祝我生日快乐

Of course,
he had the cake
and ate it too

Un Dos Tres

I cannot believe I am still awake at this time calling out to mexican english schools, but their staff 'NO SPEAK ENGLISH'!!!

I am SO TIRED.

but I can't wait to visit the city.

Spoiler :(

I cannot believe i spoilt the surprise. I'm sorry, but I had to check tom's email to search for the address of a contact.

"Hi Tom, this is chingwei here. Poh Chin's boyfriend.We have not met but I have heard lots of fantastic things about you from her. (Not saying this because I need a favor from you)

To get straight to the point, Poh Chin's birthday is on 30/3. I believe she will still be in Hongkong at that time and so I won't be spending it with her.

So, I need your help to get her a dashing male escort to bring her out for dinner on her birthday. No, just kidding. Really, will require your kind assistance to make arrangements to deliver a bouquet of lilies to her apartment on the 30/3. Would deeply appreciate your help here. However do let me know if this will cause any inconvenience, I would then make other arrangements.Thanks,chingwei"

you made me recall why i fell head over heels in love with you.

Hopping around during Easter week

When you hit rock bottom,

the only other way to go is up.

Such is the emotional rollercoaster I went through days/weeks ago.

I'm still not too sure what's gotten over me,

but it's good that things are looking up.

3 movies, 2 concerts, 1 war game, minimal work.

The leon lai, kelly chen movie is really bad. period.

Concerts were very good!

-Maroon 5-

All thanks to Ernest for the excellent tickets!

Not a fan of Maroon 5, only familiar with their radio hits

but I really love how the band gets together and just play music

I wish i can play the drums

but I've got some serious psychomotor retardation

the kind who cannot draw a circle with one hand, and square with the other.

-David Tao-

The concert was a blast! I had never felt so high (not even at MayDay's).

I was almost hyperventilating.

He made effort to give the audience something special, interact with us and is

simply so endearing!

So cute right?

He even pulled a lady from the audience (cute japanese lady who knows english,

mandarin, cantonese) and sang 'Sha Tan' - all the while holding her hands onstage,

looking into her eyes as he sang, and hugged her!!!!!!!!!!!

fwah. I was going to faint.

so lucky!!!!!!!!!

I had such a great time I'm still smiling silly when I think of him.

-War Game-

I'm really not good at it. haha.

We only played 7 rounds before it started pouring.

BEFORE


AFTER

The hiding, the aiming, the shooting - I can't seem to get them right.

Suffered many shots at my back, the one on my neck hurt the most. :(

I have new found respect for our soldiers.

haha.

It's Easter monday, another public holiday in Hong Kong.

I can't let my work pile up anymore.

reallllllly need to clear my plate and get ready for the birthday weekend.

can't wait for my bday parcel from Seoul!

Winter bug

I think I've gotten the 'seasonal affective disorder', or SAD.

According to wikipedia, the most common symptoms of SAD include extreme fatigue, oversleeping, not being able to get out of bed, overeating, carbohydrate cravings and weight gain. It can also be accompanied by the regular symptoms of depression, such as low mood, loss of interest in activities and trouble concentrating.

I'm experiencing all of the above.

I wish I could hibernate. I wish spring would come soon.

I wish I wouldn't contradict myself so often.

Aye... The skies seem grey-er the past two days - many a times I wish it'd rain, but it didn't.

Inverse relation

Random conversation with Mr. Goh

I: Are you the type who'd buy a bigger house, and get a smaller ring?
Mr. Goh: …. Confirm

I: Hmph. ok. Smaller ring, fewer kids.
Mr. Goh: nb.

And then I start to think further about this equation I came up with

and it doesn't really make sense...

Bigger house - smaller ring - fewer kids >> then why do I need a big house?

So mentally, I changed the equation to

Bigger house - bigger ring - more kids >> then I'd need to find a richer husband,

which leads to this equation

richer husband - bigger house - bigger ring - more kids

but does it equate to more love?

the search for a balanced question never ends.

Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Basically means 'a disorder of severe sleepiness'.

I think I have it.

"It causes you to have disabling daytime sleepiness. This occurs despite an increased nightly sleep time of more than 10 hours.

People with this disorder may sleep 12 to 14 hours every night with few interruptions. Even after sleeping this long time at night, it is very hard for you to wake up. You may set many alarms and still have trouble waking up."

I have been sleeping later (con calls with toronto counterparts),

and waking up later,

and sleeping later still,

and waking up later still.

It's a vicious cycle.

Damn.

My bio-clock is screwed.

I'm addicted...

To COFFEE PRINCE!

It's the only reason I leave my office at 645pm

take a leisurely stroll home

and catch it at 7pm

A good hour of entertainment before I start the second half of my day

contacting people in Toronto, Mexico, and Brazil. =.=

This show is fantastic.

Every character is so lovable

I'm also starting to wonder where my sexual inclination leans

haha

The joy of liking somebody and falling in love

everyone misses this feeling

Do we only get to re-live it vicariously?

In any case,

I love both the pretty 'uncles' in the show

and gorgeous 'En Chan'!

Thai tai tai

It's been two weeks since my last post.

How I wish I can instantly enter my thoughts and feelings and sights and sounds as soon as I experience them.


But that's obviously not possible - given the lack of time, and effort, and concentration. (Should probably have bought the 'blogger phone')


Tonight is a good night.


I'm waiting for the laundry to be done and sleepiness to crawl under my skin.


I have SO much I wanted to note down.


My work week in Bangkok:




Mr Goh sent me to the airport on Sunday morning, and we even managed to go Si Bei Lou to bai bai before heading to the airport. Throughout the journey, we didn't really talk much - though I know I'll miss him badly in bangkok... and then in Hong Kong.

It's just going to be one month... one month... and a little bit more.

Flight to bangkok was pleasant, clear skies. Lovely clouds. Then I thought about the movie 'Xin Dong' - and I thought about Mr Goh, and a handful of others. :)

Conveyor belt was jammed with luggages, and by the time I got to the hotel - Chatuchak was already closing!!

Then I thought about the Thai place which CCL took me when I visited 2 years ago - they had reallllllly good Thai mango salad and frozen coconut juice. I vaguely remembered it to be at MBK - but after walking so many rounds, I still couldn't find it. :( Settled for green chicken curry instead.

And to make my visit to MBK worthwhile, I decided to eat more

And after sunday night, it was just work work and more work.

I haven't ordered room service so frequently for all of my previous trips.

My first ride on a Tuk Tuk

and two nights of shopping at Suan Lum - where I was very often treated like a carrot head.

Vendor: "This bag... LEATHER... very good...2850 baht."
I: (Touching the material of the bag and comparing with my leather bag) "Are you sure this is LEATHER???"
Vendor: "Yes, LEATHER. Very good..."
I: "Er.. nah, it's okay." (starts to walk away)
Vendor: "How much you want?!?!? 2000 baht! 1000 baht!"
I: (walks further)
Vendor: "OKOK! 500 baht! How much you want?!?!"

I don't like to be treated like a carrot head.

Taxi driver: "Here to hotel, traffic jam. 160 baht."
I: "No, 80 baht."
Taxi driver: "No no, 160 baht."
I: "ok nevermind." (got off cab)

And I took another cab - cab fare was only 30-40 baht. =.=

Met up with Uncle Daniel, and his singapore friends and his Thai friend for dinner and drinks - first at RajDamri (where I was attacked by mosquitoes, had about 10 bites on both feet - tmd...)

Food and wine was not bad - but I was teasing Uncle dan's friend that nobody order carbonara when visiting thailand one la!


Then we headed to Sirocco after that.

DAMN BEAUTIFUL PLACE (Palace - like)

I never expected Bangkok to have such a place, so close to the skies.
The night winds were chilly, but the drinks kept us warm.
The jazz singer and band were great. Our conversations were lively.

Really enjoyed myself at the dome like place - as Nut puts it, this place really did make me feel like a princess.

Thanks Nut - for taking us to such a nice place, and thanks guys - for a lovely evening. :)

I had to leave for HK the next day and couldn't join them for high tea at Grand Hyatt! (Uncle dan has to rub it in....)

I must say the departure hall at the airport was so much nicer than the arrival hall. And thank goodness for the Dior staff - who managed to help me magically remove a 5cm blue ballpoint pen ink on my bag. I don't even know when the ink got there! Heng ah... if not, i really very DUI.


I checked in much earlier - fearing the repeat of the manila incident.
None of the bottles in this pic belongs to me! Muahahahahahah.


Wah rao. It's 3am. I don't even have time to talk about HK.

Shen ah - give me more time ba!