Heavy workload

I have been lazy for a week, because I was EXTREMELY busy on my job. A new semester will be started very soon, there are plenty of preparations and meetings in this week. I have also made HUNDRED calls.

When I got home, I really had no mood to update my blog...

Housewarming party part 2 and others

I went my hose warming party tonight. We played wii again. Does wii become an ESSENTIAL event for a gathering???

....sigh.... my wireless mouse has no battery now which make my keyboard not working too.... However, I haven't got spare AA batteries at home and forgot to buy it in this evening... so you must think how can I post this now?
I have got a WACOM pen, so I can use a virtual keyboard in my computer and click with my pen....

YUBZ TALK

I was walking around in Log-on (in Festival Walk) today afternoon. There is a funny handset created and designed by a "Yubz Talk" company.

Actually I love the idea of this handset. I usually think it's hard to have A LONG CHAT with friends by using the mobile because I can't just CHAT and let my hand DO NOTHING. Hongkongese are BUSY, right?! I (many people) always LOVE to put the mobile on the shoulder(and chat, of course) and do another things at the same time. HOWEVER, the latest mobiles are SO TINY!!!! It's difficult to hold the mobile on your shoulder.

This handset is designed as an old-fashioned handset. It's easy to hold in hand or put on the shoulder. There is a counter in Log-on for customers' testing. I tried that once. It's funny!!!
However, I have just realised today that there ARE SO MANY ACCESSORIES for this handset. Please check carefully for the attached images.

New Flowers

I bought 7 bunches of flowers yesterday in Flower Market and arranged them by myself(However, I have never learnt about flower arrangement before). I love SUNFLOWERS very much(I chose the purple flowers and put next to the Sunflowers, because purple is the complementary color of yellow). I also have NEVER bought roses. They looks NICE now. ^_^ I'm SO HARRY with it.

蒼井優“草裙娃娃呼啦啦”

我今年生日的時候收到電影中心送“生日禮物”，那就是戲票贈券一張，再加上續會又會多送一張，所以我共有兩張贈券。但無奈的是贈券不適用於週未、假期及首映日，有時候更是首映周，再加上贈券需要待電影開塲後才可使用，亦即是假若不是full house，才可揀位入塲，那不是叫你不要放工後去，因為7點以後的塲次正常只剩下前排三行，所以再一次一等再等，又等到接近有效期的尾段才逼使自己抽空去（有效期至本星期五）。

我今天看的是蒼井優的“草裙娃娃呼啦啦Hula Girls”。從這套電影仍未於香港上映前我已從報章看過它的報導，如蒼井優再一次飾演一位跳舞的女孩，加上她憑這齣戲奪得最佳女配角（但很多影評也認為她是女主角，而不是女配角）。

第一次認識蒼井優是於岩井俊二的網上版“花與愛麗絲”，那是她是擔當“愛麗絲”一角，之後網上版才變成完整電影版的“花與愛麗絲”。我當然跑到戲院看的唯一兩場，而且最令我興奮的是岩井俊二有出席是次放映（我還得到他的親筆簽名呢！！！！）。

從“花與愛麗絲”開始，我便喜歡上了蒼井優這女孩。之後，我看過於今年香港國際電影節的“蟲師”，戲中的她雖然是一個跛腳，但卻英姿颯颯的名門，下面的劇照便是她最帥、正在救小田切讓的一幕。而這“草裙娃娃呼啦啦”比我預期的好，雖然故事的內容仍是“五個撲水的少年Waterboys（妻夫木聰的成名作）”或“喇叭書院Swing Girls（無線正在播放“交響情人夢”上野樹里的成名作）”的固有模式。講述一群於礦山生活的少女們，為了將要倒閉的採礦工業，“殺出一條充滿汗與淚的路”的故事，同樣從沒有女孩願意開始，到慢慢得到好友的加入，直至後期得到大眾的接受，而變成一“班”年輕呼啦舞的舞蹈團，正正跟“五個撲水的少年”是一樣。(註：呼啦舞大概是我們平時叫的草裙舞）

然後遇上問題老師，如“五個撲水的少年”中的竹中直人（我非常欣賞他，他於原裝日版“談談情跳跳舞”的爆笑演出，還有“交響情人夢”的知名指揮家），他演一個完全不懂韻律泳，只是一名海豚訓練員中年男人，卻成為了妻夫木聰一行人的韻律泳教練，經過努力和誤打誤撞，他們終於學曉韻律泳，並於學園祭表演，他們精湛的演出獲得所有人的認同及欣賞。

而今回又是一名本是無心教學，從東京來的松泰雪子(日劇“急救病楝2”的女醫生)，看見蒼井優為了家園及自己的夢想，不惜與母親反臉而改變，開始努力訓練這班女孩。當然，經過幾番波折之後，她們於“夏威夷渡假中心”的開幕作出一個掀動人心的呼啦舞表演。

此戲中有某幾幕也十分感人：

1. 篬井優的好友早苗要放棄跳舞跟父親離開。
2. 篬井優的好友小白合雖然獲悉老父因礦坑倒塌，出死未卜，但仍堅持作巡迴演出（之後回家便確定父親真的離世了）。
3. 松泰雪子受眾人所責之後，決定離開。女孩們跑到火車站大呼，叫松泰雪子不要離開，只有篬井優用舞步來表達她的心聲，其他的女孩亦跟着一起跳（劇中曾交待舞步及手的動作其實可以表達音樂的意思）
4. 母親看見篬井優的綀習，深深明白女兒對跳舞的熱誠，及被她出色的舞姿所感動，重新接受篬井優（當然沒有二人抱頭痛哭的老土場面啦）。母親於是四出問村民借暖爐（為甚麽？大家遲陣子買DVD看吧）
5. 最後當然是開幕當日，各人拼命的演出，還有篬井優的“獨舞”。（篬井優的母親也默默地在台下支持）

我絕對是一個“眼淺”的人，我一定會看到流淚，所以我絕不會看一些標榜“煽情”的電影，如“導盲犬小Q”或“藉着雨點說愛你”....

慘，足足寫了一個小時以上啦~
而且，我為甚麽好像以前灰寫film review的功課?!唉，老毛病！老毛病！^_^

FreeLancer ola ola

好奇怪！！！
我最近接了兩份Freelance（平時我極少接，因為我比較喜歡休息多於賺錢，只是３月家裡大翻新，花了不少積蓄．．．），一個是４－５月時的job，一個是近期接的．

之前的freelance因為牽涉的client是上海的公司，遲遲也收不到對方的comments，所以由預期５月完成，推遲到現在仍是”進行中”．直到大約７月的時候，突然又收到對方的回覆，十分趕急地完成某些東西，同一時間，我又受人所托幫手，單是那幾天已令我嚴重睡眠不足．
上海公司又再一次音訊全無．．．

到了這幾天，我又收到消息要”開工”，
同一時間，
另一邊廂的freelance又突然要”交貨”！！！

為什麼一就是甚麼也沒有，一就是同時出現？？？？
難道兩邊的clients其實是同一個client？？？kidding...

Rubik's Cube

My dad completed one side of the Rubik's cube this evening in my brother's house.
I then asked him to completed two sides at one time by next week(I can't do it too, of course!!!). HOWEVER, it's a good challenage to my dad. This exercise is really a good brain training to prevent Parkinson’s disease!!

solution

Housewarming party

Esther finally gave me a gift. She wrote the Chinese Calligraphy of "風" and "靜" on the paddle fan.
She chose these two words to me. She also suggested to write "門" on one side, and any words on the other side, such as "才", "心"... but.... seems not very nice...

I went to my friend's housewarming party this evening. These two friends got married on 1 July this year. They rent a 3nd floor with a balcony of a 3-story house. My friends and I bought a Wii to them for their wedding gift. The left picture shows they were playing HARD with the Boxing game in Wii Sport.
We have played three games tonight, Wii Sport, Rabbit and Mario Party 8. We also played with one more thing which made us SO EXCITED. That's mii!!!!!!!!!!!! I have copied two miis and saved in my remote and brought to my friend's home(So that, we can have a bigger community. Also, 4 remotes allows 4 players at the same time). The picture on the right actually are the miis that we've got and created today!!!! The one with the BIGGEST head is me. She's actually has a normal size of head. HOWEVER, it's different now because I was selecting her.

我，作孽了～～

我，作孽了～～
After I bought the Wii to home, I highly recommended it to my friends. Finally, I bought one to my friend for wedding gift. My colleague also bought a Wii today in Wan Chai too..... GOD!!! What have I DONE!!!!

Doorbell

There was a doorbell setting up in our office YESTERDAY~!!! "Classroom" has been written on the metal plate on the door., but, actually, it's the staff room. It WAS a classroom once, but it became a staff room 2 years ago.

A password lock has been used normally. BUT, if the students look for their tutor in our office, they MUST knock the door. HOWEVER, sometimes, it's hard to notice the knocking because the knocking is SO SOFT!!! AND, we found that there was a DOORBELL yesterday!!!!!!

HOWEVER, it's A BAD NEWS to our staff, especially to who sit next the door. They need to come and open the door frequently........ sigh, and I am the ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO TERRIBLE!!!!

Gwen Stefani's Concert

I was SO LAZY in the past few days, so I didn't update my blog.

There was an extremely HEAVY rain in the Thursday afternoon.
Unfortunately, I went to IKEA(Kowloon Bay) and Mongkok with my colleague. We were ALL WET
and
thanks to my colleague that he could take all the things we bought to his home first.

My bf invited me to go to Gwen Stefani's concert in AsiaWorld-Arena on the same day. He drove the car and picked me up in Mongkok. There was a traffic jam because of the rain. Therefore, we arrived at AsiaWorld-Arena quite late. We rushed to have our dinner. We saw Ryan Hui(許懷欣), Miriam Yeung(楊千嬅), Fiona Sit(薛凱琪), and some celebrities(Because I saw there was a camera and some stylish people at the entrance in front of the concert hall, but I didn't see their faces).

The performance of Gwen Stefani was SO GREAT even I was not familiar to her songs. Luckily, my bf sometimes use her songs in class. Therefore, I have a general idea who she is.
My bf bought the tickets in the free standing area. The people around us ENJOYED so MUCH and shook their bodies with the melody(so did I, of course). Many people in hall were also standing after the show began for around 30 minutes even they were in the sitting area.

It was quite FULL in this ONLY ONE performance of Gwen Stefani. There are 13,500 seats in the hall of AsiaWorld-Arena, and only two blocks was empty(not for sale). Therefore, you could imagine how many people were there.

Meeting old friend

I met an old colleague on the street in Mongkok today. I haven't seen him for at least 3 years(I think). He was a research assistant and worked for my favorite professor. Their work won an award too.

Ching Ching, Happy Birthday!!!!

Ching Ching, my niece is now half year old!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!

Haagen-Dazs Coupon

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
I should have two FREE Haagen-Dazs ice-cream desserts since I am a Haagen-Dazs STAR CLUB member.

I am SO looking forward to it. HOWEVER, this coupon can ONLY be used on weekdays from 12 noon to 7 pm. It's SO IMPOSSIBLE to go there for a full-time worker.
ALSO, this coupon can be used in 4 Haagen-Dazs shops ONLY, including Star House, Time Square, Cityplaza, HK Pacific Centre.... sigh.... if I can use it in Shatin New Town Plaza, it will be GREAT!!!!

At last, this coupon comes to its expired day, 15 August. I read the calender yesterday. I found I wouldn't have any time before this Wednesday, except TODAY!!!!! Then I called my friend whether she would be available to go with me or not. HOWEVER, she needed to watch movie tonight.... then she suggested to give this coupon to someone else and we came to a conclusion.

I gave this coupon to my GREAT parents!!!!!! I won't go back for dinner tomorrow night anyway. They won't need to prepare the dinner for me. Therefore, they can go tomorrow. THANKS GOD that I didn't waste this coupon!!!!

RTHK program

I have just finished a RTHK program called "First Movie"(自作影畫) at 7:30pm tonight. I simply knew this program must be about the first movie made by the students who study in media. The interviewees are so young. They frequently mentioned the name of the University where they are studying at. This made me continue to watch this program because I was one of these students too. (My work has been shown in TVB once and I have been interviewed in RTHK program too. But it was LONG LONG TIME ago....)

The BIG surprise is about the host of this program. He was in my major but a year or two years(but seems one year only) below me. I remembered him because I have seen his work. He was already outstanding when I was still studying my Undergraduate. I even didn't know his name since I haven't taken the same class with him. Until he was in year three, I finally heard of his name from other people.

I didn't recongise his face when I've just watched this program. When his name appeared on the screen, I finally realised that was him. He looked SO DIFFERENT from my memory. I only remembered that he studied oversea for awhile and a short clip of his work. It was IMPRESSIVE, so I still recall it after 4 to 5 years.

It was so AMAZING. He's now the host of this program.

My second ride in Tai Tam(大潭)

I went to ride this morning again. This is the 2nd time that I went wakeboarding. Last time(two months), I couldn't say that I could stand on the wakeboard. I could only bend my knees and squatted on the board. When I tried to stand up, I fell down and hit the water. Last time, I lost my contact lens of my left eyes.

Today, I tried it again. I went to Tai Tam where I have never been. We arrived at around 11 this morning. Rain stopped(It was a HEAVY rain at around 9am in Shatin). I was the second one who rode. In the first try, I still didn't know how to stand up on the board. Then the wakeboarding coach(He is so talented. I have seen his ride once. I was OPEN-MOUTHED when I saw his GREAT performance!!!!) told me to open my chest and stand up with the muscle of thighs.

I finally stood up in my second try which made me SO EXCITED. I think I have successfully stand up on the board and ride for awhile three times today. However, I gave up finally, because I was so exhausted and panted.

I should ride at the middle of two wakes. I thought I could do it in my final try. I tried VERY HARD to control my legs, my body weight and my arms to balance my body. It was easy to be pulled by the boat and made me to hold the handle tight.

We haven't had our lunch since we ate breakfast this morning. After taking the shower, we went to "Sai Sha Cafe"(西沙茶座) in Sai Sha. The food there was good. We could see "Three Fathoms Cove"(企嶺下海 , actually, I didn't know the name of the sea.... so I have just checked in CentaMap, hehe ^_^) from the glass windows. There was a HEAVY rain again at around 3-4pm.... But, luckily, I have already got out of the water.

I am currently a monthly rider, haha! So, I don't know when I will ride again.

The day after the hard rain

I have cleaned up my voodoo's dolls. They are hanging upside down for drying.

I was extremely boring yesterday.... I couldn't go out or do anything because of the heavy rain and strong wind. Actually I could play the wii, but this dull mood made me didn't want to play it too.... Therefore, I tidied up my drawers in my study room. I throw many VISA receipts and categorized all the letters from the banks or the insurance companies.

Today, I visited my niece again. I tried my best to visit her as much as I could.
.......... SIGH.................
She seemed not to recognise me. She stared at me..... I still needed to play with her for at least 15 minutes to recall her memory.
I HOPE...
SOMEDAY...
She will smile at me if she sees me... (don't need to warm up)

求婚

經過兩日的中五收生，我昨天已決定要放假一天．
一早醒來，已是十時半，然後再躺臥至十一點... 才乖乖地走下床，起床後的第一件要幹的事當然是開電腦，用新keyboard，到了十二點便更衣到附近買飯盒，那是一間相熟的店，我以前時常去的（但一個月都未必有一次，因為我不是常常到家附近的地方吃飯，除了最近偶然到”太興”吃厚厚的奶醬多之外）．
今天我見不到老闆，只見另一個員工，他一看見我便寒暄了一番，當我的飯盒差不多準備好的時候，那員工問我是否喜歡吃這裡的飯，我回答說是，他便立即又問我不嫁給他，那我不是天天都可以吃這裡的飯??
開玩笑吧?

Admission

Yesterday was an important day of all the Form 5 students. For who have got a good result, they're SO HAPPY. However, for who have got a low marks, they need to look for Form 6 vacancies.

For ME, I needed to check the marks of every student who wanted to apply to our IVE courses offered by my department CAREFULLY. Especially there is a brand new grading system for the language courses: 5*, 5, 4, 3 and 2. At the meanwhile, I needed to check their interview scores if they have been interviewed before.

This is the first time that I am working on the admission. Last two years, I was only responsible for answering questions or introducing my course. The task of this year is extremely energy-demanding. I need to FOCUS!!!! FOCUS!!! and FOCUS!!!! Because I couldn't make any mistake!!!!!

There're lesser students apply to the courses today. The main reason is that they don't meet the minimum entrance requirement. Therefore, they can only wait for the main round of course offering generated by the computer in the next week. Therefore, I felt quite boring in the whole day. My colleague came to our hall and chatted with us. He thought of some stupid but fun gags again, such as 巡冗（四圍巡的冗員），寧食勿語（寧願食都唔好講o野）...

MKS McDull Music Project 2

I went to the performance of Hong Kong Sinfonietta yesterday. The last music piece is one of my favorite!! When I came back home, I searched all around in my apartment and looked for this CD. But, I failed. I thought it might be in my parents' home.
So, I went to my parent's home tonight and looked for this CD again. Of course, I did find it. I wanted to list out which are my favorites.

1. Smetana: The Moldau from Ma Vlast
   
2. Sousa: The Stars And Stripes Forever (It's very popular!!!! Especially for the people who love to play an arcade game called "Salamander沙羅曼蛇")
3. Massenet: Meditation from "Thais"
4. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
   

I'm currently listening to this CD now~~~~~~~~~~~~~~