Saturday, December 31, 2011

年華

2011年的幾件事:

1. 到過新加坡, 英國和意大利, 至今仍在回味。像發了一場好長好長的夢。
2. 工作方向開始有轉變。是我自己向老闆要求的。
3. 我們那個小計劃實現得不錯喲~ 雖然花了好多心思, 但絕對值得~
4. 加薪幅度非常理想。
5. 有幸吃了許多好東西, 特別感謝請過我吃飯的人。
6. 終於上岸鳥。
7. 我竟敢坐上老爸的車!
8. 怎麼我討厭的小人全都在今年內自動收皮了?
9. 2011年的願望算是實現了~

somewhere on the George Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
最難忘的, 是走在大大小小的街上, 都有途人送上祝福。

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2012年願望:

1. 看多點書, 長篇小說那種。漫畫也好。
2. 想再到日本跑一趟, 亦希望可到印度看看。
3. 治好procastination這個老毛病...
4. 工作上的新挑戰會向好發展。
5. 最想吃一次壽司的omakase...我願用吃afternoon tea的quota來交換...
6. 改善塗指甲油的技術...

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
Amy Winehouse - 'Just Friends'
Amy Winehouse - 'Like Smoke' (feat. NAS)

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Baby Cafe

在Baby Cafe, 鄰桌的獨 / 毒男一個人吃飯 / 朝聖。
哥吃的不是飯, 是寂寞。

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
Usher - 'U got it bad'

Monday, November 28, 2011

Meat, Meat & Meat

今日跟食肉獸同佢舅父去Hugo's食lunch, 舅父介紹一定要食roast beef, 仲一早留咗每人一份牛肉。

由appetizer任選, 烤牛肉, 甜品三味, 咖啡都係一流; 食物, 服務同環境都無懈可擊, 但對於我來講, 真係好飽, 飽到郁唔到! 到咗而家12個鐘過去, 都仲未落格...

呢啲好嘢, 一年食一兩次就好, 太密就真係會傷身。

Mixed berries
3-layers ice cream with meringue cover

Hugo's, Hyatt Regency (HK, TST), 18 Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui Kowloon, Hong Kong

Monday, November 07, 2011

LDN

Had a 2-weeks vacation from UK & Italy in October!
One of the best trips ever!!!
Just travelled in the most relaxing way, no rush, no specific schedules but reservation at nice restaurants;  Gazed in parks and by the lakeside, took some funny photos, attended Fuddy's graduation ceremony, did 1 crazy thing when we were punting in a cold day....
Only one thing I regret is, having spent 2 precious days in the boring, smelly and overcrowded Venice! I shouldnt have been there!

Just like me and my bedroom.
Tate Museum Of Modern Art, Bankside, SE1 9TG London, United Kingdom

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
Lily Allen - 'LDN'

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Cherry blossom

新宿御苑, 東京都新宿区内藤町11

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
Far East Movement - 'Like A G6 (ft. The Cataracs, DEV)'

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Ferrari red

Love this Ferrari red polish!  Goes well with all of my rings~
Did it at Laka Nail.

Thursday, July 07, 2011

熱浪球愛組

與君一席話, 勝讀十年書

飲食業鉅子: 咁X細波就咪行去人地度啦。
我: 搵食唶。
飲食業鉅子: X! 咁搵食行遠0的啦。

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Purple rose

Purple rose from fred, again~

Thursday, June 30, 2011

crazy June

This is a busy month, couldn't image I have accomplished a lot of things in this crazy June!

- Confirmed some main items for the 'big plan', now searching for the minor items~
- First time to study so hard for an exam, repaid my 'studying debt' in the past 2x years.
- As said above, I had an exam.
- Rushed for the Japan backlog at my desk.
- Finished the India work.
- Learnt some new technical knowledge.
- Finally, a fat pay rise today :)

London Millennium Footbridge, River Thames, City, London, UK
My camera suddenly got shorty.... this pic looks like a negative film!

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
Travie McCoy - 'Billionaire' (ft. Bruno Mars)
Fergie - 'Labels or Love'

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011

Ritz-Carlton - Ozone

My new favourite bar!  Ozone at Ritz-Carlton :)
Nice view, posh interior, good tasting alcohol and a romantic man~ what a night.

Vesper Martini & Chocolate Martini

又, 是日金句乃係: 溝不到的女是港的。

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
50 Cent - 'Baby by me' (feat. Ne-Yo)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Inside Job

Just watched the 2010 Oscar winning documentary 'Inside Job' this evening.  It's a great documentary which gives us good insight (or you can say hindsight) of what, who caused the financial tsunami and how did it happened.  It's so funny to see how some interviewees reacted and answered when they were bothered by aggressive questions.   Some people even declined to be interviewed.  So needless to say it explicitly, we almost know who is on white side and who's on the black side.

I feel quite pity for Elliott Spitzer, who was a former governor of New York and got interviewed in the documentary.  When many of the Wall Street senior management colluded with some major government officers, he stood out to prosecute them.   However his effort 'bounced back' - the Wall Street revenged on him and he was forced to resign.

I also have a mixed feeling towards the documentary's prosecution on Wall Street's compensation structure and their role in the financial tsunami.  Thinking backward, I was one of the victims in the financial tsunami.  But later I secured a job at one of the giant financial monsters, and 'enjoy' an above average pay package.  I certainly cherish my job now, but never forget my bitter days back then.   Lucky enough I managed to stand on my own feet in the downturn, but for those who become unemployed or bankrupt because of other people's greed and those have lower education or lower skills to survive in the recession, I feel for them...

Sunday, April 10, 2011

睇人瞓街

(今日突然有感而發,不喜勿讀)

有0的鍾意睇人仆街, 目標其中一個有我份。

可能我以前命苦, 所以有人想睇我死0黎平衡下自己0既病態心理, 唔緊要, 因為我知我有一日會勝過你呢班契細佬。人生, 係玩長途賽, 做人亦唔好自滿或自卑於一時, 要謙虛得來用腦。

之前笑過我0既人, 其實我而家活得比你地好都駛畀你地知。

東海道新幹線, 米原岐阜羽島路段
下年我會繼續去日本,  我驚大陸多過日本幅射囉。

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
Eminem - 'No Apologies'

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Probability with Martingales

Excepts from a book called 'Probability with Martingales', which I found on fuddy's bookshelf.

要我讀呢0的, 不如一槍打死我。

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
Frédéric Chopin - 'Ballade No.4 Op.52' (by Sviatoslav Richter)
Frédéric Chopin - 'Waltz Op.69 No.2' (by Vladimir Ashkenazy)

Monday, March 07, 2011

起跑線

近年成日聽到有人講"輸在起跑線上", 抱怨一個人條件或後天培養不足, 出來社會競爭, 未開始已經落後人地一截。

話說身邊有人認識某銀行0既私人股東, 佢家住某跑馬地名廈, 兩層樓上下四個單位打通, 樓面面積過6000呎。
佢有個4-5歲大0既仔, 問佢識唔識得講潮州話呀?
小朋友答: 識呀。
咁小朋友你識講咩字呀, 雞翼識唔識講?
小朋友話: 唔識呀, 我淨係識得講 "bao who" (鮑魚)。

呢位小朋友何止贏在起跑線上, 就連企晌起跑線上都足以贏好多人0既一世。

新宿御苑, 東京都新宿区内藤町11

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
B*Witched - 'To You I Belong'

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

蔥花

Fuddy 送的花。

這東東叫蔥花, 是大蔥長出來的。上頭有一個以無數紫色小花組成的'波波' (名副其實的花球~), 下面是一條很粗的莖, 沒有枝葉。
似是外星植物, 又像汽球。

拿著這枝蔥花, 走在街上, 吸引了路人好奇的目光。

Saturday, January 29, 2011

喪吹

從同事處聽返0黎0既一手吹水故事。

話說顧客A去某連鎖薄餅餐廳買左幾百蚊外賣, 個餐廳經理送左兩枝大0既Tabasco畀A。
顧客A就奇怪點解餐廳經理咁闊綽呢?
經理就話佢地下晝六點半已經meet到quota, 所以可以豪0的。
顧客A同經理吹左一陣水, 經理可能得知A係做會計行業就開始吹水, 話自己以前係做auditor, 後尾搵夠奶粉錢就唔做, 轉做餐廳經理。

晌呢個時候, 我已經笑到控制唔到自己, 話呢個經理'好吹', 老闆亦好同意。有人話可能佢晌餐廳度做meet到quota所以分到好多錢。我忍唔住一下打爆左呢個point - 呢間薄餅餐廳係'大xx'集團開0既, 一定唔會分得多錢。(如果連鎖餐廳經理可以咁好搵, 咁我做呢行又有何意義呢...?)

我停唔到繼續咁恥笑: 真係想知呢位'前auditor'做邊間firm, 係咪做到partner跟手唔撈去做薄餅餐廳經理咁把炮? Auditor邊有咁好搵可以做到搵夠奶粉錢呢? 定係搵左奶粉錢未賺到學費呢?

老闆亦忍唔到出手, 串佢話間audit firm可能係晌伊拉克果0的, 幫人洗黑錢? 我又回佢, 難道佢係audit partner而且晌做IPO時畀個客賄賂收左錢?

最後大家以一句'喪吹'總結。
我從未聽過有吹得咁大0既水, 真係唔識0野就畀佢嚇死, 識0野0既就畀佢笑死, 希望唔會有人信。唔敢講話自己係咩老資格, 但好難違背我所知0既行情呀。
又, 同老闆講笑時有0的sarcastic, 希望唔會有人誤會。

鹿児島県鹿児島市高麗町, 鹿兒島市電, 桜島桟橋通電停
市電軌道敷緑化 - 路軌間都舖上草皮, 好可愛。

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
Eminem - 'No Love' (ft. Lil Wayne)
Dr.Dre & Eminem - 'Forgot About Dre'

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

算命

話說朋友德德學過紫微斗數, 為我起左個命盤, 幫我算命。我唔識命理術數, 但用佢所講0既對照番我身邊發生0既事, 都幾準! 佢話我條命有呢幾樣0野︰

- 父母都係0的叻人, 但佢地對我冇直接幫助 (如傳家業, 介紹識人), 而係間接幫助, 例如傳承智慧及性格。
- 08年係我最仆街, 最唔開心0既一年。
- 一生人最強0既係事業, 會越來越強勁, 有財。
- 工作上付出同收入唔成正比, hae工反而先會get paid, 辛苦勞碌就得個桔。
- 生出來0既子女極好 (!)
- 夫妻宮有小阻滯。可能係one-off event, 遲婚或者可以化解。
- 知心朋友唔多, 命中貴人多。
- 份人講金唔講心。

整體算好命, 我仲以為自己係爛命一條...!!!
於我來講, 最重要都莫過於一句 "有財"。我而家幾好丫, 工作頗hae, 但收入同理財比以前好運。總算係見到曙光。

栃木県日光市日光国立公園, 中禅寺湖

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
The Phantom of the Opera - 'The Music of the Night' (feat. Michael Crawford)

Monday, January 17, 2011

Diamond

真的假不鳥, 假的真不鳥。

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
張國榮 - '由零開始'

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Get a little bit wiser

近排身邊有很多膠人膠事, 真係令人啼笑皆非, 膠都費事畀。Life is short, 點解我仲要deal with呢0的人, 有時真係怒串佢地都不為過, 最好可以大巴大巴摑落去。

我發現真係有好多人何只係唔用理性思考, 甚至係唔經大腦, 以小學雞思維處世。有另一種人就唔願負上一個成年人0既基本責任, 或者妄顧其他人0既感受。(當然, 有0的賤人0既感受, 係完全唔駛理0既)

要同呢種人糾纏真係浪費生命... 但總算有0的笑料畀我恥笑下咁。

錦帶橋, 山口県岩国市岩国, 錦川

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saintvenus' stereo is playing:
東京事変 - '秘密'