i've lost and have retreated.
are you happy?

my x'mas/new years gift to myself

on saturday i went to drink tea with my family and then went on a small shopping trip with bro and micsis... what can i say? i've been trying to make time to set foot into the miumiu store in tst, but either never remember or never have time! but magically once i'm with bro and micsis, i can finally go inside and i see the bag i've been trying to get my hands on...

and guess what? 'miraculously' there were two of them!
i've been trying to get a black bag for aaaaaages, ever since i realized how many people use my musebag and that nearly every bag i have was brown (usually dark-ish brown). i am so happy with this bag.. for it's look, colour, style etc and especially since it was one of the last two in the store :D with three girls hovering over the sample bag in our hands, it was good to hear micsis saying "we'll take both!" when the sales brought out the last two~ i really am a devil haha.. definitely no help in the "dont' buy this _insert item_ because..." department! (more details about that day is here in micsis blog entry)
although there was a sad point to that day (i don't want to talk about it :( i hate losing things!) it all ended pretty well :D

once again, thanks for the cards and gifts! :D hope everyone had a merry christmas and will have an awesome new year's countdown! (try not to get too drunk :P) i will post pics taken randomly on christmas eve later~

current mood: good shopping trip :D

silly~ hahah thanks for 'planning' that post for me subconsciously :P it's nice to know that even though you're so far away, you're still thinking of me! hehe.. makes me miss you guys and girls even more :( give my love to the girlies and tell them i miss them a lot and wish them a happy new year!

richter~ thanks for your wishes :D hope you have a wonderful holiday too XD be sure to send me turtle pics when you've completed 'the move'~

it's christmas soon~~

happy holidays everyone :D hope you all have a wonderful holiday and a great start to the new year! eat lots and remember to relax and have a lot of fun as well~ thanks to all those who took time to mail me a christmas card, even though i'm in far away hk XD

to start my entry...first off, i was a little disappointed when my boss informed me that i couldn't take my leave (27, 28 and 31) because there weren't enough people at work and it was also month end :( so i'd have to stay for those three days. as i wasn't planning on going anywhere (hokkaido will be next year for sure!), it wasn't actually TOO bad; i think i'm pouting just because i was planning to be able to tell everyone that i can laze around at home and now i can't :(
however i do have my loveeeely~~~ coworkers to spend next week with so i am REALLY glad that they're here! love you guys~~

our company annual christmas party was held (very successfully may i add) on tuesday 18 december! i am glad it's over but yet at the same time can't believe it's over because it seemed like we hadn't planned it for a very long time. this year i think is much better than the previous years because we had better ideas and the committee was a LOT more fun :D

this year's theme was "movie night" and the games included:

1. drawing things with a blindfold on while your team attempts to guess
2. a clip of the movie "The Ring" was shown and each table had to re-enact that scene with props we provide and anything else they find in the room
3. a clip of a famous movie was shown and questions were asked about that scene

pics:

me and april~~
"wow look at all the gifts" fake surprise~
we said he looks like he's the groom for tonight's dinner haha..
another person with the girls :P
blurry yes, but it was the only pic that showed me with my prize :D and seeing how happy i look shows i like my prize :D
more pics in my photo album~

overall, as in the years before, OUR table won the games~ :D
for the acting scene game, we obviously used the scene where sadako crawls out of the tv and scares the crap out of the guy.
lets just summarize it by saying it was *&#$ hilarious!

what other things happened? we had a magician come perform for about 45 minutes (amazing, really amazing and fun :D) and i won a hkd1k gift coupon for lane crawford~ (good for cosmetics and such i guess?)

i am still looking forward to the holidays and to giving out x'mas cards/gifts at work :D

current mood: get rid of the nastiness before year end....

ara~ thanks for your card :D i love it!! glad you got mine in time for x'mas.. have an awesome holiday dear!

Ken's visit to HK :D

super busy busy lately with random things (my wine exam.. which i hope i passed D: i seriously hope i did...) so I just realized that i didn't even post pictures from some dinners i had with dai ken when he was back!

So here we are, various pictures from the dinners/drink and so on from his visit :D i miss him dearly D:

ken, don, me :D (i think this was at california pizza kitchen.. which i always end up referring to as california pizza 'chicken')
me and silvia :D haven't seen her in aaages~
done, me, silvia, ken and kayip (aka "Brandon" or "eddie" as i prefer to call him :P)
me, ken, kayip and silvia :D
me and ken ~
so busy this week! @.@ today i gotta see doctor for my wrist problem (will probably elaborate on that later XD), tomorrow company annual dinner, wednesday i have my last mandarin lesson till after x'mas, thurs dinner for tat tat, fri family/relatives dinner, and it's gonna be christmas next week already!

I hope everyone's received my cards and that they like them :D silly/vicky i hope you guys like your small gifts :D thanks bro for bringing them back for me~~

current mood: christmas, then my birthday, then CNY (mama and papa coming back~~ :D)

ISLY...IRD

i recently (finally!) got fishy to send me one of my favorite songs from evangelion "thanatos if i can't be yours" and since then i haven't been able to get it out of my head again. I actually began listening to this song about 10 years ago, back when we were all still watching eva, but i lost it due to my old hdd dying. listening to it again, i've just realized how it just fits.

thanatos if i can't be yours~
Now its time, I fear to tell
I've been holding it back so long
But something strange deep inside of me is happening
I feel unlike I've ever felt
And its making me scared
That I may not be what
I think I am

What of us? what do I say?
Are we both from a different world
Cause every breath that I take,
I breathe it for you
I couldn't face my life without you
And I'm so afraid.
There's nothing to comfort us
What am I, if I can't be yours

I don't sleep, don't feel a thing
And my senses have all but gone
Can't even cry from the pain, can't shed a tear now
I realise we're not the same and it's making me sad
Cause we can't fufill our dreams in this life

So I must, let us break free
I can never be what you need
If there was a way through the hurt
Then I would find it.
I'd take the blows, yes I would fight it
but this is the one
Impossible dream to live
What am I, if I can't be yours..

current mood:

Jay Chou 2007 concert :D

there are a few things i wanted to post before i forgot, but since last night's events are still fresh in my head, i've decided to type it down before i forget :D

i finally got a chance to attend Jay Chou in concert last night! Previously, either i left HK just before his concert or when i was in HK he didn't have one that year or something ~_~;; so when it was confirmed that he was going to perform this year, i wasted no time in arranging to get tickets to see him :D only thing is i wish silly was here to watch with me because we'd be able to scream like crazy together :(

to summarize, i think he is very talented, not just because he can write his own songs and such but he's able to produce a very distinct style that is "jay chou" and has been able to do it with ease. He's also very talented as a musician, and demonstrated that by playing piano, guitar, drums and the zither (thanks for the term silly hahah) with skill, and not just basic strumming/playing. i heard that the saturday night show had Yundi Li performing the 'piano show-off' section with him which i wish i could have watched! his singing wasn't too bad, pretty much sounding like his cd, and he performed so many different things last night that i found it pretty entertaining. from performing acoustic versions of his fast songs, then later performing a really dance version etc. although i wish it could have gone on forever, the concert ended promptly after 11 and on a very sudden note :( however, i finally brought my camera this time, so I can show a taste of what it was like :D

please click on the picture to see it in full~

the arena was packed :D
he rose from the bottom of the stage on top of this 'carousel' thing :D i love it XD
then he rose up on the middle of the stage and began playing several piano solos ~
jay chou on the zither :D too bad it was in the middle of the stage :(
and lara of lam chuen ma ma:
these were the best of the pics i took.. we sat on the far side of arena which was great because he was always in the sides more than in the middle and i could get quite a few closeups :D

I talked to some of my colleagues who saw the concert as well and i'm thankful that the speakers and mikes were working properly last night! one colleague said she sat really far, but she couldn't hear anything because the speakers weren't working! and the mike kept screeching as well... i feel so bad for them ~_~

on a side note, ah gor (ken) left :( i wish i could have seen him before he left but he was too busy that day and quite lost in doing his own thing so i guess i'm glad i was able to see him 3 times this year as opposed to one time two years ago :P
ah gor, thanks for everything! will post pics of dinners with him later~

everyone: i've mailed out my christmas cards! hopefully it'll all arrive before christmas :D

current mood:

silly~ you're so silly! no need to have to shop for me.. i'm getting you a christmas gift because i saw something i thought you may like a few months ago and "had" to get it for you. it's nothing big so dont' worry about having to get me a combination bday+x'mas gift! you have "other important gifts" to worry about if you get what i mean... Hahahaha good luck with that :D i'll see what i can think of as well :D (have stuff to show you later re: jay chou concert haha)

random recent gifts

recent gifts :D

strawberry bunny :D (i love this so much)
ms/mr. eyeless bunny (i loveee button joints!)
thanks for these :D love love love them XD especially the strawberry bunny which was a surprise!

current mood: feelin' the love!

silly~ hahah i'm glad my long entry helped your break :D i miss you so much... add oil on your crit tomorrow (err should be right NOW actually).. take care :D hope you like your gift!!!