失而覆得!? 其實係大頭蝦!

About 1/2 year ago, I wrote about my absent minded dad threw away the book I bought from the "Imperial palace museum" from Taipei, as it turned out, he didn't really throw it away!!! He just couldn't remember where he freaking stashed it!!!

Last night when I went home from work, I found out there was an eerie green light emitting from my folks' entertainment room, so I went and investigate and found out their monitor auto-off setting was messed up.  As I turned away afterwards, I found my freaking book is stashed among my dad's library!!!

I shall read it through during my birthday mini vacation! :D

http://ticklelabean.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-post_15.html

My God Motherly Title(s) ...

My mind is quite blank lately due to stress from work. Since this year, I am the compliance officer, there are so many readings to do... aiya....

Just as I needed an escape... my mind wandered and try to think up more elaborate title for my Chief god mom status....

• The Greatest God Mom :) (This comes to mind first, but then it sounded so old, like the great grandma)
• The Supreme God Mom :D (I like this the best... it sounds like I am the supreme court judge with loads of logic and sanity :D)
• The Unsuppressed God Mom :D (hmm)
• The Incomparable God Mom :D (Oh well, this is a given :D)
• The Towering God Mom :D (This is more in size than spiritual :D)
• The Fairy God Mom :D :D :D (For when I go insane! :D) 

Once I made up my mind which to choose, I have to change my description in the profile to match with my status. :D

哈哈哈! 無８０歲都吾好比飽飯你老公食!

昨讀到一篇有趣國際新聞，要同我一個二個嫁了人的老友分享下。。。。　：Ｄ

http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20120304/00423_081.html

我媽也曾經對我說過，　我老爹一出糧便全數交出，由精打細算的老媽子 ration! :D  "你老豆咁闊綽，　吾係點養到你肥Ｃ大隻呀!"

But of course, my mom fed my dad well too :D he's also 肥Ｃ大隻. 

大家都知道，　我沒有 inhered 老媽子的＂好數口＂，inhered 了老頭子的　＂洗腳吾抹腳＂。 

New alleged danger of breasts implants.

又有 ridiculous News 喇!!! 我都吾明好地地做咩鬼要僭建喞!! 家下仲衰到連累埋個 BB!!

我媽子話: "想要 心胸廣濶 好simple, 除了你老媽子我比你嘅 遺傳外,  食多D 木瓜鮮奶 咪得囉! 你細細個時都係咁食, 咪得你依家咁 "波濤起伏"呀!!"

各位 親愛的 reader, I swear 以上 quote is true quote from my mom, 我從來不知我媽子係咁生鬼嘅.

我也不甘示弱, 醒了她一句: "係囉, 我們好像 "榮華D臘腸咁, 真才實料, 凌舍不同" 哈哈哈!!!

English version here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/03/lucy-petagin-pip-implant-brain-cancer-daughter_n_1252260.html

National Anthem of LaBean Land

I finally found my country's National Anthem!!!! :D hahaah

I was watching CCTV with my dad  a couple days ago and found this song called "辣妹子" (Spicy girl :D).  Naturally, I am attracted to anything hot and spicy, so I went online to find the song again. :D

While searching for the normal version, I found this Englishized version of the song.  I loved it so much that I decided this funny English version should be my homeland, The Land of LaBean's National Anthem!! :D

I am sure you will agree that this song is perfect for my land! :D hahahah




Below is the serious version I saw on CCTV. :D I must say the soprano's voice makes me have unfortable goosebumps everywhere though. 

宋祖英presented辣妹子@維也納金色大廳

 

作曲：徐沛东 作词：余志迪

辣妹子从小不怕辣，
辣妹子长大不怕辣，
辣妹子嫁人怕不辣，
吊一串辣椒碰嘴巴。
辣妹子从来不怕辣，
辣妹子生性不怕辣，
辣妹子出门怕不辣，
辣妹子辣辣妹子辣...
抓一把辣椒会说话。

辣出的汗来汗也辣，
辣出的泪来泪也辣，
辣出的火来火也辣，
辣出的歌来歌也辣。　

辣妹子说话火辣辣，

辣妹子做事泼辣辣，

辣妹子待人热辣辣，

辣椒伴她走天下。

 

 

 

 

 

 

The "After"...

To continue from yesterday's mess.....

Now, let's play a game of "find the difference" :D hahaha

Top: Before WTF :D.  Bottom: After Much Better.

Stuffs I threw away
A:    Empty pork jerky paper (豬肉紙) box from Taipei.......
B:    A stack of 吳尊尊 covered magazines!!! :D Well, I threw away those pages without him and file the pages in the light blue folder there :D
C:   All the boxes from different computer gadgets which may or may not contain any type of computer related gadgets :D
D:   Calender from 2011 which still shows the page of Jan2011 :D
E:   Boxes of outdated computer related magazines hidden inside the cupboard

Stuffs I relocated
F:   Stuffs planned to deliver to SFO on my next trip :D
G:   Toiletry bag that is not belonged here... :D

Come to think of it, I think I feel more 'protected / hidden' with the before.  It was like a war zone bunker. Hahah. Now that it's all organized, I feel nakkid :D

The "Before"...

A picture is worth a 1000 words.... :D

Let's contemplate the laziness of last year.... :D

Let's pretend I am showing some shameful expression on my face right now.   ಠ_ಠ  :D :D :D

How far can you bend your thumb? 彎拇指同鄉

On New Year's night, my family and I went to have a Japanese feast, as feasting is our professional specialty (a bit redundant here, heh heh).

We of course ate more than just this huge plate of assorted sashimi.  Today's topic is not about the food! :D It's about the thumb-ups :D

Notice the thumb on the right? It's my dad's thumb. Notice how it bends?

During this dinner, my cousin (thumb on left) compared his thumb with my dad's and found out that my cousin's thumb doesn't bend like my dad's.

So I joined the battle and found out that I am truly my dad's daughter! My thumb bends even crazier than my dad's!! :D hahaha

After a bit of research online, I have the so called "Hitchhiker's thumbs".  it seems this is considered a recessive trait and not everyone can bend the thumb this far backwards :D

Maybe I can start a "Hitchhiker's thumbs association" (彎拇指同鄉會) :D Thumb Bender Unite!!

Here are my meaningful research materials:

http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/myththumb.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb#Variation

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！

有冇咁鬼幸福呀!

今個月每晚都係收3am, 因為小食店都收擋了，　所以呢個月基本上係減肥嘅最佳時候。

　但辣豆媽最喜歡就係一邊話我肥，　一邊就塞東西給我吃！

今晚都夠誇張喇吧!!!

辣豆媽果然名不虛傳，　怎麼弄來了一隻大閘 crab!? :D

情迷杏加橙 :) Hahahha

My dad and I seem to have great tastes in color. Following my previous grey rubber shoes (灰交鞋), My dad chose to wear ginkgo color + orange (杏加橙) :D hahahah That's a swear phrase in Cantonese :D

He wore it the day we went to have that huge awesome Japanese buffet on the 15/05. So Funny. If you click on the picture below, you will see how his stomach grew after the meal.

Hmm. I animated this picture, but it doesn't show here. If you like please click on the picture so it would load up an animated version :D hehe quite funny

Birthday Present :D

Approaching 36 year of ripe old age has its advantages. :D

Not only did we went on a binge Japanese cuisine eating event yesterday, my folks and I also went to look for gold trinkets for my 2 betrothed cousins.  It is customary for the elderly of the clan to gift gold jewelleries to the newly weds. :D

You might have known about this already, but my parents love me. :D I must say it out loud. :D Because when we went to buy gold stuff for my cousins, my mom said, let's buy me some too. :D

And here's what I picked. :D  It's a little gold bracelet with a series of little butterflies and hollow leaf shaped rings. The cuff is a traditional "S" shaped close. :)

This same chain would have only cost like HK$1200 5 years ago. (Because when Liza got married, we got her a little chain almost the same weight and it didn't cost as much than now). Now it cost $3xxx!!!!

Naively, I commented to myself, "Why the hack the gold price is so high now." I thought I knew the answer, but my mom's answer kinda was not what I have expected.


She said, "Because people don't trust the $US dollar anymore, so they just go buy gold as investment instead of investing in the USA money."


I thought it was purely because of supply and demand. I think the reason that the gold price went up so crazily was because many mainland china people love to buy gold and they are so stinky rich now, they would afford any type of shiny things.

In case of a WWIII, this would probably buy me a bowl of wild rice or a few potatoes.. :D Must keep it safe.

5 big bucks! :)

Below is proof that I have filed tax this year. So no more mistake. :D

This year, I have to pay a huge sum of $5 in total. :D hahha... I better start saving up now....

Tax Season Reminder!!!

Just got an email from the inland renvue to remind me about the tax filing deadline! :D

I must file it once the internet gets back to normal, as deadline is June 3rd + 1 month, but I have no grace practically because I will be in SFO from 4June to 25 June. :D

I think I shouldn't need to pay any tax this year, unlike the last.... :D Last year, I forgot to file tax and result in a very scary tax bill. Good thing is like most of my bad experiences, it got fixed in the end.... :D So end up only paying $200 ish. :D

Won't make the same mistake twice! :D

虎年第一個 casualty.

My dad always say, "New things won't come until old ones gone" :D This is always true when it comes to home appliance. :D

Our trusty old tv which was with our family for almost 10 years finally died on the 19th Feb. :D

We blamed this to our cousin's curse on the 3rd day of Chinese new year. :D He said, "Wow, you guys still using chunky type of TV, if it broke, nobody would be able to fix".


Not even 1 week passed, our old TV couldn't resist the jinx it was laid upon... :D

The problem was that after we pressed the on button, it took a long time to really show pictures. Initially, it took about 10 minutes, and then 2 days later, it took 30 minutes or so, then an hour... in the end, it just never turned on anymore. :D

If it's like 2 years ago, my parents would probably find some technicians over to h ave it fixed. But seriously, using this TV for 10 years and the new generation is so much smaller and in HD, it's time we bid farewell to our old friend. :D

So we got this:

It's a Sony EX4, 32". It's really an upgrade from our old 25" box tv. It has built in HDTV receptors. When we first turned it on, we all exclaimed, wow it's so much sharper and clearer than the old one! YAY! :D hahah

We Chinese have a saying: "新屎坑", we couldn't stop admiring our new friend the whole first week. :D

I will tell you a funny story about our new TV tomorrow. :D

[Thanks to Chris, subject's spelling corrected. :D]

I am stinking rich!! :D hahahah 錢! 錢! 錢! 錢! 錢!

Chinese new year season is officially over, I couldn't wait to break open my red pockets loots! :D

I did extraordinarily good this year. :D A total of $2210 was obtained. :D

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Being single has its advantages! :D

Why is Yam involved in chilly sauce?

My Mom made white radish cake herself this year. :D She always make it herself during chinese new year season. Last year, she didn't though.

So it was kinda nice that she made it again. :D Unlike the store bought cakes, my mom usually put more radishes instead of flour. Making it more fragrantly and softer in texture, the way i like it. :D

The radish cake is not perfect unless there's chilly pepper sauce. :D We have these little packets of chilly sauce stashed in our fridge. :P It's the best time to use them!

These packets taste perfect. :D The perfect hotness for me. :D

Anybody who attended high school with me knows I am crazy about chilly sauce! :D I use to down like 1/3 bottle of the chilly sauce when I was having noodles for lunch at our canteen.

When the canteen owner realized the chilly sauce disappeared faster than they can refill it, they had to resort to diluting it with water. :D It didn't help much though because instead of downing 1/3 a bottle per meal, I just down like the whole bottle :D

Same goes for their white pepper. :D hahah Oh what good old memories of the high school days.

According to the packet, there's dried sweet potato involved when making these chilly sauce. I never would have known if I didn't read the label.

So I guess since I supposed to be on this paleo diet, I should avoid chilly sauce from now on. :P I can still do chilly oil, so no biggy. :D

Traditional new year candy box

I met aunt Rebecca and her family this morning for dim sum. We meet every year during Chinese year so my mom and Rebecca can exchange red pockets for the children. :D

The children being me and Rene and Ernest. They are practically my family when I stayed in Vancouver for that few years before I went to Edmonton. :D

The restaurant has all sorts of decorations for the Chinese New Year. One especially drew my attention was the Chinese Candy Box.

I haven't seen such a traditional candy box for a long time. This box contained all kinds of sweet stuffs, such as, candied lotus seeds, chocolates, assorted candies, candied lotus root slices, candied winter melons and watermelon seeds.

The candy box we have it's not even as festive as the above.

Less sweets, more seeds :D

Red Pocket Pageant

This year, I had the mood to help my mom put money into red pockets. :D I haven't done so for many years.

I forgot how much fun it was and it was somewhat a bonding experience with my mom. :D

I don't bond with my mom much. :D

As usual, different organizations would have different style of red pockets produced each year.

This year, I am holding a Red Pocket Pageant in my house. :D

Here are the first round of participants. :D

I will have the finalists by the end of the month when I finally can open them and enjoy the 'fruitful bounty' inside. :D

New Year Fair's Loot :D

This year I went to the fair alone.

Normally, when I am alone, I'd go nuts with buying useless trinklets and stupid cuishions and stuff at the fair. (That's why my father always insists on going with me to avoid me buying a huge tree and wasting money on useless junks.) :D

It's rainy this week, so I didn't have much enthuisium when I visited the fair. :) It's no fun walking around a crowded area with people doing umbrella fights with each other.

I only briefly walked along the toys and trinklet section earily on and then headed to the flower stalls to find my bonsai tree :D

But, being an expert on buying useless items, I didn't fail to found these cute little soft tiger stuffed toys. :D

I originally buy them for souveniers for my boyfriend's family when I see them in June, but the more I looked at them, the more I adore them. :D hehe

So I am keeping them for myself instead!! :D

I named the red one "Siu Hung 小紅 (Little red)" and the yellow "Wong Jai 旺仔 (Wong Jr.)" :D hehehe

More of them playing here :D