Thursday, 6 January 2011
My good friend - Naoto
Not sure if he would have the time to read or not. I gotta say meeting him was "yuen fun "some 5-6 years ago, at least, I guess............
We both have very similar worldview in many ways. We go through ups & downs at different time, but usually they are pretty similar at times. Sometimes he had it 1st then he could share his experience with me or vice versa.Talking with him each time is so refreshing, as he's a great listener, and I luv it whenever I talk, he always laughs his head off. He makes me feel I am very humorous and also very entertaining. He's a very sensitive person, even more so than me that makes him such a unique person as he understands sufferings & pains, as well as joy & luv.
I guess we both at the moment at a crossroad. Truly identifying who we are & what our role is.We struggle at our own different ways, for him being a japanese isnt an easy task as he has to go against his own self to fit into the more tradional way of Japan. It's been tough, since he got back there for 3 years. Yet, the strength of believing who he is in that world needs extra effort & will-power - it's much easier to be in HK.
And I trully hope that with his new-found clarity of his role being there would be strengthening each day as he walks his path. One thing, being different is so lonely, yet we are not alone.
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Dog's outfits are more expensive
But I just cant help it.........need to get ready for CNY..........ah mom not easy to be!
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Inexpensive quality living report 1
Well Well.
1. Ikea coffee powder, 10$ per pack. Go & grab one while it lasts. I find that the coffee taste is quite OK, cant expect much when you dont even have an expresso machine. The magic is on the milk. I use 3.7 Hokkaido milk.
2. Import & Export Outlet in CWB. I luv dropping by there once in a while, I bought a pretty nice & comfy hoodie at 39.9, and very sweet hoodie tee at 20. Then today, I got a vintage looking leather jacket for 168, which I gotta say not many would dare to wear this color......it's very oldie, - kinda prawn meat color but I am gonna make it stylish.
Me & leo luv leather jacket and he always gets those v inexpensive ones, despite some are faux leather. I think mine is real, I will let Leo check it next time. However, I am in a race with him now (on my own accord) to beat him getting cheaper jackets. hoho...........actually, what was I thinking?? Why I spent so much money on leather jackets in the past?! Shitty me............
Monday, 3 January 2011
2011: Manual for conserving paths
By Paul Coelho.
1] The path begins with a crossroads. There you can stop and think what direction to follow. But don’t spend too much time thinking or you’ll never leave the spot. Reflect a lot on the choices that lie ahead, but once you have taken the first step, forget the crossroads for ever or else you will always torture yourself with the useless question: “did I take the right path?”
2] The path doesn’t last for ever. It is a blessing to travel the path for some time, but one day it will come to an end, so always be prepared to take leave of it at any moment. However enraptured you may be at certain landscapes, or scared whenever you have to make a great effort to go ahead, don’t get too used to anything. Neither to the hours of euphoria, nor to the endless days when everything seems so difficult and progress is so slow. Don’t forget that sooner or later an angel will appear and your journey will reach an end.
3] Honor your path. It was your choice, your decision, and just as you respect the ground you step on, that ground will respect your feet. Always do what is best to conserve and keep your path and it will do the same for you.
4] Be well equipped. Carry a small rake, a spade, a penknife. Understand that penknives are no use for dry leaves, and rakes are useless for herbs that are deep-rooted. Know also what tool to use at each moment. And take care of them, because they are your best allies.
5] The path goes forward and backward. At times you have to go back because something was lost, or else a message to be delivered was forgotten in your pocket. A well tended path enables you to go back without any great problems.
6] Take care of the path before you take care of what is around you. Attention and concentration are fundamental. Don’t be distracted by the dry leaves at the edges or by the way that others are looking after their paths. Use your energy to tend and conserve the ground that accepts your steps.
7] Be patient. Sometimes the same tasks have to be repeated, like tearing up weeds or closing holes that appear after unexpected rain. Don’t let that annoy you – that is part of the journey. Even though you are tired, even though certain tasks are repeated so often, be patient.
8] Paths cross. People can tell what the weather is like. Listen to advice, and make your own decisions. You alone are responsible for the path that was entrusted to you.
9] Nature follows its own rules. In this way, you have to be prepared for sudden changes in the fall, slippery ice in winter, the temptations of flowers in spring, thirst and showers in the summer. Make the most of each of these seasons, and don’t complain about their characteristics.
10] Make your path a mirror of yourself. By no means let yourself be influenced by the way that others care for their paths. You have your soul to listen to, and the birds to tell what your soul is saying. Let your stories be beautiful and pleasant to everything around you. Above all, let the stories that your soul tells during the journey be echoed at each and every second of the path.
11] Love your path. Without this, nothing makes any sense.
1] The path begins with a crossroads. There you can stop and think what direction to follow. But don’t spend too much time thinking or you’ll never leave the spot. Reflect a lot on the choices that lie ahead, but once you have taken the first step, forget the crossroads for ever or else you will always torture yourself with the useless question: “did I take the right path?”
2] The path doesn’t last for ever. It is a blessing to travel the path for some time, but one day it will come to an end, so always be prepared to take leave of it at any moment. However enraptured you may be at certain landscapes, or scared whenever you have to make a great effort to go ahead, don’t get too used to anything. Neither to the hours of euphoria, nor to the endless days when everything seems so difficult and progress is so slow. Don’t forget that sooner or later an angel will appear and your journey will reach an end.
3] Honor your path. It was your choice, your decision, and just as you respect the ground you step on, that ground will respect your feet. Always do what is best to conserve and keep your path and it will do the same for you.
4] Be well equipped. Carry a small rake, a spade, a penknife. Understand that penknives are no use for dry leaves, and rakes are useless for herbs that are deep-rooted. Know also what tool to use at each moment. And take care of them, because they are your best allies.
5] The path goes forward and backward. At times you have to go back because something was lost, or else a message to be delivered was forgotten in your pocket. A well tended path enables you to go back without any great problems.
6] Take care of the path before you take care of what is around you. Attention and concentration are fundamental. Don’t be distracted by the dry leaves at the edges or by the way that others are looking after their paths. Use your energy to tend and conserve the ground that accepts your steps.
7] Be patient. Sometimes the same tasks have to be repeated, like tearing up weeds or closing holes that appear after unexpected rain. Don’t let that annoy you – that is part of the journey. Even though you are tired, even though certain tasks are repeated so often, be patient.
8] Paths cross. People can tell what the weather is like. Listen to advice, and make your own decisions. You alone are responsible for the path that was entrusted to you.
9] Nature follows its own rules. In this way, you have to be prepared for sudden changes in the fall, slippery ice in winter, the temptations of flowers in spring, thirst and showers in the summer. Make the most of each of these seasons, and don’t complain about their characteristics.
10] Make your path a mirror of yourself. By no means let yourself be influenced by the way that others care for their paths. You have your soul to listen to, and the birds to tell what your soul is saying. Let your stories be beautiful and pleasant to everything around you. Above all, let the stories that your soul tells during the journey be echoed at each and every second of the path.
11] Love your path. Without this, nothing makes any sense.
My NY dreams
I had two....
First dream was that - it urged me to lose weight!!! OK this is my 2011 goal then.
Second dream was abit sci-fi again. I dreamed I was in a car, when it stopped, I went out. There, I saw a sky-high tower (in a fast zoom motion when I saw that). Then the bottom, I saw a glass winged man. Very beautiful glass wings. He was instructed by the "master" to lure me to jump down from the building then I could be like them - having the glass wings. However, the glass winged man didnt want to follow his instruction and took me back to reality....................then I started to have other dreams.......
First dream was that - it urged me to lose weight!!! OK this is my 2011 goal then.
Second dream was abit sci-fi again. I dreamed I was in a car, when it stopped, I went out. There, I saw a sky-high tower (in a fast zoom motion when I saw that). Then the bottom, I saw a glass winged man. Very beautiful glass wings. He was instructed by the "master" to lure me to jump down from the building then I could be like them - having the glass wings. However, the glass winged man didnt want to follow his instruction and took me back to reality....................then I started to have other dreams.......
Sunday, 2 January 2011
First Cantonese Song of 2011
A new song I just learnt, cant sing it yet but I quite like the lyrics
lyrics:
Rubberband - 發現號
撞進了冰山 捲上了急灣 一秒從未想折返 就望到了 就能望到了 終會踏足這峽灣 劃破了風衣 丟了救生衣 未曾想過會倖免 若生於某個 總擠不進我地點 註定遠征一遍 這發熱汗腺 也都乾透了 雙腿卻繼續狂放 在衝出那人浪 幾次被埋葬 窄巷中 復活過幾趟 留一口氣講 再失敗 至懂看透 那不甘 去為我來營救 向著太陽狂走 撞進了冰山 捲上了急灣 一秒從未想折返 就望到了 就能望到了 終會踏足這峽灣 劃破了風衣 丟了救生衣 未曾想過會倖免 逆光中進發 不甘安置到盲點 上路去再實踐 板塊移動了 亂世中絕地裡反抗 誰躲於暗光 直到失敗 至懂看透 讓那不甘 去為我來營救 向著太陽狂走 撞進了冰山 捲上了急灣 一秒從未想折返 就望到了 就能望到了 終會踏足這峽灣 劃破了風衣 丟了救生衣 成全這最美歷險 逆光中進發 不甘安置到盲點 上路去再實踐 撞碎了冰山 衝過了急灣 登上完夢的峽灣 望到了 望到了 白雲搭上一片藍 記載了凶險 傷勢也不淺 腳踏這裡這一天 歷史中結算 一心走出錯地點 幹下遠征一遍
lyrics:
Rubberband - 發現號
撞進了冰山 捲上了急灣 一秒從未想折返 就望到了 就能望到了 終會踏足這峽灣 劃破了風衣 丟了救生衣 未曾想過會倖免 若生於某個 總擠不進我地點 註定遠征一遍 這發熱汗腺 也都乾透了 雙腿卻繼續狂放 在衝出那人浪 幾次被埋葬 窄巷中 復活過幾趟 留一口氣講 再失敗 至懂看透 那不甘 去為我來營救 向著太陽狂走 撞進了冰山 捲上了急灣 一秒從未想折返 就望到了 就能望到了 終會踏足這峽灣 劃破了風衣 丟了救生衣 未曾想過會倖免 逆光中進發 不甘安置到盲點 上路去再實踐 板塊移動了 亂世中絕地裡反抗 誰躲於暗光 直到失敗 至懂看透 讓那不甘 去為我來營救 向著太陽狂走 撞進了冰山 捲上了急灣 一秒從未想折返 就望到了 就能望到了 終會踏足這峽灣 劃破了風衣 丟了救生衣 成全這最美歷險 逆光中進發 不甘安置到盲點 上路去再實踐 撞碎了冰山 衝過了急灣 登上完夢的峽灣 望到了 望到了 白雲搭上一片藍 記載了凶險 傷勢也不淺 腳踏這裡這一天 歷史中結算 一心走出錯地點 幹下遠征一遍
Another 600+ odd days to go
Actually, 2011 means alot to me.
It's a lookout to 2012, a giant step of my curiosity about the Mayan calender thingie. I trully believe that something would be opening up. I hope it's going to be our spirtual awareness, rather than nuclear bombs.
It's, I believe, a closure finally of my 2 year of suffering.
It's also the closure of the past 10 years of relationship stuff..............cant say I got too much but they were all pretty burdening. I believe this year it's going to be brighter, lighter, prettier
It's a beginning of very crucial 10 years for me - I cannot waste another more of one second of my life here onwards.
I dont know why, but I feel alotta excitement bubbling within my soul. :D
Huge Virus
It's roaming around the city. Everyone is sick. At least people around me. 4 out of 7 within my family are sick. I am sick of coz. I slept for > 30 hrs just on Xmas & Boxing Day - it's a gift to me though, haha, as I usually didnt get to sleep so much in one go.
So pls beware!!!!! Stay Healthy & Fit.
Take Care, My friends!!
So pls beware!!!!! Stay Healthy & Fit.
Take Care, My friends!!
Happy NEW YEAR!!!!
I havnt thought of any resolution yet.
But my Japnese fren asked me the day before if I fulfilled any of my 2010 resolution, I said NONE. But, haha, he actually corrected me, as I did manage to fulfil ONE - ie no dating, no anything for 2010. I did that!!!!! Yippeeee..........though to be honest, I think I did manage few of my goals. However, the few I wanted the most, didnt get them done, coz some of the circumstances were beyond my control.
2011, my 1st I thought of was on NYE. I hope I would be still working in 2011 on 31st till 11pm. Even more better would be I could have a flat with a patio or rooftop, so I would be working in my home office, and my frenz are enjoying themselves with BBQ, alcohol, etc, then by almost MN, I could join them straightaway. Ummm.....lets see if this would be realized.
I will start my resolution draft within 1st week of Jan, I hvnt really sit myself down to think about it so far.
Here, I want to take the chance to wish all my frenz here - Happy New Year. May your 2011 be filled with happiness, contentment, exciting moments & serenity.
Luv Always,
Dawn
But my Japnese fren asked me the day before if I fulfilled any of my 2010 resolution, I said NONE. But, haha, he actually corrected me, as I did manage to fulfil ONE - ie no dating, no anything for 2010. I did that!!!!! Yippeeee..........though to be honest, I think I did manage few of my goals. However, the few I wanted the most, didnt get them done, coz some of the circumstances were beyond my control.
2011, my 1st I thought of was on NYE. I hope I would be still working in 2011 on 31st till 11pm. Even more better would be I could have a flat with a patio or rooftop, so I would be working in my home office, and my frenz are enjoying themselves with BBQ, alcohol, etc, then by almost MN, I could join them straightaway. Ummm.....lets see if this would be realized.
I will start my resolution draft within 1st week of Jan, I hvnt really sit myself down to think about it so far.
Here, I want to take the chance to wish all my frenz here - Happy New Year. May your 2011 be filled with happiness, contentment, exciting moments & serenity.
Luv Always,
Dawn
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