searching for enlightenment...

Where is that halo?
Where is that Bodhi tree?
Does it help if I do some yoga, or red the Bible from back to front, front to back?

It takes a hell lot of self control to not throw a chair at certain people...
but I shall not get angry... cos
That will give you wrinkles
Wrinkles are costly--> compare the price of anti-aging vs usual stuff
Wrinkles are irreversible....
You know the chinese says that you have a lot of "air" inside when you have pent up anger? As usual, the Chinese is always right. I fart more when I am stressed.
I am not getting any pay rise-no extra ££ to go for facial, massage etc to sooth the stress...

so............................
got to find peace.. and think of all the flowers I am going to snap- with a camera. This saturday will be my shopping day for my SPRING clothes!!!

Gate gate...??



If that is too heavy going, just listen to Mc Dull's wisdom.


You see, all teh kids really want to do is really do something helpful to others...

character analysis..........

A quick analysis of my You Tube postings shows that I am ...
-emotional
-defeatist?
-defiant...

what else?

半斤八兩

This will entertain me when work sucks...



Terribly "uncool" stuff which I am posting ... haha. Yeah, to others, I am a typical banana, but I have been a fan of these Cantonese songs ever since I was very young! Just kept it quite well under wraps cos it was so uncool, esp when I was in JC. Those uber cool and angmoh-fied classmates would have laughed their heads off.

Banana? That is why we should never judge people by appearance.

許冠傑 - 浪子心聲

One day I will be rich...

"One day I will be rich..."

dunno WHY I think this way this morning...

I wonder where the "inspiration" came from. I think I am just too stressed up, trying to hit deadlines when I am feeling so unwell. Sigh...

Alright... maybe I should just keep the "sudden thought" there.. my since my previous "thoughts" did turn out quite correct...

rite, like real. One day I will be rich.. and I can fly here, fly there, fly everywhere to eat whatever I want to eat. I can charter planes to fly "The flying goose" and the egg tart from HK, the chef from Sg's Mandarin just to cook me Hainanese chicken rice, my favourite hawker uncles and aunties to cook me carrot cakes and chow kuey tiao... and fly my favourite "muscleman" chendol uncle to make me chendol.

If only I am damn rich, my face would work like a credit card without limits, and without a need for signatures or PINS.

"Mrs C, anything you fancy? Why dont you try our latest designs from XYZ..... Ohhh that is so nice, shall we wrap it up for you?"

"Errr... Sorry, i just happened to walk in, did not even bring my wallet and my cards"

"Uh, no problems at all. Dont worry about it. Pick as many as you want. We can deliver it to you immediately and send the bills to Mr C's office at a later date".....

Depending on my mood, and since I am usually fickle, I would buy the whole collections of everything so that other tai tais "got nothing to wear".. woah hahah

...............still dreaming................

One day when I am rich, I can high tea everyday, and do 3 liposuctions a year, and I will not longer be fat.

RIte... day dreaming time over... back to that stupid draft.

Why am I doing everything, and someone else just go to "look through and think about it to shape it up" to put his bloody name down? That is my blood and sweat. He is not even my boss or superior or have more knowledge or experience than me. Just a bloody boot licker.

When I came out with the idea, thought out everything, bloody idiot just need to say "ohhh that sounds good, can i participate in that?" "Participate" what? !!!! Well, he "participates" because he cant handle it on his own. Things that he could handle, he would talk to boss, and that would have been his! Bloody biased. Damn it.

His participation will waste me another 1-2 weeks(if lucky), with no beneficial outcomes, or additional improvements...

One day when I am rich, I will tell people like him to get lost and send him 10 pair of boots, and some butter. Butter up, lick the boots and get out of my way.

feverish, cherry blossoms

fever fever go away
chubby me wants to go out and play
the cherry blossoms are on display
bright pinks and whites, they look so gay(cant find another word...)!

Damn it, i cant even download my cherry blossom photo properly from my phone! I must get well soon!!!!!

Happy New Year!!!

...........this year's new year had been busy....

cooking...
eating...
meeting friends...
going to crash with people in Chinatown...

and then...........

shiver...
sweat...
shiver...
sweat...
cough cough...
sore throat.

Yes, I am sick on 2nd day of chinese new year.

I already felt more tired than usual on new year eve and 1st day of CNY. I was still at work when I realised that i felt damn cold. I even put on my coat and still felt cold. At the end I have to give up.... pull up the white flag and go home.

Now, I am in between the shiver and sweat cycle... My headache is killing me.....

Going back to snooze.......

Oh yeah, my chicken wing and peanut butter cookie was very popular!!!
Hehehh

Making peanut cookies

This is the first time I have ever made peanut cookies on my own. Ok, it is the first time I make cookie, unless you count the ready made cookie MIX from betty crocker.

As usual, I look for recipes with least ingredients and steps.

tried the recipe obtained from masak masak

Peanut Cookies

150 grams toasted peanuts, finely grinded
2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
150 grams plain flour
125 grams icing sugar
4 to 4 1/2 ounces of cooking oil (sunflower)
1 small egg yolk
Pinch of salt

I used the salted peanuts from Sainsbury. turned out quite good!

Guess that helps to alleviate the homesickness due to CNY. Peanut cookie is a CNY favourite because it sounds auspicious :) Hua sheng!

Need a break

Today I am unwell again.

Finally I managed to have hubby put the photos on Flikr, and they now turn up in my blog. Would have loved to add in those taken around the Grand Union Canal. Some of the photos look so winter and so lovely in the snow. Got to leave that post to another day.

I need to ZZZZ.zzzzzzzzzzzzzz off now.

London SNOW Feb 2007: Part II -the snowmen and snow women

The snowmen and snowwomen of the neighbourhood!


Almost everyone told me they made a snowmen or snowomen. When I went back to the office the next day, a really huge snowmen of about a human's actual height was still standing in the field nearby :) Unfortunately, no photograph was taken because I did not have a camera![ slap myself]
This one is my favourite...

It almost looked wise from the side view....


Those patches of grass was created by me, not some higher beings or creatures from other planets. I decided to roll the snow into snowballs to make my snowwoman. That was fast!

London's SNOW Feb 2007 : Part I Home

The above are my paw prints. the snow was still about 1.5 inches deep around 1 pm.







These photos are taken around my home. They were taken in the afternoon, where some snow had already melted, and therefore not so thick.

wei yi

There is another video of his fans holding those cardboard thingy while he was singing. I think my sister will gladly give up her one month's salary for a seat!

it is gonna snow heavily?

Bones have not detected any so far.. looking forward to my first snowman.

Lost & FOUND- they keys to a sports car

I found something very valuable on Sunday.

They keys to brand new MAZDA sports car.

Yeah, another car.

Instead of handing to those people who direct cars in the car park, I brought it to the management office, insist on handing to someone in the security dept. It suprised me why my friend was suprised that I did that, even after I explained that I know too well many of these weekend staff are part timers, sometimes contracted from other agencies to deal with additional work loads, and you will never know their background, whether they are cleared for "security" work.

How many people would do what I did, she asked.

I don't know. I really don't know.

I only know that people often laugh at my silliness. I only know that if that is my own car's key, I will not just pass it to the guys in ill fitting florescent coats who directed the car park traffic. Would you? The temptations for others to take it for a spin is just too high, and you will have no proof that you have just dropped the keys into his hands. If I cant do it for my own car, how could I do so for others'?

Hmmm... I don't know what am I going to find next. I found quite a number of things. Things just rain in front of me. I have found mobile phones, keys, and also a thick wallet (when I was damn broke) before too! I know someone up there is having some fun with me, I get mobile phone in those days i was dying to have one, and thick wallet when i was totally broke. And on Sunday, I was actually thinking about whether I will every have a chance to drive a sports car. Hmm it is funny how someone UP there tried to answer my wishes. It is like having really good fun with me. sigh........

I am careless and lose things all the time. But many times, these are found again. Is there a pay it forward thing operating among the careless people like me?

Decided to put up the photo here, cos there are not many people who will kick up the keys to their dream sports car in their life while walking mindlessly in a carpark.

BTW, it may not belong to a gal. That carpark is frequently visited by happy gentlemen who prefers pink. *wink*

Aging...II

Had a rather long conversation with ma. My mum gives me heart attacks these days.

I am sure my sister did tell her that the gingko and ginseng is meant for her, and ah pa should not be taking it. I called her to remind her again. After a long conversation explaining to her that she should be taking it cos it improves her memory, but ah pa should not take it because ah pa has high blood pressure, she complained to me it is difficult to make sure ah pa take the tablets because he is so lazy. Gosh. I got a heart attack. i really hope that she is not getting what my grandma had-senile dementia. Popo's symptoms started around the same age of ah ma now.

Another price of "roaming"-only roamers will understand what it is like. Stop envying me.