grocery shopping spree~~

That day, there was an agriculture fair somewhere close to my home...i heard many times from my colleague before how great it was...basically, people will bring their the homeland specialties around china to one big location in Shanghai....wow, the thought of getting everything in just one location attracted me...hey, is that "convenience" that attracted me or 想占便宜啊？i think it was BOTH!! Coz i wanted to try to get some specialties from one location for CNY for my family and i was hoping to find something worthwhile :p before i went, i did a lot of mental planning in my head...i should go early in the morning to avoid crowd, i would find specialties i wanted and buy buy buy...so i left home at 930am...in HK, this would be too early for people but not in Shanghai...i thought i was smart enough to come early and bring a big recycle bag...but, the aunties and uncles here outdo me...they brought their trolleys instead *sweat*!!! aaarrrgghhh...it was sOOoooo crowded inside and i couldnt see anything but heads...and there was a HUGE human traffic jam...

people pushed, people knocked on you, people just came out from nowhere when you were looking at something at a stall...not only i got to see the specialties around China, i also got to experience buying in Chinese way....i quickly browsed around, found some stuff but not cheap...but i still decided to get something to get my taxi fare worthwhile....hahaha...another thing i learned in the beginning of 2012 is: ditch the thought of 想占便宜because you will be 占便宜...

i found out i paid too much for the yunan mushroom, i found i paid too much for the chinese potato noodle...oh well...everyone has their first time, right? i decided to make a pot of yummilicious hotpot of of them~~ yummy, it was really really really good~~

Life after Xmas and New Year~~

everybody loves Xmas and New Year...i love it too...somehow Dec feels like a slack month because many people go on vacation, and many people put off things thinking they could be done next year (including me)...ahahaha...and somehow, the holiday mood is there even though we still have N days to go before xmas and new year is here...aahhh..i just love it...BUT, i just realize the feeling of "先甜后苦" (AKA sweet first & bitter later)...yup...once New year celebration is over, it seems people have come ALIiiiiiVVVvveeeee~~~~ things starting to swamp in, things put off suddenly become urgent and everybody is chasing....so, for the past two weeks, i had been OT'ing in office till quite late because of my slackness and other people's slackness....life is hard~~~one thing i have learned in the beginning of 2012 is: if you don't resist it, you will accept it...once you accept it, you won't resist it... :p

Princess and the frog

I'm sure all of you have heard of princess and the frog, the princess kissed the frog and the frog turned into a handsome prince and they got married and lived happily ever after..well, who knows in 21st century, there is also a similar story...but it's the updated version...once upon a winter, a princess' skin was getting drier and drier and she decided to find a way to make her skin felt the moist again...she thought and thought and thought, one day, she found HIM on the internet and she fell in love and decided to meet HIM. it seemed he also felt her love and loved her the same and showed up her door a few days later...he said he could make her happy and he really did!!! and they lived happily ever after~~

hehe..it's my version of the princess and the frog story....updated version...who is he, you might wonder...well, he is my air moisture machine...i love it because when i put water in, cool moist comes out from it's ears and the steam makes me feel like i'm in heaven~~ i have decided to use it in summer too...remember how in the hot sun, some cafe use "water" fan to make you feel cool? well, it not only moisturise ur skin in dry winter, it also makes you feel cool in summer...haha.....one stone two birds, just the way i like it~~

I took froggie using my new sony camera that i won during our 2012 annual dinner :) the effect is really good...it will be a pressie for my dad~~lucky dad