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...