Tonight's treat - Cloudy Bay Tekoko

Wine Tasting! LOL looking for

1. Party Wine and

2. Wine as Gift.

This one is definitely # 2! I actually like it a lot too!

Cloudy Bay 2007 Tekoko (higher grade of Sauvvignon Blanc)
Benchmark: General white?!
- Color: Light yellow
- Viscosity: Average (tend to less viscose, maybe not cold enough)
- Aroma: Strong (good actually, both smell and taste)
- Dryness: acceptable
- Body: Very full. Very nice!
- After taste: Fruity, a bit sour, and taste "wood"?? again, maybe not cold enough
- price: $368 (vs $2xx Cloudy Bay Sauvvignon Blanc)
- Comment: i don't really like Sauvvignon Blanc as i always think it tends to be very dry. Turn out this higher grade SB is VERY good, both the smell and after taste aroma is very nice. A bit $$, but definitely a GREAT one to enjoy (when one is awake)! :) Worth repurchase :D

Holiday schedule - fully packed for the rest of 2010!

Indeed, FULLY packed for the rest of 2010 *LOL* (okay, i do manage to have a couple REST days in between so it isn't THAT BAD!) LOL

• 20th (last night) - dinner @ Qui with BV colleagues (Carol, Joliot & Angel) - with a budget of $120 per head w/ appetizer and main dishes?! Out preformed!
• 21st (tonite) - 做冬 dinner with mom (yeh, that's right, i DO make it happen...)
• 22nd - REST DAY (i seriously need to clean up my place since exam!) LOL
• 23rd - Classical music concert w/ Wah & Yekini, then drinks together w/ Paul afterward (re-celebration of wah's birthday)
• 24th - Christmas dinner with Issac + wife, MAYBE drinks with Howard & Jan afterward
• 25th - cookout dinner @ Kim's with Peggie, Paul, Yekini, Alison, and maybe Edward
• 26th - REST DAY, but we suppose to go Harry Potter 7 w/ Yekini & ed
• 27th - Jeff's wedding banquet
• 28th - REST DAY LOL
• 29th - Purdue Dinner for Ed (Natasha, big den)
• 30th - MBA BBQ @ Shek O (so far confirmed 10 ppl to go!) woo hoo~
• 31st - Dinner w/ Gret + Benny, Chun, Yekini & Ed, then count down at my place
• Jan 1st - REST DAY LOL
• Jan 2nd - Purdue Tea @ Jockey Club (current Boilers, Ed)

ppl / gathering can't fix in schedule

• Ken / Marco
• MBA - wkend mode!? (can't join their 25th k la... i would much prefer to crash w/ Kim's crowd!) hahaha

isn't this crazy!? I wonder what I did w/ so many spare times last year :P

A Marvelous weekend, filled w/ love :)

wow, another crazy Sat... just another lovely wekend :)

went drinks RIGHT AFTER exam - studied the whole day Friday for the exam at the central library in CWB and i think i did okay in the exam. I don't think i can get an A but hey, passing it should be no problem :-P

SO, went to Inn Side Out rite after - max we've 11 of us! woohoo~~ it's super crazy! :P we dashed off at around 1900 (as others have dinner plans). had fun hanging out w/ the gangs, again, i don't remember what we talked about in details (is my memory just getting worse these days and always "can't remember what exactly we talked about"?! Or just that it's nothing really important (aka blow water) so never bother to use any brain cell to remember!?) hahaha

All I remember was that we mentioned NO exam content to be discussed, BBQ gathering 12/30 (another gathering woohoo~~) er... and some 8 gwa yeh between who send who some iPhone as gift and may go trip together lor (but why bother and who cares really)?! Although, both classrep & how said they're happy for her and she's cute (blah blah blah).

hahaha, I had 4 glasses of white, also ordered a hooegarden but ended up spitting 80% of it (er.. what a waste!). i think all had fun. :)

And Thai dinner afterward w/ SkinGo @ Elements - totally ad hoc. Waited for him for an hr (while in total wing stage - and ops, sorry sis i called in a totally totally WRONG HRS!) LOL... anyway, dinner was nice :) We had another bottle of house white - OMG, I've drank so much that nite and by midnite i know it's time to go home (and crash) :PPPP

Oh almost forgot, a bag of coffee from SkinGo!! wakakakka happy! :D

Sunday... actually got up very early at 6 sth (felt too cold so just woke up and took a hot hot shower - although it's a lot warmer than Thurs & Fri)... went back to sleep after feeding elvin (HAHAHA)... Woke up by Ed's SMS at 11ish - wooho~~ :-) he has been back since Friday but didn't call me b/c he knows i was having exam on Sat (hahaha, so considerate bor) LOL..

Anyway, so i just kept talking and talking (as usual) and we fixed up dinner together w/ yekini & big den (er.. big den as usual fly aeroplane la!) hahahahah.. didn't get moving to take another shower (don't ask me why i just feel like one) LOL and head out to MK w/ yekini for Christmas shopping - yehhhhhh :D for some reason it's like super super crowded EVERYWHERE but anyway, got the Christmas presents i wanna get (well, except kim's & peggies <- almost forgot hers)....

Hot Pot dinner w/ yekini & Ed was fun as usual - although the food came in like super late and the water in the pot was running dry w/o any food lor! and the 1st bottle are almost done since no food is around. WAKAKAKAKAKA.. ENJOY free corkage! LOL and we had finished 2 bottles during dinner (HA HA HA)

First wine of the nite - recommended by the wine shop guy - a Tasmania Wine - mix of 40% Riesling + 35% Gew + 25% Pinot Gris

Benchmark: M&S Gew
- Color: Similar
- Viscosity: Similar
- Aroma: Strong (good actually)
- Dryness: Less (Feel very "board" and "round")
- After taste: Similar?
- price: $162 (vs $88 per bottle!)
- Comment: Actually i think this mix one is relatively nice compare w/ the price. the taste is more "complicated" but very easy to drink. Definitely worth repurchase :D


2nd white of the nite - 2009 Laugel Vin D'Alsace Gew - we were spse to start this one but since the food come too late we just drink a lot more than we though.. LOL :P however, this is a bit disappointed though :(

Benchmark: M&S Gew
- Color: Similar
- Viscosity: Similar
- Aroma: Less than M&S
- Dryness: very smooth
- After taste: similar
- price: $158 (vs $88 per bottle!)
- Comment: maybe it's a "mistake" to take this as the "2nd" wine as once we try this after last one we just think that the taste of this one is too plain and just can taste the sweet ONLY (no other taste! Lachee isn't out, nor other one).. hmm.. won't worth to try again

LAST but not LEAST - i bought myself a Titus (so spoiled!) :P

what a wkend!! great times filled with loved ones!! and I just know that for the remaining 10 days of 2010 will be even greater. :)

聖誕卡 - 多年來"堅守"嘅 Tradition

十分同意 :) 也是我多年來"堅守"Tradition" 嘅意思 :)

Sending my 2nd batch of Christmas cards today (ha, to classmates - my 6 senses, jan, clara & how)

Merry Christmas, to those i care and care about me in the last year, and the yrs before... :)

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我恒我訴：聖誕卡

剛收到今年第一張聖誕卡，是來自教會裏一位十歲的小妹妹。那天，見她捧着一大疊賀卡，逐一派發，親口送上誠意的祝福，場面很是感人，亦提醒我聖誕節快到了。

我也曾經飾演過同一個角色。那個年頭，臨近聖誕，媽媽總會給我一筆額外的零用錢，然後我便跑到街角的文具店，站在那高高的木架前，就着手上的「Budget」，揀選心儀的聖誕卡：普通同學仔，送五毫子一張的便足夠；交情好一點的，送一元的吧；好兄弟和班主任會送三元的，打開時會彈出立體聖誕樹；手上剩餘的十元，會用來買兩張「音樂卡」，送給父母和一位最要好的同學。

小學生的世界既純真又直接（亦可以說很勢利），既然聖誕卡有「等級」之分，一班同學的關係圖，就此表露無遺：會互送聖誕卡的便是朋友，沒有的便不是；又或我當他是「死黨」，但他只送我最普通的一款，便知道「此情不再」。每年，總有人會眼紅，有人會失望，有人會因為收到的卡太少而落淚，一班同學的關係，便可能因一個聖誕節而大大改變了。

回到家中，又會與弟弟比併，看看誰的「聖誕卡龍」最長。可惜，這條龍一年比一年的短，後來更徹底消失了。到了今天，那張卡是五角的還是五元的已不再重要，最值得珍惜的，是有人仍會特地為你挑選一張實實在在的聖誕卡，親手寫上祝福，在信封寫上你的名字，單是這樣，已夠感恩。

親愛的錡錡，多謝你的「守護蛋精靈」聖誕卡，雖然我沒有看過這套卡通片，但仍衷心多謝你的心意，願我們的主一生守護你！

導演及電台主持

劉偉恒

Fw: 瑚說百道：緣分兩面體

> 要是他也同樣喜歡你，便是有緣了，馬上結婚吧！」凡事也有「兩面體」，有緣跟喜歡掛鈎，至於無緣呢？希望跟我的名字沒有關係吧！

瑚說百道：緣分兩面體
那天前輩竟然鼓勵我不用急於結束單身生涯。有丈夫有兒有女有孫的她認為如果讓她從頭選擇，她情願單身。
其實我感到前輩絕對是個幸福的女人。自己有才華，丈夫有社會地位，子女都是專業人士，生活無憂，其實現在很應該是她享晚年福的時候，但她卻以過來人身份勸告我，她現在的生活也不外如是，亦沒有我想像中的好。在她眼中，身邊有個伴簡直令她失去所有自由。對方餓了便要陪他吃，他累了便要陪他睡。要她二十四小時侍候對方，令她感到累極了。

那麼子女又如何？她認為他們是跟她討債的。她對他們就只有付出，從來沒有任何收穫。因為不論她從前花那麼多的心思和時間教育他們，待他們長大有所成就，都只會以自己的家庭為主。至於孫兒呢？她慨嘆道，要鄰家的小孩叫她一聲奶奶，也比叫自己的孫兒開口容易，實在令她莫名其妙。

所以我的個案在她眼中，絕對是單身比結婚好。因為我住村屋開日本車便能夠滿足了，最重要的生活問題解決後，還為甚麼要找個人在身邊管制自己？

我再問如果我遇上很喜歡的人又如何？她想也不想便回答：「要是他也同樣喜歡你，便是有緣了，馬上結婚吧！」凡事也有「兩面體」，有緣跟喜歡掛鈎，至於無緣呢？希望跟我的名字沒有關係吧！

糊塗人

2010 Birthday - Filled with LOVE!

yeh, it came a little late for this yr's birthday recap (and it has been 2 wks since my birthday) *LOL* well, since the so-called birthday celebration didn't "officially" end until yesterday - Carol's treat @ Cafe Gray on 49/F Upper House Pacific Place :-)

REALLY CRAZY this yr - REALLY a WHOLE MONTH's celebration!! hahaha.. I'm really very glad, and feel very blessed, for the ones around (physically), or just a fb msg away :-) VERY grateful for the love, from family, old friends and new friends. Here comes this yr's recap:


the month is really fully packed ga! LOL

• 2010-11-07 – Hot Pot @ Ken's w/ Marco
  
  The birthday "celebration" started on Nov 6 - well, original was just hotpot @ Ken's w/ marco & ken's family - turn out these guys remember and had an early celebration for my birthday!!! woo hoo~~ I can't believe the guys remember my birthday!! hehehe my 1st birthday cake in 2010 - Maxim's Tiramisu cake! love!
  
  
• 2010-11-11 – Singing karaoke with Canossian:
  
  
  AGAIN, this is not exactly a celebration of my birthday but doesn't hurt to get discount for the birthday gal! hahahaha... had a blast!
  

• 2010-11-11 – Family Dinner Nov 11
  
  Since have to align with everyone's schedule had the birthday dinner a littler earlier - and mom got me a Cova Tiramisu birthday cake – yummmmmmmmmmmm!!! :D

• 2010-11-12 – Hotpot and drinks w/ my MBA classmates
  
  It was meant to be another dinner gathering as both clara and I are "Nov birthday stars" - turns out Jan, Clara & Howard gave me my 3rd birthday cake - Maxim's Devil cake!!!
  
  It's really amazing how close we get in such a short time. It's not only about hw time but we did hang out very often lately (every wkend as a matter of fact). Yes, maybe they're just "wine meat friends" as time goes, but I really feel the love and caring from them.
  
  LOVE!
  

• 2010-11-13 – HK MBA Mixer drinks
  
  okay, this is not really for my birthday celebration either LOL, but this is right before my official birthday dinner w/ the gangs. Didn't really get much “networking” w/ other school students (too many there), but instead I did get to catch up with my other wkend mode classmates. nice :)
  

• 2010-11-13 – my official birthday dinner w/ Yekini, Alison, Kim and Paul!
  
  I chose an Italian restaurant Vivi - EXCELLENT service, food is good (although paul's still better) - yet just had a blast with marvelous food (pizza, mushroom and ham risotto, and lobster spaghetti!!) with my FOURTH birthday cake from Mrs. Field's Cookie - thanks Kim, and just a wonderful time to spent together :-)
  
  After dinner (~23ish) Alison and I also went k - together w/ Aquarius. My gosh got so drunk that night - 2 dozens of beers (in addition to the wine consumed in the MBA drinks and Vivi's dinner). Oh, not to mention, a birthday kiss (on the cheek of course!) hahaha LOL
  

• 2010-11-14 – Birthday trip to Ocean Park
  
  Free entry on birthday!! Visited the panda and whole bunch of other animals. and this is the new ride (the train).. but ha, kinda disappointed. HAD GREAT time w/ yekini and zita
  

• 2010-11-15 - Natasha's Japanese food treat!
  
  I really treasure the bond w/ Natasha. Although we may be living in 2 different worlds nowadays, and that, every time i feel kinda sad for seeing her (er.. complicated). but still, very nice to hang out w/ a friend used to be so close from time to time. Love ya!
  

• 2010-11-20 - 6 senses reunion @ Lisa's + Birthday celebration for me and Betty
  er.. i erased the picts by accident (can't upload from work.... ) well, will post that later. :-)
  
  AGAIN, very amazing how close we got after 5 wks intensive class. i'm very grateful to be in such a GREAT team and can be friends together. LOVE!
  

• 2010-11-27 - Carol's birthday treat at Cafe Gray, 49/F Upper House Pacific Place
  
  
  ha, this is the OFFICIAL last event for my BIRTHDAY celebration (although, in between filled with eating buddy dinner @ Hooray (another marvelous view place) / lunch with jack & elsie / another CRAZY birthday dinner + drinks for Clara). ANYWAY, Carol is so nice to take me to this $$ place with MARVELOUS view! more importantly is that we got a great time just to catching up! ;-)

This year, officially 30 sth (LOL), my birthday MONTH is filled with LOVE, with many who loves me, from different "diameters" circles of friends. A lot of partying, yet, more importantly, my recent life is filled w/ ppl who loves me - not only those "wine+meat" friends, but many who actually cares and loves me (in various degree). I'm truly gratefuly, life is good to me, and indeed this is one of the best birthday ever!! :-)

Birthdays recap:

2009 - i guess it wasn't the best time - no entry!?
2008 - not much blogged either.. bummer!
2007
2006
2005 and before

You got me curious...

A Natural Way to Stop Coughing...

OMG! 真的很窩心噢。。。 LOL

but then I am a very sweet person too hehehehehehehhe

Happy friday :-)

Happy Thanksgiving...

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.” ~Flavia Weedn

Finally I recover one of my favorite quotes (probably back in BSU days!) which, this year, don't know why all of a sudden, I'm really glad to have those who around me - both quickly go and leave footprints in my heart :-)

and they're never the same ;-)

Happy Thanksgiving~~~

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A note to my friends (and sister, of course)

My dear sister Cees and friends,

Thanks for always being there for me and accept me as who I am all these years. Although we're thousands miles away you're always in my heart and I'm indeed very grateful to have you in my life :-)

As my classmate (Lisa) said, Life is wonderful whenever there's Love around. Thanks for making my life wonderful :-)

Happy Thanksgiving ;-)

Love,
M

Apartment Hunting - Tsuen Wan Centre

I figure I need to blog down my comment as record :PPP

Tsuen Wan Centre 荃灣中心

Conclusion:
Location is too far from MTR. Not familar with transportation around. Many old ppl (w/ kids too) Could consider rental (of higher floors) but will not consider as purchase.

Pro:

• Dogs allowed
• most building w/ a side near mountain, so air is fresh
• 實用面積 % is high (i think ~80%?), as the 400 sq ft i visited is similar to the size i'm living now (mine is 42xft).

Con:

• Too far away from MTR. Although has green minibus ($2.5), if walking probably FURTHER away from my home to yekini's place (okay, maybe similar la, b/c 綠陽新村 (above MTR) -> 愉景新城 ->荃景花園 -> 荃灣中心)
• the 屋苑 itself is old (29/30 yrs, total 16 buildings), the main elevator hall @ G/F is redcorated but individiual floor's elevator's hall is VERY OLD (similar to 南豐). All 33 different buildings i went to the individual floor's elevator's hall SMELL! >.<
• price is not THAT cheap (compare with HK island, of course it's cheaper), 400ft selling 1.68M (4200/ft); 490 ft @ 2.08M (4250/ft)
• it's NOT that CLOSE to work.. i took taxi from work place to there last nite and it cost 4X - i.e. as far as Quarry Bay to Causeway Bay / Wan Chai area... the main pt is i think it has very limited choice of transportation (mini and bus) to TW MTR...

Well....

點解會有種厭惡嘅感覺？？

真是我變了嗎？？i mean, 只是我??

No idea.. but I sure hope this type of 厭惡嘅 will disappear real soon and don't get worse...

Thank you Paul~~~

for the wonderful and thoughtful gifts from your Japan trip... although i can't join you this time.. hopefully can join next time la~ :DDD

Wine Fest 2010 @ Kowloon West

post this a bit late.. only got all the copies from Isaac tonite :)

Went to the annual Wine Fest last Friday (Oct 29). Last year visited w/ Kim, Wah and Paul but since this yr they've to prepare for the JP trip they couldn't join :( But oh well, i had GREAT FUN w/ my "Wine Ghost +Fine Dining" buddies :)))

Thanks for Issac + Meiji, On On + bil mui, Christine, Anson and of course my dear classmate Howard for such a great time! Enjoyed a lot and can't wait for next wine ghost gathering!! :DDDD (and hopefully Carol can join us next time)

Happy happy happy~~ :)

下一站。。。北海道？？？？

hmm... still have like 9 months to go... let's see.....

Eat, Pray and Love

Went Eat, Pray and Love w/ Maggie Fan tonite. Went b/c

1. Julia Roberts' fans (yes, since Pretty Woman)
2. i'm its target audience - 所謂嘅中女囉 :P

I think it has its niche. As its major target audience i'm deeply moved and it turns out to be a tear bomb movie (at least for me). I'm not sure if Maggie really enjoy as much (ha, for someone just finished college... i'm not too sure)... i do think that watching the same alone at home is probably more appropriate.

it's about life, it's about oneself, it's about love, it's about forgiveness.... i think Julia did a great job of trying to portray the inner side of the character, audience can easily "associate" oneself w/ different parts of the movie...

but of course, i don't have that courage to be away for a whole year - as julia's best friend said - what if it didn't work? I do wanna go to italy (ha) yet probably not india and bali. it's also interesting the "western" way to see india, reminds me of my own experience while i was there....

although, i think the ending is a bit "行貨", a MUST see for rest of 中女 like me - or just lady :)

FW: 單身中女愛遊記

hmm... going to watch Julia Roberts' "Eat, Pray, Love" tonite... let's see how that go...

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單身中女愛遊記

你看，要是你身邊有伴的話，是不會被人叫作中女的。

只有廿到尾近三十、和三十開外的單身女人，才會被打上中女的標籤。彷彿沒有戀愛的女人，就會未老先衰。

但事實也令人不得不承認，沒有愛情滋潤一下，倒真會叫人dry得皺紋也多出幾條。
我們可以抵賴說，因為社會實況是男少女多，所以適婚女人要找適婚男人難如登天。但，實際要探究箇中原因時，有多少位單身中女，是因為過於自矜而找不到伴侶？

自矜，白點講，就是眼角過高了。

就拿我幾位朋友來說說，她們經濟基礎好勤於保養皮膚和身材性格也不見得特別麻煩（每個女人都有自己的麻煩之處，總之不是超級煩就是了，男人請容忍點），即使不是石榴裙下臣子萬千，也至少有一兩個追求者吧？為甚麼戀愛史偏偏是空空白白的一頁？

問題在於一個包袱：怕蝕底。她們不是大呼「男人行開」的女權主義者，她們也很希望在自己想小鳥依人時能小鳥一點依人一下，只不過，她們思想太傳統，老以為女人合該生來就被男人苦苦追求，千辛萬苦追到手的才會珍惜。而且，她們也總想能一擊即中，戀一次愛就結婚生仔白頭到老合葬瑤台，愈是這樣想，就愈不敢開始行出第一步。於是就像想學游水又認為自己必定會遇溺的人一樣，永遠站在海邊，羨慕人家在海裡玩各樣水上活動。

也於是，她們所謂的愛情煩惱，永遠停留在跟某某男人曖曖昧昧的階段。

這代表她們沒有認清現實情況，沒有與時並進。現實是，適齡又適合的男人，早已被mark清光，你要不就找個小朋友，要不就埋一個聞到棺材香的富翁身，博他把遺產全留給你，否則，唯有接受一些適齡但條件上有些瑕疵的男人。

「咁好蝕底喎！如果佢第時有第二個唔要我，蝕俾質素咁低嘅男人，好唔化算啫！」看來，她們需要經過深度洗腦，才可以脫下中女的標籤。

所以我特別欣賞E。她也是個徹頭徹尾的單身中女，卻沒有整天幻想忽然有個白馬王子闖進自己的生命，她很樂意隨著緣份走，單身就單身嘛，單身也有很多樂趣和更多自由，旅行也不用就對方的喜好和假期時間。
獨身了幾年的E，最近身邊出現了一個不錯的對象。以上幾位怕蝕底的中女教她要火速行動別錯過尾班車（怕落水者在推人落水，多麼諷刺），不過她認為應該再給點時間大家，認識對方的「核心價值」，兩人都覺得適合才再說吧。

這豈止是戀愛觀，簡直就是中女應有的人生觀。

心跳加速

都唔記得上一次是什麼時後突然覺得心跳加速 (i mean, for that 10 WHOLE seconds, okay, i don't know, maybe less, but feels long) LOL, but definitely not sth I had "encountered" in the last 6 months (well, at least not that i could remember) LOL

當一個男人好誠懇地用雙手捉住你嚟應承你一D嘢時，無論事請大小（有幾無聊／雞毛蒜皮嘅事都好），真係會冧到暈o架!!!

I know i shouldn't even be excited - after all it's me who's 洩咗呀！ ahahahahahha

ANYWAY, as Gerry said, still a good memory LOL

又係咁!!!!! UNLIKE ah!!!

好言相向卻換來一肚氣。。。

自作孽,不可活!與人無尤!

UNLIKE UNLIKE UNLIKE AH!!!!!! X_X

曾幾何時。。。

還記得曾幾何時都有過同樣嘅感受，慶幸的是當時並沒有作出 follow up 嘅慰問；也慶幸現在再見時已沒有了那夥"關懷"的心。。

也算是做得比較好吧。所謂好嚟好去。。。

I give myself a "good job" on this move on... although it really took some years to get myself to swim away from pisces. :P

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瑚說百道：種瓜得瓜

女人已想不起多久沒見他，但再見面的時候，感到他憔悴了很多。這個他，當然是跟她曾有過去的人。

聽到女人的感嘆，我們一班朋友都不以為然，因為男人其實已年過半百，老實點說已是個「阿伯」了，加上煙酒過多、夜睡、不運動和好色，不殘就怪。

從前女人在他身邊，雖也改不了他的壞習慣，但最少會供應定期湯水和強迫他散步，原來是有點功效的。

朋友看見他殘了，都說他選擇不被女人照顧是自招的，但女人卻在怪責他現在的那個她，沒有好好照料他。

真的有那個她嗎？沒有人敢肯定，只不過是女人猜想而已。

跟他見面後，女人一直忐忑不安，甚至有一刻想發短訊給他，叫他要多休息，要好好保重身體，但被我阻止了。

不是要教朋友硬心腸，只不過是不想女人枉作小人而已。是誰不能專一而令女人心傷？是誰不負責任令一段戀情無疾而終？朋友都一清二楚。就連他的媽媽也認為，如果他選擇女人，他可以很幸福，只是他放棄了這權利，現在就算是殘一點，老得快一點，都是活該的。

我相信這個世界好心有好報，但更相信種瓜得瓜這個道理。說現實一點，如今女人的慰問，應留給待她好的人，至於已過去的他，由其他人費心好了。

糊塗人

梁佩瑚

FW: 虛幻還是實在

虛幻?? 還是實在?? 也許，一切一切都是虛幻 (i.e., including all the "communication media" discussed below, oh, not to mention phone calls, dinings, movies are also 虛幻。。。

唔怪知得 D 科幻片（Harry Potter, Avatar) 咁受歡迎。。。 Afterall we are all living in the virtual world..

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流浪貓之歌：虛幻還是實在

讀完健吾君寫男性朋友同時一腳踏四船，聽得我咋舌。道德上我沒有反對，但實際執行上我卻想不通。

健吾君形容這情況像打麻雀摸牌，不斷摸牌，看哪隻食胡。但我想，這樣繁忙處理四人，更像同時打四副麻雀，而同時摸牌。就算沒有愛情牽涉在內，再不上心，怎說你摸得牌來，都要用用腦吧，分分鐘會打錯牌，食胡就更難。即使志不在食胡贏錢，如此同時打四副麻雀也只會傷身又傷心吧。這玩意，我想Under 25歲的還可以Handle到，過了25歲的，一定是精力異於常人的才行。

這種玩意，現代來講男女都玩得，道德枷鎖少多了。而且有了科技，這玩意不一定要人Physically present，用SMS、MSN等來製造精神上的Presence其實也夠照了。如是者，可能性無限擴大，基本上一腳踏六七八船也是可行的。更有趣是大家看來都開始接受這樣網上Flirt來Flirt去，雖說虛幻，但卻又真實，起碼SMS的內容是真的顯現在手機上了，也有來電顯示，怎能說是虛幻呢？

但有時我又想，其實愛情本質就是虛幻的，愈是實在，就愈不像愛情。那究竟大家在追求的是虛幻的愛情？還是實在的一個名分、身份甚至是房子？這問題的答案，該留給禪師來找了。

音樂人
嘉琳

FW: 分手要狠嗎？

咪係囉，咁即係點？即係無疾而終果種囉。。。。

好鐘意楊千嬅果句 "離開，不應再打搞愛人，對不對？

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亂打主意：分手要狠嗎？

「男人總是狠心。跟你做不成情人，就跟你斷絕所有的來往。」港女友人感慨的說。
這些時候，最好用他們的語言去搪塞她：「你不是很喜歡在卡拉OK唱的嗎？離開，不應再打搞愛人，對不對？」

「但是，有一個人對你很好很好，每天給你打電話，早上的時候一定會有一個早晨的（手機）Message……忽然就不見了。你不覺得太冷酷了嗎？」她說。

「他在追你啊。你OK的話為甚麼不『轉車』？」我問，直接問核心好了。反正這些話題，有完沒完，沒完沒了。「因為……」她沒有再說下去。

因為，她已經有一個快要結婚的男朋友，卻又深深明白那正印男友不可以提供這個「對她很好」的「朋友」提供的快樂，卻又覺得不想分手：「總之男人總是這樣子，為甚麼一聲不響就走了。」

「你想要的是甚麼？」我點了一杯紅酒，好像是2005年的。特意要提醒她跟現在的那男友已經交往五年：「你要快樂，抑或安定？得到浪漫又要有空間？得到定局卻怕去到終站？大家都知道這個是愛情遊戲，不想跟你交往，為甚麼要對你好？他開善堂的嗎？」

「我知道。」她說：「但朋友相互關心不可以嗎？為甚麼做不成情侶就要連朋友都當不成？」

女的知道有人愛自己，就可以隨心所欲的透支他的情感。在八十年代，很多日本女人會叫這些追求者做「足君」（開車的朋友）和「飯君」（請我吃飯的朋友），那時候的日本人有太多錢，太多時間。她失去的，不是一個朋友，或是一個男朋友，而是一個可以給自己無限量無條件榨取情感的男人，一個活生生有溫度又有血肉的男人。

讀\說書人

健吾

Account Class pict....

well, i just hope that i pass the exam so no need to retake Orz... anyway.. here comes our first class pict!!! :D

:D

FW: 瑚說百道：滿足感

"...對感情困惑的朋友不要為喜歡的人找理由，若對方不找她，只因為他對她沒有興趣，沒時間，完全是最敷衍的理由。"

~梁佩瑚

A note from my 1st MBA Prof

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"if you feel you are losing your passion, remember how you begin." ~Chris Chan

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a couple things about my 1st MBA professor - Dr. Chris Chan (I figure it's probably a better idea to write this BEFORE taking his exam next Monday!) LOL:

1. he LOVES sending email AFTER MIDNIGHT - seeing his email in the mailbox is actually SCARY - esp. the one that he sent on a SAT / early Sunday morning for a "casual case discussion" due Monday *really Orz!!!!!*
2. he's a financial guy - although, he has a PhD in Accounting, and this spse to be an Acct class - he spent less than HALF of his lecture time on accounting - turns out we're all doing researches on Repo 105, Delta vs SG airline cases, not to mention, the EXCITING GUCCI case (i'm actually PROUD (?) that i don't have any GUCCI thing - am just NOT into (and can afford!) those luxury brands LOL
3. one of his many quotes in class about accounting: "we all can hire some book-keeper to do the entries (but doesn't mean u don't need to know about it in the exam)".. Orz @_@''
4. he's a fashion guy - gucci shoes, burberry jeans, etc etc XDDDD (again, i don't know much about LUXURY brands) :P
5. one of his favorite answer "it depends" XDDD
6. he loves starbucks (we got extra pt for that!) hahaahahha
7. I've never seen any class that so eager to earn extra credits by class participation - and our favorite quote to Chris "is that a pt?" LOL
8. he's a typical blow water king *LOL* but he actually got the patient to led you (or me at least) to think out of the box - i can't recall any of my undergraduate professors had SUCCESSFULLY "teach" me that - it's not about mechanically how to think and do some calculations according to some rules (trained as an engineer...) - it's more about the "perspective" you take is so different - u never think u're sorely an engineer, or the purchasing manager, but u may just be an external consultant some times...
9. and last but not least, he sure can write tear bombs email :~)

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Date: Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:31 AM
Subj: A Note

Hi everyone,

Thank you for staying late with me this evening. I want to congratulate all of you for completing your first MBA course (regardless of the exam) and for doing a very good job overall in your presentations. Not only on the cases, I can see and feel how much you put yourself into this course, working hard, wanting to learn, and do better. You may not know, as a teacher, watching you is a reward.

Some may say - good things don't last. Well, in your second year, maybe, if you feel you are losing your passion, remember how you begin.

After leaving the town center tonight I realized I had just finished teaching my last MBA class for HKU. I never thought I would have the privilege to do this for 11 years. Did not make me rich, but I know I am privileged.

Many times I feel I have lost my passion, then I remember my 11 years ago.

Thank you for giving me that opportunity. Good night.

Chris

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I know I have been whinning too much in the last month, and before reaching SECOND year actually feel so discouraged and feel like losing my passion (multiple times!), yet I'll remember how I began, it's not easy, but at least, I do feel encouraged after my very first course in my MBA - thanks and feel blessed to have such a great professor to begin the journey with. I hate the fact that Cornell SG steal him from HKU, yet i fully understand why he's "stolen" and glad he can further advance in his future :)

and now time to go back and study for the exam!!! XD

所有的節日禮品，不在乎味道，是在乎心意。。。

Agree w/ 陳俊偉 that the mooncake is all about "在乎心意". Although, of course, in some sense it's very 一廂情願 for me to think that it's "sweet"...

今年中秋並沒有什麼特別嘅安排，除了因為要在課室中渡過外（咩學校嚟 ga，中秋都要上堂上到 9 點幾，仲未計放學後要傾 project。。。傾傾傾傾到成十一點幾先返家。。。), So anyway, 今年就連最"行貨"嘅 BBQ / Hot Pot 等活動諗都無諗過安排 - 真的是太忙了~~

只望多了一天不用上班可 catch up 一下功課 Orz...

Well actually it wasn't really THAT bad. Turned out last Friday I got all the ready-to-make Icy Mooncake ingredients and try my FIRST ICY MOONCAKE EVER - it was a blast and just to fool around here and there. And thanks for Yekini to come and help out *LOL*

Although someone said he got stomach ache after eating TWO of them (my friend of course la, how can you eat so much at one time ga!! 諗返都真係覺得幾搞笑！) hahaha... luckily someone's mom who happened to eat at the same time don't have any problems jae...

都係果句，係食果個人嘅問題囉，同我 D 冰皮月餅完全無關！。。。 XDDDD

hehehe j/k... at least he isn't too sick or anything like that... XD

I still haven't eat the traditional one this year, hopefully to have some when i got home tonite - well, i mean AFTER tutorial Orz... Well anyway, happy mid-autumn festival~~ (although it's way past it!) XD LOL... and hopefully next year i got someone to share the mooncakes - together...

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低等生活：錯過中秋節

由於近三星期都在海外工作，不少事情皆要遙控處理，包括電郵、訊息、信件、包裹，還有月餅──是的，月餅是需要「處理」的。

執筆之時，尚未到中秋節，但已經肯定要在歐洲度過月圓之夜。月餅卻打從四星期前開始陸續送來，有些拜託朋友接收，有些索性推掉，以免月餅留在負責收件的商務中心封塵再發霉。部分酒店改作寄出月餅換領券，要領取歡迎之至，沒空提貨便省卻浪費。

月餅，像所有的節日禮品，不在乎味道，是在乎心意。收到一盒月餅，就知道某人仍然記得我，在一個貨如輪轉、人來人去的集體失憶城市，能夠被記得是一件不錯的事。偶爾從數年未有合作的朋友處得到月餅，更帶「有朋自遠方來」的驚喜。所以，對我來說，是雙黃蓮蓉或金華火腿五仁冰皮豆茸或朱古力雪糕餡都無所謂。當然啦，若果是某某老牌酒店中菜廳的迷你曲奇皮奶黃月餅，就更好。

中秋不在港，間中無可避免，畢竟中秋節不是Global節日，而且並非是很壞的事。某年在澳洲阿得萊德度中秋，我和新加坡記者為隆重其事，跑到唐人街購買「單頭」月餅一個，在當地某著名餐廳晚飯後拿出來，像生日蛋糕般切成多份，配上澳洲甜酒當甜品享用。同枱的澳洲導遊是「月餅處女」，品嘗過後十分喜歡，覺得可媲美芝士餅或焦糖布甸。換個角度，原來月餅可打入西方甜品Menu。

旅遊飲食寫作人
陳俊偉

FW: 亂打主意：你說怎麼辦？

說得也對，究竟是為甚麼，是為甚麼????????

亂打主意：你說怎麼辦？

有人的地方就有故事，香港很多人，所以香港理應有很多故事。可是，香港的故事，總像人生，總是重複又重複。

像電台節目，每次有些人打電話到電台，談到感情問題，說：「我覺得我認識了一個男生，後來發現他已經有女朋友。我覺得心很痛，打電話給他又沒有人聽，我應該如何做？」

打電話到電台，是想尋求答案。電台主持們，也許不想再說甚麼。反正這種人，已經中了一種毒，是長年來Ｋ歌給他們的毒。Ｋ歌的毒性，無色無味無臭，毒性之強，是潛伏期久。你在MP3聽，在Ｋ房唱，慢慢就發現，有一些人認為戀愛需要錐心刺骨，像神經痛，才是真正的戀愛。他們忘記了也許他們唱過「苦戀不一定浪漫，不必欺騙人」，只記得需要時就拿「喜歡你讓我下沉，喜歡你讓我哭」出來，認為所有戀愛，不是痛愛就不是愛。

電台主持露出了他們的晚孃臉和表情，說：「又是『明知他不會為你留下，但是仍然很愛他』那些事？」聽眾答道：「都不是的，但是……」之後就支支吾吾，繼續痛愛下去。

如果這個世界有神，神給人最大的玩笑，就是要你愛人，而且要只愛一個人。在手機加網絡的時代，人人出軌易如反掌，不，不用反掌，只在彈指之間就可以了，我們辛辛苦苦追逐，結果統統不會好過。為的，究竟是甚麼，是甚麼？

讀\說書人

健吾

原來係咁。。。。

只好說聲 "哦。。。"

Orz...

這麼近，那麼遠。。。

School started for the 3rd wk - i.e. half way through the first accounting course. Yet life in the last 2 wks felt like years... so much have changed...

went lunch w/ mom and rest of the so-called family last sat - i was upset (or i should say i AM still) as I need at least TWO WEEKS in advance for setting an "appt time" with her - and someone could just jam in and ask "if you don't mind" - er.. actually i really DO mind. I have very limited time slot (that can sync w/ mom!) and mom just suggested others to join.

FINE

Well, turn out it got even worse was that THE WHOLE LUNCH they were just talking about STOCKs and STOCKs and STOCKs!

If i know earlier i won't even bother to join. That is so sad, i don't get anything to talk to them anymore. I don't know what'd happened. but it just happened.

but of course, they talk in a daily basis (about stocks and stuffs)... can't beat that. :(

Was thinking to make it up and trying to ask mom to make moon-cake together - but she's so occupied from Friday to Sunday. She's having Friday dinner w/ some "FRIENDS" whom she's having dinner EVERY SAT (and since she has to go to another wedding dinner she reschedule that dinner to Friday) - but i mean, eat 1 wk less together will die?! Then the excuse queen said sth like "oh, it's so trouble to make it (moon cake), need to mix many different type of flours and need SIX hrs to prepare... I have some coupons for hagadaz ice-cream moon cake, do you want it instead?"

That is NOT the point. You know? I maybe really childish, but she really thinks that I just want to eat and can't buy that myself? I know i was really rude to hung up but i don't understand why she didn't get the point!!!

其實可能只是自己後知後覺，maybe she felt the same from my side a long time back so she just gave up and don't bother anymore. 只可說，一 D 已經再沒有 priority 嘅人／事永遠都會變得麻煩，無必要。。。

I was thinking if i've time to make the mooncake i may give her some, i just want her to understand, it's not that i don't know how to make it by myself...

so distant.... and that's all i have to say about that (don't have much left anyway)...

From the social circle pt of view, seems like most of the "updated" news I got for ppl around me nowadays is from facebook - yeh, i know i probably shouldn't spent as much time there anymore but on the other side other than cooking & doing laundry FB is like THE ONLY thing i do more than twice a wk that is NOT related to school (including dining out w/ friends!). @_@ Say that I'm spoil, say that it's just another excuse, but it definite release some stress out :P

So, while others may not update a few times like i do on FB (LOL), there's 2 updates particular caught my eyes which makes me really feel "這麼近，那麼遠。。。"

Oh well, again, life goes on, as Kara's quote on FB (well, although i really don't know her well at all), but this is very true:

"選擇能增進快樂和正能量的記憶內容，放棄越想越累的不快歷史，不重溫，不重演，回憶可以很美好"

Memory can stay.. but looking ahead is more important... i see clouds ahead, yet I also understand it's the only direction to go from here...

FW: 我恒我訴：手中的照片 劉偉恒

Totally agree - and although i'm using digital for a long time, still like to print out prints (probably TOO MUCH) :)

我恒我訴：手中的照片

聚會時大夥兒拍了幾張大合照，細心的好友特地把照片沖曬出來，分發給每位相中人。拿着照片，仔細欣賞，覺得很感動。自從進入數碼相機時代後，已很少親手收到照片，在場的年輕友人更說：「從來不會有人曬相給我。」

還記得菲林相機的年代嗎？那時相機沒有「液晶體顯示屏」，拍了照，要等到拿菲林去沖曬，才看到拍了甚麼。所以，每一次接過「新鮮出爐」的照片時，總是非常興奮和期待，但有時候又會立即變成悲喜交集：照片中的自己剛剛合上了眼；難得和偶像合照，弟弟竟然手震，令照片「Out of focus」；人人口黑面黑，原來大家都「背光」。雖然瑕疵是少不免，但鏡頭忠實地紀錄了歷史—畢竟，遺憾本來就是現實不可或缺的一部分。拿着相片，我們總是愛不釋手，翻看再翻看，甚至即場揀選最愛的一幅去曬免費的「8R」。那三十六張相片，的確比如今那「4 GB」記憶卡內三千張數碼照片，珍貴得多。

想起最近一個十分感人的MV—日本女歌手Juju主唱的《Hello，again》，故事中的老先生，望着舊照，憶起老伴，重溫某年某日某一刻，當時的心動、喜悅，全部湧上心頭。照片便有這種功能，縱然它已泛黃了，有點模糊不清，隱約見到一兩滴的淚痕，印着兩人的指模，還被蟲侵蝕了一小角，我們都不會介意，因為它們都是歲月留下的痕迹，是框框以外的故事，亦是照片最寶貴之處。而這些，都是不能透過屏幕顯示出來的，更不是單憑在Facebook按一下Tag便可保存的回憶。

導演及電台主持

劉偉恒

FW: 瑚說百道：不應理智

我比較幸運（or not?），不是"人"的問題，只是 timing i suppose, Glad class diverts attention a lot (still have hard time catching up w/ survive basics like EAT and SLEEP) but qty of 不理智事 is "improving"

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聽到女人回覆了久不久才找她一次的男人的電話，我馬上說一些看不起她的話，再聽到她跟他約好見面，我想只是差一點我便要鄙視我的好朋友了。

為甚麼要這麼偏激？因為以種種迹象看，我、女人和圈子內的朋友都認為男人的目標異性不止女人一個，他甚至沒想過會定下來，長期周旋在不同的女人堆當中，像是他很享受的事，比如說，星期一跟A約會，星期二是B，星期三是C……

如果這樣的猜想是對的，男人應該同一時間在跟五個或更多的異性約會，而女人應該是其中的一個吧！

身為女人的好朋友，我又怎忍心看見她被這樣的一個壞男人愚弄？女人坦言知道男人不是好貨，但她亦坦承她控制不了要跟他見面的欲望，所以有很多事是明知的，她也答應赴約。說到這裏，我還能說甚麼？只好嘆句我比她理智，沒想過她竟反過來教訓我說：「人生其實有很多事，是不應理智的。」就是這樣的一句話，令我反覆思考了整個晚上了。

理智有甚麼不好？理智不就是可以避免很多無聊的傷害嗎？有很多事明明已擺在眼前，難道還要戴上一副面具裝作不知嗎？活在自欺欺人的生活中，即使能間中跟心儀的人見面，又會感到快樂嗎？我不知道。

糊塗人

梁佩瑚

Dinner @ my place 8/14 & Paul's birthday Dinner @ Langham

ha, too lazy to blog so just sum these 2 dinners together :) have a blast for the dinner @ my place (really had 9 dishes!!) hahaha.. but "too busy" not to take a single pict w/ yekini, clement, debbie & Paul. Orz...

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Second part of the slide show was taken during last night's birthday dinner for Paul w/ his Judo friends. We had Spanish @ Langham - hmm... food is okay, service can be better, Italian Tomato cake NOT okay and wines NOT okay! @_@'' oh well, i think they've a blast gae..

anyway, time to move on and no more partying!! :(

HKU MBA O-camp

Beginning of a new journey... my teammates @ challenges Ballista (giant sling shot that is) - we won w/ 350 pts! :)

Afternoon challenge - Cardboard Rickshaw - this is my team's rickshaw.... ha

RUN RUN RUN!!

it was a blast, although muscles hurt so bad today from the whole day's challenges... i know this must be the funniest thing in the next 2 yrs... getting worry (well, too late!)

Dinner Gathering @ Paul's :)

Joining after the MBA causal happy hr... dinner @ Paul's place - well, eating from 8ish to 12ish LOL... hang out (CLEAN DISHES!) until 3ish! hahaha.. crazy.. but very yummy food as usual ;) KEKE

Movie review: Toy Story 3 :)

Super funny, super great, not that much 3D but it's still great :)))

SWEET~~ :D

Movie review: Inception

Thanks for Kim cher waiting for me since last Friday before Taiwan's trip. One of the best Hollywoods watched lately. Intense for the entire 2.5 hrs (hear my own heartbeat all the time!)! Must go!

Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.

Indeed, i wish I could live in the dreams and not wake up some time... Sigh

向台北出發！

in 3 hrs! :D

一個了結。。。

So as Cees suggested worked around the last Aug 1st deadline - and ending up sending over the last ultimate answer just blogged 2+ few wks back as the "final answer"...

只想講，有時D嘢又唔係話突唔突然，其實好多時自己一早已知道結果，只不過 difference 係幾時去確認／接受／處理 一個現實+ confirmed 嘅結果。。。

一個了結。。。:~~(

CRAZY Wine Tasting Wkend...

CRAZY Wine Tasting wkend with (myself) and Kim XDDDDDD kekekeke (also repost from Facebook la):


1. 2007 Apatsagi Tramini (Gewürztraminer) from Hungary


Review: Benchmark: M&S Gew
- Darker and not as clear as French
- Similar Viscosity (maybe a bit more viscous)
- Less aroma
- Drier(and a lot stronger alcoholic taste!)
- a lot stronger lychee after taste (which is good)
- price: $125 (vs $88)
- Comment: M&S still my favorite :)


2. 2007 Wiltinger Riesling (Trocken), Germany, Solar Fine Wine (Kowloon City)






- price: $198
- Comment: I never really like Riesling as I kept thinking it's usually very try, but turn out this German Riesling is very smooth, not sweet, but not dry either. A bit bitter and less aroma, this is an okay easy Riesling to me (although, not as easy as normal Gewürztraminer.) While I think this one is a bit overpriced, encourage me to maybe try Riesling after my round of Gewürztraminer study :)


3. 2007 Veldenzer Elisenberg, Riesling Kabinett - Watson's Wine



Benchmark: 2007 Wiltinger Riesling
- Color: Lighter
- Similar Viscosity (maybe Less viscous)
- A lot stronger aroma (both smell and taste, strong Plum aftertaste)
- Not as Dry
- price: $14x (vs $198)
- Comment: I like this one more, less in depth, yet very easy and similar "like" level as M&S gew! :)

(but probably this is not as good as the benchmark as it's less "depth") but i don't care, i like stronger sweeter taste wine for the moment! :DDDD

Book Exhibition 2010 :)

This yr's harvest from Friday's visit: 15 books, in 3 hrs XDD can't get any further as backpack is totally packed (and sooo heavy), and that didn't buy ANY Taiwanese books as i'll get them from TAIWAN!

kekekekekke :) wanna buy more English books (generally 30% off!) and other smaller HKese books.. too bad won't make it before it closed on Tuesday... OH WELL....

Thanks my book exhibition leg for all these yrs - Yekini, to bring me in (although, u're half an hr late!) wakkakakak :D

真的想爆粗！

真的想爆粗！黐 X 線!!! 已經忙到死，做乜 X 嘢仲咁 X 得閒去學事非。。。

CRAZY!

CLAM DOWN CLAM DOWN CLAM DOWN CLAM DOWN!!!!! X_X

Love in a Puff 志明與春嬌 DVD

Repost from Facebook :)

有時 D 嘢是不可強求嘅 - 不過踏破鐵鞋無覓處，皇天不付有心人，終於俾我擁有咗 my best movie 2010 watched so far - 志明與春嬌

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD (and delivered July 25th!) XD

下一站。。。關西？

MBA schedule was out last wk, checked the schedule and for some LUCKY reason only ONE CLASS per wk during Oct end *LOL*

taking off from work should be okay ;)

so, 下一站。。。關西？I mean, for real?!!?!?

The ultimate answer - 普通朋友

sometimes it's not necessary to know how to answer the question, as i think this song describe exactly what's going on.. except that i'm David Tao in the song... =_=~~

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但你說　I only wanna be your friend　做個朋友
我在你心中只是 just a friend　不是情人
我感激你對我這樣的坦白　但我給你的愛暫時收不回來
So I 我不能只是 be your friend　I just can't be your friend

懂得愛，才能享受愛 by 蔣慧瑜

時間有限，感情有限，生命也有限。請學懂珍惜最重要的，放棄不重要的。

Picked this up @ Popular bookstore Monday while waiting for Natasha. Very easy and light reading, although i don't know (and haven't care!)much about 九型人格.

Anyway, recommend to those who's looking for something light and easy. I should have finish reading it at the bookstore instead of buying the same.

Haha

Love-Hate Relationship - Fast Fact

Fast Fact:

1. Wise man said, "You can't make someone to like you, but for sure you can do plenty to make someone hate you for the rest of his/her life"...
   
   Or at least i believe in that, and for the record, i'm DAMN good at it.
   
   
2. A "typical" Scorpio:
   "...A Scorpio is extremely loyal and will go to the length of laying down his life for his loved ones. He has an exceptionally good memory. He never forgets an act of benevolence and always remembers to repay it. Similarly, a Scorpio also remembers any pain caused to him, though the reaction may differ. ... "
   
   
3. 愛人往往還不如朋友。不能寬容，不能傾述，也不能原諒。 她要用最決絕的話，最後悔的詞語來表態，她其實是在提醒男人：我要的只是一點溫柔而已..."

心如...刀割... :~((

Recap 端午節...

So Wed was holiday for 端午節, but fully packed as usual (i don't know WHY in the last few wkends / holiday the schedule is just so fully stuffed and i really feel like 24 hrs a day is NOT enough - NOT to mention, work is actually NO WORk!!)

scary!! XD

ANYWAY, so for this Wed. day "holiday" first dash off meeting w/ Marco and Yum sir for the tutorial thing. Frankly speaking i'm very uncomfortable w/ the messy finance data... but then I think I'll still "go ahead" as I think it's also a good opportunity to learn how to run a business, with the 2 guys i can reli on...

Should be okay gae...

Anyway, so after the meeting in Hung Hom got ticket for 打擂台 w/ Peggie, Kim, and Yekini instead. it's a great and fun movie. Pretty entertaining and one can really laughing out loud! :)

Had sushi for dinner - and the dessert @ Agnes b - Sushi was 'standard' (板前壽司) but the Agnes b dessert is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too disappointing!!!!!!! (looks good but taste =666666666666666!!) The Coffee - MY GOSH, my French Press one is even better than theirs!! A total total disappointment!!!!!

Well, another cup of coffee from Pacific Coffee made up my coffee night when Paul joined us later :) Just hang out and chit chat w/ Yekini, Kim until I think 11ish 

Happy Day~~ :)

P.S. didn't have any 粽 this yr *LOL*

FW: 為何...遲到?

b/c“早上起不了床，晚上下不了線”。

XDDDDDDDDDDD

Happy Birthday to my dearest Edward & Vicky~~

Glad be able to catch up with both of you - i know i know, every yr my wishes to you are the same（身體健康、心想事成、愈 earn 愈多錢 & 你返嚟先補返份生日禮物給你 (to Ed)、老公錫晒妳 (to Vicky), haha, but all are from the bottom of my heart ga! :) keke

How much I wish I can celebrate this special 6/6 day w/ both of you together :) hahaha, miss you both! :)

A relaxing (and marvelous) wkend!! :D

So, i couldn't insist on my "瀟灑" and ruled by the heart for the whole wkend since Friday! *LOL*

Anyway didn't do much during Sat. - catch up some sleep as usual!! *LOL* Did go out dinner w/ Marco & Ken to con't the tutoring centre discussion. I think we'll "go" for it, just a matter of putting things down (and pay)...

Next "Board Meeting" is on Sunday, will see how that goes...

and for Sunday I did get up "early" b/c a machine phone call from 3 V_V~ Don't you just hate phone service provider's cold call?!?! grrrrrrrrrr~~ Anyway, so FINALLY i did vaccum my place! WAKAKAKAKAKAKa, and done loads of laundry as usual (don't understand how in the world i've so much laundry to do every wk - although, i don't mind as doing laundry is one of my favorites housework!) kakakakkakaa)... SO ANYWAY, was thinking to meet up w/ yoyi -> Kim but "last minute" arrangement so missed meeting yoyi... *oops* OH well....

While bringing Elvin for a walk around 2ish (before i go out!) found that the weather is just so marvelous that i couldn't resist to bring him for a little walk by the harbor :) Ha, although the walk was cut short XDDDDDD

After tea @ MK went to Kim's for dinner - felt very speical as i'm the only one having dinner w/ her and her parents (LOL) i guess kim cher isn't that mad at me! kekekekeke~~ seeing her w/ her parents reminds me i haven't have dinner w/ mom for a long time lor @_@''''

Oh WELL~~~

Take off early and got home around 11-ish (yes, kim's place is way too far out! *LOL*) Oh, wkend is just way too short!! we should all have a THREE days wkend! *LOL*

關於瀟灑。。。

其實，我真係唔係咁瀟灑!! 不過，我亦知道拖泥帶水的事不應做。。。

That's All I've to say about us...

As one of my favorite quote from Forrest, That's All I've to say about us...

OMG Bingo!!!!!!

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD writing for the official letter!!!

yahoo~~~~

Movie review: I Love You Phillip Morris

So as previous blog interested to know how Jim Carrey "transform" in this new movie - I Love You Phillip Morris. So chk out this movie w/ 朋友仔 today after a quick dinner at Times Square food court (yeh, you heard me!)

I think the movie become "funnier" as it talks about the "love" between a gay couple - I would say, Jim's acting is really "touching" and i'm well convinced that they're a gay couple *LOL* While it's quite "light" (ridiculous here and there), it does have some moment that is touching and caught breathing - well "use" of silent moments, i would say quite intelligent for the director / writer and even the actors to touch up the movie overall. Amazing it's based on a true story, i think maybe the storyline can go a bit further (vertically) rather than just rushing though the yrs....

i wouldn't say it's as entertaining as some of the recent movies i've watched like 飛砂風中轉 or 志明與春嬌 (probably also b/c of the localization), yet still nice to see Jim Carrey's change (and improved) actings. well, good for a wkend movie i would say :)

Coffee Optimization

Ops 今早香港早晨賣廣告 - so D咖啡焗多咗一分鐘! the coffee is more acidic and less thinner (not as 厚)....

hmmm...... time to buy a timer? :P

Movie season!?

OMG so much line up to pick from....

• I love you Phillip Morris (interesting to see Jim Carrey trying new role!): May 20
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (猛鬼街): May 20
• Dear John: On now...
• Nodame Cantabile The Movie II (交響情人夢最終樂章電影版後篇): May 27
• Greenberg (Ben Stiller!): May 27
• Eat, Pray, Love (Julia Roberts!!): Sept 23

not including the below just watched recently / planning to watch XDDD

• Iron Man 2: watched... I dont' remember April 30th i think... XD'
• Let the Right one in: watched yesterday may 15
• 飛砂風中轉 (Once A Gangster): May 20 (will watch on May 21)
• 維多利亞壹號 Dream House: Will watch on May 22

CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

a busy day...

have been planned for the day for like a WHOLE WK - but nope, still not as planned b/c Elvin is sick and NO Dr.'s appt until 15:30

:( was pretty upset about it, but afterall, still has to take Elvin as the priority....

for elvin's, the infection part is kinda "expected", i'm kinda annoyed that the Dr. doesn't know why he lost his appetite (the Dr. himself said the infection shouldn't affect that)... i think it's kinda "irresponsible" that they just change his food from dry to can food (just afraid that he'll no longer eat the dry stuffs!).... grrrr... actually tonite he starts eating those alternative organic food - just won't touch the Hills

it's a new bag just ordered like 2 days ago.. what i'm going to do w/ it @_@

anyway, as long as Mr. Elvin the Boss is eating i guess that's nothing else i should be complaining *LOL*... need to take him back for inspection next Sunday..... OH WELL... finger cross all is fine....

after taking elvin home got changed and head to MK rite away... for the movie Let the Right One In? Ten thousand "not wanted to watch la"!!! OH WELL, yet turn out it wasn't as bad as the trailer (LOL) actually it's kinda boring from time to time - and afterall - cher, just tell me it's a vampire movie lor! wakakakkakakakakaka there's some scenes that freak the heck out of me V)V and i mean, it's kinda disturbing they're talking about "kids" love (@ 12 / 13 yrs old.. i mean, come on.. i'm not interested seeing them like naked or anything)....

i guess once in a while u just have to watch sth difference, haha :P

then head to Yata for the French Press - actually, it didn't take that long - already have the target and just pay pretty much (someone is chking the quality for me anyway!) haha, never feel shopping as "easy" XDDDDDDDDD

Dinner was fine.. i mean, considering w/ that price range it's okay... the only bad thing is that they don't have tiramisu, coffee isn't strong enough @_@, and ha, they DO kinda kick you out @ 23:00 (er.. it's about time! come on!)

haha

it's very comfy to being around w/ Virgo, always feel the carefree as u know he must take care of the stuffs around... very straight fwd and stable I spse? maybe a typical virgo? feel kinda spoiled actually as a scropio usually have to take in charge of this and that... yet... the chemistry is still missing? (or still too weak?)

hmmmm.... let's see.....

A decade....

Wow if i didn't rmb it wrong today is the 10th 'anniversary' since i officially graduated from Purdue.., wow, i mean, it feels LONG ago but in many sense it doesn't seems THAT LONG (Ha, am i making any sense?) lol

Like BHS how much i wish i could re-visit the same old place in this 'special' milestone.... yet think again i got really spoiled for going back to purdue campus for THREE times in the last decade! So i guess i couldn't complain more :)
i don't think i've achieved enough in the last 10 yrs, i mean, i think i've 'evolved' a lot, but probably not pushing myself hard enough! Hope i can be stricter to myself from today's onward, for the next 10yrs, and many more decades afterwards.....
Proud to be a boiler - Purdue is a place filled with memories (although fading day by day) yet it is THE place which made a very important part of who i am today, from values, identity, friendship...

Proud to be a Boiler, Proud to be an engineer from Purdue (for a short career) Hail Purdue~~~
HK May 13, 2010 02:52, upload via LG mobile

Labor Day wkend Gathering: Movie, Dinner & Drinks :)

BV moving from KB to KC, turned in the HKU MBA application RIGHT before Friday deadline and started out Sat w/ some major cleaning XDDDDDDDDD having been looking forward to this gathering sooo badly! actually just did the basic cleaning so i wouldn't say it's a "major" one XD Then went to Festival Walk for Iron Man 2 - i wouldn't say the story is GREAT, but many things in it are just "ying" lor XDDDDDD a funny comedy, nice refreshment! :DD

alright so after movie here comes the "best" part of the day - WINE gathering @ my place XDDD... Skin goh INSISTED to cook but i'm really afraid he'll JIP me b/c no cooking tools (wakakkaakka) so ONLY cooking simple stuffs like chicken wings is ALLOWED *LOL* (alrite, i don't know how that fish come in!) XDDDDDDD

For the wine, other than our favorite Gewürztraminer (opened and finished 2.5 bottles!!!), also opened the Gavi from Marks & Spencer (a bit sour, but can compare w/ a average house white in a bar), also Kim cher's sake - this one.. well, i guess i'm just not one really like sake in general, just one glass i go back to my Gewürztraminer XD

while skin goh is busy in and out cooking for us *LOL* we've watched sammi's love mi concert after regular TVB boring tv (it was some drama's last episode, every one of us CLAIMS not chasing but so engaged when it's the LAST episode!) wakakkaka... also played UNOs (don't remember when was the last time played - oh, during New Year's eve when yekini, chun & ed were here?!) hahahaa... but last nite every one was just too wing / drunk that keep getting penalty of 3! hahahahahahaha

happy times (alrite i know the song's lyrics are too sad for this happy times.. but i really like the song wor):

Although i got bruised knees and the last part of the nite wasn't easy (someone got wine poison and deep down i was really kinda freak out).. hahaha.. but glad turn out all is well at the end :) Thanks for demonstrating by example XD now i know whenever someone is having a wine poison, i'll keep his feet up, keeping him warm (including 2 heavy blankets + heater @ a 2Xdeg C temp!!), lots of HOT HOT sugar / honey water (NOT TEA okok!), HOT tower, double up plastic bags XDDDDDDD

what's more amazing, a drunk guy is totally conscious, just he can't control his body bor (and all of the above was told by the drunk guy to 2 "ah 4" trying to "rescue" him)

LOL

Tonight's treat - Vin d'Alsace Gewurztraminer, France 2008

so although have to work tmr i decide to try the gewurztraminer i got yesterday :)

Turn out I like this as of the last one! (if not more!!) This is the 2nd gewurztraminer I've - I like my white fruity, sweet and NOT dry. This gewurztraminer i tried tonight has a strong lychee smell and after taste (stronger than the 1st i remember!), very fruity, and sweet. I think maybe a bit TOO sweet but it's still okay :) not dry at all (in which, come to a surprise as Alsace is usually dry accordingly to wikipedia)

Its taste is very easy and before i know it i've already finished 1st glass (ha, and now on 3rd glass)... definitely one of my favorites - and it's only $98 a bottle!!! Must on my "buy a case" list :)

Drink Drank Drunk

After 大食會 @ Kim's 同個 friend 傾起酒經, 撩起我 D 酒癮 *LOL*

So today went to Sai Wan Ho and hoping to get a few drinks from Vino - but man, they're CLOSED AGAIN (i wonder if they're still in biz!!!) oh anyway, so my friend told me Marks & Spencer actually got some nice white so instead went over for a visit - and here's my "harvest":

From the left (the regular bottle)

• Gavi, Quadro Sei Single Estate, 2008, Italy ($68)
  Never try this before, recommended by skin goh. will give it a try later
• Chardonnay, Barossa, 2008, Australia ($98)
  This should be pretty safe as chardonnay is always one of my favorites :)
• Gewurztraminer, Vin D'Alsace (Affelation Alsace Controlee), 2008, France ($98)
  Gewurztraminer is one of my favorites' grapes, already in the fridge now and will try later tonite. ;)

From the left (the smaller bottle)

• Chardonnay, Vin de pays D'oc, 2008, France ($25)
• Sauvignon Blanc, Alta mira, 2008, Chile ($25)
  this one is recommended by the M&S guy, he's the one who "reminds" me that getting 6 bottles will get 12% discount! hahaha... so will try this before my Gewurztraminer
  
• Semillon Chardonnay, South Eastern Australia, 2008 ($25)
  

The overall experience in M&S was nice - i was looking at Gewurztraminer and this M&S guy already recommend a few selection :) and 6 bottles (even small one!) will have additional 12% off! cool~ the total is only HKD$300.9 after discount! not bad at all (w/ this amount i probably only got 2 @ Vino's!) too bad M&S doesn't have a cheese section to go w/ the wine(and i forgot the name of the cheese we tried @ Sky Lounge the other nite).

oh well, it's okay :) Drink Drank Drunk XDDDDDDDDDDD

Movie Review: Love in a Puff 志明與春嬌

there's quite a few interesting movies showing during Easter holiday. Chosen Love in a Puff to begin this 5 days wkend with:



The story is a very simple love story, so simple that may happen daily around us. It's very light, not as heavy as 歲月神偷. Although the movie is almost 2 hrs, and the story itself doesn't have much 'climax", it's not bored at all as the best part of the movie are the actors' conversation in between - which did a great job to draw audiences' attention all along. Those Hong Kongese type of jokes really makes the night! :)

For the actors' performance I think Shawn (余文樂)'s acting is the best -very natural and a lot better than I remember, really "眼前一亮"... Miriam is okay but i think some times she's still a bit "too much" and over.

From the ghost story setting at the beginning (i thought i went to a wrong movie! great joke from 彭浩翔!), to smoking inside 7-11 (for real??), "ga-mei" smoke (hahahah), or "in 55!W !" ;) I've enjoyed this movie A LOT, although I'm neither a smoker (nor a "regular" foul language users) *LOL*

really love this 小品, gave you a very warm feeling, just brighten up your day! :) guess b/c of all the 親切 local jokes. A great dating movie (if your other half doesn't mind the foul languages) LOL this is one of the funny clip at the end (warning: content is rated R with sexual and foul languages) XDDD

《志明與春嬌》電影精彩片段 - 愛情入屋之乜x都冇

I am not sure about the earning for this movie, however if HK movies keep up a standard like this I'm sure more ppl will go to watch them in cinema more often, rather than just those big hollywood one.

Chung Nui Sei & Great news from Vicky!

I had so much fun tonite from dinner + k with some of my secondary schoolmates: paul son, flying cloud, mong kwan & swing.

I can't even remember when was our last gathering - maybe last time when allie was back visit HK? was a long time ago. i mean i meet up with paul son and flying cloud every once in a while (plus msn / facebook) but really haven't got any face-to-face gathering with mong kwan & swing probably since graduation *LOL* I was a bit hesitate in the beginning and don't know if it'd be kinda awkward :P

Turned out that it was a blast - not only at the k part, but for the jokes we had when we were young, the way we talk to each other (aka 'inch'), the common "next destination" we share (Spain, although, my plan will be delayed until probably next yr), to "sip tai shui" (WAKAKAKKAA) i can't believe after all these yrs we still share so much similar, and more importantly, in the "present" tense - although we've different jobs and daily circles these days it's just amazing to catch up and still find so much we share the same :)

maybe afterall that's why we can be the core member of our newly set up "Chung Nui Sei"- not 中旅社，but 中女社! hahaha One of our next events will be 還神團 at the end of year! hahahahahahahaha

Actually I don't think the term "中女" is a "bad terms", as in some sense it does point out what is our "social status" LOL (and i'm looking forward to TVB's Tuesday's report on "中女告白," which will be air tomorrow (March 2, 2010 19:00 HK Time), stay tune for tvb.com rerun if you may missed it.

got home at around 1sth, checked facebook and found this great news from Vicky - she and daniel are expecting their first baby due Sept!!! OMG it's like as exciting as i knew the news of bryson! :) i'm so very happy and excited to hear about the news!

For me and Vick there's a lot happened between us when we were in school, (haha, typical college stories) haha... although all these years after graduation we have been staying in hk & chicago respectively, i feel like she's always so close in hearts and she's really like a little sis to me. I was so touched and glad i can be part of her wedding, and now she's having her first baby!! I can't really believe she'll be a mom soon!!!! hahaha.. Oh i'm so very happy for her and daniel! :) really excited and can't wait to know more about the baby :))))

Some ppl in life is for some strange reason can be so very close to you - although you're not spending too much time together - and Vicky is one of them, among many I know from Purdue :) Probably there's another reason why these days I'm still proud to be a Boilermaker. :)