Me... and all around me...

The DARWIN Awards this year

2011-12-12T15:13:00.001+08:00

Received an email about The Darwin Awards today, thought I'd share it here... It's that time again. The DARWIN Awards are out. The annual honor is given to the persons who did the gene pool the biggest service by killing themselves in themost extraordinarily stupid way.Last year's winner was the fellow who was killed by a Coke machine which toppled over on top of him as he was attempting to

Proud wife Vernette

2011-09-06T15:14:00.003+08:00

So Adrian has gone back into swimming lately - long distance ocean swims. It's pretty hard core for me. If I had to walk 5km on a Saturday afternoon (not in a shopping mall or something similar), I'd die within the first couple of km! And my superman husband did it last Saturday, swam 5km from Stanley to Repulse Bay. Pretty impressive, huh? One thing I noticed about hard core swimmers in HK

company junk trip

2011-08-16T20:01:00.001+08:00

from left, me, Ben, Bonnie & APAC boss, Joerg Zobel Last Friday, was our company junk trip. We all left for the junk trip at 12:30pm, you can opt for not going but if you did, you've just gotta stay in the office and work~! Some of my friends think that this is absolutely a great company to be working for, well, I sort of think the same. Put it this way, which employer would let all the

The long distance swimmer is back on the attack!

2011-08-15T23:06:00.000+08:00

Yes, this day the 14th of August, 2011, Adrian completed his first long distance ocean swim in HK, in a long long time. Close to 2 decades to be exact. I have always known that he's a good swimmer, therefore encouraged him to go back to long distance swimming because he was a good swimmer when he was a teenager. He swam in a relay team across The Channel twice when he was a teenager. Put it

Google Translate

2011-08-13T18:17:00.003+08:00

It should indeed say, "Restaurant", but... And I thought to myself, "thank goodness! at last, translation made easy!!" Well Adrian was really disappointed at first try... I started a blog in Chinese and of course, being my lovely husband, he would like to know my thoughts. He's a Brit, and a Brit who does not read any form of Chinese. So he thought of using Google translate... the

Pulau Tenggol - part2

2011-08-13T13:58:00.002+08:00

Of course, you may wonder what we'd be doing spending 5 days on a tiny little island with no shopping, no TV, no spa, no internet. Nothing much I would say. We'd wake up, have breakfast, jump into the sea. Most of the time Robin would ask us to tag along when he brought the divers out to the different dive sites. Get back to the resort, have lunch, then snorkel again, and then come back,

Pulau Tenggol - part1

2011-08-12T00:06:00.006+08:00

This trip, we spent 5 days on an island on the east coast of Peninsula Malaysia - Pulau Tenggol. We were completely amazed by the place and we were already talking about returning to the island the 2nd day of our stay. It is very raw, very quite and very beautiful. Not as superb as Maldives but not far off. However, if you're looking at a resort like what's available in Maldives, you should

My crocheting project - floral handbag

2011-07-28T02:06:00.000+08:00

It was time consuming, a lot of different techniques but all in all, it was good fun. This will be for my mom, and there'll be another one for my mother-in-law -- order placed by husband before I was even 10% into this project! Of course, the deadline for the next one will be before Christmas hehehe It took me more than a month to complete this but of course I spent about a week abroad on

New blog

2011-07-27T08:16:00.000+08:00

I've started a new blog, a blog in Chinese. It is here. Or you can click on the link at the bottom of my own intro here (on the right pane). I maybe biting off a bit more than I could chew here considering I have not even had the time to blog here regularly. I love writing but I love writing in Chinese on paper, for real... Chinese input is just too slow. But I'm going to give it a shot

Mr. Bean in a wig!!

2011-07-24T23:46:00.000+08:00

Ha! Look what we found on one if the walls in Fat Angelo's TST!! Look at the girl in the photo, doesn't she look like Mr. Bean in a wig?? Not clear enough? Young Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) wearing a wig!

Adrian's sense of humour...

2011-07-24T18:05:00.000+08:00

Today is the day Adrian spends a day with his boys. And they have the pleasure of my company for lunch. But that's not what I'm gonna tell here. We arrived at lunch and Adrian showed me the text between him and Philip (his elder son): Philip: So we'll meet you at Pacific Coffee? Adrian: Yes Philip: What are we going to do first? Adrian: Sit Philip: OK And then, when we were having main

小米小书迷

2011-07-24T11:25:00.002+08:00

昨天又去了书展听讲座，蔡澜的 “蔡瀾@微博妙答”。从草草不工的连载开始拜读他的文章，近而买他的书，好像认识了很久一样。香港人都很慢热，于是第一个举手上台玩了一下，也问了很想问的问题，没什么深度的问题，星期六下午，太严肃对不起自己! 还胆粗粗毛遂自荐要当他的徒弟。。。还留了联络。。。 everything crossed! 喜欢看他写老友，他的老友都超有趣，羡慕！虽然我也有很有趣的老友，可是很多时候都是我比较有趣。。。这是其中一本蔡澜写老友的书，前天刚买的，昨天看完：倪匡閑話--老友寫老友續篇

spider woman? naaa... just monkey....

2011-06-24T02:35:00.000+08:00

photo taken by the beautiful Ms. Cat Mok! Thanks, pretty! The hair dryer was a lot heavier than normal today, in fact, last Thursday too. Why? Well, because I'm restarting sport climbing, after, slightly more than a decade!! It was introduced to me by a very good friend and I fell in love with it in an instance. I still remember the first session I had -- I got home with crippled arms!!

funny names 2

2011-05-16T21:36:00.000+08:00

this is only funny if you read chinese, simplified chinese... ambitious parents - the name is literally "victory" in chinese a practical joke by the parents - if the parents got her the name... it sounds exactly like "middle east woman" in mandarin, cantonese, hakka...

conspiracy theory...

2011-05-07T23:38:00.001+08:00

I have received a number of emails spread from Mainland China, speculating about the actual cause of the occurrence of the 3.11 Japanese earthquake/tsunami. Most of it is about the Japanese testing out some weapon of mass destruction in the middle of the ocean, inside of the ocean or something like that. What a load of bullsh*t, and don't you bloody idiots think that I will forward it onwards.

What's wrong with Sony Ericsson HK?? Or is it the same the rest of the world??

2011-05-07T13:31:00.000+08:00

Adrian and I both use Sony Ericsson phones. I have used maybe 4 or 5 already and this is his second one, well, third to be exact and his n-number of his Sony Ericsson Bluetooth device. Whatever. He enjoys a bit of his music when he travels to and from work, when he goes to the gym. It keeps him entertained without needing to purchase and carry another device called MP3 player or whatever

2nd part of Adrian's birthday celebration

2011-03-13T20:55:00.002+08:00

Well, the first part, I haven't blogged yet hehehehe but the 2nd part was soooooo good that I have to blog it immediately after a nap that followed hehehehe Well, I treated him with our 2nd Champagne brunch (we had our first one in Macau, in Aurora). I brought him to Cucina in Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel in TST. It was on the 6th floor and we were sat by the window with Victoria Harbour in sight

Yes, a proper Valentine's Day even after we got married!

2011-03-01T21:14:00.006+08:00

Yes, yes, yes, romance doesn't stop after the honeymoon. Adrian is the the sweetest husband when it comes to special occasions. He has the best memory when it comes to special dates -- top quality RAM. haha! Well, to be fair, so far, he's the sweetest husband 80% of our married life. And I hope that the percentage is only going to improve hehehee Yes, I woke up, greeted him "happy

Gotta Love Some Drunken People

2011-02-06T23:02:00.001+08:00

A man and his wife were awakened at 3 in the morning by a loud pounding on the door.The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger standing in the pouring rain, was asking for a push. "Not a chance," said the husband,"it's 3am!!" He slammed the door and returned to bed. "Who was that?" asked the wife. "Just some drunk guy asking for a push," he answered. "And you didn't help him?

Our First Hyacinth

2011-02-05T16:52:00.001+08:00

This is the first Hyacinth that I've bought, and it's sooooooo beautiful! Smells good too!!

Grey's Anatomy

2011-01-12T00:58:00.001+08:00

I know Adrian wouldn't agree with me but Grey's Anatomy is very good, not as good as House but IT IS VERY GOOD INDEED. And my favourite character is actually Doctor Yang, and I must emphasis that I'm not racist, she's just, or the character is just, the most real Chinese woman ever. I know, I know, it's just a character, but it's what I want and try to be most of the times. I'm not saying that

相爱不难，相处才难！

2011-01-10T23:50:00.002+08:00

老公的爸妈圣诞和新年来了香港过。好恩爱的一对。看着他们的相处，我很希望我们将来老了以后也可以一样恩爱 -- 不贪心，不必有他们100%的恩爱指数，有80%我就心满意足了！很多的智慧，关怀，包容和爱，很多很多。。。　多到可以把几个大西洋填满吧？　那种互动，在传统的华人社会里，真的像稀世珍宝一样，难得啊难得！　我就没幸能在我爸妈身上看到，除非，爸被爱神附身。。。　除非，除非。。。　有一天爸爸被鬼吓到不见了两个魂吧。。。　呵呵呵。。。　我好坏哟！　可是我爸妈那两夫妇就是一对冤家！爱把两个人放了在一起，那才是开始。。。　两个人的相处（或角力？）的开始。。。　怎麽样的相处模式才能让一段关系无惊无险地过渡４０个年头以上呢？　要有多少的爱才能成就这样的夫妻关系呢？　要有多少的智慧才能成就这样的夫妻关系呢？每天晚上看电视的时候，他们都会依偎在一起，像一对小恋人一样。。。

My New Toy - X'mas 2010

2010-12-29T13:00:00.001+08:00

Went to the Hong Kong Christmas Bookfest 2010 on Christmas eve. Bought some books of course and then I spotted a counter that sells Logitech mouse and stuff. It wasn't the mouse or keyboard that caught my eyes. It was the Kanvus products that caught my eyes. I have been looking at similar products for quite some time now and found that the better quality ones are usually quite pricey. This

OO... Briefcase...s!!

2010-11-26T21:58:00.000+08:00

I received a parcel... erm... a carton to be exact. I opened it and there are 2 silver briefcases in it. OOOOOoooooo.... I thought to myself, "this is strange..." because I haven't bought anything online lately (not that I don't want to, ai...) and I don't recognize the sender. Hmmm... I opened it and... tada!! Doesn't it just look like a case for firearms? Or, ermmm... something for

dying young

2010-11-26T20:39:00.001+08:00

I've been watching repeats of some HK movies on TV. It's quite sad that most of the times, at least one or two actors/actresses are dead. Sometimes, 2 out of 3 main actors. Though dying young, they were good at what they did, really good, by Asian standard. Rouge -- both of them died This is just one of the many examples. Well, good example from Hollywood, The Dark Knight -- Heath Ledger

正能量！

2010-11-17T01:47:00.000+08:00

看吧~ 我在发放正能量的样子哩~~ 是的！头发是会飞起来的~~ 呵呵呵呵呵呵呵~~~ 我以前都不用脸书的... 那时候，离开澳门的时候，在朋友们的要求下，才决定和老公共用一个account。也因此跟很多失联的朋友/同学从新联络上 -- 不小的收获哦！说实在，真的让我有一种整个人都充满着正能量一样。超爽！！最近，发现某一部分我认识的人，我在意的人，很奇怪地，都同时在他们的人生里遇到了一些让人烦恼的事情。希望你们能接收到我发放给你们的正能量，变得更有勇气去面对一切挑战哦！像九把刀说的，"人生就是不停的戰鬥！" 大家！用力地加油哦！我也会一起加油的！我的家人朋友們, 我最親爱的你們, 我的小宇宙還有很多很多的正能量存貨哦, 有需要就别客氣哦! 來! 拿去! 喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔~~~~~~

Homemade Wantons!

2010-10-14T22:34:00.002+08:00

I craved for wanton last night, after my Yoga session and a scroll in Page One. I figured I'd cook them myself since I've got some minced pork in the fridge. So I went and hunted for the prawns and wanton wrappers. Got the prawns but no wanton wrappers anywhere (well I only looked in 3 supermarkets, not a lot)!!! So I have decided to pay for the prawns and go home and make my own wanton

How many books do you read a year?

2010-08-17T10:16:00.000+08:00

5? 10? 50? Me, just about 20 I guess... How many books do you intend to read a year? 5? 10? 50? 100? Me, n or as many as possible. Unfortunately I don't earned enough to buy so many, I haven't got so much time to read so many (for some reason, I can't read on a moving vehicle any more, that's killing me), and the books I read just get thicker and thicker. For me, I intend to read a book

Love this Auto-Reply

2010-08-12T12:39:00.000+08:00

It was a boring afternoon, but then I received this Auto-Reply from a supplier, LOVE IT! I have highlighted the bit I love in Red... Thank you for your Email. Unfortunatelly I am currently out of office with limited access to my Emails. Your Email, therefore, will not be read. One more funny thing is that at 16:03 I received his previous email asking questions about his $$, then at 16:51 I

My latest piece - 開心 (Open Heart, means Happy)

2010-08-12T11:23:00.000+08:00

1st Anniversary!

2010-08-08T21:51:00.003+08:00

View allGet your own Yup, in a day, it's gonna be our anniversary! We celebrated it a couple of days earlier because Adrian won't be able to get home early enough to have dinner on the day itself... What to do, he's an important man... hehe Feels strange and, what a year it has been!! One down, a lifetime to go!!!

I'm almost a genius!

2010-07-08T12:01:00.003+08:00

Free-IQTest.net - IQ Test Ya ya, I took another IQ test this morning, after the one called Mensa Workout that I've taken last night at the Mensa website... I only scored 22/30, I think 2 of those that I didn't get was because my English is not good enough... eeeeeee!! Well, looking at the Score Guide from the one I've taken this morning, I have an IQ or 141... And then I was told that I have

World Cup and Octopus

2010-07-07T08:16:00.001+08:00

Yes, there's this thing called a Psychic octopus, its name, Paul. I saw this on Sky News this morning. And then received the above link from Steve E. It is said that Paul has made predictions about the German's matches in the World Cup and the accuracy, 100%! I simply think that he liked the colours of the German flag, 2 out of 3 are happy colours. And then it got bored, coz besides that

Is this seat taken?

2010-07-04T22:56:00.021+08:00

We have shuttle bus service between the apartment and Hankow Road in TST every 15 minutes which is very convenient - saves a lot of walking and $$ as well. Today, we went shopping in TST. We jumped on the shuttle bus to get home. The bus provides 29 seats and, all are double seaters but the last one at the back on the left. -- only a few seats left and none of them was together... It was

The Curious Diary of Mr. Jam

2010-06-23T19:35:00.000+08:00

The Curious Diary of Mr. Jam is a blog that I follow on a daily basis ever since I first read Mr. Jam's articles in The Standard. The stuff that he writes is really funny and so are the comments that follow. I can understand why -- Great minds think alike. hehee And then I started posting comments on some of his posts -- can't help it, they're just so interesting sometimes you just want to be

Another use of handouts...

2010-06-22T19:46:00.001+08:00

On the streets of TST, just a 5-minute walk and you'll collect enough newspaper (in the morning)/flyers/name cards for your child's next "Make Your Own Recycled Paper" project. Today, as we were making our way to our lunch, waiting for the little red man to turn green, right in front of us was a couple (a Caucasian man and a Chinese lady, although it's irrelevant to what we were about to witness

What comes first??

2010-06-21T22:29:00.006+08:00

OK, what do you call it? Strawberries with Whipped Cream? Whipped Cream on Strawberries? Whipped Cream Strawberries? Strawberries Whipped Cream?? Which one is it??? Well, whatever it is called, we're doing it again! Yes, it's Getting-Fat-Time again! This time, we will have dessert first, yes, dessert first. Then, dinner. hehehe if we were hungry after that... So tell me, what comes

Remember Me

2010-06-20T14:19:00.002+08:00

Nothing beats a good movie and with a couple of G&T's in the arms of your better half. Yes, we watched Remember Me. I must admit, it's because of Robert Pattinson, we decided that we should watch it. And if you have watched Twilight, you should be able to understand why we made the decision. It's started out with a homicide on a New York City Subway platform in 1991. And then the story went

English Names

2010-06-15T19:15:00.005+08:00

Traditional Chinese do not give their children English names. So most of us grow up with Chinese names, normally made out of 1 to 2 Chinese characters. The lack of an English name means that it is not easy for English speakers to remember us because it is difficult to pronounce our names and therefore, most of us, normally starting from high school (or as and when we feel we needed one), we get

What's for dinner?

2010-06-12T23:44:00.003+08:00

Getting home from work everyday feels good but when it comes to time to figure out what to have for dinner, it's not so much fun. And one of Adrian's favourite question on the phone during the day is "what are we doing for dinner tonight?" Sometimes he would have ideas and even prep the dinner himself. But it's just like lunch at work... you know what I mean. It's Saturday today. I have

My crocheting project - Bloom & Blossom

2010-06-10T19:53:00.009+08:00

I started work approx. 4 weeks ago. The office is in a building at the beginning of Canton Road, right next to Harbour City. Everyday when I go home, I have to walk pass all these super brands before I could get off the street (it's not like they're not there in the morning, they're just not opened yet, so I could hardly notice their existence). On the first day, I spotted this white crocheted

Getting fat on whipped cream!

2010-05-06T21:27:00.003+08:00

I went down to the wet market today. Well, I was there to get the ingredients for the dinner, for Adrian - the one's going to cook... Didn't really know how he'd manage because he only gets off work just about 7... As I was making my way back to the apartment, towards the end of the stretch of stalls, $20 for a box of strawberries! Not the best in the world but good enough... I was very

も一度日本へ行きたいなあ～～

2010-04-13T23:25:00.003+08:00

初めで日本へ行ったのは２００７年の十月だ。　メンヂィちゃんと一緒に東京へ旅行に行った。　すごく楽しかった。　買い物して、料理をたくさん食べて、温泉に入って、道をちょっと迷って、いい思い出だよ！今月、仕事でも一度香港に戻った。　今度、昔からずっと欲しくて、理想な仕事ができて、よかった。　仕事、頑張って、主人と一緒に、今度の十月、も一度日本へ行くつもりだ。　そして、鈴鹿サーキットで日本のF1グランプリを観戦できるんだ。　やった～～

Voo~ Hoo~~~ Vettel and good job to Lewis!!

2010-04-04T17:55:00.001+08:00

Despite the fact that his engine failed him the first 2 races, he finally nailed it this time! Good job!! And Lewis, VERY WELL DONE INDEED!! From 20th to 6th, it's unbelievable! He made the race so interesting. If there was a driver like that in the 90's, I wouldn't have called it "the dumbers-go-round"(儍佬兜圈）!! I just love how Lewis drives, he's just sooooooo good! And to top it all off,

Where to Cross the Border?

2010-03-04T12:15:00.003+08:00

Received a forwarded mail today, sadly, it reflects something really funny about Malaysia, and it's nothing to be proud of... it goes something like this.... WHERE TO CROSS THE BORDER? If You Cross The North Korean Border Illegally, You get 12 years Hard Labour. (Worse if you're a North Korean and try to cross the border to leave the country illegally!) If You Cross The Iranian Border

Malaysian Cable TV - Astro

2010-02-21T18:39:00.001+08:00

Astro, Malaysian Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Pay Television service, erm otherwise known as Malaysia's one and only Cable TV service provider (mind you, they also have radios aired through their channels). I've subscribed to it's service for more than 10 years now. Except when it rains and we lose the signal, and when there is more airtime for advertisements than the actual programmes in

Another marvelous book!! 又一好書!!

2010-01-23T12:10:00.000+08:00

I've finished this book whilst I was in the UK for our very long Christmas/New Year holiday. It was... breathtaking! It's called "Chinese Tiger", obviously, by a Chinese novelist (Li Ke Wei) and it's in Chinse... The story is fiction but it's based on facts - the fact about how the Chinese have destroyed the environment and one of the most precious animals in the country. Once again, the

The book "I don't want to be born a Chinese again" 来生不做中国人

2010-01-07T00:00:00.005+08:00

(click on image to view original size) Based on a research on www.163.com in September 2006, titled "If there is next life, would you want to be a Chinese again?" and in just 12 days, 65.1% of 11271 voters said no to being Chinese again. The poll was terminated and the web page was deleted 26 days before the end date of the poll two editors of the website were sacked on the same day. This

Happily wedded at last! - part 2

2009-08-16T20:20:00.003+08:00

We walked to the Lippo Centre to have our brunch after the registry. Then it was just me and Adrian, the photographers and the hired cars (with the drivers of course). First we had some shots in the car and then as the car got on the high way, we took some more nice photos too(I presume they were nice – we had the roof opened and stood as the car moved slowly to the exit of Lippo Centre, standing

Happily wedded at last - part 1

2009-08-13T13:00:00.001+08:00

After all the hard work, it’s finally came through alright – what a relief!Yes, we are finally married! And I’m writing this in our honeymoon suite – a jacuzzi water villa at Veligandu Island Resort in Maldives!! YES! MALDIVES!!Adrian came back to HK on the 1st of August and that was when we got all the final bits of our wedding sorted out… including meeting with John Ho of The Peninsula, our

Absolutely a master piece!

2009-06-30T01:09:00.005+08:00

I couldn't stop playing it and it looks like they are having so much fun that I wish I was one of them!Enjoy!

I've finally done it!

2009-06-19T18:00:00.007+08:00

Yes, I've finally tendered my resignation giving them a month's notice! Honestly, it's a relief!I sent an email to the HR Director in HK and copied Greg, the Associate Director here in Macau. Sent it out 17:52 and gave Greg about 5 minutes to talk to me about it. Haha! He asked, "Why? Is it personal or something else?" Gosh... since when resignation is not personal? Whatever reason it is, it

Ah! Talk about over reacting... can anyone top this please!!

2009-06-16T22:59:00.006+08:00

I got back from London on Friday, which I will talk about shortly, but this is something that you would find much much more interesting!I had fever Sunday evening. With the current situation in Hong Kong and UK... messages were sent to my cell constantly, "WHO alert raised to phase 6, Macau, without local confirmed cases, bla bla bla..." Yup, WHO declared an H1N1 pandemic... the first global

My 34th birthday - backdate to 8 April 2009

2009-06-16T01:36:00.005+08:00

Ahh... yes, I'm backdating this... Should have done this a long time ago...Unlike last year, I "celebrated" my birthday this year with Adrian miles away from me. But Adrian being the sweetest fiance, he made this power point presentation about my life without him and how he's going to "upgrade" all that from now onwards... once again, he did it. The slide show brought tears to my eyes.That's

Boarding yet?

2009-06-07T02:12:00.001+08:00

I was at the LCCT KL waiting for my flight to call for boarding... a bird flew into the hall... I could almost hear it say... "Boarding yet? Delayed?" Exactly what I had in my mind... My flight was scheduled to depart at 15:35, there was no sign of it opening at 14:59... in fact, it only opened at approx. 10 minutes to scheduled flight time... Typical AirAsia, they can delay you, you cannot

wishful thinking?

2009-05-25T01:44:00.003+08:00

I was watching a Japanese TV programme (I do that often, so that I don't forget what I've paid to learn) about the birth of babies of different families.Now ppl who knows me well enough would know that I have both of my fallopian tubes removed due to actopic pregnancy. I've never tried to hide it from anyone, so basically whoever brings it up I would make it clear that it takes more if I wanted

I thought it was...

2009-05-24T23:17:00.003+08:00

I somehow thought it was our last day -- 30th April 2009. But no, they've asked us to go back to work on the 4th of May -- the next Monday, and that iPL will give us a letter for the extension of through the month of May...I went back because it's a team thing --- all of us have got to be there somehow or there won't be a team... I don't know what it meant but for the sake of some of the

Last Day!

2009-04-30T12:09:00.002+08:00

Yes, it was our last day today and bloody hell, I had 2 meetings to attend before the end of this... Don't ask me why. I haven't a darn clue!At 4pm, Greg gathered all of us and asked us to return for work on Monday and that Venetian and inProjects have mutually agreed to a one-month extension of the Retail Coordination Team (this name will become history pretty soon, must mention a few more times

Counting Down... 2 days to go!

2009-04-29T13:36:00.005+08:00

Yes, tomorrow is my last day with inProjects.The team was informed that we're going to be taken on board the Venetian but nothing is happening so far, well, we've been hearing things but it's just hear say you see. As long as there's nothing on the table, no deal, that's the reality of it.I'm just gonna pack tomorrow and then get home and the next day, get to HK and do some banking and shopping

STRESSED OUT!!

2009-04-24T10:40:00.007+08:00

This is about work.We (as in the whole RCT - the ones that are kept) were made redundant end March, that makes my last working day 30th of April 2009, which is just about 6 days from now. We were told that a package is being negotiated with Venetian -- they will take us onboard and that we should get the offer (an offer with at least a 25% cut) just about mid April, which is now way overdue. And

What comes after engagement...!! Part 4

2009-04-23T21:18:00.000+08:00

This time, I'm in Hong Kong for something major -- a Makeup trial...Me and Jane has picked out a shop in the famous Golden Plaza called Patty Styling the last time. We were received by a fun young lady named Fanny (yes, it's one of the popular names for girls in Hong Kong...) and the photos that they displayed... the "before and after" makeup photos only looked like the girls put on makeups, not

What comes after engagement...!! Part 3

2009-04-22T00:10:00.011+08:00

Well the shopping did not end with the red dinner dress... we did try out quite a lot of accessories that were beautiful and all but they costs too much -- one set would cost about 60% of the selling price and a set would normally cost more than HK$1200! That's at least HK$2K just to rent 3 sets of bloody accessories: necklace & earrings!!! Are they out of their minds? I could run a business

Long Hair

2009-03-29T13:32:00.003+08:00

I was in Hong Kong the other day, to book the venue of our banquet. This time I went alone as I didn't want to trouble Jane too much. So I've had time to look at people or things around me like I used to when I spend time on my own. And so I got on the MTR, sat down and a long hair shadow caught my eyes -- beautiful straight hair, smooth and silky. Wow, she must have spent a lot of time

What comes after engagement...!! Part 2

2009-03-28T15:15:00.009+08:00

Then came the second weekend... This weekend, we have a set of different tasks. We have received quotations from a few photographers for the day. We have decided not to do a pre-wedding photo session. Well there's no way in doing that is there? With Adrian and I being so far apart, it is just impossible. We have decided that we do it on the day of our wedding, so that will require a very skillful

What comes after engagement...!! Part 1

2009-03-25T21:13:00.012+08:00

Well, it's time to update my current status now... well, of course by now, you know that my current status is "happily engaged", but what I'm trying to tell here is what comes after that...2 weeks after I said yes, well, I had to go back to Malaysia to spend Chinese New Year with my family, alone. Yup, leaving Adrian here to wait for his departure to another part of the world for a new job.Adrian

Valentine's Day 2009

2009-03-02T22:01:00.011+08:00

O, so it was Valentine's Day again. But, unlike the last one, Adrian was here. He wasn't here. He's far far away from me. That kinda gave me the blues... hmm... I knew he had things prepared but I didn't know what and so I was anxiously waiting for my surprise. This Valentine's Day was on a Saturday. However, some girls started receiving floweres on Friday the 13th already... at first I thought

Ah! New WebCam... Philips SPC 1300NC PC Camera!!!

2009-02-27T12:22:00.009+08:00

I bought a new webcam earlier because Adrian's webcam is too old... well I looked like a woman in some old yellow photos. I didn't like it and so I bought this new Philips SPC 1300NC PC Camera... The one that I bought for my pc in Malaysia is an "installation-free" webcam, all I did was just plug it into the USB port, nothing technical... but, how difficult can it be?? I pulled apart a computer

Hmm... What I saw in Malaysia...

2009-02-08T23:03:00.009+08:00

I spent about 2 weeks in Malaysia during Chinese New Year... Good times & great fun! I took the time to renew my passport whilst I was there because the old one is running out and I've only had it for less than 1.5yrs! It costs less and I don't have to go all the way to HK to do it. Although I had to spend just about 6 hours there, I got the renewed passport the same day. Well the process could

I said, "Of course I will..."

2009-01-31T20:54:00.017+08:00

It was our first anniversary. 11th January 2008 was when we first kissed. We went to Hong Kong to celebrate the ocassion. I was made aware that it would be very special... I saw him thinking hard and tried to get him to tell me what he had in mind hehehe... It was a fine Sunday. We went ice-skating for the second time of my life. Everything was great until I landed on my bum (really hard) for the

Some statement...

2008-12-22T17:39:00.003+08:00

I saw this in England... Very accurate in describing some kids... You'll know what I mean if you've been around one... or more :-S

Weird...

2008-12-22T17:01:00.008+08:00

There are some really funny stuff that I've come across in this part of the world -- although it's just less than four hours' flight time from Malaysia.Besides the pink (solid) cars (I've seen BMW's in pink, Adrian thinks that these car owners should be executed), scooters and helmets, Hello Kitty all over (seriously both interior & exterior) some cars... the most ridiculous "behaviour" is this..

Farewell...

2008-12-16T11:29:00.009+08:00

Yesterday was one of the busiest days in the year because the only one left in the Commercial Team is me. Back to square one... I started in the team as the First and only member, for 8 months, I had neither a manager nor an administrator. Then Brian came and join us. 3 months later, Jane joined. The team grew from slightly less than 15 to 75 at peak... so big that we have never had the

iPML Xmas "Party"

2008-12-04T15:52:00.010+08:00

Tonight, we have our first and possibly last iPML Xmas Party at RASCALS tonight! Paul and I have been making posters for tonight... just for the fun of it... O btw, it's a private function, hopefully no outsiders are joining us! Chinese version The Venetian Job My Goodness, my job! The Nightmare Before Christmas...Personally, I like this one most... and I want to dedicate this to

B O R E D O M

2008-12-04T15:39:00.005+08:00

As everybody here in Macau/Hong Kong knows, this project has been suspended until Sands actually finds his funding... While just about 90% of the whole team (all of the teams) have been laid off, and some are still sitting around serving their notices... Adrian has created this brilliant piece! It's been circulated, posted on walls and partitions in some the offices hahaha! A job well done!

小學生造句

2008-12-04T09:35:00.001+08:00

Sorry if you don't read Chinese...笑死我也…很有趣的造句！隨著年齡增長，愈發羨慕小朋友能夠如此天真無邪的用語....當然，也很羨慕這位老師如此幽默的評語，這工作真是享受.....小學生造句精選1。題目：一邊....一邊....小朋友寫：他一邊脫衣服，一邊穿褲子。老師批語：他到底是要脫還是要穿啊？2。題目：其中小朋友寫：我的其中一只左腳受傷了。老師批語：你是蜈蚣嗎？3。題目：陸陸續續小朋友寫：下班了，爸爸陸陸續續的回家了。老師批語：你到底有幾個爸爸呀？4。題目：難過小朋友寫：我家門前有條水溝很難過。老師批語：老師更難過。 5。題目：又....又.....小朋友寫：我的媽媽又矮又高又胖又瘦。老師批語；你的媽媽是變形金鋼嗎？ 6。題目：你看小朋友寫：你看什麼看！沒看過啊？老師批語：沒看過。7。題目：欣欣向榮小朋友寫：欣欣向榮榮告白。老師批語：連續劇不要看太多了

The disaster

2008-11-15T12:04:00.005+08:00

It has been a sad sad month and it's only half way through. First the Fitout team at 5&6 started letting ppl go when it was decided that L2&3 are suspended. Adrian was lucky to be kept and transferred down to the Casino, and that means he gets to stay -- a relief! Then it's our team, the RCT, we had to let 5 teammates go. Honestly, it did not impact us that much -- big relief. But Eric had

Nothing to be proud of!!

2008-10-15T09:53:00.004+08:00

I have never been political. You can say that I'm handicapped - I don't see it, I don't hear it, I don't read it, I don't even talk about it! If there's a grading system to it, I'm probably not qualified to be graded.I think that was because Malaysia has always been, well, all through my life until I got here, a very calm country politically. People that I met (foreigners) were constantly

Some interesting topic...

2008-10-13T11:46:00.008+08:00

I have read some very disturbing (yet very very true) about my home country -- Malaysia... One of the blogs I read is Patrick Teoh's "Niamah!!!" but today, I read something that speaks my mind... see below...Very frightened Malaysian abroad writes Interesting topic to share.... I HAVE been meaning to pen some thoughts for some time now, to let people actually read the views of the typical '

Time

2008-09-10T11:47:00.006+08:00

I'd bet you know who sketched this. Yup it's me. I have this pinned on my partition because I want to remember the first day I started work in the Venetian. I've been in Macau for approx. 27 months now... things have turned tougher these days but I'm still hanging here. Got to know so many interesting friends. Although some have already left the place but I do continue meeting different people

T8

2008-08-12T15:45:00.008+08:00

It was the 6th of August... I woke up, well, half conscious, but I could still tell that the rain and the wind sounded louder than last night!! We (well almost everyone I know) prayed very hard(I just hoped, didn't really pray, because I don't really have a God to pray to... and borrowing one didn't sound normal...)that T8 hoisted so that we can all have a day off!! hehehehe yup T8=no work!! (

New Born!!!!

2008-06-10T17:15:00.006+08:00

Good news arrived yesterday afternoon at about 3pm, I've become an antie again!! My brother's 2nd son is born! I thought my brother could have taken a nicer photo... hmm... look at this ugly wrinkly little thing!! Hahahaha!! According to my mom, he's got bigger mouth than his brother and cries louder than him! I just can't wait to get home and give the little thing a big big hug!

Some Engrish Menu!

2008-06-10T16:05:00.006+08:00

I have been receiving emails about how Chinese (not only PRC Chinese, but Taiwan Chinese, HK/Macau Chinese, Japanese, Korean...) is translated to English wrongly... They call them Engrish.Guess What me and Adrian found? We went shopping new the St. Paul's Church one weekend and saw this... but they do sell very delicious food and had asked us to help to correct the mistakes and of course, we did

One more!

2008-05-06T14:19:00.003+08:00

Found one more as I was looking through the files..."Fat area" is what it says in Chinese! I wouldn't want to live there for sure...

New discovery in Macau!!

2008-05-06T11:31:00.007+08:00

I've been in Macau since August 2006, that means that I've been here for 1.75yrs now... and still, it's a very exciting adventure! Every now and then I have new discoveries!!Here are some funny street names I came across lately...I don't know about the Portuguese words but the Chinese words, pronounced "die law hong" (English pronunciation) or "dai loh hong" (Malay pronunciation), which means "

Top 3 spots for photos in the Grand Canal Shoppes, Venetian, Macau

2008-04-25T10:55:00.011+08:00

I have been thinking about blogging this since not long after the Venetian’s Grand Opening… When we walk around the mall, the gals and I found some really strange things… the things that we normally wouldn’t do… And so we have concluded that the following spots in the Grand Canal Shoppes are the 3 most popular spots for camera shots! 3rd Place (outside Edo Japanese Restaurant, well

Thomas baked cookies again!!!

2008-04-25T10:28:00.008+08:00

Thomas (the one in blue shirt) – the ultimate baker of the office… he bakes cookies occasionally and brings them to the office to share with all the colleagues. A very impressive action I must say. He’s the only man I know who bakes cookies!! Today, he bakes again. Have a look, I just luuuuuurve the way they look… “These are bloody racist!!” says Brian hahahahaha…and they do look yummy...But.

What a disappointment!

2008-04-05T10:19:00.008+08:00

Last Thursday 28/03/2008 (I only have time to blog it now), we went to Oriented.com's Happy Hours (which is "simultaneously" held on the last Thursday of every month in more than ten cities around the world, providing international networking opportunities and global guanxi for members) in McSorley's, in The Venetian with Kenneth Terry, Eddie and Jane. As usual, the Guinness was good but because

Burns Night

2008-03-30T16:49:00.013+08:00

After finished telling you about how it all began, it's now time to tell you a little bit of the new experience I had in Macau...Burns Night - I heard about it the first time of my life, strangely, here in Asia, Macau to be exact (which has nothing much to do with Scotland)... it's a day when the Scots everywhere take time out to honour a national icon - Robert Burns (poet,

and so the story continues...

2008-03-17T15:57:00.006+08:00

OK OK I know it's getting too long to read but hey, it's my very romantic story alright?! Look at my photo albums if I'm boring you! And so I went home... sleepless again >____< And, so it was 2 days later - Friday!!! You know Fridays, they always mean that happy hour starts at 3?? hehehe I received a text from Adrian asking me to join him in the Benders - some papaya bar i.e. topless bar in

Valentine's Day 2008

2008-03-02T18:41:00.002+08:00

Just in case you've got bored with all the writing, here's a video that's been taken this Valentine's Day, which was our first Valentine's Day... Early in the morning, he made me breakfast in bed... just scrambled eggs on a toast with a glass of orange juice, normal? check out the plate he used... And then I went to work. At about 10:30am, I received a call asking me to receive flowers

Me and Adrian...

2008-03-01T09:53:00.005+08:00

Well yes, I'm gonna talk about me and Adrian again...There was this night when I actually sent him a text message. He replied immediately. I just don't remember what it was about coz if you have read the previous blog, the recall button in my brain is not working properly... The only thing that I remember is that his replies sounded a bit funny... he was obviously not fully conscious about what

Adrian again

2008-02-23T18:49:00.001+08:00

OK, at this point, I would assume that you have visited Adrian's blog by now. By reading his blog, you should now know how bad my memory is... hehehehe... well read his if you don't have a clue what I'm talking about... conclusion is, I don't have a recall button!!! I am very impressed because he actually remembers most of the details that I didn't remember. It's like I have a book, with titles

Adrian

2008-02-23T11:06:00.001+08:00

Finally, a Saturday off. Which finally gives me the time to do some stuff I've been wanting to, and that includes writing something here...It was sometime in the last 2 months of 2006 as far as I could remember (well Adrian managed to trace back and literally "tracked down" the exact date we met! It was 28/11/2006, I could only remember that it was a Tuesday coz it was scheduled to be a

New Start

2008-02-19T11:56:00.001+08:00

This is a very new start for me (well, it all started in January, I only have the time to blog it now!):a new blog - I will terminate most of my old ones... and will only keep http://vernette.lifelogger.com/a new, magical relationship - with a very wonderful man, Adrian Lydiard.Ya, ya, ya, this is Adrian, he's English and he has blue eyes! And blonde hair!! new best friends - I have, well, we