Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Year's Resolution 2012



Very simple!

  1. Start making my own happiness a priority!! :D
  2. Stop taking taxi after work to go home!! :D 
  3. More meat and veggies, less noodles! :D 
  4. Stop being the "deadline gang" :D
  5. Pick up book reading again! :D
  6. Stop impulsive shopping! :D
  7. Keep the Blog Posts rolling! :D
I anticipate only 4/7 of these could be achieved by year end:D hehehe but hey :D better have a list than not! :D

Friday, December 30, 2011

遇極品野蠻客煩出焦慮症

昨天看舊報時發現太陽報有一篇報導是關於 bad customers 刁難 customer service workers,令到他們有焦慮症。 

身同感受。

上個月我才 handled 一個 "Lan" 有原則的客人,纏繞咗我成差不多兩個月, 真的是有令我焦慮不安呢。 

太陽報原文:
http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20111219/00407_041.html

Thursday, December 29, 2011

新士林夜市失風味

The other day, reading the Sun Newspaper, I was sadden by the report about the new Shilin Night market.  (新士林夜市失風味)

I just found out that the Shinlin night marketing I visited a few times in my previous Taipei trips was only a temporary location.

Although I am excited to have a new place to visit next time I travel to Taipei, the old temporary market will always be a treasured memory.

These are pictures I took in 2008 of the night market. In 2008, it had a carnival like stalls for fun and games. They are no longer found in 2011.

Now these are 2011's picture. :) Not too different from 2008.  But as of now, this part of the market is moved to a newer and permanent location.

More Reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilin_Night_Market
http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20111226/00429_010.html (新士林夜市失風味)
http://udn.com/NEWS/LIFE/LIF1/6806669.shtml (油煙鎖士林夜市 逛到逃出來)
http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT4/6805033.shtml (新士林夜市…人車多 油煙多)

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

噴鼻血!

我覺得我開始 evolve into a cougar :D

之前都講過我呢排迷上了吳尊, 一看到有他做 cover 嘅 magazines, 就買。 最近買了呢本。 呢本係好吾簡單嫁!!!




把 cover 介開, 不一樣的天空啊!!!!


雖然那些 abs 係用了太多 airbrush, 但我看了後個心好像坐了過山車咁, 人都癲了!!!!!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

賞心茶叙

老劉好快就移民 Texas 做煮婦, 有感老友記很快離我而去, 所以一向吾出窟嘅小妹我, 一有空便 date 佢。 而我嘅專長就係食,食,食。。。 

飲茶係港人嘅"市髓",我地兩個人"燦枱腳", 去了貴的"灣仔陶源酒家"食點心。

這裡有我最喜歡的蘿蔔絲酥(左下), 我地今次仲叫咗 珍珠糯米雞(左上),香酥素鵝 (右上), 酥皮叉燒包(右下), some mixed mushrooms steamed dumplings (中)。

Monday, December 26, 2011

卜街!

Below pictures are self explanatory :D

呢個係我嘅菠蘿蓋經昨天一個跪低後, bruise 開始浮現喇!!!

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Yay! Cold Christmas!!

Today is my cousin's wedding day but I also have to work the morning shift. Usually morning shift makes my mood stink, but equipped with my $15xx bed sheet dress and this 10.6 degrees correct winter temperature, my mood is extremely excited.

Hehehe

Christmas Present to Mom

那天和老劉吃完和牛 lunch 後 去了 Swarovski 盪下... 點各知一盪, 又盪走了 $940。 

可能今年洗在自己的錢太多了, 有些內疚, 慶幸的是, 今次是買給媽的. 好處是, 可以孝敬她之餘, 又可以 frequent 借用.... :D

一家便宜,兩家著! :D


Saturday, December 24, 2011

Hong Kong's various Christmas Decorations

Unlike previous years, it seems this December, I have been traveling a lot to different shopping malls doing different money wasting things.. :D

Here are some pictures I captured with my iPhone during this season. :)

I wish you all a Merry Christmas. :)

Causeway Bay Time Square's Candy Land theme



Top:  Causeway Bay 恆隆中心的 giant Swarovski crystals made snowflake. Bottom Left: TST Harbour Center's toyland theme. Bottom Right: Admiralty Pacific Place's Dancing Angel Theme.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Cousin's wedding day weather forcast!

Gosh!! :D Everybody knows I love cold winters; I should be happy that this Christmas is only 11 degrees to 16 degrees! :D

But the silk dress I've got for the wedding is as thin as a bed sheet!!! :D Now need to think on what coat I have to match it with!!

Aiya!







Thursday, December 22, 2011

Wagyu Lunch with Old Lau! :D

買完那對 bling bling heels 後, 想把它絹大些, 在 Causeway Bay 找不到修鞋店的情況下, 記得 TST MTR有一問 professional 修鞋店, 所以就順便找下老劉吃 lunch.

但見識廣的老劉說應不用比錢去修鞋店攪的,去找 Nine West 咪得囉. 真的攪定了, saved 幾廿元!

一係吾食, 要食就食好點! 食和牛燒肉吧!!

  
 真好味, marinate 不太 overwhelm 咗牛肉的香味, 個和牛清湯清中滲入shredded和牛細條, 不單調。 燒肉係熱氣咗D, 但冬天有個暧粒粒的爐在前面, 好有冬日氣氛啊!


set lunch 承惠$140, 增量版加$30多兩片! :D





Wednesday, December 21, 2011

不掉就拉

辣豆國對龍舟鞋船民已經實施甄別政策。接著那段廣東話廣播,就是向他們講述這個政策的內容。

不掉就拉,疊起一堆,莫再到鞋店,丟鞋執行大行動。唔理新舊,請勿進鞋店,遵守禁買奉告,強買者入屋隨時係咁大,穿著入境照烹,藏匿者將公刊樣貌,發現會被控,兼大碌竹蹦,再買者被監禁,之後照踢出辣國!

剛才那段廣東話廣播,是向企圖進入辣豆國的龍舟鞋船民,講述辣豆國的船民甄別政策。


又是去舊迎新的時候,我忽然想到掉舊鞋如同我細個時政府的遣返船民行動一樣。。。於是便在 wiki 找到呢段集體回憶喇。 我把 葛民輝 的 SARS搞笑版本 輕微改了些便成了我呢個禁鞋版本。 嘻嘻。。

被遣返的龍舟鞋船民
如有需要以上的recording, 請電郵查詢

More Reading:

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E6%BC%8F%E6%B4%9E%E6%8B%89#.E7.85.A7.E5.AD.97.E9.9D.A2.E7.BF.BB.E8.AD.AF

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Wedding Banquet Outfit Completed!!!

Crazy Sale makes people crazy!!! :D hehe

Thanks to Liza's encouragement, I went to Nine West again and have a final search for the perfect banquet shoes! :D

I'd found it!!!!


I must tell you, Liza, you will never be my financial adviser! :D A stylist can never be a financial adviser! :D hahaha


Monday, December 19, 2011

Nine West Crazy Sales!

It was my day off yesterday, instead of just staying home like usual, 2 of my girlfriends and I decided to have dim sum to release the stress of work.

After dim sum, one of my friends, Old Lau went shopping with me. 

I think I have forgotten how much fun it was shopping in real life with other girls. :) 


This time, I even able to influence my dearest friend, Old Lau to spend almost HK$1400 to buy 2 pairs of shoes with me!! :D

The original purpose of this shopping trip was to shop for high heels to match with my blue wedding banquet dress! :D  But as usual, a girl's shopping trip is always attached with many different distractions. :D  Instead of the pumps I intended to get, I end up buying a pair of goldish colored flats and a pair of classic boots at Nine West.

The boots' original price was HK$15xx, I end up only paying $5xx for it. Awesome find!! :D It's really hard to get size 10 shoes for my dragon boat feet! :D


I will forever remember this day as a shopaholic's triumph! 


大出血!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

杮子的食法

以往吃杮子,往往昰懶到連皮食,甜中帶澀, 好味,但不完美。

但自從今次在台北食過去皮的柿子後,怎樣也返不回食皮的日子。

但我的懶係與生俱來的,所以現在我會把本來應在爽的狀態下食的富貴柿,等到林到可以用spoon scoop 才食。

咁就完美喇!


Saturday, December 17, 2011

"noted with thanks"

Last week, during supervisors meeting, a funny conversation perused.

A:  Marketing always makes mistakes and when we reported the problem to them, their only response is "Noted!"
B:  佢係話你係 "碌柒" 呀!

Friday, December 16, 2011

令人垂涎的石仔!

。。。續

你會問,為什麼沒有偷拍到那兩件故宮的 signature treasures: 玉形石 & 翠玉白菜?

我呢個拍攝神偷當然不是流的啦!

Left: Postcard version of the pork! Top Right: my sneaky picture version; Bottom Right; Food version :D

Left: Postcard version of the cabbage! Top Right: my sneaky picture version; Bottom Right; Food version :D
嘩! 現在才發現, 我隨意的偷影,也影到和 postcard 的角度一樣啊!!!


看見這些以假亂真的食物形石頭,肚子又餓了!! 

剛好在博物館隔壁有間叫做 "故宮晶華" 的餐廳, 預咗佢會係貴夾吾飽嘅, But 聽聞那裡有 "肉形石" 和 "翠玉白菜" 吃, 貴就貴啦!!


就只吃了一 square (2 inch x 2 inch) 東坡肉, mini 娃娃菜, 一碗豆腐crab meat 羹,一壺香片熱茶, 承惠 NTD$693 (HK$186。5), 只貴圓山 lunch 少少。 值呀!!!

正所謂: 少吃多滋味,那塊東坡肉真的好好味!!! 入味到吖!看上去好像好肥, 但食落口嫩嫩,滑滑的, 軟軟的, 正!!

可能 locals 不常叫這 signature dishes 的關係, 上菜的時候, 我惹來不少艷羨目光呢!

menu can be found here:


http://www.silkspalace.com.tw/chinese/menu.htm

almost forgot...

仲有用肉形石 和 翠玉白菜 做主題的紀念品啊!

More Reading:

wiki's version of the pork and cabbage

Thursday, December 15, 2011

拍照神偷 - 國立故宮博物院

延續 台北 3rd day...

去看完帥兵哥的換兵式後, 時間還早, 於是把心一橫, 去那個因為不准拍攝而不什想去的"故宮博物院" 吧。 

其實我上次來台北時已想把呢個博物館包括在個 itinerary 內,讓那老外也開開眼介, 但一看到 個 official website 話謝絕拍照,我便一氣之下, 落了個禁足令!

今次又為什麼會去呢? 是緣份吧, 想去一些沒有回憶的地方吧。

嘻! 雖說不准拍攝, 但 憑著 Mike’s stepdad’s comment a few years ago when we were snorkling in Hawaii :"Winnie is amazing, one second she was drowning, but once I pointed a finger at a fish, she then immediately comes alive and start snapping pictures! ", 證明我雖不是個 good swimmer, 但我肯定是個不賴的拍攝神射手。 

所以, 我今次會做神偷, 不是偷國宝, 而是偷影國宝的拍照神偷!!




我以為在北京的故宮 已是終極國宝啦, 但點知原來更多更好,更精的被運到台灣!有精細如髮絲的象牙雕刻, 唐伯虎的字畫呀, 林林總總的如意呀, 可愛的玉玩兒呀, 奇特的古木雕塑呀。。。 太多,太多。我拍到的只是冰山一角而已。

真是目不暇給, 所以便用NTD$750 去買了本"精彩一百 國寶總動員",好等我可以在家中慢慢回味。但晴天霹靂的一刻來了!! 我老爸向來有賣廢紙的習慣, 而且他也有老眼昏花症, 他誤把我那本書當作他的’國慶年刊’ 一併當廢紙賣掉!!!!!!!!!!!!

好失落。。。

。。。待續

其他readings: :)
http://anntw.com/awakening/news_center/show.php?itemid=25351

http://www.npm.gov.tw/npmwebadmin.jsp?do=index






Wednesday, December 14, 2011

新 i 瘋 套

又洗錢喇!!!

自從買了那 chocolate rain mini 百達窿卡後,  覺得用開的白色 i瘋套和紅色的達窿卡格格不入, 昨天一看見呢個紅色, elegant 嘅 cover, 便又情不自禁地批准銀包內的紅衫魚集體移民喇!




唉, 為什麼一錢多就身痕嘅呢!?!?!

Monday, December 12, 2011

單身女子最討厭的問題! ಠ_ಠ

昨天早上, 忽然收到一個和Mike 有一面之緣的表表哥(表姨的仔仔)的 msn, 說: 。。。明天會更好。。。 什麼什麼的。。。

攪得我一頭霧水。

心想我老媽子又不知在那裡散播什麼流言, 原來在我回歸單身後的1.5 year  後, 表姨問了一句: "幾時輪到你個女呀?", 我媽便好 down咁回答:"甩咗喇!"

我老媽子真的要上一課 communication skill training!!!!  When, How, What, Who, Where!

The "When" in this case is the most important part!!!!


典解人們 automatically 認為分手一定係一件慘事!? 對我來說呢次係命運給我的一個新契機呢!!

而我真的好討厭在家庭 gathering 親戚們必問的 syllabus A:"幾時輪到你個仔/女呀"。

如我在場的話, 我的 model answer 必是: "你放長雙眼慢慢等啦!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

我原來是東北人

由於辣老豆係 個 中央台嘅忠實 fans,每逢放假,我也會在沒有選擇嘅情況下,看埋一份。

昨天看到一段令我毅然發現, 我原來不是廣東人, 而是東北人!!!

excerpt from the show. (background, 東北女演員- "方姐" 被問到對香港女演員- "鄧萃雯" 的感覺)

方姐用對比方式去形容雯女:
(她)很柔軟的一個女人, 不像我們東北人, 喲! 壯的一個女人。 
她很柔軟,像水一樣。 
她食飯食一點點, 我要食一盆! (哈哈!) 我們食飯就不一樣。 
我的說話是。。嘩! 有力量, 她說話細聲細語。  

我完全是和方姐一樣!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

裙, 來了!!!!

The re-ordered Nordstrom dresses are finally here!!! :D

The blue dress turns out awesome, except the color is not the exact match with what I saw on the website, nonetheless, the sea blue is still lovely. :)

The other brownish print dress was not as good, so maybe I will return it the next trip when I go to USA, probably in June 2012.



Now my set of banquet outfit is coming together, need new shoes!! :D possibly 4 inch high heels... hahaha that would bring me to a solid 5"10 Hahahahahah....

P.S. Specials Thanks to my dear sis, from my last life, Liza, :D She helped me mix and match the set! :D

Friday, December 9, 2011

Chocolate Rain Octopus Mini!! I got it!!!


Whee!  Definitely another impulse buy, but it's worth it!!! :D

I even got one for my best pal, Liza too! :D Hope she'll love it too :D hahaha


http://www.octopus.com.hk/get-your-octopus/choose-your-octopus/octopus-ornaments/chocolate-rain/tc/index.html

Thursday, December 8, 2011

下一站, 忠烈祠。

在圓山飯店 食飽飽以後, let's 行去大概15分鐘 distance 嘅 忠烈祠, 去看看 換兵式!

等 "換" 到嘅 兵哥兒. :D

今日旅遊個 theme 真係是 "孤單的旅行" 呀!



呢個忠烈祠只在 50 minutes past the hour 才會開始有遊人聚集.

我拍了些 videos, 現場看佢地操兵也挺好看的!







再來一張帥兵哥兒們行動中的硬照!


Wednesday, December 7, 2011

News - Woman Paying Spousal Support To Husband Who Raped Her - InsideEdition.com

News - Woman Paying Spousal Support To Husband Who Raped Her - InsideEdition.com

WTF!! what is this judge thinking??!

"She says the judge actually told her she should be paying her ex-husband $3,000 a month based on her $110,000 a year income as a financial analyst in San Diego, but because of the rape, he was giving her a discount."

Fire the bleeping judge!!

It's like if a customer called us and told us the reason of her late payment was because she was in the hospital due to rape.. and we said, okay fine, because of that, we would give you a discount on the interests fee, because T&C said once you are late in payment, you have to pay extra!!!

Come on! Judge, exercise your bleeping judgement and empathy and make a justified decision!!!!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

上一代的廿元雞

I haven't seen this last generation of $20 bucks for a long time, thought I'd share and let us Generation X folks walk down the memory lane again. :D

When I first got it from the merchant, I flipped and flipped to examine it to make sure it's not fake money. :D

The top brownish color one is the banknote issued between 1985-92. The bottom banknote is the current issue since 1993.





Monday, December 5, 2011

圓山飯店

台灣食的不貴, 前兩晚都是吃平民化的,所以, 無論怎樣,那天都要食個高格調的!!! 圓山飯店夠 high哪吧!

又是一個沒有遊人的景象!


其實圓山飯店有什麼的好看呢? 我真的不懂! 

好! 快閃去吃個中午飯!

呢餐不平, 只食了個排骨薄薄, 乾乾的排骨湯麵, 一壺清香的菊花茶, 和一籠實實的紅豆鬆糕 就 almost NTD$600 那耶!

那個實鬆糕, 說是宋美齡的最愛, 但我倒覺得沒什麼好吃的。 要鬆的地方不太鬆, 紅豆 paste 太甜了。 

雖然我對那天點的食物不很滿意,但對服務生的誠實倒也大開眼介。

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

我翻來翻去那個 Menu, 說: "我要一碗排骨拉麵, 還有, 請問那個宋美齡小姐最喜歡的紅豆鬆糕有多大的呢?"

waiter: "一個籠子裡有兩片。 吃不完可以打包。(waiter 先生太小看我了!)"

我說: "好, 我要一份,那這個小籠包有多少只的呢?"

waiter 臉有難色的說: "一個籠子有八棵"

我說, "嘩! 這麼多?"

waiter: "對呵! 你叫的份量剛好了喇,再加就太多了喇。"

 ***************

怎攪的,為什麼會阻止客人點菜的呢!! 難不成,我是個微服出巡的食評家, 那怎麼辦!











Sunday, December 4, 2011

台北 3rd 天

第三天在台北,心想要趕快走, 趕快看, 時間無多!!!
It's my 3rd day in Taipei, I must get moving, see as much as I can as time is running out! :)

今天的行程也是沒有 plan 定的, 吃完早餐, 翻翻旅遊手冊, 今天就在圓山區走走吧。
As usual, I didn't plan an itinerary that day.  I flipped through the travel guide after breakfast and decided I should visit the area of the Grand Hotel.

走吧, 先去看看 老孔!
First stop, let's go visit Old Kung!

老孔是誰?! Confucius 是也!
Who is Old Kung?! Confucius, he is! :)

Top Left: notice about the renovation of Confucius temple, Right: Wow plane flew so low.  Bottom left: I was tempted to shake the huge fortune sticks. It's the biggest I have ever seen. Right: post card quality Confucius temple. :)

那天雖是星期六, 但怎麼攪的, 孔廟 人/鬼影都無隻嘅呢!? 也好, 可以影都些 post card quality 嘅pictures 啊!
It's a Saturday that day, how come there was nobody at the temple?! It suppose to be a famous landmark.  It didn't matter, the emptiness gave me a chance to take postcard quality pictures, which was a plus.


原來孔廟內部整修至11月30日, 也許減了一分旅遊魅力吧, 沒關係, 我也喜歡呢種清靜的個人遊, 不用跟別人爭位影相。 最重要嘅係吾洗怕自己在32-34度嘅大熱天所發出的爛臭汗味薰倒身邊那個重要的另一半. 呵呵呵!
The reason of the lack of tourist was due to the renovation project. The renovation was scheduled to be finished by 30 Nov 2011. I actually quite enjoy this quiet single journey.  There was no worry about not able to take pictures with good angles.  The best benefit was that when you sweated like a pig in a 32-34 degree hot day, you don't have to worry about suffocating the person you love next to you with your "exotic aroma". :D hehehe.


子曰:「非禮勿視, 非禮勿聽,非禮勿言,非禮勿動。Famous Confucius' ideal: See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil, Act no evil.

嘩! noon 囉, bye bye Confucius, lunch 去也!




Saturday, December 3, 2011

Nordstrom order failed!

Today I received the 2nd package from Nordstrom, which suppose to have the dresses I ordered,  but somehow, the items got mixed up and I end up getting some SKII masks and some whatever beauty powders instead!

I am very disappointed as I thought I finally have a dress to wear to my cousin's wedding on Christmas day. :P


So obviously, I immediately contacted their customer service.  Working at a card center myself, I know to keep all conversation records for later dispute evidence.   I must say, although the package's contents were delivered incorrectly, Nodstrom's CS has managed this case professionally.


So, I gave them one more chance, I reordered all the missing items again and let's wait and hope no more mistakes. :D The exchange rate is better today than 30/11 when I last ordered. :) SO I guess it's not entirely a bad experience at all, except I need to waste time to contact DHL to return the wrong stuff.

My Taiwan playlist

由於近期看得多台劇, 聽得多咗好多國語歌, 等我在這同你分享一下幾首我在遊走 Taipei 街上不斷 repeat 我其中我最喜歡的。 :)

呢幾首歌都好像在唱出我的心境耶。

Friday, December 2, 2011

辣神也進修

為了保住我呢個辣神嘅名號,只係食得辣是不夠的,所以我要進修!

下一個目標就係要研制出真的可以剎人不見血的辣椒paste!

所以就買了以下的一本書。且看我做的辣椒paste 會有多辣吧!

Bragging about 老板給我的 100 個 like

It seems I am having problems with blogger using my pc. So today I will try with my iPhone. :)

小試牛刀,就分享一下我向我老友們 bragged about how good I was at work 的一個 chat history 吧!

我真的很捧的啊!