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September 17 A new page of lifeI guess I have passed one-third of my life...
Today I talked to two friends I knew since I was young (younger). One has a baby gal last year and is now carrying her 2nd boy. The other is my first boy friend where we are good friends since (hmmm let me think... ) since ... since... we were around 16 years old. His lovely baby gal has just arrived.
After waves of weddings I have participated, I guess there will be more news about my friends having babies instead. I am sooo happy to see them enjoying their lives, their work and having great family. In my years so far, I am happy and having many good friends around. They are very important to me.
I am entering a new page of my life too. No worries, I am not having baby but I am just engaged.
August 25 "little" birthday gift in 2009This year, I got a little shinny birthday gift... a diamond ring. The ring is beautiful esp. this is exactly the style I like, the best color and etc... However, what i like the most is not the ring itself but the meaning out of it.
 It is an engagement ring!
It means I am now engaged~ As an independent woman living in the competitive socieity like HK, I already get used to earn enough for myself, buy whatever I wanted, travel to wherever I preferred. Nowadays, most of the women in HK is smart and don't need the butter and bread from a man. So I am not that "fond of" getting married.
I always have an impression that man (esp. those in HK) hates getting married. They are afraid of the committment and think that they are taking up a "burden" of a family. I don't agree as I see most of the time, it is the woman who takes care of the husband and the family instead. Anyway, it seems to me that man is not that enjoying to get married. And I always think... I will only get married if my husband-to-be loves me a loooot + he thinks it is a great honor to be able to get married with me.
I can see how much Erik loves me, he keeps saying thank you to me for saying yes... he couldn't stop smiling...
I trust I have found (met) the one.
 June 10 潘小濤﹕「六四」真相那麼難明嗎？ - Yahoo! 新聞Is that difficult to understand June 4th incident?It is ridiculous that many "famous" peole try to blur the June 4th incident so as to protect their own interest (from Mainland). In the end, facts are the facts. No matter the students and public gathering in Tiananmen square were right or wrong, the military control, killing the armless with guns and tanks were the FACTS which can never be changed! Same as many people in HK, I have witnessed the killings on TV. Admit it or not, it is true and it is the facts I can never forget. Truth will not get blurry by time...
潘小濤﹕「六四」真相那麼難明嗎？ (明報)2009年6月10日 星期三 05:05【明報專訊】近日，部分曾積極支持八九民運的知名人士，包括前民建聯 立法會 議員程介南、勞聯前立法會議員李啟明、資深校長戴希立等，被問及是否支持平反六四 時，均拒絕表態支持，李啟明更說現時真相仍不清晰，難下定論。原以為這是簡單得像「阿媽是不是女人」的問題，為何20年後竟變成「真相未明、難下定論」呢？ 那麼，我先把事件真相寫出來。1989年6月3日晚10時許，20多萬全副武裝的解放軍 ，在坦克開路下，從四方八面殺向天安門 廣場。由於軍隊接到死命令，必須在6月4日清晨趕到廣場清場，因此軍人沿途開槍，其中，從城西的木樨地、五棵松推進的第三十八軍最兇殘，在復興門、長安街等大開殺戒，坦克也輾死輾傷不少學生及平民。 在槍聲及坦克履帶下，一場中國近代史上最大規模、波及範圍最廣的波瀾壯闊民主運動，持續51天後，戛然而止。 是非對錯 不是一目了然嗎？ 傷亡人數呢？民間估計，有800至3000人遇難，而天安門母親、在血案中痛失愛子的丁子霖教授，蒐集到186人死亡名單，當中的人民大學 學生程仁興，在天安門廣場 被士兵槍殺。中國官方曾公布，241人死亡（包括士兵），7000多人受傷；而資深新華社 記者張萬舒援引當時中國紅十字會 黨組書記譚雲鶴說，死亡727人，其中學生平民713人，官兵14人。 還有什麼真相未明呢？說這些話的人，不是語焉不詳，就是說學生領袖也有錯，錯過了避免流血的時機，又或事涉中共內部鬥爭。我倒想問一下，當日軍攻破南京前，中國守軍最高長官唐生智率先棄城逃跑，群龍無首的中國軍隊，不是投降被殺，就是逃生時互相踐踏而死。毋庸置疑，唐生智是失職的懦夫，罪該萬死，但唐生智棄城丟兵，能減輕日軍在南京屠城的罪孽嗎？即使像日本 右翼所說，南京沒死一個中國人，但會改變日軍侵華的性質嗎？ 同理，無論北京 的學生及其領袖是否有錯，無論是否如官方所說只死了200多人，出動幾十萬野戰軍槍殺手無寸鐵的平民，是非對錯，不是一目了然嗎？所謂真相未明，或許只是他們的眼睛和良心，被利益蒙蔽而已。20周年，他們對慘案由原來的黑白分明，說成模糊不清；再過20年，會否倒退到顛倒黑白呢？ Quote 潘小濤﹕「六四」真相那麼難明嗎？
June 05 「薪火相傳、接好民主棒」Hongkongers are seens as "materialistic" and very distant from any political issues. We don't care about any politics and honestly we cannot change anything even we do care. Then what can we do is to focus on our own wellingness... working hard and earn more to secure our life in our own way and of cos enjoy the life with what we earned. This is the 20th year of the June 4th incident. Each year since 1990, the Alliance in Support of Democratic Movements in China have organised candlelight vigils there in memory of June 4th incident. Every year, tens of thousands of participants with candles fill several football pitches, to remember those who lost their lives and to demand vindication for those who sufferred persecution. This is the 20th year of the June 4th incident and it is so touching to see so many hongkong people participated in the June 4th candlelight vigils last night. The weahter in this week is not good but it was excellent yesterday even the weather forecast said it will have heavy rain! I am so proud to see so many people joining the event and I am so proud that HK can still be the only place of China to organize this event. I was there and it was just waves and waves of people... On the way, there were also people organizing signing to speak out that our SAR head Donald Tsang is NOT representing us! he is not elected by HK people so he canNOT say anything on behalf of us!
We can hardly get inside. The organizer said there were 150,000 people joined and this is the highest record of this candlelight vigil. All the grassland, football and bastketball courts are filled with people. Althought it was very crowded and hot, people also brought their kids because they believe that we have to let our next generations know the truth. We have to keep demanding the China gov't admit what they have done, release those still kept in jail/ home arrest and move towards the real democracy!! 
May 27 The Life List - 750 things to do in Hong Kong before you die.The Life List - 750 things to do in Hong Kong before you dieSource: HK MagazineDate: Sept,2008
Bucket lists aren’t just for terminally ill codgers in bad movies. For the 750th issue of HK Magazine, we’ve drawn up an extensive inventory for you to check your life against before the final curtain. Whether it’s eating dim sum at 7-11 or paragliding over Shek O, here are 750 things everyone in this busy city has to put aside their everyday business to make time for—just as we’ve put aside our usual features and listings this week. Culture Course The quintessential Hong Kong experience. 1. Have your fortune read by the oldest looking fortune-teller at Wong Tai Sin Temple
56. Drink twenty-four herbs tea while listening to 24 Herbs.
57. Wear a Mickey Mouse t-shirt to Ocean Park
To be continued, full list here: http://hk-magazine.com/feature/life-list-750-things-do-hong-kong-you-die
May 22 Swine flu @ Japan
When I first looked at this photo from newspaper, I found it funny but also sad. The swine flu is attaching Japan, besides Tokyo, there are more cities found confirmed H1N1 cases. My colleauge who is visiting Japan said that he was the only one who didn't wear a mask on the plane!! It should be scary... and uneasy feelling.
This reminds me the very tough and difficult situation in year 2003 SARS in Hong Kong.
May 10 nice weather and great hiking - Tai Tam resourvior
April 30 Erik is getting better and better on photographyMany friends of mine know that I love taking pictures. I can take hundred of pictures in a trip (or even a day!) Also, I love to be in the picture too... However, Erik is not a very good photographer, many times one single position/ background has to re-take several times. We even had a "competiton" while we were just sitting on the side of the pier last year. We competed on who can take a picture of this "little stand" better. Remeber the focus should be this stand... This one is from Erik... it is okay... Hey here come to mine... yeah~ i think mine is better as i was also the judge.
After my intensive training, Erik improves a lot... here are some great pics he took in BJ~
he tried to focus the flower and the great wall is burry... this one he focused the great wall and the flowers is burry They are really good and i used them as my desktop on my computer at work too~
April 20 My favorite Japanese Sake “上善如水”This is my favorite Japanese sake“上善如水” (no English name)... or i can say the only alcohol i like.
 I am not a drinking person and cannot take much alcohol (most people know when they see my face turn scary-red after just a sip of beer!) I don't like beer as they are mostly bitter - except Hogarden (which taste better). Red wine is good when they are really good or else it is just x!#@$!#@%$ hard to describe. However, i don't know why there are still a lot of people thinks i drink a lot.
Anyway, i really like this sake and today accidentally I found out the name of this sake is actually from a Chinese old wisdom - Tao Te Ching 道德经 from 老子 - a very famous teacher. He said： <<上善若水 - 水善利万物而不争>> Water is like Infinity, it gives itself to all things without distinction or judgment and settles into the lowest places without deliberation.
In dwelling, live in harmony with the land.
In meditation, remember your oneness with the Infinite.
In dealing with others, do not judge.
In communicating, relate the truth.
In governing, be fair.
In daily life, be in harmony with all things and at peace with all people.
In action, be mindful that there is a time and a season for all things.
Avoid judging and its legacy contention and flow in the peace and harmony of the oneness of humanity.
原著 - 《道德经》 第8章：上善若水。水善利万物而不争，处众人之所恶，故几于道。居善地，心善渊，与善仁，言善信，政善治，事善能，动善时。夫唯不争，故无尤。 经典解读 - 宋王安石《老子注》说：“水之性善利万物，万物因水而生。然水之性至柔至弱，故曰不争。众人好高而恶卑，而水处众人之所恶也。” It is interesting that the Japanese sake was originated by the yellow wine from China and now they have the famous brand of sake also named after a Chinese wisdom. The meaning of Chinese wisdom saying is deep and it takes time to digest... Chinese wisdom is always like a piece of "art", everyone interpret the same saying a bit differently. Even the same person might see the the same saying differently and have a different take-out after time is changed orwe experience something different in our life.
Let's don't make “上善如水” complicated... The best thing to digest “上善如水” will be with sashimi~
 March 22 Korea street food - TteokbokkiThis Korea biz trip I tried something new! I saw quite a lot of street vendors and they were popular... as a person who is curious of anything new and risky, i did try with my korean colleagues~ At the vendor, besides this rice cake in red soup, they usually have some deep fried stuffs (like Japanese tempura), some sushi rolls, pig lungs and some rice noodle inside pig intestines... well...i tried all of them!
Tteokbokki (Stir Fried Rice Cake)
Gimbap (Rice Wrapped in Seaweed)
February 28 Appetizer in BeijingIn Beijing, there are always some appetizer in lunch and dinner and they are usually cold dishes. They always serve raw cucumber (whole one) as one of the cold dishes. This time, i found a new cold dish (maybe new to me only).
It was a small turnip... it looked very raw and not very attactive. However, I like adventure so i tried before all the foreigners at the table who looked so hesitated.
 suprisingly, it tasted great, very watery, fresh and crunchy... i like it. Everyone of us at the table took one and they all liked it~
 Lego in BeijingI have been to Beijing quite a few times. As we all know, China is huge and i am already get used to the big hotel rooms and huge bed (which can fit 5-6 people easily). This is a typical hotel room i stayed this time... with the bathroom bigger than my bedroom in HK.
This time, i found some big lego too!
I found a girl resting on the lego man!
February 14 funny brand names in melbi found it is funny to see people's name with adjective as brand name ... last wk, when i was travelling, i found hungry jack (burger king in Aus) and crazy john in melb.
January 05 Surgery with a big panda大陣仗 大熊貓做手術
 在中國西安，的大熊貓「小明」正準備進行白內障手術，醫護人員為牠進行麻醉。基於年老關係，「小明」除了視力有問題外，牙齒亦有出現退化，它已不能再咀嚼竹葉，只能喝用竹葉打成的糊維生。
This big panda, Ming-ming, has been conducting a surgery on its eyes. The doctor is now helping him to get to sleep & relaxed. Since Ming-ming is old, the teeth also has problem and it cannot chew bamboo leaves but now survive with the mash bamboo leaves. [from MingPao]
I like panda and i like its name Ming-ming~
December 26 Cinamon rolls baking - first trial Dec 08Cinamon rolls making on boxing day! this is my first time to make this and i mixed up with the measurement, i thought the weight for liquid and powder should be the same. Apparently they are not because i didn't study Physics!
Oops! accident ...
no worries, we can continue ... as usual, i didn't follow the 'traditional' way of making the roll. i trust myself and i found that it (more or less) works~ dung, dung, dung, dung~~~~
December 12 fake and real bunnyweb surfing in melbourne tonight and found some cute bunny pics. Among all those cute shots, i like this the most as it is stimulative... you see ...
sometimes life is interesting and ambiguous and it is hard to see clearly what is true and what is not. October 10 Word of the day - Ideation A colleague asked me today if i have any "dictionary" in my computer. I told him, well... i don't use "dictionary" but I will do a "yahoo search" (i don't like Google). He came across with the word "Ideation" and he doesn't believe this is word. We did a search together and surprised to see so many links related to "ideation". Of cos we go for the "authority" - Wikipedia. Ideation (idea generation)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIdeation is the process of forming and relating ideas. It is a concept utilized in the study of new product development, creativity, innovation, design thinkingportmanteau created from the words 'idea' and 'generation') is often used interchangeably with brainstorm. and concept development. The term ideation (a portmanteau created from the words 'idea' and 'generation') is often used interchangeably with brainstorm. As part of the move into Enterprise 2.0, usage of ideation in the product innovation process has become an integral element. In this context, employees or customers are invited to participate in the ideation process, via a web portal (open on the internet or intranet), where they can suggest new ideas, rate other ideas, and collaborate with the entire community in the process of ideation. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideation_(idea_generation) We believe this is a new make-up word. Anyway, it is interesting to learn this new word~ September 29 你真的懂得在公司裡說和聽嗎？[轉載]this article is about how to TALK at office, i found it quite interesting and stimulative 發表於 2008-9-25 每一天工作你都會跟很多人溝通，然而在滔滔不絕的說話中，你有沒有仔細想過當中有幾多時失言？有幾多是錯誤表達意思？就算在午飯時跟同事吃飯，也要留心說話內容。很多人以為說話容易，但當中大有學問，要知道有時候說錯一句說話後果會很嚴重。在公司說話首先要學習說話，其次是聆聽，兩者決一不可。 說和聽要有重點
說話沒有禁忌 聆聽要專心
September 23 Funny English in KoreaRestaurant called "Good Restaurant" "Beautiful" Beer" "Happy Forever" Building make yourself "fucking lovely" boutique
August 25 Kung Fu Erik @ Ocean Park 24 Aug 08Once upon a time, there was a stupid gweilo watched the movie - Kung Fu Panda. He likes the movie a lot and had a dream " I want to learn Kung Fu from Panda!" One day, he heard that there is a Kung Fu Panda Canival in the Ocean Park so he went there to look for his star~ Ocean Park is very big, instead of Panda, Erik found a lot of jellyfishes... small and colorful jellyfishes he even saw dolphins sea lions and some other animals Erik travelled on a cable car to the other side of the mountain and finally, he found his Kung Fu Panda and become a Kung Fu Erik la~ let us see closely on Erik's t-shirt...
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3. Try to figure out what “sweep the street” means in Mong Kok slang, and then go do it
18. Spend a night in Chungking Mansions with your backpack
36. Write a poem in an upstairs revolutionary café
45. Eat worm jelly to experience Fujian culture at Mun Nam Restaurant 
52. Learn to grind your own soya bean milk • Soak 300g of soya beans in water for six hours. • Drain the beans. • Pour the beans and three cups of water into a blender until finely blended. • Use a piece of cheesecloth to drain the liquid and throw away the residue. Boil the liquid over medium heat. • Then cook for 10 minutes over low heat. • Add sugar or salt to taste, and ta-da! Your very own batch of soya milk.
53. Meet a blind date under the Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry clock tower
59. Sing karaoke around the clock at Red Box or Green Box
78. Read the free newspaper of the person standing in front of you on the MTR
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