Merry Christmas!

It was a wonderful wonderful Christmas....and wish to have many mores to come!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!

有工見!

前個星期六到了Poly做筆試後，今天接到HR通知下星期二面試，心情當然興奮因為工作性質頗有趣...失業兩個月終於開齋有工見!!

大大話話已有六年沒正式見工，不知僱主還會不會問甚麼"Please introduce yourelf." "What do you think your strongest character is?"等問題呢?

Anyway, do pray for me pals!

I'll do my best and sure God will do the rest! :)

不要怕,只要信

昨晚他跟我分享了一位婦產科醫生的見證，提到有兩位孕婦在生產的過程遇到相約的問題，但因她們對那位醫生的信心不一，最後那位全心相信陪伴了她整個懷孕過程的醫生的孕婦，接納了醫生的意見，只用了數小時便成功誕下BB。另一邊廂，那位閱讀了很多育嬰書籍的孕婦，因為看了太多不同的資料，所以對該位醫生的信心有了動搖，最後痛了二十多個小時才決定接納醫生的意見，順利誕下baby。

其實在我們的信仰歷程中，也會經歷信心的考驗:究竟天父有沒有聽我們的祈禱?究竟祂知不知道我需要甚麼?有多少時候我們信自己多於信天父?

聖經這樣說：「信就是對所盼望的事的把握，是還沒有看見的事的明證。」（來11:1）所盼望的事還未曾實現，為何會有把握？還沒有看見的事既未曾看過，明證又從何而來？聖經說是「因著信」的緣故。解釋是指「因著對神和祂的應許有信心的緣故」。

學習在任何情況下信靠神會是我們一生的功課，而彼此分享天父在我們身上的作為亦是彼此鼓勵的好方法。

Wedding Reunion

昨晚出席了一位中學同學的婚宴，重遇一些很久不見的舊同學，他們大部份都已為人父母，有位讀書時出名頑皮的男同學，也跟他的high school sweetheart結婚10年，還剛剛當上了父親一職，很替他高興。

仍記得年頭跟新娘子於友人家中聚會時，她仍在分享感情上的煩惱，想不到10個月後她會跟認識了多年的上司結婚 ，兜兜轉轉，原來那個他一直在身邊，我想連她自己也猜不到。看見新郎昨晚所花的心思及兩人宣讀誓詞那一刻，衷心祝福他們永遠幸福快樂。

尚有個多月便到老友的婚禮，恐怕到時要拎定大包Tempo先得.....

Happy Thanksgiving!

Give Thanks by Henry Smith

Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks to the Holy One

Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ His Son

And now, let the weak say "I am strong"

Let the poor say "I am rich"

Because of what the Lord has done for us

Give thanks.

Thank you Lord for all the heavenly gifts this year....

Monthly Special

跟他約定每月20號都會去吃一頓nice dinner，作為慶祝拍拖紀念日及享受fine dining的樂趣。

20th Sept 06' Fish Bar, Marriot Hotel, HK

餐廳在7/F泳池邊，在那裡吃了很多海鮮，侍應介紹了幾種魚不同的做法，可惜忘記了拍照....

20th Oct, 06' Hung Hwa Teppanyaki 紅花鐵板燒 台北101

跟他到台北探朋友，他帶我去了101大樓吃日式鐵板燒，材料很新鮮，味道也不錯，可惜又忘記了拍照....

20th Nov, 06 Nadaman Japanese Restaurant, Island Shangri-la Hotel, HK

原先想改吃料理但餐廳竟然full house，唯有按原定計劃吃Teppanyaki。

前菜有自家制的牛奶豆腐 ，很滑很香

帶子及龍蝦十分新鮮彈牙 ，但最好吃的是燒肉眼扒，入口即溶 ，正!!

整唔到...

不知是否blogger轉了beta version, 上一篇文章怎樣也load不到相片,試了多次, 決定放棄!

放假的日子

自上月中離開了那間鬼公司後，去了一趟台灣，之後每天都上網看看Classified Post, JobsDb等網頁，有合適的便send resume出去，雖然雙眼頗受罪，算是做了自己可以做的了。除了找工作外，手頭上還有數個好友及舊同事的婚禮需要協助，有些更是十萬火急，但總算在這空檔期有些細藝。算一算由今個月開始一直到出年三月，每月起碼有一個婚禮需要出席，大出血呀!昨天買了一張電腦桌，把電腦及printer一併set-up好.....方便send resume仲好有成功感添!有空陪媽媽逛街飲茶、跟他吃吃lunch，寫意極了!或許可再計劃一下，做些更有意義的事....

I wanna say........

"Good morning!" when you call and wake me up every morning....
"That's very nice of you!" when you come to have lunch with me and pick me up after work......

"Have fun!" when you want to play some games....

"I appreciate it!" for you always keep your promises.....

"I'm ok!" when you're worried about me.....

"I'll take good care of myself!" when we can't see each other.....

"I'm very happy!" ever since you came into my life.....

"I need you!" when I'm weak....

"Thank you!" for being there for me......

"I love you!"........forever.......

Bon Voyage!!

ASIA
Philippines: My grandparent's house and all the childhood memories

Sabah, Malaysia: Scuba diving

Taiwan: Elite Bookshop and night market

Japan: Threw up in the train station after having a big big Japanese breakfast

Beijing, China: Visited the Great Wall, had meetings inside the Great People's Hall, stayed in the 釣魚台國賓館

Shanghai:Nightview of 浦東 and 小籠包

Yizhou, Guangxi Province: Teaching experience there and visited the village people

Korea: Stayed in a 1 star motel and a 6 stars hotel during the same trip

Thailand: The elephant ride with mom and the movie experience

NORTH AMERICA
USA
Deerfield + Dekalb + Schaumburg + Roselle = 5.5 years in Illinois
LA+SF+SJ+LV+NY+MO+DC+IN = Nice trips!

Canada:
Niagara Falls, CN Tower, Eaton Centre~FREEZING!!

EUROPE
Great Britain
London: Musicals day and nites!!
Winsor Castle: Costume pictures
Museum of Great Britain: Shame on you!!

Movies Love Quotes

Good Will Hunting
"If I asked you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet. But you've never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable, known someone that could level you with her eyes. Feeling like God put an angel on Earth just for you, who could rescue you from the depths of Hell. And you wouldn't know what it's like to be her angel. To have that love for her, be there forever, through anything, through cancer."

First Knight
"I take the good with the bad. I can't love people in slices."

Love Actually
"I love you even when you're sick and look disgusting."

Love Story
"Love means never having to say you're sorry."


When Harry Met Sally
"I love that you get cold when it is 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

"When you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

After Oct 18........

• Polish my out-dated resume
• Write up an impressive cover letter
• Have lunch with him more often
• Go to the gym three times a week
• Clean up my room and closet
• Call up and write to some long lost friends
• Helps friends with their weddings
• Keep up with my blog
• Finish the books I have started reading a while ago

and many more.......

The Present

A very good book on how to have a positive in the workplace. The following story brings the same message. Enjoy!

西雅圖有個很特殊的魚市場叫做Parkplace Market, 他們特殊的賣魚及批發處理魚貨的方式，曾被無數的電視台報導過，也使之成為遊客如織的觀光點。不同於一般魚市場埋頭苦幹的沈默與沈重，這個西雅圖魚市的魚商，創造了一種像遊戲般的工作方式，不但娛樂自己，也娛樂客人。
在這裡，你看不到臉色沈重的人，他們總像面帶笑容、合作無間的棒球隊，大家身手不凡，讓冰凍的魚像棒球一樣在空中飛來飛去的傳遞，大家互相唱和：「啊，五條鱈魚飛往明尼蘇達去了。」「八隻螃蟹飛去堪薩斯。」練久了，人人身手不凡，可以媲美馬戲團團員。

這種工作的氣氛也影響了附近的上班族，他們常到這兒來和魚販一起用餐，感染他們樂在工作的好心情。有不少無力於提昇工作士氣的主管，還跑到這裡來找魚販，問他們:「為什麼一整天在這個充滿魚腥味的地方做苦工，你們竟然可以這麼快樂？」

魚販們也已經習慣幫這些上班族當心理諮詢師。魚販們還會邀請顧客參加「接魚」遊戲。即使怕魚腥味的人，都很容易在熱情的掌聲中一試再試，意猶未盡。每個愁眉不展的人，進了這個魚市場，很少不笑逐顏開的離開，手中提滿了情不自禁買下的魚貨，心裡也似乎都會悟到一點哲理。這個哲理就是：如魚得水的氣氛，要靠自己創造。即使工作本身無從選擇，並不是你理想中的謀生之道，你也總可以選擇做事的方式。或許，讓工作變成一種遊戲，你會開始熱愛它。工作的尊嚴和人的自尊一樣，只能在笑聲中尋獲。

據說這個魚市場，本來也是個死氣沈沈的地方，魚販們覺得與其每天抱怨沈重的工作，不如改變工作的品質。於是一個創意接著一個創意，一串笑聲接著另一串笑聲，他們成為魚市場中的「美國奇蹟」。副作用當然有，就是財源滾滾。誰能抗拒「買魚送快樂」的吸引力？有人把這個魚市場的故事拍成一卷成功學的錄影教學帶，推出後廣受各大企業歡迎。魚販們唱的一首歌，說出了他們的先知先覺：過去已成歷史，未來難以預知。

今天是個禮物，而今天就是此時此地，能使我們感覺如魚得水的快活因素，不是環境，而是態度。

Alone in the office...

Here I am, alone in the office at 10:50 am. It's quiet and relaxing here this morning...bosses not around and my collegue is out running errands. I enjoy this quietness very much. I can't recall when's the last time I was alone in a place where I could sit down and wrote whatever that came to my mind...it must be a long time ago...

As I look at this tiny desk of mine, I can see some little things that keep me accompanied everyday at work. Here on my left is a "Flip Flap plant" which is a gift given by my ex collegue last Christmas. The leaves keep flipping and flapping under the sunlight. Even it's just a fake plant, it reminds me that life goes on if I keep looking towards the bright side of it. Then on my right is a real plant, a heart shaped plant which was given by him. When I look at it eveyday, it reminds me of his love for me. I dont' know if it will grow bigger or not but I'll keep giving it the nourishment it needs and enjoy the process of taking care of it.

It's been more than a year since I started working in this office. I can't say that it's been all great working here but one thing I'm sure is that I have experienced so much and have met so many different people from this job. I don't know how many pages still left for this chapter but it has been an exciting and rewarding one indeed.

Now at 11:15am, my collegue just came back...and it marks the end of this wonderful quiet moment of mine...though it's short, it's good enough for me.

秋意

• 悄悄的來，悄悄的去
• 浪漫
• 清爽
• 旅行
• 楓葉
• 紅紅黃黃
• 短暫
• 幽怨
• 思念
• 秋風
• 藍天
• 安靜

It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet.

~The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

想念...

上了曾任教小學的網站，在照片中看到一些熟悉的面孔...自我去年離任至今，有13位老師離職，當中有些仍擔負起春風化雨的職份，有些已不知去向。看見這些曾一起為學生並肩作戰的戰友，心裡不其然泛起很多回憶。但令我最想念的還是那些1D班的學生...因我曾教他們英文及數學兩主科所以感情特別深厚~恩祈、家權、倩如、Ronnie....這些小朋友在我最後一年的教學生涯中畫上了一個完美的句號。

In remembrance of 911

We never know when we, too, will be called into eternity. I doubt if even one of those people who got on those planes, or walked into the World Trade Center or the Pentagon that morning thought it would be the last day of their lives. ~Dr. Billy Graham

Every person has a story -- a life story. Even as we mourn those who stories ended far too soon, we are jolted into deep, sometimes uncomfortable thoughts: What about my story? What's the meaning of my life? ~Fallen Not Forgotten

The tragedy and loss of September 11th has touched us all. The events of that day have likely caused you to evaluate the course of your life and your priorities. For some time you may have believed that faith was important, but now you've decided to act on that faith. ~911 Remembrance Committee

From A to Z

A ~ Alberto Alfonso (8-D)
B ~ Burberry London (My favourite perfume)
C ~ Chennie (Hey girl!)
D ~ Dad (Love u!)
E ~ Eiffle Tower (My next destination!)
F ~ Fish and Chip
G ~ Greece (My next next destination!)
H ~ Home Sweet Home
I ~ Karen loh!
J ~ Jesus (Thank you for your love!)
K ~ Kelvin and Kenny (My bros)
L ~ Life is beautiful (One of my favourite movie)
M ~ Mom (Love u too!)
N ~ Northern Illinois University (Go Huskies!)
O ~ Oscar (Ellen Degeneres will be the host next year!)
P ~ Prada (umm.....)
Q ~ Q Tips
R ~ Rent (..525600 minutes.....my favourite musical)
S ~ Students (I'll never forget them...)
T ~ Teacher (What an experience!!)
U ~ U Haul (The moving company I used in the States)
V ~ Victoria Park (Lots of memories there..)
W ~ World Trade Centre (It's been 5 yrs...)
X ~ A cross??!!
Y ~ Yosemite National Park (Awesome!!)
Z ~ zzzZZZ

A souvenir of a mellow trip

It'll be with me forever.....

Chloe..不再浪漫

很欣賞Chloe這品牌的style，很柔很elegant，感覺很romantic，如果它的衣服價錢不那麼貴的話，我想我也會置一兩件於衣櫃裡，現在唯有時不時上它的網站望梅止渴一番。剛剛瀏覽完它06秋冬的collection，唯一的反應是~點解咁架?? 件件都係闊袍大袖0既? 定係D models 瘦得滯影到D衫大件? D招牌喱士裙無晒? 究竟設計總監Phoebe Philo走後升左乜人做designer? 哎...... 很失望! 聽聞新的designers 位位身形有些份量，不知會否因此影響設計的方向呢?

Bone of my bone...

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Bone of My Bone, Flesh of My Flesh

Years ago, I asked God to give me a spouse. "You don't own because you didn't ask", God said. Not only I asked for a spouse but also explained what kind of spouse I wanted. I wanted a nice, tender, forgiving, passionate, honest, peaceful, generous, understanding, pleasant, warm, intelligent, humorous, attentive, compassionate and truthful spouse. I even mentioned the physical characteristics I dreamt about. As time went by, I added the required list of my wanted spouse.

One night, in my prayer, God talked to my heart: "My servant, I cannot give you what you want."
I asked, "Why God?"
God said, "Because I am God and I am fair. God is the truth and all I do are true and right."
I asked, "God, I don't understand why I cannot have what I asked from you?"
God answered, "I will explain. It is not fair and right for Me to fulfill your demand because I cannot give something that is not your own self. It is not fair to give someone who is full of love to you if sometimes you are still hostile, or to give you someone generous but sometimes you can be cruel; or someone forgiving, however, you still hide revenge; someone sensitive, however, you are very insensitive..."

He then said to me: "It is better for Me to give you someone who I know could grow to have all the qualities you are searching rather than to make you waste your time to find someone who already have the qualities you want. Your spouse would be bone from your bone and flesh from your flesh and you will see yourself in him/her and both of you will be one.

Marriage is like a school. It is a life-long span education. It is where you and your partner make adjustments and aim not merely to please each other, but to be better human beings and to make a solid teamwork. I do not give you a perfect partner, because you are not perfect either. I give you a partner with whom you would grow together."

** Keep this in mind. This is for all: the recently married, the ones who have been married, the soon to get married, and the ones who are still looking.**

關於你的歌

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl5s8AJZvS0

關於你的歌
寫一首歌裡滿滿的愛 我唱的歌 就寫給妳一個人
妳讓我知道原來情歌所以動人 因為有愛進行著

關於妳的歌 寫著後來我們 一遍遍唱著未來更多可能
關於妳的歌 寫妳單純天真
看著妳靜靜那種眼神就會讓我好心疼 愛在沸騰
我們可以漫步在每個清晨黃昏 我們可以愛得深
最希望讓妳快樂 擁抱妳的靈魂 一個我愛的女人

關於妳的歌 寫著後來我們 一遍遍唱著未來更多可能
關於妳的歌 寫妳單純天真
看著妳靜靜那種眼神就會讓我好心疼 愛在沸騰
我們可以漫步在每個清晨黃昏 我們可以愛得深
最希望讓妳快樂 擁抱妳的靈魂 一個我愛的女人

唱遍了無數的動人情歌 聽得到愛你的責任
只要我們就相信了緣份 愛會永遠的發生

關於妳的歌 寫著後來我們 一遍遍唱著未來更多可能
關於妳的歌 寫妳單純天真
看著妳靜靜那種眼神就會讓我好心疼 愛在沸騰
我們可以漫步在每個清晨黃昏 我們可以愛得深
最希望讓妳快樂 擁抱妳的靈魂
一個我愛的女人 給妳專屬的情歌

Fly Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-BGVTF3fk0

這一次 是我自己為自己下的決定很小心
你說慢慢來別怕來不及
如果我 還有一點點不安或者遲疑
我不會 對你的反應那麼好奇
落葉啊 其實也很不願意
其實也不想回憶 誰沒等到錯過了流星
我們啊 交集在這意外的假期
一定哪裡見過你 一定曾經夢見你

fly away 無窮無儘是你深邃的眼睛
看著你 就可以讓我茫茫人海裡感到安定
fly away 當我不顧一切無止盡追尋
有一個人 有一顆心 早已經默默之中在那裡

這一次 問我自己都說我毫不懷疑
愛上你 終於我發現我還有勇氣
唯一我 覺得遺憾的是我不夠仔細
不瞭解 你說那一些話的用意
幾乎是所有時間在想你
快樂之後是壓抑 有沒有過這樣的呼吸
幸福啊 只要一個眼神的交集
我們擁抱著刺激 我們渴望著相遇

fly away 無窮無儘是你深邃的眼睛
看著你 就可以讓我茫茫人海裡感到安定
fly away 當我不顧一切無止盡追尋
有一個人 有一顆心 早已經默默之中在那裡
fly away 無窮無儘是你深邃的眼睛
看著你 就可以讓我茫茫人海裡感到安定
fly away 當我不顧一切無止盡追尋
有一個人 有一顆心 早已經默默之中在那裡

fly away 當我不顧一切無止盡追尋
是你的人 是你的心 日日夜夜陪我在這裡

Sliding Doors

I don't really like taking the MTR especially during rush hours. Last Friday I had to take it from Wanchai to TST as the traffic condition was bad on the road. So there I went, at 6:30 in the afternoon, walking through the crowd and trying to get on the next train. Unfortunately when I got to the platform, the train door started to close right in front of my eyes.

This experience reminds me of the movie "Sliding Doors". Helen, played by one of my favourite actress, Gwyneth Paltrow. The movie starts with a scene where Helen loses her job as an advertising executive, she decides to return home in the middle of the day. So she heads to the tube station and that's when the story begins.
In scenario 1, Helen just slips through the sliding doors before the train pulls out of the station. On board, she meets the cheerful, talkative James (John Hannah), a Monty Python fan who is taken with her beauty. Minutes later, in her flat, she walks in on her lover in bed with another woman. In scenario 2, she misses the train and, shortly thereafter, is the victim of an attempted mugging. She doesn't meet James and fails to make it home in time to discover Gerry's infidelity. Collocate against one another, while sharing many places, cues, and characters, the two stories proceed in parallel from there.

Life does compose of moments like this I believe. It's all about timing. If an incident happens to us with a different timing, the ending will be totally different and there's no gurantee if it will be better or worse. Somehow we just have to go with the flow, trust in God's planning and not to regret for what has already been done.

He has made every thing beautiful in his time: also he has set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. ~Ecclesiastes 3:11~

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