Jane's Diary: 金魚的日記

grocery shopping spree~~

2012-01-14T09:26:00.003+08:00

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~~

2012-01-14T08:22:00.002+08:00

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

2012-01-07T13:55:00.002+08:00

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

Another Year has gone by

2011-12-31T09:17:00.003+08:00

today is the last day of 2011...time flies, felt like 2011 just arrived not long ago and now, it's time to say good bye...don't think think we have to face the same thing every year? i remember when i was still in primary school, teachers made us write dates on our exercise books for every lesson we had...i remember how i always wrote the wrong year when the year changed...@_@ so i had to keep reminding myself to not forget to update it every time i put the date down.....hehe...well, after N yrs ago, i started not to have new year resolutions anymore? why? because i COULDNT achive anything i planned for in the beginning of year so i decided to let nature takes its course...hehehe...okie dokie, let me reminisce what i achieved and what had happened in 2011:

Left HK which i lived in for the past 5 yrs and moved to Shanghai...
Changed a job that i had been doing for the past 3.5 yrs and jumped into a job that i had not done before~~
closer to my family and friends

ah...as time passes by, my memory is also getting worse and worse.....i think i have done a lot more but couldnt remember... :p

Jane's home cooked meal~~

2011-12-29T18:15:00.003+08:00

when i was back home in Oct, mum cooked many things for me...she made her delicious home-made meal and of coz, nutritious soup known as 炖补...i saw mum put in many good stuff in the soup...red dates, ginseng, expensive lean pork and some which i dono what they are called in English...i felt i had gained back all the lost nutrients for the past months....haha.. this month, i decided to do the same for myself so i called mum for recipe....because i was also sick, so mum asked me to make ginger wine + fried egg for a meal..so i did it obediently too...and i made something unexpectedly because i found 4 potatoes in the fridge @_@ ...made smashed potato with butter and cheese...yummy...really, i stored more nutrients in my body which can keep me warm throughout the winter... :) Love you, mum~~ i should learn more recipes from her next time~~

My Cozy Corner

2011-12-11T17:12:00.002+08:00

my family, relatives and friends who had been to my place in Shanghai before love my place...they said my place is cozy~~well, i have many cozy corners at home :p but there is one corner that i LOVE the MOST...why? because the corner is for my love ones, it has many things that i love..aside from my family pictures, it has 3 handmade horse dolls that i bought in Xi'an during the trip with my sis and mum back in May and it has one clay horse that i bought in Xi'an 3 or 4 years ago when i first visited it...don't you think they are LOVELY?

Happy birthday mummy

2011-12-02T13:12:00.004+08:00

Happy birthday my dear mum... I feel bad for not being able to celebrate mum's bday in person with her... But my heart is with mum and I know she will be happy to see her bday cake today when Jenn picks it up from Hilton.. Lucky Jenn is there to represent all of us.. And my dad is gonna take her out for a romantic dinner... But with a super BIG light bulb called Jenn... Hehe... Even though I'm afar, wanna give mum her cake online (this is not the real thing) and a big bowl of long life noodle... 祝老媽子年年有今日，歲歲有今朝。我愛您~~~o(^_^)o

Fruitful week

2011-12-01T14:58:00.004+08:00

Went to shanghai technology museum with my nieces and nephew plus my sis' in law's family. Two more kids tagged along. I really enjoyed the trip because I found how lovely I am and how lovable I can be. There is an old saying - kids are honest and they can tell if you are nice and kind and like you as such... All FIVE kids LOVE me sooooooo much... So much that they all clang to me whole day during whole trip.. It was good fun.. Coz I kept hearing gugu, gugu..they got jealous when one kid was close to me, they wanted to outbeat each other to treat me nice *feel like queen* they gave me different lollies, gave me LOTS of attention an throughout the whole journey, I kinda feel that I could be a good kindergarten teacher.. They loved my stories. They listened to my lecture, they fought for my attention..I really enjoyed it. During resting time, my SIL's s and I were playing with a 2 yr old girl (stranger) who sat near us. My SIL's tried to ask for free food from the little gal but got rejected, even getting a stared from the little gal. Then i tried my luck, looked at her and asked for a share of her food, expected rejection too, to my surprised, she handed me her food!!! I said kindly she could have it, the little gal kept extending it to me *touched* i took it with a happy heart~~~but felt bad for stealing her food :p One thing I learned from this trip is: age is catching up with me.. I came home feeling exhausted... Most importantly, it's better to delegate your job or u would end up DEAD!! But I still love all five kids :)

online shopping part II

2011-11-30T23:05:00.004+08:00

Another of my online shopping spree~~~i got myself a logitech webcam for RMB79 and got a free chocolate shape earphone for free~~ i love it i love it...freebie, i mean..haha...i think i'm really addicted...i'm gonna shop online again...no hassle, deliver right to your door and CHEAP!!

你快樂嗎？

2011-11-20T13:23:00.006+08:00

我還沒看過那部電影 - “那些年”，不過我聽說還不錯。老實說我不是太清楚內容是什麼，也只聽說是一部關於以前的生活的故事。今天，忽然想起自己的童年。為什麼這麼突然呢？想到這幾天，爸媽在國外旅行，Jennifer 趁他們不在家時打掃房子，希望他們回來時可以很舒服。還有，昨天也因為自己買了一個吸塵機而感到很高興和滿足。其實生活不就是這麼簡單嗎？就是趁現在好好的對身邊的親朋好友？不需要太復雜的人事物就可以很開心和滿足？為什麼現在的生活感覺大家都不是很快樂。。雖然有錢有權，要什麼就有什麼，但是卻不快樂。還記得小時候麥當勞和肯德基還不是那麼普遍的時候，只有過年過節和出薪水的時候才有可能吃到那香噴噴的雞腿和漢堡。那時候，我們高興的不得了。雖然現在要吃什麼，什麼時候吃都可以，可是我們快樂嗎？

記得小時候，媽媽生日，母親節或看到爸爸媽媽疲勞的時候，我們三個小的就會偷偷的商量第二天早上要比爸爸媽媽早起床來打掃房子，煮開水，把雞鴨狗貓都畏飽。看到他們驚喜和高興的模樣我們就滿足了。其實就是小小的關懷，小小的動作，小小的心意就可以讓身邊的人很開心。為什麼現在已經沒有人有時間為別人著想，為身邊的人犧牲一點點呢？為什麼我們已經不能輕易的得到滿足了呢？為什麼我們的快樂要隨著時間改變呢？

你覺得快樂容易嗎？

my vacuum cleaner

2011-11-19T13:19:00.003+08:00

TADA~~ i got it today~~ now i can clean my place more easily..no more fuss over "flying" dust and nasty hair...yay..my place will be sparkling cleeeeeeaaaaaannnnn~~ i simply love it..small but powerful...gonna get more things from the storeeee~~~ simply love it...and most important of all..it's CHeeeaaaaapppp。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。好开心。我还蛮容易满足的。嘿嘿

I just used it to vacuum off all the hair and dust on the floor, in the basin, in toilet, on sofa..simply convenient~ why didnt i have it earlier?!

My new hobby~

2011-11-17T18:18:00.004+08:00

Recently, i have found myself to change from a 户外性的女孩 to a homely kinda-gal, 简称为宅女. After coming to Shanghai, i found myself staying at home more than when i was in HK...mayb because HK has more temptation - shopping, food etc...in Shanghai, it's kinda expensive to shop and i usually just go out for dinner and grocery shopping..BORING~ i know, but home is much nicer, much bigger than my "storeroom" in HK and i have everything i need in Shanghai (TV, computer, food etc) well, recently i found a good hobby for myself...it meets my current lifestyle because i still can be a homely kinda-gal and at the same time be the "outdoor" gal i was once been when i was in HK...it's relaxing and fun - online SHOPPING at HOME!! im addicted to online shopping these days...who knows China is such an advanced place...u can get all you need in one website..but being greedy, i got what i need in many online shopping websites!! last week, China celebrated 11/11 as Single People's day and there were HUGE discounts online...so being a typical shopper, i like bargain and surfed the web for bargain...guess what i got?

TADA~~ arent they adorable?

they are my new toys!! 8gb pendisks each..now i have 40gb for only RMB250~ isn't that a great bargain? i just ordered a vacumn cleaner online...i'm waiting for it eagerly to be delivered to me...oh, and i got a wool blanket too...lazy to take picture but it's also at 50% off...i'm gonna have a warm winter~~

birthday of the century~

2011-11-11T23:15:00.003+08:00

HIP HIP Hooray~~ it's that time of the year again...xx yrs ago, mummy gave birth to a pair of adorable twins on 11.11...a day with great memories....baby crying sound filled the air but daddy and mummy were so happy with the birth of two healthy little babies...before we were born, doc told mummy and daddy that they were gonna have a baby with two heads...MONSTER they thought and adviced my parents to take us out...my parents didn't believe a two headed baby and went to temple....asked for peace and ask for protection ...and it turned out, we were all protected and peace was given to us and pair of angels landed. no two heads, only two small babies with curly hair~~they were touched and celebrated our birth...now, the whole world is celebrating our birthday with us...11.11.11 at 11.11am / 11.11pm is a rare number which only occur once every one century...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY~

Guess who is who? heheehe

my online shopping experience~

2011-11-10T22:20:00.002+08:00

what's china like in your mind? cheap stuff? poor? modern? fake food? pollution? cheap labor? dirty? whatever your impression is, you never know how fast paced, fast growing china is until you actually visit or live here...after moving to shanghai, i realized how technological advanced it is...technological advanced in terms of online shopping!! it's much much more than HK!!! they have soooo many websites for online shopping and good service somemore..and cheap too..u can do grocery shopping online, buy electrical appliances online, whatever you can do of, u can get...well, after almost a yr in SHanghai, i decided to try the famous link "taobao" and after surfing millions of things they sell, i finally got myself some tops and jenn a skirt...im glad it's a successful purchase...will spend more money online next time.. ^^

the start of a terrible trip

2011-10-22T09:57:00.002+08:00

As all of you know, i have switched from a pretended-air hostess job to a job which doesnt require me to travel anymore..yes, i agree, it was torturing in the beginning especially when i see my ex-team travelling to nice places, having nice food, stay in nice hotels and best of all, shopping and sight-seeing in different places without having to worry about how much airticket, food, transportation etc costs...all u need to worry about is whether you have enough space to take your purchases back home and whether you have enough money!! yeah, the good old times...

well, after so many months of not travelling so frequently, finally last month, i had the chance to go to Japan...ya, the place that i missed and the last time i went, it was 4 yrs ago~~something happened that made me think why i had so many travel disaster in the past...now i finally know the reason...here's how i know the reasons:

My flight was at 950am...because of how congested traffic was in Shanghai and especially on monday morning, so i decided to go at 7am...and i called taxi to come pick me up...taxi came on time....seem like a good start?! how wrong i was...the taxi driver called me and spoke to me in shanghainese..i kindly told him i didnt understand. when i got on the car, he was a formulae one driver....well...great too coz i was trying to beat the traffic!! when i arrived airport, the taxi driver didnt get off the car to help me unload my luggage like they usually do...instead, after he gave me back my change and sat there like a king. So i quickly took the money and unload my luggage by myself...it's ok, it wasnt that bad...

i arrived airport and tried to find my flight # to check in but it wasnt on the board...and i was told that i was in the wrong terminal...FYI, i checked online the night before which terminal but it didnt mention online..so i assumed it was Terminal two...now i needed to take subway to terminal one because it would take too long to Q up at taxi stand and be stuck in traffic :( looking at the brightside, there was a starbucks in T2 but not in T1...hoo hoo, my latte and bacon sandwich~~but when i was about to pay, the lady told me my RMB20 note was fake!! apalah, that was the $20 from the taxi driver !@#$%^ ..things get worse...i didnt know there was no lunch served on the plane (they only gave me 2 pieces of sushi) and i didnt know it would take that long to go to the hotel..so i ended up having lunch at 4pm...so starved...then, two days later in tokyo, i experienced the worse typhoon in Tokyo in 16 yrs and earthquake on the same day.....how lucky could i be?

so, the reason? ME, me me!!!!!

on the brightside, i got to experienced the worst disaster in Tokyo but i was well and safe. Even though i got the fake note, somehow it got spent without me knowing...

home trip

2011-10-15T18:45:00.003+08:00

time sure flew by like rocket...my holiday in KCH just ended like tat...still remember very freshly in my mind the moment i landed KLIA and how i enjoyed my first teh C and double kaya toast at ipoh oldtown in KLIA...eventhough my holiday is now passed, i felt like i had accomplished so much in such a short time...this trip is for sure different, because i spent it wisely :) i remember the first time i went home 5 yrs ago, everyday was busy for me...meeting up with people till really late nightly and daily...mayb age is catching up with me...now i only spent quality time with people i love and know :) ahem...you know who u are...hahhaa..well, this trip, i was my mum's driver everyday...but i enjoyed every moment of it...10+ days later when i returned to Shanghai, i spent my time at ipoh oldtown in KLIA with a cup of teh C and double kaya toast....at the same seat where i sat 10+ days ago~~ :)

express food in 30 mins

2011-09-30T11:44:00.003+08:00

Finally my long waited holiday is here again...it's national day in China and we get a week off..but as a communist country, fairness is very important..eventhough i get 5 days off, i need to work next weekend to compensate~~ which means 7 days of consecutive work days >_< anyway, i just took leave to make my holiday longer ^^

this time, i didnt bring a lot of things back..i found that there are not alot of things to buy here...i still remember the last time i brought some shanghainese tit-bits back and they werent liked, so i better save $...this time, i got my mum a machine made in CHina...九阳豆浆机 (multi-function soy bean machine)...it's like "i-phone" where every household must have one...now, my mum and jenn could enjoy a fresh, hot glass of soy bean milk in just 30 mins!! beside soy bean milk, it can make green & red bean soup, fruit juice, red dates with 5 types of rice, white fungus with red dates soup (taste kinda like bird nest) etc etc all in just 30 freaking MINS!!

this morning, i did a trial for my mum..i turn the yellow beans (without soaking) into 1 L of tasty soy bean milk...aaahhh, hot soy bean milk and the smell~~ don't u just love it? if you want some organic soy bean, drop by my place, one for 50 cents, cheap cheap

i made up my mind, i'm gonna get one when i get back to Shanghai...oh yeah, there were some little drama going on last night at the airport custom...i was unlucky enough to be asked by the custom to go through the x-ray and they found this machine and asked for duty. i told them it's used item and they insisted of taxing me...i pleaded and pleaded and explained and explained, finally, they let me go because i said they would make my mum very happy if they let me go, because this is her possession ;) aaahhh, it proves that malaysian still have kind heart :') i dono why they chose me but today, i found the reason. I went to a phone shop to get a sim card and the lady asked for my passport, but i gave her my driver's license instead...she said: "ah, i thought you are from China" (|||T_T)...is that good or bad?

Half way home

2011-09-29T17:49:00.002+08:00

I'm in klia now waiting happily at the boarding gate. Eventhough I have to wait for 4 hrs in transit hall, I still feel sweet... Haha, I'm sure all of u know why.. If u have a happy heart and mind nothing bothers you... Well, before I went to the departure hall, I made sure I had my favorite for afternoon tea! You guessed it right, it is teh Tarik and toast from old town :) I'm so easy to predict :) in the mean time, I tried to use my time effectively by clearing today's email...in order to reduce after holiday stress and depression... And I also found this blogger app in apple store, which means I could update my blog more frequently...but out of china :) see u all very very soon Btw, I bumped into our plant general manager this morning at shanghai airport. Obviously both of us were shocked and what was even more coincidental was, i sat right behind them... Hahaha, lucky we were not doing anything we couldn't tell our mum >_<

my accomplishment in tokyo

2011-09-21T06:48:00.002+08:00

am in tokyo this week...unfortunately this week, the weather isnt so great...it had been raining since yesterday and today, the rain became heavier because typhoon is coming...i'm sad because initially i planned to take shinkansen to go to our factory in Japan and can see mt fuji on the way there...so i woke up early and got ready only to be informed by my colleague at 615am that the trip had to be cancelled because of typhoon :( what a luck...was looking fwd to it...

anyway, abt my trip in tokyo...i arrived earlier on monday and went to shinjuku to SHOP....but this time, i didnt end up as what i usually did in the past when i travel...this time, i ended up with necessities...food, tools and gifts for our secretaries....haha...ppl change, i change..is it a sign of getting old?

TWINS

2011-09-18T16:51:00.002+08:00

These are the typical questions Jenn and i always get:

how does it feel to have someone who looks like you?
Can you feel what Jenn / Jane feels? 你们的心灵相通吗？so 相通 that no need to talk, just talk with brain power and eye power?
Two of you have same personality?

Well, i did think of these questions before....sometimes, i wonder how it feels to not have a twin? if i had a choice, would i rather not have a twin? i remember when i was small, my parents always dressed us in same clothes and everywhere we walked, people would stared at us and asked if we are twins? DUH? apa then? it was a bit annoying at first because i hated the attention and really wanted to be an individual...so we always complained about having the same thing and having to do the same thing...but as we grew older, we kinda enjoy the attention....i remember after i left home to a strange country called HK, i was all by myself...honestly, i really missed jenn....as young kids, i never had to feel alone...we were in the same class from kindergarten t0 primary 6, had same friends, went to piano lessons together, played together, learned together, fought with each other, bullied people together etc.... i remember very clearly that once we were small, we liked to play in the huge drain outside our home...we liked catching little fishes in the drain...one day, jenn fell into the big drain and couldnt climb up..she was crying and i was crying too...in the end, i decided to jump into the drain to be with her...we hugged each other and cried....after that, we decided to work together and climb out from the drain...that was a sweet memory which has been in my mind forever :)

well...today, i thought of this question again....i'm glad to have a twin sister...even though we are far apart, it just feels like i have never left her before :) and i'm glad to say that i love all my siblings because we always help each other....well...having twin is like the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me and i have to thank mum and dad for that :) i wish i would have twin forever and ever and ever~~~

Pets love

2011-09-17T22:59:00.002+08:00

all my friends know that i am a cat lover....actually, i like dogs too and i know fish too, and i like rabbits and i love pets...it's been a while since i last have pets...it's nice to have tiger at home..really love him but i don get to see him often..he is still cute in my mind :) well, after moving to HK and shanghai, the idea of having pets did cross my mind...but i love pets so much that i rather not let them suffer because i couldnt even take care of myself properly, let alone having pets...it's commitment and responsibility...so i rather put the idea in my mind :) it's good to use imagination sometimes...

well, i think god answered my prayer...a few weeks ago, i saw a pregnant cat mummy in my home estate...initially i thought it was someone's cat...then i saw the same cat again not long ago but then this time, she was with some kittens!! oh dear, they were so cute..i wanted to play with them but mummy cat seemed to worry and was ready to scratch me if i went closer...i saw them a few times playing in the bush a few times so i concluded that they must be stray cats...oh poor kitties...and my motherly love suddenly popped up and i wanted to take care of them..so i went to the convenient store near my home and bought curry fish balls and mixed them with my mushroom rice and fed them...they were happy~~ hopefully not too spicy for them....im gonna have my own pets unofficially~~~ the thing is, sometime i dont see them around...i had a cup of fish balls in my fridge for a few days the other time and didnt see them until thursday night...MEOWWW~~~ guess what, it has become naturally to meow when i see cats...i think my neighbours think im nuts... ^^

Jane can cook

2011-09-10T23:16:00.003+08:00

after moving to shanghai, i try to cook as much as possible at home...i didnt have a chance to do that when i was in Hk because i travelled too much and somemore, the kitchen was a lot smaller...plus, HK has far too many yummilicious food that i didnt want to waste every minute or second trying all the good food :p after moving shanghai, and after hearing so many "black-hearted" stories about food in china, i wanted to live longer and avoid hospital so better make good investment before something happened...plus, my place is near two big supermarkets and the fact that i spend much more time in shanghai and have bigger kitchen, so i wanted to fully utilise.....

didnt really have the strength to cook during week nigh

ts...coz by the time i got home, it was quite late...well, i have a strategy of my own :) i try to cook a lot of food over the weekend and eat them during week days.....gosh, after cooking for quite sometime, i really ran out of ideas of what to make...first, i made bak kuk teh, second, i made stewed pork, then pork chop, then ginger chicken, then fried bee hoon etc etc...*sweat* and still thinking...how does mum do it? well, a few days ago, i came across an old rec

ipe book i bought long long time ago...the title was "lazy bone cooking recipe"...hey, that's referring to me..so i ran thru the book and picked the easiest in the book..guess what is it? tada~~~

Steamed mushroom and asparagus rice....all i did was, soaked the mushroom, cut into small pieces, cut the asparagus..all dumped into rice cooker and added soy sauce and tada...something healthy...i added in a fried egg to add colours to the brown looking dish...next time, i will add more colours to it bit by bit...it was delicious...i think i inherited 30% of mum's talent *blush*

Thanks to "lazy bone recipe book"~~

Surprise

2011-09-07T22:51:00.002+08:00

i'm sure all of you like to be surprised (in a good way) every now and then...well, i'm only human and i love surprises....hehehe...lately, because of some promotion and special holidays, our offices give out coupons or free gifts...because i'm always away from my desk, there are many times when i walk into my office to find something lying on my table...one day it was two free movie tickets coupons, the next are shampoo, detergent and body gel, one time it was free mooncake voucher...on Monday morning, when i first arrived, the moment i opened my door, i saw something bright blinking...huh? a box of chocolate? on a Monday morning? who put it there? how did it get here? there were many question marks on my head...all i could think of was, is this another free gift from office? oh well, don k and never mind, as long as it is free gift and i like surprise, especially on a monday morning ;p after a few hours, a colleague sent a note and said he put a box of chocolate he bought from US and put on my desk...hahaha..mystery solved...the chocolate made me hungry now... :p

My sunday morning

2011-09-04T17:25:00.003+08:00

well, yesterday, i mentioned i went to redeem my mooncake voucher at hagan daaz...actually i wouldnt want to go through all the trouble just to redeem something..imagine the queuing and the waiting and worse of all, the crowd!! let alone it's a gift voucher from our office...but my decision changed when a colleague told me that this voucher will be put in my payroll!! so, u know me lo~~ wasting money to go all the way there twice and all the way back, luckily, the place is not far not close from my home...but still too far too walk...i decided to go on sunday morning...so this morning, i woke up early, went out for a BIG breakfast..so full!! i love the fresh orange juice...so original..unlike the orange juice at thompson's corner..it's more like orange plus lots of water...haha...so full after that...so i decided to walk to the mall....

after walking for 2 mins, i changed my mind because it was already 945am and it would take me 50mins to walk there...i made a mental calculation in my head...should i pay CNY14 or should i waste 50mins? then my instinct told me to just take taxi..so i did...by the time i reached there, there were already many aunties and uncles waiting at the entrance...the mall was still closed...there were many people "talking" (sound more like arguing in shanghainese) to me, some where banging on the entrance to ask the security guards to open the door, some where smoking in the line which i despised! so i took my book out and read...more and more people came, two ladies appeared in front of me unnoticeably...oh well, not a day to argue....i waited for quite sometime and got my gift set...tada~~

my first McD in Shanghai

2011-09-03T07:15:00.003+08:00

last night, i wanted to collect free hagan daaz icre cream mooncake from parkson....it was a cool night and quite windy too...i like ^^ it was a bit late when i arrived parkson and was dead hungry so i went around the mall and didnt find anything i like so i decided to have McD...while sitting there having my unhealthy meal, i thought to myself, hey, this is the first McD i had during the 8 mths in shanghai...bravo bravo....i remember i used to have McD for lunch everyday when i first arrived HK...i almost vomitted after few weeks...and i also remember there was one time in perth when i had McD everyday because i wanted to collect the snoopy figurines which changed everyday~~ ahaha..i was so naive then....anyway, it was a good dinner~~

i was going round and round search for the store and only realized the taxi driver dropped me at the old parkson store in the area...btw, i would have used the search function on my iphone to locate myself but my 3G was cut when the phone company restored my phone line...hhmmm....interesting, this only happened in China...my line was cut because i didnt pay bill, when the bill was paid, i got my receive calls function back but i couldnt make any call, so i told the phone company and they restored my make calls function and now i realized my 3G was gone....why couldnt it be perfect in one go? oh well, this is china and it was my fault in the first place for not paying bill, what could i say?

anyway, i used the traditional way and asked around so i finally, i got to hagaan daaz....only to find out the redemption was closed!!

My cooking

2011-08-29T22:32:00.002+08:00

As you all know, my mum is a fan of grocery shopping....when she was home alone in shanghai back in May, she did her best to entertain herself...i actually admired my mum's adventurous heart that she was willing to try anything and everything...related to food...when she watched cooking shows or ate something nice in the street / restaurants, she would come home and tried to imitate..i had to say, sometimes it was better, sometimes it was ok, sometimes i just hoped we went out for a meal...haha....but most of the time it was greeeeaattt~~~ i think we sorta inherited mum's talent in this area...*blush* SOMEWHAT, just to be fair to mum!! nobody beats mum's home cooked meal...anyway, yesterday, i was still trying to clear what mum bought back in may and i saw this packet of thicked noodles, so i came up with ideas of how to "get rid" of it...bought veggie, carrot, onion, chicken, eggs etc and i decided to try a bit with it...soaked the noodle in water, and turned it into fried bee hoon or kinda look like tang hoon...well..it didnt look great but it sure tasted great...hehehe....it had been my dinner tonight and gonna be my lunch tomorrow...yum

just realised something weird abt me..i remember back in kch, i didnt usually take overnight food...but somehow in shanghai, i kept taking overnight food..sometimes a week old!! of coz i put in freezer lah!! ohhhhh, ppl do chaaaaannnnggggeeee~~

a place i called "home"

2011-08-28T17:07:00.002+08:00

After being in Shanghai for 8 months, finally i had another chance of going out of shanghai for business trip!! the last one i had was back in january for trip in Seoul...yay yay yay *clap clap* you couldnt imagine how excited i was when i first learned that i would be going to HK~~ i kinda miss HK...as my "home"...you wouldnt believe how i despised HK when i first went there!!! haha, it's been a loOoooong way...that day, when i was about to reach HK, i saw HK on the plane...a small voice in my head went..."home~~" it felt kinda nice to treat everywhere as home...im still learning..i called it home because i lived there for 5 yrs, i called it home because i began to see the good sides of it...there are many things i missed abt HK but things i could live without...kuching is still the best in my HEART :) well, it kinda felt nice to speak cantonese after so long..im glad ppl still understood me and guess what, they would start their conversation with me in mandarin~~~ hey, that's considered a prestige now :p

I didnt do a lot of things in HK...just meeting up with friends, bought some necessities and ate what i missed....now i realized how crowded HK is...gosh...i even felt like going home just after a few hours outside....i did have many good memories in hk and i'm glad HK was part of my life..without it, there wouldnt be the "me" today :) here are some the pics of what i had done in hk....btw, life is a lot of boring without the dramas in HK....pls refer to "drama in HK" section for more info :)

above is the famous milk-tea and pork burger from the 茶餐厅

these are evidence of what i did in hK... :p

things are much much cheaper in hk.... i was happy to have bought the starbucks tumbler...saw it in Shanghai just now...it was 3 times more expensive than HK...on the right hand side, it is my new thermo lunch box with the works (chop stick, bag etc)...hot lunch coming up...the problem is, what to cook

it is that time of the year again

2011-08-17T00:16:00.002+08:00

it is that time of the year again...APPRAISAL time...sigh..sometimes i wonder who invented this process because i sure hate it a lot...who says our bonus must be tied to our performance? who says we must have goals and strategies? sometimes, i think it's from someone who has nothing better to do....why? well...first, it takes time to think of goals, second, it takes time to think of comments, third, it takes time to discuss...some people cry, some people are happy, some people don't feel anything after the appraisal...well, for me, i always hate it...not just because of the 3 reasons i mentioned..but because everytime i need to appraise myself first, i somehow feel like i have not contributed much (even though i work my ass off) and that i will not have good rating :( sigh...oh well...i guess i just have to face the reality...pray for me, pleaseeeeee

my chinese accent

2011-08-04T12:20:00.002+08:00

I went back to Kuching in May...it's been a loOOoooong time since i last went back...the last time i went back was abt a yr ago...havent been talking to my friends as frequently as i used to between now and then...and finally, thanks to technology, we are able to connect better without incurring too much oversea calls charges...hooray to skype and viber :) well, in May when i was in kuching, i was being told by my friends that my chinese accent sounds funny...it's not as smooth as kuching accent anymore...har? what? i didnt think i speak like mainland chinese but some ppl insisted i sounded like one..oh well, mayb because of some of the words i used are different...anyway, after a few days in kuching, i was 同化 and speak my chinese like native :) so i told this story to my taiwanese friends who think my chinese is crappy..they kept laughing and denying my chinese ability (@_@|||) there were reasons behind why they deny my chinese ability...look it this post abt my language usage and u will understand...haha...i admit my chinese is crappy!!!

so a few days ago, my friend in australia called me...we had a fun chat...when i first spoke a few sentence, her reaction was: hey, your chinese sounds different...your accent is not exactly mainland chinese accent but taiwanese @_@....well, i havent told my taiwanese friends yet but i could imagine, the answer would be: "your friend lives in australia and i'm sure she is not familiar with proper accent"...hahaha....hey, is my chinese accent really different?!

photos turned into memories

2011-08-03T13:28:00.002+08:00

Just recently, i talked about how technological advanced it is these days and many ppl rely on smart phones, and i am one of them...i think my mum could remember more numbers by her heart than me...ask me and i will just be able to give you a few *feeling ashamed >_<* when i was young, i had a note book keeping all the important numbers and dates and when i grew older, i had numbers stored on phones but could still remember the dates and now, i stored all numbers and dates on phone and forget all (except some that i already knew by heart but nothing new!!) well, the other day, i thought i stored too many photos in my iphones and it's better for me to transferred them out in case i lost my phone (may be i think too much coz i didnt have anything as interesting as 陈冠x), but i still wanted to transfer them out just to clear some space...so one day, i finally turned on my desktop at home...yup, the one i bought when i first went to HK..it's still working but slower...it took me abt 1hour to make the transfer..for some reasons, i needed to do it manually one by one..sigh...eventhough it's technology, but somehow, it doesnt fit the description of advance....after a painful 1 hr, finally, i saw all the photo icons in my hard disk....so i proceeded to delete all my pictures in iphones :) i felt relieved and glad that i finally decided to do it *feeling light*

so yesterday, i wanted to use some old photos, i went to my hard disk, went into the folder called iphone backup and only to found out, the photo icons are all with 0 KB!!! what's that mean for my computer illiterate friends? it means, i deleted all photos without saving them!! i now feel like the picture below....

Oh well, look at the brightside, the physical photos might be gone, but the memories are still in my mind and heart :)

my index finger

2011-07-31T22:34:00.005+08:00

i woke up at 8am this morning...it's gonna be a busy sunday because i will have class from 1030am to 5pm today and i wanted to make my sunday as fruitful as possible...i always like my breakfast time over the weekend coz that means i can cook something hot and have my breakfast while watching something i really enjoy...and with a cup of hot milk tea, of coz~~~ so this morning, i quickly showered, dried my hair and make my favourite...campbell mushroom soup with noodles...yum yum.

when i was trying to open the can, for some reasons, my can opener didnt work as well...and being persistent and the thought that there was already a hole in the can, i still wanted to open it...so i poked holes here and there, there and here..and the can open halfway without smooth surface...i had a thought in my mind, i know if i use my hand to open it, i would hurt myself...but i told myself to be careful if i wanted to use my hand...so i still decided to use my hand...slowly!! so, i used my hand slowly...the moment i touched the can surface...my blood stained the can...Sh*t....i was only touching it and i got cut??? anyway, it didnt diminish my will...in the end, i still had mushroom soup with noodles and a cup of hot milk tea...the problem is, there is a cut on my index finger....now i realized how important my index finger is...i cant type properly and i cant hold chopstick properly...oh well...i can only blame myself :p

just some random thoughts

2011-07-30T15:05:00.002+08:00

感觉我好像自从搬到上海来之后，就不太有什么故事可分享的。是不是工作的性质不一样了，就没有空中飞人的故事可说啦？想想，也可能是因为我不太常出来逛，或者不太注意生活的细节啦。那天，去医院探望朋友。朋友不久前出了车祸。他的脚踏车被一辆小排辆撞到了，人飞了出来，脚被撞伤了，动了小手术。惊人的是，那22岁的小姑娘想推卸责任的说是我朋友骑车不小心，自己从脚车飞出来，脚被脚车压伤，以他无关。听起来就有点好笑。可能大家都慌啦，连借口都没什么理智。哈哈。第一次去上海的医院（从没想过要去，而且尽量避免去。。。）。。医院的环境不怎么好，让我想起在电视上看到的60年代的那种。护士不友善，环境破旧，一个房里有6个人。想当年，我在香港入院时，一房只有2张床，已经让人不能接受了。。。去完那一次，真的觉得人生无常啊。为什么这么说呐？有一个阿姨入院是因为早上不小心在自己家客厅跌伤，骨头断了。另一个阿姨是早上出来走走时，不小心踩到狗屎，滑倒的。。。真的什么事都有。小小的故事，大大的体会。。。

eeeee?好像有点负面ho?

Jane goes missing

2011-07-20T13:05:00.002+08:00

it's been a while since i last updated my blog...it had been really busy for me...budget, month end closing and many many presentations and meeting etc...well...i thought of my friends and thought how much they would miss me, so im dropping a line or two :)

a while a go, i went back to my old posts and read them...guess what i found? actually, from old posts to new posts, you could actually tell how one person changed and how one person felt at the time....i felt in the beginning, my posts was full of fresh memories and thoughts...and sometimes very childish too..hahaha..well...and as time passed by, i found myself not as humour as before...mayb because i have been through more ups and downs...mayb i met people who changed my thoughts.....well, u tell me if u have changed or not lo :)

looking fwd to my comment box be filled up~~

mum's greatest love

2011-07-02T19:37:00.002+08:00

Finally, after almost one year, i went back to kuching to rest...and it was really good to see everyone and ate what i missed :) mum came to Shanghai with me after my kch trip...it's actually the first time she visited when i moved to shanghai last nov :) mum stayed in shanghai for 2.5 weeks...during the first week, it was better for her coz my sister was here to accompany her...and my sis took her out for sight seeing...when my sis left, honestly, i was a bit worried about mum...i was worried coz she didnt really where i live (coz she was lazy to memorize), she didnt know how to work the spare mobile phone (coz it was a different phone than the one she normally used) and she wouldnt know where to go and how to go about...so what i did was, taught her to use the mobile phone, taught her to work the satellite tv, gave her notes on how to go home, wrote my number on a piece of paper, stuck the phone and tag to her bag just in case etc etc....well, my mum had been a good girl...she didnt go too far...luckily my place was very close to carrefour and a big HK shopping mall...well, these two places made her very happy and she visited supermarket everyday...what's the outcome? look at below~~

well, i really have no idea what are inside and she didnt know even....even 1 month after she went back to kch, i'm still clearing what are in the fridge...i just want to say to mum...mum, i love u~~im so touched that she always made sure i dont starve, always made sure i don't spend money...mum is the greatest!!

do you like your job?

2011-06-19T15:43:00.004+08:00

Do you like your job? i'm sure all of us complain about it...be it the workload, the nature, the people, the buzi-ness, the stress, the treatment we get, the money, of coz...how could we miss that? well, we have all sort of reasons to hate or love our jobs..well...for me, when there is nothing happening, i love my job...when there are too many things happening, and when i feel stressful and feel like escaping, i'd hate it....recently, im busy with budgets, day-to-day matters, month end, adhoc meetings (which are too frequent than i'd like them to be) etc etc....everynight, i went home feeling exhausted~~sometimes, i just wish i had a job without having to use my brain cells...may be a kakak, mayb an office boy, mayb just a housewife...hiak hiak hiak...

one day, i went to our office toilet and when i opened the door of a cubicle, i saw saw something disgusting in the toilet bowl...well, obviously, someone relieved herself and made a mess of the toilet...it was really disgusting!! suddenly, i pitied the cleaner for having to clear someone's poo and urine...their "office" is surrounded by waste and weird smell...suddenly, i felt my problem has become so small and felt grateful for what i am now....

smart phone

2011-06-07T21:30:00.003+08:00

Iphone~~the most popular "toy" in the world now....i still remember 8 yrs ago, if you don't have a phone with coloured screen, you were considered as "sua gu" and outdated...i still remember i had a nokia 8250 where the fonts were still in black and white, that, to me was already in fashion....then one fine day, i lost my nokia 8250 while i nap in the taxi and donated to the taxi driver as a gift...so i had to get a new phone...of coz i got a new phone with coloured screen and with polyphonic ringing tones...now, it was somewhere out there again...few yrs later all of these went outdated...gosh..time flies~~everyone is into smart phone now...the touch screen, cool applications, video etc etc etc...i love smart phones...why? coz they are so smart that they do auto correction for me...something that i love and hate at the same time....sigh....just look at the screen below and you know what i meant....

URINARY???? why would i want jenn's urinary, you may wonder...well...i dono either..coz i wanted her ITINERARY!!! hahaha...i couldnt stop laughing when i saw this msg....jenn must be scratching her head too..

my new toy

2011-06-07T21:25:00.002+08:00

my new toy from kuching...that day, jenn showed me her mini radio which you could listen to radio and it could access USB too..wow, so convenient!! it's always been on my mind before i went back to kuching and also when i went to back to kuching..i was determined to get it...so, the day i left, jenn took me to the shop.....it seems the radio is quite popular...not much stock left...and i tried one, but it's not working properly and after searching up and down..finally, i got one...and in my favourite colour too :) i love you, mini radio~~

what have i done?

2011-05-19T18:20:00.002+08:00

ooopps, i burnt my mum's pork leg soup when i was heating it up :( gosh, this is not the first time that i burnt food...in fact it was the 3rd time!!! OMG OMG...the first 2 times were in Shanghai....this time, it was my mum's cooking :( i felt bad for burning my mum's hard-cooked dish...i knew how hot the kitchen was, i knew how troublesome it was for her to buy the ingredient...i felt bad and started to reflect why this kept happening...when i started the gas, i told myself that i must remember to turn it off in 5 mins...but i didnt...and i know the root cause now...because after i turned on the gas, i went to my computer and forgot all abt it!! lessons learned!! i will not leave it unattended anymore...mum, please forgive me~~~

mum's organic veggie

2011-05-19T18:05:00.003+08:00

mum's organic veggie... :) yummy....after being away from home for soOoooo long, i have learnt that home is still the best!!! mum loves to plant, i remember when i was young, mum has a mini farm...all she needed to do was pluck the veggie she wanna cook that day...fresh and no pesticide...after being in shanghai, i don't appreciate the nice looking veggie anymore...i preferred those with holes and even bugs!! that's how i know the veggie is good for you :) mum made a lot of home grown veggie dishes when i am home...thanks mum :) u r the best!!

pre-going home mood

2011-05-09T08:32:00.003+08:00

i'm counting days now... 4 more days to home sweet home~~ well, i'm not sure if i should be happy that it's getting closer or if i should be sad that it is getting to finishing...life is always so difficult and has two sides...i was watching desperate housewives yesterday (yeah, im bored and i find it interesting :p), well, one episode particularly touched me....everyone knows how slutty eddie is, right? anyway, she died in this episode...before she died, everyone disliked her...and i have to admit, she did have a good body and very very sexy. that's my thought when looking at her...then in this episode, after she died, i just realized that life is really just an illusion, isnt it? one moment, i was admiring how pretty she was, how envy i was towards her body shapes, her life (coz she was always wearing nice dress and fitted in just perfect)...then one moment, she was gone (i know i took it seriously even though it was just a show)...but it struck me, isnt it the same in real life? we keep taking things for real when they don't really exist...money, fame, beauty, body shapes, belonging...they seem so important to us now, but when we die, we cant really take them with us, so why are we still hang on to these unreal things? the only reason i could think of is, we just have not realized they are not real...oh, seems a bit out of topic...hehehe... well, i also realized that life is painful no matter what...u feel painful before u go back to kuching (because u have this feeling inside wishing it could be here sooner, but still have to go through all those days before it's here)...then when the time comes, u worry that it's gonna be finished real soon and dreaded the end of the trip to come...i have a friend who shared his philosophy with us...he said, before the trip, just treat it as u have come back and u will be able to eliminate the hope and the depression before and after the trip.....hhmmm...something worth thinking...well, is it just me or what? wish to see u all soon~~

Going Home~~

2011-05-06T09:16:00.002+08:00

It's been a LOoooong time since i last go back to Kuching...yes, i miss my bed (as if i still have it, jenn has occupied it for years!!), i miss my room (and it's also occupied by Jenn for years), i miss my parents (and they miss me too), i miss the food (and i graving for them, especially u-know-what - TEH C PENG, Laksa, BKT, Kolo mee, chicken rice, mum's home cooked food), and for sure, i miss my dear friends (not sure if they miss me)...haha... i couldnt remember the last time i went back to kuching...if my memory is correct, it should be last CNY? wow...that's pretty long ago...im sure all of u miss me sooOOooo much (>_<) After moving to shanghai last nov, this is the first time i go back to kuching from shanghai...what can i say? there's no budget airline, there's no direct flight...and flight is for sure longer and more expensive!!! sigh..what to do, i'm willing to sacrifice just for the abovementioned~~it will take me one whole day to fly~~~

well, this time, i will go back on May 13 (flight is at 10am, but i will only arrive KCH at 9pm)...taking leave just to take flight, so funny....oh well..cant complain...i just hope my flight will not be delayed...pray pray...so boys and girls, please get ready for my return and partay~~ hoo hoo

爱心水饺

2011-04-22T18:08:00.002+08:00

these are the dumplings from my landlord...honestly, i was very very surprised when he showed up at my place last night...as always, tenants don't like to see their landlords showing up at the door coz it means trouble....it could mean the following:

1. Spot check! so if your home is in a state of hurricane, then u better beware coz you might be lectured / chased away / rental increase

2. something is broken and needs to be fixed...then he/she wants to come and verify first before he/she is willing to pay...it could be your own fault or it could be natural....so just need to know~~

the list could go on and on and on...so last night, when my landlord showed up, many things came to my mind..what does he want at this hour? what's the problem? does he want to discuss about rental? etc etc etc....then when i got down, he looked very happy to see me and told me these were handmade by him and contained natural ingredients like prawns and pork~ he did look proud of himself...of coz, i was touched *sob* *sob*...ever since i started renting 6 yrs ago, no landlord ever treated me this nice...i remember the 1st landlord refused to pay me back my HKD500 deposit because some toilet pipes was broken after i moved (fyi, in the contract, this type of repair belongs to landlord, not tenant) and they even took 6 months to pay me my deposit!! 2nd, my landlord didnt want anything to do with me.....email is much better~~ well, this landlord of mine is an older guy in his 50's...and he looks like 老粗， like some gangster from the movie....i didnt know he has soft side 温柔的一面。now i learned the word人不可貌相~~ thanks mr landlord :')

spring is here~

2011-04-14T15:49:00.004+08:00

Spring is here~~i dont know if i should be happy that the freezing, cold winter is finally over and that summer is coming...the flowers are blooming happily and i can see cherry blossoms along the road...it's very good for early morning walk in such weather like this...but the thought of heat in Shanghai, the dust etc makes me dread summer...last time in HK, it is still ok for me...eventhough it is hot and humid in HK, it's mainly air conditioned everywhere that i don't even feel like summer is that long...

it will be my first summer in Shanghai...but my previous experience told me, shanghai's summer is like hell...so...i know what im going to expect soon~~~ wish me luck...i know my friends from kuching will go, what the, it's hot 365 days, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week there..what am i complaining abt? well, try 40'C+++ everyday and you will know what i'm talking abt... :(

My love for weekend

2011-04-12T13:52:00.002+08:00

I love weekend~~~i have no reasons to hate it...i can give you thousands of reasons as to why...here are the main ones...it means:

1. i can sleep late the night before

2. i can sleep in

3. i can clean my pig sty place into tidy and homey place

4. i get to do my weekly exercise - ie taking early walk to the supermarket, enjoying the fresh air and no crowd :)

5. i get to watch shows in the morning while having my breakfast and a cup of coffee / milk tea

6. resting at home

7. go out and explore~~~

8. make dishes for the week (my lunches and dinners for the next few days~~)

the list can go on and on...here's what i made last weekend~~ yummy

coffee, tea or me?

2011-04-08T12:34:00.004+08:00

it was a cold, , windy and rainy monday...woke up at 930am simply because it was holiday~~ went out and had a cup of coffee at starbucks ("SB") because the shop we wanted to visit was not open...after 30mins of 泡咖啡 there, we continue to walk to another place to do some chore...after lunch, we got nothing better to do coz it was rainy..wanted to visit flower expo but too wet...so, we decided to 泡more咖啡....we were at SB for 4 hours!! it was kinda relaxing, i always like the atmosphere in sb...i saw ppl gathering there, chit chatting happily..some were gossiping, some sat there quietly with a magazine / computer in front of them, some with their homework...they even have study tables for students!! how thoughtful :) after 4 hours, we decided to make a move...need to move our butt a bit....but, a friend called to say wanna eat something..so we went to another coffee shop next to SB...wow....i called that day 泡咖啡厅day...hehehe...it feels kinda good to do nothing sometimes....even just have ur mind blank and just feel what you have at that time...arent we always too busy to smell the flower that we don't even notice its existence...or we notice but never know how it smells like....we need to slow down...mentally

curly vs straight hair

2011-04-01T12:27:00.002+08:00

I had curly hair since 2004 and year over year, i permed my hair so that i could stay in shape...imagine the long hours i had to sit up straight while waiting for people to "play" with my hair...honestly, that was painful coz my neck was sore, my butt was sore and my tummy always calling out for me to feed her~~ 8 HOURS per perm...crap, i just spent my valuable time like that?! well, finally, i changed my hair style from curly to straight hair...before the change, i kept having this impression that i wouldnt look good in straight hair...i felt that i'd look like ah sam...why? once upon a time, i had my hair straighten in kuching and turned out, i looked more like simba and village girl than fashionable young lady!!! so, i have 阴影。。。abt 6 mths ago, a hairdresser just changed my impression and now, i'm enjoying all the compliments and for sure, no need to spend money on gel, mousse and time blow-dry it the way i way it (in fact, i wasnt a good one when i had curly hair..so what's the difference?!) hahaha...

let's take a vote...you like me in curly hair or straight hair?

This is my puffy, curly, long hair before the change....

this is my long, straight hair....kinda look like 贞子 right now...ooopppsss

i'm loving it~

2011-03-20T20:16:00.004+08:00

this is a McCafe coffee~~i am into coffee these days...my coffee loves me too~~~~

good things must share

2011-03-19T07:59:00.003+08:00

A good passage to share with my friends~~ hope this cheers you up and gives you good input to your life~~ :) enjoy~~

提昇人品

1. 需要的不多，想要的太多。

2. 知恩報恩為先，利人便是利己。

3. 盡心盡力第一，不爭你我多少。

4. 慈悲沒有敵人，智慧不起煩惱。

5. 忙人時間最多，勤勞健康最好。

6. 布施的人有福，行善的人快樂。

7. 心量要大，自我要小。

8. 要能放下，才能提起。提放自如，是自在人。

9. 識人識己識進退，時時身心平安；知福惜福多培福，處處廣結善緣。

10. 提得起放得下，年年吉祥如意；用智慧種福田，日日都是好日。

11. 身心常放鬆，逢人面帶笑；放鬆能使我們身心健康，帶笑容易增進彼此友誼。

12. 話到口邊想一想，講話之前慢半拍。不是不說，而是要惜言慎語。

13. 在生活中，不妨養成「能有，很好；沒有，也沒關係」的想法，便能轉苦為樂，便會比較自在了。

14. 四安：安心、安身、安家、安業。

15. 四要：需要、想要、能要、該要。

16. 四感：感恩、感謝、感化、感動。

17. 四它：面對它、接受它、處理它、放下它。

18. 四福：知福、惜福、培福、種福。

19. 能要、該要的才要；不能要、不該要的絕對不要。

20. 感恩能使我們成長，報恩能助我們成就。

21. 感謝給我們機會，順境、逆境皆是恩人。

22. 遇到好事，要隨喜、讚歎、鼓勵，並且虛心學習。

23. 少批評、多讚美，是避免造口業的好方法。

24. 平常心就是最自在、最愉快的心。

25. 踏實地走一步路，勝過說一百句空洞的漂亮語。

26. 知道自己的缺點愈多，成長的速度愈快，對自己的信心也就愈堅定。

27. 多聽多看少說話，快手快腳慢用錢。

28. 唯有體驗了艱苦的境遇，才會有精進奮發的心。

29. 踏踏實實做人，心胸要廣大；穩穩當當做事，著眼宜深遠。

享受工作

30. 忙而不亂，累而不疲。

31. 忙得快樂，累得歡喜。

32. 「忙」沒關係，不「煩」就好。

33. 工作要趕不要急，身心要鬆不要緊。

34. 應該忙中有序的趕工作，不要緊張兮兮的搶時間。

35. 不要以富貴貧賤論成敗得失，只要能盡心盡力來自利利人。

36. 任勞者必堪任怨，任事者必遭批評。怨言之下有慈忍，批評之中藏金玉。

37. 隨遇而安，隨緣奉獻。

38. 成功的三部曲是：隨順因緣、把握因緣、創造因緣。

39. 見有機緣宜把握，沒有機緣要營造，機緣未熟不強求。

40. 人生的起起落落，都是成長的經驗。

41. 用智慧處理事，以慈悲關懷人。

42. 以智慧時時修正偏差，以慈悲處處給人方便。

43. 慈悲心愈重，智慧愈高，煩惱也就愈少。

44. 面對許多的情況，只管用智慧處理事，以慈悲對待人，而不擔心自己的利害得失，就不會有煩惱了。

45. 心隨境轉是凡夫；境隨心轉是聖賢。

46. 大鴨游出大路，小鴨游出小路，不游就沒有路。

47. 山不轉路轉，路不轉人轉，人不轉心轉。

48. 「精進」不等於拼命，而是努力不懈。

49. 船過水無痕，鳥飛不留影，成敗得失都不會引起心情的波動，那就是自在解脫的大智慧。

50. 給人方便等於給自己方便。

51. 甘願吃明虧，是仁者；受辱吃暗虧，是愚蠢。

52. 壓力通常來自對身外事物過於在意，同時也過於在意他人的評斷。

53. 用感恩的心、用報恩的心，來做服務的工作，便不會感到倦怠與疲累。

54. 隨時隨地心存感激，以財力、體力、智慧、心力、來做一切的奉獻。

平安人生

55. 生命的意義是為了服務，生活的價值是為了奉獻。

56. 人生的目標，是來受報、還願、發願的。

57. 人的價值，不在壽命的長短，而在貢獻的大小。

58. 過去已成虛幻，未來尚是夢想，把握現在最重要。

59. 不用牽掛過去，不必擔心未來，踏實於現在，就與過去和未來同在。

60. 智慧，不是知識、不是經驗、不是思辯，而是超越自我中心的態度。

61. 積極人生，謙虛滿分；自我愈大，不安愈多。

62. 上等人安心於道，中等人安心於事，下等人安心於名利物欲。

63. 你是有哪些身分的人，就應該做那些身分的事。

64. 在安定和諧中，把握精彩的今天，走出新鮮的明天。

65. 擔心，是多餘的折磨；用心，是安全的動力。

66. 財富如流水，布施如挖井。井愈深，水愈多；布施的愈多，財富則愈大。

67. 面對生活，要有「最好的準備，最壞的打算」。

68. 只要還有一口呼吸在，就有無限的希望，就是最大的財富。

69. 救苦救難的是菩薩，受苦受難的是大菩薩。

70. 超越生老病苦三原則：活得快樂、病得健康、老得有希望。

71. 超越死亡三原則：不要尋死、不要怕死、不要等死。

72. 死亡不是喜事，也不是喪事，而是一件莊嚴的佛事。

73. 每一個孩子，都是幫助父母成長的小菩薩。

74. 對青少年，要關心不要擔心，要誘導不要控制，用商量不用權威。

75. 愛你的孩子，與其擔心，不如祝福吧！

76. 夫妻是倫理的關係，不是「論理」的關係。

77. 能不亂丟垃圾，隨時清撿垃圾，都是做的功德。

78. 眼光，是你的智慧；運氣，是你的福德。

79. 喜愛的就想佔有，討厭的就會排斥，患得患失，煩惱就來了。

80. 經常少欲知足的人，才是無虞匱乏的富人。

81. 心不平安是真正的苦，身體的病痛不一定是苦。

82. 明知心不平安是苦事，就趕快以持念「南無觀世音菩薩」來安心吧！

83. 現在擁有的，就是最好的。擁有再多也無法滿足，就等於是窮人。

84. 不要用壓抑來控制情緒，最好用觀想、用佛號、用祈禱，來化解情緒。

幸福人間

85. 好話大家說，好事大家做，好運大家轉。

86. 大家說好話，大家做好事，大家轉好運。

87. 每人每天多說一句好話，多做一件好事，所有小小的好，就會成為一個大大的好。

88. 急須要做，正要人做的事，我來吧！

89. 我和人和，心和口和，歡歡喜喜有幸福。

90. 內和外和，因和緣和，平平安安真自在。

91. 自求心安就有平安，關懷他人就有幸福。

92. 人品等於財富，奉獻等於積蓄。

93. 奉獻即是修行，安心即是成就。

94. 擁有的多，不一定讓人滿足；擁有的少，不一定讓人貧乏。

95. 現在所得的，是過去所造的；未來所得的，是現在所做的。

96. 好人不寂寞，善人最快樂，時時處處助人利己，時時處處你最幸福。

97. 若希望人際關係相處得好，就要把心量放大，多接納人，多包容人。

98. 只要自己的心態改變，環境也會跟著改變，世界上沒有絕對的好與壞。

99. 人與人之間的相處之道，需要溝通，溝通不成則妥協，妥協不成時，你就原諒和容忍他吧。

100. 大的要包容小的，小的要諒解大的。

101. 以全心全力關懷家庭，用整體生命投入事業。

102. 戒貪最好的方法，就是多布施、多奉獻、多與人分享。 103. 包容別人時，雙方的問題就解決了。

104. 學佛的人，有兩大任務：莊嚴國土，成熟眾生。

105. 要做無底的垃圾桶，要學無塵的反射鏡。

106. 煩惱消歸自心就有智慧，利益分享他人便是慈悲。

107. 用慚愧心看自己，用感恩心看世界。

108. 淨化人心，少欲知足，淨化社會，關懷他人。

blogging frequency~

2011-03-13T14:32:00.003+08:00

i noticed something common about blogging....at first, the fire is very very strong...you have sooOooo much to share and so much to write...you are very very inspiration...that is the first year of blogging...then 2nd year, the fire become dimmer...yet you still have things to share...then u started to get busier, then the fire diminishes a bit..then the 4th year came...you run out of things to share and started to write less and less...boys and girls, you agree with me? if not， just see the picture below and you know what i'm talking abt...but don't u worry, we will always have something to write, just not as often as the first year~~ FYI, we still like to write..hopefully you still like to read~ :)

btw, blogspot is banned in China~~but i will try my best to h*ck in just for u~~~

common language?!

2011-03-12T20:04:00.005+08:00

你們曾經被人稱贊過馬來西亞人好厲害，懂得好多語言哦？我相信應該都有過這個經驗吧。其實，我也覺得懂得那麼多語言/方言是蠻好的。但是，也因為這樣，我鬧出了許多笑話。哈哈哈。。。不久前，我跟我的朋友說我要去剪頭发了，因為我的頭发都破了。還有些頭发破了又破耶。我的朋友聽了，問我發生什麼事，怎麼這麼嚴重。我就把发尾給他看。結果他差點昏過去，糾正我說，這個是叫頭发分叉！！！害我們笑到肚子痛。

不久，笑話又發生了。回家后，我把門關上，朋友問我在干嘛，我說我剛把門關掉。。結果，又被糾正說，是把門關了。為什麼要加“掉”？不正確啦。哦哦哦哦，我記住啦。又有一天，我跟朋友們聊天，就聊到一個朋友的男友。朋友立刻到fb把照片call出來。我就說：哇，果然很帥。而且長得文質(4音)彬彬哦。有一個朋友就說：“蚊子不冰啦”。。。當時我聽了一頭霧水。什麼意思啊，但其他人已笑翻天了。另一個朋友就說：“應該是文質(2音)彬彬~”。。。这时所有人都問我，為何我在上海，中文還是那麼爛。以前我在香港時，他們還可理解。現在。。。emmm，我也不知道耶。。。哎呀，這都是因為我們在馬來西亞時，講的話參來參去。一下有自己家的形容詞，一下有香港的形容詞，統統campur-campur了。記得有一次我在台灣出差時，我和一個香港同事跟台灣同事談事情。台灣的controller問我们東西做的怎麼樣了。我很自然的回答說：“已經七七八八了”。台灣同事一頭霧水的看著我，然后問我為什麼不是五五六六？哈哈哈。。。只有我跟我的香港同事明白我的形容詞。台灣是說做的差不多了。突然，我又想到一個很好笑的形容詞，原本想跟我的台灣朋友說：“如果我有什麼冬瓜豆腐的話，怎麼辦？”。。。幸好沒講，要不然又是笑話一宗。

感覺有時用詞不對或發音不准，別人聽不懂的時候就像“雞同鴨講”了。。。哈哈哈。。你明白我的意思嗎？懂得话 -> 看來你也有我的問題哦。對你來說，是否也是很自然嘞...怎麼樣這句話很自然的就說出來了吧。。別人不一定懂哦。。呵呵呵

old vs new

2011-03-12T11:18:00.003+08:00

I have moved to my new place in shanghai for abt 3 months ler..time sure flies. my love for my new place has grown as the days go by and it has come to a stage where i feel like just chill at home even when there are many temptations out there~~~ 这代表我是经得起诱惑的哦 *proud* anway..that's beside the point liao...well, the other day, i showed my friend my home in HK...my friend's first reaction is: "i don't understand why you miss your old place..coz your current home is much much better than this one" then i found my other good point...i said : "coz i'm a 念旧和有感情的人嘛。" my place in hk, even though, is small but i reckon it is really cozy~ and it's really convenient, i can see mountains, i have free music from my neighbour and i have public park downstairs...i remember when i first came to shanghai, i missed my place terribly~ and when i first moved to my new home in shanghai, i didnt feel like home...but after my stuff from hk arrived, i started to deco my place...and now, it's just like home for me...aaaahhhh...home sweet home...

(above picture: my old home)

(above picture: my new place)

Jane's creativity~

2011-03-06T09:27:00.002+08:00

i always like to decorate my fridge with many magnets...jenn has this hobby where she will get a magnet from whenever she travelled to....last time, i always help her get her magnet whenever i travelled...well..my magnets are not like tat, mine are mainly to clip important notes on the fridge..like discount coupons la, phone numbers la, bills la etc...it's useful so i really like it...but when i moved to shanghai, i cannot do it anymore...why? coz my fridge is hiding in a cupboard.....everytime someone comes to my place, they will ask me why i don't have fridge, then i will open the secret compartment and show them..tada~~well, so i don't have fridge to stick my magnets anymore...they are now hiding in one of the boxes...so yesterday, when i went for grocery shopping, i saw a simple metal board...like a lightbulb, i thought of what i could do with it...so i bought it..when i got home, i quickly took my hidden treasure, put them on the board and hang it on the door of my fridge...yeah..now it looks so pretty~~whenever i go to kitchen, i feel happy just looking at it...at the same time admiring my own 小聪明 and creativity...hehehehe.... :)

My mini magnet board....some of my magnets are broken liao.....nvm, at least i can buy somemore magnets to fill it up...

this is the reason why i couldnt stick my magnet...who invented this anywhere?

first homemade meal in shanghai~~

2011-03-05T22:08:00.003+08:00

在大陆吃东西，就如吃毒药。。。那是别人告诉我的。。哈哈哈。。你只要一打开报纸，电视，就可以看到很多类似的新闻。。什么人造假蛋啦，在水果上面打蜡啦，死鸡炸鸡，在水沟回收丢弃的油啦。。数都数不完，就像天上的星星一般多。所以，我就尽量少在外面吃东西咯。但是，在外面买东西也很烦，你都不知道他的source是什么。。那也是问题。就只好买进口的咯。超贵的。但是，为了以后省钱，就早点做“投资”咯。每次在这里都没空做菜，但今天我心血来潮，就亲自做饭。tada~~ 这就是我在上海的第一餐家里做的饭。。。 :)

Coffee story

2011-03-05T17:41:00.003+08:00

i'm making my own coffee at home...someone told me coffee in china tastes really bad...kinda diluted, even starbucks tastes like water...i didnt believe in the beginning..after i had it, it is confirmed that coffee here is diulted...so, i never order coffee outside anymore... im not a coffee person, but somehow, me got influenced, so i drink it once in a while..i love coffeee early in the morning...or when i feel kinda bloated, i will drink coffee too...so one day, i walked pass a grocery store in taiwan and got this...packet coffee!!! hehe...because i'm a lazy bum (大懒人), instant coffee suits me..not the 3 in 1 type...but coffee in a mini filter o...simple and fast ler...so this morning, i had my mushroom soup noodle + a cup of hot coffee...啊，感觉真的好幸福啊~~~ my plan tomorrow morning? yup...another cup of hot coffee and a roll of blueberry bread~~~ how's that? another 幸福的早上 :) Wanna join me?

我的第一次 my first time

2011-02-20T22:21:00.002+08:00

Went for sichuan food on friday with friends...honestly, i havent had time to meet up with friends lately...everyday, just home-work-home...my life these days are full of "surprises"...if good surprises i welcome, but....it's more towards unpredictable circumstances...always have last minute meetings / follows up to do...there is one meeting i always wanted to have but it's always cancelled...up till now, still no time for it :( anyway, thats not the main point....i met up with friends last friday night...sichuan food...yummy...... my friend recommended spicy frog leg coz it's their specialty...FROG???!!! im scared of frog, let alone put its leg in my mouth?! i remember when i was in high school last time...kch had been raining for a few days...that day, school bus came and i was rushing to put my shoes on...then suddenly, i felt something inside my shoe...eee? why was it wet inside, so i took it off...then one BIG, FAT frog jumped out from it... OMG OMG, i was terrified!!! one is because i didnt expect something to jump out..somemore ALIVE...and it looked very ugly and dirty...the thought just put shivered all over my body... but my friend insisted i try...how ler..? after a few mins of struggle..i agreed...and took my first FROG LEG...i admit, it tasted quite taste and like chicken...but i only had one leg that night :) im glad i did it...

Milk tea story

2011-02-13T21:58:00.002+08:00

Havent had my HK milk tea like for 3 months already and i miss it awfully...last time i wanted to ask my colleague to da bao for me and bring over but too troublesome lo...btw, they have hk milk tea in can, so it's easy to bring over...last week, i finally had my HK milk tea in HK!! YAHOO...it was really nice to have it again...surely taste good...just to clarify, i also miss the one in kuching~~ kuching one is always my favourite...oh well...anyway, today, i had my very own milk tea at home in shanghai...in the metal mug i bought in HK and the milk tea is from ipoh town...aaahhh, now it has HK feel as well as malaysian feel..PEeeerrrfect!

Year of rabbit

2011-02-11T19:56:00.003+08:00

Time sure flies by when you are most relaxed and having fun...this is really an unforgettable new year for me...have done so much, seen so much and feel so much...i never knew a well-spent time could achieve so much ^^ this year, i didnt spend CNY in Kuching..felt a bit sad initially coz i havent been back for quite sometime and i always like the CNY atmosphere there..the fireworks and crackers and the smoke~~ ahhh....meeting up with friends and family is always the most fun part...the only downside is, parents always go out of town during CNY so jenn and i have to eat out almost everyday..yeah, at friend's place!! imagine all the tit bits...last year, we had singapore chicken rice almost everyday coz i said i want to at least have some local food..and the only place that opened is singapore chicken rice!! oh well..better than none...well, i was sad initially but it was good to spend it a different way and im glad i did :)

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR OF RABBIT TO ALL MY LOVE ONES~~~

annual dinner in communist way

2011-01-29T23:04:00.004+08:00

chiang chiang chiang chiang chiang....here i come..the ancient heroine in her battle suit...chiang x5...yesterday was our annual dinner...well..i have to say that this is a unforgetable annual dinner for me...why? coz instead of spending money to have someone entertained us, we have to entertain ourselves...now i know how it feels to be in the operation world...where sales, gross margin, selling & admin costs and operating income means more than anything else!!! haha..i was just exaggerating..well, it's kinda interesting because it helps build relationship between colleagues as we were put in groups..honestly, there are tonnes of ppl out there that i exchange emails or phone calls with everyday but i have no idea who they are and how they look like...it was fun to dress up like this...and i kinda like it too...i didnt know i have "talent" for Chinese Opera..hiak hiak hiak...all other people were dressed up as male heroes and we also had monkey king!! well..i just found out that we have many talented people who could be more successful in the entertainment biz than in the engineering or sales force..haha...one thing i found different about annual dinner in china is...during the lucky draw session, they called out names of ppl...the usual practice that im exposed to is, if you are not there or if you lost your ticket, TOUGH LUCK, you are no winner...and it gives other people hope that they will be the next winner...fair right? who ask youi to be absent or mindless about your "supporting document"?! well, in china, it's totally different...they reserve your rights...if you are not around when your ticket is called, the prize is still YOURS!!! not much fun in my perspective but i guess this is the communist way of lucky draw~~~~

the wonders of donation

2011-01-29T12:58:00.002+08:00

Every weekend in HK, you can see old people, kids, students, other people standing at the entrances of MTR stations, at the bridges, at the roadsides etc, having a big bag in front of them...when you try to pass by, they will come chase you and ask u to donate money..well, i'm a kind person but somehow, i dont know where my money will go in the end coz i dont even where and who i'm donating too...the hardest one to reject is old people and kids....old people cos they are old and we need to respect them and because they need to rest mah...for kids, we need to demonstrate a good example to our future....so, what many people do is..they will donate, get the sticker and put it on wherever it's easier for ppl to see...guess what, it's like saying to the world that i'm a kind person, i donate money and it also has the effect of having other ppl not to come and chase u for donation anymore....this is what i found out one day when i donated too, got the flag and saw other ppl wearing the flag and i didnt get disturbed anymore but those who didnt, got chased...hehehe....

feel insecure

2011-01-16T19:58:00.002+08:00

this is all of my asset!! looks a lot but it's not...the thing abt china is, the biggest note is RMB100 and things are not cheap here...just RMB5,000 and it looks like u are going to trade it for drugs...but it's in fact not alot..i was so amazed with the amount of notes i had one day when i went to the bank to withdraw pocket money to get ready to go to shanghai...the troublesome thing abt china is, many places don't accept master card & visa card..they only accept their own kind...so....i had to bring a stack of money over...but today, it's all gone!! my landlord is now the rich man :(

missing in action

2011-01-10T18:34:00.002+08:00

tuan tuan dan puan puan, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, olds and youngs...sorry for not updating my blog often enough..these days, i was exhausted when i get home....and my laptop is super slow at home...plus, my 2gb speed internet is helping with the slowness...thus...lazy to go online and update..but i welcome you to drop by and leave me some messages...so that i know you still care about me~~ weather in shanghai is cold...but my heart is warm..hehehe..i dono what im writing la...i miss all of you~~

My own treasure hunt

2010-12-31T09:15:00.001+08:00

2 months ago, i was busy with packing UP my belongings in HK, 2 months later, i was busy with UNpacking my belongings in Shanghai...honestly, i didnt think i had that many things before (well, i did think why one person needs so much things and thus started to throw away things), it turned out, i still have many many things...34 boxes were delievered to me on monday!!! well, let me clarify, 34 boxes because of the following:

shipping company didnt want to damage my things, so they wrapped my belongings as if they were in winter...their coats were thicker than my coat right now!!
shipping company wanted to organize, so they packed my stuff according to their nature and where they picked them up...naturally, i had many small boxes~~
i just simply had TOO MANY things!!

well, i'm glad my things are here coz they made me feel more homely....i also don't like them here because they messed up and took up my space....but overall, i miss them...ALOT!! i havent had the chance to unpack all yet...these days, i was just opening some boxes to find things that i need...everyday, i feel like i am opening my own presents...everyday, i found surprises....i love the feeling...ho ho ho, xmas is with me for weeks~~~

問問題的技巧及藝術 (the art of asking questions)

2010-12-31T09:10:00.002+08:00

I found this from the net and found it very meaning and quite amusing...the author was pretty good at describing the situation...it makes you laugh and yet the message is clear...so i thought i would share it with my good friends...the one i really like is this: 「憨居居、食煎堆」and 「只要有心，倒垃圾那個人也可以學到東西」。hope i brought some laughter and things to ponder on for you...gambate

CEO實戰手記：問問題的技巧及藝術

「當你要清楚問這問題的目的後，就是問他們一些你不知道的事，知得越快越好，因為可以快人一步，理想達到；這就是問問題的原則。」

有一次我聽一個國際性講座，在講者演說過後，是問答時間。有位仁兄舉手發問問題，他用了十分鐘說明他的個人意見，之後就問講者的看法(註：整個問答環節只有三十分鐘)。當他滔滔不絕地發表他的偉論時，我怎樣也聽不明他在說甚麼，問題又沒有重點，實情就是想自我表演，令我好有衝動把鞋子脫下就拋過去。這個世界很多人都很喜歡扮聰明，表面是問問題，其實是想大家知道他的見地有多麼偉大！

很多人以為學習是一定要找師父，而師父一定擁要有強勁的品牌，那樣才可學到有用的東西。不過，曾幾何時我見過一個哈佛畢業生，樣子有點「憨居居、食煎堆」，自己做甚麼也不知道，但他是名牌大學生又如何呢？另外，我在深井見過「鄭記」的老闆，他說給我知：「只要有心，倒垃圾那個人也可以學到東西」。

這個世界有三類人，第一類：就是高手，他們能夠巧妙地問問題而且取得自己想取的資訊或情報，這些通常都可成為國家特務或生意奇才。第二類：就是正常人，他們會問問題，但會用很多時間去問一個簡單問題，從而拿到簡單答案。不過，總好過不問。第三種：就是傻仔，做事前永遠不會先問問人，所有事都憑直覺，用「我以為」、「我覺得」去思考和工作，行事撞板多過食飯。

警匪片你有看過吧！當警察問疑犯問題時，通常都「戙」起隻腳，扯?疑犯的心口，然後拿?大光燈照?他的面說出：「坦白從寬，抗拒從嚴！」這些場面在現實生活是不可能發生的，問問題其實是一個非常高深的技巧，如果你能夠掌握得好，你的人生會節省很多時間，走少很多冤枉路，可以水到渠成，做每件事也事半功培。

我跟大家分享問問題的技巧及藝術。首先第一件事：準備功夫。你要找出甚麼你是知道的，甚麼你是不知道的，問問題的焦點就在於你不懂得的地方，無謂浪費時間，還有你要找出問題的重點。當你要清楚問這問題的目的後，就是問他們一些你不知道的事，知得越快越好，因為可以快人一步，理想達到；這就是問問題的原則。

第二，你要找正確的對象發問，問「和尚借梳」，浪費時間。還要找對兩個人以上來問同一個問題，從不同的人身上把他們的答案找出差異及相似的地方，從而找出事實的真相。

第三，問問題要問得「醒」。如果我問你：「我靚唔靚仔呀？」你明知我不靚仔，但你都一定會說是靚仔啦。問題要有中性(Neutral Question)，你要待答者給你一個中肯及真實，而又自然地流露出來的答案，你要鼓勵他毫無保留地說出真相。

陶行知先生(1891 – 1946)深深地影響我們國家的教育及思想發展，他提倡生活就是教育、社會就是學校、教學合一等三大教育主張。他說過：『發明千千萬，起點是一問。禽獸不如人，過在不會問。智者問得巧，愚者問得笨。人力勝天工，只在每事問。』

最後一句私人醒：Common Sense is not always Common ，原因就是從問題中找出你的Common Sense。

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning” by Albert Einstein

My impression of KL

2010-12-12T19:24:00.005+08:00

i remember a few years ago when i was still working in Kuching, the only place that i went quite often was KL...why? because it is near kuching and the only place i could afford to go at that time...i didnt have good impression abt it because ppl there were not nice...taxi drivers were cheaters, ppl on the streets were not so friendly and it was really hot!! so i told myself and my friends that i would never come here if i had a choice...that was how i felt abt KL...well, just today, i saw a talk show on China tv about KL...they talked abt how KL was used by many countries for movie business and they showed many places that i already forgot existed...like the court, like the national park, like the train station etc, that still contain the "feel" of malaysia...and suddenly, i felt proud abt it....perhaps i focused too much on the bad side of KL at that time and forgot to look at the good part....i wish i would have another chance to go there to explore the "uniqueness" of KL....but it wont be materializing so soon lo...who wants to go with me and explore its uniqueness and beauty? I remember one saying, an idea that previously didnt work doesnt mean it will be worthless forever, sometimes, it will be overturned and become useful sometime in the future, so don't chuck it away...well, i guess ur impression from the past doesnt mean it will be like this forever, things change :) so...DONT BE STUBBORN!!!!

Numbers

2010-12-09T18:28:00.004+08:00

have you ever stop and think about this....ALL our lives, we are surrounded by numbers...we have birthdates, anniversary dates, friends' and relatives' birthdates etc to remember. we are given tax file numbers, employee numbers, social security number etc...even our houses and cars are given numbers...then we have mobile phone numbers, contract reference numbers...why cant we just have one number that is used universally? guess it would be too big of a project to do....Dont you think we look like the picture below? always controlled by numbers~~

miss ya

2010-12-04T09:40:00.001+08:00

I MISS MR RABBIT~~ luckily i have got Ms Piggy with me...she is always waiting fo me on my bed ~~

2010-11-30T12:09:00.002+08:00

I was busying with packing my belongings back in Oct to get ready for my move to shanghai...during the packing time, i realized i had many many things...some i need, some i dono i had, some i don't need...then it crossed my mind as to why one person needs so many things in his/her life...is it because we have more wants as we get older? or we don't what we want so we just buy buy buy.... here are so photos during the course of my packing....and at the end, my place was sparkling clean with nothing inside!!

Final morning in HK

2010-11-27T11:55:00.003+08:00

I was taking the afternoon flight on Nov 15, 2010 to Shanghai from HK....departing HK permanently...i have to admit...even after all the ups and downs in HK (and i did put them in the blog here to share with u guys), i kinda feel sad to leave HK....i didnt learn to speak perfect cantonese, i didnt find a HK guy to marry, i didnt have anything attached there but i do have feelings for it....this is human nature...if u are there, you will never cherish it..when u are leaving, you think u miss everything...hahaha...anyway, the morning, i did many things... I woke up early that morning and tidied up my belongings....then i went downstairs (yes, that is how convenient it is in HK) to have breakfast at my favourite restaurant (@ taihing...太興燒味) for a quick breakfast...my purpose is to have the milk tea la...but i had a huge breakfast at 10am...imagine, one lai cha, one noodle, one toast with scrambled egg...i had to say, i was super full and super satisfied and the breakfast cost me HKD24!! value for money.... I went to airport at 12noon and by the time i arrived..it was noon time...i was really really full but didnt wanna miss out the chance to have my favourite food before i left...so i had the roasted goose at the airport......so full man....then i went to the lounge and had a small bowl of wonton soup!!! gosh, i started to feel bloated....suddenly remind me of my days when i returned to KCH for vacation for the first few times after leaving KCH....always felt like i need to fully take advantage of my time in KCH and thus, had 4 breakfast in the morning and 2 lunches and 2 dinners in a day!! now, i was doing this in HK as well....

After eat eat eat...it's time to depart HK~~ :'( on the good side...this experience makes me realize there is something good abt HK...i still remember how much i hated HK before...hahaha...oh well...human nature like i said before.... alakavista, babe, I WILL BE BACK~~~

next time, when you see me back in HK...i will be one of those mainland Ch*nese....taking a bit trolley out to shop and just buy buy buy (i wish i will have that much money to spend!)

New life in Shanghai

2010-11-27T11:49:00.002+08:00

Sorry for not updating this for so long...i can give you many many reasons as to why and beg for forgiveness...but hor, getting access to facebook and blogger here is very very difficult lo...coz of the control the govt put here..so luckily a friend let me use his mini server outside china so that i still have a little bit of access to world outside my own :) still remember how often i checked my facebook last time coz i have the application installed on my iphone...now even got the application also cannot use....sigh...but that's life lo.... it's been really busy for me lately...trying to adapt to new environment, new job, new ppl and looking for a place to live...i remember 5.5 yrs ago, when i went to HK, i was shocked by the space there and got a bit of phobia...then after tat, i got used to it and thought my home in Tsuen Wan was pretty nice...still miss my home though....i was looking at many houses in shanghai last weekend with friends and i realized...oh dear, it was a cage house in HK and here is like soo soo spacious....hehehe... i havent taken any pictures of shanghai yet....havent really had the chance to venture outside yet.....will take the chance after i settle down ;)

my birthday in HK

2010-11-14T12:56:00.005+08:00

I had a great birthday this year.....that day was also the day when there was a grand opening for the xmas decoration in hk...this year's theme is cakes and snow couples...well..it was a good timing coz it was our bday and i got to have so many giant cakes from the street!! hahah..anyway, that day, my colleagues helped celebrated my 60th birthday and bought me 寿桃 (birthday peach)...gosh, i was so touched and felt grown up...(FYI, birthday peach is usually used to celebrate 60th birthday)..hahhaa...they were delicious!! coz it was also my final birthday in office, my colleague bought me another mango cake and threw me a surprise in office....they sang me "happy happy happy birthday" in TGIF style...hahah..i didnt take picture coz we were busy lo.... then night time, my friends celebrated another bday for me..and i got a free carrot cake from the restaurant and another birthday song!! and two german guys next to us gave me a birthday wish...hehehe.... It was a year full and cakes and lovely people and one of the birthdays that i will remember forever....coz it's my final 5th bday in HK, celebrated my 60th birthday in advance, had so many cakes, surrounded by people i care about and also the day when i "lost" the most money~~ because i'm leaving HK permanently, i need to clear my tax and obtain a tax clearance form from the tax bureau before HR will release my final salary payment...so on 11/11, i went to tax bureau and they put me in a little room (though not dark) to fill in my tax form...everything became not tax deductible and they also added tax on to me...then in the afternoon, i went to get my tax assessment and paid on the spot..... >_<

傻傻的误会

2010-11-07T16:56:00.002+08:00

i am homeless these two n a half weeks and was staying at my friends' place...gosh, i didnt know how popular i am until i am homeless coz ppl are fighting to have me stayed with them *blush* haha...i was only kidding la...it was nice of them to take me in....i am grateful for that..and it was good so that i didnt have to bother my friends for two long so i tried to divide my time in half....i really enjoyed my stay...anyway...that night, when i was staying with DMY, i saw something in the bucket...i looked closely and saw my 内在美 in her bucket full of her own 内在美！！！OMG OMG, i panicked! i thought i put it in there when i was sleep walking...or mayb she mistook that for hers....i was tempted to fish it out from the bucket but i didnt...my mind was still in the unbelievable state that i just couldnt think....actually i just woke up after a whole night of dreams~~ hehehe..anyway, i continued with my morning chores...then something hit me...oh, it should be DMY's coz we bought the same one together at the shop la....and i left out a soft laugh and told DMY the story....DMY left out a LOUD laugh...hahaha.....it just didnt occur to me at that time la..but it was a small misunderstanding but a funny one...it would be funnier if i fished it out and kept it as my own...hahhahahaha....one last gift from DMY before i leave HK...

another dramatic day

2010-10-27T10:46:00.007+08:00

That day, i woke up feeling hopeful...why? because according to the weather forecast, a typhoon would hit HK soon and the wind was already strong...i was hopeful that we could get a day off (FYI, if Typhoon hits #8, we don't have to go to work...if you are at work, we can go home early...and it's paid..now you know why i felt hopeful) As usual, i got up, got ready and went to work....it was windy and many ppl brought their umbrella, put on their rainy boots and also feeling hopeful like me...when i reached the MTR station, gosh, it seems like there were more ppl than usual and i saw an MTR staff putting a "emergency" sign on..i stopped briefly to look and it said, train would delay to arrive every 4 mins instead of just 2 mins"...no big deal for me..so i rushed and got in the train...was in the train for 10mins when i heard this announcement....apparently a train broke down in a critical station and all of us had to alight in the middle...so i thought, what the heck...it was just 3 stations from my stop, i would just hop on a bus when i arrived...how wrong was i??? well...wrong decision because of..... i guess many people thought like me....and got off at that station...the station was sooo crowded because it was packed with passengers, fire fighters and reporters...MTR ppl was thoughtful, they actually arranged free shuttle buses to take ppl to different location...and they didnt even charge us for the train ride ^^ yeah, i'm easily satisfied....anyway...it was really really crowded even outside..but i did enjoy the attention from passerby, polices and reporters...hahhahaha...another drama in HK even before i left....i had so many drama's in hk that i really need to create a special category for it!! let me reminisce here.... First, there was almost a fight in the train because a guy accidentally knock on a kid's head and he was crying his head off....then his parents were so furious and wanted to pick a fight... Second, someone's wallet was stolen in the tram and he was yelling and shouting and said nobody could get out unless he found the culprit...it was crowded and hot in the tram and we had to wait for police to come and search...so we were stuck for 1 hr or so.... third, when i was happily shopping in the mall...and saw many people running towards my direction...then i saw ppl looking up and i thought there was some flying show going on...so i looked up..then i saw someone jumping off...spectacular..but instead of flying, he landed on the floor just in front of me!! suicide!! forth, when i was happily shopping with my sis and her friends...we went home only to find many fire trucks lining outside her apartment lot...and found out that it was my sister's floor...she panic coz was worried that while we went out, her friend might have forgotten to turn the gas off...what if it was her apartment? all of our stuff would be BURNT!! GONE!! BYE BYE!!! not sure if i wrote a post on that...anway...just found out someone burnt incense and threw them in the rubbish bin and it caught fire...but we did meet some cute fire fighters...hahaha.. then there were twice when i was taken by the ambulance to hospitalise and was there for 2 - 3 days....you can imagine how interesting my life is in HK!! anyway, back to my story....it was really crowded coz everyone was fighting for the free shuttle bus...it was hot so i figured, the station is not that far from my work place, i might as well just cross the road and catch a paid bus instead...i guess, my thinking process is so common that everyone was doing the same thing...all the buses were FULL...and i only got to office at 10am...i guess i was considered lucky...just 1 hour more la... i kinda enjoyed the whole process despite of the trouble...sound weird? well, when i was Q'ing, i peeked at the lady in front of me..she logged on to fb and started writing nasty status update...she wrote:"MTR had shit arrangement and everyone fighting for buses. damn"....then she wrote another nasty one but i didnt peek anymore...then in the bus, i heard many ppl calling their spouses/friends and complained how congested the traffic was and how unlucky they were and that it was bad that they were still not in office yet...all that time, i was verifying what they said...mtr? shit arrangement? i thought it was good...it was unexpected and they managed to get so many buses in..and the buses were q'ing to take ppl...traffic congested? it was quite good to me coz it looked like there was no difference than before....not in office yet? i bet the person was happy to be outside at this time!!! don't you think, if you adjust your thoughts for a while, everything would be much beautiful? i added in drama in HK so that it would be easier for my dearest friends to recall what i had been through in hk :)

A long journey but yet wonderful

2010-10-17T21:33:00.003+08:00

I took the 9pm flight on 10.10.10....and normally, ppl would want to reach airport at least 1.5 hours before their departure time...especially when it is international flight...well, that day, i was supposed to go to airport at 630pm by bus but we only left the cafe at 6pm and we decided to drop by the famous bun shop near my hotel coz they were all worried that i would be starving by them....and i went...for some reason, there was a very lOOooong Q at the shop and we thought it would be fast, but we waited and waited and waited...for abt 20 mins and by the time i got to the station, it was almost 7pm...my bus didnt come...we were all worried but decided to let fate decide my destiny...worse come to worst, i would just stay there for another night (which i was glad to do so) and leave early next morning...i waited and waited and waited...finally, my bus came...i was a bit relieved coz i would be at the airport at around 8pm if everything went well...when the bus left, and i started seeing traffic jam...it was then when i realised that it was national day that day...oh dear....the bus was crawling....i was a bit worried but still decided to keep myself calm...after abt 5 mins, the coast was clear...and i was relieved....after another 5 mins of bus ride....there was another jam at the highway...OH GOSH...and i could see that it was a LOOoong jam...i closed my eyes and just hoped for the best...that was then i heard the bus driver yelled out loud and asked us to look at our left hand side...WOW, IT WAS THE FIREWORKS!!! it was really really pretty...so pretty that i forgot i was in a hurry and almost missed my flight...luckily, it was just a 10 mins jam and i finally the airport at 805pm :) i learned that, if you keep your mind and heart at peace and think positively, you will be able to enjoy whatever that comes your way...and what's better is, sometimes you get bonus...like me ^^

心境的力量

2010-10-16T21:28:00.006+08:00

我終於體會到，內心的快樂原來真的可以讓你享受無比的快樂。好自在，好輕鬆。無論我看見什麼，碰到什麼，我都依然如此快樂。即使有不開心的，也能很快的得到安慰。剛才和一個很久沒見的朋友通電，他有點失落，有點心事。他說，聽到我的聲音，聽到我的關懷，讓他殺那間感到無比的輕鬆。人，不就是因為放不下自己而起煩惱嗎？我承認，我也會不快樂，仔細想一下，值得嗎？只要能轉變心態，什麼都變得美好。如果不美好，至少不是那麼差。我剛才在fb看了一些朋友的近況，老實說，即使我不在身旁，我也能感到他們的喜悅。希望大家都能看到好的一面，想辦法保持正面的話，就會發現其實世界還蠻美麗的。其實，我現在有一些不如意的事情發生在身，我也還在學習。加油。

To Do list

2010-10-05T16:53:00.003+08:00

was having a fun dinner with a friend and suddenly we talked about our goods habits and bad habits...my friend asked me what do i think my good points are...i went..hhmmm..hhmmm...im nice and kind...and i'm always willing to help etc etc...well..somehow, i had difficulty listing out my good points..but when it comes to bad points...i could just list and list and list..(well, i exaggerate lah)....im just being humble..anyway, one interesting point we both have is, we always have a to do list ready when you have a long list of things to achieve before you leave the country, before the day ends etc....well, i also have my LOooong to do list...please see the picture..that's a three pages long of to do list after 3 days of holiday in HK and before i leave for my vacation... >_< I know, i know..it's a lot...well...just up to now, i have crossed off most of the ones related to work...but still left with some errands to run after work...i noticed during normal week, where i dont have to travel anywhere, my to do list just keeps getting longer and longer...why? you may wonder...because i PROCRASTINATE!!! i know i have plenty of time, so i will look at my to do list and prioritize...then pushing some to the next day, then the next, then the next until...I HAVE TO TRAVEL...hahaha...it's getting better now la.... ^^

New Wok

2010-09-25T20:44:00.003+08:00

i was away from hong kong for 4 weeks and just came back recently...My parents visited me at end of august and left hk two weeks after that....which means, they were gone for 2 weeks before i came back...that day, when i came home, i smelled something really bad in the kitchen...initially i thought there was a dead mouse or something so i searched up and down, left and right and i couldnt find anything?! so it had been like this for a day or two until i couldnt stand it anymore and started to use my super nose to smell...where is it? what is it??? then i saw my saucepan on the floor with the lid on...and i opened it...WALIAO EH....it was darn smelly...with 5 packs of instant noodles inside...so i i thought it must be the noodles and threw them away right away..OMG OMG, the smelled lingered on even after i threw them away...why? *Scratch my head* i thought it must be the saucepan absorbing the smell since the noodles were inside for such a long time...so i soaked the saucepan in detergent water for a few days...Even after days of soaking, it still smelled..why? i took the lid away, examined the saucepan...nothing wrong ler....so what is it??? then i looked at the lid..OMG OMG...there were "things" stucked in the holes...and the smell came from there...I took a close look...CRAP, it was rotten dried prawns inside...my mum must have used the lid upside down to soak dried prawns!!!

i boiled water, then tea with the saucepan , whatever you can think of and even soaked it with tea and tea leaves, hoping to clear the smell..i heard tea is good for many reasons....hopefully it would work....okie dokie...the lid didnt smell anymore and the saucepan seemed to have no smell now, until this morning, when i wanted to make my breakfast...i smelled the dead bodies again!!! aarrgggghhh...what the....i think the smell is permanently stucked in the saucepan now...instead of going through the trouble again, i went out today and got a brand new saucepan...tada~~~ well, i wasnt mad at mum...i was just grateful that she gave me a good reason to get new saucepan, for the previous one was already old, scratched and now...SMELLY...hahaha....meet Diamond Lady from the mall today~~

sharing happiness 有福同享

2010-09-25T10:03:00.003+08:00

look at all these goodies...they were from TAIWAN just right before the mooncake festival!!! a friend visited that week and brought all these stuffs from hometown...i was like OMG OMG...so much!!! HOW TO EAT? some of them were freshly made and couldnt keep for too long...How to finish by by myself? i would be a fatso if i finished all...but GUESS WHAT? i did manage to finish all...how? well, i took the cakes to office for my colleagues for mooncake festival celebration...then i gave away the sweets to my friends and relatives...tada~ one stone many birds...1) no food went to waste; 2) people shared my happiness of receiving the gifts; 3) no get fat :D

Mooncake festival

2010-09-23T21:56:00.003+08:00

中秋快樂 (happy mooncake day) my friends....time sure flies and i couldnt remember what i did last year...i think it was just a simple dinner with friends without lanterns....i remember the time i had this special day in malaysia..always full of friends and lit-lanterns...well, not here, i played it once in hk and that's it :) this year, it was a simple celebration again..just went to DMY's place for dinner...home-cooked meal!!! yay...DMY cooked udon for me..it's my favourite dish and i enjoyed it so much...this year, we had it with plum wine and char siu...guess what, we tried new flavoured mooncake this yr..cold CHOCOLATE mooncake and MANGO mooncake...they were superlicious!!! the most important is still the companionship offered by DMY ^^ met her new pet from seoul..tada~~ white rabbit...im glad DMY likes the rabbit as well and decided to get one..yay...no wonder we are good friends!!

and one more thing about mooncake festival..i was talking to my taiwanese friend and for some reason, HK has holiday the day after mooncake day and taiwan has it on the exact day...when i told my friend that our holiday is only today...my friend was puzzled...is hk having leftover mooncake? why we play lanterns on mooncake day but no 元宵节? have we been celebrating in the wrong way ever since? nah...i still like lanterns on mooncake day :)

is this ah boon?

2010-09-18T22:36:00.003+08:00

Many of you may have known ah boon from Malaysia...she's outgoing, happy-go-lucky type of girl and very pleasant to be with....well...she promised me 5 years ago that she will visit me in HK but after 5 years, which is about 1,825 days or 43800 hours later, she is still nowhere to be seen in hk...i have no hope in her anymore...but one day, it was like a dream that i thought ah boon came to HK without letting me know and wanting to give me a surprise....there jen and i were, sitting in the MTR, spotted the back of a gal who looked so much like ah boon...we didnt dare to poke her in case the dream would break, in case it wasnt her..so we tried to make her turn around but for 30 mins, she just stood there, with her back facing us...we both started imagining how she would look like etc.....after 35 mins, she turned and walked out of the train...nah..she didnt look anything like ah boon....

In case you don't know who ah boon is and how she looks like..here's a picture of her...tada~~

And another picture in case you are still scratching your head why we thought of her when seeing the 1st picture...tada~~ the one on the right is the real ah boon~~~

生活智慧 2

2010-09-18T10:10:00.004+08:00

my parents visited me a few weeks ago...i have to say, we all really had fun and really spent many quality days together...we celebrated my dad's birthday at an expensive restaurant which my sis paid for \(^^)/...they gave my dad many birthday peach (寿桃）...when we came out, there were puppies (狗仔队) waiting outside to shoot some movie stars....I could see and feel how happy my parents were ^^ i think they are happy because of the following reasons:

seeing each other (FYI, my mum flew from perth and my dad from Kuching to HK)
seeing my sis who flew from paris
seeing me who live in HK
less worry...i think one way for making them less worry is to let them see how well you are living and how good you are taking care of yourself....i have to say, during this trip, i felt that i have grown...taking care of my parents is the FIRST priority and they are happy to be taken care of.....

took them to a few places to play....and from this trip, i also learned many things from my parents...one of them is 生活智慧...saw how my dad protect his toothbrush...instead of using a cup holder to hold his toothbrush and preventing his toothbrush from being squashed in his bag, lookit what my dad did...very clever and traditional...hahaha...pls see below~~

mustache or nose?

2010-09-01T20:36:00.003+08:00

was showing off my rabbits from Korea to some friends....i know kimmy likes them, i know jenn likes them and my colleagues love them..but but...when i was proudly showing the pics off to some friends in taiwan, a friend said no like the rabbit because the rabbit looks like he has mustache above his mouth...i went, huh? took a closer look and realize, oh...the nose...a patch of black thing..does really look like mustache....now my image of the cute rabbits is spoilt...nevertheless, i still love them very much ^^

AArrrggghhhh

2010-09-01T20:26:00.002+08:00

guess what? i'm still stucked at the office at this hour...why? because it's raining hard outside and the rain wont stop and what's worse??? there are no taxi's around when it's raining...we have been calling for 2.5 hours and no taxi...NO TAXI!!! this is really ridiculous and it's time wasting..and we are tired and hungry...sigh....so finally, we just called the hotel pick up..and it's darn expensive!!! but don't care anymore...we cant sit here forever to wait for the rain to stop...this is one thing i hate abt SHANGHAI!!! AARRGGGhhhh....both my colleague and i already ordered our dinner from in-room dining..hopefully we can get it once we are back...i can eat a horse now!! > < |||

生活智慧

2010-08-30T00:49:00.002+08:00

can anyone guess what this is? was at a friend's place in tainan the other day and spotted this outside his own....another friend found it curious and asked what this is....i looked at it myself and was wondering what this is? i thought the straws were for watering the plant so that water can get into the roots of the plant...no? turn out, there are a lot of cats around and cats like to dig sand and soil a hole after they do they big business....in order to protect the plants from being digged out, my friend was clever enough to stick the straws all over so that when the cats try to poo, their butts will be poked....clever!!! i never thought of it...all i would do could be just put wire around...or put it at a high place...this is indeed a very good idea :D

宽心谣

2010-08-22T16:56:00.001+08:00

was in taiwan...and had vegetarian for dinner...this was a picture i took...a piece of paper on the table...i thought it was meaningful and if you practice this type of thinking..im sure you will be a happier person yourself....i will translate one day...but not now :) enjoy`

Made in Malaysia

2010-08-08T10:30:00.003+08:00

Durian is one of my favourite tropical fruits...and i remember how we used to squat at roadside in malaysia and just eat our way away...it was a really good memory...and more fun when you are eating it with a group of family and friends....yes, i agree they look dangerous...yes, i know they look ugly...yes, i know they are hard to open sometimes, yes, i know they smell....to me, they smell heavenly...to some people, they smell really really really bad...i guess it's the same logic of how some ppl think steam smelly toufu is great and some ppl including me think they taste like POO.....(>_<|||)

yesterday, i was at a supermarket with my friends and we noticed they sell malaysian durian...last time, they only eat thai durian..for some reasons, malaysian durian is becoming more popular..actually, i see a lot more malaysian products around in hk these days...after the fake eggs incident, i only buy malaysian eggs.....not that i love malaysian products...just that i think there is less risk that the eggs are fake no that because they are not intelligent to invent something like this or not that they are lazy...i just i dont think malaysian would spend the time to go and invent something that cost so little!!! but who knows right??? i could be wrong~~ anyway, the price of the durian in HK shocked me....one durian cost HKD106???!!! i could have a dozen or two durians in malaysia....hhmmm..guys, you must cherish what you have in malaysia ar....now i can only smell it but cannot touch it ><

More bo lo bao

2010-08-01T12:20:00.004+08:00

i think i should ask for commission from the bo lo bao cha chan teng in HK....for the past three weeks, i had been bringing people over to this tiny restaurant consecutively!! and now i myself look like a bo lo bao and that is a BIG sacrifice for me...and the other day, even bought 5 bo lo bao and 5 egg tarts and brought to airport for friends!! the owner was really kind, she gave one egg tart for FREE~~ :') so touched...their bo lo bao is especially delicious and smell fantastic when it's hot!! one not-so-young waiter could speak multi-language..which is very hard to find in HK...he speaks cantonese, english and mandarin..so he could actually switch to different language when he spoke to us..their milk tea was good too...i was always full when i walked out of the restaurant and could skip lunch after that...what a value for money...eat one meal, save cost of two meals..hahaha...so, i created this 'trademark' for them...how nice...now i should really consider collecting some advertisement fee!! :D

when i wake up, i see this

2010-08-01T12:08:00.002+08:00

remember the rabbits that i bought in korea and the piggy gave by my friends during one xmas? well...they are now sharing a bed with me...im glad that kimmy also loves my rabbits and didnt try to steal them from me when she visited...thx kimmy~~ well..it's always fun to see my rabbits when i wake up in the morning coz they always have funny poses...so i made it a plan to take picture everyday when i wake up...im sure their poses will never repeat!! here are the two pictures i took this morning and yesterday morning..none over the weekdays coz i didnt bring them with me when i was in shenzhen last week~~ arent they adorable and made your day? :D

victim of my small bed

2010-07-23T23:21:00.001+08:00

This morning, i woke up and found this....my Mr rabbit!!!!!! fell off from my bed....poor rabbit... :'( luckily he was ok...phew....

shopping in korea - part 2

2010-07-17T08:11:00.003+08:00

went to seoul over one weekend and didnt have much to do...so the only thing i could think of was shopping...actually alot of things here are free gifts from the shops i went in...so looked kinda a lot...but it was overall ok when i did my stock count..heheheh...

Dinner for two

2010-07-16T18:14:00.002+08:00

one fine night, i went to my friend's place for a home cook meal...i have to say...i was touched...fai fai even bought a nice bottle of white wine to get ready for our candle-lit dinner...i was really really hungry that night for some reason...it was raining a bit outside (at least it was the way i remember it)...and it was really homey and the whole ambience just felt so cozy and so romantic~~ we had the jazz and oldies music on..wah..even more romantic and cozy..just felt like staying in the house like that forever...with the candles, the smell of the home cooked meal, dim lights, music, rain...aaahhh..everything seems so right..it was the right moment....right moment....to EAT and DRINK and CHAT with good friend...what were you thinking?

bo lo bao

2010-07-10T22:55:00.005+08:00

Recently jenn talked about the heart for po lo bao and after seeing how jenn described it, her friend went immediately to try malaysian version of po lo bao...i was still wondering what could be so GOOOD about bo lo pao that jenn couldnt forget..so last week, i took my friend to the famous bo lo bao place and ordered my very own bo lo bao and a cup of COLD lai cha (milk tea)...it was a small, cramp place but crowded...i had been here N times and with many different ppl...found this place 5 yrs ago and i have to say, they indeed had the best bo lo bao in the whole of HK!!! the bo lo bao was superlicious...look at me in the pic below...obviously i was enjoying my bao that i didnt care how cramp the place was, how noisy it was and how crowded it was...just bao lo bao, lai cha and me!!! it was ssoooOOoo good that i only remembered to take picture half way through my breakfast...and the breakfast made me so full that i didnt have lunch and had a light dinner...hahah...value for $$ :) jenn, you had something to hold your saliva? ^^

Ah Fai

2010-07-09T11:50:00.004+08:00

Please meet my friend, AH FAI~~ ah fai is a turtle...it's green, roudish and has a green shell....his blush is green and he has eyes like M&M :) don't u just think it's cute? hehehe... this is ah fai when it's walking...i like the tail...hehehehe :p

introducing mr Rabbit

2010-07-01T14:02:00.005+08:00

Remember my previous post about mr Rabbit? Remember how i fell in love with the rabbits at the rabbit store that i intended to get a bigger rabbit to accompany me and mr small rabbit? so i just want to introduce mr. rabbit and Mr rabbit junior :) i love them so much..they both look so innocent and cuddly...kimmy and jenn, you cannot steal them from me when you are here...or i would have no choice but not to adopt you gals...hahaha...here are the pics for you guys to see see first....oh, btw, DMY finally got herself her boyfriend as well..it will be in my separate post next time..stay tune~~

Tada...mr Rabbit

Mr rabbit and Mr rabbit junior~~

Airport disaster

2010-06-27T11:18:00.005+08:00

As you all know, i have many terrible airport experience...recently, the travel disaster, then the visa disaster....because of the number of such instances increases, i have decided to add a category for it just for everyone's easy reference...when you feel bored or blue, clicking in to see might cheer you up :) see how nice i am...anyway, you might be wondering what is Jane up to again that you see this heading again? well???!! here's the story:

Friday was our last day in Korea...we were all happy that it's finally over (well..for the work part but not for the korean BBQ and shoju part)....just the night before we departed, we went out for a celebration..of coz at a korean BBQ and with lots of korean wine!!! all of us were half drunk when we decided to celebrate a colleague's birthday, bought her a cake and went to the hotel bar for more...MARGARITA...somehow, korean version of margerita is really something...full of hard liquor..naturally, we all got back to our room, feeling drunk~~ well..... i was 30% sobber....you may wonder this is not even related to airport...it's just some background story....the next day, we all look less fresh than previously (if you know what i mean)....so, t

ime to go to airport after lunch....everything went smoothly...we got into a nice taxi, slept in the car, got to the airport and checked in...pass the X-ray point, pass the immigration...we were all glad that everything went on smoothly....by the time we got home...it was late...but it was ok....then when the laptop was turn on...CRAP!!! it was someone else's laptop that looked exactly the same as our company's!!! OMG OMG OMG...how could this happened? made sure the everything taken out from the bag was put back in the bag..how come? WHY? nan-ni? OMG OMG OMG....called the airport's lost and found, it was late and nobody worked over the weekend...what to do? a lot of confidential and valuable info inside!! luckily found a fixed asset tag on the laptop, knew that it was a japanese company and knew the person's ID...gonna call on Monday to search for missing laptop!! must be the wine, must be too excited to leave korea... :( who knows people also use such 'advanced' laptop....thought only our company is using them~~sigggggghhhhh >_< + (T_T)

luckily this time it wasn't my airport story...it was my colleagues's....don't know to be relieved or what coz it's still somehow related to me :(

Rabbits~~~~

2010-06-25T14:39:00.002+08:00

I bought my rabbit toy in korea the other week and i really love it...it was so adorable that when my colleagues came to my room for conference call one night that they also fell in love...so last night, i went back to the rabbit stall with my colleagues and got myself a bigger one....the current one, even though i love it, is a bit small when i hug it at my sleep....i got it because it's small and easier to bring around...but i decided to get a bigger one....now, i stood in front of the stall, picking out my rabbit..gosh...it was so difficult because i love every single one of them...big rabbits, small rabbits, white rabbits, black rabbits, brown rabbits, female rabbits, male rabbits, rabbits in dress, rabbits in pants, rabbits in apron, rabbits rabbits rabbits...this was what went through my mind last night...so i picked one...i havent taken a pic yet...will show you guys next time...but i did take another pic with all the rabbits at the stall...take a look

生活=艺术

2010-06-20T22:39:00.002+08:00

Something i copied from my blog in friendster....i still think it was really well written...of coz not by me...i copied it from a magazine...it was a post in 2007..... 我发了一场梦。一个迷宫样。迷宫样的一小弄处，我看到一大块如墙壁的物—-灰色，凹凸的面，就如墙壁。我没有看到它的个面。我没有接近它摸它。但我知道它厚重又高大。墙壁样的物中间有一小四方形的物，如浮雕，红色，一组回旋样图案。我望—-我不怎么害怕也不好奇，但又觉得不怎么叫人亲近—–我望了望，回走。我穿棱在小弄间。我不知道我走了些什么路。我好像又看到那一大块墙壁。墙壁样的物中间有一四方形红色浮雕样。你我天天位处迷宫。迷宫样的东西西东你我横冲直撞。你我天天遇到障碍。障碍物你我迎上去。或者不。生活就是迷路，迷路就是记忆，记下，就是艺术/生活。艺术创造/者得要迷路，从记忆。

Shop again...

2010-06-18T12:31:00.004+08:00

Continuing from my last shopping spree, i didnt buy a lot of things in Daegu...coz for some reasons, they didnt tempt me that much...the current style is not my favourite...but i did buy a lot of skin related products...in korea, if you go into a skin products shop, they will give you a lot of samples....so my strategy? hehehe..is to buy in instalment from the same shop...i like the make up remover water from Nature Republic which i can only find in Korea...my plan is to buy 10 bottles...first, i bought 2 bottles + other products and got a lot of free samples...second time, i bought 3 bottles + other products and get a lot of free samples...i plan to buy another time...actually, the thing is, i feel embarrassed to buy so many in one go la... *FLUSH*

This is what i bought for jenn....passport cover~~

Mr. Rabbit

2010-06-16T14:30:00.004+08:00

Meet my new friend, mr Rabbit~~ the rabbit is very popular in korea these days and they are everywhere...in the restaurants as decorations, in the clothing shops as decoration, in the toy shops as merchandise, in the streets as merchandise...i fell in love with Mr Rabbit when i first laid my eyes on him...there are many different rabbits, rabbits in aprons, rabbits in cute dress, rabbits in wedding dress etc...i stood in front of this shop for quite long...deciding which rabbit i want, big or small...then i picked this one...aaahhh...i will bring it with me whenever i go travel... :) i like the long ears, the small eyes and the little tail...here are some photos to share with you all~~~~

Mr. Rabbit on my bed...crossed legs, trying to be a gentleman

Mr rabbit on my bed sitting casually...waiting for my return~~

Mr Rabbit acting like a snob!!! but he still looks adorable

DEAD RABBIT!!!!!

Where do i look like i come from?

2010-06-12T20:37:00.004+08:00

Well...i walked around Daegu in Korea today...i went to a very nice temple today and spent quite sometime there...i felt cleansed now...hahaha...and i was really hungry after such long time at the temple...so i decided to find something nice in the city for dinner...so i walked and walked and walked...there were mountains of people gathered in the city centre getting ready to cheer for Korea in worldcup...the city was RED..im sure from the satelite, it would look like daegu city is bleeding..hahaha...why? because everyone was wearing red..the colour for korea in worldcup....anyway..side tracked liao...so i found this nice italian restaurant in the busy streest of daegu..the restaurant appeared to be simple and peaceful..so i decided to go in and have a try....as usual, nobody in korea speaks english...so i used my body language...and said whatever as best as i could...actually, it was just to say..."one person please"....when i settled down...a very good looking waiter came...spoke to me in simple english...i was so touched :') well, the menu was in english and italian and no pics...so he took the time to go through the menu with me...it was kinda nice...well...i still didnt know what to order since he just explained...these are tomato pasta, these are cream pasta, these are salad, these are risotto etc...so i looked at him blankly...and he said, well, i like this one...i just went for it...had a nice and relaxing dinner....turned out, the waiter was also the cook!!! it was great stuff...he was young, good looking and talented...wahh...fabulous combination...anyway, he asked me where i came from...and was shocked to learn that i am NOT korean...he said i really look like korean.... >< ....he is not the only one saying that...i remember when i was in sydney airport last time and one korea spoke to me in korean and one japanese spoke to me in japanse...then this time when i came here...everybody thought i am korean...and my colleagues thought i look like korean...well, i just hope i looked like the pretty korean after plastic surgery!!! like below...hehehe... \(^^)/ last year, after spending x weeks in korea...the day i returned to my office in hk..my hk colleagues looked at me strangely and asked if i had done plastic surgery in korea?! ????? -> these are what was in my mind at that time....

BTW, when i was in kuching last time...i was stopped by police to examine my ID card and when i was shopping in Everise, the sales girl asked me where i am from...i said with a frown...hmmm...kuching?! she was surprised and said she thought i am from China...AKA 小龙女....i was.....SPEECHLESS....should i be happy or not?

Shop shop shop....

2010-06-12T20:22:00.002+08:00

Korea here i come....am very happy to be back in korea..i still remember my last trip...i bought a lot of stuff...they were not that expensive at that time because korean won was down down down...well, i thought i could do the same this year but i have been walking up and down the streets of daegu...but i didnt see anything i like???!!! i must be sick...well..the thing is, this year, RIBBON is very popular...they have ribbon hairband, ribbon shoes, ribbon shirt, big ribbon, small ribbon...but but...they are TOO cute for me...i'm already over the teenager age la..but i managed to get something elegant...nice hair clips..hehehe...i got this after walking for soOOOOoo long..really not worth my time...then i got some cosmestic....the thing i like abt korea is...when u buy cosmetic or skin care, they give you a lot of samples...so i decide to split my purchases...hiak hiak hiak ><