Lazy Saturday

Today is a lazy day.

Slept this morning at 2am and had to wake up at 6am for team building. The place we had is so pretty . Sooo European ! Too bad i only get to use the place once. Team building was ok, not as boring as i imagine.

Went to Dempsey for wine and cheese after. Chilled and had a long conversation with good company. Been a long time since i feel soo relax. Also been a long time since i had wine and had a bearable headache after.

Came back to my mum chicken soup which cured the headache. Yummy!!

Mum cook soup almost everyday. When i move out, i must get a the recipe.



Time to continue watch "Get Karl! Oh Sung Joo". I will complete the show today. Loved the Oh Sung Joo, she is so funny and real.

Good Day at Work

Finally a peaceful day at work.

Thank god is Hong Kong Holiday and the markets is quiet.

In our business, when the markets is quiet, it is usually not a good sign.
To me, it means less queries, less human movements in the market, less new hires and dum dum queries. Hopefully, the quietness does not translate into any retrenchment.

And yes, there should be some market correction done on the over-heated property price. Pray that it will cool down in the next few months and i can get a decent house at a reasonable price.

Received some good news today. It is what i want. Hopefully, it works out as i expect. Well, cannot be too greedy. Take one step at a time. It has been a roller coaster. Slow and steady and i will not burnt out. Will keep my spirits up.

Finally, i'm using my laptop. My first day using the laptop after purchasing it for almost a week.

Surprise visit from Stevie

Weekend was great!!

Stevie came back to surprise me.

Now i know what the flowers you sent to office is for. Everyone keep asking the reason, anniversary, birthday, etc. Timing cannot be better. Just when i was feeling down.

Shopping therapy again (how's your new Bally bag?), lazing around, talking till wee ours in the night, house-hunting, etc. Just makes me so wanna go to Macau and work and we can go back to our lifestyle we used to have in Perth.

But don't ever leave me alone at home in the middle of the night.......it is damn scary (not happy).

Shopping Spree, some good comfort

This week is a terrible week at work. The constant ignorance of the markets and pettiness of internal departments complains is a torture. This week is worst as i was hit continuously for 3 days. Sometimes i wish i can just not care and not be bothered by it all and just do my work. It is not as if i'm doing it poorly and the job is so challenging that i am stress over it. In fact, i am sooo stress that it is not challenging. Day in and day out having to explain things due to others stupidity. Work is now soo depressing unlike last year. Things are moving soo slowly that i feel i am trap in time freeze.

Well, at least i have friends to keep my spirits up. Can't control what happens at work, time to take control of my personal life. Went on a BIG shopping therapy this week. Went to do scalp treatment and sign another package. Bought some clothes, bras, cosmetics and footwear (everything from top to bottom). Feel much much better. Hope this happiness will last until mid of April and i will do major shopping again. I really cannot afford another shopping spree cos busted my credit limit this week. Oops!! So embarrassing, my card got rejected. Lucky there is still Nets.

Bought myself a new laptop. Feel so excited just looking at it.

Think it is a good bargain but who cares i already paid for it and i now no longer have to fight over the computer with my bro. Bought it for 4 days now but i never get to see it. My bro took it out almost everday since i bought it.

Seafood in Zhuhai (China)

Today was a lazy day for me. Kinda sleepy and tired after rushing on a project for the past 2 weeks. Went to Zhuhai again (2nd time in a month). But this time was for the purpose of having cheap and nice seafood. The experience was indeed very different. The food is very fresh. There are like 2 rows of restaurants for a distance of 100m and in front of all these restaurants will have vendors selling their catch of the day in the morning. We then went to a few of these vendors to buy our seafood and bring over to one of the restaurant to cook it. Kinda interesting experience. Total expenditure for food: RMB135 ; Total expenditure for restaurant: RMB15. CHEAP!!! 2xstonefish ; 2xplates of bamboo clams ; 2xflower crabs ; 1xveg ; 1xsoup (7pax)

On our way to Zhuhai

Another interesting event is the distance between Zhuhai and Macau. Well, there are 2 ways to get to Macau. One: by walking across the border in the north of Macau (near my house). Two, by taking a ferry from San Ma Lo (central). Guess what?! The actual distance via method 2 is 500m (see pic) and the time taken for the ferry to arrive there take less than 1minute. *roll eyes*. Why can't they just build a bridge or something to save the trouble of waiting a ferry/boat?!? For 500m, i might even consider to walk there lo.

Zhuhai Seafood feast!!

Yakuza Moon

Finally, i get to have my chance at the computer.

For the past 2 weeks, it was terrible. My brother had projects to finish up and i am left with no online surfing time. I feel so disconnected suddenly.

Well, I have been wanting to write my views on "Yakuzu Moon". I bought the book last December around Christmas, one of the many small gifts to myself after slogging almost the entire year. Every book review i seen online raves about how good this book is. As i am not a book fan, i decided to invest in the book after reading the nothing but fantastic reviews about it.

At first, the book sounded interesting. I keep going on hoping that it will give me some element of surprise. I was waiting for the moment of truth and after the story ended, that moment never came. It felt empty. All the expectation i have for the book, what goes on behind the notorious Japan gang, how did it impacted families of the gang members, what are the ritual and behaviour, insights, etc. But there was nothing.

Emptiness....I cannot help but feel cheated. The life story of the author just sum up to a young girl going astray, which can happen to any adolescence in any part of the world. What makes the story even more distasteful is her going astray has nothing to do with her father being a gang leader (from the story her father wanted the best for his children) but rather she herself not being strong enough to pull away from all the temptation of fun and drugs. Her self-pity after the events make me even more angry. In fact, she should feel angry at herself (making all the wrong choices in her life) rather than self-pity. I can just imagine Stevie rolling his eyes, he says i will never understand cos i am bless with good life.

I guess before i read the book, i have too high expectation. Firstly, there were so many good reviews about it. Second, i was comparing it with "Memoirs of a Geisha" (which have much more insight on a Geisha's life). Lastly, I keep thinking the author is forced into such a bad situation because she was born into her bad family and had no choice (which apparently she had many choices but due to her bad decision judgement, she ended up in such a sorry state).

Overall, the book is alright if it is just for pleasure reading. If you are hoping the book to reveal the mysteries of the Japan gang, there is minimal information provided.

My Nephew ~ Zhi An

My Nephew is finally born on 28 Feb 2008!
Like my brother-inl-law, he is huge.
Can't remember any details as i'm definitely not a 4D fan.
But heard that he is heavier and longer than most baby.

Cuddled comfortably sleeping all day long.

Finally awake! Look at his big big eyes!!

My sis, after labour.

Ah Teck and Sis, who does the baby look like?

Me and baby. Finally i dare to carry a baby. Well, it is my newphew after all.

Me and my sis.

Ah gong finally gets to carry his first grandson. Happy happy!

Ah Ma can't bare to give others a chance to carry the baby.