The first day off for this month : enjoyable

I went out with a friend of mine yesterday. We were supposed to go to Shenzhen, but her parents wasn't too keen about that and so we did other things instead; met up at 8 to have breakfast at Pacific Coffee Company, watched a movie that stars Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, then ate lunch at some fancy japanese styled - western food restaurant, did some shopping, poured $60 odd dollars into UFO machines with deceptively-positioned dolls and traps, did some shopping at Jusco(we bought toys... lol) and wrote many 'cheques' to many people! :D

Its been 2 weeks since I have had so much fun. 2 weeks is a terribly long time to pass without internet, hanging-out with friends, or other entertainment... >_<;
And school's starting soon in early September! Wish me luck and wish my whole class are full of 'chiobu'(s)! And wish the teacher is a wonderful one too! XDD

By the way, to those who are wondering when I'll be back to Singapore, the closest date I can think of might be during late October when I might need to take a trip there... miss you guys lots!

A little photos...

Hey guys! Here's some photos from my trip taken by a fellow volunteer Andy...

Check it out here.

Its your money, or money. Your life's worthless...

Looking on the positive side as usual, I now have a valid excuse to purchase a brand new camera because my old one doesn't work anymore. The last time I tried to switch it on, it looked like a detonating time-bomb; it was getting hotter by the minute while the red light kept blinking and blinking.

I'm looking at my options between a SLR camera or just the old, regular 'something-that-i-can-stick-in-my-pocket' ones...

Or maybe I'll even change my handphone too. Get that latest sony ericsson cybershot hp and a Sony Alpha SLR.... :)~

That would be sooo perfect... >_<;

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Its been really busy these days. I'm working for my father now; 7 days a week, at least 9 hours a day. I feel quite stupid about not asking how much he's gonna pay me. Maybe its because I wouldn't expect much from him / don't want to take so much from his now-already-dying company. Many of the workers have left now... I don't know. He is still trying to work his way out of the debts... I'd feel really guilty if I make him pay me $8000.(given the overtime and etc I have to do, I suppose I could get about $6500 at least. Throw in the amount of overtime and I'll have $8000)

I have breakfast with him daily. He is very, very stressed.
Eyes are always slightly red and watery; a obvious sign of sleeplessness.
A terrible temper to deal with anything other than customers; a sign of stress.
Hopes of getting out of debt are constantly mentioned, repeatedly...

I'll get stressed out too you know... :(

As usual, easily said than done.

Hello everyone! Anyone on my MSN probably knows that I'm back from Mongolia already. Its been a great trip, thanks to wonderful teammates and all the nice people there~ :)

And once I'm back, trouble starts looking for me. On a daily basis, I'm being lectured for not getting ready for my studies. Money, time required to complete, the reputation of school, recognition... what the f@@@!

The school I wanna be enrolled in is HKU Space. But that is not gonna happen since the cost to complete the term is really too much for my parents to bear. Funny thing is, father is going to enroll me another even more expensive, part-time course. I fully understand that it would be pointless to have a degree without any working experience. But the thing is, its OPEN U.... I don't know why I am starting not to like it... :
But well, I can't be bothered anymore. No point trying to stress myself up any further...

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Random quote::
"They used to envy me for all that free time I had. Now they envy me for the little time I have."

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Photos are on the way... maybe next week?

Kindly refrain banging your computer for the slow loading of page ahead...

As I'm running out of time to correct a little error when I posted this, please kindly read this entry from the bottom instead. Thank you!


After dinner, I went home and pigged out...almost. I remembered there was something in the turnip/carrot thingy that she gave me. I had a hard time digging it out... o_O;
So tired... zZzzZzzZ

Wonderful Wonderful BBQ Pork Ramen at HKD$45 a bowl with additional order of Corn.
But the Japanese fried ramen was even better! (Sorry... it was so good that we finished it before I could snap a photo of it... :x

I had dinner with a lecturer at a place that has Beatrice's Recommendations!* that evening.
And that piece of toufu you see above is the Cold Toufu. From the looks you might not see much differences... but when you put it into your mouth, there's a very 'perfect' sensation... a very 'Japanese' feel to it somehow... Yummy!

*Note: I'm gonna trademark that term... haha!

Ms. Donna Cheung...
without her, I don't think I'd get to know so many people in such a short time... :X

(from Right) Dr. George Ngai from Educational Policy and Administration department.
We always see each other at the corridors.... o_O

Ms. Kitty Ng, me(AGAIN! In that Forrest Gump T-shirt!) and Phoebe in a white dress.

Dr. Pattie Luk. Beatrice's boss.

Ms. Pat Fung. Forgot her position...but err...
I have breakfast with her occationally in the morning... :)

Ms. Prudy Chik, Research Assistant.

Its me and Beatrice again. A blue cup, Beatrice, Me and the turnip-pencilcase.

Miss Law(the New RA for the project), me(again), Dr. Ho, Dr. Eva Lai and Dr. Rosa Chiu-Ching Tak Lan(some of my old friends might find her looking suspicious familiar, someone that we usually see at Taman Jurong...? mwahahha)

Cake number 2. A early celebration for people involved in the Project

Prof. Bond, the 007 of the Department.

Josephine, Brenda, me and my direct supervisor.

Winnie. Most accurate fortune teller.
Very helpful and friendly...

"You can't get luckier than that."

Beatrice gave me a carrot/radish/turnip/Fai-look-alike/whatever pencilcase!~ XDD

"sigh, no more ahfaii..." (:X)

Beatrice, Senior Research Assistant.
I'd say she's more like a Good-food researcher.

Miss Ada. 'Very hardworking'
...and in a few months time, she'll be Mrs Ada something-something!
Congrats! :D


At Ada/Sara's room...

A new lecturer for the department, Ms Brenda Lo.
She will be my badminton teacher when I come back... :P

Phoebe and I. No, not in that order...

Beatrice, Sara and me.



More desserts?! Shocking! XDD

They ordered a mouthwatering Tiramisu cake,
just because I wanted to cut one... :~)


Yesterday was my last day at work in the EPCL department of HKIEd.
These wonderful, lovely and [insert any nice word here] colleagues of mine had a farewell lunch with me today...