x'mas time soon~

merry christmas in advance to everyone~~ i've been super busy lately so haven't had time to write anything in my blog @.@

however, i've mailed out my cards on 9 december 2008 so those who know you should be getting one but haven't gotten it, tell me cuz i'm worried i misspelled your address @.@;;

my tree at work :D

will post pics of all the holiday decorations somewhere soon~ everyone please wish me luck for this friday's annual company dinner that i win something good =__=; i'm slightly worried i'll be stuck with a certain massager that we have at home cuz there are two of those 'bombs' which i have no way of refunding and getting somethign else =__=;; (the other products either have cash, or hopefully a receipt...)

wish me luck!

there's not much holiday mood in the office or in HK in general this year so i'm super glad we made plans to stay home to cook and have a cozier x'mas filled with warmth and candles and yummy food XD

i miss everyone in canada :( stay warm~

current mood: <-- everyone's current mood at office (haha.. i think it's just a combination of 麻煩 year end things.. XD i hope it 'clears up' soon..)

Vivienne Westwood exhibition~ :D

over the weekend, on 30 Nov, we went to see the preview vivienne westwood exhibition :D when i went inside, the displays were quite close to each other and it was dimly lit inside, but i was super glad we were allowed to take pics, just without flash :D it was also quite far @.@ but we made it on time~

here are some of my favorite pieces taken with my iphone~ unfortunately the pics aren't of amazing quality as i still haven't bought a point and shoot yet. i didn't want to bring my dslr in case there were going to be tons of people anyway and no flash was allowed (and i was correct~), and so most pics ended up being slightly blurry @.@

anyway...

i love this outfit~
the picture doesn't do these costume-like dresses justice @.@ in real life it was amazing, especially the red dress to the left.
i LOVE this tshirt! the slogan is great: 'i am not a terrorist, please don't arrest me'

i really love this coat and wish i could owni t @.@ the cutting is amazing (the left shoulder is 'interesting' haha..):i've always loved the heart jacket to the right :D it's been 'worn' by nana in the manga (i forget if mika wears it in the film @.@) and it helps that the rocking horse shoes that i love are paired with it~
you can see more pics from my gallery here~

i am looking forward to the holidays XD i've also been taking pics of the various displays around town and will upload them and post about them later :D

current mood:

happy birthday sis~

happy birthday to my darling sis :D we had a lovely lunch buffet in tst, then a really delicious hot pot (beef soup :D) at mong kok!

some of the pics from tonight:

realllly delicious hotpot @.@
my lovely sister~ (please ignore the messy table.. hahah)
the pretty cake :D
and... us trying to mimic "someone's" expression... HAHAHAi think we were quite good at pretending to be her lol~ more pictures can be found in my photo album :D

on a side note, i highly recommend this hot pot place, as the beef soup was great and the food was very clean and tasty! the price is quite cheap too (only about HK$160 each person, and we ate a LOT)~

and lastly, my latest addition to the miffy family:

yes it's quite huge (my largest miffy to date, out of my 20+ miffys), and i was looking for this size in this colour for FOREVER till my dear friend found it for me :D
i really hope the curse that affects all my yellow miffys stays with those yellow miffys.. D:

25 nov: i'm actually recovering from sickness as i type this (same old neck pain.. refer to previous entry on 28 October for more info @.@) but i'm a LOT better after two days' rest and some better meds. the worst thing was the neck pain made me throw up continuously for the past two days ~_~ so until that stopped, i coudn't eat a thing D: i'm just so so thankful that i'm ok now and the dizziness is gone!

another work week! :D

current mood: sick.. (but recovering! :D)

the story of cotton candy~

i had a VERY lazy weekend xD on friday, after dinner and some random shopping at langham place with fishy dear, we went back home to laze around and watch anime/project runway (yay i liked Leanne's collection and she won :D)/random tv and chat (similar to what i did on saturday)

to go off topic a bit, i'm actually watching a bunch of anime, after finishing Macross Frontier, and one of them is called "Ga Rei Zero" which is kinda mind boggling @.@ it's drawn beautifully but i've yet to get a grasp on whether there are no main characters because they all die or what @.@;; anyone else watching this and can kinda discuss with me? =.=

on sunday, we went shopping again and also went in search of fresh 炒栗子 which i'm STILL having difficulty in finding T_T it's my favorite snack in the wintertime in hk~~~ sometime in between our lovely dinner with 阿哥, fishy went and bought me some cotton candy XD i was squealing when i saw some kids walking around with some so, since i couldn't get my dear chestnuts, i got it instead XD

i took some pictures as i don't get to eat cotton candy (and such a large .. erm.. one? piece?) usually xD i'm smiling in this picture but i'm actually impatient and want to start eating @.@
it looks quite huge @.@ like a giant dustball or something...
the sequence basically went like this: take a piece, look at it (i realize i kept grabbing large pieces XD), laugh becuase it was so silly to be so excited like the other kids around me, then suddenly not caring and eating away XD
yummy :D~~

but i still want my chestnuts! according to my lovely april, there's a cart near the 火車站 in MK so hopefully i can go there to buy chestnuts this weekend @.@ i saw a cart in central today (near the 街市) but i was going back to work so there's no way i can bring the smokey/smelly chestnuts back =.= (not to mention there's no way to eat and type...)

about some other things, i received a postcard on monday from vivienne westwood that invited all vip card holders to a preview of their exhibit on 30 Nov @.@ i was a little excited as it should be something similar to the chanel mobile art exhibit except this time we got advanced tickets XD more info about the vivienne westwood exhibition can be found here

the exhibit is organised by Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and will showcase a bunch of vivienne westwood clothing and accessories from the museum's collection. as well, there'll be merchandise on sale for this exhibit. it should be interesting so i can't wait~~ it'll be open to the public (for free) from 1 December 2008 to 31 January 2009. go check it out if you're in HK at that time and like vivienne westwood :D

it's getting chillier in HK lately~~ everyone remember to wear your scarves/jackets, especially since it's flu season @.@
current mood: want to stay warm~~~

raven~ glad you got my card XD i hope you're feeling better and not sick anymore :D stay healthy!

mr tuna~ hope you have a great time at your new job and that we can chat more~ :D

muiz~ have you received anything in the mail lately @.@

it's november~~ and that means...

...clothing change time~ (yeah right, the weather stays the same in HK but people here are wearing boots and scarves...me being one of them XD) it's updates time~

H&M is going to launch their next crossover collection with comme des garçons on November 13!
see the collection here~

i want the polka dot scarf and cardigan! (my two favorite items to buy recently haha...)

I know i can't fight for the clothing though =.= the thought of lining up along with the millions of other HK people on a thursday is not possible =.=;
so, i admit defeat and will look longingly at the pictures to soothe myself T_T

i had a problem with the 'silent' button on my iphone last week so i brought it to get fixed during lunch (yup, rushed to mk and back and ate lunch within an hour!). they called me back an hour later to tell me they 'fixed' it: by giving me a new one @.@ yes, it meant i had to re-wrap my phone again (sigh... for the third time..) but i got a new "jacket" for it this time as well :D

modeled by miffy :D

yup, that's my phone XD everyone who's seen it tells me they want to either:

1. bite it
2. smell it (?!)
3. touch/feel it (cuz it literally looks like i'm talking on a pack of chocolate)

fishy claims my phone made him have a sudden craving for chocolate @.@
loving this phone jacket ::heart::

i've also (finally!) replaced my mouse "wrist" thing (ie. the thing i use to rest my wrist on when using a mouse), as my colleagues were complaining that the old wrist-rest thing (it was a cat..) was developing yellow-eye disease after prolonged use =.= (i had a male colleague tell me that it was disgusting and that even he wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole when he came over to fix my comp... which made me start thinking "hmm... maybe i should change it")

before (placed in a plastic bag to prevent spreading of disease):

after: (aww isn't it cuteeee~~ let's see how long he lasts)
i took these on my phone just now so sorry for the really bad quality xD

current mood: (i'm working! it's a monday! give me some time to 'warm up'~~~ xD)

=.= neck pain

how did i spend my weekend? in pain =.=
i hurt my neck muscle (NO IDEA HOW) over the weekend, which caused this really nasty migraines, which in turn caused me to want to throw up whenever i sat in a moving vehicle, got up too quickly, looked around too quickly or slept in a bad position =.= thank goodness i'm ok now, and i'm definitely cherishing the non-painful moments~~ thank goodness for my dear fishy who took care of the annoyingly-always-sick-me~~

好慘啊 T___T 痛死我啦~~

so everyone, please be careful.. don't hurt your neck unexpectedly like me =.=

current mood:

PS: i went to 阿哥's place over the weekend.. very nice! much better than expected.. haha i will post pics later if he's ok with it...

raven~ i hope you get well soon and enjoy your holiday in hokkaido my dear~ (sending you a lot of hugs from hk :D)

new toys, 周杰倫 new cd, a movie :D

i wrapped my iphone last last week and didnt' really post pics to show it off yet so here it is~ (miffy approves of the iphone)

they did a really nice job and the protective coat over it makes it last longer and better to use than those covers~ best of all, i can change it at any time and get a new 'sticker' whenever this one wears out a bit~ XD

jay chou's new cd came out a few days ago~ i finally got a copy of it but it's only 'soso'.. i really miss his old stuff and like listening to old songs than his new ones~ however, as i am ever so glad that i'm into listening to his music again, i couldn't help but purchase his cd~ (he's one of the few artists that i would actually buy cds of..)

(i'm not sure if the miffys approve... 黃色 miffy seems kind of 黑面 here... hahaha)

on sunday i went to watch vicky, cristina, barcelona with fishy, 阿哥 and dada and really enjoyed it! i'm not the film critic type but i really enjoyed the light romantic comedy and didn't fall asleep as i thought i would~ (i was thinking it would be too 文藝) i really recommend it to people who want to watch something really random and light and kind of "comfortable"~ barcelona seems to be a really beautiful and relaxing place~ (and i recall silly saying it was a wonderful place)

i had a wonderful "update lunch" with jon today, whom i haven't seen in AAAAAAAAAAAGES (due to my being busy and his MIA-ing to a longg trip to NA) ~ we finished early and then had a long chat at the top of IFC outside in the beautiful weather and just enjoyed ourselves~



i'm super super glad we didn't delay our catch-up time anymore as we had sooooo much to update but so little time~

current mood: i am "la happy" (as i would say to mui haha)

ps: i miss my mui, my mr tuna, my dear ara, silly silly, my 'twin' mandy and all you north america living people so much~~ T___T

nic~ hahahahaha i guess i am.. since you are my wifey, then you're grandmother group too la hahaha

updates XD

updates again~~~

first of all, i caved in and bought ... an iphone! haha... i wanted one since before it came out but i thought "everyone and their mom has it! whats the point?!?" then out came 3g and 16gb model.. and i say "now everyone and their GRANDMOTHER has it! what's the point?" but... after getting the HTC diamond, i ditched it after 3 months use and got a 3g 16gb iphone XD i LOVE it and.. absolute no regrets as it's the absolutely best phone i've used so far~ best of all, i got fishie one as his x'mas gift so he finally has a good phone to use XD (well partially as his x'mas gift ...)

and yes i've sold my htc diamond =.=;;

secondly, i finished macross frontier and am VERY pleased with how it turned out at the end! i was so worried it'd end up as another macross 7 (ie. very stupid plot..) but nope! it kept with the original macross tradition of love triangles, music and lots of cliche plots XD the ending was kinda cliche but i LOVE the medley used at the end! the music is so amazing, i can't believe i keep listening to the ost. i just got ost2 and it's absolutely amazing~

thirdly, i forgot to mention i started playing warhammer online a few weeks back~ so far.. the graphic problems are slowly going away but it's still kinda buggy... however, 峰b and i are slowly working together (me on my lovely disciple of khaine and him on his witchelf, while he soloes his sorceress) and it's fun in that way! what class did i choose? well they told me to try melee.. so what do i do? i stick with my healer bit but do melee.. aka: i'm a melee healer XD it's fun!! at least i'm no longer hiding behind corners, but i'm out there killing, hotting, helping, supporting~ it's fun so far (i know at T3 we'll taper off..) and enjoying it :D so i'm in NO hurry to level like i normally am~

here are some screenies that i took (shes higher level now but i forgot to take shots =.= and besides, my current headpiece is not as fantastic as this one so.. that's ok XD): (riddie = wildie, who unfortunately can't play with me for awhile because of his exams.. good luck dear~!)

with the sorceress enchant which looks awesome on my weapon:
i LOVE my outfit.. compared to the witchelf, who wears nothing but different coloured coconut bra tops, this is really cool~:
soo glad i could get kaya back XD the name was free thank goodness!! only complaints about the game is that it's not 'fast' enough from what i've seen in daoc? so hopefully it improves. the pvp is actually quite fun and i hope to do more of it this weekend!

i am so so so so happy lately, i can't really express it properly XD i'm so so glad that i made the decisions i did and received sooooooooooo much support~

阿哥ken is back too which is great as well and it was fun to catch up with him and help him arrange stuff for his new flat~ so glad he's here!

mandy, i can't wait till u're back too! i sent you an email, i hope you got it my dear~

**mr. tuna: did you get my present yet?!?!?! haven't seen you on msn to ask you directly!!!

current mood: 幸福的玲b~~

sunflowers

I just want to thank mr. tuna for the image below... he took this somewhere and the colours and subject are something i adore~ thanks for showing this to me. :D i'm truly "ok" again now, and i think this image symbolizes how i feel (i guess.. standing alone and.. looking cute? hahah...)! I'm really feeling the sunshine.. it's too bright now, i need sunglasses haha.. xD

thanks for the support (both in life and in tech :P).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (I called you on your bday, but i'm sorry the gift is late haha....) this is a late post for it, but it's the thought that counts!!

and everyone, please take a look at his pictures.. i love them all~

and oh, love you alllll soo much~

current mood: long time no using this image XD but yah.. i'm happy (overly so haha...)

ara~ you are so beautiful :) i'm going to keep saying this because I am so happy for you and subbie~ can't wait to see your wedding pictures (the rest of them!)

raven~ i hope you're doing good in japan and not getting sick~ please let me know when you visit me again so i can book you to go out for a WHOLE day and not just afternoon tea!

sick :(

i've been sick since monday :( it turns out that i have a fever!

to explain it all, i had a terrible headache over the weekend and took lots of tylenol and pain meds (which should have brought down my fever, but didn't) and it didn't help =.= i thought my being so 'warm' was just due to the weather and not because i was having a fever. so, on monday, after feeling very sick, i went to see a chinese dr instead, who told me i was going to get a fever and that i needed to rest. the medicine he gave me would make all my symptoms come out (ie. fever at night, headache, pain in joints, cannot sleep due to all that etc) but i would feel better the next day. he also told me to get another day of rest or else it would take me longer to get well.. and told me to take the next day off work too (which i did). after sleeping most of the morning and taking medicine, i feel a lot better now @.@ but still very very tired and have joint pain and a slight headache. but the feeling of having a cold is mostly gone and i think i'm not as feverish as i was this morning. i hope i get better soon.. i look like a ghost now! the dr told me to drink lots and lots of water, even when i'm not thirsty~ (2-3 litres he said @.@;;) my skin feels so dry from the constant fever... and no raw or fatty foods or chicken for me for the next few days =.=

on a side note, i heard from my friends that it'll be a T8 storm later today @.@;; i really hope not, because storms mean i'll be trapped in the house yet again and i haven't been out for so long (except to see the dr)! i hate being sick! but grats to everyone who was wishing for a day off XD hopefully you guys will get it @.@ (storm supposed to come between 4-8 pm...) and it's good to have a storm as the past few days were so hot and stuff that it seemed like the sky would explode at any time~

i got a new scarf over the weekend, which i should start wearing instead of just a cardigan when i'm at work, because i'm still getting sick even tho i'm wearing enough at work =.= i hope it'll help if i cover my neck too @.@

thanks to those who msged/called to see how i was :D i'm doing ok, just very weak and bored at home. =.= i sleep for most of the day but i can't seem to get enough rest.. it's like my body hasn't slept in a million years, sigh...

on a happy side note, i'm watching macross frontier lately :D i love macross (thanks to my brother, it was one of the first anime i watched..) and i didn't know they had a new series out (due to my being obsessed over other things haha) so it was nice to have something to watch. i just have to say i LOVE the new anime. it's not only very beautiful and really clearly following the original macross theme, it's also drawn very well with wonderful characters and interesting plot. i can't wait to see the rest of it! the HD ver on my laptop looks amazing :D thanks bro! (and fishy for watching with me XD) i got the soundtrack for the show and it's amazing as well. yoko kanno wrote the songs and i love it as usual (as i love all her work~). highly recommended!

current mood: sick...

dinner at felix~

short entry to say that i had a fabulous dinner at felix (tst peninsula) last week :D thanks for your time XD the atmosphere was nice, the view was gorgeous, and the food was really good~

i wish we took pics but i was too hungry and didnt' think to take pics until after ~_~ we had two appetizers (crab cake and wagnyu salad which were deliciousssss), and I had salmon steak as my main course~ aftewards, we sat in the bar area and had the dessert below:

the bar table was so beautiful~ it was lighted underneath with random stones scattered across~ (sorry for blurry photos, i didn't take them.. not that i'm making excuses :P)

mmmm.. i love the food at the different restaurants at peninsula~ after i go try out chesa, i would've tried all the restaurants there :D i'd post more pics but the rest of them are either blurry or too dark~

thanks again for 陪-ing me there~ i've been very bad tempered lately so i'm glad someone's not running away and making me more agitated~

i love my new z (i feel as if i'm referring to my notebook as angie's adopted kid..)! it's small, power-packed, and of course, pretty~ there's a slight 'heating up' thing on the left side, but i think it'll go away if is top using the boost mode and use normal stamina mode~ can't wait till i can upgrade the ram later on =.=

current mood: sleeepy friday (holiday mood!)

ps: someone's bday coming up!

ara~ your wedding photos are so gorgeous xD (as expected)

my new toy.. XD

a late happy mid-autumn to everyone! my mom left today :( but luckily she'll be back again soon which is a good thing~ hope everyone had a fantastic weekend like i did :D

short entry to say that i finally got my new laptop! the vaio vgn-z16gn/b :D it's the new Z series out by vaio and i love all the changes.. the last time i got a computer was around 3-4 years ago so this update is welcome~ my sis took away the study and made it into a room for her grand piano so we're 'stuck' with using laptops here =.= oh well... at least it's compact and full of power! its actually my first time using vista on my own laptop (previously used it only on seeb's laptop) and i'm still trying to customize it @.@

here is a quick glance at it.. excuse the messy background as i took this with my phone just now in a hurry to upload it online XD~the monitor is slightly smaller (my old one was 13.3, this is 13.1) and so it appears smaller but it's not too bad. and with the hdmi support, all my HD videos are so gorgeous now! they're also using the 'mac style' keyboard with the keys sticking up (without the 'in between' parts) so it's quite nice to type on~ they fixed a lot of problems that were on my old vaio so i'm reallllly loving it so far~

thanks fishy for helping me carry it home today XD and helping me set up and stuff. i still have to go out and get the ddr3 ram for it to upgrade to 4gb @.@ when that's done, my notebook will be perfect :D

current mood: feeling much happier and 幸福... j'adore ma famille~

muiz~ i miss you T____________________________T

updates~~

the long awaited recaps of random stuff i did over the month @.@

first of all.. i miss my mui T____________T soooo much! she's just so stupid and cute (at the same time) to be around and i got soo used to her being here for the past four months.... :( so sad and empty with my stupid mui gone (who else to talk about random stupid things with?!?!) ~ take care dear and study hard!! come back soon!!!!! i promise we'll go bbq-ing next time haha...

second: went to north point a few weeks ago for some amazing snacks (雞蛋仔 + waffle thing.. tasted soooooooo good.. crunchy on the outside, chewy on the insides! mmmm... this original store in northpoint tastes better than all the other stores) and had some amazing food with ray and muiz and etcz~ (i have to stop it with the "z" typing!) so delicious and fun! thanks for taking us ray ray XD

third: on friday last last week (or so) had a wonderful dindin with 峯峯, 妹, seeb in 九龍城 area (yummy thai food!) and then lovely dessert with them and ray ray and stan stan after :D it was great to meet stan stan for the first time (after all our 22 33 and 55 and bg etc together!!! hahah)~ he's so not what i expected in real life XD

fourth: i got lots of new toys but i can't post some of them because one of them is also a bday gift for mr tuna =.= so.. i gotta refrain from posting my "copy" of it...

fifth: I received some gifts too :D one of them being (excuse my weird arm.. i couldn't find a this bracelet off their website =.=):


thanks :heart: i love it so much XD especially since i made the bigggg mistake of losing the first one from YSL :( i'll take good care of this one for sure~

sixth: new cell phone strap :D but since my miffy cellphone strap is still "ok" (it's getting kind of 'black faced' according to several sources =.=) i've decided to hold off a bit before using it~



it's so cute T____T but i have a whole lineup of stuff to hang on my cellphone @.@ so......

will have other stuff posted later XD (ie. dandan!)

random photo taken the night before the T9 storm (such beautiful skies...):


current mood: i am better...

ps: side note, grats to Lawrence (i forget his priest's nickname back in wow lol...)!

pps: grats to 大堂哥!!! :D you happy day is monday~~~ i hope we still get to play wow together someday.. (i miss our days of doing normal dungeons hahah...)

nic~ so glad you got autograph!!! but next time, dont' be shy and go up and take pics! :P that's the whole purpose of being a fan ma!!! if i'm there, and it's someone i like as well, i'd pull u to take a picture with me! haha...

ara~ hope u can come to hk sometime XD we should arrange a trip to macau together :D i miss you lotssssssss :D pretty ara better take more pics for me to look at!

zaia~ (happy birthday mom :D)

Happy birthday mom XD

i've been so busy with my mom coming back and all that i haven't had time to write about zaia!


i went to macau to watch it awhile back and reallllllllllllllly enjoyed it XD for those who don't know, Zaia is the latest production by Cirque du Soleil, a famous group of performers from Montreal, at the Venetian in Macau. They're the first permanent group of performers at the hotel there, and as I've always wanted to see the show, i was really excited to go XD The official website is here~ From the website:

"ZAIA is the dream of a young girl who journeys into space on a strange, yet familiar voyage of self-discovery. As she travels, she encounters the beauty of humanity and eventually brings it back with her to share with the inhabitants of earth."

I've heard that this is the first time they've used a 3D screen on stage as well. we sat in very front row seats and although we had to look up a lot and the whole stage was harder to see, it was nice up close to see the expressions on each person's face :D i would advise those who want to see it to get seats a bit farther back as it's actually a better view of the whole production!

one note.. i absolutely ADORE the music they used... i want to grab a copy of their soundtrack but unfortunately, due to it being an ongoing NEW production, they dont' have a cd for it yet T____T can't wait till it comes out!

the venetian was very very beautiful too! at first, it felt a bit gaudy @.@ but then i got over that feeling and really was amazed by how large it was @.@

inside the mall (i love the sky XD)



random ceiling inside the ventian :D

at one of the more famous (the second famous one i'd say?) porkchop place! we arrived late so by the time we got there, the most famous porkchop places' porkchop buns were all sold out @.@ this place is also famous for it's 燕窩蛋撻 which was verrry yummy XD


more food and misc. pics can be seen at my flickr page~ :D it kinda sucks tho, cuz it was so hot and i barely took any pics lol.. but lots of yummy food XD

we went to one of our favorite porteguese restaurants on the second day before getting back on the boat to HK... and had those delicious stuffed crab shells again.. mmm T__T i miss them now!!



on a side note.. i didn't do any gambling (not at the tables anyway...) but played some slot machines (it just LOOKS so innocent! lol) and won HK$138! it's not a lot but i don't mind winning in general, even if it's a little :P reminds me of the time me and silly won money on some random trip to the states lol....

current mood: what to do @.@