What am I listening to?

陳綺貞-華麗的冒險

Norah Jones

http://www.norahjones.com/

4 cool guys with amazing voices

http://www.ildivo.com/

It gives me goosebumps when I listened to it!

http://www.westlife.com

My favourite: 落花流水, 想聽

Relax... It's All Goooooood

Is your life a daily response to random events with no common theme OR are you part of a beautifully constructed plot? Sometimes we all get too closely connected to the day-to-day bump and grind of life. It's so important to occasionally step back, gain perspective, and dive into the mystery. Here are some techniques and ideas to inspire the plunge:

Recognize that whether by master stroke or pure chance, there is great intelligence in the universe.
Fact: A single human cell measuring 1/1,000 of an inch across contains instructions within its DNA that would fill 1,000 books of 600 pages each (Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now)

Minimize resistance.“Nothing on earth can overcome an absolutely non-resistant person.” – Florence Shinn

Spend time in nature.
“Genius learns from nature.”- Oscar Wilde

Be patient with your struggles and challenges.
“Infinite patience yields immediate results.” –Wayne Dyer

Free the mind from daily routines.
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free the mind.”
–Bob Marley

Smile…everything is evolving just as it should.
“Sometimes joy is the source of your smile but sometimes a smile is the source of your joy.” –Thich Nhat Han

Source: health.yahoo.com

Smile!

Happy Reunion

住在美國的姑姐、姑丈、姑姐奶奶及姑丈妹妹連同五個可愛小豆丁一行九人上星期日來港，星期一和爸媽到酒店跟他們吃飯敘舊，心情十分興奮又有點慨嘆時間飛逝。

還記得十五年前隻身赴美留學時，寄居在素未謀面的姑姑家裡，姑丈當時事業剛起步，在Shure Brother's做programmer，當時他們的大女兒Katie剛剛八個月大，姑姑的奶奶特別從國內到美幫忙照顧，而我亦有幸加入被照顧的行列中。奶奶見我一個小女子獨自赴美定必十分孤單，所以每天都會用我不懂的國語與我聊天，說說她國內的生活，教我煮甚麼木須肉、包餃子，還有她是打毛衣的能手，看著看著我也學會一點技倆。這趟見到她仍十分健壯，拉著我不停聊天，恍惚回到當年…啊..差點忘了，當年我是跟奶奶才開始正式返教會的!

亭亭玉立根本不能用來形容已14歲的Katie，當年8個月大的她現在個子已比我高，5年前美國之行也有見到她，但當時她對我還是有些靦腆，但今次她一看到我便給我來一個擁抱，令我感動得很。其餘四小龍也對我十分親切，他們全都是happy children，我想姑姑的確在教養小孩方面花了不少心血。

說說姑丈，我跟他的關係只可以兩字形容: 唔熟。我當然感激他當年對我的恩情，但跟他真是沒甚麼話說，但看見他十數年間由一個programmer到現在成為兩間上市公司主席，心裡真的很佩服。

Last but not least，當然要說說我的姑姑啦!她是一個很隨和、樂觀的人。當年我剛到美時她還在供讀博士學位，後來有了老二便停了學，原因很簡單，她帶孩子從不假手於人，五個小孩都是她一手帶大。上回我去探望她時，發現她從早上7時多醒來便一直忙著帶小孩，直到半夜所有孩子睡著才開始做家務，想著想著我好像沒看過她睡覺! 姑姑是我當年最好的傾訴對象，跟她住的日子裡，每日我所經歷的事情她都知道，我們最喜歡在洗碗的時候聊天，我暗戀過誰、誰追過我、那個同學對我不好、甚至我在港朋友的事我都會告訴她，因為她永遠都給我很客觀的回應，要提點的她會說，開心的她比我笑得更開懷…而我最欣賞的是她為丈夫及孩子所付出的一切，還有她跟奶奶的相處之道也很值得學習。今次她回來我當然第一時間告訴她我的happy news啦!我想她是在這一刻最會明白我處境的人，她說了一些說話給了我很大的鼓勵。謝謝妳!

Weddings

Now I'm working on four weddings. Two will be held at InterCon Hotel, one at Four Seasons and one at Verendah, Repulse Bay.
Being a wedding planner for a year, I've came across many different couples, some are super nice and some are pure jerks!

All this experience brought me to think the kind of wedding I want and here is a picture of my dream wedding:
1. Small scale, only invite really close friends and relatives, I want to share this day with those I know personally. Don't want to shake hands and toast to total strangers!

2. Preferably an overseas wedding, invite all the guests there and we all can stay behind and enjoy a couple days together. Me and him will stay longer for our honeymoon.

3. Or an outdoor wedding in Hong Kong but got to be in autumn, don't want to get all sweaty! I know a place called Beas River Country Club in Hong Kong. It has a big lawn and should be nice for a sunset wedding.

4. Simple attires, good music, good food, good friends and family, these are good enough for me!

Have a good laugh!!

Today I got 2 e-mails from one of my clients who is an ER doctor. She just cracked me up in her emails. They were supposed to be business emails but she just replied them in a very humorous way and she just made my day.

I guess it's not easy for us to loosen up a bit in our daily lives, too much pressure, too serious...we almost forgot how to laugh. Researches have shown that laughing actually helps in fighting depression. There are classes out there which do nothing but just gather a group of people and laugh together! I even found this on the Internet, it's called the "The Laughing Yoga"...Maybe you can try this one out next time when you're feeling a bit stress.

http://media.putfile.com/Laughing-yoga