Sweet Dad~

Last night our family dined at Serenade restaurant in TST, and mum suspected she dropped her pearl necklace there after we got home.

This morning, dad got up at 6 something in the morning, walked to the restaurant, searched around the table and found the necklace....but....without the pearl.

Dad asked the staff there and the staff said that the pearl must have been vacuum-ed away. Dad demanded them to open the vacuum cleaner immediately and searched the pile of dust in the dust bag....even though he couldn't found it at the end....

I never thought dad would do something like this....RESEPCT!!!!!

This is sooooooooooooooooo sweet of him!!!! Mum was so touched!!!

What brings some warmth to an already weary heart

In the midst of preparing for the beer drinking competition which was about to start in 10 minutes' time, a girl in my team handed me a small card with a bible verse, and written some of her thoughts about me on the back...

Amazed, speechless... I almost forgotten when was the last time I received something like this...some 10 years ago? When I was still in high school perhaps?

The warmth came forth kind of re-ignited my long hibernated soul.

Thank you, Maggie.

These are a few of my favourite things

It's ME @ a glance...

Food

炒菜心, 炒豆苗

亞媽靚湯

Sashimi - Salmon, Tuna, 牡丹蝦, Scallop

Oysters - Gilladeau, Hammer Inet, more to be tried...

(Oyster Station, I will be a more frequent go-er of this place)

Wagyu Beef

Mummy's homebaked spring chicken

Foie Gras

Parma Ham

澳洲牛奶公司炒蛋多

Scones + Strawberry Jam + English Afternoon Tea/ Earl Grey (Perfect Combination)

Chocolate Cake (from Awfully Chocolate)

Creme Brulee (from Paul Lafayet)

Frozen Yogurt (New Item from Oct 2010)

Napolean Cake (from Mimosa)

Parisian Macaroons

Dan Ryan's Ceasar Salad

Drinks

Cappuccino (Illy Espressamente) - Truly the best, a sip can takes you to heaven, it even puts Cova to shame. Needless to say, now I don't drink Pacific Coffee, Starbucks, Agnes b, Caffe Habitu... Yes, it is that good. The foam on it is what I call FOAM!!! Not bubbles, come on!

熱駌鴦 - 珊瑚堡 one is surprisingly good!

Milk Tea (from TaiHing)

Tomato Juice

Carrot Juice

Red Wine - Shiraz, Merlot

Cocktails - Bellini, Cosmopolitan, Grasshopper, Baileys, Irish Coffee

Fruits

Top Favourites - Durian (Just want it cool and smooth to melt in my mouth)!!! Cherries, Strawberries, Black Grapes, Blueberries, Avocado

Like and Enjoy - Water Melon, Orange, Apple :)

To Do/ Getaways

Cycling

Swimming + Sunbathing in clubhouse

Gym + Sauna in clubhouse

Getaway @ Shatin Hyatt Regency - Affordable Luxury

Hanging out in TST/ Elements

Movies - Cinema - The Grand (best for 3Ds), IFC (posh posh, hard to book), AMC FW, Golden Harvest WG

Brunch/ High Tea with my gals

Books/ Authors

Mitch Albom

Jostein Gaardner

Freakonomics, The Tipping Point

tbc...

tbc...

Froyo

Tried and Tested!

Sep

Holly Brown - Central

Oct

Best Berry - I-Square - TST

Tuttimelon - The One - TST

Roll - Graville Road - TST (smoothest and sweetest)

Berrygood - Harbour City LCX - TST (harder, and less sweet, similar to Tuttimelon)

Nov

tbc...

Reading...

"The natural human drive towards pleasure will motivate your subconscious to find exactly what you want; simple 'cold' visualisation, without the joyous emotion is unlikely to work as effectively."

"Visualisation can help you excel in just about anything you want to. All you have to do is imagine yourself in the appropriate mode, looking exactly as you want to feel, behaving exactly as you want to behave - and succeeding."

"Nowadays, it is a firmly held psychological principle that what you rehearse in your mind is more readily available to you in real life, and visualisation coupled with deep relaxation or hypnosis is perhaps the most effective form of mind rehearsal that is available to us."

"The best way for you to feel comfortable and at ease within yourself is to simply let go of the negative associations......If you want to hang on to hate, jealousy, anger or whatever because you do not see why you should 'let somebody off';, then that is obviously entirely up to you. It make no difference to the object of your negativity, but it will severely diminish your own chances of happiness or success. How can you be happy with negative feelings inside you?"

The 'Swish' technique

"There are 4 rules that need to be observed if you are to achieve you aims. Those rules are:

1) The goal must be plausible, possible and realistic.

2) It must be suitable for your personality type.

3) You must have a clear idea of what you are seeking.

4) Positive thinking and positive doing. "

"Resistance issues are caused by a conflict of interests. What will you do when you have achieved your goal - what will life be like then? If you don't know have not felt it, dreamt of it, then you simply do not want it badly enough. You have to really want the outcome of your plans, absolutely and unconditionally, or there will be a negative thought process at work, deep in the subconscious, that will hinder you."

Gamble

Have not had much Gambler's luck, yet the stubborn Gambler is gambling again with ALL the stakes...

Ending with another Total Failure to a full bankruptcy, or, perhaps, Luck will turn and favour the Gambler this time round?

We will see...

You can save that dude

Whether "you" are ever gonna read this,

I actually no longer save your number in my phone, and have no intention to reply your text(s).

My birthday just passed was actually fantastic, there is actually someone who does care about me and put in real effort in making me happy. Well, you don't need to know.

Unlike that cheap manipulative bitch, I don't try to save a safeline for coming back later. When I break up, I break up clean. No ambiguity nor entanglements. So that you know, when you lose me, you lose me forever. And that's your loss. Not mine. I am certain about that.

Keep well,
A

p.s Please return me the HKSI notes, CFA books and my calculator. I actually still need them.
You can drop the stuff at my lobby with the guard for my pick up. As for other stuff, you may either return/ throw away at your discretion.

Living Happily Ever After

A Brand New Life since Aug 2009.

Speed of recovery reaches new heights. Proof of maturity.

For the self-centred ones who showed no self-reflection, only knew about placing blames on others, and wasted my 2 yrs, are now at my lowest priority and irrelevant.

Supportive family, friends, mentors are all I must thank for. Let me fall and learn, their counsel is precious.

Feeling so loved, blessed and at peace with myself since, and time just swifts by. Filling my life with simple pleassure and confident living.

There is soooooo much I am looking forward to nowadays and I wanna share it with a certain somebody. The person who has been fuelling me with support, motivation and love, who has made me wanting to reciprocate. You know who you are.

Now fearless, I am going to give my best shot.

My Interpretation

This suits perfectly for how I feel...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OOf2hb4Wz8

My Interpretation --- Mika

You talk about life, you talk about death,
And everything in between,
Like it's nothing, and the words are easy.
You talk about me, and you talk about you,
And everything I do,
Like it's something, that needs repeating.
I don't need an alibi or for you to realize,
The things we left unsaid,
Are only taking space up in our head.
Make it my fault, win the game
Point the finger, place the blame
It does me up and down,
It doesn't matter now.

[CHORUS]
'Cause I don't care if I ever talk to you again.
This is not about emotion,
I don't need a reason not to care what you say,
Or what happened in the end.
This is my interpretation,
And it don't, don't make sense.

The first two weeks turn into ten,
I hold my breath and wonder when it'll happen,
Does it really matter?
If half of what you said is true,
And half of what I didn't do could be different,
Would it make it better?
If we forget the things we know.
Would we have somewhere to go?
The only way is down, I can see that now.

[CHORUS]

It's really not such a sacrifice

[CHORUS]

And it don't have to make no sense to you at all,
'Cause this is my interpretation, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Taking Charge --- of my problems !?

Yes, everything and anything --- is MY PROBLEM.

Things do not work out as planned...is MY PROBLEM.

Not being able to let go of emotions and standards...resulting in stress and poor health... is also OWN F**KING PROBLEM.

I am starting to like this phrase "MY PROBLEM". My new cliche. I am loving it.