09/10/2005 (Sat)  Comment

~ 一技之長 ~

今早聽到媽和外婆提起表弟學琴, 竟然燒到我! 說什麼學了琴都沒用, 說現在我都不彈琴又不教琴, 浪費了從前學琴的錢... 真叫人生氣, 學琴的人難道都要做琴師嗎? 那麼 F.4E 的全班同學今天都應在 orchestra 表演而不是 civil engineers / consultants / social workers / lawyers / doctors / accountants / teachers 啦?! 學琴對我的影響又怎單只是識彈琴? 和金錢更加是風馬牛不相及!!  >_<  

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09/09/2005 (Fri)  Comment

~ Game Cube Night!! ~

Today started off with an early morning and then a super busy day prep-ing for the final phase. i'm the only one in charge and need to supervise the developers so i get quite stressed... if any problem will arise, it'll be directly on me! >_< so even tho' it's not that gd a practice to micro-manage, i still need to in order to ensure that my developers, who sit in the other bldg, follow tight the schedule.

But we did hv fun... not a day that i smiled so much 'cos i chatted briefly w. i-Mei abt those Korean stars... then w. Hong abt his excellent photography skills, then me & my team had a roll-on lunch for Ranatta @ a suishi place (had my favorite sashimi and green tea ice-cream!!), and finally went to join the kw gang~ i was really tired getting off @ 7pm bringing w. me a bunch of work enuf for the whole wkend, but i gotta relax a bit so i insisted on driving to kw's place and got there ~8:30pm... we ate (quite crowded on campus as students ar back) and played v games... v. cute graphics ar!!! might hv bored rach much 'cos she didn't enjoy playing v games... and Lee wasn't around =) but it's always fun to be w. kw  -^_~-

　

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~ 煩惱絲 ~

對上一次理髮已經是去年 X'mas 前的事了, 至今一把髮長長了不少亦直了不少. 本打算去轉換個髮型 or simply 再電髮, 可是因為太忙而要將計劃押後再議.

其實我都好滿意現在的髮型, 因為極 low maintenance (可以說無須打理), 而且亦是我自年頭便希望擁有的了 -- 年頭的某天, 我慣常地一個人逛街, 東張西望看見了一間高級 boutique 的櫥窗印著一個 supermodel 的巨型半身照. 她的一頭 dark brown 及胸長髮, 在近耳垂的位置開始微微卷曲, 令我好羨慕. 想不到我現在都有一樣的髮型, 會捨得改嗎? 從前我試過不同的 curly hair, 有 成熟 的也有 cutie 的, 好像都不及這個 sexy... any recommendation?

　

09/08/2005 (Thu)  Comment

~ 馬屁 ~

很累呀... 尋晚因為 upload 相而"缺睡", 但是我真的很喜歡這葺相... 好漂亮的人(except me)和景啊! 如果我的黑眼圈未有現形就 perfect 啦!!

ED 有了新助手, 不過是在 ED 另一個 project 幫手的, 和我無關. well, 雖然如此我亦因她而覺得有比較／有威脅, 是件好事! 她好像很會拍馬屁... 那天我提了個好(娛樂) idea, ED 慣常的說 "i like ur ideas!", 是他的專利句... 但她就馬上學著說 "i like ur ideas too"．我最不會拍馬屁，會否被比下去呢？

好想回家(中國), 好想好想...
　

09/07/2005 (Wed)  Comment

~ 滿地可浪漫之旅 ~

sbd flew to join our trip to Montreal/Quebec ar, and he shared w. my dad the drive tim!! it was really fun 'cos of sbd's new cam and also the places were as romantic and impressive as i remembered... but i'm sure i won't go there again, twice is enuf!!

Montreal's Biodome, Olympics Stadium, Botanic Garden, etc. (9/2)

 We set off Thu nite (Sept 1st) and drove overnite to Montreal... so i only had 3 hrs of sleep and my black eye circles were almost bigger than my face!!! looked so terrible in pics....... but we did hv fun visiting these "educational" places in the morning w. sbd particularly it's the 1st time i've ever been up that Olympic tower, and last time it was too hot and sunny to enjoy anything while this time it's superb weather~~

Montreal Old Port Area (9/2)

After visiting the "educational" area, we drove to the Old Port area of Montreal and it's really pretty there... lots of tourists also le~ took bunch of pics and had dinner @ a crepes & fondue place for crepes & cheese fondue... ^_______^ yum yum!! stayed till around 8pm then couldn't resist the sleepiness so walked back to hotel to sleep lor!

Quebec Old City Area (9/3)

On Saturday we rode from Montreal to Quebec and checked in to our hotel, then we walked to a nearby street where there was a festival and lots of gelato stores!! We had gelato @ 2 of the stores w/n 20min!!! =P

We then walked around the old city area... sbd loved the romantic French-feel place and we took lots and lots of beautiful pics!!! We also saw 2 interesting street performances. For dinner we went to this nice little French restaurant in the middle of the old city area and had escargots and a few rabbit dishes... sorrie, we ate rabbits, and it was yummy... After dinner we saw another street performance, visited the signature hotel in Quebec, and then we were too tired and went to bed early (<11pm). *^-^*

Leaving Quebec (9/4)

The last day i woke up early in the morning to attend church with sbd, then we visited a few churches around the Quebec old city area... there're so many churches there! and each one was unique and gorgeous both inside/outside!!! i've never visited so many churches in one day b4 (incl. the Notre-Dame Basilica mentioned in the section below). we also took pics @ the port below the old city, the weather was just NICE~

La Basilique Notre-Dame de Montreal (9/4)

On the last day we traveled back to Montreal to visit the Notre-Dame Basilica near the Old Port... and it was gorgeous inside!! i heard that it rarely opens for wedding, and one recent wedding that was held there was for Celin Dion... it must be a dream-like wedding if the location is in such a fascinating church~~~

　

Photos from this trip ar available at http://www.mapsorica.blogspot.com

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08/31/2005 (Wed)  Comment

~ 一顰一笑之間 ~

一場暴風過去之後, 我想通了不少, 好像突然間又長大了. 雖然算不上是雨過天晴, 但心情都回復了輕輕鬆鬆的, 和我親愛的弟弟談笑風生. 可是, 一個電話帶來了你的大發雷霆. 我在被殺個措手不及之時亦強裝笑意, 到你掛電後的那一刻我才讓那一滴眼淚輕輕的掉下來.

坐在黑漆漆的客廳中, 不知道究竟過了多久. 動也不動的我, 腦中轉過了無數想法, 更加明白一切都是無可無不可的, 越執著便越不會快樂, 尤其是不在自己控制範圍內的事. 此刻心欲寫下幾句, 便動筆吧.

如果多愁善感和盡善盡美是執著, 尋根究底亦是執著的話, 這些都是我的性格... 正所謂江山易改, 本性難移, 我不可強求改變什麼, 只希望當逼得自己走投無路時會記起要按緊急制吧.




"自尊心是別人踐踏不到的... 如果它被踐踏了, 那人一定是你自己"

　

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~ 傾耳細聽之間  ~

想不到能收到這許多朋友的關心, 千里鴻毛, 我一一深情接收.
真摰的友誼是千金難買的, 我此刻夫復何求?

　

08/30/2005 (Tue)  Comment

~ Still Trapped in Valley ~

Found it hard to sleep last night and this morning, and feeling quite down the whole day. The heartache appears every time i think of the issue... i lost trust in ppl again. I want to tell myself not to take it this hard but i just can't control myself... EQ, low EQ i guess.

At the least, i hvn't let this affect the work i hv in hands and today i've been super productive.

Let me hv a sweet dream tonite and tmr 我又是一條好漢.

Thz for all my dear friends for showing that u care!!!
Special thz to Anna (the mgr i met back b4 my 1st proj) for being very supportive during this tough time even tho' she's already not my colleague.

08/29/2005 (Mon)  Comment

~ 意料之外 ~

公司咁對我, 真係始料未及... 朋友都叫我去搵出個原因, 因為以我平時既優良評分以及最近得到既 recognition award, 加上來無理由會比所有人都差. 好難想像, 太出人意表!!

同個 buddy 傾過之後, 唔通我一直既迎諗法都係多餘既?  辭職唔代表認輸?

好想做番個細路... 成年人既生活好複雜, 做得唔好會覺得勁對唔住家人... 都唔知點同媽講呢個困局...

我唔係想扮 tough, 亦唔係將得失睇得太重. 只係討厭認輸, 討厭比人睇低. 阿媽話做人唔可以得過且過 ma.

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08/28/2005 (Sun)  Comment

~ 各有所壞 ~

有 friend 對個男仔有意, 而此男仔亦出盡甜言蜜語, 所以雖然個男仔搬o左去好 distant 既州讀書, 佢要求我個 friend 飛去探佢我個friend 亦真係去o左... 我個 friend 好"搭佢糖", 之前第一次 date 已經好鬼開心咁同我講個男仔勁 cute... 真相梗係, 佢一向都有 "special taste"... =p 不過呢個男仔對佢若即若離, 搬o左成個星期先打番電話比我個 friend, 搞到佢好失望, 但結果都係呢仲愛理不理既態度令我個 friend 仲更緊張... 唔, 佢一向對 "bad guys" 情有所鍾 lor, 所以 d bad guys 都鍾意同佢玩無手尾既 "猫捉老鼠" 遊戲... 我無謂掃佢興, 加上佢自己都 super 唔單純, 無需擔心.

反之, Rach 呢個靚妹係需要我o地幫佢小心. 果個 Lee 君, 真係橋唔怕舊, 最緊要受!! 邊有可能咁唔好彩/失敗呀? 最討厭男生用自己既 "慘況" 來博得女仔既同情! 果個死人 Leo 咪做過呢 d 野 lor!!! 不過我同 KW 都唔想出面拆散佢o地, 都係等 Rach 自己成長啦...

Ken 哥以 "女友輪流轉" 為榮, 但又埋怨搵唔到o岩既女友... 好似我細佬既 Rich 開始初戀啦!! 我當然有教路, 不過我未同佢講最重要果句 -- 千萬唔好愛上 d 會鍾意阿 Ken 既女仔, 因為佢o地唔係 playgirl 就係 low b... 真係 sad 喎... 拍拖係咪應當重質唔重量呢?

08/27/2005 (Sat)  Comment

~ 無相了 ~

Yea my hard disk dead, and the mission to rescue any remaining data also failed. i'm not gonna pay a few hundred $ to get the data back... really not much worth rescuing besides the photos i guess... 好多相有排 download 啦!! 

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~ 深情點播 -- 越唱越強 by Joey  ~

笑我殺蚊也不夠膽 笑我的天性不夠
樂觀的心不冷
我全馮傻勁 行過重重難關 馮信心得到稱讚
我要放心放膽去衝 我要上廣闊的太空 括出幾分英勇
要忘懷沈重 前進才能成功 從空中可給操縱
我信天真的鬥志 雖挫敗仍然嘗試 蝕底過當做投資
滿腦太多好主意 從此懷著大志
要越唱越強 艱辛波折別去想 再放聲高唱 唱到底仍開張
我越唱越勇找到方向 即使一個亦夠響
我已索性不理 你會否熱情來欣賞
我決心不理型像 發洩我想
我繼續狂唱 唱到自信更高漲
我要隻身去膽搏膽 跌痛也一個人承擔
遇到些少感嘆 我仍馮傻勁 來抗衡來平反 如孤單都懂得嘆
我要出天真的鬥志 雖挫敗仍然嘗試 蝕底過當做投資信
我會有天可以 馮聲音去完成大志
我越唱越強 艱辛波折未去想 再放聲高唱 唱到底仍開張
我越唱越勇找到方向 即使一個亦夠響
我已索性不理 你會否熱情來欣賞
我決心一個前行 我信我想 懶理別人 自信堅強更高漲
馮我態度全力再上 到世界各處演唱

08/26/2005 (Fri)  Comment

~ 念念古事 ~

好耐無睇番 d 我至愛既古文... 咩唐詩宋詞明曲咁, 好多都唔記得曬... >__< sbd 都唔好呢樣, 所以我根本無機會接觸到. 今日睇到中央既"水滸"重播, 真係好開心! 之前我都已經睇過"水滸", 仲有佢既 VCD, 特別喜歡佢既幾首主題曲/插曲, 蕩氣迴腸, 百聽不厭. 我亦有"紅樓" VCD, 果時一邊睇戲一邊睇原著, 好佩服佢o地對原著既"忠誠度", 連人物對話都絲毫不誤!! 只係"紅樓"既對話京腔太重 ("雍正"都係), 所以聽得有點困難.

其實最難得係中國既演員演技精湛, 場景設計認真, 可以將古代既人同事活生生咁重現眼前. 反觀無線以及外劇, 質素實在無得比. 好似"大長今"咁, 演員演技麻麻, 場景又來來去去都係果幾個, 仲要大多數係廠景 indoor 景, 服裝更加係... 唉... 我都唔想講果個故事啦, 好懷念"阿信"!

最近中央有"金粉世家", 翻一翻張恨水既原著, 覺得劇集"像真度"都幾高, 起碼比無線既"京華春夢"高. (but i personally don't like the original story 'cos it focused too much on the selfish & useless 二世祖燕西... =P)

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08/25/2005 (Thu)  Comment

~ 大家齊放假 ~

my colleague today got bombed by 75 out-of-office auto replies after he sent out an email notification to a distribution list of CROs... hahahaha~ so we jotted down today's date (8.25) to memorize this event and promise that we'll be the ones sending out out-of-office auto replies next yr the same date!!

today's weather continues to be gorge-ous (as pretty as seen in these pics taken @ Laguna LA)!! thus i got tanned again~ should next wk's stay as nice i'll bring my cam to photo the beautiful LAKE and FOREST and CORN FIELD in my client site... yea pharma sites usually ar located @ countryside and hv interesting natural habitats~

talk'n abt vacation, last nite i was planning for the Montreal/Quebec trip next wkend and thus didn't sleep enuf lor...

SO PANDA today!!! @_@

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~ 旅行 planning ~

aiyaya... planning for the Quebec/Montreal trip gives me much headache!! it feels harder than planning for a cross-office meeting!! blahbalablahbala... sbd is go'in to hv his new cam for the trip~~ that means we'll hv lots of pretty pics!!

Will it be as romantic as i remembered it to be?

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~ 時裝夢 ~

This fall's trend color will be purple/plum... great for me!!

 so envy Cyril's studying fashion... of course he can do so 'cos he has a sis like my dear Helen~~~ only if i had a supportive fam then i'd hv pursued my dream of fashion design. however, if i'd done that, i wouldn't hv met sbd lor?  緣份天定呢...

yea know that i'm super underweight @ 95lb and i'm eating A LOT to gain weight! don't worry my team rm's SNACKS BAR's been refilled so gaining weight is 指日可待 le~

08/24/2005 (Wed)  Comment

~ 好天氣 ~

Weather's so nice this wk!! i wish i'd brought my camera w/ me 'cos it's gorgeous outside!! i was walking outside during lunchtime and i had to stop by the lake to appreciate the breathtaking beauty... green trees and grass, blue sky and white clouds, and the calm lake clearly reflecting the sky and the grass~~

 Read Helen's entry abt her gp of friends made @ Sands... i dread for colleagues of my age or my culture but it's just a dream for me now... i chose to be a consultant in US and that's the way it is so i can't complain!!!

GANBATTE!! so much to finish by end of next Thu !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

08/23/2005 (Tue)  Comment

~ Loving Art - Part I ~

Most of the time, when I like sth, there's no rational reason besides pure "passion" and "impression"... as much as the master of Impressionism, Claude Monet...

 To talk abt my fervor towards art, i must talk abt Monet. He's one of my favorite artists, and i'm sure he's also many others' favorite painters, but my "reason" is very unique. There's no doubt that Monet's a great painter, and i've copied a few of his paintings in my high-sch period and found them quite enjoyable to imitate. However, the one thing that sparked my interest in him was his many paintings of waterlilies. I hv his "The Japanese Bridge" hanging on my corridor, which has lots of waterlilies, but there're more of his paintings just focused on waterlilies, my favorite flower~~ Plus, his "Nymph?as, effet du soir" showed the gorgeous waterlilies in the tone of purple, my favorite color~~

Other artists of the same period whom i like include Renoir (love his soft touch on women), Degas (really really like his paintings and sculptures of the lovely dancers, such as The Dancing Lesson), and Sargent (incredible ability to depicting different textures on canvas, such as The Daughters of Edwardn Darley Bait). Not a fan of Manet, 'cos he's too blunt for me, and didn't like his The Luncheon on Grass.

^_^ next time i'll talk abt my love of Rococo style, Van Gogh, and Henri Matisse...

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08/22/2005 (Mon)  Comment

~ 旅行 ~

Labor Day 將至, 我o地一家叫埋 sbd 一齊去加拿大 Quebec 旅行. 之前我都去過 Quebec 旅行, 但因為係同埋好多親戚去, 所以無真正 experience 到當地既法國殖民地風情... 今次應該唔同呢~~ (好彩 d 姨丈話唔得閒 join!!)

希望活到一百歲時, sbd 都會對我好似而家咁好, 永遠將我放係第一位... 雖然世事常變係永恆, 但我都有權抱住希望!!

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~ 快高長大 ~

Annie 話想快 d 大個, 想拍拖之類... 大個有咩好? 複雜到死... 有時覺得單純 d 可能係件好事...

人性本... 善? 但係現今醫學話人體內早有好多 cancer genes, 你會唔會生 cancer 死都係睇 d cancer genes 有無比你 turn on 啫... 人性本惡, 近墨者黑其實都係 rediscover 你既本性, 如周芷若咁...

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~ 搬屋季節 ~

夏末係 party 既好時分, 亦都係好多人搬家既時刻. kw 同 tomo 亦搬去o左佢o地既 "二人世界".  睇佢o地 d 入伙相真係搞笑 & 無聊到極點... 報o左呢對 couple!!

　

08/21/2005 (Sun)  Comment

~ 愛美, 係女人既天性 ~

Today is family day, so we went drank tea as usual, but 7th aunt brought w/ her lil Kimberly wor~ Kimberly's that CUTE (兩個月大)!!! i was holding her most of the time and she smiled whenever i talked to her abt shopping and eating ice-cream... !!! Shopping & dessert-eating are really in the blood of us gals~

Went shopping after drinking tea. i didn't wanna go 'cos i was afraid that i'd spend money, but at last i did go and did spend... T_T Bought a white knitted blouse and a white skirt from Banana Republic, and then bought Lancome lip gloss (nude color) and NARS blush from Sephora. Irresistable Sephora!!! Finally got a fine blush... hv been using cheap cheap blush for long which may hurt my skin! Actually to a person who never puts on lipstick, it's really strange that i've got so many lipsticks... all ar free gifts!! My favorite is lip gloss, so i've got lots of them but similarly 80% of them ar free gifts, which means i've only bought 2 lip glosses myself b4 today!!

i've also got a lot of perfumes, like L'Eau d'Issey, Chanel Chance, Dior Addict, Versace Pink Jeans, Tommy Girl, Escada Rio... my favorite is certainly Escade Rio 'cos it's from sbd so i wear every day to work!! But when w/ sbd i'd wear Chance or L'Eau d'Issey as they're sexier, hehe~ i've just spotted Pink Sugar and i love the scent and wanna hv it~~~~

Btw, yesterday i also tried a "lip plump" @ Sephora, which is a popular item in US now as women ar trying to make their lips look fuller & sexier... but the effect on my lips? Gosh... too sexy... my lips looked like a pair of sausages!!!!!
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~ 愛美, 係人既天性 ~

睇o左港姐選舉既最後果part, 真係好明白點解佢o地既口號係 "美麗係由心開始"... 個 "身" 係唔駛靚架!! 我唔知佢o地 "內在" (or "內臟") 有幾美麗, 總知呢個選美好似不斷想證明比人睇 -- 香港既女仔有靚樣就無內涵, 要內涵就只有搵pork chop... !!! >_<

之後我 send o左個 Miss HK 2005 既 site 比 d 香港人 friends 睇, 叫佢o地估邊個勝出, 點知個個都話 d 佳麗太"靚", 估唔落喎... 結果我同 kw 仲 debate 吓邊個最醜... 唉, 相比下原來 Lucy Liu 都唔差架...

08/21/2005 (Sat)  Comment

~ 夢 ~

尋晚我有個怪夢...  夢中我先遇見一個好有趣既男人, 但係漸漸發覺佢唔識照顧我, 於是離開o左佢; 之後我遇見一個好識照顧我既男人, 但係我唔覺得同佢一齊有趣, 所以我離開o左佢, 但係佢留o左好多 fortune 比我; 就係我孤單之際, 我遇見一個好有趣既男人又識照顧我既男人, 於是就大團圓結局 lu...  係咪好奇異呀?    

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~ EMAIL THIS FUNNY WORLD!! ~

Hv u noticed that u're always receiving FWD-ed emails and most of the time they're really interesting emails? Every day i get so many of them that i'm only able to keep myself "10% updated"... haha~ there're so many interesting things in this world that whoever wanna leave the world is really an idiot!! Read ya emails!!!

Btw, it's a strange feeling that a person i no longer talk w/ for yrs still keep FWD-ing emails to me every single day... =P

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08/19/2005 (Fri)  Comment

~ 大西移 ~

Cindy 就快要搬去西雅圖 join 波音, Ken 又打算去 LA 讀 master, 我都如無意外會去 SF 陪 sbd, 咁唔知仲有邊個會同我o地一舉西遷呢? 大家分到咁散真係好唔開心架... 不過係 US 生活係咁, 時不時都聽到人話飛去邊度邊度參加 wedding. 身在香港既人, 應該好好珍惜可以成日見到自己想見既人既果份方便同如意呢~!!

講番 Cindy 要搬, 呢晚我乘機叫班舊 friends 出來聚首.  雖然好多人都 "唔見o左" 啦, 但係我o地人少少亦玩得好開心... 我已經好耐無咁勁串過人, 仲以為我已經變o左個木獨婆添!! 由係 Olde City 間 Paradigm 食 dinner 開始, 到四圍蕩想去 Bleu Martini 個 party (去唔成, 因為 Ken 同 Eric 著o左波鞋唔比入... -_-"), 到去o左 The Plough and the Stars 睇人, 然後去 o左 D&B 打 pool 同打機, 做番 d 我o地以前經常一齊做既野!! 好好 feel 呢~~  Cindy 食 dinner 時對o左兩杯紅酒, 之後又 shot 又 cosmo 又 beer 咁, 無酒不歡, 真係好驚佢又會醉到泥咁... 好彩都無!!  佢係我識既人之中最鍾意做醉泥架... haha~

　

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~ Good News Bad News ~

我一向都係鍾意聽o左 bad news 先既人, 唔知係咩性格呢?

BAD NEWS: 我部 desktop 既 hard drive 似乎係當掉了!!  我 d 相呀!!!!

GOOD NEWS: sbd 係香港買o左好多糖比我呢~~ 同埋 sbd 可能會係下月頭探我, 陪我去 Quebec 玩呢.

08/16/2005 (Tue)  Comment

~ Share my 快樂 ~

以下既 entry 係 “節錄” 自我既 Blogger site. 因為 sbd 一直對我飲酒有好大既反感, 特別係去 clubbing. 我都唔肯定佢係淨唔比我去 clubbing, 抑或係完全唔比我係外面飲酒… 所以我都考慮o左好耐先決定去 phase II, 仲要拉埋 kw 同 Rachel 去等 sbd 會安心 d.  其實同朋友去玩去飲o下野好正常啫, sbd 要信得過我先得 ma!!!

Phase I of Westby's rolloff was a dinner party (see pics in the previous 2 blogs), and Phase II was bar-hopping!! Part of the gang including ED / Andy / Westby / Shane / Sean / Lorri / Joe / Lang and a few other gals drove down to Philly's Olde City for bar-hopping!! =P
Rach was going on a family cruise trip, so me & her & kw got together that nite, and we decided to join Phase II and also to meet Rach's "guy friend" Mr. L (who didn't show up until ~12am -_-).
I actually never enjoyed the gang's jokes that much (sadly, cultural barrier) so most of the time i was "gals' talking" w/ kw & Rach and we left earlier too. But i did join the gang's Lemon Drop round @ 12am to celebrate Westby's official roll-off moment!! i asked kw how come the gang could be that crazy but i couldn't play crazy? she said "'cos they're married but u're not"... hohoho!!
haha~ luckily kw didn't get drunk, 'cos we were too focused on chatting... and analyzing Mr. L, hahaha~ we thought it's fun!! i also saw ppl Latin dancing @ Cuba Libre tim ar~ next time hopefully i'll try w/ sbd~~~ *^-^* 

無 sbd 係身邊, 我梗會自己照顧自己啦. 而且我一向都幾 “高鬥” (太睇得起我自己), 果晚有唔少男生向我搭訕, 唔理靚仔唔靚仔我都無啋過… 我覺得如果一個人無自制力同自知之明, 早d 試到出來係件好事, 好似我都叫 Andrew 帶 sbd 落香港d club 玩咁, 我靚 + sbd 乖 = 我無有怕喎!  咁你都信我多d 啦…

唔… 如果我出街同落 bar 時連個 “注目禮” 都無, 咪好悲?

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~ 抗日戰與歷史  ~

It was Aug 15th, so unavoidably my discussion with Candy touched upon 抗日戰爭. While a lot of Chinese and Koreans expressed their mourning for the millions of people who died or were devastated in this war, a questions that constantly comes up in our mind is how should we position ourselves in this point in the history and how should we face what happened?

1.       Maybe we should fear US more than we fear Jap... did I hear that we are NOT alarmed of US's every action? Nah...

2.       Why are Chinese and Korean so emotionally attached to the past of Jap invasion and occupation of their land? Don't forget that WWII happened just 60 yrs ago, so the scar is still here, fresh and painful. Moreover, there're enough right-wings in the Jap gov't to constantly exercise their "freedom of speech" and make irresponsible statements (u know, i kinda think 撩人者賤).

3.       Why should we argue about the history books they use to teach their next generation? They have their rights to have their different point of view? There's no denial of what happened? Oh right, u know y? It's 'cos our next generation will be the ones who will need to live with their next generation! Maybe instead of debating which point of view and terms (invasion? occupation? 支那支援?) to use, our history books should simply present facts / counts... how many ppl where killed in Nanjing, how many women from various Asian countries including Japanese women were forced into prostitution by the Jap army, how many Jap soldiers died, how many living ppl were used as subjects in the Jap army's biochemical experiments (bioterrorists) and how, how did it start and end, etc. All of us need to know the truth, as much as we need to know whether or not there's WMD in Iraq!! Should anyone under democracy be denied the right to know the truth?

4.       Can they brief through this part of the history? Is there any other event that was more significant then WWII in the history of the 20th century? Oh right... the cloned sheep Dolly in 1997!!! http://www.yuckles.com/dolly.htm

At the end, I'm not saying that every Jap is a right-winger, just as not all Americans are from Texas, and I'm not thinking that we should be anti-Jap as I also have a lot of Jap friends. All I believe is that no one has the right to erase any part of the history. We shall never forget about WWII, just like we shall never forget about 6/4, just like Americans never forget their Declaration of Independence, just like they never forget the "dream" Martin Luther King Jr. once had. Learn from our past with an open mind, and never repeat the same mistakes again.

新聞話HK Gov't made Chinese History no mandatory in 初中, 所以現今有 ~25% 中學 not teaching Chinese History in F1~F3!!  對我呢個中史迷來講, 呢個新聞真叫人失望... 身為中國人竟然唔知自己既歷史?? 咁仲話咩人o地日本要面對歷史呀? 咪由得人o地點改囉, 我o地既下一代都唔理架啦… 人o地問你 “你o地d 中國人係點出來架?”, 咁你咪拎本Japanese history book 番查o下囉.  What a shame!! We are already not singing our National Anthem in sch, now that we even not learn abt our own history?? Should our children learn abt Chinese history thru' those horny 黃易 novels or stupid TVB series or thru' Japanese history books? Shame shame SHAME!!

四大文明古國... >____<

08/10/2005 (Wed)  Comment

~ 請保護兒童!! ~

Am I childish?  I have such low toleration of the ugly things I see… I guess I’m really super childish.  Used to be called “mature” for my age all the time, even by my brother’s social workers and psychiatrists.  But I want my Neverland!!

Have been watching Law & Order SVU for these few wks.  I like the show ‘cos I get to see those cruel ppl get arrested and trialed for their crime committed on innocent children.  There’re so many children in this world who’re under exploitation rather than being protected!  I don’t understand how could these ppl do such things… tonite I saw the scene when a truck was opened to reveal dozens of smuggled children, and I felt the tears… i’m so lucky!!

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~ 壞男人 ~

見到太多不忠既人，太多自私既人，太多失敗既例子，對我ｏ地既將來缺乏信心 … 但係 sbd 講ｏ左句好ｏ岩既 － 我聽到好多唔好既事，因為好事唔會有幾多人講出來． 真係既，姨丈們都係廿四孝丈夫呢∼

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08/09/2005 (Tue)  Comment

~ 失敗者 ~

又一個失敗者! 受唔住誘惑而去做出d 傷人不大利己既事, 事後仲要沾沾自喜, 自以為好 attractive 好勁… 唔好講笑啦, 一個正常既年輕男 / 女子, 係年中有十次八次艷遇都好正常, 只不過自視高既人同自制能力好既人係唔會咁易比 d 閒雜人等埋身. 可笑!

唔想動氣, 但係呢個 crappy world 成日將 d crappy 事實塞係你面前, 要你咕一聲咁吞o左佢然後扮無野! 就算一起長大既好朋友, 都會成長到你點都估唔到既地步, 你可以點啫? 當睇唔見 lor…唔指出人o地既錯係咪因為怕人o地指番你自己既錯? 好鬼虛偽, 成年生活真係好兒童不宜.

要留係一個重複咁傷害你既人身邊, 你有一大堆理由, ohoh 應該話係藉口. 如果有一日你唔再花機去搵理由 / 藉口時, 我將會見到一個新既你.

08/05/2005 (Fri)  Comment

~ 愛屋及烏 ~

自從我同 sbd 睇o左 March of the Penguins 之後, 我就愛上o左d 企鵝 baby~ 亦因為咁, sbd 連日來經常搜集該電影以及其他有關企鵝既資料同照片. 我一向鍾愛鳥兒, sbd 亦好好關心我果四隻 birdies, 佢o地一有咩唔妥 sbd 就會積極咁找尋對策… 呢 d 係咪就係 “愛屋及烏” 呢?

http://adlau.multiply.com/video/item/2 (March of the Penguins 既 trailer, 既可愛呀!!!!!)

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~ 散會 ~

尋日我o地終於開完o左呢個 project 既最後一個大 clients meeting, 之後應該只會有d 唔過十人一次既細會. 因為是次係 last mtg, 而且 ED 係之前果日提點o左我一d facilitation 既技巧, 所以我滿心歡喜為呢次 show time 準備. 可惜, 事與願違, 個client lead 因家中急事缺席, 令我呢個無咩經驗既人陣腳大亂 (無client lead 在會, 有d 事唔可以做決定住, 但係有d 又可以喎… 我就係唔識邊d 打邊d !). 結果都係要ED 撐埸, 佢做到 senior mgr 梗係個 “開會能手”, 運籌帷幄咁話啦! 雖然我對呢個 “結局” 有d 失望, 但係欠經驗對我呢d 細野黎講都好正常呀. 學野至上!!   

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~ 幸福兒童 ~

畢業以來一直 “醉心” 搵錢, 身邊既朋友亦如是, “刻不容緩” 去發展事業… 其實係咪可以用三個月至半年既時間來做d 應該做既野呢? 人長大o左, 明白到生長係香港既兒童無論貧富都可真幸福到不得了, 真係想到內地做義工教書. 如果 sbd 可以同我一度經歷o下就 perfect 啦. 或者等到遲d sbd 肯養我時我就去啦?  =P 

08/03/2005 (Wed)  Comment

~ Crazy Email Explosion ~

Today was a good day... at least it ended well~ How well? Around 4pm, someone accidentally "replied to all" an email that was sent to all analysts and HRs in America!! After than ppl started replying to that email telling ppl to stop "reply to all". At first ppl were quite serious on this and sounded like they were annoyed, but then some ppl started to have fun with this crazy chain of emails... below ar some hilarious excerpts:

"I can only say I can't hit my "delete button" fast enough. This is more intense than Halo 2 on X-box."
"just heard from an acn partner that any analyst who responds to this email prevents promotion consideration for the next 3 yrs"
"Well as long as we're all here, Anyone on a project that is cool and interesting and needs a new analyst? Let me know.This counts as "networking" right?"
"Sup everyone, We can stop now, but we should surely do this once a month, it was fun.. Accenture is all about building contacts. :-D.."
"I truly feel sorry for everyone that is not at their computer right now?. 1) because they are missing out, and 2) because their inbox will explode upon opening"
"Well good news folks.......I JUST SWITCTED TO GEICO"
"I'll stop replying if you stop replying"
"MY GOD… I should work for Deloitte"
"I’m going to bop the next person who floods my box. I’m on dial-up here, and my inbox is twitching due to these emails."
"Party tonight….1000 Washington. Come if you want."
"I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico"

Some ppl even used this chain of emails to do fund raising and sell cars... hahaha~ We had great fun until around 6pm when most ppl were taking off and after someone from the CIO sent an ugly warning out... =P
We have too many fun ppl here and i'm waiting to work with them soon!!

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08/02/2005 (Tue)  Comment

~ Super Hot Summer!! ~

Oh gosh!! The summer this year is way too hot!!! Today I had to bring my car for repair, so I had to walk for a round-trip between the auto shop and my house. The 15-min walk each way was torturing... there were times when it was so hot that I had to take a rest and hide under the shade.

My wife was saying that she'd rather UK be as hot as HK then be as "cold" as it currently is. Oh my... that was my wish when Philly was in winter, that was also my wish when I was relaxing in California... but now I just wanna take my wish back!!!!!

It is so hot that when u're wearing more, u feel the sweat dripping down ur skin everywhere; when u're wearing scantily, u feel ur skin being burnt by the strong sun and hot air rising from the ground; when u're walking, u feel that ur heart's beating too fast; when u're static, u feel that ur tongue is so dry and ur whole body's expanding... (o-___-o)

All I want now is the sea and the breeze~~~

我以前係妳既真命天子, 忘記了嗎?

D網民無聊, 成日仲以為自己亂講都好有深度… 搞笑!

08/01/2005 (Mon)  Comment

~ Lunar New Year 2006 ~

There's nth special today, except that it's not been very productive... 2 reasons:
1) Need to transition my desktop with a new system that will allow us to use smart cards to log into workstations.
2) Still feeling sour after the crazy "chicken" game yesterday w/ my super energetic cousins... with them, i'm feeling so old!!

Will need to send Bear Biscuits my photo CDs so that he can develop the pics for me.

I miss sbd, but i do not always feel the eager to meet w/ him... mom & pa suggested visiting HK together this coming Lunar New Year... good or bad idea? um... i'd prefer visiting more places in US b4 i'll have to return to HK a few yrs later. YAY! Can't wait to be back!!!

Opened a Blogger site (actually 2 yrs ago I also had a Blogger site but didn’t use it ‘cos I decided to open this site), mostly ‘cos I want a site that most ppl can read, including my cousin Annie… this site is too “adult” for her la!! http://mapsorica.blogspot.com

解畫: 個Blogger site 會有多d廢話同即興, 少d 深情對話… 咁你知應該睇邊個site 啦!

07/31/2005 (Sun)  Comment

~ 隔代 ~

今日去o左八姨屋企BBQ 兼玩水. 佢個新泳池雖然唔係好似標準池咁大, 但係絕對夠十個大 & 細路玩. 依家係周身疼痛呀…

Annie 已經有我既身形, 而且手長腳長, 所以佢將來應該會係好高挑. 我o地交換o左AIM, 佢又比o左佢個blog site 我. 我當然無比我個site 佢啦, 因為d 內容對佢來講係太複雜la… 佢呢個年代玩既野, 同我o地果個年代既簡直係有天壤之別, 我真係唔敢想像我兒女果代會變成點… 之前接觸到不少有關兒童受性侵犯既新聞 & 電視節目, 真係覺得好嘔心, 同好恐惧. 出面咁多陷阱, 我當然擔心Annie 同對佢當管多d, 唔及 lee 咁係個 cool cousin 啦.  咁既年代, 要做好父母勁難啊!

Annie 剛剛話佢認識有個男仔 (Annie’s tutor in her summer pgm), 話識我喎… 雖然如此, 我都有點謊… 拜託, 我個妹得十二 ja, 傾咩鬼呀?!!

~ 義氣 ~

我時不時就會過料比阿老葉知april 鍾意 d 咩… 咁算有義氣定無義氣呢? 都好呀… 起碼阿老葉會為o左april 而打探d 咩, 我就無人為我而打探o下… 真係唔知點解! 令我諗起以前阿 su 係度時, 經常都有人對佢打探我既喜好, 因為我多數都會帶阿 su去過目d 男生. 好掛住阿 su , 掛住我o地一處孖舖一處游水既時候, 真係要去韓國探o下呢個靚女先得!

My birthday week’s finally over… once a year ja!!!

 

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07/30/2005 (Sat)  Comment

~ 安全 ~

係呢個世界, 究竟有邊度係安全既, 係唔會比人傷害到既?

果個衰人晚飯後 “離家出走”, 我好嬲但係無講 d 咩, 仲開埋門比佢走, 只不過係佢踏出門口之後好大力咁關上門, 同埋將所有門閂閂哂, 以發洩些少怒火. 好嬲好嬲, 所以去o左同吱咕吱咕蛋玩, 又睇住金毛 baby 既楚楚可憐樣, 心裡即時平靜好多.

大表哥打電話來, 我o地又講起我既傷處. 我都知我根本幫唔到d 咩, 但係媽咪真係比好多壓力我, 我自己都非常想可以幫忙, 真係好辛苦. 一直都選擇唔同任何人 “呻”, 但積係心入面好難撐. 大表哥一直都好錫我, 佢怕我因為咁既事而影響我自己將來既婚姻. 我… 一方面好憧憬將來會有自己既幸福家庭, 一方面好怕會失敗, 好怕 sbd 會變心… 無咩安全感.

你會一路支持我嗎? 你會守諾嗎? 你會證明比我睇, 世上係有兩人都專一不變既愛嗎?

我要保護自己安全, 亦要保護細佬安全.

責任感, 就係保護別人既最大力量.

~ 魔鏡 ~

今日kw 同 Rachel 請我去 Center City 間Continental 食 brunch. 同佢ｏ地傾一向都好有趣，叫ｏ左杯 white chocolate martini 同杯 Godiva martini，令我“叫苦連天”！我真係好唔飲得．．．走時佢ｏ地話要去洗手間，話 Stephan Starrs 開既餐廳既洗手間一定要去ｏ下．我都唔係第一次去呢度食野，不過未用過佢既洗手間，所以咪去睇ｏ下．．．真係無去錯！男女厠既鏡都係單面鏡──出面睇係transparent，但入面睇係鏡喎．．．　好似認犯人咁，好搞笑！

 

Thanks April for your phone call… sweet~　　  

07/29/2005 (Fri)  Comment

~ 生日快樂!! ~

Dust 打o左個電話來祝壽, 我就乘機同佢 “呻”… 平時sbd 唔鍾意比意見, 又無興趣聽我評論d 咩, 佢個人太客觀啦! 所以好難得至有個人肯聽我 “發表意見”… 咩都講哂出來好舒服! 聽日仲有 kw 同 rachel 會陪我, 咁就可以繼續 “呻”!

同 dust 講到以前 d 野, 都覺得自己幾幸運 –- 同 sam 一齊係 dust 既鼓勵, 同 sbd一齊又係sam 既鼓勵. 唔o岩咪放手lor, 無謂浪費大家既時間, 我真係 handle 得好靚呢!  ^_~

連 Dust 都去 Carneige Mellon 讀master 啦, 幾時到我既 MBA 呢?

07/28/2005 (Thu)  Comment

~ 狂奔 ~

今日去LVL開會時, 因為怕遲到同埋無badge, 所以穿著高跟鞋係草地上狂奔. 結果當然係無遲到啦, 其他人就有遲到… 不過佢地d 大o野點怕叫人等呢? 我開會有個明顯既缺點 –- 經常會唔覺意咁整個怪樣出o黎, 例如伸脷同整 bear bear 咀咁… 係d senior clients 面前太 “青春” 啦! 以後一定要小心留意呢! 其他帶meeting 既技巧我都已經有明顯既進步, 可以做到唔駛點準備都可以領到個meeting. 要多謝Eric 比機會我鋤我lor!   

~ 這樣的愛, 拖一天是錯一天 ~

青菜咸魚, 各有所好. 試過, 唔鍾意喎, 咁咪斬斷關係, 搵過另一個再試過. 總有一日會搵到 “the one”. 如果勉強維繫, 關係有如玩伴/後備, 拖落去就只係浪費緊雙方既時間, 白白錯過o左找到 “the one” 既機會. 有d 野係重質唔重量…

好慶幸遇到 sbd, 一個叫我甘心受綁既男孩子, 最重要係 sbd 教識o左我點去愛 –- 唔單只愛 sbd, 更會去愛其他愛自己既人. 見到有人喜歡自己, 當然感激. 但係咁可愛既男生應該有自己既可愛女孩, 又點可以叫佢同別人分享一個 gf 呢? 所以我每次都選擇迴避, 我要保護我心愛深愛既 sbd, 保護我自己, 同保護果個對我好欣賞我既人.

Have you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry
Have you ever needed something so bad
You can't sleep at night
Have you ever tried to find the words
But they don't come out right
Have you ever, have you ever


就係果種吵完架, cut o左佢線, 然後數住分秒等佢打番比我, 等唔到都訓唔著, 等o左三分鐘好似三個鐘, 終於等到佢打番比我, 先可以安心去訓既窩心感覺; 就係果種, 晚晚做夢都見到佢係身邊既信賴感覺; 就係果種要求佢愛我家人, 好似佢愛自己家人咁, 既親切感覺; Have you ever found the one you’ve given your heart to?

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07/27/2005 (Wed)  Comment

~ 曖昧 ~

有時候, 有d 野都係唔知為好... 知道o左會令自己好難做. 就算係一齊成長既好朋友, 大過o左都可能會令你覺得好陌生/意外. 我的確係幾單純, 本來就唔可能用自己既準則來評審其他人. 真係唔係好明白係呢個咁複雜既社會, 點 maintain 一段友誼先o岩. 我都係適合過d 簡單既生活... 或者做番細路仔.

曖昧既關係, 曾經有過, 但當我一旦真心愛上一個人, 就好似 April 講咁 -- 個心無多餘位比其他人啦. 當已經有個心愛既人, 點會仲有時間去發展一段曖昧既關係呢? 係因為貪? 係因為佔有慾強想多多益善? 係因為想有個人fall back onto? 係因為感覺神秘刺激? 係因為追求"freedom"? 係因為以此為榮? 係因為輸得起?

世事無絕對 -- 有d 野我o地以為打風都吹唔走既, 一刻間無聲消失. 到時才後悔, 就已經太遲太可憐啦...

　

07/26/05 (Tue)  Comment

~ 男男女女 ~

愛情好難明.

Sam 話好有信心sbd 係唔會變心… 呢個 statement 之前都有其他朋友講過 –- 呢d 事邊個可以保證? 就算將來 sbd 變o左心, 我都會好多謝佢係我最失意之時不離不棄, 係我最傷心之時細心呵護. 我願意相信永遠, 但更會珍惜現在… 

係咪好灰呀?

我其實好細膽. 曾見過唔少我睇好但係最終都失敗既例子, 我可以做既只係保護自己, 怕會輪到我受傷.

係咪因為現代社會人口擠迫, 好容易就可以“擦出火花”, 所以大家都唔多珍惜已經擁有既? NYC 既男女唔在乎天長地久, 可能因為佢o地認為係唔同楷段既自己會需要唔同既partner? 年輕女子喜俊俏男生, 事業女性愛中年富男? 天長地久既, 可能係好似friends入面果種on-and-off既戀情 (係朋友間真係唔少見)? 好多好多古怪既觀察同奇異既假設…

同sbd開始o左一本小記事簿, 用來記低sbd答應過我既每樣小事情,

咁將來我o地就可以作個總結.

Have You Ever…

Brandy

 

[Chorus]
Have you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry
Have you ever needed something so bad
You can't sleep at night
Have you ever tried to find the words
But they don't come out right
Have you ever, have you ever

Have you ever been in love
Been in love so bad
You'd do anything to make them understand
Have you ever had someone steal your heart away
You'd give anything to make them feel the same
Have you ever searched for the words to get you in their heart
But you don't know what to say
And you don't know where to start
[Chorus]

Have you ever found the one
You've dreamed of all of your life
You'd do just about anything to look into their eyes
Have you finally found the one you've given your heart to
Only to find that one won't give their heart to you
Have you ever closed your eyes and
Dreamed that they were there
And all you can do is wait for the day when they will care
[Chorus]

What do I gotta do to get you in my arms baby
What do I gotta say to get to your heart
To make you understand how I need you next to me
Gotta get you in my world
'Cuz baby I can't sleep
[Chorus]

07/25/05 (Mon)  Comment

~ 生日快樂 ~

如果我既生日係要同sbd分別,

如果我既生日禮物係父母既一紙“分”書,

流下一點眼淚亦未算懦弱.

請你原諒, 我未曾說出哭的真正原因 –- 當事情重複的發生, 重重地把我傷害時, 自負的我要獨自承擔, 卻又需要你壯闊的胸懷作我的避風港.

感謝你千山萬水的來探望我, 和不問原由的包容我. 不得不承認, 你是我所有快樂的泉源.

我要好努力好努力, 令明年不會成為我第四個傷心的生日.

~ 緣起緣滅 ~

當有天人要變心時, 就有千軍萬馬都無法令其回頭. 愛情的力量, 時常都大得叫人害怕.

若然妳要人聽妳傾訴, 請別嫌棄我遠…

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07/12/2005 (Thu)  Comment

~ Day3 - Napa Valley ~

On Monday, we worked a bit on sbd's papers in the morning, then set off to visit the Wine Country for the 2nd time.  One year ago we had a great time enjoying the scenery and tasting wine @ Napa Valley (Sonoma was a bit farther away so we didn't go there), so this time we wanted to do it again but visit 3 different vineyards -- Hess Collection, Niebaum-Coppola Estate, and V. Sattui.

These 3 vineyards are of completely different style than last year's.  Hess Collection Winery was not focused on wine, instead it was a pretty little estate (with a nice water-lily pond) showcasing 2 floors of modern art collections, which were mainly paintings (that seemed like a mess to us... =P).  We didn't stay there for long and the hosts weren't that welcoming when we were tasting wine.  The 2nd vineyard we visited was the Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery that was bought and operated by the renowned director of "Godfather" and many others.  This estate was very big and kinda commercial (not as commercial as the Chandon Winery operated by the corp that owns Louis Vuitton), but it was definitely gorgeous and had friendly and professional staffs serving wine.  I bought the can-packed Blanc de Blanc called "Sofia Coppola", which is named after Coppola's daughter who's also a director, and they said it's Oprah's favorite wine... ^_~  The last winery we went to was a smaller one but with a very nice kitchen and super friendly staffs!  We got free wine tasting and very warm greetings so sbd bought a bottle of gramay rouge.  We also bought duck paté (very tasty le!! i love duck paté & foie gras!!) and ate it with biscuits at a picnic table in the garden... watching and feeding the very cute birdies, enjoying the fresh breeze, and relaxing~~  The birdies were so cute (we particular liked the mama bird who's always feeding her noisy, jumpy, silly baby bird) that none of us wanna leave... =P

After the wine tasting trip, which got me & sbd quite drunk as we had 3 rounds of wine tasting, i accompanied sbd to shop @ Target.  There're many many Target in CA le, much more than the # of Walmart!!  u know a trip to shop for household items often takes much time, so it's after 9pm when we got back home and we were so hungry!!!  Since all restaurants were closed, we only dined @ a Mexican place on campus.  :>

~ Day4 - Batman / SF ~

Tuesday morning when i woke up, sbd was already working on his papers... then he made me sweet, yummy pancakes served with B&J ice-cream as breakfast~~  We then went to watch "Batman Begins" in Emeryville in Oakland.  sbd also bought me a GAP cap for this trip, good pick! 

"Batman Begins" was a nice film that's similar to "Spiderman 2" tho' not yet that level, and I think it's worth the time and ticket costs.  The complex where the theater was located had an outdoor mall that's small but had some nice shops I liked, so we did a bit shopping and ate ice-cream~  ^_~

When we were driving to SF for dinner, we passed by Chiron!!  Nice!!!! 

Our dinner was at Chaya in SF close to the Golden Gate Bridge and others, and Chaya was a Jap-French fusion.  The food was not bad, particularly the foie gras was as delicious as it should be!!  The "crab 3 ways" were very yummy too, and the fresh Uni sashimi~~  All melting in ur mouth!!

~ Day5 - Road Trip Began ~

Wed morning sbd did work in the morning and then we began our trip to LA around noon.  It was not a short drive, >7hrs, but I always enjoy sbd's rides.  When we finally arrived at Laguna, our 1st stop in LA, it was after 7pm so we missed the sunset.  We then just went to Downtown to have a Greek dinner outdoor next to a nice gallery, and walked on the beach for a while.  It was really dark but i could still see the waves rolling up the shore, so i dared not walk any closer to the water. 

Laguna was a pretty and artistic place.  Even though it's late at night, we could still appreciate artworks as we passed by a lot of galleries (which were lit up even tho' they're closed, and u can see from my pics).  On the way back to the hotel, we had an argument so i did sth dangerous... fortunately sbd came "rescue" me in time.  hai... maybe we shouldn't argue abt such small differences anymore.

~ Day6 - Laguna ~

Thu morning, cloudy, and sbd was working when i woke up.  Then we explored outside... found out that there's a beautiful beach just less than 5min walk!  We happily went to eat brunch (i was really starved! but loved the gigantic strawberry milkshake!!), and then set out for the real beaches & sun trip~~~  The beach was really 水清沙幼, very very comfortable to 漫步...  but the waves were very interesting, as one ankle-height wave could be followed by another waist-height wave!!  hahaa... we had to take off our clothes after that waist-height wave, just let the warmth from the sun embrace every inch of our skin.  hehe~ the skin was too cold that we didn't test the water but took quite a lot of pics.  Naughty me got my right toe scratched against a big rock... and i took pic of my wrapped-up toe!!  ^_______^

That night we went to the beach at Downtown for ice-cream and a swing~  Since my toe was hurt, i couldn't enjoy the sand & water.  But, we went to the cafe of a hotel just by the beach, and sat down at a corner of their deck to wait for sunset.  IT WAS LIKE HEAVEN~

~ Day7 - Dana Point ~

Fri morning, we drove to Dana Point, which was the south tip of that coast line.  It was just ~20min drive, and we arrived at this beautiful spa resort above the Laguna cliff.  It was just nice, particularly the room we were given, which had a very very large balcony adjoin to the garden and overlooking at the harbor.  It wasn't facing the pool so we reserved our privacy, but it was just steps away from the pool and spa!  However, no matter how nice the room was, we couldn't wait to explore the beaches and the harbor.

Walking down the hill from the resort, we headed directly to the beach, which was also a state park, in about 15min walk.  It was a cloudy day, really cloudy, so the beach didn't look that attractive.  However, we had a very yummy lunch at a restaurant by the harbor... the "mahi mahi macademia" was so good!!  We then had a bubble gum ice-cream (very tasty ga!!) while wandering around the harbor.  We saw ppl kayaking among the yachts, so we decided to try that ourselves too! 
hahaha... i didn't had much endurance and i wanted to enjoy the scenery more, so most of the time it was sbd paddling alone.  =P  That night we joined the resort's reception and then went to another restaurant by the harbor to enjoy another yummy seafood dinner.

　

To be continued...

07/07/2005 (Wed)  Comment

~ 10-day Honeymoon ~

Finally got a long vacation! It was a nice vacation, wouldn't say great because the weather on the West Coast was too chilly (12~22C), with sbd eating and playing.  There wasn't any impressive food on the West Coast, at least at the places we visited.  But we did enjoyed super yummy foie gras (鵝肝)at San Francisco for twice, and some fresh seafood such as the mahi mahi macadamia at Dana Point and the shrimp ceviche and crabs at Santa Barbara.  Nonetheless, being with sbd and, most importantly, being taken cared by him made every moment of the trip very precious~~

~ Day1/2 - San Francisco/Berkeley ~

I first arrived in SF around 3pm on the 25th (Sat), then sbd came to pick me up and together we rented a car.  He gave me a surprise by telling me that we were going to see Les Miserables that night!  We first had a Thai lunch (@ 4pm!!) somewhere close to the Union Sq, and then we set off to find the restaurant sbd reserved a table at for the pre-theatre dinner.  However, it was so difficult to find a place to park our car around the restaurant, which was very high up the hill, that we missed the reserved time and got us very frustrated!  At last we went to Chinatown for a simple meal, which was so disappointing as my 1st meal in SF's Chinatown... incomparable to chinese meals in Toronto, Vancouver, Sydney, and not even Philly!!!  The good thing was that we were in time for the musical.  It was marvelous!  The performers all sang well, and I was moved when Eponine died...  Me & sbd were casually dressed, in contrast to the other patrons, so i felt kinda ugly compared to the other girls ar... >.<

That night I didn't sleep until 5am!!  It's 'cos sbd had to write the application for a fellowship and also wrap up his paper submission.  I was happy to be able to help him on work!!  But i was also exhausted as i it's been 24hrs since i woke up... @_@

The next day we woke up and continued to work on sbd's work... until noon we finally could get out!!  It's chilly outside, but we just walked to La Note to have a delicious French-style brunch.  After that we went back to sbd's room to continue working a bit b4 we finally went to Union Sq (SF) for shopping... i found Armani's foundation @ Saks Fifth Ave ar, but I didn't buy it wor... just wanna know where i could find it in case me or someone else wants to buy it le~  I bought sbd a pair of sunglasses lor... but sbd didn't want me to buy expensive ones ar.  *^-^*  then we went to Boulevard to enjoy a nice dinner... foie gras my favorite!!

arg... gotta sleep la, worked >10hr these 2 days... continue later la!!