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:

shopping~~

well weekend is not yet over but i've done quite a lot D: shopping wise~ i realized the biggest factor that leads to shopping is... boredom D: and when u're waiting for time to pass by!!

on friday my family and i were planning to eat dinner at 香港老飯店 after work. as everyone had stuff to do (mom was at her new flat, bro was at a meeting, mic sis went to see doctor, lg718 in fukin, bro in law somewhere, sis in the states) i was left alone, off early for once and NO WHERE TO GO ~_~ that's the worst thing! to be off work early, as both my supervisor AND my boss weren't there that day, and not be able to go anywhere. so, i decided to go to to tst alone, and see what i could to use up the 1-1.5 hrs i had before dinner at miramar plaza.
let me tell u.. that place is evil D:
not only are there great (and expensive x3) restaurants there but they have my favorite shops too :( i spent time in just two stores: b+ab and i.t. as lg718 always said, i can never come out of b+ab without some purchases, and that's just what happened! i got a new dress 'shirt' (it's like a dress but it can be worn over jeans as well) in a beautiful shiny black material, and also this lovely white turtleneck long sleeved, long shirt. i was safe in i.t. however and came out emptyhanded.

however, i was not 'safe' from it for long..

today (saturday) i went to the airport with my bro in law, bro and mic sis to send mom off to toronto and had a nice lunch with her at maxim restaurant. as her gate was really far, my mom had to go in early, and after a quick goodbye my mom went in D: i miss her so much!! ; ;
the four of us decided to take a bus to mong kok afterwards, where bro in law was gonna go do his own stuff, mic sis go home to nap, and bro and i to amuse ourselves~ on the way there, we played tetris together! it was sooo funny and fun~ if only i wasn't getting motion sickness i swear i could have played better ~_~ i'm so glad i have these siblings haha...
to make a long story short, my bro went off to watch DOA (YES.. he actually WANTED to watch that movie.. omg. D: his comments? well, he said that if you have absolutely ZERO expectations when watching it, it's actually quite good lol.. that's.. terrible..) with a friend and told me to walk around langham place for awhile to wait till his movie ended and then we'd go to dinner.. that was a big mistake D: the movie was less than 2 hrs long.. but i ended up going into IT and buying this lovely black dress (the simple, clothy type that i ALWAYS wanted)... i'm really happy about it but sigh.. see? it happened again ~_~;

bro went with me to the computer center after his movie where i got a lovely pink 2.5 inch harddisk that i always wanted and needed (too many anime and songs D:). i love it! it was such a great deal ^-^ we went to eat at spaghetti house with mic sis afterwards and i went back up to their flat to watch the incredibles with my bro. he had set up his tv so that he uses a computer to play his dvds and it's absolutely GORGEOUS.. you could see the water on their shirts, the material it was made of .. and it was a cartoon @.@; wow...
but i'm rambling.

now for some pictures. there was this fossil/bone display of dinosaurs at olympic center/mall/plaza :D (whatever it's called haha) and i took a far off pic of part of the display as there were waaay too many people and i couldn't get close ~_~

i'm really very much in awe of dinosaur fossils.. to imagine that suck large beasts lived many millions of years ago is amazing~ i really would love to see an actual full display someday ^_^ and also visit ancient cities, pyramids and see mummies etc.. just.. wow :O

well tomorrow will be my rest day, where i can just lounge around at home and read, play games, sleep and watch tv; something i haven't done for a few months ~_~ i have a stack of books/comics to read (naruto xD, the chronicles, the last book in the latest anthology by terry brooks, the comic books lent to me by mic sis, the rest of the agatha christie anthology, and the random manga i have scattered around)

i'm such a book worm.. /blush :P
i really hope this lovely breezy weather keeps up as well~~ hk is sooo perfect lately to me haha...

current mood: relaxing~~ (sigh i realy wish i was at an onsen now...)

PS: i forgot to add, i made this stupid mistake at dinner time on friday.. we were discussing how someone was actually named "Dorcas" (wtf.. dork-us..?).. and mic sis had asked me what "dork" meant.. and i meant to say "ngong gui".. but i instead blurted out "ngong.. ngong '9' " @.@ '9' as in .... some.. swear word/body part thingie ~_~ i think it all comes from listening to people around me say that word D: i dont' swear (in chinese) at all, but i think my subconcious had been storing those words for a LONG time (thanks dinb! :P) and i blurted it out when i got close to that word.. thank goodness my mom just laughed ... but so embarassing!! they'll never let me forget it @.@

if i were a...

found this somewhere and was bored enough to want to fill it out ^^; i guess most people would know that i'd make the following answers but it's fun to fill out anyway :P

1.- If I were a fruit I'd be... a strawberry.
2.- If I were a colour I'd be... pink/white.
3.- If I were an animal I'd be... a rabbit.
4.- If I were a electronic appliance I'd be... a mp3 player
5.- If I were a book I'd be... "I don't want to go to work" <-- taiwanese book...
6.- If I were a clothing item I'd be... a scarf,
7.- If I were jewllery I'd be... a bracelet
8.- If I were an object I'd be... a blanket (is that one?)
9.- If I were a car I'd be... a fairlady convertible ( sigh :( this car has been forever ruined..)
10.- If I were an element I'd be... water.
11.- If I were a tree I'd be... an aspen tree
12.- If I were a drink I'd be... soho 7 x3 or apple juice~
13.- If I were an ice cream flavor I'd be... cookies and cream~
14.- If I were a person I'd be... myself :D
15.- If I were a planet I'd be... saturn.
16.- If I were an insect I'd be... nothing D: i don't like insects...
17.- If I were public transport I'd be... a boat/ferry :D
18.- If I were a song I'd be... angel's tale by hyde
19.- If I were a movie I'd be... Nana part 1 (hachi.. xD)
20.- If I were a season I'd be... summer.
21.- If I were a flower I'd be... a lily
22.- If I were a job I'd be... musician
23.- If I were a cartoon I'd be... fruits basket
24.- If I were a place I'd be... a cafe :D
25.- If I were a gift I'd be... a homemade one (scarf?)
26.- If I were a memory I'd be... a happy one xD
27.- If I were a city I'd be... some place in europe :3
28.- If I were a sense I'd be... the sixth one?
29.- If I were a game I'd be... final fantasy X
30.- If I were a candy I'd be... something fruity xD
31.- If I were a time of the day I'd be... 3pm or 1am
32.- If I were an invention I'd be... a telephone :x
33.- If I were a bodypart I'd be... eyes
34.- If I were a country I'd be... some place relaxing xD
35.- If I were a flavor I'd be... sweet xD
36.- If I were a sport I'd be... pilates? is it a sport ?_?
37.- If I were a smell I'd be... fruity xD
38.- If I were a subject I'd be... english/languages/music
39.- If I were a flag I'd be... france flag
40.- If I were a month I'd be... July
41.- If I were a perfume I'd be... "happy" by clinique (using it xD)
42.- If I were a gummy candy I'd be... gummy bears :D
43.- If I were a toy I'd be... an NDS
44.- If I were a textile I'd be... pink terrycloth!
45.- If I were a shape I'd be... circle
46.- If I were a answer I'd be... indecisive one xD
47.- If I were a common liquorice I'd be... D: i dont' like liquorice
48.- If I were a word I'd be... 'love' xD
49.- If I were a cartoon character I'd be... Hachi or Haruhi (Ouran)
50.- If I were an instrument I'd be... a guitar or violin

i'm having a really horrible day today ~_~ sigh i wish it would improve by the time i need to get off work :( (and get home to watch the last few eps of Ouran that are out)

current mood: sigh... air of badluck...

ps: HAPPY BIRTHDAY KING!!! :D hope u have a wonderful birthday! ^_^

天下無不散的宴席....

random weekend recap!! i better type this all out before i forget xD

on friday night i met up with donb at festival walk where he went home and helped me package my mikael ; ; thanks to lovely bubble wrap given to me by cat and also some DHL boxes i got from work, we managed to mummify him in no time~ however, when we got to lg718's place (he was gonna mail him off), it started POURING; and i mean the "no matter how large your umbrella is, you'll get wet" type pouring rain D:.. we managed to lug the stuff up to his flat but i was soaked by that time ; ; worst of luck ~_~ afterward we went to eat at "Ding Tai Fung" and talked for a LONG time... mostly about what we should do on sunday~

on saturday i went to drink tea with my family at olympic station~ i went with my bro and mic sis to see "the devil wears prada' afterwards, which i really enjoyed. the clothing was amazing!!! i liked all the clothing anne hathaway wore ~~ and it was really short and to the point.. i was surprised it wasn't even 2 hrs long :D
i went with bro to MK afterwards and met up with lg718. we wandered around mk till dinnertime (mic sis was getting haircut) and ate din together~ mainly a really pleasant, slow, normal day~
on sunday i met up with lg718 and went with my family to look at my mom's new flat! it's located in "ho man tin" area and is really new and beautiful. (pics taken by my lovely mic sis)

the living room (quite spacious; we were surprised that the actual living space is not as bad as other new flats in hong kong.. it seems like u can get at least 80% back :O)


this is the view from the master bed room.. really beautiful! my mom's flat is situated on higher ground than most buildings around it so appears even higher than other buildings :D


this is a closer view from the master bedroom of the view outside :D it was such a beautiful day on sunday ^_^


my mom's flat is on the 32 floor and it was reallllllly nice and spacious~ the only thing i have to complain about (well two things) is that when we opened the door, we found a DEAD cockroach welcoming us D: one of the real estate people kicked it outside afterwards.. D: and second thing is that there are too many roads around the flat, which you could see if you looked out the window~
lg718 and i left for tst mtr station afterwards to meet up wtih donb, small b, and jordan and ate afternoon tea with them (and rhoda). it was supposed to be a farewell party but it ended up being cancelled (the girl we were farewell-ing wasn' free xD;;) but we went out anyway. we went to play video games after at the arcade (ex- rhoad and her bf) and had a LOT of fun... i wish mario kart would let more ppl play instead of two ppl vs each other D:... i wasted a lot of money trying to play with donb at this fighter plane shooting action game, as i found out i SUCK at dodging bullets :( i wanted to try a ton of other games but there were way too many people~
we went to eat hot pot afterwards and went crazy.. (such as throwing food on dinb's bowl etc etc xD) well at least i had a lot of fun laughing that nite~ x3
lg718, dinb and i went to eat dessert at harbourcity again and just chatted about random stuff.. we hadnt' done that in awhile and i was about to continue with them and walk around the seaside after, but it was late so i went home first while they continued~

weekends pass by so fast :( but sigh... even tho it always makes me a little.. sad whenever the end of the party/day comes, i have to be reminded of the title of my blog entry: 天下無不散的宴席

i just came back from a nice lunch with ray and cat~~~ we drank tea at our usual place but it was kind of sad because we learnt that ray will be leaving our company soon and so our gatherings will be fewer :( i think because us three went into the company around the same time and got to know each other then that we end up becoming so close~ i wish him all the best thought, of course, but will definitely miss him treating me to icecream/sundaes whenever he's free for lunch /cry~ (he's also the one that installed msn for me at work lol.. xD)

current mood: aii.. ~ everyone's leaving :(

i sold him D:

well.. i sold mikael.. or rather my DOT Sha D: I found that I hardly took him out or anything and that having Kaya was enough for now~ i think i'll get a breakaway or vampire el or something from Luts someday, but at the moment, i think i have enough to 'play with' ...

i seriously hope the home he goes to is a good one and the girl doenst' abuse him or does a scary faceup on him or anything.. ~_~ she sounds really excited about it so at least that's a good thing.. goodbye sha T_____________T

upcoming weekend:

don with din tonite
drink tea etc on saturday
eat at saikung (maybe?) with friends on sunday

recently lots of ppl are getting married~ this is mostly because the year of the monkey was "bad year" for marriage, year of the chicken had too few 'good days' and so the year of the dog (current year) is more suitable for marriage for many ppl~ (i know this stuff because I used to work at a chinese shop that required that type of knowledge -.-;)
and so, i was talking to mic sis and she explained how, in Hong Kong marriage customs, if people send you an invitation you have to send a gift (item or money.. but money's easier haha) regardless if you actually attend or not.. /sweat -.-; so dinb got a few invitations.. one coming from a primary school friend who he hadn't kept in contact with for 10+ years but who suddenly contacts him about a wedding... mic sis says that's normal in HK and the invitations that are received are nicknamed "red bombs" because of that!
haha so far no bombs for me yet... but i can imagine who they'll come from first ... xP

current mood: happy, wandering mind (it IS friday x3)

feels like fall :3

today i'm having my first pilates plus class~ this time it's the same instructor as my previous pilates class except we're learning a combo of pilates + yoga ~ it'll start from today (every monday) till december from 8-9:30~ and seeing that it's 1.5 hrs, i reallly think i'm getting a good deal here. not only are there only around 8-10 ppl per class but the instructor always takes his time to correct each person's positions and to ensure the class knows right from wrong~ i'm looking forward to it!

i bought lots of stuff that i've always wanted on the weekend!
1. slim suede-like brown belt (it's skinnier than those chunky normal sized ones that look great on everyone else but me)~
2. pearl chunky-ish necklace (i've always wanted a necklace :D mic sis got the black one)
3. another pair of ballerina flats! in black with some sequins on it ^-^ it looks soo adorable~ but unfortunately it's going to be raining this week yet AGAIN.. so i can't wear it again :(

we drank tea on saturday at this really good restaurant in harbourcity then went shopping afterwards~ overall it was a great shopping day but i realize how much i'm buying D: and how much more i want!
i want:

1. long boots (black or brown) with a square heel
2. white trench coat (burberry /cry) or white cashmere coat
3. new phone (i think N73 or that other nokia phone in the amour line)

it's been so beautiful (weather wise) lately! cool and breezy with sunshine and no rain :D i wish it would stay like this forever but as mic sis reminded me, it'll get back to normal and hot soon :(

must remember to get that leather spray after work *_*;

current mood: to skip or not to skip.. D: ultimate laziness....

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after class:

well of course i ended up going to class but... oh gosh i'm sooooo sore! as i stated before, it's pilates PLUS, but it's not yoga, it's a mixture of yoga and other body training stuff (fundamentals?) and wow.. it's hard.. our instructor was doing that hard position that i couldn't do in pilates a few months ago and.. damn it hurt haha.. so tired ~_~ i hope i do better next class D: but i definitely feel worked out haha... i love pilates!

suri :D

one of the cutest babies of the year: suri cruise. she's absolutely adorable! look at the pic from the cover of the next vanity fair:














she looks like an asian mix with that lovely patch of dark brown hair and those beautiful light (blue? gray?) coloured eyes! at four months, u can see she resembles katie a lot but i think she'll grow up and everyone will see how she's tom cruise's kid as well... i love the pics! what i would like now is to see pics of angelina and brad's baby again... becuase she's a bit older now and should look even cuter :D

i wanted to see the rest of the pics so badly i told my sis to get the next VF just to have the pics ^^;;

to read parts of the article and see the actual pics go here: http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/pressroom/

really really brightened my day to see the beautiful baby!

current mood: sleepyish but more awake due to ultra cuteness!

PS: i was so busy i forgot raven was leaving this weeek ~_~ augh i'm so mad at that ~_~ now i gotta convince her to come over again sometme next year or something.. or meet up with me when i go to japan! sorry raven! but remember: u have my support on everything!

mommmm~~~ (warning: ranting ahead...)

to get off topic right away: well they finally admitted that they weren't going to be using aoi as hachi in nana 2 :( now i'm reallllly disappointed about that becuase i love her! she's adorable and fits into the role of hachi so well u dont' think of her as aoi but as hachi... and when u see her modelling in ads or in magazines, u're thinking "wow, i totally forgot she's actually a model and not like hachi all the time..." which is really cool..

just wanted to make a random rant about it because i was told my many ppl that i resemble hachi in real life :( not in looks but in the general personality.. i'm not sure if it's a good thing tho -.-; and i was told this by random ppl who watched the movie at different times D:

anyway for those who have NO IDEA what the heck i'm talking about, go watch Nana the movie! now that i've seen deathnote, i like the guy being shin a lot more.. but he needs to become cuter D:

back on this blog entry's topic:... my mom's back! she'll be here for a month or so, which is fantastic as i get home cooked food and motherly love~ u know how there's always that cliche u see in movies where moms are the 'healers', the caregivers etc? well, i look at myself and find when my mom is around me, i do fall into the "MOM! help!" thing: as in whenever something happens (whether it be me getting hurt, cut, sick, or my pants are stained, need some sort of quick fix, or if i'm hungry, hot, cold, bored, etc) the first thing i do is yell "MOM". in fact my sister does that too.. yes, my big smart lawyer of a sister does that as well.
that's why i love moms.. no matter how scatterbrained, or outfashioned or how they do the silliest things, it all boils down to one thing: they can solve whatever problem u have on hand and make it all better.
oh and for those curious as to why i suddenly have this revelation.. i got these awful bites on my legs from the weekend (augh dont' ask. i just hate where i live.. two mins of waiting outside and i got bitten.. badly..) that made both my legs swollen. the humidity and heat in hong kong just made it worse and it was so painful and itchy that i was going insane ~_~ nothing i did stopped it, not even the all powerful calamine lotion D: at the end, my mom flew back, i whined and she produce some sort of cream to put on my legs and.. presto: the itchiness is gone and i'm definite it's healing.
wow. just.. wow..
i've been allergic to medicines, creams, food ALL MY LIFE so i really know what horrible itchiness is like.. i can ignore most but this time, it was too horrible but...my mom just cured it.. ^-^ and did i mention she cooks for me and does all the chores unconditionally? D:

so.. for those who are lucky enough to still live with or near your mom, please try to cherish them no matter how silly, worrying, annoying etc they may seem to be.. they're truly one of the few ppl who would even care if u 're well fed or if u were healthy and will do anything they can to help u!!

sorry.. i'm in such a better mood i'm doing a mom rant.. haha so sorry for those who actually read my blog (i really thank you all) and were looking forward to something else D:

current mood: in a MUCH better mood now that i'm (temporarily) healed...

september~~

it's september!! it seems like it's supposed to mean something special but i'm constantly reminded that when u start work, spring/ summer/fall/winter all mean the same thing: u have to go to work regardless-.-; sigh~ i guess my body is just 'tuned' to the feeling of expectation that u get when u start a new school year! this may sound weird but i really, really miss school D: it doesn't help that the weather in hong kong is ALWAYS THE SAME; hot 70% of the year with the rest being a bit cooler. there's not even summer to look forward to like in toronto because it's so long and humid here.. ~_~; as well, i used to fly back to hk and get new pencils, cases, etc and get ready for school but now that there's even MORE interesting items for school, i realize that i.. don't.. need it D: i haven't even written anything with my hands in awhile (i'm serious.. aside from the occasional birthday card, i swear i dont' know how to write anymore ; ;) and i realllly miss that feeling sometimes. especially my university years ~_~ those were DEFINITELY the best.

to recap the weekend, i'm sure everyone had a jam-packed happy "last weekend before summer's over D:"~ it was my bro's bday on friday and we had a great dinner at Outback in causeway bay.. so much laughter!



random pics :D i look terrible D: but my sis and bro look great ^-^ taken with the phone i'm still considering xD;; i need to stop sleeping after 1am.. D:

on saturday, i went out with lg718 to do some random errands and was debating whether or not to switch phones and decided not to at the end (tho my bro is STILL tempting me to buy the N73 ~_~;;). we went to the grasshopper concert at night and... it was awesome. absolutely awesome. there was soo much fun music and dancing.. and it was great that everyone was so hyped! i've never danced at a concert before but i really had a great time doing so this time. many of u are probably going "wth is 'grasshopper'?!?"... well.. i was exposed to their music back in the late 80s/early to mid 90s because my sister was a huge fan of theirs.. and i happen to know how to sing about 80% of their songs because she used to play them every single day/night when we were kids.. D: omg ~_~;;
well anyhow.. it's becuase of her that i ended up going to their concert (it was me, mic sis, bro, and my sis) and had a wonderful time ^-^ however, i noticed that the ppl there were all pretty old... i guess their fanbase is getting really old haha we were some of the few younger fans that were there haha..
my favorite part again was when they sang the 'everybody's favorite' song "Lonely". whoever wrote that song is amazing because although it's at least 10+ years old, but it's still really great to sing along with and listen to~ that was the part when everyone was standing up and waving whatever they had in their hands in unison~ this time, the plastic bag/stick thingies they gave us to blowup and use to hit together for noise broke soo easily.. in fact, we had eight (two per person) and ended up with two and a half D: i remember the last ones not being so fragile....

after the concert ended, we all headed back home.. it was over waay too fast ~_~ i keep thinking it needs to be longer but we were up on our feet dancing nonstop for at least an hour or more so.. so it probably seemed to go by faster ^-^

my sis left sunday afternoon for her business trip to the states :( so i went out with lg718 to tst and we got our hair cut together at our favorite japanese hair salon~ i just got my hair trimmed but i kept playing with the idea of getting another perm (this time closer to the top of my head because the last perm i had started below my ears) and cutting my hair shoulder length into a nice semi wavy style... miki, our stylist, had that type of hairstyle and i loved it! but.. maybe i should keep it long.. "kiipu rongu!" as she kept saying (it took me awhile to realize she wasn't speaking in japanese but in english lol).

everyone's on a business trip :( lg718 and my sis.. and i have to wait till wednesday for my mom to be back as well.. sigh...

listening to jay chou's newest album right now! it's supposed to be out on sept 8th but somehow mic sis got a hold of a copy of it! it's nice.. i like it so far! but i guess i'm biased towards him.. i'll definitely buy the album when it's out...~ cuz i'm a sucker for his music like that D: it's called "依然范特西"~ everyone go listen to it when it's out ^-^

current mood: why is it monday already!!!

ps: just had a nice long talk with selina about random things.. it's good to talk to her.. damn i miss her so much :( i really need to fly to toronto again soon ~_~

Happy birthday bro! congrats Laura!!!

weekend's coming up! what's everyone doing? ^-^ i have a nicely 'packed' weekend, including bro's bday dinner, grasshopper concert etc. really excited! my mom's flying back on monday but my sis is leaving on sunday too :( i can never have it both ways with them here at the SAME time ~_~

for this weekend:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER!!
i just realized he read my blog for fun sometimes and i wanted wish him an even happier year with many more happy years to come! thanks bro for being a wonderful big bro to have fun, joke around and to look up to. love u tons! glad that my moving to hong kong as brought me closer to both u and mic sis! thanks to all that u've given me and helped me with..

CONGRATS LAURA AND TOM!
they're getting married! i'm sorry i can't attend your wedding.. but my best wishes are with both of u! congrats! i can't believe it.. it's like we're still hanging out in highschool (the good old days haha) ~

on a side note..i wanted to share some beautiful dolls that were posted in DOA awhile ago. these are dolls from the "mousa" limited collection by Musedoll, thalia and erato! they're absolutely BEAUTIFUL ~_~ i always loved the ciel mould done by musedoll but unfortunately they're always either limited or else they stop production :(

anyway here are some pics of the girls:

here's erato:

here's thalia:

soo beautiful ~! i wish i could get them :( but at that price. (US$1100 + shipping) ... sigh... i wanted the breakaway vampire set as well and i regret SO much that i didn't bid on him when there were a few in stock... oh well.. back to admiring pretty dolls :x

current mood: soo much i wanna get~~~

ps: three 'words': WTF!??!?! i seriously dont' know what to say anymore D:

end of summer D:

had a fun (long?) weekend with my family yet again~ on saturday i went to harbour city and ate lunch with lg718 and his family~ i loveee eating at california pizza kitchen (chicken?!) but unfortunately, their pasta oven was having trouble and so i couldnt' order my favorite penne D: however, we had two lovely pizzas and some delicious tortillas ^-^
afterwards, we shopped around harbour city where i ended up trying and trying on ballerina flats at lcx and the stores in that area, without success. i already have a pair that are in a nice lavendar colour but i was hoping to get another pair so that i could wear them alternately and neither would be worn out.. but i have waaaay too many shoes D: the thing with HK is that they have the loveliest shoes but the worst condition to wear them in (ie. females have to walk a lot so you need a pair that aren't too high or u get blisters, it rains so often that anything pretty will be ruined if u dont' check weather beforehand, and people in HK are generally rude and i've actually had ppl step on me so hard that my sandals broke D:)~ i've settled down to wearing low, around 1/2~1 inch heels, either with a round or pointy tip~ and mostly from b+ab, my favorite store~
afterwards i hung around page one while waiting for my sis to come (lg718 had to leave earlier to eat with his relatives) and managed to read half of "dragons of winter night"~ i love this series! or at least the first original six books of this large series. i'm so glad sis bought the anthology so we could have a collection of the books in hk for forever...
anyway when my sis came, we shopped around and had dinner at strawberry forever cafe~

on saturday i went to drink tea with my sis and her husband's family~ we then went to a department store ("wing on" department store in jordan for anyone curious hehe) where she bought one of those fancy new 'all in one' electric er.. pot? i'm not sure what to call it but it allows you to bake cakes, cook rice, make yummy chinese soup etc without having to watch it carefully because the appliance adjusts the timing, heat etc when it's baking so that you can go ahead and do other things. my sis had been wanting one for the longgggest time as it allows her to concentrate on other stuff while the soup (which usually takes the longest and needs to be looked after most) is being cooked (?) ~
i went with her to get some groceries afterwards because my bro and his wife were coming for dinner that nite to play some games *_* we got a TON of snacks (yummy wasabi chips :3~~~ ) and lots of ingredients for dinner~ it was a lot of fun to help her cook and to play games with my bro/sis etc afterwards! i think we enjoy these sunday gatherings a lot because we're getting a bit older but the sense of being a kid has never changed. maybe because we're closer now (age difference isn't making much difference now?) and i dont' get to see them as much~

lg718's sis and mom went back to toronto last nite ; ; sooo boring without them now~ lg718 and i went shopping at nighttime (yet again at harbourcity ~_~;;) and i helped my sis get a YSL bag and lg718 and i also got similar leather bracelets from BV.





that's the one i got in black ^-^. lg718 got a black one with two 'belt' buckles instead of the ball of leather like mine. it's adorable! and it fits my wrist perfectly without being annoying! it turns out that it was cheaper than i thought too.. o.o either they're lowering their prices or i got their prices messed up...

on a different topic: my sis in law got a new phone recently, the N73 from nokia, because she wanted a new phone (we happened to get the same phone around the same time xD our phone is not quite a year old yet but it feels like we've used it forever! ) and also because the phone she was using (and i'm still using), the 903sh, is still worth 2.5k! i hope the price stays the same when i find the right phone to get ~_~




that's the N73 by Nokia right there.. it looks.. blah.. but according to my mic sis (ms. sis in law of mine), the phone has a lovely photo viewing program and is very very customizable. and the camera is really good too... however.. the colours.. and looks.. o.o;

any suggestions? but after the lovely 3.2mp camera on my current phone.. nothing is the same D:

sigh.. a week more till i can get my muse bag back from ysl /cry~ they're fixing the buckle and it'll take awhile :(

current mood: sleepy...

ps: thanks for your email aiai :3 miss talking to you tons!
pps: have tons of fun at the wedding selina!

..."these are a few of my favorite things..."~

i like a lot of things D: but a few things i was looking at recently/have bought ~_~;; :



vivienne westwood bags: i love the bear that's hanging off the bag on the right.. if i didnt' get my muse bag already i'd totally consider that bag just to get the bear (err.. i think..)



amano art festival! one of my favorite artists~~~ it was held for a few days at festival walk in kowloon tong.. unfortunately the theme wasnt' final fantasy or u would have seen me going crazy with the camera.. a random picture from the distance. the paintings were all going for 70k or more D:
but.. if there was a final fantasy painting, i bet lg718 would try to get it haha...



my bag D: i gave in.. actually more like 'caved in' and got it D: i love it! it's a lovely milk chocolate colour and soo roomy~ it's heavy but feels light when i put it on my shoulder~ and the price was soo good~~ cheap ^-^ and i took it next to my new gray miffy "jumping over moon" stuffed toy given to me by lg718 ^-^ so cute~~~

current mood: happy~ it's the weekend!

i'm a lovely neighbor~

i made a random observation of myself today at work:
i actually happen to eat non-stop the whole day o.O
it all started with this...we have a new coworker at work who occupies the empty desk right next to mine (we have this stupid short partition separating our desks but... our computer monitors are at an angle next to each other so we're like practically facing each other...) when he talks on the phone he whispers because i can hear him and vice versa; very very unpleasant. i've been next to an empty desk for like four months before he came :(
anyway... the funniest thing is, i think i've noticed more about what i do at work because he's sitting next to me and i'm assuming he's always seeing me do the same things over and over:

1. i have food in my mouth practically at any minute of the day (i bring too much snacks to work :/ chocolate, wasabi seaweed, chips, chestnuts, brownies, bread, coke candy, hi-chew, gummy bears, chocolate wafers, mini chocolate chip cookies; i swear, these are all in my desk drawers at one point and i'm finishing them off one by one..)~ i keep imagining him with this type of expression and thinking:
你又食野??
2. i talk on the phone a lot at random times of the day D: (that is, if lg718, my sisters/bro/mom, don etc are free to talk)
3. i tend to close my eyes and 'sleep' during the slow hours of the morning D:
4. i get up to go walk around a lot xD;;
5. i tend to stare at the monitor with a weird smile on my face (i'm not sure if he knows i'm msning or reading a funny article; i hope he just doesnt' assume i'm crazy or love to look at our funds' valuations D:)
6. i type. a LOT. and my keyboard is LOUD so i think it might disturb him haha..

at first i felt bad because he's new and he has to endure my er.. slacki-ness. BUT.. i've realized he doesn't care, he's manager in his department and i think he can deal with these things. the funny thing is, i bet he's starting to think "oh gosh.. what the hell did i get myself into?! D:" (especially when he realizes he has to deal with the 'lovely' boss of ours...)

what a lovely neighbor i am ^-^

something random: my supervisor told me to go google the word "failure"... the first result made me laugh.. she is awesome haha...

current mood: feeling 'smirky' XD i think me and mic sis do a lot of the same things haha..

random cuteness again~

i was going through my cell phone again today and found a pic of this reallly delicious AND cute bun my mom bought as my breakfast! ^-^ i suppose she still thinks of me as a kid or something haha...


it's really tasty (white chocolate bits and milk chocolate inside) and adorable ^-^ i love my mom~

next cute thing is something i bought today at the 10 dollar shop! i love how all the items are made in japan so they're really durable and really cute:


isn't it cute?! i love bunnies and have no idea what to use this for yet tho ^^;; only 10 dollars *_* gotta buy more ?!

okay back to tetris with my bro (in law) and sis~~

current mood: evil.. playing tetris with bro and sis.....

deathnote!

I watched deathnote last nite with lg718 and his sister! (website here) for those who dont' read comics/haven't heard of this movie, it's based on a manga called Deathnote (err sorry that was kind of stupid) which is a super super bestseller in both Hong Kong and in Japan. The author of this manga also wrote several other famous mangas (like the manga "Hikari no go" (i think that's the name)) and is famous for his super brain cell killing plots that keep you thinking hard as you read~ aside from One Piece (which is mostly silly dialogue anyway haha), i think deathnote has the most complex and LONGGGGGGGGG dialogue i've ever read in any manga..

About the story? well not to give too many details, but it's about a boy who finds this notebook that gives him the power of a shinigami (god of death): the power to decide when a person dies. to do so, he must know the person's true name and what they look like and write the name in the book. if nothing else is written, then within 40seconds after he writes the name, the named person dies of a heart attack no matter where she/he is. It's really, really deep and interesting!

About the movie, without giving spoilers, the only complaint i have is that the main character 夜神月 (or "Light"/Raito; i'm not even sure if that's what they really call him in japanese.. @.@;;) isn't quite good looking enough to ful-fill the character he's portrayed as in the manga :( i think he's not bad but i think he looks half-zombieish without makeup or colour on his lips ~_~;; and i know 夜神月 in the manga is someone who has tons of charisma and charm and supposed to be really good looking -.-; oh well~ however, what's really funny is that he has a really nice voice! when i first heard it, it reminded me of anime voice actor voices! haha if u watch a ton of anime and watch this movie, then u'll know what i mean :P it's really funny~
anyway my favorite character ended up to be L~ i really like how he's portrayed! exactly like the manga except it's funnier becuase he's an actual live person now. i recognized the actor as the one who played "Shin" in the nana movie~ he wasn't my choice for shin but i think for L he fits PERFECTLY!

anyway for those who want to see it but can't (ie. in toronto etc), i hope u manage to find a way to get it ~ it's a really good movie for those who haven't read the manga because the plot overall is really good~ and much simpler when u see it in movement rather than in words like in the manga! the second part coming out in november! XD~

current mood: procrastinating and bored~~

kids forever?! :O

yet again, it's monday! i think this weekend was the one that i had the MOST laughs in... and i think i've never felt better~ i have bouts of 'depression' becuase i am constantly reminded about how i hate my job (forced to do a job that i never got to choose...) but yet have to keep with it because there's not an alternative for me at this time of year ~_~ (stupid hk bonus thingie...) however, after this weekend of laughter, i feel TONS better~

to start it off, i had a blast watching pirates! like i mentioned previously, i was laughing my head off around 70% of the time because johnny depp's acting was just incredible! my favorite parts: when they were captured by natives and were trying to escape; johnny depp's escape with a pole on his back, the 'wheel' scene where i'm reminded of lg718's poor hamster~ soo hilarious! but a funny thing is, only me and two other girls (and also don, now and then) found it all hilarious! for the most part, there were only a few chuckles in the theatre.. interesting...
but the movie keeps u hanging.. :(
we went for bubble tea and snacks afterwards where i went nuts and kept laughing at everything they were saying! laughter is really the best medicine lol~ ^_^

on saturday, my bro in law and sis were flying back from london (from their long cruise)~! however their flight got horribly delayed because of the terrorist scare from the day before and so we didnt' see them till around dinnertime~ i managed to get my mom out of the house for the afternoon as she was nervously waiting them and worried that about the whole terrorist thing... when they were back, my mom was SO much happier and my bro and sis in law came over and we had yet another nds 'party'! we ordered pizza for dinner (which is so funny because it was like we were back in toronto in that moment) and had SO much fun~

the following day we went out for tea at this delicious yet really cheap place at jordan for lunch~ when we got home at around 4, we started another NDS thing (with me challenging my bro to boggle.. i love that game!) and then we played the new uno as well! the fun thing about this new version of uno is that there's a machien u press a button on each time u pass or get those x2 cards.. and cards either fly out or not.. soometimes u even get 10 cards at once! the six of us played (lg718 joined us later) and after several rounds, i managed to win ^-^
we then started a big mario kart fest where the six of us played (two cpu karts)~ amid all the cursing and laughing, we managed to play that game for several hours and wouldn't stop until we were going to be late for dinner ~
so.. my mom sums it up: when the six of us (my bro, sis, bro in law, sis in law and lg718 and i) get together, we're all kids again! ^-^ i think my mom just enjoys the laughter we're having and the reminder that no matter how old we are, whether we're married or not, or whether we're living in the same house, the bottom line is that we're still kids!

but.. my mom is flying back today and wont' be back till september :( until then, i still hope we manage a few nds parties! (grr gotta fix the wifi ~_~)

current mood: noo~~ mom's leaving /cry~

awww cute things! :D

i was coming across sooo many cute things in emails, forums, friends, websites etc that i had to post a few of the pics of things that really make me stop and go "awwwww...."~

bunny lantern from a lantern festival in toronto (courtesy of my lovely cylyna):

it looks like a mix between hello kitty and pochacco (that sanrio dog?)~

random pics of cute food + photoshopped faces (for those who go on msn a lot, yes that's the pic i use for my msn ^^):

and the cutest; mini food that is totally edible. to see the rest of the pics and the story, go here! i'll probably send this thru email too~

for those who are too lazy to read, a couple decided to make mini food that was edible after they realized that cooking could be a craft and they were up to a challenge. ADORABLE! i want to get a million of these ><>

ps: FINALLY! i get to watch pirates of the caribbean tonite~~ johnny depp~~~ :heart: and hopefully dessert, arcade etc afterwards ^-^ my sis is finally returning from her cruise in europe tomorrow too!! mwhahah more gifts !

current mood: feeling overwhemingly(sp?) good! and overwhelmed by cuteness~~

**update:
i watched the movie! i dont' like how they leave u hanging BUT.. i'm as proud of johnny depp's acting as ever! he's the greatest! i was laughing and laughing at certain parts of the movie; it was nuts! i had a stomach ache and tears in my eyes... donb and lg718 thought i went crazy lol~ nothing like a really good, silly movie that makes u laugh till u ache ^-^ i feel so much better after watching it~