looong holiday week review :D (and no internet for the past few days..)

omg.. i was going to post all about my christmas weekend but luck would have it, taiwan had a massive earthquake that messed up the internet connection =.=; and therefore I found a way to get back online but it's superrrr slowww.. i hope i manage to get this through.. the past few days were crazy! bloomberg was down, and a lot of people couldn't get emails so we either had to fax or.. call .. sometimes all fax, email and telephones weren't working, especially for Japan so we couldn't do much work :/

summary of the last few days:

dec 21 - had a fantastic lunch with ray, josephine and miranda! we went to this lovely restaurant in lkf area where there about four tables to a room? so it was very very cosy with lots of christmas decorations! it was an amazing atmosphere and the girl serving us was very pleasant and polite about everything~ definitely must bring people to go there next time~

dec 22 - had a quick shopping trip with mso at IFC during lunchtime! i bought some random stuff to make for new years (actually i was planning for x'mas but i never had time haha) and sort of for case' bday~ we had a quick lunch and caught up with each other~
since it was winter solstice, we were supposed to be able to leave early at 3pm but.. unfortunately i had to help out with a few more things and couldnt' leave till 5:30 ~_~ but it's good enough for me :D i went over to my olympic city 2 to meet up with my bro and had a coffee with him at starbucks~ he had bought a TON of stuff that needed to be prepared for the hotpot that night so i helped him carry stuff back and helped him set up and prepare~ it was really nice because i had a long one-on-one time with him and we chatted about a lot of different things, something i haven't really done with him till i moved back to hk last year~
the hotpot was fantastic!!! the food they bought was exactly what i love to eat.. the tomato soup base was really good as well, as we didn't need to really dip into the soy sauce for the meat/food to have taste :D
afterwards we had a gift opening session (yay~) and bro helped me read my life fortune thingie (i gotta get the proper name for this later..).. turns out i'm a 'hea' type person -.-; , will bring good fortune to my husband and kids, and has been lucky in life to meet people who are loyal and good to me, though not many that are very close. which is very very true~
we had a few games of wii sports after, though their living room made it easy for me to hit them instead of the virtual ball /sweat/ XD

dec 23 - went up to dongguan with lg718's cousin! (on a side topic, he's a really, really good guy, very gentleman and also a very caring type guy.. really need to introduce a good girl to him haha..) we were going to bbq up at this mountain top resort at night so we had to get there early :O the carride to the mountain took about an hour and was super super super cold when we got there ~_~;; luckily i had about two jackets and three tops on (courtesy of lg718 who wouldnt let me leave the house without bundling up like a 'jung') so i was warm enough~ the bbq was a lot of fun! i hadn't done it in awhile, especially HK style bbqing (well i had grown up in toronto XD;;) and i ate so much i found that i had a super large acne by the time i woke up the next day ~_~;; hotpot + bbq = very very large big NONO~
we played mj afterwards but i grew so sleepy that lg718 sent me to up to my room early -.-; and he went out to get midnight snack with them aftewards!!! XO!

dec 24 - x'mas eve!!! we woke up really early (omg.. around 7:30.. i never wake up that early except for work D:) and after breakfast, went hiking :D it was soo beautiful! but the stone steps were quite dangerous .. however, when we reached the top, we had a lovely lunch there and took quite a few pictures~ (will post later whenever lg718 does something with them haha)
after the lunch, we got ready to head back to dongguan and to prepare for going to the hotel buffet at nighttime :D i watched them play many rounds of showhand (i prefer mj and nds XD) before we forced them to stop so that we could leave @.@

lg718 drove this time and before long, we arrived at the really really beautiful hyatt hotel, which is around a 5, nearing 6 star hotel @.@ it was really really beautiful inside, with a theme of 'water' everywhere! i kept eating salmon and crab legs till i got really full, then went nuts on the icecream and cakes and starshaped cookies XD this is one of my favorite, favorite parts of the hotel was the cages part.. Raven would know which one when she sees it XD it's like hyde's evergreen pv...

after the secret santa gift swapping (that we organized ourselves), we drove back to their house and prepared to countdown to christmas.. except it passed without us knowing (they were playing cards again lol) ~

dec 25 - i went back to hk with lg718 after an early drink tea breakfast/lunch at this really beautiful restaurant near where they live~ the ride back was quite long but i fell asleep in about 2 seconds on both the bus and train ride XD;; so it was fast to me. when we got to kowloon tong, we got some kfc (i wanted to try that honey roasted chicken omg..) and went back to my place to eat lunch and relax awhile before setting out again for christmas day shopping + dinner~ lg718 opened his second and third x'mas gifts (i still need to get him a lightbulb for his mushroom lamp @.@) :D we went to his place afterwards to drop off his bags then went to harbourcity to meet up with micsis and bro to hand over some stuff~ since we were at harbourcity, i made the bad suggestion of shopping there as well D: lets just say we went trigger happy and i got a dress and lg718 got a coat and some shirts D: lg718 and i got his sister's birthday gift as well :D and lg718 got me the bear i wanted from that same store (which i can't mention now in case i direct her to my blog and forget that i wrote it out here @.@)~ at night we had a nice chiuchow meal (i love chiu chow food omggg~) and then went back to his place to watch some movies :D

dec 26 -my sis got back from her trip to macau! lg718 and i went shopping at mongkok where he helped purchase a few electronic items for his dad (again!) and we went to langham place i.t. and bought a few things again..
at night, micsis and bro came over and we ordered pizza and had a nice wii-ing session again :D this time with lg718.. why oh why do i suck so much at tennis ~_~;

dec 27 - back to work.. no one was here because of christmas vacation or sickness! and internet disaster.. first time since i started working here that i saw the fund managers... FREE.. and tidying up their desks because bloomberg + internet connections were down and they couldn't do their work D: i met up with case and don at night but was sooo bored the whole day (no internet = death) that i found myself talking and talking nonstop @.@;;

dec 28 - i found an online site full of flash games XD that kept me entertained the whole day as i couldnt' do a lot of my work D:

dec 29 - my relaxing day at guerlain spa/facial place XD finally get a day where i dont' have to go out lol

dec 30 - went out with case to cwb for the whole night... we had a lot of fun shopping and just catching up with each other as i hadnt' seen him in more than a year and we never really talked much with just each other :D

dec 31 - yesterday @.@ as my sis was feeling sick and casey didn't really want to spend the day crowding around lkf or some other place to countdown, we decided to do hot pot at my place :D we went shoppign for the groceries and for cds/dvds/wii remotes then went back home and had a ton of fun XD lets just say i'm not good at preparing food and have absolutely no idea what to do @.@ after the countdown, i rushed to make this 3 minute bake in microwave oven cake i got a few days before (intending for new year's and casey as well).. it seemed so quick and easy and fun, especially since we dont' have those conventional ovens like we do in toronto @.@ but we realized we didnt' have any milk on hand so we had to improvise by adding vitasoy malt soy milk in instead as a replacement haha.. the decoration part was done with lg718 (the stupid icing thingie was so hard to use!! i'm glad that u can sort of see happy birthday on it lol) and we were done the cake in about 15 minutes.. not too bad for a 15 minute no bake cake? XD;;
and what did it taste like? sponge cake XD;; the chinese kind if any of you get what i mean~

today is jan 1 :O i'm not sure what we'll be doing yet but i'm soo tired from staying up till nearly 4am last night..

happy new year everyone :D please go to my picture book for all the pics from my holidays ~ i'm still in the process of getting the rest from random people but i hope to be able to get it all soon~

current mood: sleepy~~

christmas weekend :D and office party...

it was our annual company christmas party last night, held at the deep water bay golf club~ as usual, i was on the planning committee regardless of whether i was busy or not (-.-;) and as usual, i was put in charge of creating the programe, name cards, table name decorations etc etc. thank goodness the party was late this year so not many people could make it and everything was a LOT simpler~
however, with the lesser number of people, the sponsors gave out crappier prizes as well! last year i won a $5000 hk travel coupon (which i've yet to use bleh) which was the top prize; the first time i ever won any top prize lol.. but this year, i was aiming for maybe a cash coupon or some coupon for sogo or lane crawford.... but received... cash coupon for watsons' and a dvd player .... what in the world can i do with a dvd player.. and a crappy one as well -.-;;;;; the prizes AFTER the one i got were the good ones :( and i had to read them out one by one.. however, i was glad that people who deserved good gifts received them ^_^ grats to all~

however, to make up for that, i managed to get the better secret santa gift: an octopus card with 100hkd on it!! can't wait to refund it ~

aside from gifts, i was glad that the games we planned were received well and everyone had a ton of fun. in fact, most of the games went on for too long becuase they were so much fun! the only bad part was i got pulled to sing in front of everyone (don't.. ask...), and had to choose form a bunch of folk songs (so glad they had 'eternal flame' lol).. i was blushing so badly that i'm surprised it cant be seen from the pics /sweat/..
it was also bad that the food tasted kinda not too great and i got home quite late as it was sooo far from home.. and no one lived in my area so i had to ride the mtr alone ~_~

but, it's nearly christmas time! XD so i guess i should stop focusing on the bad side of things. x3

here are some of the pics my lovely collegue lesley took at the party~

lesley, neil, me and sandy (mom)~ (we obviously sat at the same table)

neil and me~ (this is 'pre-silliness'... notice the difference between this pic and the previous one haha)

me and sandy~

speaks for itself.. damn it's so embarassing....

to not embarrass everyone else, i shall post pics which i am in, and not of other people only XD i'll probably just upload them to my photo book instead.. haha~

exciting stuff: my schedule this week:

wed (today): lunch with manager + collegue
thursday: lunch with friend + collegue, dinner with case (yay he's back), dinb and cockroach
friday: lunch with friend + shopping at IFC after lunch, early leave that day (because of chinese winter thing) and hotpot at night with MSRB!
saturday~monday morning: short trip with lg718!!! lovely 5-6 star buffet ~
monday: christmas day XD whole day with lg718 + sis etc
tuesday: boxing day, wiiing party with MSRB, lg718 etc.

soooo much to look forward to.. can't wait! it's also my birthday in jan, and then chinese new year!
hope everyone has a wonderful christmas weekend :D and take tons of pics to post and show me! (and hope everyone has received their cards/presents from me D:)

current mood: happy :D

my first christmas card! *_* so 感動~ (and random 對聯)

i received a nice surprise at work today! my first christmas card... from my MS and RB /super touched/~ they surprised me by mailing it to my office and writing a super cute message inside ^_^ it really warmed up the day for me! will take a picture to post of the card later :D
thanks micsis ronbro (aka MSRB haha)~! love you guys!

weekend is over! i was mass-x'mas shopping all weekend, hoping i could get all the presents i needed in time for this week~ luckily i managed to get all i needed but also have time to shop for myself.. and unfortunately i think i bought a little too much for myself~ ^^;; everything was on sale or had new winter stuff come out so it was hard to control myself :( most of the items i got were cute/interesting/pretty accessories that i can't wait to use~!
harbourcity at tsim sha tsui has another beautiful christmas display at their harbourside entrance!! i took a pic with lg718 but it was so crowded it was hard to show the other beautiful areas.. will attempt to show more pictures later *_*

will be on a short trip on 23-25 morning then christmas dinner and 26 boxing day party~ then a few days later it's new year! i hope the holidays last forever...

i received the following 對聯 from MS today! they consist of chinese words that read the same back and forth, with some of the words being exactly the same or at least similar sounds. quite funny!

上水居民居水上
昆明擺擋擺明昆
黃秋生買生抽王
美孚機神肌膚美
鵬利保險保李鵬
油麻地通地麻油
成龍久別九龍城
志偉賭馬賭位置
森美食野食美心
拉姑大讚大姑奶
超人俾錢俾人超
旺角街頭街角旺
大角咀狗咀角大
百老匯內會老伯
古太行街行太古
上海浮屍浮海上
落雨食野食乳酪
女真族驅逐僧侶
大家樂檸樂加大
人妖打波打擾人
細佬打交打老細
建華聽歌聽華健
財爺食菜食椰菜
E 神睇病睇神醫
舒琪睇書睇奇書
舒琪無腦無棋輸
國泰飛機飛泰國
林太煮飯煮太淋

current mood: boredand sleepy!

i-ra~

as most people know, i am VERY interested in "ABJD" otherwise known as 'asian ball-jointed dolls'. i haven't been posting much about them recently because i think the strong 'passion' i had for it has grown a little weaker, but it doesnt' stop me from admiring and wanting to buy many of the limited dolls out there :D

recently, one of my favorite doll companies, the korean 'dream of doll' company released a LOVELY limited edition elf called "I-ra".. she was first shown in pictures with a mask on, so her face wasn't revealed till later on:

isn't she gorgeous? and what a beautiful name! the price was set at USD890 and put on sale on 29 November 2006... from what i read in forums, she was gone in minutes/seconds! i think aside from the doll i own (a lovely girl who i'm in the process of renaming), this girl is one of the dolls i would have LOVED to own.. she looks so much like deedlit from lodoss wars!

aside from the limited 'breakaway' male doll from luts, and the limited ducan from dream of doll (another male doll with elf ears) I-ra would be the one i'd want most after those.

it's interesting how DOD posts a background story for each of their limited edition dolls. apparently ducan and i-ra are in a story with each other (although the english translation is kind of confusing...) :D for those who forget what ducan looks like, he's another mysterious looking elf male doll (yes he's male... it's the whole bishounen type look :P):

aside from dolls.. i need to start/finish up my christmas shopping! i've yet to get gifts for micsis, bro, bro in law, sis, lg718, dinb, manager, company x'mas part, and a few random friends... /insert omg face here/ i think the hardest would be my bro because i have absolutely NO IDEA what he would like.. hopefully i can have it all completed by this weekend and have time to enjoy buying an x'mas gift for myself....

x'mas gifts/cards should be arriving this week to ppl that i sent out to last week :D hope you all enjoy them!

current mood: sleepy from medicine...

sick yet AGAIN ~_~

i'm sick again ; ;
i took a day off work yesterday because i had this weird burning sensation in my throat that started 1-2 days ago~ i thought it was because i was 'hot air' recently, but after going to the doctor, i'm told i have the flu/cold AGAIN... i was given more medicine and told to rest more ~_~

my sinus are all blocked up now so i can barely hear what people are saying! it was quite funny because the taxi driver yesterday was asking me which path to take and he had to say it three times before i heard what he said.. my goodness ~_~;;
today i went back to work becuase there were some reports that need to be sent out... i was coughing and sneezing all morning till the guy next to me (the guy who also sees how many snacks i eat, how i tend to smile at the monitor and talk a lot on the phone ~_~;;) asked me if i was ok and why i didn't take another day off...

good question -.-; why didnt' i do that? lol...

anyway, the medicine i'm taking is making me so groggy! i can barely concentrate and anything anyone says needs a few minutes to be processed before i can give an answer.. :( talk about being KO'ed by medication ~_~

hope everyone stays away from the flu bug this cold winter season!!!
and hope everyone gets/likes the cards/presents i mailed out ~~

xxoo
current mood: sick..

the weekend :D

well it's already saturday night, and here we are, watching my sis finish up a few surgeries on trauma center~ it's a quite fascinating game, especially since it involves surgery and i don't have to be the one who's playing it :D

friday i went out to sing k and eat dinner with a few friends :D it was a LOT of fun as i hadn't done karaoke in about more than half a year... i was able to sing the theme song from 'fat tin' and also many other new songs by wing yee etc. afterwards i rushed home and did some wiiing as my bro/micsis were over and had brought their wii remotes! we played four player tennis and it was great how micsis and i ended up winning the last game (seeing we were both told off as being the worst two players :P). i really recommend wii for those who are still considering it; there really is nothing to consider! it's so much fun, and especially fun to play with friends when they can bring their own remotes and their miis with them as well :D

will post a pic of our miis soon!

at night i managed to write up around 10 christmas cards in one sitting! each card had a specially written msg as well, which took me a ton of time but was worthwhile :D i hope i manage to mail everything out on monday ~_~;;

on saturday i went out to mong kok with lg718 and my sis, as we had a few random items that we needed to buy. i finally bought the dvds i needed to burn stuff onto and also the laptop cooling pad :D i dont' think i REALLY need one but its helpful for when my laptop is left on for long periods of time, as the vaio laptops are quite hot ~_~;; lg718 got the router he wanted, and i got the purple mascara i wanted. we had a nice afternoon snack at suzuki and afterwards went to this cute shop on the same level that sold miniature boxes in the shape of cakes! my sis got me a cupcake and a pair of earrings in the shape of gingerbread man on one side, and a star shaped cookie on the other side :D



isn't it cute? XD i wonder if i should get this as an x'mas gift for one of my girls.. :O

afterwards, we went back to my sister's place and she cooked an awesome dinner for us. lg718 got to try out the wii and we spent a lot of time bowling etc. slightly offtopic, gamewise, i think it's wii sports that's the most fun, then rayman.. monkey ball is quite cute but i think there are some problems with the detection or something because we always end up not being able to do the require actions ~_~;;


On sunday i went out to shop with lg718 at festival walk after his haircut at 'hair'~ the christmas tree there was soooo beautiful!!! it was covered with swarovski cyrstals and was the full height of the six or seven levels of the mall . i could only take a part of the picture:


we bought so much stuff! x'mas gifts and other random stuff gifts :D i got this really adorable comic storybook (will scan pics from it soon) from a bookstore and a lot of other random good stuff~

current mood: getting colder and colder... but happy :D

sick :(

i got the flu on the weekend ~_~ i have no idea when i got it, but it started sometime on friday night when i kept complaining of headaches at work :( then i got this terrible migraine while out getting a haircut and at mk buying games ~_~ not a great way to begin or end a weekend.. i took a day off work yesterday and went to the doctor, who told me i had a throat infection + flu :( i have six packets of medicine to finish up D:

take care everyone D: dont' get sick like me, especially when i hear it's still quite warm in toronto but yet snowing in vancouver ~_~;;

current mood: sick...

ps: ps3 is very beautiful but aside from the lovely graphics that not all tvs can support yet, and the potential 7.1 (o.O i'm kinda trying to undersatnd 6.1 still and there's already 7.1) support, it's very much like ps2 but better @.@ hard to explain what i mean, but there are a lot of small problems with it ~_~ i hope it improves D: especially the overheating thing D: it's just way too hot ~_~
i recommend wii for everyone tho :D lots of fun + exercise!!!

wiiiiiing~

my bro in law got wii last nite! :D

it was a nice surprise as we were thinking we might get it before x'mas but not sure, especially after seeing all the hype about it, but he managed to get one last nite!! XD now lg718 needs to get one and then i can be ensured of proper entertainment at home and at his place XD~
as a ton of my friends in toronto have gotten a wii, we have created a new term: "wiiing"~
usage: "brb, i'm gonna go wiiing" or "hi, i just finished wiiing" etc XD the console name and design makes it easy to make wii-ing an action :P~

unfortunately he was unable to grab extra controllers and no zelda D: i was looking forward to hacking away at my enemies with a sword too D: however, we will continue the search for controllers! especially since wii isn't even out in japan yet (i think next next week?) there is an even bigger shortage of supplies in hk~ i was hearing stories about how this guy cracked his tv screen because the strap on his wii controller broke.. D: very very very x 1000 scary lol.. i hope i don't get too frusterated or excited when playing and have that happening by accident xD;;

another surprise: we're getting ps3 soon too :D apparently my bro in law, who's always at quick about getting the latest in electronical items/toys etc, managed to snag a preorder somehow! we should be getting it sometime this weekend.. what with the wii, the ps2 (they were playing this really fun dragonball fighting game on the ps2 where you can play story mode and fight the actual fights like in the manga :D i need to read the books again :3), xbox360, NDS's, PSPs and now ps3 + bro's gaming chair, our living room is becoming more like a gameroom and is starting to be crowded.. what to do if we want to try out the ps3 but yet play a game of tennis on wii D:

one thing is good for sure: now that my bro in law has gotten both consoles, i have saved lots of money by not needing to get either XD
and i'm still obsessed over ff3 anyway :D i've ditched phoenix wright 2 for now (what with my bro telling me how awesome it is, i feel like i'm playing too slowly lol) and concentrating on ff3 fully~ love the game! old school style ff rpg but with cute ff7-like graphics and jobs like ffxi~ i love it! can also send wifi msgs to people around the world :heart:

offtopic: getting a haircut on sunday :D but.. as my curls are growing out, i wonder if i can really trim much before they're gone D:...

will post pics sometime XD

current mood: in love with gaming~ (it's friday :D)

happy birthday to my sis!!!!!

happy birthday to my sis!

i took off half day to spend it with her as I hadn't had many chances to since she was on her business trip to san jose. we went shopping at cwb after a nice lunch at APM mall in kwun tong. after walking for hours and hours, and carrying tons of 'victory items' (yay for sale time in hk :D got so many good deals) we went out to celebrate at this lovely korean restaurant in miramar mall in tsim sha tsui with my bro, mic sis and bro in law. the food is absolutely delicious here!!! we only eat korean bbq here, and the meat, though expensive, is marinated perfectly and the waitresses help you cook all the meat and change the grill after each meat.

after a series of pictures, fruits etc, i went back to amp with my sis and bro in law to pick up his car and then back home. i'm so glad my sis liked the small gifts lg718 and i gathered for her.

hope she had a wonderful bday, though it's a big change to her still!

pictures will be posted later when i get them from mic sis~

current mood: happy~

ps: and happy belated birthday to roger! i remember your birthday was in november.. 13th? or am i totally off haha.. and to Jon as well. jon, i really need you to give me some sort of email or number to reach u again~ i've lost track of him for 2-3 years now :(

x'mas coming soon :D (well.. sort of... XD)

sooo sleepy!

i'm literally falling asleep in my chair at work =_=~ i really suck now.. i used to be able to stay up after 3 hrs of sleep but it doesn't work anymore...

an interesting weekend~ i went early x'mas + bday shopping with my family + lg718 on saturday! we had a lovely lunch at spaghetti house (i love eating there lol) and went shopping around festival walk after~ mic sis just had an amazing haircut (similar to 'hocc' type short, cool and stylish hairstyle) at "hair" at festival walk, which led me to booking an appointment with that same stylist next week :D
we went to log-in (is it log-in or log-on @.@) where we bought x'mas gifts and bday gifts :D it was soo crowded but filled with lots of lovely decorations so it was a LOT of fun~
on sunday i went shopping against with lg718 and got some clothes, my sister's bday gift, along with some random x'mas gifts. the cut-off date for cards/letters/presents to reach North America is Dec 4th!! so much to send out before then ~_~ it may seem oldfashioned to send x'mas cards but i *love* doing it :D and receiving something in the mail is always nice! (and as usual, i somehow found a gift for lovely cylyna without even trying to find it... i can't wait till u get it! haha) stores in malls and buildings on the streets are starting to decorate with x'mas decorations :D it's looking really beautiful now~

lots of new games are out :D wii + ps3 are out as well, and it was nice to hear lg718's sister managed to grab a wii from bestbuy @.@ however, she also had to line up with her friends starting 3am, which mean freezing in line for over 3-4 hrs! was it worth it? D: i hope so ~

currently playing:

1. ffxii (sort of)
2. ff3 for nds
3. children of mana for nds
4. phoenix wright 2 for nds
5. psu (when i have hdd space @.@)

so much to play.. and unfortunately they're all rpgs D: i have a ton of books i need to finish reading as well @.@

on a side note: i finally got the hyde US tour dvd from lg718's place! he had helped me get the package awhile ago but i hadn't had a chance to get it back now. the live i went to with raven (err.. long story) is also on this dvd!!!!! and thanks to lovely raven, who spotted herself first (thanks for the pic ^^; ), i found myself in the crowd! I'm the pink arrow, raven is the red arrow~

i can't believe she spotted herself! @.@ amid all that pushing, shoving and sweating... my hands are lost somewhere in there, and i can see that annoying girl who kept shoving her sweaty.. arg.. body against me...

however... amid all that gross stuff... i'm glad i went :D

current mood: tired...

weekend review as usual~

i survived the weekend without buying a single thing :D
that probably sounds weird to people who dont' live in hk, but trust me.. even though you may have lived here for many years, the end result is that it's hard to get away from purchasing stuff ~_~

on friday i went to eat dinner with my family (i had to 'fly airplane' on don ~_~) because my dad was leaving on wednesday and that was the only day he was free for sure~ it was fun as usual and delicious but went by soo fast ~_~ on saturday i ate lunch at lg718's house where he gave me a souvenir from his short business trip to 海南島:


it's so adorable ; ; it's apparently made out of a coconut shell but i can't seem to see where they glued/put it together :D

afterwards we went to the bookshop where he had to look up some stuff for work and i browsed some books randomly~ we ate dinner at my sister's house (err where i'm currently living lol) and me and lg718 played the gundam seed fighting game afterwards :D my bro in law was trying to look for this dragonball game for my sis to play on ps2 but while trying to look for it, we came across the gundam seed game! it was so sososo much fun~ i keep saying ppl play it at arcades but i've never got the nerve to play it because it means challenging someone haha.. in this game, you pick your mecha and a character and either play with someone against computer or just play against someone :D lg718 and i partnered up against random mecha and random battlegrounds so it was really awesome~ you could customize the music played too so it was as if we were really in the anime and fighting @.@ i was using kira's freedom a lot and used asuran's chara :D i was really getting the hang of it till we got stuck in a stage where we had to fight against asuran's old 'teammate' 'Nikoru' ~_~ however it was a lot of fun :D
i think i'm hooked D:

on sunday i went out with lg718 to eat lunch at tsim sha tsui~ it was soo relaxing as we were eating early (around 12.. on a sunday that's considered early haha) at this vietnam fusion restaurant. we chose this course where it was all made of beef.. so yummy! afterwards we walked around harbourcity awhile where lg718 ended up getting the bag he wanted :D we joined my sis at mong kok and walked around with her a bit ~ after eating a light meal my sis insisted we go back to tst, so we took a taxi there and she ended up buying a handbag and some other stuff @.@
afterwards, my sis went home and i went to lg718's house to pick up some stuff ~ it was so nice! i was tired of walking so he told me to go to his flat first while he ran some errands and when he got back he surprised me with a haro constellation light globe :D


it's adorable.. after you take off the haro cover, you turn off the lights and turn it on and the 'constellations' will be shone onto the ceiling~ so touched because i always wanted one and he found the perfect one ; ;

sigh.. monday... :( tonite i'll be eating buffett at langham hotel in mk again but.. not really looking forward to it ~_~

current mood: throwing a tantrum in my head...

international rock paper scissors (包剪揼) contest.... o.O

well according to this news article, there is going to be an international 'rock paper scissors' (包剪揼) tournament held in toronto this weekend, where champions from all over the world compete for the world champion title. and surprisingly this has been done since 2002! this rock paper scissors club started in england in 1842 and has since moved it's headquarters to toronto (great, my home town hahah...)~

what amazes me is that it's held in my hometown AND there are actually champions to this game @.@ i'm not sure about everyone else but we use rock paper scissors to form groups for tag, or for other things where we needed a random outcome @.@;; so how u can actually become a champion is beyond me..

but anyway... the website for this competition is here. hey you can even purchase tickets to go see it @.@;;

weekend yay! but today feels really boring for some reason ~_~ not sure why...
i'm on the second part of phoenix wright :D it came out a few weeks ago and the japanese version is bilinguial and the player can choose english or japanese! it's a lot of fun but a lot harder @.@ but sooo satisfying when u figure everything out XD

going out with friends for din tonite, and going to watch tales of earthsea tomorrow~ yay~ hope i can get off work earlier today....

current mood:

weekends stuff :D

well i watched deathnote on sunday~ it was much much much more boring than the previous part, especially since it was much longer (2+ hrs?) and they made the plot so dull ~_~ i guess it was an effort to round up the movie without changing too much of the storyline.. basically they took the real ending from the manga but changed it so that it ended where it would have been the middle of the story in the manga~ it made sense but as the ending from the manga sucked, it actually wasn't a good ending to choose. it sounds confusing but i really just dont' want to spoil it for anyone XD;; lets just say, books 1-6 were really good and should have ended at book 6 but they went on for another 6 books (? i think..) and made the crappy ending.. i kind of understand why they would do that but.. it's not always the best choice ~_~

ok enough of my ranting that doenst' make sense to anyone except those who've read the manga xD;

my muscles ache from the pilates + bodywork class i had on monday.. i love pilates but the body work stuff added to it makes it 1000000000000000000 times harder; especially when i have absolutely no strength in my arms and i have no experience in yoga (i tell u, i'm not flexible at ALL). i've decided with my friend that we'll take a dancing course next, either hip hop or one of those modern dancing classes~

overall a really boring weekend + week so far.. the only exciting thing was receiving the package from japan from 'as know as', one of mic sis favorite brands. i love their stuff! along with a few pieces of clothing, we both got leg warmers... haha something i've actually wore when i was 16 and i can't believe i'm going to wear it again now... fashion is always a circular thing... some old pieces always come back, but probably more modern and fitting to the current year~

my rants are so boring D:

current mood:

deathnote part 2!

deathnote part 2 was out in asia yesterday! my siblings ALL went to watch it but i was saving it to watch with lg718 D: i'm glad i read all the manga so i dont' feel so left out XD i recommend it to everyone, especially those who haven't read the manga, to go watch it!

funny observation: i prefer "raito" in the manga to L, but when watching the movie, it's the other way around! maybe because when u see L live, and moving, it's actually quite funny and u can't help but like L! but in the novel, u see more from raito's perspective and less just of his actions (as the movie can only depict his actions and less of his way of thinking) so he's more 'likeable'~ and maybe also because the actor portraying raito still isn't who i would have liked for that role ~_~ oh well~ at least L is great :D

at langham place in mongkok, the actors from the movie were having a small gathering there last week!! too bad i missed it :( but they still had the lifesized models of the gods of death on display! there were a lot of people or it would have been cool to pose in front of the flying one and take a pic, as if he was following you XD:


the two other god of deaths together:


weekend coming up :D have a great weekend everyone!

current mood: bored~

肥田~

i have to admit, i'm being caught up in this tv show D: and i thought it was all a stupid publicity thing when they kept airing her commercials!

for those who do not know too much about hong kong tv shows, '肥田' is a hk drama that's currently airing on tv in hk now. it tells the story of a healthy but 'fat'( in asian standards), rich, "philipino" girl (played by hong kong tv actress, 胡杏兒) who flies to hk to live with her cousin so that she can escape the arranged marriage her father has for her back in her hometown. she decides to pursue her dream of being a fashion designer but finds that no matter how much talent she has, she was constantly being turned down by people due to her appearance. however, she refuses to change her 'heavier' image and continues to pursue her dreams. along with the fashion designer dream, she also hoped to meet the 'dream guy' who she completed a painting of sunflowers with on a wall near this cafe she passes by each day. she believes that this unknown person who started the painting with a handprint and who kept adding onto the painting when she is not around, as she did as well, is the only person who understands her and the only person she wants to meet. after a series of mix-ups as to who the mysterious guy is, she finds out that it's her boss (played by famous hk singer, 許志安), the one who reluctantly allowed her to become one of his designers for his clothing line, but who has a bias towards "fat" people.

it sounds kind of 'ughh.. cliche..' but it's actually really good! 胡杏兒 actually gained 50 lbs for the role and had to lose 30lbs in a month to play the last few episodes. in the show, she really is chubbier and not pretending to be someone else; she just falls into the role of 肥田 really really easily~ i hope everyone gets to see this soon! the opening theme and ending theme are really touching as well, sung by the two of them~ particularily the song 豬先生 on andy's cd (which 胡杏兒 also sang in the show) is very touching, with my favorite lines towards the end:

豬先生

雖則天真的蠢豬 我未博得歡呼讚譽
然而有你愛上我的短處 快樂也許不必富庶
繁盛世界慣了以冷眼 去看我滑稽的際遇
能令你去發笑也有用處 我用傻事去捐輸

＊多麼蠢的蠢豬　個個也來揶揄　
高攀不起公主　並沒段段艷遇　
悠然面對這悲劇遭遇 齊集給了你當笑話書
多麼蠢的蠢豬　愛上那條人魚　
即使爭都爭輸　仍然從未怪罪於天主　
自信戀愛運很特殊 明日你前來叫我蠢豬　講愛情暗語＊

即使悲觀的烏龜 我亦看出牠的美麗
仍然有你愛我我都矜貴 快樂要先拋開智慧
誰又會似隻蟻去獻世 各有各獨一的瑰麗
同樣你愛錫我　哪有代替 証實人沒有高低

開心多麼簡單　要愛有何疑難
不必苦苦支撐　但願是是但但
誰人自怨說生活艱難 成就只怕要勉強高攀

開心多麼簡單　那怕愛人平凡
A餐B餐C餐　原來無論吃甚麼早餐
共你的每日都燦爛 而幸福秘訣太過簡單　於好處著眼

especially for those out there who never think it's possible~

current mood: daydreaming~ (aka work is boring)

ramblings~

the weekend passes by so quickly, even for a long weekend~ today is the last day in the long weekend (i dont' even know why we have this day off really...) and already half the day is gone~
on friday i went out to cwb for dinner at this really nice japanese restaurant at the top of times square. the food was okay but i liked the seating area, with a small shade in between each table so that it felt like there was some prviacy. we went shopping a bit afterwards, where i ended up buying two scarves and a sweater/knit dress D: i love all the items but i'm feeling that there are endless items i want to buy ~_~
we found ourselves going to the arcade again after i escaped the shopping area.. but this time to the cwb one~ it was waaay different than the one at tst as there was a guard checking ID at the entrance) and it was kept a non-smoking environment. there were also a LOT of suit-wearing people in there, which was kind of funny~ the games were slightly different so it was a lot of fun as well XD i think i go to too many arcades lol...

on saturday i went out to with my bro and sis in law to shop and watch 'the prestige'. for those who haven't heard of it, hugh jackman, scarlett johannasson, and the batman begins guy (i'mso sorry, i really forgot his name ~_~)the movie seemed really interesting in the beginning but as it progressed, i kept feeling like it was lacking somewhere... it was really dark and the plot was pretty interesting, but i still feel as if they were lacking that 'pow' somewhere; you didnt' feel bored, but it was the type of movie u'd keep watching and expect something but have nothing come out of it. so i was a little disappointed. However, death note part 2 is out on nov 3 (yay), and i can watch tales of earthsea soon! reallly excited about all that :D
we went shopping afterwards, and i bought a nice pair of dress "shorts". it's hard to explain but they're the type of shorts that are cut like dress pants so hopefully i can wear these to work with boots and it'll be fine... i've been trying to change my work look as i really hate wearing lacy, dressy, feminine work stuff (passed on from my sister D: i didn't have any 'work' clothes before, as i wore a uniform for my previous job), and hate how i want to change out of it when i get off work each day~

today (monday), my sis finally got back from her super long business trip to san jose~! she got me this really cute scarf from burberry at the LA airport when she was switching flights, and also a ton of abercrombie stuff for everyone else. from what i hear, abercrombie seems to be a lot more expensive in toronto than in the US.. but the cut is great and makes every guy look broad and toned~ i really love the cutting! and the materials are really nice as well~ :D too bad i dont' wear sporty stuff often or i'd love their stuff x3
my dad is flying back later today @.@;; so suddenly the house goes from empty to full~ which is nice.. i hope i'll be getting used to it easily.. D:

i'm finally on the last chapter of phoenix wright XD it's so much fun, even though i know that it's really more like a detective game than a lawyer one~ i haven't been playing it often as there are so many other new games (children of mana XD yay~ i'm so glad i have it now) that i got distracted~
children of mana is so fun too... they hvae a multiplayer function, where u can work with other ppl to kill a common boss.. now THAT will be lots of fun~ it's like legend of zelda type gameplay/interface/weapons but a whole different storyline~

ffxii is out tomorrow (english version)! finally! i haven't been obsessing over a ff game in such a long time, ever since ffxi (which doenst' count as it was an mmorpg), and i miss it so much~ i was really disappointed in the gameplay for ffx-2 so it feels like it's been a LONG time since a new ff~ then they'll be releasing the other FF games on nds and psp... soo much to play~ x3

current mood: relaxing at home...

i can't believe it's monday D:

it's tuesday! i can't believe monday went by without me writing an entry about my weekend @.@ maybe because we were all so busy yesterday that time went by really, really fast~

on friday i went out with din and etc as usual~ i feel kind of bad now because i was complaining about how hot it was XD;; i met him at tst, and we ate that 'dynasty of sweet' (i actually forget what they call it in english, dynasty of something) where we usually eat for dessert~ they have pretty good snacking type foods so we just ordered a bunch of stuff and had a lot of fun~ i just hate how small their booths are -.-;
afterwards we went to play that arcade game din as looking forward to all week haha... i managed to beat him this time! the game is like a race between two policemen~ and basically there's a point in the mission u gotta reach before your teammate does, and based on how well u did (whether u shot any civilians or died or anything), u can get a promotion or whatever~ i managed to beat din and become his boss (/hoho~~) and got to choose the next missions~ lots of fun~
we went to mk later and then din and i wanted to eat dessert and ended up at the top of langham place~ we actually managed to chat till langham place closed @.@;; i've never did that before~

random pic taken (din kept moving or i'd take a pic of him too lol)


the next day lg718 came back (yay!) so we went out to mk to pick up his die-cast model (the getter 2?) ~ i was going to buy some comic books (the ouran host club ones) but decided not to at the last minute xD;; later that night we watched matrix 3, which i've never seen and had borrowed from my bro for... nearly half a year (damn i do that to both my 'brothers' D:.. first big ken, and now my own bro hahah...) and hadn't watched it till that night... it was... mediocre.. i just wished matrix had ended at the first movie -.-;
any movies that recently came out on dvd that people recommend? and i dont mean da vinci code -.-;
i went with lg718 and waited for him while he had his hair cut :D i look so tired...


tale of earthsea/GED is coming out on the 26th!!! yay~ i can't wait! it's been about a year since i watched howl so i'm excited to see another miyazaki movie. for those who don't know what i'm doing about, go here~

current mood: busy.. and tired at work~

invisibility cloak @.@;;

wow, i'd never thought it was possible! scientists have actually successfully cloak a copper cylinder using the 'invisibility cloak' they created! apparently, it was done like a mirage, where heat causes the bending of light rays that cloak the path ahead behind an image of the sky~ so basically they created an 'artificial mirage'!
the first working cloak was made of metamaterials, which are mixtures of metal and circuit board materials such as ceramic, Teflon or fiber composite, but tends to give off a slight shadow. just.. wow..

read the full article here~!

i wonder how long it'll take to create one of those invisibility cloaks like in harry potter.. and the consequences of really creating one....

it's weekend xD hope everyone has a wonderful weekend~ feeling pretty good today because the sun is out (not that it'll still be out when i'm off work.. -.-;) and i'm wearing a new jumper dress i got last weekend~ (someone said i looked like a balloon... -.-; because of the way the skirt part is shaped.... oh well ^-^)

current mood:

PS: J9
re: ancient history: hahaha j9 i bet you're right! u reminded me of the good old days when i used to ask him if he had food each class and u and i would joke around...the best days~ thanks for putting a smile on my face by reminding me of that :3

new seven wonders~

a non-profit Swiss organization, new7wonders, has organized a voting for the new seven wonders of the world! the ancient seven wonders of the world include the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; the Statue of Zeus at Olympia; the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, with only one of those ancient wonders still existing today~
the new7wonders promotes the preservation, restoration and promotion of monuments, which is why they created the chance for people all around the world to vote for what they think is the new seven wonders :D they've narrowed it down to 21 choices, and by a simple registration process, you can vote too~ the voting will end on July 7, 2007 (777 @.@) and the results will be announced then~

You can go here to register and vote~

it's pretty interesting, especially considering how many amazing monuments were made after the ancient seven were chosen~
i'm such a history person D: i admit, i adore ancient history ~_~

btw... tomorrow's friday! yay!

current mood: bored...

@.@ sigh....

well i was off to a pretty good start on friday, considering i had done all my work before 12 and was sitting around, waiting for people to give me work or for them to finish their part before i could do mine...
however, towards the end of the day when i was planning to leave, i noticed my friend's seat was empty @.@ by friend i mean a colleague of mine who i get along with VERY well, the type of 'fresh', straight to the point, really fun-type who doesn't feel like she's much older than me, and who u can just bring along with u to any party, dinner etc and she'd be able to fit in with your friends perfectly. anyway, when she DID appear, it was from her boss' room and she started cleaning up her desk and handing me her stuff... and then i was hit with something: did she just resign?! @.@ we were planning to stay here till at least end of the year but did she snap and resign? well i got my answer when i left and called her.. it turns out they fired her... ~_~; why am i surprised? because they didn't fire someone else when they were late to work, early to leave, early to get to lunch and late to come back, didn't do their work, played solitaire and listened to her Ipod during office hours, fought with the boss, generally a bi*ch when it was uncalled for etc. so i'm really shocked... all they did in the case of the previous person i described was give her two warning letters and she eventually found a better job and quit. what is going on in their minds?!?!
sigh so.. i'm pretty upset about this. i understand its part of of the job and i've seen it happen in my previous job as well, but if u know what's been going on, how her boss is personally biased towards her and what's going on thru her life and her job attitude, u'll see i'm definitely not the biased one when i say it's an unfair thing to do :/ right now, i see her manager rummaging around her binders on her empty desk, clueless as to what to do but with their boss on leave, he's not gonna get much help...but. not my problem~ i really will miss our lunches together and how we'd go crazy at work just so that we didnt take the stress too deeply.. ~_~ sigh...

the rest of the friday was pretty fun, having ate dinner with don and going to the arcade and chatting at starbucks for a few hrs after.
on saturday i spent the day with lg718, mostly napping and watching xmen3~ i went to dinner with my bro the next day and watched tv with lg718 afterwards, relaxing. the new episodes, the male version, of that cookign show where they get celebrities to cook is airing now! it's really funny but i sometimes wonder if it's all exaggerrated ~_~;;

sigh D: monday already......

current mood: sigh..

ps: thanks for your email janine.. it made me feel warm and fuzzy~~ haha..

pps: hihi dorcas, nice to meet u~ and your name isn't really stupid/silly, just different D: sorry if i sounded mean before~

happy birthday nicole!!!

just a short blog msg to say happy birthday to nicole~
i can't celebrate with u this year .. sigh i wish i can fly back -.-; and 'meet' mio etc~ but i'm sure we can do that in the future~
hope you had a great bday!!!
and that the cs group celebration organized by bro (ken) will be interesting and fun~~ remember to send me pics~~~


current mood: feeling 幸福 :D
thanks to those who comforted me in my 'black air' time ~ love u all very very much~
(and yes, i'll continue to blame the weather, maddy~)

feeling blue =.=

feeling kind of blue lately ~_~ not exactly sure why but just some strong feeling of 'grey-ness' in general =.=.. nothing is really going right and i'm constantly bugged by this feeling that something's wrong and there's just something to be upset about ~_~ what is happening?!
one interesting thing is that a lot of ppl i know are feeling the same way i am lately.. or at least similar feelings.. ara's grey so i guess i'm glad i can 'pui' her and be blue x3 i'm so silly in a stupid way =.=;
maybe it's the fall/october-ish feeling that's making me like this.. i dont' remember what it was like last year which is good so I dont' need to compare either ~_~ i find that there's not much that makes me really excited anymore. shopping, eating etc are all the same ~_~ gah~ i need to get out of this mood!

1. work sucks ~_~ i realize it more and more each day
2. everything is so boring and repetitive
3. i want to be excited over something for once.. D:
4. ouran (anime) is over.. :( the one thing i really liked and enjoyed (anime-wise) lately~

current mood: sigh.. feeling lots of 'black air' around me...

looooong weekend~~ xD

well for once my post has a 'loooong' in front of it :D first long weekend after endless 'dry' no red day months D: i had a niceeee relaxing long weekend~ and best of all, long weekends make the current week shorter~~ yay! and mid-autumn/moon festival coming up so it'll be nice and pleasant :D

friday was amazing.. i just couldn't wait to get off work.. the sun was shining brightly, i was wearing the lovely one piece black dress i got from IT and all and i just felt wonderful all over ~ in fact i managed to keep myself the whole day and enjoy doing my work for once lol.. after work i met up with lg718 and dinb and had dinner (damn i actually forget where we ate.... wtf) and then went to shop a bit and had a drink~ we found this really ... funny ornament on the wall then.. it seemed liek a super tiny deer but it turns out to be a rabbit with antlers fashioned on it's head haha...which u can see here:


on saturday we just spent a slow day shopping around in tst and just overall relaxing. we had a lovely dinner at this chiu chow restaurant near where lg718 lives and took a long walk back home around the seaside. i love his flat! it's situated right at the edge of the seaside and overlooks into this nice view of hong kong island~ i love love love how u reach the lobby of his tower, go out and the seaside is right there; right in his backyard~ the wind was nice and cool and as they had a few light displays on for moon festival we attempted to take pics in the dark~ sigh.. up to now i'm still wondering how other owners of the 903sh manage to take such sharp, clear pics at nighttime -.-;

some pictures of the lighting:

me (looking tired D: i wanted to take a pic with the adorable bunnies it failed haha oh well.. it was dark and all..)


crabs xD for some reason there were crabs .. lol


the lily is actually much more beautiful in real life lol but we did our best (or rather lg718 did):


the weekend went by so fast D: i hope this coming weekend will be just as fun! i'm tempted to go shopping again ~_~:;;

current mood: have a headache D: and dizzy...
ps: ok blogger is being annoying and wouldn't let me upload pictures for the past week XO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

random cute things

some interesting things :D

beautiful night view of central taken with the Nikon D80 (i think that's the model num xD)~ it's gorgeous how the light is all captured and is so detailed~ i love this pic! every time i see hong kong at nighttime i'm reminded that yes, there is some sort of beauty to a city like hk~



mp3 players ~ i thought they looked interesting... so colourful and small ~_~ makes me want to get rid of my ipod nano now haha...


some sort of wifi bunny thing that moves its ears when you have a connection and supposed to show you information off the internet @.@ it can also interact with your friends' bunnies as well! :D


a cute baby kitten my sister's friend adopted :D (i love cats ; ; this kitten looks adorable!)


cute puppy flowers! they're like the Hello Kitty flowers we saw in Tokyo :D this is such a great gift to someone ^-^ (i think aiai would love this :D)


super happy :D long weekend coming up! so i'm soo glad :D not going to be doing much but at least i can have a long weekend.. there havne't been any holidays for a few months D: since may!! will be going out with deenb and lg718 etc tomorrow! i think we'll be going to the arcade yet again.. i hope they dont' suddenly shut off power at around 12:20 again like last time @.@;; we were in the middle of a great game of photohunt......

hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and gets what they want done, done...~

current mood:

ps: whoever wrote a comment under the name 'dorcas' in my previous entry, i'm sorry ~~
even though i'm 99% sure your real name isn't dorcas, i wanted to clarify that we were talking about "interesting names" (such as "talent", "hippo", "tomorrow", "gucci" (someone actually i called that D: so not the brand ...), "Shark"..... etc etc the list went on), and it just sounded similar to ... that word, and not that whoever is named that is dorky D: