Back To Basic

[ 蔡健雅 ] 如果你愛我

Because of Cup Cakes and Krispy Kreme... I missed out all the ACTIONS... I also missed out getting it re-touched... I suppose there's always next time? ...Maybe I shall also do that as birthday present for myself... hehe... Anyway, I had a great day at St Kilda for lunch, at South Melb for Tea Pot hunt, and sang like a Superstar with PS3... FUN!

End of the day, I suggested "back to basic"... I don't really know why I did that when I had such a wonderful day... I guess I know the question will still come back to me if I avoided it tonight...

Anyway, I know I have done my part more than enough and it's not my problem anymore... Maybe it's just like Tanya's lyric...

總是全力以赴 保持日復一日的溫度
多少有幫助
繞過愛你的路 就讓回憶模糊
關上車窗再加速
需要的 我比你清楚

如果你愛著我 而我也愛著你
結果還是有段 跨不過的距離
這時離開 還依然美麗

如果說 我愛著你 而你卻比較愛自己
我想那就不是我的問題
那不過是 現代人的愛情

Undelivered Messages

[ massive attack ] teardrop

I remember the "right feeling".... I remember the "right ways"...
I know how things should have been if it was "right"...
I don't feel "right"... not now at all...
I wouldn't have missed them if things were truly "right".... would I?

There's so many things I wanted to know... typed them out without sending them out... they then get deleted - yet not forgotten... They are still the unsolved mysteries and unspeakable issues..

Teardrop

[ massive attack ] teardrop

Love... Love is a verb... Love is a doing thing...
Teardrop in my eyes... most faithful my love...

空白格

[ 蔡健雅 ] 空白格

我们之间的空白格是何时形成的?



其实很简单其实很自然 两个人的爱由两人分担
其实并不难是你太悲观 隔著一道墙不跟说分享
不想让你为难
你不再需要给我个答案

我想你是爱我的 我猜你也舍不得
但是怎么说总觉得
我们之间留了太多空白格
也许你不是我的 爱你却又该割舍
分开或许是选择
但它也可能是我们的缘分

Restricted

[ george michael ] kissing a fool

Love... and Passion...
...being restricted and contained...

Sum It Up

[ sting ] dessert rose

The previous week has been soooooooooooo busy I don't remember what exactly I was doing or how did i even spend the weekend and etc...

I think there were Food, IKEA, colleague's house for dinner, and Melbourne Show!!! Then there were nights where I slept under the bright glowing stars...

Time passes by too fast and I'm too tired to blog them now... zZzzzzZzzZzzz

Shall We Dance?

[ skye ] feel good inc.

Had an appointment and had to drive to work today...
He said if I have any concerns, I shall give him a call anytime...
If any...................................................... and I hope not...

The whole day I wasn't feeling quite myself because there was something that bothers me... but I couldn't pin point what exactly... I guess I probably didn't feel "right" to see him again too soon...

Anyway, after I finished my appointment... I received an sms requesting "a sunflower"... that actually put a smile on my face... Yes... Sunflower makes me smile... and I like the idea of getting a sunflower...

So I started my sunflower hunt in the afternoon... Didn't have any luck at all... Perhaps if I have had gone to the florist outside Melb Town Hall, I'd be able to get Sunflowers because they always have Sunflowers there... perhaps... Most of the florists told me Sunflowers weren't in season... so I ended up with two bunches of Yellow Tulips... They are quite beautiful...

Whats for dinner? ...Homemade pizza and homemade garlic bread...
Watched "Shall We Dance" for the first time... Very nice... I like!!!!!!

I've Never Been To Me

[ charlene ] i've never been to me



Hey lady, you lady, cursing at your life
You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife
I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do
But, I wish someone had talked to me
Like I wanna talk to you.....

Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
I took the hand of a preacher man and we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces because I had to be free
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me

Please lady, please lady, don't just walk away
'Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today
I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
Won't you share a part of a weary heart that has lived million lies....

Oh, I've been to Niece and the Isle of Greece while I've sipped champagne on a yacht
I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got
I've been undressed by kings and I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me

[spoken]
Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie, a fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be
But you know what truth is?
It's that little baby you're holding, it's that man you fought with this morning
The same one you're going to make love with tonight
That's truth, that's love......

Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children that might have made me complete
But I took the sweet life, I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free
Hey lady......
I've been to paradise, (I've been to paradise)
But I've never been to me

Wildlife Documentaries

[ skye ] feeling good inc.

Ever since I have done one of the right thing on Wednesday... it was as if I have placed my white stone firmly on the Go-chess board to shape the game a little... but it's still a new game... So much space and the black and white stones still haven't formed a shape and they certainly have not showed their true colors as yet... The board is still filled with many uncertainties and unpredictable moves...

I since have been trying to analyze and trying to predict the future's moves but I guess it was something that I shouldn't have done because it only troubles me more especially when I could not find any answer... I guess I have to remind myself not to worry nor think too much as it's actually the JOURNEY that counts after all...

Anyway, we had lunch at a Korean restaurant called 7 & 7 at Carnegie... I think the "Hot Pot not Hot" Korean restaurant in the city is slightly better... =) ...Went to Safeway to get a bit of stuff and watched Apocolypto together... I think this was the 3rd time I've watched this movie but still find myself enjoying it very very much...

Well, guess what? ...I received yet another gift!!! ...A whole set of Wildlife documentaries which he started collecting about 2 weeks ago (one by one from Herald Sun Newspaper everyday)... That effort kinda touched me a little (or maybe a lot?!)...

Was it just coincidence or was the timing so perfect that Herald Sun came up with such documentaries for him to collect? ...Unbelievable... Why is it seems so easy for him to do something so sweet and beautiful?

I don't know what to do in return... I am a little unsure... I still could not analyze how this board game would turn out...

Timing is such a vital thing in life, isn't it? ...
Is this my turn to place the white stone on the board now? ...and if so, where shall I land my next white stone? ...and are you sure you wanna land your black stone there or shall you just hold and think before you put it down?

hmmm... Maybe we shall play "Tell The Truth" instead??

Nutella Peanut Butter Sandwich @ Botanical Garden

[ regina spektor ] lady

Almost every Tuesday, the color I noticed were moody and grey...

Anyway, it's Wednesday and I hope the cloud would clear up a little... perhaps a walk would help... though it wasn't very Sunny but it's good enough to take a walk at the Botanical Garden...

Peanut Butter + Nutella Sandwich... YUM!! ...My 2nd day of quiting Peanut Butter in the morning and I was already back on eating Peanut Butter again during lunch today... but Peanut Butter + Nutella are very compatible and they absolutely compliment each other... How to resist?!?

Be brave OoKi... be strong OoKi! ...Nothing out there that I could not over come with... esp if it was the right thing to do...

And I have finally got piece of information out of my system... and what a relief... Guilt free now I suppose...

Another surprise again... I was given a gift again which I was instructed not to open immediately... Well, at the end I only opened the gift hours later as I was extremely busy at work (mid month and end of month is my busiest day!)...

As I opened the gift, I could not believe it... I always wanted to own a copy of this book but it has since stopped printing ages ago... and he found it just like that?!?! ...Unbelievable... Why does he make thing looks so easy and simple???

I was so happy that I couldn't stop smiling the rest of the day... THIS is THE book that changed my perspectives and helped me get through one stage of my life and make sense of the journey for me without having to put much effort...

Red Red Flowers

[ regina spektor ] on the radio

What a tiring Monday after a cool weekend... What a surprise to receive a bouquet of flowers in the office... Everyone was asking me if I knew who sent it... Everyone was curious to find out who that guy is... As usual, I returned them with a cheeky smile and got away without revealing... I'm such a secretive person, aren't I?

It's quite sweet receiving flowers... but I don't quite like receiving flowers in the office because I don't like the attention... It makes me feel a little uncomfortable especially when people started to ask me questions which I don't want to answer....

Anyway, receiving this bouquet of flowers comes with a problem which I wasn't quire prepared to deal with, but I guess I'll have to find a way or chance to deal with it soon because conscience has started to catch up with me now... =\

Up Up and Away...

[ jack johnson ] gone going gone

Had lunch at a Malaysian restaurant called KotaRaya at Elsternwick... I'm quite impressed with their Hainan Chicken Rice... Quite yummy...

Actually it wasn't my first time here at Kota Raya restaurant... During my ex-classmate Kevin's last visit... We all went there for dinner with my family... The best dish I could remember was their fish (which you have to pre-order when you make reservations).

Anyway, it was a beautiful day... The clay making classes wasn't opened until school holidays (initially we were planning to take up the sunday fun class)... Looking at the Melway, no idea where shall we go... I decided to buy a kite and fly it...

Flying Kite has always been one of the activity that I wanna do... and I was a little jealous that Rabbit has done it but I hasn't... hehehe... So off we went to hunt for a KITE!! ...It didn't take us too long to find the KITE at Game Shop at Southland Shopping Centre...

We then drove to the park nearby (that showed on the Melway)... as there's this beautiful Lake and the wind was strong enough... Pulled out my picnic mat and brought out our picnic junk food (leftover from yesterday - muahahhaha!!)... and we started to fly the Kite! ...

It took me a few good attempts before I got the hang of it... The 2 strings (controllers) kite ain't easy at first but I found it quite fun to fly than the normal one string kite... I think I was the smart one here too cos it took my friend agesssssssss to manage how to fly it... =P

Anyway, it was quite tiring running around after a while and we started to pack up and get some dinner... Picked up a DVD "Sunshine" and a pizza and garlic bread and off we went to have our movie session.... (I thought the movie was ok at the beginning... and it started to go downhill when Hiroyuki Sanada is no longer appear in the movie!!!!) ....hahahaha

I must say I think Hiroyuki Sanada is sooooooooooooooooooooo damn handsome... I was so excited when I saw him appearing in Sunshine (cos I didn't really know who casts in this movie).... Anyway, enough enough... Maybe I shall start watching some Japanese Series that he made last time... hohohoho!!!

So the night ended with me thinking about Kiroyuki Sanada smiling..... He's so MAN isn't he??!!! ....hahahaha...

Shortest Picnic @ Warrandyte

[ cass elliot & the mamas and the papas ] dream a little dream of me

It's been ages I have not been to Warrandyte... It's only about 30mins away from Melbourne. A little township that offers lots of food and arty stuffs... and there's this pathway where you could walk around the river and see people kayaking or canoeing...

The last time I went was probably at least 4 to 5 yrs ago... and I always wanted to try Kayaking there because the river is quite calm - would be suitable for beginner I guess...

Anyway, the place has developed a lot since... The walking path along the river has been upgraded and there's so many people walking around there now then before... We were walking there to search for a picnic spot, but we couldn't find any as it's either too bushy or too wet and sandy)! ...

By the time we finished walking and drove to a nearby park and set up our picnic area... It was already quite late... We only sat there for probably 30mins and decided to pack up and leave... The wind is getting COLD and shadows of the trees were growing longer and bigger as the sun started to set...

Well, on our way back to the city, I suddenly remember Sutdley Park Boathouse at Yarra Bend Park... Another beautiful area just right outside the city and some part of the hill could overlook the city night lights (a substitute to Mt.Dandenong if you don't wanna drive too far)... Unfortunately, the beautiful Boathouse (fine dining) was not opened until 6pm or 7pm... and I think we could only hire the boat or canoe to row along the river in the morning or early arvo... Perhaps I shall come back again next time, cos it's such a lovely place!! ... =)

(Sorry Rabbit... I forgot about this place while you were here... Perhaps during your next trip? ...come to Melb again!! =)

At night we went to a Vietnamese Restaurant along Richmond and we tried out the Vietnamese Pancake and I'm very impressed because I like it! ...All you need to do is to use the Lettuce to wrap the pancake... The Pancake is egg based and has meat and prawn and lots of beansprout on it)...

Then we were searching for a Lounge or Cafe... Drove to Chapel Street to have Cheesecake at Cafe Greco (can't go wrong with their strawberries cheesecake)... and we walked along before we headed home and end the night...

Little Project

[ michael buble's songs]

It's been a while since I last painted anything on the canvas...

Today I took out the dusty brushes and acrylic tubes which have been hibernating for almost 1yr+ and started to give them a squeeze... Even though it was just a 15cm x 15cm project, but it brought serenity and peacefulness when I was in focus... It's almost like meditation... I was in my own world...

The concept of SPRING has been in my mind for a while but nothing motivate me to JUST-DO-IT... Anyway, sometimes I do need a kick to be motivated and get things started again...

SUMMER's concept has already settled in my mind but I'm unsure if I should DO-IT-NOW or wait till Summer comes... (Wouldn't it be more meaningful if it was done during Summer?)... Or shall I start thinking about AUTUMN and WINTER now too??

I need to search for more 15cm x 15cm canvas now cos they are just right for me especially I'm still new to Acrylics! ...

Proper Date with Shoya

[ michael buble ] dream a little dream

For the past few weeks... It was always "wherever you go I'd tag along" kinda thingy... and today I received an sms in the morning for a "proper date" at 4pm... and I was instructed to wear something "pretty" or wear a dress? ...*panic*...I don't have any dress to wear because I'm not a girly-dressed-person... I love my jeans, my khaki, my wide leg pants and my cargo pants...

Anyway, it was all due to I was undecided what to wear and had too many "fashion shows" in front of my mirror at home until I was an hour late... (Yeah!! ...Never ever asked me to dress up "pretty" cos I'll certainly end up being late!)... and guess what? ...I rocked up in jeans at the end... lolx!!!!

By the time I parked my car at Crown Casino, it was about 510pm... *faint*... I thought I was soooo in trouble (even though I had already notified that I'll be late... but that wouldn't make me feel any better for being late)... Hmm... The idea of making a "U-turn" and go home actually crossed my mind cos I was afraid I might get scolded... hahaha...

Well, we walked around Crown Casino's shopping area for around (totally because I haven't been there for ages and there's many changes!)... and we started to walk towards the city... Went to Gin Palace to have a sip before we headed to Shoya Restaurant (which located next to Flower Drum)...

We had the Smokeless BBQ "Yakiniku" Special Set Menu (Seafood)... Very interesting place... and the Wagyu Beef was soooooooooooooooo nice... We also ordered Yuni-Yakko (Fresh tofu topped with fresh Sea Urchin)... Ohhhhhhhhh... I think this appetizer is sooooooooooooooooo yummy and it was my first time trying Sea Urchin too!! ...It's absolutely delicious....

I think it's either the food was toooooooooooooooo yummy or I was a little tired that I didn't talk too much at all during the night... But it was a good night, yet walking back to Crown Casino after dinner was extremely cold!!! ...

Anyway, I used to think Sozai was the best Japanese restaurant in Melb... but I changed my mind now as Shoya beats it!!! ... =) ...Absolutely in love with food in Shoya...

(Rabbit, come to melb again and we shall go Shoya and try out all the interesting dishes!!!)

Real Cherry Ripe Ice Cream Finally

[ regina spektor ] on the radio

We had 6-inches each at Subway around 1pm near Elsternwick... Initially I planned to visit another Maze which I found on the Melway (directory at the back)... but he asked me to drive a little further (a few blocks away from Subway) and wanted me to wait at the carpark for 10mins and he went to get something? ...Anyway, I thought he left something at work and went to pick it up...

When he came back, he was holding this paper tray full of cookies in many varieties which he just bought from this famous shop called Aviv Cakes & Bagels at Glen Huntly Road... He insisted that I must eat the fruit tarts (I don't think that's the proper name but alas!)... I think that was yummy especially the custard in the middle (ewwww... how to lose weight like that??)... And then he kept asking me to try the cookies... I tried 2 different type of chocolate cookies and that's it... Too full!!!

Just as I was about to start our day trip (I wanted to go to the Maze!)... He asked me to drive to Glenferrie Road at Malvern... So I did as he tried to navigate... Parked the car and we started to walk along Glenferrie Road to find his shop... And he surprised me by bringing me to this Ice-Cream shop called Cold Rock.

Well, he was trying to make up to me because I was disappointed last week when he told me there was Cherry Ripe Ice Cream in supermarket, but it turned out to be a Turkish Delight Ice Cream... Tsk! ...Anyway, I picked Coconut Ice Cream and had them mixed the Cherry Ripe chocolate for me in the Ice Cream... Yummy!!! ...He had Rum & Raisin Ice Cream + TimTam... Quite cool... but again I was TOO FULL and was struggling to finish the ice-cream....

We then headed down to Frankston listening to my mp3 songs (2003) in the car and chatting away... Didn't really do much at Frankston at all... We went to the shopping mall just to use their washroom... haha... and then we headed back to Melb again...

On our way back to Melb I was driving along The Esplanade... the houses were absolutely beautiful... but the sun glazed was pretty bad (it was nearly sun-set)... Anyway, I drove to Williamstown via Port Melb...

We didn't manage to walk around Williamstown because it was VERY COLD and already dark... We had Mexican food at Viva Zapatas. The food tonight was alright but pretty filling (I can't remember the names of the food we ordered, sorry!!)

We then went to Breizoz to have Apple & Calvados Crêpes and a hot drink... I love the courtyard area... Most of the big paintings still the same... =) ...Love them!!

Anyway, we left around 11pm and before he got off my car, he gave me another little surprise - a tiny little pressie... I didn't open it until I reached home (cos I'm a cinderella, remember? ...Had to rush home before 12am or else I'd get nagged!)

A Saturday full of little surprises... eventhough we didn't make it to the maze as planned...

Family Karaoke Night

[ gloria gaynor ] i will survive

What a night!! ...Karaoke with my family!! ...How cool is that hey?!

Anyway, it was my idea to go Karaoke for brother's birthday initially, but nobody supported my idea at that time... Few day later, mum and I were talking about singing thingy and she started to like the idea especially they (mum & dad) haven't been to any Karaoke in Melb before... So we all decided we'll have a family Karaoke on Friday night!! ...Woohoo!!

We all met up after work at 630pm and had dinner at Ghin Khao Thai restaurant at Swanston Street... The food was fantastic!!! ...but the servicing was a little chaotic... we had to wait for a long time for all the dishes to come out... other than that, we all pretty satisfied with the food there... yummmm....

We then walked to the Karaoke (I can't remember the name) near Little Burke Street. Many youngsters there and we could hear people singing their heart out when we walked to our private room... We all sort of laughed too when we heard someone next door trying to scream out loud in hoping to reach the higher notes? ...It was sooooooo funny...

Anyway, I knew brother's girlfriend and my parents might be a little shy at the begining... So brother picked a song for me to sing first... Brother and I sang together too to warm up and brother started to pick lotsa Chinese oldies for parents to sing...

Wow!! ...Dad can sing well but his voice is a little soft... Brother can sing very well too but I think he is a little shy in front of parents... hehehe... And the songs tonight didn't suit me as most of them were too high for me to reach (yeah! blame the song instead! ...haha) ...

The first song I attempted was a little out of tune especially when I tried to reach the high note ... They all laughed at me... How embarrassing!! ...hehehehe... But I guess that probably inflated my brother's girlfriend's confidence seeing me singing so out of tune at times... and she started to sing solo too!!! ...Big Big applaud to her... =)) ...(cos she doesn't sing at all)

The night ended around 1130pm as dad has to work the next day... Oh well... I guess everyone was a little tired too as towards the end, nobody wanted to sing anymore... My parents actually prefer to watch the MTV than singing... haha... Cos they kept asking me to turn on the singer's volume instead... hahaha... (I guess they were trying to tell me I couldn't sing in a nice way!! =)

Oh well, I would love to go Karaoke again if anyone out there willing to lend me their ears... hahahah... =))))

Cherry Ripe = Turkish Delights???

[ melly goeslaw & eric ] ada apa dengan cinta

Visited the Highline Tattoo Parlour at St Kilda just to check out the Flute Dancing Couple again... They still look soooo irresistibly cute!! ...I will redesign them and perhaps when I am happy and satisfy one day, I would have another one... (don't think it would be any sooner at all... hehe!)

Anyway, the Tattoo Artist is Simon Wilson, and I seriously admirer his Traditional Tribal designs... They're not only complicatedly beautiful, they are also extremely challenging to work on (esp those that covers the whole limbs)... No wonder he won the Awards for those!!

Lunch was at Nyonya Restaurant at Glen Waverley... Woah!!! ...Laksa sedapnya!! ...We had some kuih too... and I bought 1/4 of the Cakes Lapis (cost $15!! ...So expensive for a 10cm x 10cm cake!)...

Well, I was hoping to buy my brother a birthday present, but there wasn't much at The Glen Shopping Mall... so we went to Chadstone Shopping Mall yet it was already 4pm and there wasn't much time left to shop at all... We ended up reading books in Borders Bookshop instead...

At night I went home and sorta celebrate Brother's birthday with the Cake Lapis... I think I like Russel a little bit more nowadays... that's probably becos he likes me!? ...hahaha...

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Anyway, the highlights of the day wasn't the food I had nor the places I went this time... it was:-

(1) My friend told me he sold his bicycle and gave away his helmet which he has worn for 1yr... I found it really funny because I thought people would get their own helmet instead of using a 2nd-hand helmet? ...Imagine the SWEAT from the previous owner... Ewww... I mean, I thought helmet is like underwear or socks, you don't buy 2nd-hand's to wear??

(2) My friend told me there's Cherry Ripe Ice Cream and we can buy from Coles / Safeway!? ...I love Cherry Ripe and I was so excited and when we went to check it out.... ALAMAK!!? ...It wasn't Cherry Ripe Ice Cream at all... It is a Turkish Delight Ice Cream... and he insisted they taste the SAME?? ...and force me to try the Turkish Delight Ice Cream even though I kept telling him I KNOW the difference between Turkish Delight and Cherry Ripe.... lolx... Mana boleh?!

Garfield Pillow

[ thisty merc ] 20 good reasons

Garfield Pillow enters my life since 1994... It was given to me by a friend who shaved his hair to be bald...

He isn't great a good looking guy but he has personality and even though the shape of his head wasn't as round and perfect as African's.... He still shows confidence wearing no hair... and I guess that what makes him attractive? ...Confidence...

I think my liking for bald / extremely short hair guys started from there... (I think!)... or maybe it was dated back even earlier? ...hehe... Don't remember!!

Mysterious Flute Playing Symbol Unfold

[ regina spektor ] fidelity

A blue and a red couple playing flute and dancing...

For the past 10+ years, I have never knew what this symbol means, which I have always ALWAYS fond of... I first saw it at a Tattoo Parlour which located around St Kilda. I fell in love with them...

At that time I was still young and I wasn't quite sure if I should get a tattoo (even though I always wanted one)... but my love for these flute playing couple have never ceased... I actually visited the Tattoo Parlour a few times just to look at it whenever I thought I was ready for a tattoo (that's before I was inked last year)...

Well, even though now that I have a tattoo on my ankle... I still constantly remember that flute playing dancing couple because I know that is what I truly like... After all, I have liked it for over 10yrs and it is still THE only tattoo that I have seen that I could not forget and could not stop loving...

Well, I have no idea what's the name of the symbol nor it's meaning... I thought it was just a design... until... He said he always wanted to have this Flute Playing man tattoo... I didn't think much of it until this morning when I woke up, I had this funny feeling that the symbol he was talking about could be the same one which I like?? ...(Even though the one I liked is a couple, he could be talking about the male one I saw??) ... It's such a strange feelings (yeah! I know I am sloooooooow sometimes... haha)....

I didn't know there's even a name for this symbol and I did a google search after I asked him what was it called... and OMG!!!! ...That's the one I like!!? ...I could not expressed how surprised I was... a little freaky too... because I have never told anyone... I have only showed Li-Joo once cos at that time we went to that Tattoo Parlour just to browse for some designs...

Of all the designs and tattoos available out there, I have never thought I would meet someone who knew the name of the symbol and love it as much as I do too? ...

Creepy, Freaky, Bizarre, Unbelievable... maybe just a beautiful coincident...

@ndy The Great Visiting Melb

[ regina spektor ] lady

Guess what? ...I went to Laksa King again... haha... This is all because a Sydney sider just arrived in town and what is more important than to show off one of the best Malaysian food in Melbourne? ...hehe...

Anyway, I had Laksa and Plain Roti Canai this time round, and he had Har-Mee... Not only he finished the Har-Mee, he also finished drinking the soup... OMG!!! =)

After that we headed to the City and walk around... He bought so many stuff from Manchester United shop at Melb Central... Anyway, we then headed to the Section 8 Container Cafe near Chinatown...

Next stop was Dockland... It was pretty quiet there as it's still quite early... We actually walked to Dockland from Queen street as we missed two trams... =/ ...It was quite cold and the red rashes started to show on my face... Well, at least it is not itchy anymore... =)

By the time we came back to the city by tram, it was nearly dinner time... and we went to this Korean Restaurant which I last had Hot Pot with another friend not too long ago... *ahem*... I don't really know what is the name of the Restaurant because I didn't really pay attention to the name of this restaurant)... Anyway, if you still don't know me yet, I am very very bad in remembering names (street names, people's name, name of attractions and etc)...

Anyway, the reason why I came back to this Korean Restaurant is totally because I wanted to try out the Noodle with Black Bean Sauce. I couldn't remember what my friend ordered but that dish was pretty nice as well... We also ordered the Sizzling Octopus but we didn't try the HOT POT this time round... hehe... I was extremely full after the dinner... wooosh!

There's seriously NO WAY for me to lose a few kilos any sooner at all... Imagine if going out with friends mean EATING... and if staying at home means EATING (peanut butters) too... How could I possibly lose any weight? ...Hmmmmmmmm...!!!!

Getting To Know You via Food

[ 阿木 ] 有一种爱叫做放手

I was waken by an SMS from a friend at 730am!! ...He wrote, "Any plans today? It will be a boring day for me if I don't do anything. Help me cure my boredom please :)"... And for some reason I thought he was asking me to go out and I replied, "You're not working? I'm free 2day. Time & Place?"... and then I realized that maybe he just wanted to SMS to kill some time and had no intention to meet up today? ...haha... So Pai-Seh... Anyway, we ended up meeting at the end (probably because I left no choice for him to turn me down, I guess)... haha...

Anyway, I picked him up from his workplace at noon and head to Laksa King... Woohooo... I had Assam Laksa and he had Curry Laksa & Ice Kacang... We also ordered Plain Roti Canai as side dish... *YUM*YUM*!!

After the very satisfying lunch... We headed down to Melb Central's Hoyts for movie... We had free tickets and Mr. Brooks was the only movie that seems interesting... and we found out it was showing at Halfpipe Cinema (Bean Bags)... How cool is that? ...I always wanted to watch movie at Halfpipe Cinema!!! ...

Anyway, the bean bags are actually big enough for 3 people to sit/lay on... it's as comfortable as sofa bed! ...I think they are more like soft comfortable cushions than bean bags (because it's not filled with beans at all)... and seriously, it's the BEST experience watching movie in Halfpipe Cinema... BEST!!! ...I think I'd prefer watching movies only at Halfpipe Cinema in the future... hehehe...

Anyway, we went to Brunswick Street at Fitzroy for a walk and have light dinner at this VEGGIE BAR... Didn't order main dishes because we weren't that hungry at all... We shared a Pizza and the absolutely yummy Stuffed Mushroom side dish and have healthy mixed juices...

The night life at Brunswick Street was quite happening but we didn't stay there long at all... I do wish to jump into the pub/lounge for live band performance but it was kinda crowded... So we headed to Stoker for coffee and crepes instead... He has Rum & Banana Crepes (with Walnuts), and I have Spicy Apple Crepes... I think going to Stoker during Winter is the best... cos the wood fire in the middle and the beautiful old relaxing music and dim lights created this very warm and cozy feeling...

Well Well... When I do blog... it's all about FOOD, haven't you noticed? ...HAHAHAHA...

Puppy Love...

[ james morrison ] you give me something

Him - someone I have forgotten for so long, suddenly creeps into my mind... I remember how he purposely blocked my way at the corridor at school one day, and that's when I noticed his existence... One of the tallest guy (my senior) in our school during those days...

Our path crossed a few times over the decades...
1999 - Young and innocent, but we had our best time together...
1991 - He came back into my life after he graduated for 2yrs...
1993 - He found me (via the Oz phone book) after I migrated to Melb.
1994 - I went back for holidays and... hmm.

Wow... that was looooooong time ago!! ...
We do move on with our own lives, don't we?

I wonder if he'd still remember me or would ever think of me these few days... Normally when I suddenly remember someone, I'd hear from them (meaning they were thinking about me too at the same time!?)...

Anyway, listening to 张信哲 and 潘美辰's old songs would reminded me of him... and so is the cartoon "Little Mermaid"... Sweet!

Peanut Butter Iced Chockie

[ 南拳妈妈 ] 笑着流泪

While I was driving down to city today, I saw some tiny little yellow flowers along the freeway... it's the sign of Spring... the beautiful tiny little flowers... How do they know Spring is coming especially when the weather is still so cold?? ...Interesting huh?~

Saw him right in front of Ex-Nike and I quietly walked and sat next to him for a few seconds and he was a little shocked to find me sitting next to him without him noticing... hehe... Anyway, we went to this new Malaysian restaurant in Chinatown (cos both of us haven't been there before)...

Our verdict is... The Popiah wasn't good at all... My mom makes better Popiah!! ...The recommended (by the Waiter) Goreng Nasi Kampung tasted just like normal Chinese fried rice with some spicy sauce... BUT the Laksa was quite good... Worth the try =)

Next stop was Melb Central's Max Brenner... OMG!!! ...You must try their Peanut Butter Iced Chockie!!! ...It was absolutely heavenly beautiful!!! ...I think I'm a Peanutholic no doubt... cos soon as I saw "Peanut Butter" on the menu, my mind were made up eventhough I wasn't that into COLD drinks especially during cold Winter...

Driving home alone listening to my CD in the car... Thinking about the very few outings we've had in the past before he went back to Msia... We only knew each other for a short few months before he went back to Msia... and we'd never really met up ever since he came back to Melb again since last year... So to sum it up, we don't really know each other THAT well, but we do have a lot to talk about...

Just in case any of you started to wonder... No No... I think he is taken... and I have also just found my new love too -----> Peanut Butter Iced Chockie!!

Hot Pot Not Hot

[ michael bublé ] everything

Met up with a friend to have lunch and he suggested to have Korean food... I didn't mind Korean food as I haven't had it for quite a long time... I do miss Kim-Chi and I love those complimentary appetizers most Korean restaurants would offer...

Anyway, that Korean restaurant is hidden at one of the alley off Victoria Parade near Exhibition Street... Such an old double story brick dwelling surrounded by tall offices and service apartments... Hidden treasure for the Koreans I believe... cos most of the customers there are Korean and most of them ordered the black bean noodles... It must be very yummy!! ...

Well, we ordered a spicy Octopus dish (which turned out that some Octopus wasn't fully cook) and Mushroom Hot Pot... The dishes came pretty quick and they placed the Hot Pot on the mini stove which was attached to our table and let it boiled slowly... So much to talk about with my friend as it's been a while we haven't met up... and we were also busy eating the free appetizers while waiting for the Hot Pot to boil...

As we finished our appetizers, we both decided to dig in even though the Hot Pot hasn't fully boiled... The soup was warm but it wasn't boiling and we both actually thought it was normal?? ...It didn't occur to us to even check the stove underneath at all (both of us were not fully switched on that day I guess)... hehe...

Anyway, I think when we both have eaten 2/3 of the Hot Pot... I don't know what came to me that I suddenly realized something wasn't right about the Hot Pot (finally)... No, don't get me wrong... The Hot Pot tasted absolutely FABULOUS... I was just wondering why it still wasn't boiling when there was so little soup left in the Hot Pot?? ...I then checked the stove control and check the stove... ALAS!!! ...NO FIRE at all!!! ...NO MORE GAS in the mini stove!!! ...

How funny?! ... Both of us had been sitting there wondering why our Hot Pot wasn't boiling yet it didn't occur to us to check the stove during all those times... And we finished eating a Hot Pot which was not boiling HOT?! ...I started to worry whether we'd get tummy ache because we were eating the un-cook and un-hot Hot Pot... ISH?!!?! ...Silly us!!! ...

I don't think I'd go back to eat at that place anymore... cos I sorta went pass the kitchen and boy, it was a MESS... I was even more worried after seeing the messy kitchen because we have eaten the whole Hot Pot which wasn't boiling hot... hmmmm...

Where's the TIGER in me? - Part 2

[ 左光平 ] 心里有鬼

Guess what? ...We had morning tea this morning (every Friday only in our department) and our manager took the chance to remind everybody to work harder as it's end of the month and CSO (Customer Service Officer) shall do their best to get any outstanding documents for me to push the job forward... (*ahem*... I didn't tell the manager what happened yesterday at all)...

So I guess MH (the rude CSO I mentioned yesterday) started to worry whether our manager knew what happened yesterday and so she started to defend herself in front of everyone... I couldn't be bothered saying anything because I'm sure everyone knows by now (if they didn't hear what she said to me yesterday, they would have noticed the excuses she had today was obviously lame)...

Anyway, the whole day she didn't dare to pass me any documents nor files... She passed them to my Admin Support instead... And also, she started to update me regarding those documents which I was after without me reminding her (I won't constantly remind her in the future anymore because my manager told me that wasn't my responsibility especially the CSO have received a weekly outstanding list from me beginning of the week... It was their responsibility to follow up themselves and update me regarding)...

So... sometimes eventhough the cunning fox is lucky enough to escape from the hibernating TIGER... She still couldn't escape from getting caught... hiak hiak...

Where's the TIGER in me?

[ 金莎 ] 不可思议

Hmmm... The more I think about what happened today at work... the more I wonder why I let her get out of that situation that easily... hmmmph!!!! ...

What happened was... the past few days I've been chasing this documents from this CSO (Customer Service Officer) as it's nearly end of the month... I have tried Email, but no use at all cos she just doesn't respond (I even cc to our manager)... I have tried to remind her the past 2 days (once in the morning and once in the afternoon)... She would pretend to write it down on a Post-It note and tell me she'll chase later and get on with her works... Today, I went to chase for the documents again 4 times and on the 4th time, she said, "yap, keep chasing until I remember" and get back to her work again...

I seriously have never dealt with this kinda people before... Though I was unhappy and felt like saying something back to her, but I didn't due to it was an open office and considering we'd still have to work together as a team in the future, I just let it go...

Half an hour later, she made a loud phone call to leave a voice message to the Developer (to show that she has chased the documents)... and then she came to me, and said she has chased it and left a message... So I told her to continue follow up and chase the document cos the other CSO already either received the documents or got some sorta feedback from the Developer... She then said, "Keep reminding me all the times, until I'm sick of it and I'll chase it." ...

Woah... What kinda attitude that was? ...How rude huh?!?! ...I didn't even look at her and care to reply because I don't like to deal with this kinda people... and also I was a little in shocked (cos I've never had anyone so rude to me in open before)... and I didn't wanna say anything because I was worried I would raise my voice to match hers and we'd end up arguing...

If only we weren't in the same team, and if only I didn't have to deal with her anymore in the future, I think the TIGER in me will come out and bite her head off... bitch!!!

Obviously Full

[ 林俊杰 ] 杀手

Today my colleague came to talk to me about something... and then she looked at me and asked me, "Have you put on weight? ...cos your face looks kinda full now?" ...

I must admit that I haven't limit my food intake at all these few weeks... Jar after jar of peanut butter... I love spreading generous amount of peanut butter on the biscuits or bread... and I love to eat spoon full of peanut butter before I go to bed too...

Anyway, I have noticed lately that I often accidentally bite my inner cheek especially when I was chewing something... I have also noticed lately that when I try to smile, my cheeks feel a little tight or "heavy"... I think I noticed I have put on some weight... but I thought it wasn't NOTICEABLE?! ...Obviously I was in denial....

...until my colleague CONFIRMED it with that simple and direct question... =/ ...

NO MORE peanut butter for me anymore!!!! ...*sob*sob*sob*...

Freezing Winter

[ brothers four ] try to remember

The past few weeks... Melb has been soooooooooo cold... That explains why I haven't been blogging nor being on MSN lately at all... (Not willing to go anywhere nor do anything when it's too cold)...

I took this photo not far from my office... The freezing strong wind tensed up every inch of my muscles and I wished I could walk faster to get into my office every morning... but the wet weather slowed me down because I didn't wanna dirty my long pants nor shoes...

Anyway, this was the exact color of my world the past few weeks...

Perfect = Me

[ regina spektor ] lady

I'm sure everyone has heard this saying...

"When you point one finger at someone...
...remember that 3 fingers are pointing back at you"

How many people actually understand the true meaning of it? ...
How many people care to take the time to reflect their own action first?

Funny... how we like to point our finger at someone to inflate ourselves...
(*ahem*... I'm using "we" here, so I'm not just pointing fingers at you, but also myself too, ok?!)

Ballooning Highway

[ michael bublé ] everything

One of the morning when I was driving to work, I saw 5 hot air balloons flying quite low and very near...

Without second thoughts, I took out my phone and risking not only my life but also others' to take this photo... Seriously... Don't ever try taking photo while driving at 100kmh on a highway... I was stupid!!

Anyway, there was once I saw a rainbow colored hot air balloon taking off between two buildings (with very little gaps in between) and I didn't take a snap... and I regretted it until now... cos it was such a bizarre sight!! ...

More 80s Cartoons cos Nostalgia Bug bites?

[ michael buble ] everything

OMG... According to Variety.com...
Warners Bro is going to make a CGI animated movie of ThunderCats?!! ...
(Hmmm... as long as they don't look like Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats"!!)

Also Voltron is due to release in 2008!?? ...

And He-Man is on the move to the big screen in 2009?? ...
(as long as She-Ra is not coming along... hehe...)

And Smurfs may be visiting 2008!!! ...hohoho...
(and it's a triology too!!)

Anymore 80s Cartoons in the making?? ...hmmm...

Transformers

[ Soda Green ] 小情歌

Months ago I gave 2 free Village tickets to my parents and my parents still haven't used the tickets which valid until yesterday (last day of June)... What a waste, I thought... =/

In the afternoon, a friend (who hasn't been in contact for monthssss) called to share some good news, and asked if I wanna watch Transfomers?... I said yes and told him I have free tickets... so he suggested to watch at High Point's Cinemas cos it's just 5mins away from his place...

I went online to check the movie session times and found out that the cinema at High-Point is Hoyts, and I only have Village free tickets... There's Village Cinemas near his place but I remember he said he doesn't like the Village Cinemas at Sunshine because there's a lot of weird people there... so I SMS him a few movie sessions times and we decided to meet at 830pm at Hoyts... and I didn't bother telling him that we have to pay for the movies tonight... (and that's probably the start of near disaster)...

While I was doing my own things and enjoying my relaxed and quiet afternoon... my brother called up and said they wanna come over... I've always missed my brother since he moved out... and when he said he wanna come over, I actually wondered if I should call my friend to cancel our movie watching tonight... But it was nearly 6pm and I'd felt guilty for such short notice... So I told my brother that I wouldn't be at home... and so he decided to come over another time (unsure if this is another SIGN of not meant to go to movie tonight?!! =/...

Well, as usual I left home a little late and my friend has reached Hoyts at 750pm while I was still on my way... He sms me and said there's a long queue and he'll buy ticket first... and I thought that's a great idea to get our tickets first... Few minutes later he sms me again saying that he has bought HIS ticket... OMG!!! ...WHAT ABOUT MY TICKET??? ...He actually thought I have my free ticket and so he only bought his own?? ...What the!?! ...

So I quickly asked him to get a ticket for me... but he said he couldn't cos he was on the other long queue to get into the cinema (to get a good seat!!) and he kept asking me to HURRY cos ticket box's queue is really long too!!?... I was so close to YELL at him for that stupid reason... I nearly told him off and said, "EITHER you watch the damn Transformers with a good seat WITHOUT ME, or GET OFF the damn queue now to buy me the ticket before it sold out?!"... Ma Ma Miaaaaaa...

Seriously, if I were him, I wouldn't mind whether I'd get a good seat to watch the movie... I'd be more concerned if my friend couldn't get a ticket to watch the movie with me... Perhaps I over estimated myself huh!!! ...Cos obviously a good seat is MUCH MORE important than securing a seat for me!!! ...So go figure how I nearly made a U-turn and go home!! ...

Anyway, when I have finally found parking space and reached the cinema, I found my friend and he asked if I bought my ticket in a very sterned expression? ...I was really going to punch his ugly face... Dammit!!! ...

So I quickly queue up to get my ticket and thankfully 830pm session still hasn't sold out yet... Just as I joined the queue with my friend, the gate opened - just in time to get into the cinema without talking to each other much... I think both of us were pissed off with each other... hehehehe... We were probably at the "transition" moments at that time too... As we sat down, we started to talk like normal again and all the frustrated/unhappy feelings were gone... We both agreed that there's some mis-understanding and mis-communications and we were both very relief that at the end, things ironed out and timing were perfect... *phew*!!

Yeah... that's all the add-on wonderful Transformers movie watching experience... lolx

So, have you watched Transformers? ...I didn't watch the cartoon when I was little... I wasn't that into robotic/autobots cartoon at all... but this movie is quite entertaining and cool... "Bumblebee" is so cute and Optimus Prime is so macho and cool... =) ...Other than this two, I do not recognized any of the other autobots at all... hehehhe... They all look the same to me... =P

Now that they have made most of the cartoons into movies (like Transformers, Fantastic 4, Superman, Spider man, Incredible Hulk, X-men and etc)... I wonder if they were going to make movies of Smurfs, Thunder Cats, Silverhawks... hehehe... I used to watch Smurfs and Thunder Cats a lot when I was little... =P ...

So which other cartoons did you watch when you were little?!

Miss. Neat & Organized VS Miss. Messy & Lazy

[ 林俊杰 & 金莎 ] 被风吹过的夏天

What a happening and tiring week... and thank goodness it's finally weekend!!! ...I need to start learning meditation soon... to relax the body and mind!

Our company has been restructuring the past weeks and the renovation has completed during last weekend... We all came on Wednesday in casual comfy clothing because we had to move into our own Team... I am in "The Nitro" North Team... Hohohoo... I am quite happy to be in the North Team because those people that I found it hard to work with are in either South or West team... *Hiak Hiak Hiak*...

Anyway, I was busy cleaning up my South Jobs (that I have been working on for the past 6months) to have them ready to pass it on to South Team... In the mean time, I have to start follow up with the North Jobs which is yet to hand over to me next week... It's hard enough to take over jobs that I am not familiar with... and it is even more frustrating to find out that particular someone (who have been working on North jobs) is so unorganized and she doesn't journal things that she's done on the system (so I have no idea what she has done, and what she hasn't!!).... I get frustrated when I have to take over messy stuffs... #@$@$%...

Talking about messy... my only supporting admin (who will do all the paperworks) is a very very messy girl... Her desk is forever messy (papers can pile up here and there and I don't know how she could work in such a messy desk)... Anyway, the past few days I have picked up so many missing documents in the file that she's been doing... She has never improved the past 2yrs... and I find it hard to have her supporting me because I am such a neat and organized freak and when I told her nicely that some documents are not in the file (cos she forgot to photocopy them, or photocopy not enough copies), she'd become sooo damn defensive (she used to slam the files loudly on the desk and stormed off to photocopy more documents for me)... =/...

Seriously, to those people who always find short-cuts, who is not responsible, who is lazy and messy and not organized and ended up not able to perform their job well... Do they really not knowing they haven't done things correctly?? ...Doesn't conscience catching up with them at all? ...

Anyway, enough of that... Gotta relax and enjoy my weekend for not doing anything!!!!

Food Food Food...

[ howl j ] perhaps love

I think I'm craving for all the unhealthy food again... like KFC's crispy skin... Hungry Jack's juicy burger... rich creamy sauce pasta... pizza full of salty anchovy & olives... hot and spicy kimchi... tasty fries... chili lobsters or crabs... and everything that is very rich and tasty...

So far I'm still trying to be healthy conscious, but it's darn hard... Imagine a week of eating tasteless food or congee (due to haven't been feeling well for the past week)... Anything that's salty and spicy would excite me... The thought of those food already makes my drool now...

I don't think I could ever give up food just to lose a few kilos... It's terribly hard to give up food for health (but I'll TRY my best now... very very hard!!)...

Anyway, this morning I was looking forward to lunch time cos I felt like eating something else (other than my packed lunch)... and when I finally bought something from a take-away shop that I thought I might enjoy... it didn't taste ANY closer to what I had imagined it would taste like... Perhaps I expected too much and I craved too much for great food that I was so disappointed when it wasn't even that nice at all... URGH!!! ...

I can't tolerate food that is not nice... We shall only eat those food that we enjoy eating... especially having a meal now would only means that we have one less meal in this world to enjoy... heeeeeee...

[宮] 野蛮王妃

[ howl j ] perhaps love

I have just finished watching this Korean drama called "宮"...

All the background & deco are so beautiful... All the fancy dresses and outfits are so pretty... and of course, all the casts are so lovely and beautiful...

I wish the original casts would make a sequal...
Can't get enough of it... muahahahahhaha...

Mobile phone calls or SMS?

[ moulin rouge ost ] el tango de roxanne

Do you prefer phone call or sms?
I personally prefer SMS especially when there's nothing that urgent...

When there's nothing urgent... I guess an SMS would be more appropriate due to we'd never know if the other party were available to pick up your call or not... At least an SMS would seems more appropriate especially if you wanna respect their privacy... That's what I thought anyway...

Sometimes my phone would ring at the wrong time... and they would ring again an hour later when they didn't hear from me... Would it be that hard to even send me an SMS if it was that urgent which they had to call back an hour later? ...Am I obliged to return a phone call just because I had a missed call?

I guess I'm a little weird in some ways because I think constantly calling people's mobile phone and not leaving any SMS or msg was rude...

If you truly care, leave an SMS because there's time when I am not feeling too well to pick up the phone...

What Are You Allergic To?

[ gwen stefani ] wind it up

My god-son Brandon has just turned 1year old end of last month and he always had a bit of rashes every time I saw him... (*ahem*! ...I probably shouldn't be using "every time" cos I have only seen him twice actually... =( ...Hmmm... Would really love to fly to Sydney more often though... Will surely do so when I feel better =)) ...

Anyway, the parents took Little Brandon to see a specialist and they found out that he is allergic to cow's milk, high allergy towards egg white, mild allergy towards soy, fish and nuts... OMG!!! ... How many allergies a baby could have or take?? ...Poor Baby... Anyway, he is now drinking special milk formula and really strict diet... so that he could grow faster, grow stronger, become more cute and adorable when I see him the next time... =))

I'll have to give up eating Nuts before I see Brandon... cos according to the doctor, nuts particle might get to him and cause a reaction? ...I have always love Crunchy Peanuts and Peanut Butter... I could eat spoonsssss-ful of Peanut butter when I watch TV or when I feel like having a munch... Anyway, I'll make sure I give up peanuts before I fly to Sydney next time... heeeeee =)

So, what are you allergic to? ...Any?

I am allergic to people who winged and complains a lot...
I am allergic to people who is "popo-mama" and long-winded...

News That Came Early & Unexpected

[ 金莎 ] 不可思议

: : Tuesday : :

It was surprisingly peaceful in the office today... not as bad as I expected (as per my previous blog)... all of us felt a little weird because the tension was absolutely in the air, but there wasn't any cat & dog fights at all... the whole day was quiet and there wasn't anything to talk/gossip about (for us to kill some time?)... My manager had several talks in his office with my team leader but they didn't raise their voices (hence we couldn't hear anything that we could talk about) even the door wasn't closed (normally if anything serious, my manager will close the door)... hehe... no juicy gossips, no spicy fights, no banging doors, no nothing the whole day... Awkwardly peaceful...

During lunch time I received a phone call...
I stared at the monitor for hours due to the unexpected news...
I became very positive again only when I was on my way home...
Maybe there was still hope cos he said "possible"... it wasn't definite, yet...

: : Wednesday : :
Work, work and work... Work occupied my whole day and my mind...
Maybe I was actually in denial... I was going to make a few phone calls but works kept coming in and I didn't get the chance to use my manager's office to use his phone to make a few private phone calls...

Reached home and received a letter which they had booked me in for an appointment on coming Friday... Efficient... In a way, I felt better for I get to find out more pretty soon... On the other hand, having them booked me in for an appointment so soon seemed serious... Anyway, I didn't really worry too much cos there's no reason why I should be worried when I know nothing yet...

: : Thursday : :
My team leader emailed me to express how relief and how good she felt now that she has sorted things out with my manager... Well, that's a good thing... but there's still tension in our office as the other girls still alienated my team leader... It's funny because they were previously complained about my manager, and now they turned against my team leader when my manger is back...

This is the reason why I didn't like to get involved in any office politics nor any problems in the office... because I will never know how the wind blows or when the wave turns...

: : Friday : :
I waited for an hour before my name was called (the appointment)... He told me they wrongly booked me in... but I found out the "definite" result from him... I drove around in the city aimlessly wondering what I should I have for lunch... Subway? ...Salad? ...or shall I even call my manager and take the whole day off? ...What should I do if I don't go to work? ...

I decided to go back to work... I bought Chicken Caesar Salad for lunch... It was terribly busy at work because we had to prepare contract for the first time (due to the lady who usually prepared contract was away)...

I wasn't that happy with my colleague cos she asked me to sit for the Contract Training last time together because she wanted me to back her up if she missed out any details... and now she just dragged me and wanted me to prepare contract WITH her... I wasn't meant to do any Contract at all... Damn it!! ...

After work, met up with Andy, Kevin and Kelvin... Why on earth there's so many people like the name -- "Kevin" & "Kelvin"? ... I think I have met so many Kevin and Kelvin in my life it's not even funny at all... Anyway, we went to Jade Restaurant for dinner... and The Coffee House at Chapel Street for coffee... I was very worn out by the time I reached home at 11pm... Sooooooo tired...

It's probably a good thing that I was that tired... cos I slept well...
It's probably a good thing that I had a busy Friday after the definite news...

Back To War-Zone

[ 張學友 ] 但愿人长久

: : Saturday : :
Had steamboat at one of my ex-colleague's place... Having steamboat during cold winter is the best! ...Lotsa food, lotsa laughters and the night seemed quite short... Anyway, I was feeling quite tired and all I did was eat and eat and eat... hehehe...

: : Sunday : :
Brother and Winnie came by for dinner... Brother always had this impression about "Apocalypto" is similar to "Passion of Christ" (because they were both directed by Mel Gibson) and he refused to give it a try... So I took the chance and played that movie and sorta forced them to watch it... HAH!!! ...I think if it wasn't because it was getting late, they would probably stayed and watch the whole movie here... *muahahhaha*... Anyway, he took the movie home and I'll find out if he is Jaguar Paw's fan soon... =P

: : Monday : :
Spent the day watching a few Korean and Cantonese series (since today is Public Holiday - Queen's Birthday)... Time passes by so fast hey?! ...My long weekend has came to an end... and I'm stressed about going back to work tomorrow... Why? ...because my department is now a war-zone... There's so many things going on and it involves my manager, my team leader, and one of my colleague...

Well, to make things short, my manager had been away the past 5 weeks for Jury Duty... and my team leader probably crossed the line by trying to get higher managers to "warn" one of my colleague but things got a little ugly and my colleague is now leaving our Dept...

My manager came back to work on last Friday seeing our Dept has fallen apart and he was pretty upset to learn about what my team leader has done... and my team leader was sick on Friday (coincidently) and so was one of the higher managers... My manager was told by another higher manager that he is not allowed to talk to us on Friday regarding the matters until they came back on Tuesday... So it'll be quite a day tomorrow... =/

I hope I'd be able to stay out of all this... cos I know my manager wants to speak to me on Friday but I managed to sorta get away with it... Hmmm... Will I manage to escape tomorrow? ... =/

楊宗緯 VS 蕭敬騰

[ 萬芳 ] 新不了情

Lately I've been watching this Taiwanese program called "超級星光大道" religiously... and this is one of the best episode... I like both their versions of this beautiful song... I think 蕭敬騰 (1st singer) is great cos he made that song his very own version (and that's quite hard to do)...


A Taiwanese Program called "康熙來了" had 蕭敬騰 as their guest...

(Part2 :: Part3 :: Part4 :: Part5)

Yummy Doc

[ thirsty merc ] 20 good reasons

I'm not sure about other places, but I reckon in Melbourne, most of the anesthesia doctors are so darn handsome and cute and cool and oh-so-my-type!!! ...

Today I had bronchoscopy done... I wasn't too nervous about it actually... not until the anesthesia doctor brought me to a room to explain to me the anesthetic procedure...

OMG!! He is soooooooooooooooo good looking!!! ...He has this very cool surgery hat sorta covered his clean shaved head (hehehe... I always have a thing for guys who looks cool in shaved head)... anyway, most of the other nurses or doctors there were wearing the standard blue surgery hat, except my anesthesia doctor... his surgery hat looks quite simple yet stylish and colorful... (It tells me that he is not the nerdy type of doctor, nor overly funky too.)

Ok, so he made a few jokes and made me relaxed a little, and I told him I started to get a little nervous... He then assured me that after he injected the drug, he will hold my hand during the whole procedures to make sure that I'll be fine... (Owwww... So sweet neh!!!!)...

At that time I had already changed to the hospital gown (yup just stripped down to my own socks & undies and covered with the hospital gown)... He was so observant... cos he spotted my tattoo (which only exposed just 0.5cm off my socks cos I think I stupidly pulled my white socks up way too high off my ankle, and I surely look so nerdy and funny!!!)...

So when he excitedly asked about my tattoo, I smiled and looked down, and saw how daggy I looked in those white socks which being pulled so high up... and noticed that I didn't apply any lotions on my legs today and my dried skin were all exposed and I could see some HAIRS on my legs too!? ...OMG!!!! ... I was so embarrassed!!! ...cos if he could spot that tiny bit of tattoo which was 95% covered by the socks... he surely could see my HAIRS and dried skin... HOW EMBARRASSING!!!! ...*faint*

Anyway, when they finally call me in to the theater... He was still so attentive to me, and made a few jokes that made everyone laughed too... He cheekily asked if he could see my tattoo... So I let him and he asked a few questions about tattoos as if he was also interested to get one as well... hehehe... Ain't he lovely??? ...

Well, I wanted to think that he was there holding my hand when I passed out... hehehhe... but I didn't get to see him after I woke up... and that's my 3hrs "crush" on my anesthesia doctors today... *muahahahhaha*

A Dream

[ edith piaf ] la vie en rose

It's been 4 days or nearly 5 days...
It's such a long time living the days without knowing what's the meaning of "living"...

I dreamt of something beautiful today...
How I wished that dream would come true and exist...

There was bread shop next door, there was noodle shop next door, there was dessert shop next door, and there was this sticky rice stall and night market hawker food stalls two blocks away (just like how I remembered those stalls from KL)...

We had a great time and walked back all the way in the middle of the night... It was dark but I wasn't afraid... It was cold, but I wasn't shivering... There were many $5 on the road side (some hanging from trees and on the roadside) that people couldn't be bothered to stop aside and pick it up...

We were happy... There were trust and believes... There were smiles and happiness... There were love and warmth... The sense of security and the feeling of "knowing"... Knowing that is "it"...

I hope I'd remember that feeling and the background settings in that dream... I hope I'd still feel that way when I remember this dream someday.... cos it's really like a little paradise to me... I know as time goes by, I will forget about having this dream and being there feeling like this... but now I just wanna crawl back to my bed, and feel that dream again...

Travel Companion

[ 周杰伦 ] 红模仿

Woke up this morning... felt a bit like a deflated balloon... unwilling to get up... Started to think about things that would make me feel good...

Thinking about my traveling dreams... hehe... The thought of traveling making me feel much better and energetic... Yup! I hope to travel overseas next year... woohoo!!

While I was thinking about traveling... the thought of traveling companion came into my mind... I have very few travel companions that I actually enjoyed traveling with... I guess to me, travel companion is as equally important as the chosen destinations... After all, travel companions do have great impact to the outcome of the travel experiences...

My ideal travel companion:-
: : Not more than 3 people (included myself)... Bigger group means troubles!
: : Must be taller than 160cm... Too hard to find you in the crowd...
: : Must have similar outlook/attitude and knows when to give & take...
: : Must know how to respect each others' privacy and personal space...
: : Must not whinge, complain and bitch about everything non-stop...
: : Must not talk-non-stop... My ears will hurt listening to you day & night...
: : Must not rush me here&there... I enjoy seeing more with my own pace...
: : Must be a bit adventurous & spontaneous... Don't be a si-si or princess!
: : Must enjoy eating real food... Stop your diet (lose weight) while traveling!
: : Must be decisive on what you wanna buy to avoid shopping whole day!

Okidoki... I think that's about it for today's blog...
I shall watch another episode of "The Silk Road" now...

Little Things In My Life Lately...

[ 蘇打綠 ] 小宇宙

Let's see... what's been happening in my life lately... hmm...

: : No more Korean/Chinese dramas & TV series... Enough is enough!!!
: : No more Animes (except NANA)... I'm still the fan of NANA... =)
: : Haven't watched any movies lately... Someone should asking me out?
: : Watching "The Silk Road" again... Want to visit China very soon!!
: : Crazy about 小松 lately... (day dreaming about him now)... *^_^*
: : Dusted off the drawing pad & pen to experiment a few new areas...
: : Trying NOT to get involved in office politics... Turning blind eyes...
: : Trying to learn how to meditate without falling asleep... hehehe...
: : Keeping a list of things that I am grateful of... expressing gratitude!
: : Started to use Lavender Body Lotion... Love the scent of Lavender!
: : Listening to more Mandarin Songs... Love the beautiful lyrics...
: : Can't wait until mid July (you know why if you're my close buddy)
: : Still want a pair of black shoes, and stock up some winter clothes....

Hmmm... I shall blog more often hey!? ...
Sometimes there's many things that I wanted to blog when I am not in front of the computer... but they all evaporated when I finally sat myself down...

Sometimes I'm feeling very tired after a long day... especially lately...
Sometimes parallel thinking stop me from blogging something spicy...

Charming...

[ 蘇打綠 ] 小情歌

I'm totally smitten by 小松... and this is for him... *^__^*

Happy Birthday Brandon

[ mandy ] happy birthday to brandon

It's my god-son -- Brandon's 1 year old birthday today!!! ...

I couldn't fly to Sydney to celebrate his birthday this year... *sob*sob*...
I'll do it next year... =))

Here's all the pressies he received for his 1st birthday...
He's sooooooooo happy hey!!!

Spending More Trying To Save

[ eason chan ] 烟味

We went site visiting today and it was quite fun checking out the different stages of the house constructions... Anyway, I was hoping to see how slab was done but we had no luck due to the wet weather these few days...

Anyway, we had lunch at Roxy's Subway before heading back to office... Due to it was already 1.30pm by the time I reached city... I thought it's probably not worth parking in the car-park (which cost $16 whole day)... so I decided to park my car at the 2hrs parking area outside my office cos I could easily move my car 2hrs later, and it would save me a few dollars (comparing to parking in the car-park)?? ...

3 hours later... a AUD54 fine was sitting on my car's windscreen with an evil smile... URGH!!!! ...#$%^$#^...

#@$%$&#^# ~ !!!

[ 信乐团 ] 离歌

@%#$%#... is all i could express for now and how i felt the past few days...
no idea how did i get through it last time...
no idea how i did it this time neither...

all i could do is... keep listening to "The Secret"...

海 阔 天 空

[ 信乐团 ] 海阔天空

疯言疯语

[ 孙燕姿/蔡健雅 ] 原点

关心太少，会被说成无心或冷淡。
关心过量，会变成喋喋不休的唠叨。
关心得不适时，却是何等的多余。

喜欢沉默，因为沉默能让人听见很多很多声音。
喜欢沉思，因为沉思默想的过滤让人思绪更清晰。
喜欢将自己抽离现实，去反省和客观的琢磨现实的细节和人生百态。

不想多言，但并不带表不懂。
不想表达，因为没必要让人认同。
每个人的人生观，人生阶段，和人生经历都不同；
亲身经历和体验而继以领悟，不更加巨有说服力吗？

Red Shoes

[ 陈奕迅 ] 烟味

I didn't buy these shoes when I first saw them weeks ago, cos I couldn't decide which one shall I get... I love both of them!! ...And I was going to get a pair of black and a pair of red.

I finally have time to shop this weekend, and these red shoes are half the price of the black ones... And being a cheapskate like myself, I would not pay $45 extra just for the black color in same style! ...(Well, looks like I still have to shop for a black pair of shoes, because I do need a pair of black ones for work.)

Anyway, choosing the colors wasn't the highlight for today at all... and just so you know, my right foot is actually half size bigger than my left foot... So I actually had to try on size 8 and size 8.5 for both styles to see which sizes were more comfortable before I get them...

Due to there's many people in the shop browsing and trying on shoes, and there were only two sales persons... I took the chance without thinking twice (I still don't really know where did I get the courage to do this)... I put a size 8.5 (right) and a size 8 (left) into the boxes...

I have never done this before and I just thought if I get caught by the sales person, I'd just pretend that I placed the wrong size's shoes in the boxes then - no big deal... After all, I'd tried on so many of them and it's quite easy to get all mixed up!? ...

Anyway, I pretended to be cool when I paid for them at the cashier... and they didn't even bother checking if those shoes were both in the same sizes in those boxes...

For once in my life time, I actually get to wear the RIGHT sizes of shoes on both my left and right feet comfortably (without having my left foot always compromising my right foot)!! ...hohoho...