Pre-CNY days

such meaningless title but totally fruitful post

let the summaries continue~

Saturday 29th January, 2011
Congee breakfast then bauhaus factory outlet with johnson and his mum
yumcha-ed with some of his family
one of his cousin would be going around aust for a working holiday
so we sort of clicked cos i hear things from various other working holiday people and got excited <3

watched 新少林寺 with andy lau and nicholas tse and tiny bit of jacky chan and some other chinese fighting actor
...
once again... nothing very bad...
acting was quite impressive since it was andy lau and nich tse, nich tse makes quite a good evil guy btw :D
pretty shots pretty scenes... but it prob dragged on a little bit too long at various places to "show off" the acting skills for my liking
overall cliche plot that ran quite smoothly due to many years of refining a formula =P

then went home a little too late for tuen nin faan where all the elders of the family appeared in the house
where awesome food cannot be absent since my dad is around and also the newish uncle who is actually a professional cook who cut our baby pig so pro-ly.

Baby pig uncut

Crap & vermicilli (?) pot

Beef tongue & mushrooms

Poon Choy from uncle

the elders

Sunday 30th January, 2011
Jessica@HK day
a day as hongky as one can be

see pictures...

Classics at 金華

THE 菠蘿油

上樓cafe

Side note:

魏如萱 在哪裡 EP 入手
好貴
台幣幹嘛那麼貴 T_T

Monday 31st January, 2011
Highlight: Johnson's graduation from his AIA Apprenticeship where the speeches at the ceremony made me feel like the whole program is a cult =P

Real highlight: mum fully cooperating and called me to get me home so i can get out of their after party XDD
is sort of mean but i don't really feel like drinking with people i don't know at all =P

but i did wear my new super high heels and was super tall =P


Tuesday 1st February, 2011
I feel like Macau day deserves a whole entry to itself but cos it's late and its early CNY morning i think i would rather sleep...

so i'll just link some pictures... and fill in when i feel like haha

thanks Kenny for going to the new wharf that even he hasn't been to before, taking us around all day, and shouting us the lovely dinner!
thanks William for eventually picking up Kenny's call and joining us for dinner and giving us endless opportunities to laugh til i lost my breath~

such an awesome day.
so awesome.
<3

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I thank God for this beautiful creation, and yet again for my brothers and sisters to share it with, even though this is only a temporary world. 

I pray that I would continue to appreciate this world, but more so long for the new creation to come, for it would be many many times better.

/cherry

Epic win

from last night, i successfully replaced ang in the photos on top of ah poh's tv
and this was epic win as i was never there since i ever remember

my second epic win was that i successfully washed the dishes at ah poh's place
and i bet you NO ONE else has ever done that with ah poh around


then today went second hand CD shopping at Wan Chai with Wendy <3
not without having this awesomely cheap lunch at 華星冰室

super thick toast with awesome fried egg is awesome.

Second hand CD shopping took basically the rest of the day.. and it was only within one building, 4 shops
result was insane.

i myself bought a total of six, four as above, another two in my second round there with Johnson
oo1; Faye Wong - some kind of best of
oo2; Coldplay - X & Y for HKD38
oo3; Kangta - some more best of
oo4; Stevie Wonder - some random album but it was for 5HKD so who cares what it is XD
oo5; Clazziquai Project - Mucho Punk for 38HKD
oo6; sound track from Long Vacation and Love Generation for 19HKD

and i thought that was SO CHEAP FOR SO MANY!!!

but no... that other girl...

"many of those i've been wanting to buy for a long time ga la~~~"

yes yes we believe you =P

after that i was taken around wan chai being a tourist by a macau-ian

and was forced to take tourist-y photos

then Johnson and i ran home for dinner with many people and babies and cats and it was great fun :-)

and we think sake doesn't make us drunk or red as much as red wine does

and i really need to sleep now cos there's church and the fellowship and then dinner with Royceanna and TYC tomorrow

YAY I LOVE FOCUS TIMES!

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I thank God for giving us Sabbaths for us to rest from our busy worldly business.

I pray that I really would set this day apart, keeping it holy, and use the time to remember the Lord's grace.

/cherry

Day off

Yesterday i had my first weekday off since i started working last week...

began the day nice and early cos we're poor
early session is HKD55 instead of the HKD100 at night!!
the two of us saved HKD90 in total!!

before we walked in to watch Narnia: the Voyage of the Dawn Treader
we walked in and out of KFC failing to get portugese tarts for breakfast.

so we scrapped that and just walked into the cinema.
move was alright.
CGs still pretty, kids were... arguably less annoying than before, Prince Caspian still hot XD
but everything just seemed really rushed.
nothing in particular impressed me very much... just everything was quite pretty in general?
i feel like the movie didn't do the book justice even though i haven't read the book, hence i shall read the book... some time soon.
it is at least on my list of bedtime stories to read to my children when i have some XDDDD

then we walked into 信和 to both look for 2nd hand amei/faye or whatever CDs, as well as sell my signed Bosco EP T__________________T
after looking through the shop and failing to find the amei CD i wanted, i gathered all the courage i had in the little volume i have and asked the shop owner if i could sell my CD here.

he kindly asked, what have you got?
i reluctantly uttered, er... em... i've got... a... er... signed.... Bosc-
"no i don't want bosco"

T_____________________________________________T

i don't blame him, really i don't.


had lunch that was accompanied by HK style french toast (lol how does that work)
then went to wan chai for Johnson's briefing~ that went for 2 hours.
did not know wan chai, or at least that section of wan chai, literally has nothing to see :x
ended up sitting in a Pacific Coffee Company in the corner, ordered a latte in english and gave the girl at the counter a slight shock, received a large mug of bitter coffee with very thick and dense foam...
doesn't matter, i paid for the comfy couch and air-con, not for the coffee =P
*wishes i had better camera phone to take picture*

we took a dingding to Causeway Bay, because i don't like mtr-ing everywhere :-)
walked around some more, compulsively bought a beanie because johnson said i looked good in a beanie
and i've been wanting a long thin one that dangles at the back so i can wear when i get off the plane
thought it was reasonable price, so i tried on a few, decided on the one to get, and the sales lady told me a completely different price.
no she didn't lie to me.
she did tell me they had a price range.
i was just stupid enough not to ask...
oh well at least it's pretty

after steak dinner at Cafe de Coral (lol) we walked around some more in attempt to find dessert.

ended up spending the money on these cos Johnson really liked the grey dress, (i sound like i'm blaming him for all my purchases but no i thought they were really pretty as well) and they were 170 for one, 300 for two!

I'm justified right?! yes i am =P

i said i'll buy less in america.

i will.

really.

On my only day off, i was stupid enough to walk my little legs off again.
so we planned a day of MJ at home tomorrow waha

Repetitively materialistic days like these make it so hard to live the Christian life and so easy to forget God's grace.

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I thank God for all the brothers and sisters in Christ He has given me in this life to remind me to look forward to my future eternal home, and that this place, is not my home.

I pray that this believe could be seen in the way I'm living now.

/cherry

在港的頭七

Left this for too long...
so 一樣從簡吧

Day 1 - Monday 22nd November
半夜12點着地吃消夜
店裡的人還是多的像下午12點...

Day 2 - Tuesday 23rd November
睡多了那麼一點點
被阿婆甩底 (其實是她弄不好電話)
愛美的剪了髮修了甲
那嚴肅的剪髮哥哥叫我在家這樣夾起我的瀏海

就只要在家好了...

Day 3 - Wednesday 24th November
做了很多不需用腦但做完會很有成功感的工作
晚上吃了大閘蟹
蟹粉烏冬
正!

Day 4 - Thursday 25th November
人生地一次聽打綠的live
有雲迪在旁, 覺得自己的音樂生命裡立下的一個歷程碑!!

p.s. 咱們連吃的口味也由有很像呢!

Day 5 - Friday 26th November
跟花吃了ok的車仔麵, 再到麥記白坐
八了她新男友的事, 跟他sms了聊了一下
好久沒看過花笑的那麼開了 XD

回家前買了條飄飄裙 <3

我的樣子, 還是不拿錢出來就被小看...

Day 6 - Saturday 27th November

請了阿婆+others 飲茶

帶了阿婆去配了好漂亮也好貴的眼鏡

也騙來一點circle lense :D

也有CD入手

Day 7 - Sunday 28th November

欣賞牧師為家庭教會而講的道

也欣賞詩歌的歌詞

只是沒有完了church 以後的..."團契"吧

也沒辦法

就跟媽去逛逛街吧~

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I Thank God for providing me with all these material blessings, my family and my friends,
and I pray that I will not be so poor that I would go and steal,
nor will I be so wealthy that I would forget my King and Saviour.

/cherry