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