hope you were a little bit surprised afterwards :D i am so thankful for this day.."

thank goodness we weren't planning anything big :D and i still managed to surprise him a bit..

i had a great morning... breakfast at our favorite landmark cafe with some of my favorite people, lunch at this yummy 潮州 restaurant in shang wan~ i was able to rush off work a bit early and pick up our favorite cake at awfully chocolate, then rush home to hide it in my fridge~

i then went to elements a bit earlier to shop around for "things" and ended up unscathed (as the bag i was looking at isn't even available yet haha) .... we had a fast-ish dinner since he was late off work and we were both super tired by then haha... (hey, i woke up at 6:15 for breakfast haha)~

some photos (cross posted from FB):




and at lunch with cc :D

current mood: :D

you're beautiful~~ (미남이시네요)

okay... i found something i liked so much, i decided to give in and blog about it... it's kind of embarrassing because i realise i have many secret 'guilty pleasures' and one of them is: "funny love stories involving pretty people in music related themes". i gave it that long descriptive term because i need to be clear about what type of love story i like and the elements that make me like it so much! so.. i confess.. i'm a sucker for that type of thing...

so, to restart this blog entry.

i've been watching this amazing korean drama on tv lately... and have gotten so hooked i need to watch it a second time (note: it's 'need').. it has had me laughing and crying over it (well crying not so much, but i am always emotionally affected by any show that has music/musicians in it)... after seeing it on J2, the 'young tvb' channel on tv so many times, i couldn't help but got myself a copy and watched it all in the span of two nights.. yes, i slept super late to finish it haha...

it's called "You're beautiful" 미남이시네요, and is the story about a idol pop all male band that's very popular in korea, and who just had a fourth member audition to join. but unknown to most everyone else, she's actually female and is filling in for her identical twin brother while he's in america getting 'fixed up' after having messed up plastic surgery. (something like that)

there are so many reasons why i love this show..

characters: the main male character (who, without his makeup, is not someone i would really notice haha...) is styled like a hyde/gackt cross over... i am in love with his clothes (i'm not embarrassed to admit he's dressed like how fishy would normally dress) and his hair. you can see the two photos below to see what the styling team did.. first photo is from an older tv show he did, and below it, his whole look is changed. (no they don't get married, but this is one of those 'dreaming scenarios' which was hilarious)



Jang Geun Suk as Hwang Tae Kyung, Jung Yong Hwa as Kang Shin Woo and Lee Hong Ki as Kang On Yu / Jeremy:

and the main female character is... adorable... her personality in the show and how she can pull off looking like a guy at times and not look just like a very pretty girl when she's "pretending" to be male.

it's not overly sappy, it's not boring.. but actually very funny and touching.. and best of all, the characters can all actually SING pretty well, with two of the four band members actually in a real life band. i am in love with the songs and cannot get it out of my head at all (hence, i need to blog haha..) and i really love tae kyung/jang geun suk's voice so much!

Park Shin Hye as Go Mi Nam (Male) / Go Mi Nyu (Female):

as well, they have such funny dialogue and 'dream scenarios' that make fun of/exaggerate some stereotypes in real life~ i am sent into fits of laughter randomly (like the scene about the fan fictions written about them hahaha..)~

i'm not gonna say anymore about the plot but.. i'm seriously hooked and wish it wasn't over but it is~ after 16 entertaining episodes~

after watching it, i'm reminded of how much tae kyung (the main male character) and female min nam (the main female character) are like fishy and i. not the personality but the interaction, and the story between the two of them. it makes me laugh and remember things from the past and realise the similarities.. of course fishy isn't a narcissist like tae kyung but ... i think it's just something i felt after watching it.. and i think it's why i like it so much haha... at least i know for sure, fishy will agree i am as clumsy and cause as much trouble for him as go mi nam does for tae kyung xD

i'm so glad that after watching mei-chan no shitsuji i have an even better drama to fill the void after finishing that series xD i am such a sucker for these stories and for these 'types'...(yet another 'confession').. maybe that's why i wanted to marry hyde since i was 13. =_=;

anyway... i'll stop rambling now... i'm just very hyped over this story because i was really entertained in what would have been a not so entertaining weekend xD

current mood:

silly pie ~ thanks for your love.. you helped me so much :heart: .. i've already told you about this show in my emails but i was "inspired" to write about it in detail in my blog after my emails to you haha xD love you!

thanks for the love, my dears~!

just a short note to say, thanks to everyone for reading my blog then commenting and opening up to me about things... i feel so loved xD

i'm feeling much much much better now and i think it helped most to know that i wasn't alone in how i was feeling.. so much love and support.. i am truly, truly blessed... :D

will write more a bit later xD

love you all..

current mood :

raven~ thanks for your msg and email... i will continue to pray for you and wish alll the best to you my dear~

memories of music

lately due to many reasons (basically relating to sickness/medicines and such), i've been feeling that melancholy mood, something i haven't felt in ages. it may sound crazy, but in some ways this melancholy coldness, alone-ness, it's so empowering. maybe because the last time i've experienced this was back in highschool, when i was 15-16, and was the least sure of myself.. but this time around, i am so much more in control of it than i was then. maybe it's because i'm sure of myself but also because i have support from my special dears, and also because i know these feelings are not from me but caused by factors that will get better!

it's just sooo liberating...!
at this time, what i love to do is re-listen to super old music from the past.. gackt, hyde, laruku, malice mizer, escaflowne, etc.

and also find NEW songs that feel great to listen to: pandora hearts in particular..(reminds me of you!)

(lovely image from here)

the best part? i'm not alone.... i remember being very touched to find out that fishy was feeling that way (or a lot that way) for most of his life, so he understands... and so we can listen to things together and share in this sweet melancholy feeling.. sounds very cliche but very very very .. 'real' haha...

i am so glad i found that escaflowne soundtrack for him.....

my mission is to learn "parting song" and melody (eliot and leo version!) and play for him xD

for anyone who hasn't already, please go and read/watch/listen to pandora hearts.. it's absolutely beautiful... i can't wait to see/read more of it! :D

i had a great lunch today with two of my pals from work... discussing vacations is one of the best ways to cope with stress.. (then somehow managing on going on them is another method haha)

i also was soooo glad to see the Js in HK when they stopped by..... it was like a dream.. and hopefully they'll visit somewhere and we can meet up again soon!!! love love love you guys!

current mood: lovely lovely day today...

ara~ can't wait to see youuuuuuuuu :D :lots of hearts:

Happy Early Easter! :D

augh been so busy.. have a ton of pics I took for the "weekly" photo challenge set by Mr. Tuna, but i haven't been able to post them.. i know it sounds like a ton of excuses, but the only time i'm on my computer is at work and i don't usually have my memory card or the time to upload photos ~_~ as for being at home, when i get off work, it's late (after dinner) and i don't really want to turn on my computer and sit in front of it, which I've just been doing for the last 10 hrs haha.. so i prefer to practice harp and such...

and on weekends, fishy usually uses my laptop for work, so i'm left with the tv and harp instead of my laptop again...

i'll find time for it, i promise!!

on a side note, it's easter soon, and i found the following cute thing in the paper today(thanks to fishy):

a Miffy themed room for Easter!!! this is at the 黃金海岸 hotel, and it makes me want to go T_T but then again, i (definitely?) probably have more or all of the miffys they have there but i do want to go there to take photos! apparently there's also a 6 metre tall miffy (blow up kind) outdoors as well?! and miffy desserts at the buffet?!

the bedspread is so adorable!!! the good thing out of all this, is that fishy agreed to allow me to mifficize any future house we live in.. hahaha.... (ie. miffy0-theme everything :D :D :D)

current mood: la la la~~ lovely (cold) day outside, half day off, lovely upcoming lunch @ agnes b cafe, and sukiyaki with two of my besties tonight :D :D

alice~

i've been watching a great anime recently called Pandora Hearts. based off a continuing manga (hasn't ended yet, and i want to buy it!), it ended sooo abruptly, with so many unanswered questions that i was hoping, no begging that there will be a second season! the music, the drawings, the storyline, the funny/serious moments.. every single second was amazing.

it has a loosely based 'alice in wonderland' theme, which is pretty interesting because i also ended up watching the alice in wonderland movie in 3-d last friday with fishy as well.. i loved it, as it made the original alice movie less ... scary i guess? i was never a fan of that story, but this tim burton version was definitely very beautiful.. the costumes, johnny depp's acting, and the whole dreamy ethereal quality of the movie was so pretty.

anyway, the anime and the movie had such pretty clothing in it that it made me have this sudden urge to look for more of that dreamy type of clothing -- can't really explain. just beautiful (and wanted to comment on it xD).. the name even sounds better to me now a-ri-su ~~

hopefully i'll have time to look for the manga pandora hearts this week.... so want to know what's happening!!!

current mood: soo sleepy (not sleeping well lately due to super hot weather.. D: but it's colder today...)

happy chinese new year!!!

happy year of the tiger!!!

this is such a late post, but i've been so busy ever since the holidays (excuses excuses)... i took some photos over the longgg weekend, as well as afterwards, and need to post them since i'm way behind on the whole one photo a week thing.. :(

i had a great long weekend! however i got sick before and after cny so i hope that just means i'll be healthier later on this year.. =__=

i wish everyone good health, prosperity, and of course happiness and smiles every day :D

my weekend basically involved shopping, seeing family (both fishy's and mine) and so it was jam packed with activities. my parents didn't fly back this year :( and i miss them so much, but there'll be much more time for me to see them this year, being a new 小虎姨 and all xD, and so i'm not really worrying about that :D

my 利是 for this year: (less my parents and my sis', as i asked her to give it to me when she's back :P)
some flowers from the lobby where i live:


the strawberries i bought for fishy's parent's for chinese new years :D soooo yummy! (i got some for myself but the smaller box XD)
augh i wish i wasn't so tired but i should rest a bit =__= wish everyone a great year :D

current mood: sick as usual :(

weekly photo ~ #3 & 4

for the last few missed weeks, some photos taken from awhile back..

current mood: sick again =___=

happy birthday my dearest hyde!

it's hyde's birthday today! (one day before my own.. haha.. but 13 years earlier..)

happy birthday my dearest hyde.. thank you for bringing such wonderful music to me all these years and allowing me to have such good 'company' through all different phases of my life (can't believe i've been a fan since i was 13... haha...).

his music and his words are just so beautiful.. they describe things with such vividness... reminding of his words: "there are so many things, to show to you"

' an artist without a brush
can't paint upon the canvas..
without you here, there is no colour,
a colourless landscape'

この胸は夢を描いてくよ　
何処までも高く 自由に舞うのさ　
My heart draws a Dream
Oh　降り立つ彼方で目を開けたら・・・
笑顔のままの君に　逢える気がして
逢えると良いな

oh how wonderful it would be to meet him! haha... one of my dreams since i was 13 .. xD

i've been so busy with 'stuff' lately.. i will upload 3 photos soon for the weeks that i've missed.. i promise!

current mood:

weekly photo ~ #2

a bit late, sorry... i forgot to upload photos from my memory card to use as my weekly photo so had to wait till i was home to do it =__=;;

however, here it is, a photo of the agnes b biscuits that i bought for fishy's random gift (actually my gift to myself too, since i loved the bunny shaped cookies for the heck of it xD). these cookies were on sale back in mid-autumn festival time and they include the lovely cookie jar seen below. in a humid country like hk, having these air tight containers are sooo good.. at least you can enjoy the cookies for longer!!

the cookies were also made by people with disabilities, and sponsored by a part of the tung wah hospital that helps these ppl get job training to assist in job searching... the cookies were delicious :D

current mood: lost and feeling awkward...

weekly photo~ #1

this was taken awhile back, and, as my dearest silly pie has said, there's lots of room for improvement and better use of the light haha... so although this photo isn't perfect, i love that it's of something i love and i really like silly's idea for me to use b&w to learn more about the light/dark.. :D will try better later on when my muse/model has more time to let me take photos of him.. :P

crooked heart.. i taught him how to make a perfect heart later on xD (or, rather, i showed him one.. haha..)

current mood: sore throat X_X

PS: congrats to Irene!!! I'm waiting for the good news xD a beautiful girl is coming into this world....

~Silly pie: haha... i think the 'keep closet clean' thing is the HARDEST THING TO DO!! my goodness.. i can't even keep it clean for a week, much less a year... i'm being a good girl though, and bought a box to start reorganising my closet.. wish you were here, i always have this feeling you're better at it than i am, and 'should' keep me on track... haha.. miss you xxooo

Happy New 2010 :D

To start off the year...

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:

"where there is hatred, let me sow love,

"where there is injury, pardon;

"where there is doubt, faith;

"where there is despair, hope;

"where there is darkness, light;

"and where there is sadness, joy.

"O Divine Master,

"grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

"to be understood, as to understand;

"to be loved, as to love;

"for it is in giving that we receive,

"it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

"and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life."