Random rant of the day

何韻詩:

「我的性格讓我不能作非常女性的打扮，如果是為了工作拍照，那當然可以做得到。....... 女性也有剛強一面，我不覺得女孩子一定要嬌柔、小鳥依人一樣；不也可以很爽朗嗎？誰說女孩說話一定要聲音柔弱？大家都是隨心而發吧！」

I was talking to a friend today. Somehow we got into the topic that I should wear a dress so I can "be a girl". I think it was at least the 10th time he said that. I don't understand why some people (especially guys) thinks I should wear a dress so it can make me look like a girl. Seriously, do some people think only wearing a dress makes you a girl and wearing t-shirt and jeans make you look like a guy? I think this is old-fashion thinking.

I like wearing t-shirts and jeans. You can call me stubborn, because I refuse to be molded into society's idea of a typical girl. I change because I want to, not because of other people's opinions. This is who I am, take it or leave it.

What Hocc said in an article really strike a chord with me. I really don't think girls have to act/dress in a certain way. Everyone is unique, if all the girls act/dress in one way, then the world would be a pretty boring place. No need to make a big deal out of it just because one person doesn't conform to the "standard".

You would think that I should get used to these comments from people I know, but somehow I still get a bit disgusted that people still wants me to wear a dress for the sake of looking "girly". And for all of you who wants to see me in a dress because you've never seen me in one, I don't think I'll be wearing one any time soon.

何韻詩 (from her blog):

為咩先？

每年到呢個時候所有公司傳媒聽眾觀眾都似乎會變得特別緊張，
邊個台邊首歌邊個歌手邊個金銀銅鑽鋁鈣鋼，
每當踏入十二月就慣例地變成左大家geh一切。
眼中只有它它它它它它它它它它它。
老實講，好~~~~悶~~~~啊~~~~~~。

其實某程度上，我geh愚見係，呢個現象係反影左呢個地方大部份人geh一種mentality，
就係, 喂，無論你響個過程入面點樣做點努力點enjoy都唔重要無人會care架，
因為去到尾大家睇到geh就係你去到最後個一刻捧到幾多盤金返黎lor。
雖然都響呢個社群生活左十個年頭，但始終無辦法認同。
亦都證明我注定一世做窮歌女架喇。

即係甘，獎項，可以當係一種鼓勵，可以係努力付出後geh一種bonus，
但如果漸漸變成大家做音樂geh唯一原因同目標，我會覺得有點兒本末倒置了。
就等於兩個小朋友讀書，一個只係為左年年可以考到第一死讀爛讀博命補習，另一個呢，係為左想學多d野得到多d知識但每年只能考得十幾二十名，理所當然地大家只會讚考第一o個個乖啊聰明啊，但其實你認為邊個先係最聰明最開心個個呢？真正吸收到o個個又係邊一個呢？
可能我真係人到中年，開始睇到更多真正重要geh野，發現人生除左工作工作同工作之外，其實仲有更多層次，更多範圍你能夠得到所謂geh‘成就’。家庭愛情朋友個人修行，呢d講到底都比任何工作名利更重要。
不過甘，呢個課題太複雜，下次再細說。

言歸正傳。
其實每年自己做左d咩完成左d咩有無進步到，自己應該最清楚，唔需要其他人去話比你知。
甘鬼緊張做咩呢。
反正，我一向geh theory都係，
唔喜歡你geh人，你手裡羅住二萬個獎都唔會認同你。
鍾意你個班，就算你霉到半個獎都無無報紙雜誌再願意提起你，拒地都會知道你做左d咩野。
而響拒地心目中，你都依然會係最受歡迎拒地最喜愛的。

o甘，咪就已經足夠lor。

Another quote from Hocc I think I should learn from. It's probably easier said than done, but 我要做個高腰Q嘅人/菇徒!!!!!

舊何韻詩片段之新春旅遊大搜索

實在太好笑.... 加有點噁心... 要同大家分享一下... and keep for my reference so I can watch it again later on.

12星座的智商 & 星座傻瓜度

12星座的智商

白羊座IQ指數智商：80
白羊座性子過急，做事雖然果斷，但往往都會把事情看得太簡單，而且情緒反應強烈，喜歡時就大笑，不喜歡時就大哭，給人一種頭腦簡單的感覺。“三思而後行”這句話，白羊永遠都用得著。他們通常都是動武多過動腦，只會使蠻力。

金牛座IQ指數智商：110
金牛能冷靜分析每件事的好與壞。他們很懂得保護自己，與第一次見面的人會保持距離，先觀察一下對方有什麼任何企圖，確定了對方是安全無害後，才會放心與人溝通。想捉弄金牛都挺難的，除非你是捉弄人的專家。
都幾咁... I definitely keep my distance from new people I meet.

雙子座IQ指數智商：130
雙子天生聰明，反應敏捷，文武雙全。對各樣新奇事物都有興趣去瞭解，使自己的思維不斷擴大。他們足智多謀，擅長溝通，容易令人明白自己的意念，以及影響別人的思路。況且凡事都懂一點的表現，令人崇拜。這些優點可能是因為雙子有兩個腦袋吧。

巨蟹座IQ指數智商：90
巨蟹一般都不瞭解自己的個性，可能被天生的慈愛及敏感遮住了眼睛。事實上，他們的想像力非常豐富，應該是個聰明人。只不過整天用錯地方，將自己的智慧運用得不適當，被自己的本能反應搞到受傷害。

獅子座IQ指數智商：100
獅子自視過高，過分自滿，難以接受別人的批評。他們在體諒別人、講道理方面比較差，有組織計畫的頭腦，卻沒有化解細節與問題的技巧。分配及命令別人的能力就很強，但分析及變通能力則較弱。

處女座IQ指數智商：105
處女有冷靜分析的頭腦，是處理棘手問題的高手。做每件事之前都要經過嚴謹仔細的考慮，才敢下手，以免犯錯。可能由於過分細心，所以動作通常都好慢。即使頭腦轉得夠快，但動作永遠都配合不到，有些浪費天賦的智慧。

天秤座IQ指數智商：95
天秤有一個優柔寡斷的缺點，即使他有多的高智慧也好，永遠都是手不對心。遇到問題就更加不用講，絕對是沒建設性的決定。有無智慧就真的要問他們自己才知道了，皆因他們懶散的態度就讓人覺得他們是笨笨的。

天蠍座IQ指數智商：120
基本上天蠍是屬於聰明那類的，但要視乎用在好還是壞的方面了。聰明的智慧用在好的地方，成績會大得驚人，因為他有克服障礙的能力；相反，用在壞的方面，就真是世界大亂啦，因為他們會好狡猾、殘忍及陰險，是殺人放火的高手。

人馬座IQ指數智商：125
人馬的智慧多數發揮在學東西方面，尤其是語言，很快上手。問題分析這環較弱，往往都有好主意、好辦法。而且懂得把握機會，將自己多方面的才華儘量顯露於別人眼前，受人讚賞。

山羊座IQ指數智商：102
山羊好頑固，又獨斷獨行，可能以為自己的智慧足夠聰明地去應付一切，所以任何事都不能抱著客觀的態度去分析。聰不聰明這件事不是你自己決定，而是別人的認為。別人會由你做事的結果，來斷定你是否真的聰明。

水瓶座IQ指數智商：102
水瓶好頑固，又獨斷獨行，可能以為自己的智慧足夠聰明地去應付一切，所以任何事都不能抱著客觀的態度去分析。聰不聰明這件事不是你自己決定，而是別人的認為。別人會由你做事的結果，來斷定你是否真的聰明。

雙魚座IQ指數智商：75
雙魚真是再聰明也有限呀，因為他們多數會為人著想，對自己有利的事就多數不去做，一遇到問題或者挑戰，都會找籍口逃避。不知道是因為想不到辦法去解決，還是根本就知道自己沒什麼智慧，所以懶得再去浪費腦汁了



星座傻瓜度

牡羊座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★★★★
天真型─因為天真長不大,因此而做了不少笨事、鬧了不少笑話,傻瓜指數偏高而
降不下來。

金牛座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★★★★
遲鈍型─反應慢又不能及時修正自己,常使自己陷入無法自拔的困境當中,算是滿悲慘的種況。
Doh.... I know I'm slow... but not to the point that it's 悲慘, I hope?

雙子座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★★
飄浮型─沒有主見只會跟著潮流走,雖有小聰明但常反被聰明誤,犯錯的時候真的很像傻瓜。

巨蟹座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★★★
情緒型─被情緒影響太大,因此所有的罪惡都是由自己無法控制的情緒而來,還會傷及無辜。

獅子座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★★★
虛榮型─為了自尊、自滿的原因,讓自己做了不少的笨事,硬著頭皮死不認錯還是很嚴重的問題。

處女座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★
龜毛型─太過小心而不行動,即使不行了還是不放棄,一旦犯錯看起來就會很嚴重。

天秤座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★★★
懶散型─想要省事但又沒有好方法,偷雞不著蝕把米,最後還是得付出更多的代價才行。

天蠍座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★
固執行─只有自己是對的,其他人都是錯的,遇到事情就要承擔自己犯錯的所有風險和責任。

射手座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★★★★
樂天型─天塌下來有別人頂著,但是事情常常就會落到自己頭上,沒有解決方案只好看天吃飯了。

魔羯座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★★
保守型─因為擔心怕死而不行動,雖然犯錯的機會較低,但是生活無趣也是一種損失。

水瓶座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★★
古怪型─腦中的想法無人能及,但是怪到不行也無法溝通,行事風格奇怪有時候像瘋子一樣。

雙魚座傻瓜度大解析 傻瓜度指數：★★★★★
迷糊型─身在地球、心在仙境,每天在虛幻的想法中過生活,恐怕是和這個世界水土不服吧

Company X'mas party

Tonite was our company's Christmas party, held at Jake on Main. Took me a while to decide to go, since I didn't really know many people at work. But I decided to go, since it was free food and alcohol... and maybe I'll get a chance to social with my co-workers.

The food isn't too bad, but can't really say it's great. Especially when everything is greasy and fried. I guess it's all good when it goes with alcohol.

I got a chance to shoot some pool, played arcade games, and social with co-workers. Overall, it was a fun nite.

Right now, I'm stuffed and a bit sleepy from the two coolers I had. I hope I'll be able to go to work tomorrow.

思想體質測驗

思想體質測驗

Gootoe 的 思想體檢報告

魅力（Charisma）：7 待人氣度與手腕
理性（Senses）： 5 歸納與推論的邏輯概念
感性（Sensibility）： 8 情感與美感的靈敏度
深度（Sophistication）： 3 思考的深度與透徹度
社交（Socialization）： 9 對於社交活動的接受度
熱情（Passion）： 6 自動自發的執行力
知識（Intellectual）： 5 學習與知識的駕馭潛能
樂觀（Optimism）： 6 積極與進取的思維
悲觀（Pessimism）： 5 消極與保守的思維
責任（Responsibility）： 4 規劃與受託的潛能
領導能量： 65 你領導才能普普，屬大將型人才。
社交能量： 73 你喜歡社交活動，但對其也不是非常重視。(我只喜歡和朋友嘅社交活動!!!)
思考能量： 51 喜歡動腦，只是思維深度還有進步的空間。(維深度還有進步的空間... 係呀係呀!!)
鬥志能量： 56 不嘗試怎麼知道自己不行，對不對？
藝術能量： 60 你的藝術才能並不差，應繼續進修培養。
科學能量： 47 注意自己，不要被意識形態牽著鼻子走。
創意能量： 46 想要有創意，先從建立自己的觀點開始。
靈感能量： 48 靈感來自於敏銳的觀察力，多觀察社會現象。
戀愛能量： 64 雖不是大情聖，但是也是有自己的一番浪漫情懷。

優點：
# 頗有自信，不達到目的不會輕易放棄。(自信就冇乜, 但係不會輕易放棄係因為硬頸囉)
# 順其自然、性格中庸、單純，做人處事以和為貴，容易與人相處。(容易與人相處, 我相信有好多人會 disagree)
# 對現況接受度高，不多對人做質疑。(接受度高?? 絕對唔係啦...金牛座喎??!! 不多對人做質疑, 咁要睇吓喺邊個啦!!)
# 不推卸責任，骨子硬。(係啩??)
# 中規中矩，盼望過無憂無慮的平凡生活。

缺點：
# 容易受到感情生活而突然變了一個人，傻傻地受感情支配。(係咩? 唔覺喎...)
# 安於現狀，對於改變態度較保守
# 缺乏遠見、欠缺責任感與危機意識，應學習先思後行以免因為做了欠缺考量的決策而吃虧。(都咁ge...)
# 會因為一時衝動而鑄錯。(shopping時絕對係囉!!!!!)
# 不通情理，不常反省自己。
# 因為自傲而漠視社會輿論。
# 缺乏自知之明、不敢多做嘗試。(我覺得我好有自知之明架啦喎, 不過可能要自我反省一下... 不敢多做嘗試, 又係金牛座嘅特點, 不過我覺得近年來已經有改善..)

星期五聚會

時間: 星期五十二月一日六點半左右
人物: 可可、細V、Herman、Gootoe... and??
地點: 請各位建議 (preferably 可以慢慢坐, 唔會俾人趕走嘅地方)

My Face Recognition

Problems with IIS

Been having a lot of problems lately at work with ASP.NET and C#, and even more problems at home trying to set up all the environments, especially with IIS.

Just thought I would write this down so I won't have to pull out my hair again later on.. trying to find the solutions to the problems I've seen today:

Firefox - Prompt for username and password at http://localhost

Solution:

IIS uses Integrated Authentication and by default IE has the ability to use your windows user account...but don't worry, so does Firefox but you'll have to make a quick configuration change.

1. Open up Firefox and type in about:config as the url
2. In the Filter Type in ntlm
3. Double click "network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris" and type in localhost and hit enter

Registering ASP.NET version for websites running under IIS

Switching Versions of the ASP.Net Framework - The Fast Way
Check IIS and ASP.NET versions if problems arise. The latest IIS Manager can be found here:
IIS.net

Live in Unity - Part 2

何韻詩 2007 Live in Unity - Part 2
日期: 一月十九、二十日
地點: 紅館

有開show啦... 雖然今次冇得睇，不過都開心架... 預祝何c good show 啦!!! Yeah Yeah!!!!

名正言順嘅汽水樽裡的咖啡

http://www.coca-colablak.com/us/index.jsp

有冇人會試試看呢???

日本北部8.1級地震

日本北部8.1級地震

Not sure what I would do if this happens when I was in Japan. Good thing that this earthquake didn't cause any damage nor lives.

睇醫生

今日去咗睇醫生... 原來我發燒, 鼻又發炎/腫咗, 又喉嚨痛.

可能因為香港啲空氣唔係幾好, 攪到鼻敏感, 而引發以上嘅症狀.

我諗我應該要做多啲運動, 希望唔會咁多病痛....
因為睇醫生實在太麻煩... 次次都要等一個鐘頭戓以上

Back in Canada

Wow... can't believe it's over a month since I last wrote in my blog, almost forgot I have a blog. For the past three and half weeks, I've travelled to a lot of of destinations in Asia, including Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. I guess I'll blog about that later on. I'm really not mentally/physically capable of blogging at the mention. Still very tired, actually very sleepy right now. I've slept over 30 hours in the past 3 nites, but still seems like I'm deprived of sleep.

I think I've played too much/hard lately, somehow at work today, got a feeling of surrealism. Like I'm not really at work and it's all just a dream. Maybe because I just found out that one of my friends got married, not that it's a shock, but just realized that I'm getting older by the second and my life seems to be going nowhere.... and I'm not really accomplishing anything in life.

Well... 10 already, that's the latest I've stayed up ever since I came back. I guess it's probably time for me to sleep.

Work this week

Went to work for three days this week.

I would have to say it's so far so good. The first two days were mostly training. My predecessor was talking all day... trying to teach me the stuff that I need to know. Most of the stuff, like doing queries and updating data in the database were pretty easy, but definitely tedious and time-consuming.

Today, I was working by myself, no more training nor anybody to help me out when I have a question. I didn't get to do much as most of the time was wasted setting up my computer with the necessary software like Outlook and SQL server, finding where everything were (ex. files and data), the occasional e-mail, and a lot of admin stuff (I guess that's how it is working in a corporate culture)...

Along with taking care of my own stuff/problems, I also have 2 "lan" to take care of (2 part-time students working at the company, actually they are in charge of doing graphics, but they will be helping me out too). I had to find stuff for them to do and keep them occupied. It's definitely hard for me to ask people to help me out and find things for them to do, since I'm too used to working alone and having to do the work myself.

These 3 days were extremely exhausting and overwhelming, but definitely will be good work experience. Hopefully I can catch up quickly and take care of all the existing problems in a short time. Now that I have a job, I guess I can relax a bit more, enjoy the upcoming vacation and go crazy shopping!!!!!

Job

Got an offer yesterday and accepted it today. Will be starting my new job tomorrow. Hope everything will go well... kind of nervous, hope I can handle the workload and get along with my co-workers!

唉

似乎病倒了.... 喉嚨有啲唔舒服, 手有啲軟....開始發燒加無胃口再加想作嘔/反胃
我諗應該係今日出街衣著單薄, "懶" 壯, 真係自作自受!!!

我要快啲好返!!!!! 嚟緊 lee 個禮拜有都好忙, 真係唔病得!!!

晚上十點都未夠... 已經想瞓... 好攰....

金牛座之最好與最唔好

★金牛座

☆你最好係：
你是一個很老實的人，人如其座，真的好像一頭牛。你耐性十足，忍功極強，無論前路幾艱難，身邊的人對你如何差，你都可以堅持到底，繼續忍，忍無可忍，仍然 可以再忍，抵讚！做事腳踏實地、又專心、又令人有安全感、又有計畫，所以做老婆的確一流！但做女朋友嘛，你份人很溫柔，而追求的生活屬於和諧簡單型，最好 生活定時有規，做甚麼事之前麻煩先預約，千祈不要玩即興！其實你覺得即興是極度掃興的一回事。愛食、愛靚，對美這回事有另一番體會，當然，最愛的還有錢！


☆你最唔好係：
說你人如其座當然包括你真的像一頭牛般這麼硬頸、固執、死要面、絕對需要絕對的尊重！你個性頑固、別人講極你都聽唔入耳，只會跟從自己的計畫而行，不懂跟 其他人分工合作，做事缺乏變通，規矩又多，又欠缺創新的膽量，同你做事，你會左計右計，然後繼續右計左計，無十足把握，都不敢去馬。而跟你最好的合作方 法：便是全權交給你任你做，然後讓你自己安排工作。感情方面，你專一，但佔有慾强，要情人２４小時全天候在你身邊愛你才叫愛你！又很易吃醋，做你情人的， 真是一步一驚心！

有驚無險...

A friend allowed me to drive his manual today. Only had like 2 min review and then I was on the road. It was the second time I drove a manual car. Drove from my house to Yonge and Hwy 7, then up to Yonge and Elgin Mills and then back down to Hwy and Kennedy. It was definitely pretty scary... especially when I had to start up from a stop position with the car facing up the hill, and the car kept rolling backwards. I was so scared that our car will hit the car behind us. But thankfully, I made it through the trips without any accidents. Other than a bumpy ride and the car dying about 6 times, it was a pretty good trip.

I have to get a nap in now, the driving trip today was quite draining (mentally).....

北海道旅行計劃3

Rough Plan

Leave Toronto on October 7th
Toronto → Chicago
Chicago → Tokyo (JAL 009) - Arriving in Tokyo Narita at 1:50 pm on Oct 8th
Allowing 2 hours to get through immigration and customs, store luggage, exchange money, get rail pass and train tickets (very tight for time, since immigration takes the longest)

Nex 30 Narita → Tokyo 16:15 → 17:20
はやて 87号 Tokyo → Hachinohe 17:28 → 20:38
つがる 87号 Hachinohe → Aomori 20:48 → 21:51

Nex 32 Narita → Tokyo 16:45 → 17:45
はやて 29号 Tokyo → Hachinohe 17:56 → 20:59
つがる 29号 Hachinohe → Aomori 21:18 → 22:18

Nex 34 Narita → Tokyo 17:15 → 18:17
はやて 89号 Tokyo → Hachinohe 18:28 → 21:35
つがる 89号 Hachinohe → Aomori 21:42 → 22:51

Nex 36 Narita → Tokyo 17:46 → 18:47
はやて 31号 Tokyo → Hachinohe 18:56 → 22:18
つがる 31号 Hachinohe → Aomori 22:29 → 23:30

Nex 38 Narita → Tokyo 18:13 → 19:17 or Nex 40 18:47 → 19:49
はやて 33号 Tokyo → Hachinohe 20:04 → 23:00
つがる 33号 Hachinohe → Aomori 23:07 → 00:03

October 9 Aomori → Hakodate
白鳥 41号 7:30 → 9:25
白鳥 45号 8:57 → 10:49
スーパー白鳥 95号 10:00 → 12:02
(There are other trains throughout the day, but the ones listed are the earliest... couldn't really waste half a day sleeping in when you can go sightseeing, right?)

October 10 Hakodate → Sapporo
Ｓ北斗 1号 7:04 → 10:18
Ｓ北斗 3号 08:30 → 11:47

October 11, 12 Sapporo and Otaru

October 12-13 Night train from Sapporo to Tokyo
札幌→函館　22:00→02:42　急行はまなす
函館→青森　03:01→05:35　急行はまなす
青森→八戶　05:52→06:48　特急つがる２
八戶→東京　06:55→09:51　新幹線はやて２

October 13 in Tokyo... could go to Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ueno, etc

From	Ikebukuro	Shinjuku	Tokyo	Arrival
Nex 17	10:32	10:38	11:01	→ 11:52
Nex 19		11:42	12:01	→ 12:52
Nex 21	12:30	12:36	13:01	→ 13:54
Nex 23	13:04	13:12	13:33	→ 14:25
Nex 25	13:30	13:36	14:01	→ 14:54
Nex 27	14:04	14:12	14:32	→ 15:25
Nex 29		14:42	15:01	→ 15:54
Nex 31	15:04	15:12	15:31	→ 16:25
Nex 33	15:30	15:37	16:01	→ 16:54
Nex 35		16:12	16:30	→ 17:27

十二星座之最

★金牛座
最會吃 (中呀!!)
動作最慢 (係咩??!!)
最怕改變 (中哂...)
最愛好和平 (一時時啦...)
最有藝術氣質 (真係唔覺, I don't have any creativity)
最勤奮 (鍾意做嗰啲就係...)
最守秩序 (I hate people who doesn't follow the rules, like butting into a line)
最有耐心 (一時時啦...)
最喜歡烹飪 (我好鍾意睇 cooking shows, 咁算唔算呢??)
最會利用時間 (一半一半啦)
最愛錢 (我相信無其他星座會比金牛愛錢.... it's a fact)
最女性化 (識我嘅都會知道個答案架啦!!)
最多壯身材
最多金嗓子 (我都想我係... 不過我所識都有好幾個嘅... 林憶蓮, 何韻詩 等等)
最不愛出鋒頭
最溫柔 (no comment)
最怕浪費 (true)
最正經 (considering my friends, I would have to say I'm one of the most 正經)
最禮尚往來
最多女性嬌小
最固執 (呢個唔洗講啦...)
最不好賭 (I don't have any luck with gambling)
※金牛座Ａ型的人－最遲鈍／最易羞澀／最墨守舊法／最重視傳統
※金牛座Ｂ型的人－最有異性緣

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!h_aefcqWGRlfpM8_BTZsIwHyO2i_gA--/article?mid=41

Dizzy

Woke up this morning, feeling very dizzy. Could barely stand up, had to struggle to get to the washroom. Not sure what's going on, but felt dizzy all morning. I'm not exactly feeling the best at this moment neither, but I'm much better than this morning.

Don't really know what's going on lately, my health seems to be deteriorating.... neck pain, dizziness... god knows what else.. I think it's definitely a lack of exercise and being stuck at home all the time.

Note to self: exercise more

Bug bites

Walked outside after the sun has set yesterday. Somehow I got bitten twice. One's on my left cheek, the other on my left jaw. Now the left side of my face is a bit swollen and very itchy. I'm trying to stay away from scratching it but it's quite hard at this moment.

Taste of Danforth

Went to taste of Danforth yesterday. It was extremely hot, since we went down there at the hottest time in the day, and when UV's the strongest. We were going from east to west, so we were walking with the sun in our faces. The food was pretty good, I had breakfast before I went there, so I wasn't too hungry. But the chicken and pork souvlaki were very good.

For dinner, we went to the Old Spaghetti Factory. I ordered the Chicken Parmigiana. Minestrone soup wasn't too bad. I loved their bread, which was crispy on the outside and soft inside, along with the garlic butter, it was really tasty (I think that was the only good thing about the whole meal). My entree was that good. The spaghetti was overcooked, the chicken wasn't as dry and chewy as 細V, but the crust was dry and somewhat burnt at the bottom. I don't think I had a lot of expectations when I went there, but I think at least the pasta should be al dente (its specialty is pasta after all). I am definitely disppointed in this restaurant and don't think I'll go there again.

Pictures will be posted up later.

Updated @ 8:00pm pics here

依然...

條頸依然痛，隻手依然痺.... 飲咗一杯凍廿四味，而家飲緊一杯熱廿四味 (好苦)，似乎冇乜用....
聽日再係咁，一定要睇醫生囉....

瞓捩頸

尋晚一瞓落床就感覺到好似瞓捩頸，條頸緊緊地。 攪到冇覺好瞓。

今日成日條頸都係緊，隻手又痺，仲有狂sneeze。 而家加埋腳痺，都唔知攪乜。 可能係熱氣，已經飲咗杯廿四味，不過好似冇乜用。

只係希望今晚有得瞓。

Bad day

Don't remember waking up on the wrong side of the bed today, but a lot of things didn't really go well today.

1. went to Scarborough Town's Greyhound ticketing counter to get a refund. The guy at the counter didn't want to give us a refund and gave us a real hard time and attitude.

2. turned in my take-out card for a free bubble tea at Ten Ren. I think the guy working there is new... took him like 10 mins to serve the two people ahead of me, and when it came my turn, he kept getting my order wrong.

3. at Kenny's Noodles, ordered an extra wonton noodle. Found out 15 mins later that they never put the order in, had to wait another 5 mins for it.

Not really sure why a lot of people are in a bad mood, maybe they have to go to work after a long weekend? But I'm glad that I'm home now. Maybe I should get a nap in and hope I'll get up on the right side of bed.

弄醒沉睡的胖子

Annoying phone calls

I've been getting this Moe guy calling my phone for the past month or so. Apparently he's looking for a girl named Nina. Everytime I tell him that he has the wrong number, he still calls like 10 mins later.

However, I think he has ranched my breaking point. He called my phone like 10 times yesterday, left me messages and continued calling well pass midnight. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I answered the phone and asked him if he's crazy and why he's calling people pass midnight and hung up on him, then I turned off my phone.

I can't believe people (guys) will go to such extreme just to talk to a girl they met at YMCA. When you call and the other end tells you you got the wrong number multiple times, and the voice message clearly tells you that the phone belongs to a person that doesn't have the same name as the person you're looking for, that clearly means you GOT THE WRONG NUMBER!!!!!! Don't know why people can't take the truth that maybe he does have the wrong number, and the girl gave him a fake number?

P.S. Moe, if you're trying to pick up Nina, go to YMCA, don't call my phone again!!!!!

P.P.S I'm beginning to think that this guy is crazy.

Update @ 4:15pm - the guy called and I finally answered. I told him finally that the girl he's looking for cannot be reached with this number and asked him not to call again. I'm going to cross my fingers and hope that's the end of that little situation.

Hot Weather

By now, people who live in Toronto are tired of hearing/reading about the hot weather. I still think I should blog about it.

The temperature in Markham reached 38°C in the afternoon and with the humidex it's 48°C. I think I'm having some difficulty breathing... it's very discomforting especially when you don't have the AC on... I was sweating like I just came out of the shower.. more than once!!!

While we are trying to conserve energy by turning the AC off and the fans on, the house next door has been wasting the energy we saved... turning on the lights at 7 in the evening when it's still very bright outside... not sure what these people are thinking. I don't want another black out like last time... it would be very agonizing to be sleeping tonite in this heat without AC or fan.

So people, please conserve energy!!! I don't want another black out!!!! Thank you!

煩

近掛好煩... 可能係因為天氣熱, 亦可能係其他原因...

天天在線上都被人問找到工作沒有. 我知道朋友們都是因關心而問... 但天天被人問著同一問題, 而天天都要回答同一個答案... 真是令人很煩厭...

可能因為在家發呆太久... 或是沒有太多回覆, 我開始感覺到有點depressed, 開始想唔上網, 只想躲在家裡足不出戶....

Note to self: Stop being so lazy!!!!

P.S. I will let everybody know when I find a job.. thank you!

春田花花同學會

春田花花同學會

最正係Fing吓fing吓同齋鹵味.....兩首歌嘅歌詞... mv's not so good since they are just clips from the movie.

Fing吓Fing吓 - The Pancakes

十十吓喂 又夠鐘
拎起袋袋 登登我我又上工
hea吓hea吓又放工
拿起袋袋快快脆我雞咁腳
係咁fing fing吓 又fing fing 吓
fing fing 吓 (我)又fing fing 吓
遇岩你放工又係fing fing 吓
小心d袋袋發中我對香雞腳

吽吽喂又夠鐘
將一袋袋野放進我個袋中
登登吓喂又放工
拿起袋袋快快脆我雞咁腳
係咁fing fing吓 又fing fing 吓
我up up下你十十吓
遇岩做特價喎我地袋袋吓
將d袋袋放滿晒野冇浪浪吓

dalada....

係咁fing fing吓 又fing fing 吓
路上與你bell bell吓
你十十吓我又upup吓
聽朝返工再次與你泡泡吓

Have you seen my dental floss?
Tonight I have to work OT with my boss.
We have to work OT because we didnt really work before six o'clock.
OT overtime OJ orange juice
Oh~I am a vip of the OL club
OP overpay OS over sleep
Ai~do you wanna join our OL club?
Ai~do you wanna join our OL club?

出生入死

One of my favorite Hocc songs, just wanted to share with everybody...


出生入死
歌手：何韻詩 | 作曲：何韻詩 | 填詞：林夕

七千晚看電視　還嘗過上千蛋治
經海關一百次　還曾棄掉上千新衣
溫書看戲做事　曾捱到堪稱本事
單戀相戀數次　做過了幾多好事
曾狂熱虔誠認真戀愛　主角是你虧你能忍耐
仍懷恨上天太不慷慨　才明白這就叫未放開

無須要捨不得我　別以遺憾簇擁我
留低了我就算　帶走的不多　會是你麼
曾給你珍惜的我　在世間匆匆走過
遲早也要踏過　承認接受　並沒如果

莎莉約過食飯　然後我竟敷衍待慢
今天反口太晚　麻煩你代我去一晚
戀史有過浪漫　然而我亦有過傷患
請幾位不要探　恨愛都快將毀爛
仍懷恨從前被他傷過　寬恕大概可平伏心魔
唯求在下世沒債項跟我　別眷念太多

無須要捨不得我　別以遺憾簇擁我
留低了我就算　帶走的不多　也沒有你麼
給你珍惜的我　在世間匆匆走過
回憶快放下我　減輕痛楚

多可惜我未信甚麼宗教
出過生入死再在心經裡　找找
要平靜到達往生原來亦有教

無須要捨不得我　自覺痛苦開心過
如果這算白過　留下的因果　化做我輓歌
總要走不止我　病老死生躲不過
曾講再見萬次　但這一次　點化著我

Our Time has Come

身為一粒菇(徒)... 緊係要硬賣一下啦!!!

Our Time has Come 第二版 (Song List here)

　（Pic borrowed from ViC's blog)


Listened to Ronald Cheng's 2006 concert CD. The most memorable song is definitely Twins' 愛情當入樽. When you have a grown man singing any Twins' song, it's just funny.... Apparently it's not appropriate for the age and just doesn't have the 感情/心態... I would really love to see the VCD/DVD when it comes out and see if he dances along with the song. Another song I like is 男子組... I guess it's nice to have a 大合唱.... it's cool to listen to 林海峰 rap... but have to really say that 古巨基 kind of ruined the song (not sure if he's sick or what, his voice is really scratchy). 張學友 was a guest in the concert too, it's been while since I last heard him sing live, still excellent as always!!

穿耳

突然間好有衝動再去穿耳骨.... 其實都諗咗好耐.... 但都未去做....
want to go to a body piercing place instead of the average jewellery store. I wanna try getting my ear cartilage pierced by a needle instead of a gun since people are saying the risk of an infection from the gun is larger than the needle.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man's chest

Went to watch Pirates yesterday. We went into the movie a little bit late, so we missed the first couple of minutes of it.

Good things about the movie:

• Johnny Depp (woohoo, Captain Jack Sparrows)
• Funny
• CGI

Bad things:

• Too long (kind of dragging on)
• Accents (can't understand everything everybody says)

Overall, considering it's a sequel, it's a great movie!!!

One of my favorite lines in the movie:
Elizabeth Swann: There will come a moment when you have the chance to do the right thing.
Jack Sparrow: I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by.

Happpy Birthday Winnie!

Hope you had a wonderful b-day... and everything's going well for you!!

青森市內酒店

Note to self: 青森名產 - 蘋果

Japanese hotels and pensions providing free access to the internet in their guest rooms

スーパーホテル青森 (Super Hotel Aomori)

• Super room (2 people per room) 6980 yen, includes breakfast
• check-in time - 3pm to midnite (cannot check-in after midnite)
• cash only
• Free internet
• 15 mins walk from JR Aomori station

セントラルホテル青森 (Central Hotel Aomori)

• Deluxe Single Room for two - 8800 yen
• 4 mins walk from JR Aomori station

Hotel Universe

• 12 mins walk from JR Aomori station
• Petit-double - 6980 yen, double - 7980 yen, petit-twin - 7480 yen, twin - 7980 yen

ハイパーホテル青森 (Hyper Hotel Aomori)

• Check in time: 15:00 - 23:00
• Free breakfast
• Single room - 4800 yen, family room (3 people) - 5800 yen (doesn't say if it's per person, but I imagine that it would be)
• 15 mins walk from JR Aomori

ハイパーホテル青森 II (Hyper Hotel Aomori II)

• Check in time: 15:00 - 23:00
• Free breakfast
• Double room - 5500 yen, Twin room - 5500 yen, deluxe twin room - 5800 yen (think these are per person price also)
• 7 mins walk from JR Aomori

青森パラザホテル（青森 Plaza Hotel)

• Check in time - 15:00
• Single room - 5500. Twin room - 10000 yen
• Free internet
• 10 mins walk from JR Aomori

ホテルニューマラコシ (Hotel New Murakoshi)

• Single room - 5000 yen with breakfast, twin room - 7350 yen w/o breakfast, 6 mat japanese room - 7350 w/o breakfast
• 1 min walk from JR Aomori

ホテルニュー青森館 (Hotel New Aomori-kan)

• Single room - 5980 yen with breakfast, Twin - 6230 yen per person with breakfast
• Free internet
• 1 min walk from JR Aomori

ホテルネオ・パル青森 (Hotel Neo-Pal Aomori)

• Double room - 9450 yen, Twin room - 9450 yen
• 8 mins walk from JR Aomori

ホテルオクタ (Hotel Okuta)

• Twin Room - 9000 yen
• 2 mins walk from JR Aomori

Asus' new S6 series laptops

Asus S6 series laptops

I'm sorry, but what are the designers at Asus thinking? putting leather on a laptop (not to mention it's pink)?

Zidane headbutt outrage: new video evidence

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/13/zidane_headbutt_outrage/

北海道旅行計劃2

Proposal 1: 搭飛機
飛機票: 25000 yen 左右
北海道火車証 (五日): 18000 yen
酒店 (五晚): 17850 yen
合共: 60850 yen

由香港飛去東京成田機場,
成田機場坐飛機往返札幌新千歲機場
或
搭火車去羽田機場坐內陸機往返札幌新千歲機場

Proposal 2: 搭飛機/火車
飛機票: 12500 yen 左右
日本火車証 (七日) : 28300 yen
酒店 (四晚): 14280 yen
合共: 55080 yen
由香港飛去東京成田機場,
喺成田機場坐飛機去札幌新千歲機場
或
搭火車去羽田機場坐內陸機去札幌新千歲機場

由北海道返回東京...
Please see Proposal 3's 夜車回東京

問題... 如果喺成田轉機的話, 香港帶來的行李怎樣處理? 是否轉機時一起轉上新班機? 可否領回行李? 行李寄存櫃台要出閘才有...

如果喺羽田轉機的話, 可以將行李寄存後搭火車去羽田機場....

Proposal 3: 搭火車 (直接去札幌)
日本火車証 (七日) : 28300 yen
酒店 (三晚): 10710 yen
合共: 39010 yen
* 如果到達日本趕得到 16:15的NEX30 (17:18到達) 或 16:45的NEX32 (17:45到達) 去東京車站, 可以搭夜車去札幌

東京→八戶　17:56→20:59 新幹線はやて29
八戶→青森　21:18→22:18　 特急つがる29
青森→函館　22:45→01:13　 急行はまなす
函館→札幌　01:23→06:07　 急行はまなす

回東京亦搭夜車:
札幌→函館　22:00→02:42　急行はまなす
函館→青森　03:01→05:35　急行はまなす
青森→八戶　05:52→06:48　特急つがる２
八戶→東京　06:55→09:51　新幹線はやて２
東京→成田機場
10:03→10:53 NEX15
11:03→11:53 NEX17
11:19→12:39 エアポート成田
12:03→12:52 NEX19

Proposal 4: 搭火車 (停八戶/青森, 函館)
日本火車証 (七日) : 28300 yen
酒店 (三/四晚): 10710/14280 yen
合共: 39010/42580 yen

東京→八戶 18:28→21:35 新幹線はやて 89
八戶→青森 21:42→22:51 特急つがる 89
或
東京→八戶 18:56→22:18 新幹線はやて 31
八戶→青森 22:29→23:30 特急つがる 31
住青森

青森→函館 07:30→09:25 特急白鳥 41
住函館
函館→札幌 07:04→10:18 スーパー北斗1号

如不停留函館, 可以晚上搭夜車到札幌 (行李寄放在車站裡的locker, subject to availability)
函館→札幌　01:23→06:07　 急行はまなす

東京→八戶 18:28→21:35 新幹線はやて 89
東京→八戶 18:56→22:18 新幹線はやて 31
東京→八戶 20:04→23:00 新幹線はやて 33
住八戶
八戶→ 函館 08:52→12:02 特急スーパー白鳥 95
可住函館上或搭夜車去札幌

回程和proposal 3 一樣

Yokoso Japan

Yokoso Japan Airpass (good for people who wants to travel within Japan by air)

DIRECTIONS

Went to this EI workshop (DIRECTIONS) yesterday required by the government. It's a bit on the boring side but it had some of useful information.

I want to share one of the more surprising statistics I found out yesterday:
Success Rates of job searching methods (from least to most effective):

1. Internet job banks (4%)
2. Mass mail/Trade journals (7%)
3. Newspaper Classified (5 - 24%)
4. Job agencies (5 - 28%)
5. Networking (33%)
6. Face to face meeting, ie. job fairs (47%)
7. Cold calling (69%)
8. Group Job Hunting (84%)

I couldn't believe that internet job banks success rate was that low. The speaker said that since everybody has access to the internet now, the number of applicants for each job posted in the job bank significantly increases. He also mentioned that he doesn't really like job agencies in particular. Some of the agencies would take a large sum from your salary (up to 70%) and others would put ads to try to "farm your resume", which means they put up ads just to generate resumes and the job might not exist. I'm also surprised at the success rate of the cold calling, thinking that I'm hate people cold calling me, I couldn't imagine managers and HR people would want other people to be cold calling them. After he revealed the success rate of job finding methods, I gotta rethink my plan of action!!

Summerlicious 2006 recap

Went downtown for Summerlicious dinner at the Laurentian Room on Friday. The limeade and ice tea (cocktails) we had was extremely sour, even after adding syrup and water to it.. Had a pork tenderloin that's not fully cooked.. didn't know your can have pork the same way you have a steak... learned something new this weekend.

Then went to Eaton's centre for the street festival... they had fireworks when we got there and then we realized it was the end of the festival. Not wanting to go home early, we went to Queen Street for a drink on the patio. It was a nice nite to sit on the patio to drink... a little on the breezy side though.

Overall, it was a really nice evening with friends!!

Updated: Pics. Thanks Ka.

My baby...

My baby has a broken leg, protruding from its "skin"... 好傷心呀!!! nothing much I can do about it.. :....(

Home Office

I now have a home office... I can send/receive faxes, scan and copy, and print... I just need a business license and some business...

Got a multi-function machine from Staples today... tested its copying and printing functions.. works great! I'll need to test out the faxing function later on...

Went to Pizza Hut's lunch buffet today since I wanted to have pizza... I think Pizza Hut's pizzas don't taste as good as before, don't know if it's because it's a buffet, and the buffet doesn't have ice cream dessert... it used to have ice cream dessert before, unless I'm remember wrong...

Doraemon

Doraemon Cartoons

High school....

Been going to the library lately.. apparently the high school students are having the final exams this week...

Seeing a lot of "kids" sitting around talking, doing stupid stuff (saw some guy who was lying on the hood of a jeep while it was in motion. The jeep came to a sudden stop and the guy almost went flying), girls giggling (obviously at the guy on the hood of the jeep) and students studying for their exams. Man, I really miss those days.. those were happy, carefree days back then...

There are so much more things to worry/think about after University... like finding a job, paying bills, buying a house, starting a family and saving for retirement.. Sometimes I would like like to dig a hole or live on a dessert island so I don't have to think about all of these things... I guess I need to grow up and have a reality check.

I think that's enough rambling for a day.... thanks for reading..

On a side note, almost got into an accident today backing out of a parking lot.. A lady was backing out of her space across from us... she almost rear-ended us... not sure why she needs that much space to back out... good thing there was no scratches or dent on our car... I'm scared of two types of drivers, C Lai's and taxi drivers....

BBQ @ Wasaga Beach

Been quite an eventful few months so far....
Another outing in July:

Location: Wasaga Beach
Date: July 30th
Activity: BBQ

Hope this one won't be as hot as the last one at Milliken Park.
If anybody's interesting, let me know la...

Hot....

It's been so hot and humid these few days... I'm beginning to feel like I'm living in HK. I kept taking 2-3 (cold) showers a day. When is the cooler weather going to come? I don't know if I can take this much longer, and it's not summer yet. All a sudden, winter and snow doesn't seem so bad.

Summerlicious 2006

Date: July 7th, 2006
Time 8:00 pm
Location: The Laurentian Room

Looking forward to it!!!

Better get some work done this week!!!!! Been slacking off last week.

BBQ

Went to BBQ at Milliken Park today and it was extremely hot and humid. So hot that I barely ate anything. It was a fun outing nevertheless.

Went to Hollywood with 細V for a late dinner... still didn't eat much.

Note to self: Lose some weight... getting really fat!!

Pics from Ka
Pics from 細V

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Went to see the Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift today. Didn't really have any expectations of it, after all, it's a movie glorifying racing.... Hmm... couldn't say it's all bad. Some stuff didn't really make sense and it was too "Americanize". They had to put in some American kid with some Western muscle car in Tokyo.

Good things about the movie:

• It's set in Japan!
• Cars are pretty nice
• The drifting stunts are very good

Bad things about the movie:

• main character (hero) looks like he's over 30 portraiting a high school student (he's supposed to be only 23 years old though)
• the cast is not good looking at all.. guys and girls alike, except Satoshi Tsumabuki (妻夫木聰), but he was in only one scene. I know this sounds shallow, but hey, i'm not there for the cars.. gotta have something else to look at
• lame storyline. I'm sure most people don't care, since they are there for the drifting stunts and cars
• camera angles, they spin around and changes shot very quickly, makes you all dizzy

It would be better to treat this movie as a comedy than an action movie.

苦...

頭先飲咗人生第一杯廿四味... 因為好熱氣,
攪到咀邊生咗啲粒粒....有少少紅加腫....
希望聽日會好啲啦, 唔洗再飲
廿四味真係好苦呀!!!!
或者要試試 "鬼佬涼茶"??!!

My firsts

Quite intersting June so far. Did a lot of things for the first time in my life (and spent a lot of money!!!!).

For the first time, I:

1. got laid off - trying to adjust to this lifestyle, I have to say I'm bored already.. My life is a 勞碌命...
   
2. went to SkyDome after it's been renamed to Rogers Centre - had to go there because Hummingbird was closed off so clean up after some big event there the previous nite. Ended up walking from Hummingbird Centre to Rogers Centre to put up tix for Grasshopper's concert. Quite a lot of exercise for me....
   
3. went to a kendo tournament
   
4. went to a hip bar/club downtown that had people waiting outside to get in - went to Bier Markt for dinner and drinks, quite a lot of people that nite
   
5. visited Fallsview Casino - it's a nice casino!!
   
6. had my first sip of beer - Alexander Keith, kind of bitter, not sure if all beers are that bitter. I was hoping that I would have my first beer in Japan... oh well...
   
7. saw GrassHopper in concert - it was a great concert, we sat on the left balcony, couldn't really see everything. People on the balcony were quite excited, a lot of people were standing up and dancing throughout the concert
   
8. saw Veegay, Uncle Carl, Ho Bing and PixelToy - I think I was more excited to see them than Grasshopper...
   
9. went on thrill rides at Wonderland - namely psyclone, minebuster and the Italian job. Had to say I was scared, and very dizzy after the rides (none of the rides went in circle though). If there is a next time, maybe I'll challenge the Drop Zone.
   
10. had funnel cake with ice cream - that was good!!! Though it's very fattening, since it's deep fried, with icing sugar and ice cream. Good thing I didn't have it all by myself.
    
11. stayed home to watch World Cup

I am very proud of myself for trying so many different things. I'm usually not big on trying new things.

Hope the remaining half of June will be as interesting as the first half!!

Pics for downtown trip

Pics for Grasshopper concert (not very clear)

Pics for Wonderland

Lazy

been lazy lately... nothing much to update here... but still alive and well.

Happy Birthday Vikki!

Hope you'll have a nice b-day!!!
Take it easy and relax, don't stress yourself out!

Count down: last day!!!! woohoo!!

Grasshopper Concert

Planned to go to downtown this weekend for the doors open Toronto event. However, there was a change of plan and ended up not going. Kind of disappointed but there's always next year.

Bought tickets to GrassHoppers concert on June 10th. Hope they will be showing off their dance moves. Also looking forward to taking some pics at the falls and walking around Niagara Falls. Didn't get to do that last time I was there.




Countdown: 3 days!

Rambling

Boss left for her business trip to HK. Felt a sense of freedom after she left, I was so estatic for some reason. Before she left, she messaged me thanking me for the work I did and I returned the flavor by thanking her for giving me the opportunity and stuff like that.. man, it was hard to spit out. I don't think I'm a person that's good with words, especially when speaking to strangers or superiors. I really need to practice on that.

The rest of the afternoon, ended up fooling around and got nothing done.

Just found out that Le Select Bistro moved from Queen St. to Wellington St., look forward to giving it a try at its new location. It seems so much bigger than its old location.

Countdown: 5 days

本性解碼

整體性格
gootoe小姐，端莊賢慧，豪爽果斷；開朗隨和，禮貌周到，懂得上進；也有古怪精靈，細膩敏銳，善解人意的一面。(開朗隨和，禮貌周到，懂得上進?? I didn't know that....)

待人性格
gootoe小姐待人：合乎情理；富人情味；既喜歡與人同樂也能自得其樂；謙虛但不虛偽；有領域感但不強烈；喜歡和親密朋友分享秘密。

處世性格
gootoe小姐處事：有主張但沒有支配欲；堅持自己的見解；不輕易讓步；不鑽牛角尖；既務實又有理想；既有計劃也靈活應變。

性格缺點
gootoe小姐性格的缺點為：比較浪費出手相當豪奢；有時候容易滿足不夠主動求進步；偶爾會拘泥於計劃不能隨性。

價值觀
gootoe小姐重視的價值觀為：身份地位；實用實際實惠；自由自在；較不擅長：興風作浪；與眾不同；夢想浪漫。(自由自在!!! Ya!!!)

愛情性格
gootoe小姐在愛情上不喜歡操之過急的進展，不太接受虛華的浪漫，不會太過粘膩；較常表現：端莊賢淑，爭強好勝，機靈變通，溫柔體貼。(又係溫柔? I must discover this hidden 'talent')

金錢性格
gootoe小姐的金錢觀：花錢很實在，不會太浪費，用錢會有妥善的計劃；容易把錢用於：紓解壓力，提升自我形象，追求新潮，照顧親人。(hmm.. quite true wor, ended up spending on clothes and going out)

Tuesday

Forgot to set alarm today. Opened my eyes and it's already 8:51, somehow managed to take a shower and eat breakfast, and got to work only 5 mins later than I usually do. It's probably because of the usual 9 o'clock rush to get to work was cleared up by the time I got out of the house.

The first 'welcoming' I got when I arrived at work was that 'the internet's down!! (meaning: try to fix it!)'. A nice way to start the work week, isn't it? Found out that Bell was down in the area so there was nothing much I can do. The technician tried to fix it, but obviously with no success since it's out of our control (don't even know why he attempted it, it was a waste of time). We got a pro to help us set up dial up connection so we can share the connection, so finally got some internet success at around lunchtime. After lunch, the problem at Bell was fixed and we finally got our internet access back, thank god! I almost thought I had to go to somebody's house to borrow their internet to get the work done.

Went to P Mall to get Hocc's new CD.
Excited! Listening to it right now as I'm writing this blog.
Countdown: 6 days!

Long Weekend Wrap-up

Stayed home most of the day yesterday, then went drinking with 細V last nite. Drank a Mike's hard lemonade and an apple cider. Couldn't say I'm drunk, but I definitely was "wing-wing dai"
Haven't went drinking for a very long time, I can't really remember when my last time was actually, probably 3-4 years ago.

Finally have a 見得人嘅 resume... thanks again V!!!!

Countdown: 7 days.... all of a sudden, seven days seems so long, especially when you're not that busy at work!!!!

Saturday

Lows:
Woke up at 9 and can't fall back to sleep!
Got a blood test and now have a 1 cm bruise.

Highs:
High tea @ the old curiosity tea shop

Interesting day yesterday. Went to the Old Curiosity Tea Co. for high tea with 可可 and 細V. The place was decorated in Victorian style, along with an old piano. The servers also dressed in Victorian style clothing.

Our server kept picking on me and said I seem like the wild one in the bunch and should try a tea that suits my "wildness". As boring as I am, I of course stuck with something "safe", the Victorian Markham. It smelt like Lipton, but it wasn't as strong. (A combination of Kenya, India and Ceylon teas. A perfect black tea blend for everyone, sipped by itself or with milk, lemon or sugar). 細V picked out a tea called Beckingham Palace Garden Party (A medium bodied black tea with soft hints of Earl Grey and Jasmine) recommended by our server. The smell was much stronger than our Victorian Markham, but it tasted quite well.

Sandwiches were next. We got a combination of bite size sandwiches:

• english cucumber on white bread
• hard boiled egg, watercress and cherry tomato on white bread
• black forest ham on sunflower seed bread
• cream cheese and smoked salmon in a roll (not sure what it's consisted of, other than cream cheese and smoked salmon)
• celery and carrot sticks

Last but not least, pastries!!!!

• chocolates
• truffles
• teapot shaped cookies (I think I'll end up calling everything a cookie, they probably have a more proper name)
• strawberry jam cookie sandwich with icing on top
• devonshire cream cookie sandwich with strawberry jam (this was highly recommended by our server, I'm not big on berries, but I really liked this one)

I thought the pastry was too sweet for my taste, but never the less, it was quite an interesting and fun afternoon!!! Thank you 可可 for treating!!!!

Went to 螢火星 for dinner/消夜. 細V helped me out with my resume editing, which apparently needed a lot of work!!!! I'll have to keep at it, hopefully polished enough before the deadline! Thanks, 細V!!!!!

P.S. Pics

Doors Open Toronto

It is happening next weekend, May 27-28, seems quite interesting, you get to visit some buildings in Toronto which you don't usually get to visit and you can do it all for FREE!!!

Some interesting buildings I wanna visit:
51 Division Police Station - always wanted to visit a police station, being a police officer seems like a cool job!
Cadbury Chocolate Factory
Empire Sandy
Fort York - heard about it, but no idea what it is
Horse Palace - cute animals!!
John Street Roundhouse - train collection and rides
MEC - to see their recycled stairs and its green roof
Repath sugar refinery
Toronto Fire Services: Station 334
Toronto Police Service Marine Unit
Toronto's First Post Office
There's more.. but I think I named enough to keep me busy all weekend!!

I think this is a great event, get to get out of the house and visit places in Toronto. Anybody interested?

Doors Open Toronto

Long Weekend!!

Finally the long weekend's here, been looking forward to it for some time now. Don't really have anything planned.. but it's nice just to get an extra day off, since I haven't been very productive at work lately and extremely bored from it.

Going to be having "high tea" with friends tomorrow afternoon, really looking forward to it. Haven't try that before and just love trying new restaurants!!!

The Old Curiosity Tea Company

Countdown: 7 days

金牛座星座分析

金牛座星座分析

體貼 89% 愛美性 91% 橫蠻性 41% 反覆無常 64%

善於交際 73% 醋勁 46% 耐力 89% 悠然度 46%

烹飪技巧 92% 談話技巧 42% 理解男性 55% 娛樂配合度 77%

細心 64% 節儉度 77% 任性度 46% 害羞度 80%

戲劇性 32% 背叛性 91% 會撒嬌 74% 裝模作樣度 67%

可憐模樣 72% 戀父性 35% 被害妄想度 93% 高談闊論度 78%

金牛座總評價 文靜的外表下，隱藏著大膽的個性，可說是出人意料的擁有戀愛專長之人。只是要完全發揮力量非常費時，希望不要留到最後留成仇才好。在戀愛中容易變成接者的 金牛座，在溫柔，善良及適度的害羞之下，都能讓男性產生保護慾，也擁有構成戀愛的魅力要素，但因吸引力不足，造成實力下滑，實在很可惜。執著的性格反而是 缺點所在，總是認為有一天他一定會明白我的心意，而很有耐性的等下去。這時只要積極的表現出自己，就一定會成功的，但卻老是磋砣不前。

製造愛人能力（D ）
金牛座對戀愛的看法，是以打招呼開始，進而電話聊天到約會，屬於漸進式，非常慎重，有時會被手段極佳的同性搶走對方。但你仍以執著心，建立深厚的信賴關係。不以外觀選擇男性，完全以誠實度來選擇，雖不會有失敗，但邂逅卻極端平凡。

受人歡迎程度 （B ）
能包容對方的善良微笑及穩重的舉止，都是相當受歡迎。但是金牛座的真魅力在人們第一印象裏，是看不出來的。感情愈來愈好時，才會讓人明白。十分用心及常識的美德屬於有味道的女性。雖然不能絕對的受歡迎，但人見人愛的魅力，卻是令人難以抵擋的。

戀愛的主角度 （B ）
給人慎重印象的金牛座，其實內心藏有超乎常人對愛的感受性。若說戲劇性，一定包含了愛在內。體驗冒險的戀愛，或是出現能完全明瞭金牛座魅力的男性，而且他可能是位大人物，溫柔的外表及大膽的性格的組合，是造成醜聞的要因。

戀愛的學習能力 （E）
金牛座若是會後悔，十之八九的原因在於自己本身的慎重。考慮是否對意中人採取行動而搖擺不定時，就被其他女性搶走了。對戀愛要蠻橫一點，積極一點，要不然只是重蹈覆轍罷了。你再不努力，加緊向自己意中人採取行動的話，就真要度過後悔流淚的每一天了。

分手時的處理能力（E）
對信賴關係比什麼都重要的金牛座來說，最不能容忍戀人背叛自己。當你一旦發現對方移情別戀時，立刻就譜出分離曲調。而因為金錢原因分手，是只有對金錢嚴厲的金牛座才會發生的。當對方要求時，又立刻湧出執著心，最後變成拉距戰的可能性也滿高的。

結婚的勝敗 （A ）
追求安定的意志，非常強烈的金牛座，是屬於結婚志向很高的人。只是因為性格慎重，所以非要認清對方以後，才會答應。至少要交往兩年以上才會和對方計畫將來，共同牽手邁進。受到周圍的祝福，也是包含在條件之中，所以在確實結婚的意思上來看，是屬於勝利者。

wahhahahahaha.. 又係溫柔呀??!! This is too funny!!!!

Thank You (letter??) !!

Time passes quite quickly these days (except when I'm at work). Almost June, there's quite a bit of stuff to finish up at work... and tons of things to do when June comes. Thank you so very much everybody who is helping me with my resume editing, job searching and giving me advice. Not sure if everybody I'm trying to thank will read this.. but I appreciate all the help!!!

I think lastly I should thank my boss, some people may scratch their heads and wonder why but I do have to thank her, for giving me the opportunity to gain this valuable experience, and also for laying me off. Now I will work hard to look for a job and hopefully get some studying done (which I should have started a long time ago)!!!

Not sure why I'm writing this so early, still have 2 weeks of work left... I guess I better get this written down before I forget. Writing down in a blog is so much easier than saying it out loud...

Count down: 9 days!!! wow only 9 more days??!! time really flies.....

性格測驗

性格測驗

忠誠型（忠誠可靠，警覺性高）

您通常是忠誠、可靠、謹慎，而且富有想像力的思想者。您身為團體一員的時間比當領袖的時間多，但雖如此，您把自己放在眼高處，為那些被踐踏和受到不公平對待的人發言。
您會是很好的調停專家，因為您會主動設想在任何情況中最糟的可能結果及其應對之道。

優點：
您能看出別人尚未發展的潛能，而且樂於幫助他們激發出來。大多數尋求您協助的要求都會得到正面的回應。

缺點：
覺得成功以掌握，所以避免成為權威人物。您總是在接近事業巔峰時更換工作，或時在即將功得圓滿時，遭遇到本可避免的「災難」。

愛情：
你必須感到自己能夠信任和認識伴侶才能在一起。即使在愛的關係中，而且有多年的承諾，懷疑仍然繼續出現，所以對於伴侶來說是很困惑的。

在親密關係中，要讓您了解自己情緒化的部份，可能要花上多年的時間。
「在我接觸到自己的覺之前，這份關係已經渡過了七年。最後，這些情緒全都針對我所愛的女人浮現。」

安定方位：平和型
在安定的狀態下您會變得溫柔、溫暖而可愛。您能夠只是陪伴著朋友和愛人，享受放下警戒和懷疑。

壓力方位：成就型
當面對感情的壓力或情緒對抗時，您會停止拖延，並很享受加速的感覺。運用想像力把工作完成。

建意：
留意自己奉行「陰謀論」的傾向
學習信任別人
留意自己對權力的質疑和態度

最渴望：安穩，有保障
最恐懼：缺乏安全感
最難達到的美德：勇氣 (Courage)
最難克服的執念：猜疑 (Doubt)

hmm... seen very true.. except that part on "在安定的狀態下您會變得溫柔、溫暖而可愛". Scary thought actually.. ahahhahaha....

Count down: 12 days

Happy B-day Hocc!

A little bit late, 1:30 hours left of today... but better late then never I guess....

Happy Birthday!!

Today, tired as usual... I probably stressed over things not getting done before I leave. But one person told me today.."don't think you really get to leave after May, you're just getting paid some other way, still things for you to do"... hai... just as I thought I finally get to leave the company and don't have to worry about things at work... don't really know whether I should be happy or not...

Count down: 14 days

Crappy Day

Wah.. Haven't updated for over a week....

Today's been a crappy day at work... Found out my program is very buggy (well.. maybe not buggy, just not idiot proof).. and there were some negative criticism on it. Then people started to tell me that things should be done a certain way or else problems would arise... and when I talked to the person in charge about other people's concerns, he said he would find a way to handle if problems do arise.... I wasn't the person who made the decisions on how things are done, I just do them as I was told...

Sometimes I think to myself, whether I should listen to authority or do things according to what I think is right, even if it's against what I'm told. I'm always having this dilemma at work. Especially when you're working for a Chinese boss, they expect you to listen and do what you're told, and not do things according to your liking... and sometimes when they tell you to do whatever you want, then they start telling you that they don't like it... 唉, 我唔絛你肚裡面絛蟲, 我唔知你想點架!!

Count down: 15 days

April 30th

About 1:30 hours left of today.... nothing interesting to report. Ended up staying at home gaming. Just another ordinary Sunday.

P.S. Time passes so quickly, 4 months have passed this year... before you know it... it'll be the end of the year... Hope I can get more (useful) stuff done this year.... (cross my fingers)

Good Food Festival

Went to the Good Food Festival today with a friend and brother. It was held at International Centre in Mississauga. According to the directions, it was supposed to be easy to get to.. however, we still end up getting lost since the directions on the international centre site said to exit at Dixon, but we didn't see it (because there wasn't one, we're supposed to exit at Airport Rd instead), so we ended up going up north and all the way up to Hwy 7...


A nice day outside!!!

We got there at around 2. There weren't a lot of people inside, which is good. There were quite a bit of tasting, things like juice, ice cream, pasta, burgers and yogurt, just to name a few... my friend and I were full after walking through the first couple of aisles, there were a total of 5 aisles. There were also some deals inside, like bread and bag of potatoes for a dollar, but nothing really interested us, probably because we were there more to taste than to buy.


Taken at the entrance

Overall, you get a tasting of different products and buy at special price. Not sure if I was expecting a lot from this event or there just wasn't too many interesting things... but it wasn't as interesting as I thought, I was a bit disappointed actually.

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

Installed Ghost Reocn: Advanced Warfighter today. However, it took much longer than I expected. The game itself took like 20 mins to install. When I ran the game, it wouldn't run and kept giving me a "Ati2dvag stopped responding" error or just rebooted by itself. Googled this problem, figured out that the video card driver was old and needed an update. I ended up spending a hour trying to find a new driver from ATI, uninstalling the current driver and installing the new catalyst driver. But knowing my luck, of course that didn't work.

Just as I was scratching my head and wondering if I really have to give up playing this game (or get a new computer), I stumbled onto this article, "ATI driver patcher: a notebook lifesaver". Using the software mentioned in the article and followed the instructions and voila, got the game to run!!!!! However, the game's not running smoothly even with the settings set to low.

Played the mission, but got the feeling that my favorite game series (Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 and Ghost Recon) aren't what they used to be after Ubisoft got involved.. it's not as fun since the game play and storyline have changed (for the worse).... I was definitely disappointed in the latest Rainbow 6 game, and I have a feeling that I will be disappointed in this new Ghost Recon game too!!

Dazed and Confused

今天發生咗好多事...有點唔知點算好... I'm getting a feeling of surrealism and confusion...

I've been told today by my boss that since the website has been up and running, my service is no longer needed. So I'm going to be out of a job at the end of May. Now that she's laying me off, I can actually collect EI and look for a job or study. I am kind of happy about this, since I've been wanting to leave the company. Some of my co-workers were actually congratulating me, that I'm getting a 解脫 from this company. However, this is going to throw me off a bit since I was planning to stay there until September and should have money to go to HK and Japan in October. Now that this has happened, I'm not sure if I'll have enough money. I'm a little bit upset over this then the fact that I'm being laid off.

In the afternoon, heard about some sad news about a friend's grandpa... suddenly felt that life's so fragile... really have to cherish moments with your family and friends. Thus, I think I really should go back to HK more often to visit my grandpa and grandma...

Went to a Japanese restaurant for dinner (think it's owned by a Japanese), the sushi's quite fresh and the cake's quite good also... but it's fairly expensive. We had sushi, bento box (sashimi, fried chicken, and unagi rice) and curry rice. Also ordered some white peach alcoholic drink in a can. (had a few sips and now I'm very very sleepy). The cake was pretty good also, we tried mocha cheesecake, green tea cake and chocolate sake cake. The green tea cake was very fluffy and soft. Heard that their high tea set is not bad. People who like cakes should give it a try.

Le Cafe Michi
1802 Pharmacy Avenue (Shepperd and Pharmacy)

北海道旅行計劃1

十月份想到日本的北海道旅行....現在還在計劃中...

時間: 十月尾??
人物: 細V和我
地點: 北海道

逗留香港兩星期後... (By the way, want to ask if anybody can 收留我 for 2 weeks)
去日本之前買定JR PASS (28,300 yen)
坐JAL到東京成田機場
可以免費坐火車到東京站, 然後轉坐夜車到北海道, 仲可以慳返一晚酒店... 來回可以慳兩晚添....

東京→札幌
東京→八戶　1756→2100　新幹線はやて25
八戶→青森　2117→2218　特急つがる25
青森→函館　2245→0113　急行はまなす
函館→札幌　0123→0607　急行はまなす

到了北海道, 我們初步計劃參觀:
1. 白色戀人巧克力工廠
2. 札幌啤酒博物館
3. 雪印乳業資料館
4. 音樂管風堂
5. 二條市場
6. Sapporo Factory (Shopping Mall)

http://japantrip.travellife.org/20030803/diary.htm
http://www.geocities.com/amoonsea/ejr_time.htm

不過我想去北海道的最終目的... 就是食... 北海道有好新鮮的海產, 啤酒, 好味的拉麵, 牛奶同雪糕等等的美食... 諗起都令人垂涎三尺....

I know there's going to be much more stuff to add to this Hokkaido trip plan as I research more on where to go and how to get there, so stay tuned....

My First Post

想咗大半年... 今日終於開咗個blog...
It took me a long while to decide to open a blog, I think the reason for not starting a blog is because I don't think I can put my thoughts into words that well... It's probably time for me to overcome that obstacle and start a blog.. and hopefully I can organize my thoughts well enough that people can understand what I'm trying to say/write.

今日剛剛收到hocc响舊年出嘅舞台劇影像筆記 "奇傳更你共世下".. 裡面有好幾條問題, 都幾有趣：

1. 如果你變成女/男人， 你第一時間會做甚麼？去考飛虎隊/警察
2. 甚麼情況下會令你想變成男/女人? 為甚麼？好急但係廁所排長龍嘅時候
3. 當你最愛的人， 變成女/男人， 你還會一樣愛她/他嗎？ 我諗要睇吓我有幾愛佢啦...
4. 你覺得你甚麼時候最男人/女人？ (男) driving, 寸人 (女) 唔... M 黎嘅時侯
5. 你最希望下世做甚麼？ (例如: 男/女/動物； 或，工作性質) 女人... 第一個香港女飛虎隊隊員 (因為型!!!)