my birthday celebration post :D

i finally have a little bit of time after my birthday to write down and post pics of everything. thanks again for all the surprises and fun and love :D

jan 28~ had a lovely bday lunch and dinner with irene and ray :D (thanks!) i was feeling a bit off that day but felt a lot better afterwards ... thanks so much!!

jan 29 ~ my lovely colleagues treated me to lunch in wanchai! :D it wasn't really a surprise, but since we hadn't tried this place before, it was a nice surprise~

pics:



at night, i went to the Agnes B le pain grille cafe in causeway bay :D the food was delicious, the atmosphere was reallllly nice, and i had a really nice time. thanks for being so sweet and taking me here! i was surprised with a lovely cake from cova (super gooey chocolaty deliciousness), for which i'm glad they didn't sing happy birthday to me.. haha...

i actually posed at least 7 times for this pic.. and all i wanted was to cut it up and eat it D:
outside of the cafe :D
jan 30~ my birthday XD i woke up to rain but... it was cleared away by my receiving tons of calls, starting from 12am, all the through to 9am, and also in between sms/facebook msgs/msn msgs etc. etc.. im so so touched, especially those who live millions of miles away and still remembered to take the time to wish me a happy birthday. i really really love you guys!
i went to drink tea with my mom and lg718 in the morning at a very, very lovely restaurant in Langham Hotel tst. the food was not only very very delicious, the service was perfect (my tea was never cold) and the atmosphere very private and beautiful. my favorite dish? these poor little guys that lg718 and i chewed the faces off of D: (i'm sorry!)


afterwards, lg718 and i went on a small shopping trip around tst where (unexpectedly) i actually didn't buy anything at all. after grabbing a bottle of sparkling wine, we went back to my place afterwards to rest up and stuff before dinnertime :D we took the taxi the restaurant where i was greeted by lots of happy birthdays, presents and laughter :D the dinner wasn't as amazing as it was on my sis' birthday but i enjoyed it a LOT anyway, as my mom was back to celebrate with me and i was surrounded by all the people i love best (well most of them anyway xD). my sis surprised me with an adorable birthday cake (kenny's favorite black forest! :P)~

my favorite sentence of the night: 好落雨 = good yogurt. (courtesy of my lg718... haha)

pics:

my gifts:
my dears~
adorable bday cake courtesy of my sis:
my dearest mom~
random bear display at harbourcity~

jan 31, feb 1~ i spent the lounging away and got myself sick because of that =___=; lg718 ended up making this for me:
which was made from this: (looks like po'her tea!)
it doesn't actually taste as bad as it looks so thank goodness for that haha.. i felt lots better afterwards and after some rest, actually got a lot better!

I couldn't resist going to dinner that night with the rhhs crew, and so off i went to the last bday celebration of the week! i'll post pics of that later on when i get them from jon! :D

i cut my hair short and permed it on sunday... feb 3.. i'm still not used to what it looks like but hopefully i get used to it :D so far no negative comments which is good XD will post pics later if i can take good ones haha...

current mood: relaxed sense of mind (i hope...)

counting down...?

excited :D

about 7 hours till my birthday.. i know its rather silly to be counting down at this age but it's one of the few things that i've been looking forward this month!

thanks for the cards/presents arriving in the mail and for the bday lunches and dinners which started yesterday!! i look forward to the rest of the week xD (thanks irene, ray, peg peg, april, phil, mr. tuna, silly, fishy, jay, man man etc. etc. i will properly thank everyone with pictures later on!)

i will post pictures later this week!

current mood: awaiting end of the work day (yoga + agnes b cafe + surprise)~

nic & Mio/raven~ i really can't wait to see you guys in feb :D remember to call!!!

thank you... really truly love you all!! ♡

just received a phone call from Mr. Postman... a birthday gift has arrived :D (but no one at home to pick it up D: hence the reason for the call)~ Along with the one I have to pick up tomorrow at central post office, this will mark my third gift... If the one that's at home right now is not mr.tuna's gift, then mr.tuna's will be the fourth gift xD so excited! not just because i'm receiving several presents but because i'm feeling the love, and how people took the time to mail things out to me; EARLY!

i really love you all :)

however, mama and papa coming back will be the biggest bday gift of all! i haven't celebrated my birthday with my family since a looooonggggg time ago~ i really need that warmth and incomparable love from them a lot.

thanks for reminding me that i have that, silly!

i went to see a chinese doctor on saturday, as my left wrist has been hurting for a long time and the bone specialist didnt find any problem :( however, once i sat down in the chair at the office, he asked me how long i've had the flu for (note, my expression was definitely: ), and listed out a bunch of symptoms i've been experiencing for several weeks now (maybe months even), just after tapping on my right wrist a few times~ apparently i have what's called "風熱" ('wind hot' in english), which was causing my night flushes/weird fevers, coughing, dizziness, stomach pain, sleeplessness, fatigue etc. Aside from a week's worth of scary soil-water (i refuse to use another word to describe it! haha) to drink, he said i should:

1. sleep earlier (i have T__T for the past week, i slept at 11:30! but just not quality sleep...)
2. dress warmly to avoid getting even more sick (i do T__T)
3. avoid eating red meats (duck, goose, lamb, beef), spicy food, fried food, stir-fried foods, most fruits, cold foods, and raw foods

you can imagine my expression when i was told that last point: (exact expression)
that's avoiding basically everything =____=;

however i really hope to get better and sleep better so i hope this all works out.. he said that after i clear up my flu/germs, he can treat my wrist which he said would take a longer time D:

pics of my 'lovely' drink D:
what a wonderful colour ~_~;;

current mood: unseen stress...sleepless nights D:

ara~ you're right, we need to skype :D i miss the WoW days when we first played and we'd use that program to chat ingame ... we were always the ones talking, do you remember?! hehe

how many of you believe the following?

it's been awhile since my last update~! lots has been happening so i haven't had much time to write here ~_~;; however, i am thankful for the support and warmth i'm receiving from a lot of my dear friends/sisters/brothers/soulmates etc. from all around the world, and i'm really feeling the love! really love you all :D i hope you can all feel me reaching out to your warmth~

i read this on ray bro's gf's blog when i was looking around after seeing their europe pics there. how many of you believe the following?

1. 沒有一百分的另一半，只有五十分的兩個人。

2. 付出真心，才會得到真心，卻也可能傷得徹底；保持距離，就能保護自己，卻也註定永遠寂寞。

3. 通常願意留下來跟你爭吵的人，才是真正愛你的人。

4. 如果我們之間有 1000步的距離，你只要跨出第1步，我就會朝你的方向走其餘的999步。

unfortunately, i feel as if these four points are talking about me directly! the last point seems to be one open for discussion though.. at the end, no matter if you really step out the 999 steps, at the end, i don't think anyone can accept it deep down in their hearts.
are you this type of person? to me, i think it is the experiences in life that change people drastically but at the end, the way you love, and how you view love doesn't really change all that much. i know for me my "love deeply, although may be hurt deeply" viewpoint will never change.

current mood: wishing i could snuggle back in bed ~~ (pondering) HK is cold!

mic~ haha i know you do!!! it reminds me of you whenever i look at them...

lg718~ happy 5.6mo~ add oil, eat lots, smile often, think simple~

my new toys :D (l+g)

my two new pets :D
i have alwaysss loved these characters..lisa and gaspard (spelling?) dolls~ so cute! and so soft to touch~~ my bed is overcrowding D: i have to sleep with nearly every single toy i have because... because... err no reason haha...

thanks everyone for your hugs, comments and support :D i will try my best! it really touches me when i realize how many people there are out there that care so much and how i'm reminded that i'm really not alone.. i think the silliest thing is to think u're alone when all you need to do is either pick up the phone, open up msn, or open up your email and you'll be able to reach out to those you need. thanks everyone for reminding me of that :) i am so touched!

current mood: what to do...

silly~ thanks for supporting me.. haha i think you know what i mean when i write this!!

ara~ thanks for your kisses and hugs XD and your cyber brownies/bread/other delicious foods! i hope we can arrange something where we 'borrow' someone's kitchen and cook for the day! my mom's flat has a nice oven so maybe we can do something there... haha love you tons :D

j9~ miss you girls so much! thanks for reminding me what wonderful girls i have back home and how nothing has and nothing will ever change :D hope you have a wonderful new year!! look forward to reading more of your lovely works~

raven~ no wonder haven't seen you online for so long!! i was wondering where you went? but thank you for your support..i think i will try hard this time and see where it takes me..lots happened, i will catch up with you when you come visit!
as for CNY, i am soo glad you will be able to be here! please please please let me know which day u're available.. we can probably arrange for lunch or something if dinners are a little too hard to arrange! (my parents will be here for CNY too haha...) love you~ hope you have a wonderful new year :)

happy new year :D

happy new year everyone! :D (longgg post coming up~)

i hope everyone has a wonderful start to their year and will work hard to fulfill their resolutions (if they made any haha...)
i promise not to disappoint those who are watching out for me and caring for me. i know i am very weak and vulnerable at times, but i also know that these parts of me are small compared to the objective, fast to cool part of me... i promise to put those two parts together so that i am not too extreme on either end.
i am thankful for those who have stepped out and showed me that i am in their thoughts and that i am very much loved! i got a million text msgs last night/this morning (till 7am.. i'm not joking.. how much energy do you guys have!!) and got a few more this afternoon and i am sooo thankful for them :)
but most of all, thanks for your call ah gor (ken)~ it cheered me up, especially since you called at OUR new year's instead of toronto! i called but the lines in toronto were messed up and i couldn't reach my parents either! haha...

anyway... a few things.

1. a new start :D i am looking forward to life no matter what has been tossed to me (yes.. dinb would say i'm a crazy person, along with the 'no need to sleep' thing...)
2. looking forward to mom and dad's visit.. thanks mom for coming back to celebrate my bday! *rubs hands in glee* i am looking forward to tons of laughter and warmth.. i miss my family so much.
3. my bday is coming up! i am really excited for some reason, although most ppl stop being excited at this age i think? haha i can still see myself telling the ppl at the office straight out how old i am when they ask me... the same way i did two years ago!
4. CNY.. first time celebrate it with whole family in hk.. i hope to eat a ton of mom's cooking and seeing lots of friends and relatives that i never get to see unless parents are here!

thank you...

lg718, thank you for trying. i think i understand the situation so well, too well in fact, that i'm actually very objective about it when i talk to you. i really want everything to be smoother and everyone to be truly happy again. i am too 'happy go lucky' to be able to dwell on this type of thing for too long. no matter what it may seem like, you have taught me a lot, patience, thinking for others and about real freedom and space...i hope 2008 will be stress free for you or at least be a year where you can accomplish all that you want to...i miss your pasta and random chinese medicine tea so much! and your smile and laughter, i haven't seen or heard that in a long time.. no matter what you are facing now, please try to remember to take it simple/lightly and to remember to smile. i think the one thing i brought to you was simplicity and laughter and i hope that it is what you will have more of again in 2008. love u.. add oil!

fishy.. i cannot say how thankful i am to you. i try to tell you every day and i think words fail (for once haha...). i hope your 2008 is a good year and that you will try hard to overcome the things you want to overcome. we understand each other very very well.. so well that i really dont' need to tell you and you'll understand :) love you lots~

silly thanks so much for being here though you are so far away. you are my dearest dearest wife/sister and it was really touching for you to be the first and only person to read my previous entry... i think i meant it for you, you silly abstract thinker! i love you tons and really hope that 2008 will be even better and exciting for you. can't wait to see you again in june :) i miss you so much!

mr tuna you are always in my thoughts... we dont' talk too often and dont' get many chances to write long emails now.. but i know that u are here and i think we both know that we're always in each other's thoughts. so thankful that i was able to 'find' you again on fb and to be able to have you in my life again when i was going thru so much! i still havent' been able to find a name/word to call you yet (definitely not brother hahaha....) but i think you know what we both think/feel so i don't think it's actually needed :D

family no words needed. thankful, glad that no matter what happens, there is always warmth and comfort and laughter with you guys. lg718 really reminded me of that.
w/cooties girl you are included in this list :) love you a lot and really am glad to have you as a little mini-muimui sis who is 100% like me! but funnier and quieter :( i'm too noisy... miss you~! hurry back soon okay? love you~

nic/ah gor/mandy/my dear girls in toronto/raven: love you guys :D i miss you all and hope that i can see you in HK/toronto/vancouver sometime soon... i hope you all have a wonderful year... i cannot thank you enough for being here :)

ara, aiai, rukie bro, jachy etc. ~ hope you guys have a wonderful year (really wnat to try your brownies and stuff soon ara XD)

april etc. from work~ love love our lunchtime/dinner/yoga etc. craziness!! so glad that at work, we have such a wonderful team of people together :) love you alll~

and last thing... a pic of the tree before it was taken away ~~


current mood: trying my best...

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!!!