Purity

雪是白色的印記


沒有照相機的一天，十分難過。

I am not sleepy or I am trying not to be asleep?

P.S. Natalie Portman, the actress I admire, is engaged and pregnant. Congratz!

McWedding?

fast food wedding?

Starting from January, you may do that in Hong Kong.

Nonetheless, I am afraid McWedding might become 勿Wedding.

Everything Christmas 2010

Everything Christmas in NYC

Santa Con 2010




Heavy snowfall on Boxing Day

This car got stuck in the middle of the street for more than 48 hours after the driver and his friend gave up starting it.





看雪時候的心情 dot dot dot



(^.^)*

"Tis" singing season

Few days ago, I heard a personal opinion on New York being a place of magic. It was amazing to know that Americans would sing while waiting in long queues for holiday shopping.

This talented teenage girl sang Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This"

What if I told you it was all meant to be?
Would you believe me, would you agree?
It's almost that feeling that we've met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell your love has come here and now

A moment like this, some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this, some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Everything changes but beauty remains
Something so tender I can't explain
Well, I may be dreaming but till I awake
Can we make this dream last forever?
And I'll cherish all the love that we share

A moment like this, some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this, some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like

Could this be the greatest love of all?
I wanna know that you will catch me when I fall
SO let me tell you this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people search forever for that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people search forever for that one special kiss
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
A moment like this

~I should have simply copied and pasted the lyric.

The moments...
that some people wait a lifetime

Happy Holidays!

Growing is a painful thing... sometimes

Apple + Windows = trouble?

My MacBook Pro has a Windows 7 installed in Boot Camp.

The installation of the dual program was an overwhelmingly frustrating process for me.

With graphic distortion and sliding arrow pointer, I had to reinstall Win 7 several times.
The most absurd problem later occurred and I had to address it to both Apple and Microsoft. I had my problem fixed by noon on the following day.

what a relief!

my PC --> Mac transition was not so smooth,
or I should say it was an extremely frustrating learning experience!
However, I think I will stay happy with my Mac.

^_^

frustrating weeks no more

昨晚矇矓的月色現在變得皎潔明亮，回程時，雖然未整好部腦，我的心情因為食飽咗，所以好番少少。。。無諗過今晚會咁有生產力，執下執下，又整下整下，差不多五點鐘喇，仍然咁有精神，我諗喺杯蘋果汁。。。裏面啲糖。
應該瞓覺定做早操好呢？
飲邊種茶最提神又唔傷胃嘅呢？

Last exhausting weekend with my body and mind set for challenges.
Friday: exhausted but excited that I got it done. yeah.
Saturday & Sunday: frustrated with App...le

Little flurry

十二月 飄雪

Dec 6, Mon. Flurries. How romantic!
Dec 13, Mon. Flurries again! lovely!
Dec 14, Tue. Snowy. I agree that Lafayette Street is probably the most windy street below Union Square.

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Two weeks of special schedule for a reason

At 6:30am, walking out to hot yoga.

Starting out a day like this alleviated my headache.

work in progress... accelerated at 9 o'clock, but when I was walking home with my laptop late at night, I felt like carrying thousand pounds and the bitter cold weather is worsening my skin allergy. >,<

my body and mind needed it

~~~~~~~~~~~

Today was more than a gorgeous winter day.

treated myself a Pinkberry for my accomplishment.

got a call from super when I was trying to put myself asleep with this book.

another Pinkberry treat + briefing until midnight.

winter. plan[s] over.

never say busy even sick

"Tweety" & "Husky" night was fun.
I found myself sitting in a room of people that talked about spouse support, wondering if I went to a wrong place. I was listening, wrapping dozens of "wonton" and coughing throughout the day.
I almost lost my voice...
I sometimes overdosed myself with Vitamin gummies, today, I did that with Oriental cough drops.

I am much better now.
at least energetic enough to tidy up my desk,
and even visualized the Year of 2011. wow. unbelievable.
I initially was only thinking about winter, but it just went far beyond my anticipation.

haha.

(^_^)>

Blue, white, blue.

Chill is here

As winter creeps in, my headache is getting worse due largely to the malfunctioning heater and cold weather. A hat is not helping much~
woke up with a cough and got home with a running nose. not a good sign.
what happened to my nice and toasty room?

We are all workers


An interesting
article

Yesterday: stormy rain until late afternoon; Red
Today: sunny but chilly; Blue and white
Tomorrow: unknown

Lunchtime update 10 +2 +2

November rain

I knew it would be a bad day when I woke up with a dream like that. 有乜理由狄波拉同鬍鬚Kong會出現喺我嘅夢裏面呀？

totally random!

I kept forgetting this and that this morning. aiya.
When I got out for lunch, there was the rain.

Recap of my 2nd half of November:

10 days battle... almost ends, should I ask for more?

2 random nights
a weird dream + an unexpected, extraordinary night spent with folks in K-town~

Giving Thanks 2010
It was an absolutely no turkey day. In fact, it was the first homemade Japanese meal I made since... wow. a while ago. I actually miss cooking with an oven. haha.

2 days on Lexington Avenue
hey there. I am here!

East. West. Home is the best, or is it?
Gotta plan out my winter~

More than just a coffee break

One cup of morning tea was not enough for me today. I had to take a late coffee break to boost my caffeine level.

At Starbucks, I got more than just a cup of Peppermint Mocha and a piece of cake.
When I was wondering if the music was distracting, a familiar melody started to play.
I kept asking myself, "is that it? is that it? is that the song I think it is?"
And I was right, it was the upbeat jazz kind of remix version of one of my favorite songs "Tide is High" from childhood.

Although John Holt sang it first in the '60s from a male perspective, I found some interesting videos:
Debbie Harry (Blondie) performance
Relaxation: Landscape
Fun: Faculty steel band performance


I also listened to Josh Groban's new song "Higher Window"

Heal the World

I found a song today. An old but popular song of Michael Jackson called Heal the World. I was listening to the song while reading the lyric for the very first time. I did not realize how great this song was, in terms of puns, structure, meaning, etc. It was simply beautiful; and it touched my heart.

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Movie to watch in HK

離開是為了回來 used to be my old random thoughts and it recently appeared in the trailer of the movie Merry-Go-Round ＜＜東風破＞＞

Also... 黃子華's new show (>,<)*

November thoughts

藍色的晴空，
白色的浮雲，
怡人的海風。
十一月，紐約深秋，仍然是暖暖的。
這個懶洋洋的星期日，忙碌中感應着她的變化。

今年發生的事情，遇到的人發生的事情以及其他種種，令我開始相信緣份。

Everything is going to be GREAT down the road! Living with faith is the key. ;p

一行禪師
(note: you may wanna skip and only watch 17-27 mins part)

幸福只存在於此時此地
當下一刻的永恆
珍惜所有

Halloween weekend 2010

Cold... bitter cold!

It had been warm for a week... warm enough that I might once mistaken it was spring. However, this is another cold Halloween weekend.

This year, I dressed up as Arale. 俏小雲
Sorry, no erotic uniform temptation was provided.
Please click here for my Halloween moments~

I made a very last minute decision to join the parade. I was wearing two layers to march through the entire route at 37 degree F.

Thanks for my Arale cap. It helped to keep my head warm... though the headache was inescapable.

Note: I LOVE my ARALE hat.
Many people came to ask me about it so I think this cute hat will become a trendy statement soon. A possible best selling Halloween item for next year.

My "App-tober"

About Tree Top Adventure
Fascinated!

About my birthday
Simple & peaceful
I have changed... or have I changed?

About my new Apple baby
Shopping at Apple supermarkets was exhausting.
I got myself my first Mac at a "flea" market.

About this week

Monday rocks!

About weather this October

Relatively warm, except few days, for this season.

Laugh a bit

一齊笑

護士: 你太瘦了！
我: 如果喺香港，我算肥㗎！
護士: 98磅點可能算係肥？... 咦，你矮咗喎。
我: WHAT? (我當時的反應好大) 咩話，成1吋？唔喺嘛？無可能。(=.=)"

More and more people have asked me the same questions:
Q: Do you like girls or guys?
A: Isn't it too obvious to ask?
Q: Nothing is too obvious in New York City.
A: If you have any girlfriend who are interested in me, I am sorry. I am only attracted to guys.
Q: Are you currently dating? casually dating or serious dating?
A: Why are you asking me more and more questions as if you don't even know me.
Q: Yes. I've known you enough, but still need to verify it with you.
A: ... (to be cont. ^,^)

~~~

今日好病。。。但最後要做的事都做完。

Yay!!!

7 colors

七色星期日

I normally dress in 2 to 3 colors, but I put away my semi-business attire, and dressed in 7 colors this afternoon... I probably looked more colorful than a clown during those hours... haha.

I arrived home so late and so chaan, but

我的溫柔。。。那骨子裡的溫柔。。。

is following the rhythm...

soft, tender...

Perhaps I can listen to this jazz all night...

Too early to be asleep?

My energy is currently sky high

At first, I thought it was the Chinese black tea I drank at 10am. Later, I realized it was the Korean tea I drank after dinner that kept my caffeine level so high.

It was an amazing musical impromptu show. I was not told about the "reunion, " but it didn't matter. My old philosophy colleague performed so well on stage. Well-done.

Now, I have been pacing around the apartment for 20 mins thinking about whether I should wait for the new iPad or getting a MacbookPro tomorrow... whether I should reactivate my Netflix account... whether I should read Cognitive Surplus...

Fall a day

started at dawn

this productive day ended late @.@

pouring rain

that milktea kept me awake ^.^

heart-beating

totally burnt out my energy <_>

juggling things

mentor might have asked if I were okay

I simile and said yes

It could be a better day

Nothing but tired

除了巴西中國男子籃球友誼賽成了森巴功夫角力賽外，今天是百無的一天。錢包沒有零錢、原子筆沒有墨水、連潤唇膏也用完。回程時，只有色士風輕輕遣送我。。。

Her call woke me up
Her concern was never heard
neither was it something new
but alerted me to push harder

we all have the same pushy one at home
Can I handle that... well?

I can...
hopefully.
not collapsed before the brutal deadline

my beanbag pillow
I just love squeezing you
I am home to say Hello
as if you are my Boo

I never took you with me when traveling
but the two lil' ones
you simply sat there and waited for me

I am staying
but something is out of my control
I am leaving
but my instinct says no
or regretful
what is it?

On a simple day with wind breeze
nothing is
nothing was
nothing will be
but present

I am trying this with a single hand
typing words

my beanbag pillow
I wonder if you are with me
when...

(me making this up and typing this without edition at mid-night--my most productive hour)

10.10.10

三。十。節

On 10/10/10, at 10:10am, I was in a shower.
Just wanna say happy early & belated birthdays to all October babies~

There is no sunshine no wind and no rain.
I believe many love relationships can have better endings if the couple work hard within their souls than the ones in it.

愛情倒底是一個沒有問題的答案？還是一個沒有答案的問題？為什麼愛？為什麼不愛？

愛上了你是事實，不需要任何原因，愛就是答案。也就是我唯一的答案。

死線來臨之前。。。請努力。但願有情人開開心心過每一天。

What is the color of my beloved October?
reddish... yellowish... brownish... Maple trees.

What is my schedule look like in November?
Productive!

Click clock. Click clock.
walking on.
finger-crossed.

Flipping the art of love

A Chinese fiction From Croatica, with Love ＜＜命中注定，迷失的戀愛時光＞＞
by Ling Xiong 熊羚

那天，隨意選擇了這本書。

全書只有200頁，無想到自己會如此感動。

書中的主角叫晴希，性格跟我很相似，所以能產生共鳴。

如夢一般的愛戀，並非我欣賞它的主要原因。反而是男女主角的思維，令我深深愛上它。

這是我第一次讀完一本書後，有衝動想去探訪它的作者。我想我們的會談應該會很有趣。

Happy pills

Happy cures

寶藍色的九月ends with a heavy rain, but my mood was not blue at all.
As I was at Strand, I recalled my first visit there nearly ten years ago.

It was like a disaster!

I was looking for a rare book, which I ended up giving out to someone else, but the bookstore was extremely disorganized. No sign on any aisle. Friendly staff was not sure if they had my book, but told me to look it up on the third floor. At that time, the only one way to go up was to walk out the store and take the elevator from next door. It was extremely disorganized though.
The good news is that the bookstore, just like most things I have seen in New York, have been improving throughout the years. It has renovated the interiors so we now can walk up to the third floor without going outside. The counters and bookshelves also have better guidelines and signs.

Speaking of books, I think I should read 《不藥而治》 here written by a cancer patient Ginson Leung for inspiration.

Walking everyday with a nice smile.
Carrying a pocket full of sunshine.

Cheers!

Fall in love with fall

Who does't like Autumn?

It was a sunny sightseeing day (99 degree F) in DC.
It was a memorable & tasteful wedding in MD.
It was an amazing getaway after 5 months.

My bus/ Metro/ cab/ Amtrak rides + services from friendly waitress at the Capital Grille.
Found myself chilling and eventually napping at the rooftop leisure area, looking at the round moon across from Tiffany's store and next to Vera Wang's...








Marriage is a private commitment between two lovers. However, many people want to celebrate this moment with the couple. A simple ceremony held at this church. The meaning behind was significant. Their joy. Their smile. Their happiness. I felt it all.
True love is meant to be celebrated. Congratulations!

The design of this cup is interesting--when two becomes one.

I enjoyed my delicious Grand Marnier chocolate mousse cake~

Back to NY, I did not miss out the Apple Day on Orchard this time.
Gotta support LES cultural development. =)

Now, it's time to plan out my favorite month of the year.

010.919

停一停，投一投。

Let me pause and have some random thoughts in this transitional month~

Ten things about me 2010 (updated from the 16 things 2009)
1. love walking (I think being able to walk is a blessing and I walk a lot. Living in a walkable city is totally for me.)
2. love biking (& whoever bikes with me.)
3. miss hiking & scuba diving
4. traveling has been a big part of my life. still love it so.
5. love to create, create & create.
6. believe in respect, respect & respect.
7. needs & wants: a watch, a pair of reading glasses, a wallet, dresses, shoes...? aiya.
8. color: jade-green in August; sapphire-blue in September.
9. enjoy eating & cooking fun
10. work hard. play hard.

The power of human touch

高竇貓變得友善了

上次肥肥高竇貓不太理我，靜靜地看著我替瘦貓按摩。直至我輕輕按牠的背，牠才停下來，看著我。
今次瘦貓在沙發睡覺，這肥貓就好享受咁攤在地上被我按摩。我用單手替牠按，牠就用牠的小手按我的另一隻手。可是，牠的指甲很鋒利又不斷甩毛，所以最後我用手握著牠，再用刷子幫牠掃毛。看起來，牠十分享受呢！

輕輕的觸碰不單是生理上的接觸，而且是心靈上的安撫。

J. treats me like his daughter, or even granddaughter. Nothing I can say more to show my appreciation to his kindness & selflessness. gotta be a better cat-sitter for him. =)

9-11 weekend

If Labor Day weekend was 「小試牛刀」, then this 9/11 weekend was educational.

got home, totally exhausted.
should be in bed as soon as I got back, but I don't think I am relaxed enough for it yet.
long traveling + lack of sleep + priceless personal & professional training = me, half-dead, yet with wisdom (potential pimples coming out...ugh!)

It did not brainwash me, but it allowed me to understand more about their vision and platform.

When I was sitting at the VIP section watching Donald J. Trump being interviewed, I realized that he was a real businessman. Besides his signature "You're fired" he actually gave constructive opinion on doing business and had a sense of humor. When he smiled, he did smile sincerely. He spoke frankly about his financial situation to the audience.
No one can miss his American pride! Perhaps I should get to know his way of business thinking and how he managed to get through the toughest moments. In fact, the press still likes to approach him and retains him as a New York multi-billionaire icon.

When he talked about his stories in negotiating about his The Apprentice reality show, he said, "I am a lover not a fighter." And everyone laughed.
He brought his son Eric there to show that he is a loving father.

我十分清楚我自己。我的事業心並不大，但是我看到很遠。
相信我的眼光，相信我的能力，相信我的選擇。
請支持我選擇的管理層。

One sentence

or not.

Gonna be a tiring week...

Gotta be focus...

believe...

each step counts.

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藝術是一門孤單的職業。曾經竭盡所能離開它，但原來。。。。。。

that's my passion.

Louisa So Yuk Wa is one of my favorite Hong Kong actresses (plus her A++ cooking skills). I just like her pictures on her website.

Did I mention that some of her favorite books are actually mine as well?

(^,^)

September 1st

開學喇！

Not real "school" but even better. New challenge has begun!

If my math was right, we had a fabulous Spring/ Summer with only less than 12 days of rain since April.

Autumn in New York. Just like the movie. gonna be awesome!



This may seem out of the blue, but just wanna share: New York Times published this article today. Daniel Wu. yay!

My first and last summer weekend

I finally got a full weekend off and it was sunny!

I enjoyed the sweetness of doing nothing and it ended with a "blue magic" shaved ice dessert. yum.

Counting down to more stimulating challenges and excitement~

The art of being married [merry]

This is an amazing speech for couples, or soon-to-be married couples.

夫妻之道 part 1 & part 2

Enjoy.

Travel without travelling

Pasta, Meditation, Sex-ploration @ Loews Theater

Eat, Pray, Love was a good movie for me as I did not read the book or visit any of those places...

Forbidden City @MOCA

A presentation about the reconstruction of the Palace of Established Happiness (Jianfu Gong), by Ms. Happy Harun, was great. The Chinese technique 燙樣 was interesting.

Nippon @Park Avenue

Yoshimoto Nara's Open Studio @ Park Avenue Armory + Film Travelling with Yoshimoto Nara @ Asia Society

Mourn-day

RIP to those who were killed in bus beige.

Team Purple

a lovely purple day!

August. Awesome[ness].

八月，仲夏奇妙旅程的延續

At this point, the office is still full of surprises.

8.9.10

My Last Day

I have grown so much within these months... amazing experience... fantastic memory...

I walked out the office with a smile. satisfied & fulfilled.



I heart Lower Manhattan.



再一次，強作瀟灑。

Nighty owl walking home

Today was my last day... supposedly.

Walking home, I hung up on a work-related phone call, looking at the time, that says 1:37am.

I passed by the subway station as I thought I could walk home faster than waiting for a train at this hour

So I walked.

From West to East, I was walking on the same route at the same hour for the same reason for the second time

Until I turned left.

People skateboarding. Pharmacy loading up gallons of milk. Construction workers painting on the road. A garbage truck approaching to a 70s Porsche. A teenage couple smooching next to a church (ironic? yea, I know)

My 20-pound bags were indeed heavy!

Love is simple

It has been a while since I picked up my last book. I didn't have much leisure time until this week. After reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, I decided to read some Chinese novels. Here is some quotes I got (and shortened) from the romance ones.

「愛，其實很簡單。當你發現自己思念着一個人，愛便出現了。不用追，不用找。所以，愛其實很簡單。複雜的，是你想得到、擁有、佔有，全都與愛無關。。。
。。。
愛，[是] 「運氣」+「努力」。要有「運氣」+「努力」。要有運氣遇上一個愛你的人，要付出努力去對待愛你的人。 但，世上有甚麼不是，「運氣+努力」？所以，愛其實很簡單。。。
。。。
愛，其實是世界上最簡單的事。複雜的是--人。」

「愛一個人，就有責任要她知道，有責任為她撞得焦頭爛額。」

「二人一起，世界就只是我倆。思念着妳的心，猶如冰上裂痕。」

However, love in actual practice is not an easy task.

Before July ends...

New York Red Bull vs. Tottenham Hotspur @Red Bull Arena
My first time to be the audience in a soccer stadium... #14 Thierry Henry

I have accomplished something fabulous...
mi-ru-ku wo nomu
ongaku wo kaku

I am looking forward to August!

Keep on smiling...

More issues... Getting worse...

傷心、惆悵。

以為最熟悉的，原來如此陌生。

世界最遙遠的距離是當你們面對着但心意無法傳達。

I came back in pursuit of happiness. No one is in front of me but a mirror, why are tears on my face?

Unusal July

I anticipated a troubled July, and it became true... luckily not too bad so far.

The unusual July 4th barbecue. happy and unhappy memories coincided.

The unusual summer heat. "wow!" feel like a donut... to be baked in an oven.

The unusual octopus. Paul was the biggest winner of 2010 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA fever is over... I guess I will still remember the sound of vuvuzela in four years... =)

The unusual problem-solving moment. All kinds of issues... the two worst possible events happened to me at the same time. Was it my luck? I am not thinking too much about things that are out of my control. As for the one I can, I will have to handle it very well this week. (nod nod)

The unusual emotion. Standing at the Winter Garden Atrium. Looking at palm trees. Totally vulnerable before the spectacular view. This is not my first time to be there, but I felt different. Why?
紐約。。。我不能理解，怎麼最近看妳的眼神總是如此溫柔？難道妳在我的工作裡放了魔法藥麼？

July: mini-vacay in New York

夏日紐約遊大件事

Instead of going away, I am staying in New York this summer. Making my best effort to get to know her as if each day could be the last day. I will show you. vividly.

Decisions made today last forever... (just my exaggeration)

One and the only one in June

June 2010 is all about westville assignments and World Cup

I have repeatedly made the same comments when I talked about my work. fun. frustrating. interesting. extremely fulfilling. still is.

Sudden schedule change allowed me to watch some great games. awesome.

A play concluded my June with laugh, joy & questions.

Learn to live under stress

不尋常的十二小時

Everything went terribly wrong in the past twelve hours.

It was sudden. I was stunned. never had I ever complained anything about my task besides labor work until today. Ugh.......

Got home early to refresh myself.

Gone to uptown.

Had a lovely dinner.

Hitting O at about 11pm.

Got in right away.

Constantly received exhausting work-related text messages. Alas... what a day.

It had been almost a year since I went to O.

For another farewell tonight. (Ms. Dear-whom-I-cannot-say-no-to)

O did not disappoint us.

With only three light drinks, I had an amazing night there.

Korean JYP Entertainment held an official after party for its band 2AM there, so we got to meet them.

Remix of Lady Gaga's songs and Jay Z's "Empire State of Mind" got stuck at my head.

At 2:50am, we walked out at the door. L called out "Circle 永遠 is the best."

It was indeed true about tonight.

We soon found ourselves sitting at an artificial park on Broadway.

Hopping in a yellow cab, I got to home at 3:38am.

Friend gathering and dancing in O alleviated my stressful day. I also realized how much I have changed...

By the way, summer is here!!!

Rain

下雨天

聽說遙遠的香港也下大雨

Less than a month

Counting down World Cup 2010 @ South Africa (June 11th- July 11th)

I miss South Africa.

Everlasting Unconditional Love

母親節 May 9th, 2010

最美麗的東西都會褪色，唯有妳，媽媽，對我和弟弟的愛一生不變，感謝妳。妳無私的愛和包容讓我可以有一個簡單平凡但又不平庸的生活。只有我認為快樂和值得做的事情，妳再擔憂，都會讓我去。雖然妳遠在地球的另一邊，但願妳健康快樂。
從來妳就最喜歡看見我穿裙子，今日雖然比較寒冷，但是我仍穿上了裙子，我想看起來會少了一點平日的男仔頭性格，多了一份女兒家的嬌媚。祝母親節快樂！

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Mother's Day 2010

This Mother's Day is more than memorable. I worked through it. Alas... ugh... uh-oh... ding. wow!

Springtime & the Big Apple

曼克頓，我回來了。我要重新愛上妳的春、夏、秋、冬。。。或「凍」！

I missed your nightlife. surprises. noises. awkwardness. messiness & craziness. contradiction. hidden cafe treasures. jaywalking...

Once upon a time, I had a crazy travel dream. I would love to fulfill it before turning 30 with my special someone, but I became impatient and made an impulsive move... or not. haha.

I have returned to you today with a new vision. Thank you for welcoming me with a month of 80F sunny weather with cool breeze. I just love this Big Apple.

Be wild. Be happy. Be inspired.

Be true to yourself.

Be real. Be you.

Be in love.

I love diversity. I love life. I love crazy workload. I love Tango. I love earrings. I love sunglasses. I love the "Chowder" dog. art-me-up! What don't I love these days?

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Here is my album for our semi Family Trip to Chicago (first in N years) in early April.

Skipping March Madness

Things I got from HK:

• Pilot Frixion Point Pens (erasable ball pens. not sure it this innovation is all that fantastic... but... yay for 原子筆擦得甩的年代) I found them out long time ago, but never had I thought of getting such expensive pens from specialty stores. However, they were available in many bookstore in HK. I brought two (purple & pink) as they were on sale.
• Some books (nostalgia I guess. I've almost finished reading them... perhaps I should have gotten more)
• Some accessories (I am a girl after all)

Things I am already missing about Asia:

• People
• Food: Mangoes (It was the mango season so I could finally have some soft, tender, sweet & yellow 呂宋芒); black sesame items; Haagen Dazs (more flavors)
• RTHK and Now TV shows
• Horses @ HKJC: I enjoy watching them walking in circles.

Albums (If you are interested, please click links below as I can't upload them to FB)

#1: Highlights in HK

#2: Adventure in VN

Recall this Chinese New Year

GOOG/ FB out of control? or were they just not friendly to me. Perhaps it was solely my server's problem... o well.. here I am again. Up in the middle of the night probably resulting from tea consumption (I might have drunk too much green tea, you know, it's pretty "cold" from a Chinese point of view, so I have a headache yet can't sleep.)

Lunar calendar:
28th (Feb 11th) : cleaning day
29th (Feb 12th) : bowling & long adventure; union dinner
30th (Feb 13th) : (temperature dropped. for me, sick 'n' cold day) 臥病在床。
1st (Feb 14th) : Happy New Year of the Year of the Tiger & Happy St. Valentine's Day ::: 38 years later, Chinese New Year and Saint Valentine's Day will fall on the same day again. How romantic?! ::: long day of 拜年
2nd (Feb 15th) : 拜年：親戚拜訪
3rd (Feb 16th) : Sha Tin

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拜年拜年再拜年。

中國人新年。。。商業味比以往重，但仍不失節日應有的喜慶氣氛。利是封好靚。

The cold weather lasted for 10 days. Exactly ten days during Chinese New Year. How amazing!

After that, warm and humid. The day before I returned to the States, Spring rain arrived.

Rumor says I am gonna have a bitter year 「苦年」in the year of the Tiger 「虎年」
Let see how it will turn out...

三件未完的心事：未能捐血，未遊中大，未去嗰間茶餐廳。

Happy Hurray Day!

Happy White Valentine's Day!

Happy Pi Day! (Thanks to Google's special "reminder" and thanks to Wiki so now I learned to recite 3.14159265358)

Happy Saint Patty's Day's weekend! (I am not Irish, but Let' put on some green before rabbits hop over)

Anyone read the WSJ yesterday? Half of the page was printed upside down and I found it very amusing.

Anyone watched the new TV drama series the Pacific on HBO? I just enjoyed Band of Brothers so much that I don't think you should miss this one.

More time to decompress

Flying again.
Flying again?
Flying again!

To be honest, I am tired.

Back from Hong Kong, jet-lagged and totally exhausted. Although I was able to sleep on 3 consecutive seats on the flight, I might have been flying too frequent in such a short period of time.

Few people have heard of my crazy experience on this adventure. Things could have been a lot worse... perhaps I need to have a travel buddy next time. hah. Nonetheless, the trip was fun and memorable. I will return to Southeast Asia more for sure. Next time, I will explore the countryside.

My amazing story... uh... you know what. Let me tell you in person, I might have practiced enough that made you think I have become a professional storyteller.

My Survivor Story in Vietnam

難忘的一次

越南河內之行，我一個人飛，旅遊到一個用中英文以外語言溝通的社會主義國家。

未離開香港時，我已體驗了是次旅行的不平凡。本以為平安到達，可以舒一口氣，怎料。。。戲肉才剛剛上演。

難忘的幾小時。每一步都有如置身在電影中，每一幕都很刺激。您有看過德國電影Run Lola Run嗎？我的版本中文應該可翻譯為「跑呀！阿晴！跑快D呀！」

此行如此驚險，如斯鎮定，自己也感到出奇，同時令我明白到自己原來好勇敢且臨危不亂。

另外，手持着百萬越南盾做「百萬富翁」的感覺十分特別呢！

Love me little; love me long

溫馨小品「情人眼裏高一D」

有趣！有趣！

幾分鐘的約會@地下鐵

在追看它以來的第一次搭港鐵，哼起陳百強的舊歌。。。

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愛與不愛的矛盾

香港這土地。。。缺點多多。。。

在抵達香港後的一星期，室外的廢氣和塵埃令我幾乎窒息。

浴室的蒸汽突然變得清新怡人，

可是，我偏偏喜歡你/妳。

Home is wherever your heart is

布丁奶茶@9:30pm = can't sleep

......

紐約的家總是暖暖的，如今那兒大雪下個不停。

這個本來連家門要匙也沒有的家。。。盡是灰塵濕氣。

......

@MegaBox

隔着玻璃窗在大盒子裏看這地

嘩！青春無限相貼紙舖！令人回味。

it is February, isn't it?

二月的香港十分熱，本以為冬天氣候會好一些，可是。。。。。到處是人，車和塵埃。且有增無減。

另外，聖誕節購物時經常聽到聖誕歌，農曆新年自然多了聽賀年歌。

如今太多迎春花了。。。

今年重臨香江，適逢中國新年國遇上西方情人節，節日味濃。

財神加愛神 = Season of Love

市場推廣特意打造一個愛與幸福的季節

浪漫~~

可是。。。

香港女生的高八度聲線確實難頂 (>,<)

Starts from here

0 to 9

the first ten years of Y2k has passed...

Another ten years starts from here...

A determined inspiration on Dec 26, 2009...

in 2010, the next ten years, even longer...

Oh, by the way, I finally have a working pc with wireless. Gotta test it out.

<^.^)

Red

新一年，即見紅。

It was an unusual holiday...
a shocking truth...
driving back.

counting down with interesting people and an injured cat with a satellite plate.

@ 12 o'clock, red eye...

The red eye caused me serve headache and pain in one eye so I had to sleep. It has been with me for a few days, so I have to convince myself that this is a good luck「鴻運當頭」sign for the New Year.