Our new fridge freezer is not freezing and some food were spoiled today. I was going to have some ice cream after dinner, but it's melted so I changed my mind about enjoying it. Hopefully, someone will come and look at it tomorrow. You won't even notice that the fridge exists until it's broken. I guess we just take it for granted that the TV works, the fridge works, the oven works, and the car goes everyday. Our oven was broken for a month and it's just recently been repaired. I made some pasta bake the day before yesterday. It was very delicious.
Dinner tonight wasn't so tasty, but look on the bright side, the food will only get tastier from now on. I miss the noodle that I had in Auckland when I went to visit. The Japanese restruant made a bowl of delicious noodle that day, I just hope that I can make some half as good as that one. I should experiment with some ingredients.
I have been looking on the internet about the wedding decoration. I am not sure whether we can afford to get some fabric to decorate the venue or not, hopefully, we have some money that can cover up the pictures on the wall. I haven't decided what colour scheme to use yet, choosing between blue and red at the moment.
It's been a hot summer this year. I don't really like summer and hope that winter will come soon. However, like most other people, K likes summer. I just don't like the sticky feeling when sweat streams down my back and the harsh sun on my arm when I am driving.
12/08/2008
7/29/2008
I remember how it was
Does Atonement deserve the Best Picture award it got from Oscar last year? Can you believe that United Kingdom is such a beautiful place? The cinematographer has done a tremendous job in creating Atonement, and even though I didn't like the story, I love how the movie looked. It was a visual extravaganza.
Sitting in the comfort of my living room at home, I was treated with a story that started before the Second World War broke out when all the characters were younger. The beginning of the movie captures viewer's attention by showing the same image of the front of the dollhouse and the front of the country estate the main character lives in. This is a story about a misunderstood Romeo and a spoiled Juliet, but the way the story is told somehow ruined the beauty created in the beginning of the film. Perhaps that's exactly what the director wanted, Atonement is about repentence of a woman who told a lie that affected people's life. It's about love that was lost due to the misunderstanding of a young child. It was unjust for the man who didn't commit the crime to go to jail. It was not right for the girl to grow up and marry the man who raped her when she was a teenager so he will never go to jail. This monstrous result also gives us enough evidence to speculate that maybe she was not raped at all. The movie is about the ugliness of war. London is transformed into a place where lovers have little time to see one another, and most men have no tomorrow. To think that the story will have a happy ending is naive, and we are not watching a Disney film. There's no justice. The girl grows up never telling the truth in court, never clearing Robbie's name, never atone her sins. Romeo and Juliet died on two continents, alone, just days short of D Day.
I like watching war movies. They bring out the worst, and they bring out the best of us. We can learn from this movie because one lie can't damage you right now, but you can never take the lie back. A lie will always hurt somebody, and it will never go away. It saddens me that there's no real Atonement in this movie, but maybe I am wrong. By telling us this story, the girl has atoned her sins even though nothing will make it better for the people who died in the war. I also think that this movie is close to my heart because my family is affected by the war. Granddad fought in the Pacific and nearly lost his family in China, if he didn't find my grandma then my dad wouldn't even be here. Mum's family also suffered greatly from the war, losing everything and taking on the responsibility of close to twenty people with one income. Mum told me that she couldn't afford to buy shoes for singing recitals in primary school, borrowing someone else's shoes was the norm and they were way too small. Who would listen to a young girl's complain then? Yes, we've come very far from then. I wish we can remember how painful it was and never make the mistake of warring again.
Sitting in the comfort of my living room at home, I was treated with a story that started before the Second World War broke out when all the characters were younger. The beginning of the movie captures viewer's attention by showing the same image of the front of the dollhouse and the front of the country estate the main character lives in. This is a story about a misunderstood Romeo and a spoiled Juliet, but the way the story is told somehow ruined the beauty created in the beginning of the film. Perhaps that's exactly what the director wanted, Atonement is about repentence of a woman who told a lie that affected people's life. It's about love that was lost due to the misunderstanding of a young child. It was unjust for the man who didn't commit the crime to go to jail. It was not right for the girl to grow up and marry the man who raped her when she was a teenager so he will never go to jail. This monstrous result also gives us enough evidence to speculate that maybe she was not raped at all. The movie is about the ugliness of war. London is transformed into a place where lovers have little time to see one another, and most men have no tomorrow. To think that the story will have a happy ending is naive, and we are not watching a Disney film. There's no justice. The girl grows up never telling the truth in court, never clearing Robbie's name, never atone her sins. Romeo and Juliet died on two continents, alone, just days short of D Day.
I like watching war movies. They bring out the worst, and they bring out the best of us. We can learn from this movie because one lie can't damage you right now, but you can never take the lie back. A lie will always hurt somebody, and it will never go away. It saddens me that there's no real Atonement in this movie, but maybe I am wrong. By telling us this story, the girl has atoned her sins even though nothing will make it better for the people who died in the war. I also think that this movie is close to my heart because my family is affected by the war. Granddad fought in the Pacific and nearly lost his family in China, if he didn't find my grandma then my dad wouldn't even be here. Mum's family also suffered greatly from the war, losing everything and taking on the responsibility of close to twenty people with one income. Mum told me that she couldn't afford to buy shoes for singing recitals in primary school, borrowing someone else's shoes was the norm and they were way too small. Who would listen to a young girl's complain then? Yes, we've come very far from then. I wish we can remember how painful it was and never make the mistake of warring again.
7/27/2008
Who's your knight?
With so much build up to the movie, Batman: The Dark Knight is the film anticipated by the public after much hype and controversy. My biased opinion about two male actors, Christian Bale and Heath Ledger will undoubtedly come through in this review, but bear in mind that these two men have matured (slowly) on the big screen from teenager to adults. Christian Bale was in Newsies, Little Woman, and Treasure Island as the young boy who went on an adventure that most of us have read about in the childhood. He sailed with Long John Silver, for God's sake, how bad can he be? Heath Ledger was in Ten Things I hate about you, The Knight's Tale, and recently in Brokeback Mountain as a gay cowboy. Yes, he was also Ned Kelly, the notorious bandit in the Outback. Apart from these two young men, we have a star studded cast, and the civilians (extras) with more morals than the main characters! We have a winning combination of the ultimate bad guy who enjoys chaos and the flawed good guy who takes the law into his hand under the mask. Being a hero in America is not easy, and that includes Batman. If you choose to watch Batman, don't complain about how close to home or how real it feels because the movie tells it like it is. We have been treated with the Joker killing everybody who robbed the bank with him, and the subsequent murder of the Police Commissioner and the judge who resided on Harvey Dent's case. Harvey Dent's creation is also very interesting to watch, much better handled than the chemical he received in the previous Batman movie. Joker is almost a lovable villain because he's so mad, so bad ass, and so mysterious that you can't find his fingerprints anywhere (he's never been caught before or done anything bad before). You have to wonder whether he was telling the truth about his father and mother, too. Who will trust such an evil creature? I am fascinated by villains like him, Darth Vader, and Hannibal Lector. Why can these people be free to do what they want and kill without mercy? In the criminal's eyes, the Police Commissioner and the Judge were the dealer of suffering, the other small time criminals who robbed the bank were bad, too. So did Joker did the people of Gothan a favour? No. He did himself a favour. He doesn't care about anybody else. He enjoys other people dying. He completely stole the show from Batman this time. Let's turn our focus to Batman and look at him closely.
We see Batman in green and Grey tops with Alfred in the new Batcave, underneath the container in an undisclosed location. We watch him jump off a building in Hong Kong with the villainous Chinese accountant. Small note in the language that they used: they didn't speak Cantonese this time, just Mandarin. It's weird and confusing, maybe all the people employed are from China? Why don't they speak Cantonese? I think his most moving performance is at the end when he takes on the blame for people who were murdered by Harvey Dent.
The problem with this movie is that every time you want it to end, it doesn't. It is tortuously honest. There's no way out. Just when you think that they will live happily ever after, something else happens that leave everyone sad. Fortunately, the screenwriter and director didn't blow all the people up. They were very PC about it and taught us that criminals and everyday people will not blow one another up before twelve o'clock. Good on you. The fight scenes are also very sketchy. You can't see very much and that was a bit disappointing. You can argue that this is the style of the movie, but to me it's cheating.
Why is Batman: The Dark Knight worth watching? It's because the movie develops all the characters properly (not so much Rachel Dawes, but she wasn't the main character anyway). It's got depth. It doesn't rely on special effects to tell the story, and we know that these never happen in real life. It's the people who we like to watch. The criminal who threw the detonator out of the window, and the guy who put the detonator back into the box instead of blowing the other ship up. It's how Batman, Harvey Two Face, and the Joker morph into their role that fascinate us, capture us, and keep us hooked when we sat in the movie theater. No, we don't have fancy cars or suits or panthouse like Bruce Wayne, but we salute you. We enjoyed the ride immensely.
We see Batman in green and Grey tops with Alfred in the new Batcave, underneath the container in an undisclosed location. We watch him jump off a building in Hong Kong with the villainous Chinese accountant. Small note in the language that they used: they didn't speak Cantonese this time, just Mandarin. It's weird and confusing, maybe all the people employed are from China? Why don't they speak Cantonese? I think his most moving performance is at the end when he takes on the blame for people who were murdered by Harvey Dent.
The problem with this movie is that every time you want it to end, it doesn't. It is tortuously honest. There's no way out. Just when you think that they will live happily ever after, something else happens that leave everyone sad. Fortunately, the screenwriter and director didn't blow all the people up. They were very PC about it and taught us that criminals and everyday people will not blow one another up before twelve o'clock. Good on you. The fight scenes are also very sketchy. You can't see very much and that was a bit disappointing. You can argue that this is the style of the movie, but to me it's cheating.
Why is Batman: The Dark Knight worth watching? It's because the movie develops all the characters properly (not so much Rachel Dawes, but she wasn't the main character anyway). It's got depth. It doesn't rely on special effects to tell the story, and we know that these never happen in real life. It's the people who we like to watch. The criminal who threw the detonator out of the window, and the guy who put the detonator back into the box instead of blowing the other ship up. It's how Batman, Harvey Two Face, and the Joker morph into their role that fascinate us, capture us, and keep us hooked when we sat in the movie theater. No, we don't have fancy cars or suits or panthouse like Bruce Wayne, but we salute you. We enjoyed the ride immensely.
7/23/2008
Ailment
Oh, no! I am not sick. I don't want to be sick. I think I am coming down with something nasty so I better stop blogging and go home. I've been thinking that I should treat myself better and be a little bit selfish sometimes because if I don't take care of myself, who will? K will but he's very sick at the moment. Mum will take care of me no matter what, but I feel very bad asking her to take care of me. I am all grown up, but you know how weak you can get when you are beaten down by the tiniest virus or most innocuous bacteria in town. Yes, that's right, drinking water and eating fruit are very important at this time of the year and if you don't follow the strict diet rule and go to bed early and keep warm, then you will be like me: on the brink of sickness.
You have to be healthy to do anything so I will just climb into my warm bed and say goodnight for now. Leave all the good things to do tomorrow. I will be able to accomplish more if I feel better.
You have to be healthy to do anything so I will just climb into my warm bed and say goodnight for now. Leave all the good things to do tomorrow. I will be able to accomplish more if I feel better.
7/20/2008
Changing weather
Winter is the best time to sit down and reflect. These days, I tend to be in my gloomy mood a lot, thinking more on the negative sides rather than the positive. I've tried to go to the library and find some books to relax me, but this didn't work. I've tried to cook some nice food for the cold winter nights, but I can't eat too much for the sake of fitting into my pants. The only distraction now is wedding planning. However, wedding planning can get a person a bit frazzled, too. The trick is to dream a little still, and I do have time on my side.
What do I want to achieve in my spare time after work? I want to read more books, understand more about the world, learn about how to get more eco-friendly, do more crafts, clean and arrange my place so I can have a more comfortable life, and spend more quality time with K. I have to work on "spend more quality time with K". Should I be more romantic and light the candles for him more? Or should I be more practical and help him with more housework? Where's the spark in our life together? We should have more fun.
There are many unfinished craft projects at home. I have a cello, four butterflies, and a blue scarf to complete. The scarf has a small hole in the middle, but since it is my first knitting project, I will treat it as a practice run. Looking back at the dolls that I made myself, I don't think I will make any money as a doll maker. Craft is my hobby, and I really like spending time making something for myself. The two purple romantic dolls that I made are beautiful even though they don't look as elegant as the doll in the pattern book. They are made by recycle materials. I wish that I can keep making dolls in my spare time. It's fun.
I have moved most of my winter wardrobe to my room and arranged everything so they are accessble. Just discovered that the olive green wool top goes with my olive green skirt. I can wear them to work tomorrow! Just hope that I won't have another terrible morning trying to match clothes just after I get out of bed: my mind is muddy and my eyes can't really tell which top goes with which bottom.
What makes a wedding memorable and great? I think Kelly has got it right: a short and sweet ceremony will keep everyone happy, and good food for the reception is important. I have been to several Taiwanese weddings, and I was involved in some as flowergirl when I was young. The good weddings had nice food, speeches were not long or there was no speeches at all. However, I remember that the brides wore thick coat of make-up on their faces and that wasn't very good at all. The candy on the table kept people talking and occupied before the banquet start. Red envelopes are recorded in a pink book with name and amount. The advantage of this is that I can write a thank-you note easily, and the disadvantage of this is that the friendship can't be measured by how much money you give to your friend on their wedding and gifts have more personal input than money. However, you can get too many sets of wine glasses after the wedding so gift registery is a must.
My aunt's engagement followed the Taiwanese tradition, and it was long and a bit of a torture on the bride and groom. I particularly remember our good friend's wedding, she invited us to her house before the ceremony and we saw her family home and talked with her mum and her sisters. It was a great atmosphere. People were genuinely welcoming that day. These are the good points to take from Taiwanese weddings.
I don't know why I get so gloomy anymore. There are so many things to think about and to do in life. I have new projects to do at work even though I still don't know whether I will have a job next month. I am beyond caring now. If I do, then it's great. It I don't, I will find another job. It's not the end of the world. I will write CVs and coverletters to employers. What's there to be afraid of in this world? I have done the hardest thing already: survive my first job, so I can take on this challenge, too. I have been so bored at home before, flying kite and losing weight in the seven months when I didn't go to university. I have bought a book about how to write effective CVs, been rejected countless of times, been interviewed in different cities, on teleconference, and finally accepted. I even have the experience of hearing potential employee being manipulative on the interview! Take a leaf out of that guy's book and learn from it.
After all, when the rain is gone, it will be another sunny day.
What do I want to achieve in my spare time after work? I want to read more books, understand more about the world, learn about how to get more eco-friendly, do more crafts, clean and arrange my place so I can have a more comfortable life, and spend more quality time with K. I have to work on "spend more quality time with K". Should I be more romantic and light the candles for him more? Or should I be more practical and help him with more housework? Where's the spark in our life together? We should have more fun.
There are many unfinished craft projects at home. I have a cello, four butterflies, and a blue scarf to complete. The scarf has a small hole in the middle, but since it is my first knitting project, I will treat it as a practice run. Looking back at the dolls that I made myself, I don't think I will make any money as a doll maker. Craft is my hobby, and I really like spending time making something for myself. The two purple romantic dolls that I made are beautiful even though they don't look as elegant as the doll in the pattern book. They are made by recycle materials. I wish that I can keep making dolls in my spare time. It's fun.
I have moved most of my winter wardrobe to my room and arranged everything so they are accessble. Just discovered that the olive green wool top goes with my olive green skirt. I can wear them to work tomorrow! Just hope that I won't have another terrible morning trying to match clothes just after I get out of bed: my mind is muddy and my eyes can't really tell which top goes with which bottom.
What makes a wedding memorable and great? I think Kelly has got it right: a short and sweet ceremony will keep everyone happy, and good food for the reception is important. I have been to several Taiwanese weddings, and I was involved in some as flowergirl when I was young. The good weddings had nice food, speeches were not long or there was no speeches at all. However, I remember that the brides wore thick coat of make-up on their faces and that wasn't very good at all. The candy on the table kept people talking and occupied before the banquet start. Red envelopes are recorded in a pink book with name and amount. The advantage of this is that I can write a thank-you note easily, and the disadvantage of this is that the friendship can't be measured by how much money you give to your friend on their wedding and gifts have more personal input than money. However, you can get too many sets of wine glasses after the wedding so gift registery is a must.
My aunt's engagement followed the Taiwanese tradition, and it was long and a bit of a torture on the bride and groom. I particularly remember our good friend's wedding, she invited us to her house before the ceremony and we saw her family home and talked with her mum and her sisters. It was a great atmosphere. People were genuinely welcoming that day. These are the good points to take from Taiwanese weddings.
I don't know why I get so gloomy anymore. There are so many things to think about and to do in life. I have new projects to do at work even though I still don't know whether I will have a job next month. I am beyond caring now. If I do, then it's great. It I don't, I will find another job. It's not the end of the world. I will write CVs and coverletters to employers. What's there to be afraid of in this world? I have done the hardest thing already: survive my first job, so I can take on this challenge, too. I have been so bored at home before, flying kite and losing weight in the seven months when I didn't go to university. I have bought a book about how to write effective CVs, been rejected countless of times, been interviewed in different cities, on teleconference, and finally accepted. I even have the experience of hearing potential employee being manipulative on the interview! Take a leaf out of that guy's book and learn from it.
After all, when the rain is gone, it will be another sunny day.
6/26/2008
List of fabulous things
I am happy to say that the engagement party preparation is well under way, although we cannot resolve the weather issue. K and I went shopping for utensils in the weekend, and we went to buy food yesterday and today. It was stressful to look at the list because there are so many things to get and to prepare, but once that's done, it was exciting to go out there and find the ingredients in the supermarket.
We spent lunchtime today finding suitable balloons and ribbons to decorate the party. We've finally found red balloons and ribbons in David's Emporium after going to the supermarket and the Warehouse. You would think that the Red Shed would have some red stuff to put up for your party, but no, they are fresh out of red balloons.
To solve the weather problem, we've thought about putting up tarpaulin or marquee in the yard, but this means that people will have wet feet when they walk into the house. We decided to tidy up the garage a bit so people can hang out there. We've been blessed with thunderstorm this week. A screen at work had been destroyed by the power surge after lightening. Ken's gel stopped running because the power went out on the powerpack. I am lucky that the lightening didn't stop the bacteria growing in the evening. Hopefully, I can get better results this week.
People say that all the girls have imagined what their weddings will be like when they were little, but I can't say that I have done that. What I have done is looking at mum's wedding photos, and I don't think I have fantasies about having a fairytale wedding. I have a vision of what weddings are like, though, after going to other people's weddings in Taiwan. You are invited to the receptions most of the time, and apart from giving an red envelope to the couple at the entrance and signing your name, you can sit and relax and eat a nice banquet. You can steal a kiss from the bride at the end of the banquet before you leave, and you can have lots of tasty lollies as well. I remember that Fuzzy and I used to put colorful blankets on and pretend to be queens. It was difficult to walk with the crown on the lumpy bed. You have to walk slowly and hold your head steady.
What should my wedding look like? What should I wear? I am still thinking about this and ideas and inputs will be greatly accepted.
We spent lunchtime today finding suitable balloons and ribbons to decorate the party. We've finally found red balloons and ribbons in David's Emporium after going to the supermarket and the Warehouse. You would think that the Red Shed would have some red stuff to put up for your party, but no, they are fresh out of red balloons.
To solve the weather problem, we've thought about putting up tarpaulin or marquee in the yard, but this means that people will have wet feet when they walk into the house. We decided to tidy up the garage a bit so people can hang out there. We've been blessed with thunderstorm this week. A screen at work had been destroyed by the power surge after lightening. Ken's gel stopped running because the power went out on the powerpack. I am lucky that the lightening didn't stop the bacteria growing in the evening. Hopefully, I can get better results this week.
People say that all the girls have imagined what their weddings will be like when they were little, but I can't say that I have done that. What I have done is looking at mum's wedding photos, and I don't think I have fantasies about having a fairytale wedding. I have a vision of what weddings are like, though, after going to other people's weddings in Taiwan. You are invited to the receptions most of the time, and apart from giving an red envelope to the couple at the entrance and signing your name, you can sit and relax and eat a nice banquet. You can steal a kiss from the bride at the end of the banquet before you leave, and you can have lots of tasty lollies as well. I remember that Fuzzy and I used to put colorful blankets on and pretend to be queens. It was difficult to walk with the crown on the lumpy bed. You have to walk slowly and hold your head steady.
What should my wedding look like? What should I wear? I am still thinking about this and ideas and inputs will be greatly accepted.
6/24/2008
This world has gone mad
It's never been easy being a person who is aware that she is not the skinnest kid in the class. In fact, I have often been the fat kid, or the second fattest kid in the class. I didn't feel so bad about this in the beginning, in fact, I felt nothing. I remember a girl in my class told me: do you know why I don't like you? It's because you are fat. I understood the "I don't like you" part, but I didn't understand the "you are fat" part. Is it because I was braver then?
As I grow older, I become more and more aware about how out of place a fat person can be. There are the girls who giggles together when you walk into the room, and the boys won't talk to you because you are not pretty. You want to relax in the weekend and go shopping, but when you try a pair of pants in the shop, you can't get into it! You have to ask your friend to get you the next size because you have recently gained a bit of weight. The only choice left for you are black clothing because you look hedious in all the other colours. Your closet is full of the dreary colors: brown, gray, black! You can't afford to look like a woman anymore because you have curves.
No more shortbread, no more Scotch fingers, no more ice cream, and no more food for your comfort. Food is your enemy and you are supposed to go to bed hungry. When it's raining, you have to run around the block to get rid of the excess weight around your tummy. When it's sunny, you have to get rid of your double chin! You can't sit and relax and live your life anymore. It's all about what you look like, it's the most important thing in the world.
Yes, this world has gone mad. There's another species of people on the movie screen called actors and actresses. When I have to worry about something else in the world, such as work, what I have to do at home, I have forgotten that the food I ate had gone to my stomach and my thighs. I am guilty of being fat, and I am happy to say that I don't care.
By the way, K, you can have your custard square because why should we lose weight?
As I grow older, I become more and more aware about how out of place a fat person can be. There are the girls who giggles together when you walk into the room, and the boys won't talk to you because you are not pretty. You want to relax in the weekend and go shopping, but when you try a pair of pants in the shop, you can't get into it! You have to ask your friend to get you the next size because you have recently gained a bit of weight. The only choice left for you are black clothing because you look hedious in all the other colours. Your closet is full of the dreary colors: brown, gray, black! You can't afford to look like a woman anymore because you have curves.
No more shortbread, no more Scotch fingers, no more ice cream, and no more food for your comfort. Food is your enemy and you are supposed to go to bed hungry. When it's raining, you have to run around the block to get rid of the excess weight around your tummy. When it's sunny, you have to get rid of your double chin! You can't sit and relax and live your life anymore. It's all about what you look like, it's the most important thing in the world.
Yes, this world has gone mad. There's another species of people on the movie screen called actors and actresses. When I have to worry about something else in the world, such as work, what I have to do at home, I have forgotten that the food I ate had gone to my stomach and my thighs. I am guilty of being fat, and I am happy to say that I don't care.
By the way, K, you can have your custard square because why should we lose weight?
6/13/2008
Plan for engagement party
Richard and I went to get the engagement gifts from Briscoes and the Warehouse yesterday. We chose a pan with a glass lid and a kettle in Briscoes. They will be quite handy when Richard moves into his own place. We bought the 23 knives set in the Warehouse in Hillcrest. It's very exciting. All knives are shiny.
Mum, Richard and I talked about the engagement party. We've decided to keep it simple, mum will make three dishes: meatball with glutinous rice, showmai, and rice noodle; Richard's mum will bring cold chicken and herb bread, and we will prepare salads and meat. We will purchase meat patties, sausages, kebabs, steaks, and savouries from the supermarket. I think champagne is a good idea, and disposable cutlery will be needed.
After Richard went home, mum talked to me about the jewellery and the dress that I am going to wear for the wedding. I told her that if it is possible, I will find somebody who can make a Chinese wedding dress here. If it is not possible then I will just wear one dress. I haven't decided what to do there.
Mum said when grandma died she left some gold jewellery and pearl necklaces, she has packed all these for grandpa. She divided the rest of the jewellery into six bags and each family took one home. The ones she brought back are two pearl rings, one for Jeanie and one for me for our weddings. She didn't want to give it to her sister because she reckons that they may go to waste for her two sons. She doesn't feel that they are serious about life. There's also a pearl necklace, and mum believes it will be suitable for the engagement party. You can decorate the person as well!
I will have to find a dress this weekend. An-chi and Kelly are going to perform tomorrow at 6:30p.m. in The Meteor, and Yoshi's orchestra is performing in Wel Energy Trust Academy of performing Arts theatre on Sunday. If I have time, I will go to both.
Mum, Richard and I talked about the engagement party. We've decided to keep it simple, mum will make three dishes: meatball with glutinous rice, showmai, and rice noodle; Richard's mum will bring cold chicken and herb bread, and we will prepare salads and meat. We will purchase meat patties, sausages, kebabs, steaks, and savouries from the supermarket. I think champagne is a good idea, and disposable cutlery will be needed.
After Richard went home, mum talked to me about the jewellery and the dress that I am going to wear for the wedding. I told her that if it is possible, I will find somebody who can make a Chinese wedding dress here. If it is not possible then I will just wear one dress. I haven't decided what to do there.
Mum said when grandma died she left some gold jewellery and pearl necklaces, she has packed all these for grandpa. She divided the rest of the jewellery into six bags and each family took one home. The ones she brought back are two pearl rings, one for Jeanie and one for me for our weddings. She didn't want to give it to her sister because she reckons that they may go to waste for her two sons. She doesn't feel that they are serious about life. There's also a pearl necklace, and mum believes it will be suitable for the engagement party. You can decorate the person as well!
I will have to find a dress this weekend. An-chi and Kelly are going to perform tomorrow at 6:30p.m. in The Meteor, and Yoshi's orchestra is performing in Wel Energy Trust Academy of performing Arts theatre on Sunday. If I have time, I will go to both.
5/19/2008
A pair of dirty boots
What a weekend! I spent a long time tramping up and down Richard's family farm, following him and Bevan to track down that elusive goat. I was also wondering about reading The Timetraveller's Wife when I wait for the men on their hunt, just like Henry, they were lost in their world and I was there by myselt, negotiating across the stream, down the slope, up the small hill that didn't seen to end any time soon, and wondering where I could sit for a short while to rest.
The view from the top of the farm was stunning. You could see right out to the sea, the oil rig in the background. No cloud in the sky, a light breeze in the air, and green pasture from me to the coast. It was quiet, apart from the occasional bird and airplane flying overhead. It was time to think about nothing at all, to relax, and do some exercise that I couldn't do everyday.
We went to see Stacey and Natalie on Saturday evening. They were both going out. Natalie and Evert were going to see Ironman, which we encouraged them to do because it was a kick ass movie. Stacey and her friend Diana were going to a party together. Dan's broke his collar bone, otherwise he would have come with Bevan and Richard on the hunt.
We managed to kill twenty four goats this time, and injured about ten more. There are still a lot of stray goats out there, eating the grass and wasting valuable resources. One good thing was that we found a young kid and took it home with us on the four wheeler. Hopefully, Stacey will be able to find someone to care for her. Richard wanted to give it to me as a pet, but I don't think I can take care of it.
My boots ended up extrememly dirty after this weekend of chasing goats and climbing up and down the farmland. It was pleasant weather, a bit tiring, but mainly fun.
Still hasn't done engagement present shopping at all. I should try to find something that we will need in the future in Stevens and inform the future mother-in-law.
The view from the top of the farm was stunning. You could see right out to the sea, the oil rig in the background. No cloud in the sky, a light breeze in the air, and green pasture from me to the coast. It was quiet, apart from the occasional bird and airplane flying overhead. It was time to think about nothing at all, to relax, and do some exercise that I couldn't do everyday.
We went to see Stacey and Natalie on Saturday evening. They were both going out. Natalie and Evert were going to see Ironman, which we encouraged them to do because it was a kick ass movie. Stacey and her friend Diana were going to a party together. Dan's broke his collar bone, otherwise he would have come with Bevan and Richard on the hunt.
We managed to kill twenty four goats this time, and injured about ten more. There are still a lot of stray goats out there, eating the grass and wasting valuable resources. One good thing was that we found a young kid and took it home with us on the four wheeler. Hopefully, Stacey will be able to find someone to care for her. Richard wanted to give it to me as a pet, but I don't think I can take care of it.
My boots ended up extrememly dirty after this weekend of chasing goats and climbing up and down the farmland. It was pleasant weather, a bit tiring, but mainly fun.
Still hasn't done engagement present shopping at all. I should try to find something that we will need in the future in Stevens and inform the future mother-in-law.
5/15/2008
What a busy day and quiz night
I had such a busy day today, trying to do three experiments a day was not funny, and just managed to wrap everything up at 5:40p.m. Kelly and I went to put down woodchips and flattened cardboard boxes for the garden path around lunchtime as well. That was a good workout, taking wheelbarrow down the lane and tipping woodchips out on the path. The weather was generous to us and didn't start to rain. Now the fun begins with planting in winter or keeping weeds at bay if you don't want to plant anything.
Fuzzy sent me a new job alert from Alfa Laval, but I don't think I can really apply for this job. Yes, the pay is much much better ($500000 upwards), and I will pick up the engineering part of my university study again. I don't want to mess the CV up, but I have a feeling there will be no reply. Feeling anxious about my job now, and there aren't a lot of opportunities around. This will be a hard year ahead. There's this sinking feeling that I can't get out of.
I just feel depressed. Is it the weather? Is it how life is going? Quiz night was fun, especially the pictorial questions. Food was a bit dubious, but felt really full afterwards.
Fuzzy sent me a new job alert from Alfa Laval, but I don't think I can really apply for this job. Yes, the pay is much much better ($500000 upwards), and I will pick up the engineering part of my university study again. I don't want to mess the CV up, but I have a feeling there will be no reply. Feeling anxious about my job now, and there aren't a lot of opportunities around. This will be a hard year ahead. There's this sinking feeling that I can't get out of.
I just feel depressed. Is it the weather? Is it how life is going? Quiz night was fun, especially the pictorial questions. Food was a bit dubious, but felt really full afterwards.
4/28/2008
I am engaged! I am 26!
I am engaged! K set up a treasure hunt, and he gave me a rose for the clue that I found, and eventually, he gave me a Celtic diary with the engagement ring taped at the back. The Hamilton Gardens is beautiful, with trees full of autumn leaves. We went to the place where we met, where we talked, where I worked, and had a great time. However, the ring was loose so we sent it to be refitted in Gemtime. Although I want to tell everybody that I am engaged, I will have to wait until the ring comes back. K's mum is thrilled, and his nanna called in the evening to congratulate me. Mum was a bit disappointed that I didn't bring the ring home, well, I am disappointed that I can't wear it now, too.
The three day weekend went smoothly. K made me a sponge cake, and I bought the cream and fruit for icing. We sang Happy Birthday to you in Chinese. I managed to teach K how to sing the song in Chinese with a song sheet. It was a fun day.
We watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy and ate a lot of popcorn yesterday to celebrate the birthday. I had fried chicken and chips for lunch today. I don't feel that different when I am 26, but certainly content and happy.
The three day weekend went smoothly. K made me a sponge cake, and I bought the cream and fruit for icing. We sang Happy Birthday to you in Chinese. I managed to teach K how to sing the song in Chinese with a song sheet. It was a fun day.
We watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy and ate a lot of popcorn yesterday to celebrate the birthday. I had fried chicken and chips for lunch today. I don't feel that different when I am 26, but certainly content and happy.
4/23/2008
RED HOT HAIR
Mum hasn't noticed that my hair is dyed red from last night. Bevan took Theo and I to the Warehouse to get the hair dye, and I also asked Richard to get a shampoo suitable for dyed hair.
Before dying his hair, Richard had to sort out the internet connection problem in Taranaki with his dad. His sisters are living in rural Taranaki without broadband internet. Sounds like the connection fee is high, with normal monthly fee afterward. Mum said that Mrs. Phong has a dial-up connection because she doesn't really use internet that often. I guess Stacey and Natalie have just had enough of the excruciating snail-speed dial-up and broadband will be much better. Just wondering why they have to ask for such a high connection fee. Yes, I know it's rural area, but it's no excuse.
Let the adventure begin: I mixed the two chemicals together by shaking, and applied the mixture to Richard's hair. It was difficult not to get the mixture on his forehead and neck so we resorted to wiping them off with a cloth. I used an old toothbrush to apply the mixture to Richard's hair evenly, then he used the plastic gloves to rub the colour in. He also dyed my hair red using the remaining mixture.
You can see a red tinge under the light on my head, but Richard's hair is really red. I think it will look redder if we peroxide it.
Ken's gel had finally worked today, and he was using the method on the paper that I found. That's fantastic! He had ran the gel for so many times that he deserves to have good results. My experiments didn't work well so I am repeating them. I will have to come in on Sunday to set up some Minipreps for Monday.
I can't believe that nobody has discovered that I dyed my hair. It's frustrating. Hopefully, Fuzzy will notice.
Before dying his hair, Richard had to sort out the internet connection problem in Taranaki with his dad. His sisters are living in rural Taranaki without broadband internet. Sounds like the connection fee is high, with normal monthly fee afterward. Mum said that Mrs. Phong has a dial-up connection because she doesn't really use internet that often. I guess Stacey and Natalie have just had enough of the excruciating snail-speed dial-up and broadband will be much better. Just wondering why they have to ask for such a high connection fee. Yes, I know it's rural area, but it's no excuse.
Let the adventure begin: I mixed the two chemicals together by shaking, and applied the mixture to Richard's hair. It was difficult not to get the mixture on his forehead and neck so we resorted to wiping them off with a cloth. I used an old toothbrush to apply the mixture to Richard's hair evenly, then he used the plastic gloves to rub the colour in. He also dyed my hair red using the remaining mixture.
You can see a red tinge under the light on my head, but Richard's hair is really red. I think it will look redder if we peroxide it.
Ken's gel had finally worked today, and he was using the method on the paper that I found. That's fantastic! He had ran the gel for so many times that he deserves to have good results. My experiments didn't work well so I am repeating them. I will have to come in on Sunday to set up some Minipreps for Monday.
I can't believe that nobody has discovered that I dyed my hair. It's frustrating. Hopefully, Fuzzy will notice.
4/21/2008
V8 weekend
Hester invited us to pick chestnut on a farm in Gordonton. There were so many of them on the ground. Fuzzy and Theo had lots of fun in the forest. We went to Pak'n Save to get ice cream, and watched the V8 cars outside the circuit for a while. We stood on the edge of the wall and looked in, the cars came really fast and they were loud. Our friend Hamish complained that he couldn't see much on the grandstand because the stand wasn't steep enough. Other people complained and it got on the six o'clock news. The tickets were quite expensive so the spectators should be able to enjoy their view.
I watched several movies on DVD this weekend. Dad found Jurassic Park 3 among Mr. Phong's discarded things and he said he's never watched this movie before. Fuzzy and I watched Nacho Libre together. It was a funny movie about a friar who dreamt to become a wrestler since he was child. He had lost all the wrestling matches and only won the last one. He spent the prize money to buy a bus for the orphans he's taking care of. Theo and I watched the first season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It's very interesting, and makes you think about the future and humanity. We also watched Good Luck Chuck, a guy who was hexed when he was young to be the guy who girls go out and will find the love of their life next. He met Cam, a nice woman who works in the sea world and loves penguins. His over the top wooing tactics scared Cam off, and eventually realises he has to let her go and have some space. It's not a very good movie, and I found out that Nanny McPhee was on and I didn't watch it.
Just wondering how Theo's Chinese learning is going. I will help him along the way.
I watched several movies on DVD this weekend. Dad found Jurassic Park 3 among Mr. Phong's discarded things and he said he's never watched this movie before. Fuzzy and I watched Nacho Libre together. It was a funny movie about a friar who dreamt to become a wrestler since he was child. He had lost all the wrestling matches and only won the last one. He spent the prize money to buy a bus for the orphans he's taking care of. Theo and I watched the first season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It's very interesting, and makes you think about the future and humanity. We also watched Good Luck Chuck, a guy who was hexed when he was young to be the guy who girls go out and will find the love of their life next. He met Cam, a nice woman who works in the sea world and loves penguins. His over the top wooing tactics scared Cam off, and eventually realises he has to let her go and have some space. It's not a very good movie, and I found out that Nanny McPhee was on and I didn't watch it.
Just wondering how Theo's Chinese learning is going. I will help him along the way.
4/15/2008
The importance of electricity
I taught Theo some words in Chinese that starts with electricity, or dian. There are a lot of words that start with dian in Chinese, for example, fridge, lamp, television, movie, and computer. It's a handy word to know. I also taught him how to say duvet, microwave, pants, socks, and jacket in Chinese. The household items are very useful words to know in Chinese. We say those words everyday and if Theo know them, he will be able to communicate really well. We also made word cards so he can learn the words when he has down time.
Fuzzy is having her university holiday for two weeks so she borrowed some DVDs to watch. We watched Rush Hour 3 last night. However, she is feeling a bit off. Mum will get some flu medicine from the supermarket today, in tablet or drink form. Hopefully, she will get better soon and enjoy her holiday fully.
The person who is going to teach us Vector NTi is not going to come to Ruakura to save money for our company. He may come after July.
Fuzzy is having her university holiday for two weeks so she borrowed some DVDs to watch. We watched Rush Hour 3 last night. However, she is feeling a bit off. Mum will get some flu medicine from the supermarket today, in tablet or drink form. Hopefully, she will get better soon and enjoy her holiday fully.
The person who is going to teach us Vector NTi is not going to come to Ruakura to save money for our company. He may come after July.
4/14/2008
Hot air balloon festival
My older cousin has found another girlfriend. Mum said that aunt wrote to her yesterday to say that he's met another girl, her life had gone through some big changes. Her boyfriend, who was in his 30s, died from cancer, and her dad died recently as well. She plays cello in cousin's orchestra. Hopefully, they will spend the rest of their life together and good luck to my dear cousin. Life is full of surprises and you have to treasure every moment.
I read Da Vinci's Code for the second time this weekend, and cleaned up the basin in the bathroom. Fuzzy is having her holiday and she went to swim in Waterworld with MQ.
Richard had been learning Chinese at home, reading an article about martial arts last night. That's quite interesting. I left him to learn the words by himself and occasionally explained what some words meant. Hope I am helpful enough to him.
I have done some more quests in WoW for Luke. He's level 55 now. The hot air balloon show was fantastic, the specialty balloons had their own song: Darth Vadar had Star Wars theme song, the little pirate had The Pirates of Carribean song, and the haunted house had the Ghostbuster song. The fireworks were also very beautiful, with magnificent colours on display.
It's going to be a wet day today.
I read Da Vinci's Code for the second time this weekend, and cleaned up the basin in the bathroom. Fuzzy is having her holiday and she went to swim in Waterworld with MQ.
Richard had been learning Chinese at home, reading an article about martial arts last night. That's quite interesting. I left him to learn the words by himself and occasionally explained what some words meant. Hope I am helpful enough to him.
I have done some more quests in WoW for Luke. He's level 55 now. The hot air balloon show was fantastic, the specialty balloons had their own song: Darth Vadar had Star Wars theme song, the little pirate had The Pirates of Carribean song, and the haunted house had the Ghostbuster song. The fireworks were also very beautiful, with magnificent colours on display.
It's going to be a wet day today.
4/10/2008
Akaroa
Richard and I went tramping in Pirongia in the weekend. We climbed up Ruapane, the highest point at about 700 meters. I found it more difficult to climb up some rock. It was good exercise.
We got up really early on Monday to wait in the carpark to be picked up for our flight down to Christchurch. It was the first time I take a flight from Hamilton Airport so I took a short tour there, upstairs at the lounge and downstair in the bookshop. It's not big, but very functional. I bought a Marie Claire magazine for the trip.
The weather wasn't very impressive. In fact, when we got to Christchurch, it was raining. We left Christchurch Airport in a red bus. AgResearch Lincoln is not as big as AgResearch Ruakura, but it's got great equipment. They have scanning electronic microscope and transmission electronic microscope to look at very small things, HPLC and Mass Spec to look at proteins, and also run 2D protein gels. Another part of Lincoln is the manufacturing side, they make fabric, wash wool, make yarn, and make carpet. They also do accelerated testing on carpets from the factory to test how they fare after being rubbed continuously or getting burned.
Allan gave a speech about what we do, and the section leaders talked about their team, then it was the research associates' term to speak about the nitty gritty of what we all do. It was interesting to hear about the other people's work, and we can always do some collaboration in the future.
Dinner was very delicious in Bully Hayes. I had beef, although I should have ordered fish. Bread was extremely tasty. We didn't do so well in the Quiz, but certainly had lots of fun.
We started the second day with some brainstorming about 2020 Science, then Kelly and I went shopping for a little. I got two beautiful stones and some fudge for Richard. Kelly got some wool booty for her sister-in-laws, wool scarf and hat for winter, and stones for Mark.
The jet boat adventure was awesome. We went to the caves and looked at penguins and birds living in the caves. We also looked at Robinson's Cliff, where the bandit Robinson rode his horse up and jumped at the end. We went to the marine farms, and saw the Elephant rock. We spinned in the boat very fast and got wet. It was so much fun! I am glad that I did the jet boat adventure.
The bus didn't come on time so we took a walk to a restruant to have lunch. I had fishn'chips.
We learned about what the other group do and had lots of fun on this retreat. It's a success.
We got up really early on Monday to wait in the carpark to be picked up for our flight down to Christchurch. It was the first time I take a flight from Hamilton Airport so I took a short tour there, upstairs at the lounge and downstair in the bookshop. It's not big, but very functional. I bought a Marie Claire magazine for the trip.
The weather wasn't very impressive. In fact, when we got to Christchurch, it was raining. We left Christchurch Airport in a red bus. AgResearch Lincoln is not as big as AgResearch Ruakura, but it's got great equipment. They have scanning electronic microscope and transmission electronic microscope to look at very small things, HPLC and Mass Spec to look at proteins, and also run 2D protein gels. Another part of Lincoln is the manufacturing side, they make fabric, wash wool, make yarn, and make carpet. They also do accelerated testing on carpets from the factory to test how they fare after being rubbed continuously or getting burned.
Allan gave a speech about what we do, and the section leaders talked about their team, then it was the research associates' term to speak about the nitty gritty of what we all do. It was interesting to hear about the other people's work, and we can always do some collaboration in the future.
Dinner was very delicious in Bully Hayes. I had beef, although I should have ordered fish. Bread was extremely tasty. We didn't do so well in the Quiz, but certainly had lots of fun.
We started the second day with some brainstorming about 2020 Science, then Kelly and I went shopping for a little. I got two beautiful stones and some fudge for Richard. Kelly got some wool booty for her sister-in-laws, wool scarf and hat for winter, and stones for Mark.
The jet boat adventure was awesome. We went to the caves and looked at penguins and birds living in the caves. We also looked at Robinson's Cliff, where the bandit Robinson rode his horse up and jumped at the end. We went to the marine farms, and saw the Elephant rock. We spinned in the boat very fast and got wet. It was so much fun! I am glad that I did the jet boat adventure.
The bus didn't come on time so we took a walk to a restruant to have lunch. I had fishn'chips.
We learned about what the other group do and had lots of fun on this retreat. It's a success.
4/04/2008
South Island here I come
I am going to Akaroa next Monday with most of the Growth and Development group for a retreat. I have been given the responsibility of presenting a ten minutes presentation, otherwise I am pretty free to do anything I want. The first day is the more official day when we will listen to presentations and have tours in the laboratory, and the second day is more relaxed. I think I will go on the jet adventure on the second day, and if I have some free time, I can go shopping. I am hoping that it's not that hard to remember my presentation. Looking forward to see the other people in our group and apparently Frank is going to work with Stefan in the protein group in Christchurch to carry out some experiments. Chris will stay for a bit longer to learn techniques for surgery with a lady doctor from Waikato Hospital.
Maiqing is turning 22 tomorrow, but mum told me this morning that I don't have to give her a birthday present. She went on to say that MQ is not going to have a big party. Ruth and Jeanie will meet her and have lunch with her together. It sounds like an intimate gathering. Happy Birthday, Maiqing! I can always say happy birthday to her on Facebook. Good old Facebook.
Maybe Richard and I will go tramping this weekend. I am looking forward to leave Hamilton behind. It's been a while since we take a trip away from the city, even going to Auckland will be a treat.
Maiqing is turning 22 tomorrow, but mum told me this morning that I don't have to give her a birthday present. She went on to say that MQ is not going to have a big party. Ruth and Jeanie will meet her and have lunch with her together. It sounds like an intimate gathering. Happy Birthday, Maiqing! I can always say happy birthday to her on Facebook. Good old Facebook.
Maybe Richard and I will go tramping this weekend. I am looking forward to leave Hamilton behind. It's been a while since we take a trip away from the city, even going to Auckland will be a treat.
3/28/2008
Weekend is upon me
Our retreat in April is being finalised. I will leave Hamilton very early in the morning, taking the 6:50a.m. flight to Christchurch on 7 April, and come back on the next day. I have prepared the presentation and sent it to Frank, with the results that I have obtained recently. I am looking forward to go to South Island and meet the other team members in Growth and Development. I also look forward to enjoy the second day when we can choose an interesting activity to do, such as jet adventure, sea kayaking, bicycle ride, and horseback riding. I hope the weather will hold out and we can enjoy our trip.
Kelly asked me to plant some produce and flowers at the assigned area at work. We are going to start a garden like the people in other campus. It will take time and effort, and it will be great to talk to the tomato or speak to the flowers. We will have to get some cheap garden tools from garage sale and in the recycle centre or use our own tools.
Rachel is having her leaving party tomorrow. She's going to stay in England after taking a trip in Asia. Richard and I may go to the party and I will have to come back to start my experiment on Sunday.
Kelly asked me to plant some produce and flowers at the assigned area at work. We are going to start a garden like the people in other campus. It will take time and effort, and it will be great to talk to the tomato or speak to the flowers. We will have to get some cheap garden tools from garage sale and in the recycle centre or use our own tools.
Rachel is having her leaving party tomorrow. She's going to stay in England after taking a trip in Asia. Richard and I may go to the party and I will have to come back to start my experiment on Sunday.
3/18/2008
Hayden Christensen: the hunk
I had a dream about Hayden Christensen. In the dream, I live on a huge farm somewhere and it looked very wild. We met in the field and he gave me a huge piece of greenstone, it's a key to get access to the farm. However, the jade broke into two pieces and I felt really sad. We kept meeting each other and I told him I already have a man, then I keep seeing him. It was a strange dream, but I felt quite happy seeing my idol in the dream. He's very yummy.
Tarra is leaving today and we had a lunch to say goodbye to her. She is going back to Canada soon, and we sent her a nice photo collage and an etching of Pirongia done by Sue Roots. The lunch party was set in Thai Village and it was a bit cramp for everyone on the table. I had green curry, it was nice but I was still a bit hungry after the meal. Kelly had chicken cashews and it smells very nice. Steve had Pad Thai, it's a noodle with bean sprouts, looks nice, too. Tarra is going on a short trip before returning to her home town, and I wish her all the very best for her future. Hopefully, we can meet each other again. She's taught me how to knit properly.
Just discovered that my friend mimi had left a Chinese message on my Chinese blog. I have also gotten into contact with Alice again. She has another blog. I don't really want to lose these two precious friends and internet is the best place to catch up with old friends.
I don't know what I am going to do for Easter holiday. Hopefully, I can stay home and hang out with Richard and not do anything.
Tarra is leaving today and we had a lunch to say goodbye to her. She is going back to Canada soon, and we sent her a nice photo collage and an etching of Pirongia done by Sue Roots. The lunch party was set in Thai Village and it was a bit cramp for everyone on the table. I had green curry, it was nice but I was still a bit hungry after the meal. Kelly had chicken cashews and it smells very nice. Steve had Pad Thai, it's a noodle with bean sprouts, looks nice, too. Tarra is going on a short trip before returning to her home town, and I wish her all the very best for her future. Hopefully, we can meet each other again. She's taught me how to knit properly.
Just discovered that my friend mimi had left a Chinese message on my Chinese blog. I have also gotten into contact with Alice again. She has another blog. I don't really want to lose these two precious friends and internet is the best place to catch up with old friends.
I don't know what I am going to do for Easter holiday. Hopefully, I can stay home and hang out with Richard and not do anything.
3/14/2008
There's light at the end of the tunnel
I updated my CV and wrote a coverlettter to a job in LIC here in Hamilton. There are some opportunities in this town, but it will be better if I can apply for more positions. That means that I may have to go to Auckland, but I can't really control that. I have to find some referee today and for obvious reason I can't put anyone in this company down. This is a big disadvantage to me because I have only worked here and I haven't worked anywhere else. I don't really know how I am going to pull this off.
Richard was trying to learn Chinese and found an exam that test your ability in Chinese. The test paper is entirely in Chinese so he can't understand it yet, and it is in simplified Chinese. I am not sure whether Taiwan has a test like this or not, but I can't think why we don't.
It's Outrageous Friday today and I have put on my leather skirt for the pub crawl. I am hoping for a good night out, nice and relaxing.
Richard was trying to learn Chinese and found an exam that test your ability in Chinese. The test paper is entirely in Chinese so he can't understand it yet, and it is in simplified Chinese. I am not sure whether Taiwan has a test like this or not, but I can't think why we don't.
It's Outrageous Friday today and I have put on my leather skirt for the pub crawl. I am hoping for a good night out, nice and relaxing.
3/12/2008
At the bottom of the valley
The girls on the radio in the song were having more fun than me, which made me grimace in the car on the way to work. "Scream" is a very suggestive songs that have girls huffing and puffing in an erotic way. I was stuck in traffic, crawling slowly to work and these girls are having lots of fun. It's not fair.
I was there in the meeting, but felt like that no one was talking to me. I don't know why I am there anymore. The future is not about me, it's about them. I guess in a way it's good. I am forced to do something different, get out of my comfort zone and try something new. I've been thinking that maybe I will start my nomadic life, working odd jobs across several countries and see the world a bit. Maybe I will just stay home and do nothing? Go back to fly kites at home? What about Richard? I am having difficulty thinking about the future because it is very bleak. The only thing that's good is the relationship with him. It's bright and warm and makes me feel fuzzy. I am so afraid that I might lose it.
I am sick at the moment, but not sick enough to go home. Experiment is going slowly, hopefully I will get good results. They are the things that I can rely on. Yes, I have dreams but they are just that, dreams.
On a lighter note, dad taught me how to change oil in the car last night. He's going to use the vacuum cleaner to clean the air filter carefully later.
I was there in the meeting, but felt like that no one was talking to me. I don't know why I am there anymore. The future is not about me, it's about them. I guess in a way it's good. I am forced to do something different, get out of my comfort zone and try something new. I've been thinking that maybe I will start my nomadic life, working odd jobs across several countries and see the world a bit. Maybe I will just stay home and do nothing? Go back to fly kites at home? What about Richard? I am having difficulty thinking about the future because it is very bleak. The only thing that's good is the relationship with him. It's bright and warm and makes me feel fuzzy. I am so afraid that I might lose it.
I am sick at the moment, but not sick enough to go home. Experiment is going slowly, hopefully I will get good results. They are the things that I can rely on. Yes, I have dreams but they are just that, dreams.
On a lighter note, dad taught me how to change oil in the car last night. He's going to use the vacuum cleaner to clean the air filter carefully later.
3/10/2008
Alan's 60th birthday
Maybe it's because John left, maybe I was just in my pout mood when I got off work on Friday. I felt really tired and hungry and didn't want to talk to Richard on the way to Cambridge. We had KFC and my mood got much better. My life is ruled by food...it's not something that I am proud of.
The drive to Kinloch was very pleasant. We past a dam and an exotic forest. The road was almost empty. Ross and Bronwyn just got there before we did. We were assigned the double bed down stair with a very see through window. Natalie and Evert would sleep on this bed on Saturday and we had to sleep in the lounge as they are older. Richard felt that he's a sibling, and I was just a bit worried about his asthma attack if he sleeps on the ground.
Kinloch is a small town with holiday homes everywhere and people swimming on the beach or on a boat of their own. We walked down the beach and sat on the shore to enjoy the tranquil setting for a while. This is the life.
Stacey, Dan, Richard, and I went on the Honeysuckle with Captain Alan the next day. Our fishing lines were moving for three times but we didn't catch anything in the first run, Dan caught a big trout in the afternoon. I got the chance to steer the boat for some time, although I wasn't an export at the task. One day I will get a boat, too.
Aunt Carol arrived and told us that she didn't know which house we were staying in because she didn't get the e-mail! Oops.
I sent Alan a Tablerone and a bottle of wine, Richard gave his dad the Managh name/crest description, and Natalie made a cake for the birthday party. Aunt Carol gave her older brother an interesting book about ancient New Zealand. We had great food and I got really tired after the champagne.
Sam, Richard and I went to the beach together. We built sand castles and digged holes. It was quite warm.
I had a lot of fun in Kinloch. Happy Birthday, Alan.
The drive to Kinloch was very pleasant. We past a dam and an exotic forest. The road was almost empty. Ross and Bronwyn just got there before we did. We were assigned the double bed down stair with a very see through window. Natalie and Evert would sleep on this bed on Saturday and we had to sleep in the lounge as they are older. Richard felt that he's a sibling, and I was just a bit worried about his asthma attack if he sleeps on the ground.
Kinloch is a small town with holiday homes everywhere and people swimming on the beach or on a boat of their own. We walked down the beach and sat on the shore to enjoy the tranquil setting for a while. This is the life.
Stacey, Dan, Richard, and I went on the Honeysuckle with Captain Alan the next day. Our fishing lines were moving for three times but we didn't catch anything in the first run, Dan caught a big trout in the afternoon. I got the chance to steer the boat for some time, although I wasn't an export at the task. One day I will get a boat, too.
Aunt Carol arrived and told us that she didn't know which house we were staying in because she didn't get the e-mail! Oops.
I sent Alan a Tablerone and a bottle of wine, Richard gave his dad the Managh name/crest description, and Natalie made a cake for the birthday party. Aunt Carol gave her older brother an interesting book about ancient New Zealand. We had great food and I got really tired after the champagne.
Sam, Richard and I went to the beach together. We built sand castles and digged holes. It was quite warm.
I had a lot of fun in Kinloch. Happy Birthday, Alan.
3/07/2008
On top of everything
It's Friday today! I made chicken salad and packed for the weekend. I am armed with my favourite purple pillow and sleeping bag, with togs and clothes for change. Richard and I are going down to Kinloch for Alan's 60th birthday. Mum suggested that I make chicken salad. I don't think that I am able to cut the vegetables into thin enough strips, but I guess this is a good first attempt. I will add the sauce when I get to the destination to prevent the salad go bad. Almost hit Scraggles driving to Richard's place. He didn't even pack anything for the weekend! I can't believe it. I spent so much time preparing for the weekend, I had to go shopping for food, cut all the vegetables and wait for chicken breast to boil. It was a bit boring to say the least. Well, I enjoyed shopping with mum because we got enough food for $50 so we got a 12 cents off petrol voucher. Yay!
Richard found my pink hat so I can wear it and walk outside under the sun. That's a proper hat for summer, and I really like the hat. I don't care what other people say or think, it's good for my skin.
Mum gave me a really small spaghetti and Richard doesn't want me to go to Griller with him so I went to the cafeteria for some extra food. I got a ham and egg roll, and it comes with free hot drink! I got hot chocolate. Still, it will be good if he brings me some food but it doesn't look like it's ever going to happen.
Clouds are gathering in the sky. I wonder whether it will rain or not. We need some decent sprinkling. Jenny is not here because her daughter is sick, Ken is not here because his daughter is here from the U.K., and Chris is off to get his surgery on the face. There's only Frank and me here today. It's weird.
Wondering what Fuzzy is doing, hopefully she has finished her report and will hand it in today. It's her second placement, and I think it's a good opportunity for her to get useful experience in the real world.
Richard found my pink hat so I can wear it and walk outside under the sun. That's a proper hat for summer, and I really like the hat. I don't care what other people say or think, it's good for my skin.
Mum gave me a really small spaghetti and Richard doesn't want me to go to Griller with him so I went to the cafeteria for some extra food. I got a ham and egg roll, and it comes with free hot drink! I got hot chocolate. Still, it will be good if he brings me some food but it doesn't look like it's ever going to happen.
Clouds are gathering in the sky. I wonder whether it will rain or not. We need some decent sprinkling. Jenny is not here because her daughter is sick, Ken is not here because his daughter is here from the U.K., and Chris is off to get his surgery on the face. There's only Frank and me here today. It's weird.
Wondering what Fuzzy is doing, hopefully she has finished her report and will hand it in today. It's her second placement, and I think it's a good opportunity for her to get useful experience in the real world.
3/05/2008
Jumper
Experiments are going well this week. However, I won't know the results until tomorrow about whether it worked or not. I had a good indication that the experiment might have worked yesterday. Chris is having an operation on his face to remove a tumour. The doctor will make a flower-like incision to take out all the bad cells. He will have to wear a better hat in the future. Jenny suggested a "cappy", and I think he will be well protected from the sun with a cricketer's hat. Thinking about hats, I have lost my pink hat! Is it in Richard's room? I am not sure. I really like that hat and will want it back on my head, where it belongs.
Richard and I hadn't been out to the movies for a while so we went to see Jumper yesterday. The reviews for it wasn't good, but it's not as bad as we thought. It's a movie that makes you think what you will do if you can go anywhere you want. It is as if you have the world in your hand.
I like Hayden Christianson's portrayal of David, the awkard teenager/adult that's out of place, not quite comfortable in his own skin. Rachel Bilson wasn't very good, I actually like the younger Lillie more. She's more likeable. Jamie Bell's lone survivor/jumper is also cool, and I like the car scene when he moved the car through traffic.
It's a travel movie that takes you to Rome, London, Tokyo, Cairo and even Bosnia in the war zone. You can see the inside of the Colosseum. I didn't even see that when I went to Europe!
I had too much dinner, but I love Nasi Goreng/fried rice. It's tasty. Mum's tomatoes have been forgotten in the car for two days in a row, I should put it into Richard's fridge.
What's the big plan for my life? I am a bit reluctant to think about the future and I know it's going to be a bit ugly come August. What am I going to do? There are several options and at this stage I will keep my head down and work hard. Looking on the bright side, if I do lose my job, I may have some time for myself, a holiday, perhaps?
Richard and I hadn't been out to the movies for a while so we went to see Jumper yesterday. The reviews for it wasn't good, but it's not as bad as we thought. It's a movie that makes you think what you will do if you can go anywhere you want. It is as if you have the world in your hand.
I like Hayden Christianson's portrayal of David, the awkard teenager/adult that's out of place, not quite comfortable in his own skin. Rachel Bilson wasn't very good, I actually like the younger Lillie more. She's more likeable. Jamie Bell's lone survivor/jumper is also cool, and I like the car scene when he moved the car through traffic.
It's a travel movie that takes you to Rome, London, Tokyo, Cairo and even Bosnia in the war zone. You can see the inside of the Colosseum. I didn't even see that when I went to Europe!
I had too much dinner, but I love Nasi Goreng/fried rice. It's tasty. Mum's tomatoes have been forgotten in the car for two days in a row, I should put it into Richard's fridge.
What's the big plan for my life? I am a bit reluctant to think about the future and I know it's going to be a bit ugly come August. What am I going to do? There are several options and at this stage I will keep my head down and work hard. Looking on the bright side, if I do lose my job, I may have some time for myself, a holiday, perhaps?
3/03/2008
Busy week busy weekend
It's been a while since I last blogged, and it's great that Richard is starting to blog as well. However, blogging is very serious to him and I don't think he will be writing a diary like me.
Jeffery's housewarming and John's farewell are both in this weekend and I felt a bit partied out in John's party. Jeffery put on a delicious BBQ with great kebabs and salads from his own garden. We played ping-pong together and sang kareoke in his new house. It's a huge eco house with solar panels to heat hot water and wastewater is used to irrigate the garden. Dad always put other people's house down, and I felt a little angry about him lately. He said that Jeffery's family has been duped by the agents into buying sections and believe that they can make a lot of money subdividing in the future. I think he's just sour that other people can live on a lifestyle block! Why can't he just be happy about what he has and what other people have? He's is far too critical. I didn't talk to anybody I didn't know in John's party, and I didn't make an effort to meet his friends. I only know one guy is Carla Bond-Smith's younger brother, but I didn't even know him.
Richard and I spent time walking in Minogue Park yesterday in the afternoon. We watched kids riding bikes up and down the obstacle course, one of them flying high. He's the best! We explored the woods and vowed to come back one day, armed with picnic blanket.
I wanted to watch 10 things I hate about you, but it was just not meant to be. I have been too busy to blog at work, which is great.
Richard's dad's birthday party is next week. He's going to pitch in for his new GPS device. I am not sure what to get him. It's difficult.
Jeffery's housewarming and John's farewell are both in this weekend and I felt a bit partied out in John's party. Jeffery put on a delicious BBQ with great kebabs and salads from his own garden. We played ping-pong together and sang kareoke in his new house. It's a huge eco house with solar panels to heat hot water and wastewater is used to irrigate the garden. Dad always put other people's house down, and I felt a little angry about him lately. He said that Jeffery's family has been duped by the agents into buying sections and believe that they can make a lot of money subdividing in the future. I think he's just sour that other people can live on a lifestyle block! Why can't he just be happy about what he has and what other people have? He's is far too critical. I didn't talk to anybody I didn't know in John's party, and I didn't make an effort to meet his friends. I only know one guy is Carla Bond-Smith's younger brother, but I didn't even know him.
Richard and I spent time walking in Minogue Park yesterday in the afternoon. We watched kids riding bikes up and down the obstacle course, one of them flying high. He's the best! We explored the woods and vowed to come back one day, armed with picnic blanket.
I wanted to watch 10 things I hate about you, but it was just not meant to be. I have been too busy to blog at work, which is great.
Richard's dad's birthday party is next week. He's going to pitch in for his new GPS device. I am not sure what to get him. It's difficult.
2/21/2008
Follow a chicken and taking photo of a turtle
I told Fuzzyslowmo about following the mechanical chicken and taking a photo of the turtle in World of Warcraft. She reckons it's pretty funny, and I think it's hilarious, too. She's having a holiday at home, enjoying the summer and writing her report (mostly holiday).
It's the first full moon on lunar calendar, Shang Yuan festival today. Dad and mum were looking at the moon last night and said that it looks as good as the moon in Midautumn Festival! That's also called the Moon Festival. It's a bit weird to have glutinous rice balls now because it's not cold like when we were in the Northern Hemisphere, but I do miss the taste of a good glutinous rice ball. There are seasame, peanut, and red bean flavoured rice balls to choose from, and you can even make savour ones. Some people have rice ball soup that has vegetables, meat, and salt, it's a bit strange for me. I prefer the sweet ones. There are also pink and white ones if you like different colour rice balls. You can also cook the rice balls in water, then put them in peanut powder as dry rice balls. Yum.
Steve is having his holiday in Brisband now. Have fun! By the way, the Minister of Agriculture is visiting next week and he's coming in a helicopter. We have to be careful not to go into the helicopter landing zone in front of the Tower Block. It's funny how he is going to arrive in a flash helicopter when farmers are struggling for the draught in Waikato. Is it going to be good publicity, or is it because he can see how the draught is affecting Waikato better in the helicopter? I hope the later is true, but I think he's just having fun riding in the helicopter! After all, we as the taxpayers have to pay for his helicopter ride. Hope you will have fun, Minister, whether he does something useful or not is a whole entirely different matter.
It's the first full moon on lunar calendar, Shang Yuan festival today. Dad and mum were looking at the moon last night and said that it looks as good as the moon in Midautumn Festival! That's also called the Moon Festival. It's a bit weird to have glutinous rice balls now because it's not cold like when we were in the Northern Hemisphere, but I do miss the taste of a good glutinous rice ball. There are seasame, peanut, and red bean flavoured rice balls to choose from, and you can even make savour ones. Some people have rice ball soup that has vegetables, meat, and salt, it's a bit strange for me. I prefer the sweet ones. There are also pink and white ones if you like different colour rice balls. You can also cook the rice balls in water, then put them in peanut powder as dry rice balls. Yum.
Steve is having his holiday in Brisband now. Have fun! By the way, the Minister of Agriculture is visiting next week and he's coming in a helicopter. We have to be careful not to go into the helicopter landing zone in front of the Tower Block. It's funny how he is going to arrive in a flash helicopter when farmers are struggling for the draught in Waikato. Is it going to be good publicity, or is it because he can see how the draught is affecting Waikato better in the helicopter? I hope the later is true, but I think he's just having fun riding in the helicopter! After all, we as the taxpayers have to pay for his helicopter ride. Hope you will have fun, Minister, whether he does something useful or not is a whole entirely different matter.
2/20/2008
Feralas
Luke and Effervesence are both level 46 now. We travelled to Feralas to do quests there, hunting down sea sprays and giants. We also attempted to follow the chicken, and failed the first time because the chicken did not attract the gorillas on the road.
Darnasus is a beautiful elf town, with Asian buildings and a bear as bank. There are lots of trees, streams, and even wisp of spirit floating around. It's a pleasant place to be. Theramore Isle is also quite interesting, normally not crowded with people, quiet and pretty little town to visit. You can swim to the mainland from the north easily.
I got quests from Nigel's Point and Desolace for Mauradon. There are three quests you can do, and it was difficult to kill anything there because it's a huge place. Yodah went with me and I died three times.
Darnasus is a beautiful elf town, with Asian buildings and a bear as bank. There are lots of trees, streams, and even wisp of spirit floating around. It's a pleasant place to be. Theramore Isle is also quite interesting, normally not crowded with people, quiet and pretty little town to visit. You can swim to the mainland from the north easily.
I got quests from Nigel's Point and Desolace for Mauradon. There are three quests you can do, and it was difficult to kill anything there because it's a huge place. Yodah went with me and I died three times.
2/19/2008
Roses are a loving memory
Richard and I went to get a rose tree from Wairere Nursery on lunchtime yesterday. I was excited about getting the rose, and we went to Mitre 10 Mega and the Warehouse to find pots. I found a blue pot that is decorated with leaves and Richard got another one (navy blue/dark blue) for free. We also found the dishes that will go underneath the pots. We walked in Mitre 10 Mega for exercise and got potting mix in the garden section. I spent some time looking at other beatiful flowers in the section, enjoying the garden that the shop created for a while. The bronze statues were quite interesting to look at, too.
Richard planted the rose into the new pot after we got home. He straightened the roots out, which will help their growth, and watered the potting mix once he put them into the pot. There are about twenty flowers on the tree still so we have our growing rose in the garden now!
Bevan proceeded to pick the zucchini in the garden. We believe that we can sell them to the porn stars and they can make very suggestive movies about the massive plants. Those zucchini have grown into marrows so according to Bevan, they don't taste so well. I think they look fine, but I don't know whether they are good to eat or not. Maybe they have to pick the young zucchini when they are smaller so they taste better? I have no idea. However, when you are growing plants, you always want to grow it until it's big and juicy, don't you? You don't really want to pick them when they are normal size. I guess that's the problem here.
I wonder how the roses are looking now, must check them out when I get to Richard's place.
The girls went to have lunch using the vouchers that we won from the 10,000 steps challenge. I have a chicken fillet burger with pineapple juice, it was tasty but not so big. It's a healthy meal! I think this is probably the only restaurant in Hamilton that serve meals that you can eat without feeling guilty. Good choice from work, they certainly know where to go when it comes to healthy eating. Healthy workers means healthy profit for the company, and happy workers means loyalty and satisfaction at work.
Richard planted the rose into the new pot after we got home. He straightened the roots out, which will help their growth, and watered the potting mix once he put them into the pot. There are about twenty flowers on the tree still so we have our growing rose in the garden now!
Bevan proceeded to pick the zucchini in the garden. We believe that we can sell them to the porn stars and they can make very suggestive movies about the massive plants. Those zucchini have grown into marrows so according to Bevan, they don't taste so well. I think they look fine, but I don't know whether they are good to eat or not. Maybe they have to pick the young zucchini when they are smaller so they taste better? I have no idea. However, when you are growing plants, you always want to grow it until it's big and juicy, don't you? You don't really want to pick them when they are normal size. I guess that's the problem here.
I wonder how the roses are looking now, must check them out when I get to Richard's place.
The girls went to have lunch using the vouchers that we won from the 10,000 steps challenge. I have a chicken fillet burger with pineapple juice, it was tasty but not so big. It's a healthy meal! I think this is probably the only restaurant in Hamilton that serve meals that you can eat without feeling guilty. Good choice from work, they certainly know where to go when it comes to healthy eating. Healthy workers means healthy profit for the company, and happy workers means loyalty and satisfaction at work.
2/18/2008
A spooky night
I was lying in bed trying to sleep last night. After the weekend down in Taranaki and hanging out on the beach, I was pretty tired. I also felt quite sad about not being able to fit into my dark skirt so before going to bed, I put it on to reassure myself that I can wear it. I have the fear of not being able to fit into my clothes if I get too fat. I hate that feeling.
It was pretty late and quiet when I finally decided not to lose weight at eleven o'clock in the evening, although I believe that I can at least do some exercise before I sleep. Before I fell asleep, I heard the sound of metal lid falling to the ground, and I heard footsteps in our backyard. That was pretty scary. I was frozen stiff on my bed even though it was not cold at all. I grabbed my wooden stick and eventually got myself together. I turned on the light and looked up and down the corridor to check whether anyone is in our house or not. There was no one there. There was nothing there.
I called out to mum and dad, and they were fast asleep. It was natural to feel a bit stupid after all that panicking and fear so I went back to bed, with stick beside me on the bed, I turned off the light and looked at the windows and door in the dark for a short time before falling to sleep.
I still feel pretty sad about being fat, but I guess this is a phase. I can hardly eat my lunch. Steve's morning tea shout was pretty good so I had two muffins, but I know that I will have to lose weight somehow. Why can't I just be skinny like everybody else? Some people aren't even trying to be skinny.
All the roses that Richard sent me had died. They look pretty sad on my desk. I guess I will have to say goodbye to them for now. On the bright side, Richard and I went to get "Loving Memory" from Wairere Nursery out of town. We have a red rose tree now! Yay!
I just hope that I am not that fat anymore.
It was pretty late and quiet when I finally decided not to lose weight at eleven o'clock in the evening, although I believe that I can at least do some exercise before I sleep. Before I fell asleep, I heard the sound of metal lid falling to the ground, and I heard footsteps in our backyard. That was pretty scary. I was frozen stiff on my bed even though it was not cold at all. I grabbed my wooden stick and eventually got myself together. I turned on the light and looked up and down the corridor to check whether anyone is in our house or not. There was no one there. There was nothing there.
I called out to mum and dad, and they were fast asleep. It was natural to feel a bit stupid after all that panicking and fear so I went back to bed, with stick beside me on the bed, I turned off the light and looked at the windows and door in the dark for a short time before falling to sleep.
I still feel pretty sad about being fat, but I guess this is a phase. I can hardly eat my lunch. Steve's morning tea shout was pretty good so I had two muffins, but I know that I will have to lose weight somehow. Why can't I just be skinny like everybody else? Some people aren't even trying to be skinny.
All the roses that Richard sent me had died. They look pretty sad on my desk. I guess I will have to say goodbye to them for now. On the bright side, Richard and I went to get "Loving Memory" from Wairere Nursery out of town. We have a red rose tree now! Yay!
I just hope that I am not that fat anymore.
2/13/2008
Visit from friends
I haven't done enough exercise lately so I swam at work on Monday. The temperature is still high in the middle of the day and the cool water is refreshing.
I was a bit busy in the morning, and still trying to get people to sign my KiwiSaver identification. I managed to get Allan to sign my bank statement for proof of address, and finally sent the package off in the Dinsdale post office. The Justice of Peace in the city council took long lunch hours so he was no help for me. I had a lousy lunch in town, eating butter chicken that was unusually sweet and a burnt Naan bread by myself, feeling very lonely by myself. However, my day picked up after lunch because I actually had something interesting to do after I talked with my boss.
Mark and Jane came to our place with their parents. It's Jane's holiday for Lunar New Year, and a rare chance for their family to have a reunion. Mark is doing his honour year in Canberra university in chemistry. Canberra sounds like a nice place to be, and most of the time the town is deserted like Hamilton. People only gather together when there's a big event on. I told them a little bit about my Europe trip.
We started to make jokes.
Fuzzy is having her holiday. They are going to Coromandal today. Mum is not going to spend a lot of time cooking, just bringing left over pizza from last night.
Richard came to visit after a long work day and we hung out. Dad made a big speech about the Wangs and the Taiwanese community in general. He talked about how some kids don't study after high school and their parents tolerate that and give them money to live. He also talked about the difference between Chinese habits and Western habits. I think Chinese parents are a bit too soft on their children, if a person can't live their life in a financially independent situation, or even make his/her own living, then his/her life is wasted. I think that his/her parents are spoiling him/her. Why let this kind of thing go on? I can't never tolerate it. I believe a young child who is busy studying shouldn't do too much part-time work, but if the job is not going to affect their schooling then they can do it.
I was a bit busy in the morning, and still trying to get people to sign my KiwiSaver identification. I managed to get Allan to sign my bank statement for proof of address, and finally sent the package off in the Dinsdale post office. The Justice of Peace in the city council took long lunch hours so he was no help for me. I had a lousy lunch in town, eating butter chicken that was unusually sweet and a burnt Naan bread by myself, feeling very lonely by myself. However, my day picked up after lunch because I actually had something interesting to do after I talked with my boss.
Mark and Jane came to our place with their parents. It's Jane's holiday for Lunar New Year, and a rare chance for their family to have a reunion. Mark is doing his honour year in Canberra university in chemistry. Canberra sounds like a nice place to be, and most of the time the town is deserted like Hamilton. People only gather together when there's a big event on. I told them a little bit about my Europe trip.
We started to make jokes.
Fuzzy is having her holiday. They are going to Coromandal today. Mum is not going to spend a lot of time cooking, just bringing left over pizza from last night.
Richard came to visit after a long work day and we hung out. Dad made a big speech about the Wangs and the Taiwanese community in general. He talked about how some kids don't study after high school and their parents tolerate that and give them money to live. He also talked about the difference between Chinese habits and Western habits. I think Chinese parents are a bit too soft on their children, if a person can't live their life in a financially independent situation, or even make his/her own living, then his/her life is wasted. I think that his/her parents are spoiling him/her. Why let this kind of thing go on? I can't never tolerate it. I believe a young child who is busy studying shouldn't do too much part-time work, but if the job is not going to affect their schooling then they can do it.
2/11/2008
Summer party
Richard and I put up a summer party at Bevan and Hailie's place. He moved the foosball table out so the boys can have fun, and people played badminton. We had a pirate and summer theme, but not a lot of people came in theme. Bronwyn, Lin-yi, and Hester were good help, carrying plates in and out of the kitchen and tidying up. We were in happy party mood, talking with our friends and drinking lots of soft drinks and juice. Rachel and Nick brought their own red wines, and Cory was on his super hot red bike. I really like it. He said that it's a 1000c.c. bike, it must go very fast on the road.
Mike is living with his friends, Mike and his wife a few blocks away, and he's moving to Melville on Sunday. He ate a lot of vegetables. Hamish brought his cute dog Tessa with him. She's barking at all the strangers that came through the door. Naomi and her partner also showed up, I haven't seen her for a while. It must have been in Masters class.
Kelly and Mark looked at our Europe picture on Richard's computer. They really like them. I talked with Hester and Lin-yi. I didn't know that Lin-yi has a PhD. She's not so busy at Genesis, but I guess she has her busy days and not so busy days, just like my job. Hester is waiting for permanent residence to come through, fingers crossed for her application.
Adrian told us about his escapdes when he was in primary school, climbing over electrical fences and walking up the road. It was quite funny hearing how he returned because he was very hungry. He also talked about beautiful actresses that made Erin not so happy, but after all, they are celebrities and Erin doesn't really have to worry about Adrian running after them in real life!
Our pirate ship was not so big, but I had fun making it, painting it and gluing some parts together. Bevan helped me to glue the parts together while I was making a salad.
Richard cleaned up most of the mess afterwards, and Haylie was there to tidy up as well. Thank you, guys. I got there and heated up the old meat in the fridge for lunch. There's still salad to be eaten.
Richard and I had fun in World of Warcraft, making two characters in different factions and tried to learn the language. It was quite funny. Luke went to Tanaris and we took Annar with us questing. He was grounded for having a c in Civics and not doing enough chores.
Coke exploded in the fridge and we had a clean up. I made a pizza for Richard, and I think Bevan wants to eat it, but Haylie said no, it had chicken that's not free range on it! Poor Bevan. Oh, well, that's just the way it is.
I got up feeling sleepy, but it's time to get to work. I look forward to work today because I am doing something new. I want to learn new techniques.
Mike is living with his friends, Mike and his wife a few blocks away, and he's moving to Melville on Sunday. He ate a lot of vegetables. Hamish brought his cute dog Tessa with him. She's barking at all the strangers that came through the door. Naomi and her partner also showed up, I haven't seen her for a while. It must have been in Masters class.
Kelly and Mark looked at our Europe picture on Richard's computer. They really like them. I talked with Hester and Lin-yi. I didn't know that Lin-yi has a PhD. She's not so busy at Genesis, but I guess she has her busy days and not so busy days, just like my job. Hester is waiting for permanent residence to come through, fingers crossed for her application.
Adrian told us about his escapdes when he was in primary school, climbing over electrical fences and walking up the road. It was quite funny hearing how he returned because he was very hungry. He also talked about beautiful actresses that made Erin not so happy, but after all, they are celebrities and Erin doesn't really have to worry about Adrian running after them in real life!
Our pirate ship was not so big, but I had fun making it, painting it and gluing some parts together. Bevan helped me to glue the parts together while I was making a salad.
Richard cleaned up most of the mess afterwards, and Haylie was there to tidy up as well. Thank you, guys. I got there and heated up the old meat in the fridge for lunch. There's still salad to be eaten.
Richard and I had fun in World of Warcraft, making two characters in different factions and tried to learn the language. It was quite funny. Luke went to Tanaris and we took Annar with us questing. He was grounded for having a c in Civics and not doing enough chores.
Coke exploded in the fridge and we had a clean up. I made a pizza for Richard, and I think Bevan wants to eat it, but Haylie said no, it had chicken that's not free range on it! Poor Bevan. Oh, well, that's just the way it is.
I got up feeling sleepy, but it's time to get to work. I look forward to work today because I am doing something new. I want to learn new techniques.
2/08/2008
Radioactive materials
I've been cleaning up the radioactive lab with a bunch of people yesterday. It was hard work because the room was quite dirty, we had to sweep the floor, mopped it, and wiped all the surfaces. Kelly swabbed places that could be contaminated and we tried to read them on a scintallation meter, but the first one didn't print out the correct numbers, and the second one take different kind of tubes. We will have to go
back and read the samples again today.
Allan threw away most of his group's probes because they have used a lot of them in the past few years. We took the high level waste to the basement and put the bag in a large drum. We didn't bring the monitor with us yesterday, and there's a pile of rubbish on the ground. We will have to come back with the monitor, and get rid of the bags later into mediwaste if they don't have high level of radiation anymore.
People do Northern blog experiments in the radiation lab, and possibly also bind carbon and tritium to the tissues (carbon dating? I am not sure). People who have left AgResearch long ago still have probes lying around in the lab, and the half life of these materials are 5000 years so you can't really dispose them now.
I felt so tired when I get to Richard's place. I went shopping after work, it was fun. I tried to buy very healthy food and put groceries into the fridge after I've cooked dinner.
I went to a new battleground in world of warcraft yesterday. The most important thing is to stay alive and cause lots of damage, but I guess I am not very good at frostnovaing people and blink away, which I should have done, and also put on counterspell and mana shield. I am learning a lot, though. Warsong Gulch is actually quite similar to Arathi Basin, with its own lumber mill and farm. I have to work together with the people who I don't know, and that's hard. I don't know how to fight, so it's difficult to keep up with them. However, all the things I do in world of warcraft is learning. I just have to learn to be a better fire mage. I love battles because it's fast and I get an adrenalin rush out of it. It's frustrating to be low level when a lot of other people are level 49, but it's ok. Just expect to die a lot.
Richard said that Yodah had died more than 10000 times. Life is a bit cheap in the world of warcraft.
back and read the samples again today.
Allan threw away most of his group's probes because they have used a lot of them in the past few years. We took the high level waste to the basement and put the bag in a large drum. We didn't bring the monitor with us yesterday, and there's a pile of rubbish on the ground. We will have to come back with the monitor, and get rid of the bags later into mediwaste if they don't have high level of radiation anymore.
People do Northern blog experiments in the radiation lab, and possibly also bind carbon and tritium to the tissues (carbon dating? I am not sure). People who have left AgResearch long ago still have probes lying around in the lab, and the half life of these materials are 5000 years so you can't really dispose them now.
I felt so tired when I get to Richard's place. I went shopping after work, it was fun. I tried to buy very healthy food and put groceries into the fridge after I've cooked dinner.
I went to a new battleground in world of warcraft yesterday. The most important thing is to stay alive and cause lots of damage, but I guess I am not very good at frostnovaing people and blink away, which I should have done, and also put on counterspell and mana shield. I am learning a lot, though. Warsong Gulch is actually quite similar to Arathi Basin, with its own lumber mill and farm. I have to work together with the people who I don't know, and that's hard. I don't know how to fight, so it's difficult to keep up with them. However, all the things I do in world of warcraft is learning. I just have to learn to be a better fire mage. I love battles because it's fast and I get an adrenalin rush out of it. It's frustrating to be low level when a lot of other people are level 49, but it's ok. Just expect to die a lot.
Richard said that Yodah had died more than 10000 times. Life is a bit cheap in the world of warcraft.
2/07/2008
Happy New Year
I spent a lot of time tidying up my room and the house with Fuzzy and mum. I tidied up all the drawers for the desk in my bedroom, and also tidy up my wardrobe. I have made a small mess on my office desk, but I can tidy it up today when I get home, or in the weekend. It will not be difficult.
I've been reading Rich Woman when I have time, and it is quite useful. I have made some calculation about how much money I spend in a month, and I have joined the KiwiSaver scheme. The worst scenario is that the investment company may not do a very good investment, and I will lose some money, but when I turn 65, I will have money in the bank. I will do my own investment and saving for myself, too. I will then have two lots of money when I retire. Richard and I have made a plan for retiring early, but that's if we make enough passive income in a few years time, and that means I will still be able to put money into my KiwiSaver account in IRD. I have to choose a KiwiSaver provider, and leaning towards choosing ING now. Steve said that he's also in ING, but he chose the one with lower fee. I am not sure who I want to choose yet, and maybe I will choose another one. I am looking at the large and reliable ones at the moment.
Mum cooked a lot of food for the reunion dinner. Richard and I watched Eat Drink Men Women in the afternoon, which is an exceptionally good movie. I planted some new flowers in the garden, and did some weeding.
We talked about what people do for Chinese New Year. You have to cut your hair or shave before the New Year. Send away the Stove God with candy. You have to cook fish, chicken, duck, meat, and make rice cake for the family. If the cake rises high, then you will have a good year. Richard looked up the custom, you have to open your doors and windows so luck will come in. Fuzzy said you can't tidy your house tomorrow otherwise luck will run out of your house. You are only allowed to sweep into your house! You have to wear new clothes, or red clothes for luck. We eat dumplings, cut mince on a board to scare away the Nian monster. We also let off fireworks to scare off the monster. What fun!
We get a long holiday for the New Year, and on the fifteenth day, there's a lantern festival. People go to the temple to see lanterns of every shape, colour and sizes. They meet and talk, and eat rice balls in soup, the same shape as the full moon.
I feel that this year is going to be a good year.
This morning dad said that I have lost a small black tip for the aerial of my gray car, but I have no idea that he put it on. Mum feels that he's a bit weird, too. However, he managed to find the black tip, so we are off the hook. He is going to superglue the tip on this time so it will not fall off.
Happy New Year, everybody.
I've been reading Rich Woman when I have time, and it is quite useful. I have made some calculation about how much money I spend in a month, and I have joined the KiwiSaver scheme. The worst scenario is that the investment company may not do a very good investment, and I will lose some money, but when I turn 65, I will have money in the bank. I will do my own investment and saving for myself, too. I will then have two lots of money when I retire. Richard and I have made a plan for retiring early, but that's if we make enough passive income in a few years time, and that means I will still be able to put money into my KiwiSaver account in IRD. I have to choose a KiwiSaver provider, and leaning towards choosing ING now. Steve said that he's also in ING, but he chose the one with lower fee. I am not sure who I want to choose yet, and maybe I will choose another one. I am looking at the large and reliable ones at the moment.
Mum cooked a lot of food for the reunion dinner. Richard and I watched Eat Drink Men Women in the afternoon, which is an exceptionally good movie. I planted some new flowers in the garden, and did some weeding.
We talked about what people do for Chinese New Year. You have to cut your hair or shave before the New Year. Send away the Stove God with candy. You have to cook fish, chicken, duck, meat, and make rice cake for the family. If the cake rises high, then you will have a good year. Richard looked up the custom, you have to open your doors and windows so luck will come in. Fuzzy said you can't tidy your house tomorrow otherwise luck will run out of your house. You are only allowed to sweep into your house! You have to wear new clothes, or red clothes for luck. We eat dumplings, cut mince on a board to scare away the Nian monster. We also let off fireworks to scare off the monster. What fun!
We get a long holiday for the New Year, and on the fifteenth day, there's a lantern festival. People go to the temple to see lanterns of every shape, colour and sizes. They meet and talk, and eat rice balls in soup, the same shape as the full moon.
I feel that this year is going to be a good year.
This morning dad said that I have lost a small black tip for the aerial of my gray car, but I have no idea that he put it on. Mum feels that he's a bit weird, too. However, he managed to find the black tip, so we are off the hook. He is going to superglue the tip on this time so it will not fall off.
Happy New Year, everybody.
2/05/2008
Horse
I am finally level 40, and Yodah gave me gold so I can buy a horse straight away. I have chosen a chestnut horse, and got enchanted gloves and spurs on my boots now. Yodah said that I can get a carrot on a stick, the other thing that I can use to speed up my steed, but it is very good right now. I can ride the horse and go places faster than walking and running.
I have completed almost all the quests in Duskwallow Marsh, and obtained 30 talent points to spend. I will think about how to spend them, and level up my tailoring. I think I will also learn herbalism later, but maybe I should learn enchanting instead? It is very useful.
I have completed almost all the quests in Duskwallow Marsh, and obtained 30 talent points to spend. I will think about how to spend them, and level up my tailoring. I think I will also learn herbalism later, but maybe I should learn enchanting instead? It is very useful.
2/04/2008
Level 39 and Duskwallow Marsh
Luke is level 39! I have come very far from level 1 by questing a lot in Westfall, Shimmering Flats, Arathi Valley, and now I have been to Scarlet Monastry with Yodah twice, Arathi Basin war twice, and Stockades twice. I have strong fire power against other creatures, frost nova to stop enemies from moving, putting them to sheep to delay fighting, and blink to escape from harms way. I have died many times, been attacked by Horde and survived by running away, and I am happy about my progress.
I am still not able to get a horse yet, but in the next few days, I will become level 40 and I will be able to ride a horse. Yay!
My friend Effervesence is already level 40+ so she can ride a tiger. She can turn into a bear, a cat, a leopard, and a sealion (not sure what it is). I like my Hydrocane because if I wield it, I can stay underwater without worrying about breathing.
I will level up my tailoring and cooking after I get to level 40.
I am still not able to get a horse yet, but in the next few days, I will become level 40 and I will be able to ride a horse. Yay!
My friend Effervesence is already level 40+ so she can ride a tiger. She can turn into a bear, a cat, a leopard, and a sealion (not sure what it is). I like my Hydrocane because if I wield it, I can stay underwater without worrying about breathing.
I will level up my tailoring and cooking after I get to level 40.
2/01/2008
More things to do
1. Get Rachel her engagement present
2. Make food to take to Michael and Johns' birthday party
3. Get Chris a birthday present
4. Start growing flowers in the new pots I got from the gardening centre
5. Cook food from "Comfort food" recipe book that I've got
6. Sort my pirate costume for next Saturday
7. Buy food for BBQ next Saturday, also ask people who may come, check how many of them are actually coming
Now: Mike, Fuzzy, Richard, Linda, Sarah (if she's in Hamilton she will come), Haylie, Bevan, Erin (Adrian?)
Not coming: Kelly and Nichole
Maybe, maybe not and not replied yet: Cory, Roy, Hamish, Maiqing, Steve Scothern, Sukdeep (have dinner and party plans on that day already), Chris, Hester, Jacob, and Nemo
8. Prepare for Chinese New Year on 7 Feb
2. Make food to take to Michael and Johns' birthday party
3. Get Chris a birthday present
4. Start growing flowers in the new pots I got from the gardening centre
5. Cook food from "Comfort food" recipe book that I've got
6. Sort my pirate costume for next Saturday
7. Buy food for BBQ next Saturday, also ask people who may come, check how many of them are actually coming
Now: Mike, Fuzzy, Richard, Linda, Sarah (if she's in Hamilton she will come), Haylie, Bevan, Erin (Adrian?)
Not coming: Kelly and Nichole
Maybe, maybe not and not replied yet: Cory, Roy, Hamish, Maiqing, Steve Scothern, Sukdeep (have dinner and party plans on that day already), Chris, Hester, Jacob, and Nemo
8. Prepare for Chinese New Year on 7 Feb
iPod, digital camera and computer
I am thinking about getting the above things sometime this year. Looking at my bank account now to see whether I can afford to get them or not.
I will keep some money so I can get them!
I will keep some money so I can get them!
It's mine
I remember when I was young, Fuzzy used to grab my toys out of my hand and play with them. That's when I learned you have to share your toys with other people, and I am lucky that I only have one sister to share with. I have grown up a lot since then, but there are still certain things in life I don't feel comfortable sharing with the others, including my World of Warcraft account.
I don't own many material things, such as cars and digital camera. However, I have two mobile phones that I bought myself. I have three wardrobe of clothes, which include about 80% of clothes that I bought for myself, and 20% as gifts from my relatives. I have shoes that I bought myself, too. I have handbags and backpacks that I got from shops in town. These are a few of my favourite things, as the woman said in Sound of Music.
I also own a 16 piece utensil set at work, Patrick, who is Spongebob's companion, also belong to me. Although the car I drive belong to my dad, but the keychain Mickey Mouse in his Fantasia costume belongs to me. I bought it in Disneyland in America when I went over there.
I also own books from university, and novels that I have accumulated through the years. I can't live without books. I love reading and owning them. I like the feeling of books in my hand, I enjoy their content, and I also enjoy the stories they tell.
I have some craft projects that I bought from Spotlight and other shops. I have made two dolls already, and some other projects are ongoing. I have other dolls that mum and my aunts gave me. I love my dolls.
Lastly, I have some jewellery and make-up that I have picked out myself, too. I don't have a lot of necklaces, but I have enough. I like butterfly, so I have some butterfly necklaces and belts, too.
These things are mine. I don't have much, but I enjoy my things.
I don't own many material things, such as cars and digital camera. However, I have two mobile phones that I bought myself. I have three wardrobe of clothes, which include about 80% of clothes that I bought for myself, and 20% as gifts from my relatives. I have shoes that I bought myself, too. I have handbags and backpacks that I got from shops in town. These are a few of my favourite things, as the woman said in Sound of Music.
I also own a 16 piece utensil set at work, Patrick, who is Spongebob's companion, also belong to me. Although the car I drive belong to my dad, but the keychain Mickey Mouse in his Fantasia costume belongs to me. I bought it in Disneyland in America when I went over there.
I also own books from university, and novels that I have accumulated through the years. I can't live without books. I love reading and owning them. I like the feeling of books in my hand, I enjoy their content, and I also enjoy the stories they tell.
I have some craft projects that I bought from Spotlight and other shops. I have made two dolls already, and some other projects are ongoing. I have other dolls that mum and my aunts gave me. I love my dolls.
Lastly, I have some jewellery and make-up that I have picked out myself, too. I don't have a lot of necklaces, but I have enough. I like butterfly, so I have some butterfly necklaces and belts, too.
These things are mine. I don't have much, but I enjoy my things.
1/31/2008
Mount and Level 35 human mage
I've handed in a few quests in Stormwind city recently, having completed them a while back in various locations such as Hillsbrad, Arathi, and Duskwallow Marsh. I've been training in Shimmering Flats last week, but Horde high level Shaman and Hunter had been targeting me, a lone Alliance human mage, so I've moved away from there. I've done Kravel's parts there, killed turtles, scorpions, basilisks, and collected broke car parts and the animal's skin and poisons. I had a great time there except being killed by the rival faction.
I moved to Stranglethorn Vale, and there were even more Horde in the harbour city. I can teleport to Ironforge and Stormwind now, both cities offer Mage trainings, auction houses, inns, and shops that sell food for cooking and materials for tailoring. I've chosen tailoring as my profession, and cooking as my secondary profession. I will probably choose herbalism when I get to higher level, but right now I am focusing on getting to level 40.
According to the WoW official site, I am like this:
Mages wield the elements of fire, frost, and the arcane to destroy or neutralize their enemies. They are a robed class that excels at dealing massive damage from afar, casting elemental bolts at a single target, or raining destruction down upon their enemies in a wide area of effect. Mages can also augment their allies' spell-casting powers, summon food or drink to restore their friends, and even travel across the world in an instant by opening arcane portals to distant lands.
When seeking someone to introduce monsters to a world of pain, the Mage is a good choice. With their elemental and arcane attacks, it's a safe bet something they can do won't be resisted by your chosen enemy. Damage is the name of the Mage game, and they do it well. Their arsenal includes some powerful crowd control spells, also, giving them the ability to keep hordes at bay -- in fact, these abilities can be used on the most common creatures in the game, thus making them extremely valuable for this purpose.
I am a fire mage. Yodah suggested to me that I train that way because this will take shorter time for me to kill stuff. I agreed with him and started my training from there. I haven't made a lot of money yet, but I will be able to when I get to higher level, doing more quests, getting better equipment to sell in the auction house and farming.
Alliance people have been very helpful, and I made some joke about reporting on the trade channel. People are always joking about reporting one another to Blizzard because they have done something bad, and I asked them to report a Horde appearance, about bloodshed and people dying. True to the spirit, they did that and annoyed other people on trade a lot. Haha. That was fun.
I like Arathi Basin battleground, although I am crap at fighting the others. I don't really understand how to do it yet, but I am sure I will get better later. It's all about real experience on the battleground, and dying in WoW is so common that we know life is cheap.
I can drink higher level water now, but I haven't bought higher level food yet. I shall do that.
Considering about joining other guilds, but that may take a long time since other guilds join raids. I don't have so much time raiding, maybe I will consider that after I get to level 70. That may be fun.
I moved to Stranglethorn Vale, and there were even more Horde in the harbour city. I can teleport to Ironforge and Stormwind now, both cities offer Mage trainings, auction houses, inns, and shops that sell food for cooking and materials for tailoring. I've chosen tailoring as my profession, and cooking as my secondary profession. I will probably choose herbalism when I get to higher level, but right now I am focusing on getting to level 40.
According to the WoW official site, I am like this:
Mages wield the elements of fire, frost, and the arcane to destroy or neutralize their enemies. They are a robed class that excels at dealing massive damage from afar, casting elemental bolts at a single target, or raining destruction down upon their enemies in a wide area of effect. Mages can also augment their allies' spell-casting powers, summon food or drink to restore their friends, and even travel across the world in an instant by opening arcane portals to distant lands.
When seeking someone to introduce monsters to a world of pain, the Mage is a good choice. With their elemental and arcane attacks, it's a safe bet something they can do won't be resisted by your chosen enemy. Damage is the name of the Mage game, and they do it well. Their arsenal includes some powerful crowd control spells, also, giving them the ability to keep hordes at bay -- in fact, these abilities can be used on the most common creatures in the game, thus making them extremely valuable for this purpose.
I am a fire mage. Yodah suggested to me that I train that way because this will take shorter time for me to kill stuff. I agreed with him and started my training from there. I haven't made a lot of money yet, but I will be able to when I get to higher level, doing more quests, getting better equipment to sell in the auction house and farming.
Alliance people have been very helpful, and I made some joke about reporting on the trade channel. People are always joking about reporting one another to Blizzard because they have done something bad, and I asked them to report a Horde appearance, about bloodshed and people dying. True to the spirit, they did that and annoyed other people on trade a lot. Haha. That was fun.
I like Arathi Basin battleground, although I am crap at fighting the others. I don't really understand how to do it yet, but I am sure I will get better later. It's all about real experience on the battleground, and dying in WoW is so common that we know life is cheap.
I can drink higher level water now, but I haven't bought higher level food yet. I shall do that.
Considering about joining other guilds, but that may take a long time since other guilds join raids. I don't have so much time raiding, maybe I will consider that after I get to level 70. That may be fun.
1/30/2008
Love is this
My friends are getting married, or have been married for a while. Richard told me that I wrote the articles below about love and attraction long time ago, and he learned about me.
What is love? I think I've described it using my limited words. I am so glad that I've found it, and I will take care of it carefully like my favourite flower. I will water it and enjoy the magnificent colour of the flower. When winter comes, I will not forget to put it into the greenhouse. I will wait for it to grow in spring, give it fertilizer, and watch it grow everyday.
I dream of a day when I will wake up with Richard, and we are sleeping on the same bed. We will have breakfast together, talking about what we are going to do today, and watching news before we leave the house. We may have kids, need to pack lunchboxes, and have a dog and a cat. I will be doing something that I love to do, for example, work in my own lab or for the government, or working on my own craft projects. I wish that we will have a spacious house with a nice view, close to the sea. We can build sand castle on the beach, swim in the ocean and have picnics there. I want to plant roses, chrysanthemum, daisies, fuchsia, dahlia, and other flowers in my garden. I want to grow orange, grapefruit, feijoi, plum, apple, lemon, pear, strawberry, gooseberry, boysenberry, and blueberry in my garden. I want to plant a herb garden so I can use herbs to cook food.
Everyday we will cook dinner that smells nice and taste delicious after we come home from work. We will enjoy the meal in the dining room, and we can play online games together, or have parties with our friends. We can read books and discuss what we want to do in the future. Our life will be filled with happiness and I don't want to spend a minute apart from Richard.
In our spare time, we can play the piano and cello, sing and enjoy the music together. We can ride Richard's motorcycle down the country road and take in the scenery.
Love is about sacrifices, too. I will give up my free time for my children so I can read to them, play with them, bathe them, and kiss them goodnight. Why do I want to do that? It's because I love them, and I enjoy my childhood. I want to give them happiness, care, and a loving home. I want to be there for them when they are cold, hot, and sick. I want to see them crawling up the stairs and turning the corner and disappear. I want to worry about them when they go to school for the first time, and I want to see them learn about life. When they are confused and young, I want to listen to them and still be cool, not someone who is an adult and tell them not to do things just because I say so. I want to be at their graduations, weddings, and I want them to be a person who they want to be, and do what they want to do with their life.
One day, I will have white hair and won't be able to see much with my failing eyes. I won't be able to walk fast anymore. I wish Richard is still with me, we will sit by the fire. I will remember the day when we met. We danced together to Sweet Home Alabama, and I know then from the deepest of my heart, this is the man who I want to spend my life with.
What is love? I think I've described it using my limited words. I am so glad that I've found it, and I will take care of it carefully like my favourite flower. I will water it and enjoy the magnificent colour of the flower. When winter comes, I will not forget to put it into the greenhouse. I will wait for it to grow in spring, give it fertilizer, and watch it grow everyday.
I dream of a day when I will wake up with Richard, and we are sleeping on the same bed. We will have breakfast together, talking about what we are going to do today, and watching news before we leave the house. We may have kids, need to pack lunchboxes, and have a dog and a cat. I will be doing something that I love to do, for example, work in my own lab or for the government, or working on my own craft projects. I wish that we will have a spacious house with a nice view, close to the sea. We can build sand castle on the beach, swim in the ocean and have picnics there. I want to plant roses, chrysanthemum, daisies, fuchsia, dahlia, and other flowers in my garden. I want to grow orange, grapefruit, feijoi, plum, apple, lemon, pear, strawberry, gooseberry, boysenberry, and blueberry in my garden. I want to plant a herb garden so I can use herbs to cook food.
Everyday we will cook dinner that smells nice and taste delicious after we come home from work. We will enjoy the meal in the dining room, and we can play online games together, or have parties with our friends. We can read books and discuss what we want to do in the future. Our life will be filled with happiness and I don't want to spend a minute apart from Richard.
In our spare time, we can play the piano and cello, sing and enjoy the music together. We can ride Richard's motorcycle down the country road and take in the scenery.
Love is about sacrifices, too. I will give up my free time for my children so I can read to them, play with them, bathe them, and kiss them goodnight. Why do I want to do that? It's because I love them, and I enjoy my childhood. I want to give them happiness, care, and a loving home. I want to be there for them when they are cold, hot, and sick. I want to see them crawling up the stairs and turning the corner and disappear. I want to worry about them when they go to school for the first time, and I want to see them learn about life. When they are confused and young, I want to listen to them and still be cool, not someone who is an adult and tell them not to do things just because I say so. I want to be at their graduations, weddings, and I want them to be a person who they want to be, and do what they want to do with their life.
One day, I will have white hair and won't be able to see much with my failing eyes. I won't be able to walk fast anymore. I wish Richard is still with me, we will sit by the fire. I will remember the day when we met. We danced together to Sweet Home Alabama, and I know then from the deepest of my heart, this is the man who I want to spend my life with.
Old posts revisited
Admiration of the opposite sex
Opposite attracts. People are like magnets, you have a certain feeling about the others, no matter good or bad. Your childhood sweetheart may turn out to be a big jerk. Your long time friend may become your future partner. Who knows what's around the corner?
People who fall in or out of love know the feeling. You can't live without them. You have to tell them everything even though it's just about a new handbag that you've brought. The other will listen to you as if the handbag is Prada and must compare price with you. He will be there when you are shopping, swiping the Visa card without breaking a sweat. Why? Because he loves you. He doesn't care if you are stupid. He doesn't care if you are smart. As long as you love him in return, he will do anything for you. You will cook for him no matter how late he comes home. Fill up the tub with hot water. You will clean his house. You will drive him to places. You will ask him to do impossible things like getting a rock from the moon. You will bring up his kids. That's what love is all about.
Before Valentine's Day, let's review the present status of the relationship between men and women around the world. At least the part of the world where I live in.
Most of my friends have a partner or a boy/girlfriend. They are happy with their relationship, if they are not, they are breaking up with them. The people who are single are reasonably happy, but some are trying to find the one in the crowd. Congratulation to those who found their love ones, good on you. Work hard on it. Relationship can't be taken for granted. If you've sow the seed, you have got to water it so it will grow up and flower in the spring and summer. You have to pull out the weeds around the flower so it will get all the nutrients in the ground. You have to get rid of the dead plant in the winter so you can sow the seed again. Love is a lot like a garden, it requires tender loving care.
A lot of people don't take care of their relationships. That's why you break up. Don't expect the other half to wait around for you forever, that's not gonna happen.
So have I got any advice for those people who are trying to find a partner? Yes, I have. Don't take my word if you know how to do it because you know the answer in the deepest of your heart.
1. Find someone who is easy to talk to. I think communication is the most important thing in the relationship. Try to find someone who is easy to talk to. Try to find someone who is truthful. Find someone who will tell you what he/she did and not hide anything. It will be easier to get to know this person, and more you know about them, the more you will like/dislike them.
2. Find someone who is similar/disimilar to you. Yes, this is what happens. Sometimes you want to find a person who is exactly like you, but you may get too bored with this person and long for someone who is different. That's why foreign lovers are in such high demand. Someone who is from a different place. Someone who is from a different background. Someone exotic. However, you may find them so exotic and dispicable that you will want to go back to someone who is more normal. Having the same interest often helps. Watching movies. Reading books. Riding. Swimming. Drawing. You name it, you will find someone out there who likes doing what you do.
3. Find a reliable person. Being reliable may make a person boring, but reliability is very important throughout the life. Someone who is never on time is not reliable. Someone who does not have a job is not reliable. Someone who doesn't have a bank account with money in it is not reliable. Someone who make empty promises is not reliable. Reliability brings stability, and stability brings a good life. Of course some people doesn't want to stay in one place all the time, but a reliable person will go with you to the end of the world because they will always be there for you no matter what. They won't throw stones into the well when you are at the bottom, they will pull you up. They won't let you get lost in the woods and will always check if you are walking too slowly. It's a matter of life and death, so find someone who is reliable.
4. Find a nice looking person. Yes, I mean it. It's important. I don't mean those people who have movie star looks. A person who looks straight and trustworthy. A person who has confidence and stand out in a crowd. A person who believe in themselves. All these qualities make you look good. Tidy and clean. Also, it makes your life easier to look at nice looking person. (I am so shallow.)
5. Find someone who you can work with. That's important because you don't want to fight all the time when you are renovating your kitchen. You don't want someone to pick on you when you have spent three hours in the kitchen making a soup. You don't want someone who doesn't mow the lawn or cut the tree. You don't want someone who will not hand over their money so you guys can buy a house togehter. No. You don't want that kind of person who is selfish and arrogant. You want someone who is willing to share the glory with you when you succeed. You want someone who will cry with you when you are sad, not someone who is cold and distant.
I can't think of any good qualities you can find, so I will end this article with a piece of advice that I have been given by my sister:
"Stop looking for the person who you love. They will come and find you."
Exactly. When you stop looking for love, they will find you.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Love is...
Perhaps love is as tender as the felt blanket that is filled with the picture of HelloKitty. Maybe love is as tough as the beef that mum cooked for five hours. Who knows what love will do around the corner? It may turn into a flower on the side of the road. It may turn into a bunch of daisy beside the hospital bed. It may turn into rain on a thristy land.
Love can certainly turn into a smile, a touch, or even an explaination of which key opens which door on the key chain. It can be a joke that's been told in a noodle shop about an exploding turnip cake. It can be a back glance in the swimming pool. It can be cooking for your sister who is too tired to do anything after a hard day's work.
Love can be silently listening to a boring story. Love can be singing when someone is sad. Love can be read like a poem, but it can not be read like a newspaper because it does not require pages of detail explanations. It may be simple sometimes, but it may also be too complicated so no one understands.
Love can be pushing a pram when someone else is too tired. The hardest way to love is to calm a baby down when its crying for no reason. Dying for your country comes in on the close second. Love, sadly, can also be dying with the one you love. Love can be reading the notebook to your loved ones when they can no longer remember their past. Love can be eating a candle-lit dinner with a stranger who knows when to talk or when to listen. Love can be tucked away nicely in an old leather-bound book, stuck on the school project, inside a small scrapbook, in a thick police file, or on a hand-made card. It can be a tear that's falling from a loving mother or it can be a strong hand of a loving father. It can also be the friendship that does not fade throughout the years. When your hair is of a different colour, when you can't see properly and start to admit to it, when your feet will no longer carry you across the garden easily, and when you feel young inside but look remarkably old outside, maybe you will know the true shape of love, but then again, you may not.
I hope you find love because it may be in a pen, in a letter, in a book, in a newspaper, in a cup of tea, on a chair, on top of the television, inside a fishing bowl, outside the window, or on your hand. It can be anywhere, anything, anyone. I hope you find it.
Opposite attracts. People are like magnets, you have a certain feeling about the others, no matter good or bad. Your childhood sweetheart may turn out to be a big jerk. Your long time friend may become your future partner. Who knows what's around the corner?
People who fall in or out of love know the feeling. You can't live without them. You have to tell them everything even though it's just about a new handbag that you've brought. The other will listen to you as if the handbag is Prada and must compare price with you. He will be there when you are shopping, swiping the Visa card without breaking a sweat. Why? Because he loves you. He doesn't care if you are stupid. He doesn't care if you are smart. As long as you love him in return, he will do anything for you. You will cook for him no matter how late he comes home. Fill up the tub with hot water. You will clean his house. You will drive him to places. You will ask him to do impossible things like getting a rock from the moon. You will bring up his kids. That's what love is all about.
Before Valentine's Day, let's review the present status of the relationship between men and women around the world. At least the part of the world where I live in.
Most of my friends have a partner or a boy/girlfriend. They are happy with their relationship, if they are not, they are breaking up with them. The people who are single are reasonably happy, but some are trying to find the one in the crowd. Congratulation to those who found their love ones, good on you. Work hard on it. Relationship can't be taken for granted. If you've sow the seed, you have got to water it so it will grow up and flower in the spring and summer. You have to pull out the weeds around the flower so it will get all the nutrients in the ground. You have to get rid of the dead plant in the winter so you can sow the seed again. Love is a lot like a garden, it requires tender loving care.
A lot of people don't take care of their relationships. That's why you break up. Don't expect the other half to wait around for you forever, that's not gonna happen.
So have I got any advice for those people who are trying to find a partner? Yes, I have. Don't take my word if you know how to do it because you know the answer in the deepest of your heart.
1. Find someone who is easy to talk to. I think communication is the most important thing in the relationship. Try to find someone who is easy to talk to. Try to find someone who is truthful. Find someone who will tell you what he/she did and not hide anything. It will be easier to get to know this person, and more you know about them, the more you will like/dislike them.
2. Find someone who is similar/disimilar to you. Yes, this is what happens. Sometimes you want to find a person who is exactly like you, but you may get too bored with this person and long for someone who is different. That's why foreign lovers are in such high demand. Someone who is from a different place. Someone who is from a different background. Someone exotic. However, you may find them so exotic and dispicable that you will want to go back to someone who is more normal. Having the same interest often helps. Watching movies. Reading books. Riding. Swimming. Drawing. You name it, you will find someone out there who likes doing what you do.
3. Find a reliable person. Being reliable may make a person boring, but reliability is very important throughout the life. Someone who is never on time is not reliable. Someone who does not have a job is not reliable. Someone who doesn't have a bank account with money in it is not reliable. Someone who make empty promises is not reliable. Reliability brings stability, and stability brings a good life. Of course some people doesn't want to stay in one place all the time, but a reliable person will go with you to the end of the world because they will always be there for you no matter what. They won't throw stones into the well when you are at the bottom, they will pull you up. They won't let you get lost in the woods and will always check if you are walking too slowly. It's a matter of life and death, so find someone who is reliable.
4. Find a nice looking person. Yes, I mean it. It's important. I don't mean those people who have movie star looks. A person who looks straight and trustworthy. A person who has confidence and stand out in a crowd. A person who believe in themselves. All these qualities make you look good. Tidy and clean. Also, it makes your life easier to look at nice looking person. (I am so shallow.)
5. Find someone who you can work with. That's important because you don't want to fight all the time when you are renovating your kitchen. You don't want someone to pick on you when you have spent three hours in the kitchen making a soup. You don't want someone who doesn't mow the lawn or cut the tree. You don't want someone who will not hand over their money so you guys can buy a house togehter. No. You don't want that kind of person who is selfish and arrogant. You want someone who is willing to share the glory with you when you succeed. You want someone who will cry with you when you are sad, not someone who is cold and distant.
I can't think of any good qualities you can find, so I will end this article with a piece of advice that I have been given by my sister:
"Stop looking for the person who you love. They will come and find you."
Exactly. When you stop looking for love, they will find you.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Love is...
Perhaps love is as tender as the felt blanket that is filled with the picture of HelloKitty. Maybe love is as tough as the beef that mum cooked for five hours. Who knows what love will do around the corner? It may turn into a flower on the side of the road. It may turn into a bunch of daisy beside the hospital bed. It may turn into rain on a thristy land.
Love can certainly turn into a smile, a touch, or even an explaination of which key opens which door on the key chain. It can be a joke that's been told in a noodle shop about an exploding turnip cake. It can be a back glance in the swimming pool. It can be cooking for your sister who is too tired to do anything after a hard day's work.
Love can be silently listening to a boring story. Love can be singing when someone is sad. Love can be read like a poem, but it can not be read like a newspaper because it does not require pages of detail explanations. It may be simple sometimes, but it may also be too complicated so no one understands.
Love can be pushing a pram when someone else is too tired. The hardest way to love is to calm a baby down when its crying for no reason. Dying for your country comes in on the close second. Love, sadly, can also be dying with the one you love. Love can be reading the notebook to your loved ones when they can no longer remember their past. Love can be eating a candle-lit dinner with a stranger who knows when to talk or when to listen. Love can be tucked away nicely in an old leather-bound book, stuck on the school project, inside a small scrapbook, in a thick police file, or on a hand-made card. It can be a tear that's falling from a loving mother or it can be a strong hand of a loving father. It can also be the friendship that does not fade throughout the years. When your hair is of a different colour, when you can't see properly and start to admit to it, when your feet will no longer carry you across the garden easily, and when you feel young inside but look remarkably old outside, maybe you will know the true shape of love, but then again, you may not.
I hope you find love because it may be in a pen, in a letter, in a book, in a newspaper, in a cup of tea, on a chair, on top of the television, inside a fishing bowl, outside the window, or on your hand. It can be anywhere, anything, anyone. I hope you find it.
In future we trust
It's Fuzzy's off day today so she's going to meet her friend, coming back from Australia. Richard and I made plans for the future yesterday. I think he's not very confident about learning enough Chinese. I guess when you are doing something new and unfamiliar, you can't predict when you will be proficient in the new skill bcause that's the unknown. We also talked about investment and our family goals. I hope that we will be able to make more passive income.
My experiment didn't work yesterday so my supervisor will talk with me today to discuss what to do next. I may be repeating the last few steps in order to get a better DNA product. I received new restriction enzymes today, but I haven't got one of them delivered to me so I am still waiting for that. I have to tidy up the cold room today, too.
Weather is great again, we haven't had any rain for a while now. Our garden is quite dry and all the plants need watering. South Island farmers are facing draught problem and are drying off their stock for now. They are waiting for rain to come down from heaven so their livestock will be able to eat grass and grow again.
Helen Clark is going to give a speech about her policy for this year. It is 2008 and election year so both parties will rustle up some interesting policies for us to see, whether they do them or not is a whole other matter. Labour has been quite good, though. I am not sure about John Key yet.
I have started to write a bit more about The Plague. I will try to write some more when I have time.
My experiment didn't work yesterday so my supervisor will talk with me today to discuss what to do next. I may be repeating the last few steps in order to get a better DNA product. I received new restriction enzymes today, but I haven't got one of them delivered to me so I am still waiting for that. I have to tidy up the cold room today, too.
Weather is great again, we haven't had any rain for a while now. Our garden is quite dry and all the plants need watering. South Island farmers are facing draught problem and are drying off their stock for now. They are waiting for rain to come down from heaven so their livestock will be able to eat grass and grow again.
Helen Clark is going to give a speech about her policy for this year. It is 2008 and election year so both parties will rustle up some interesting policies for us to see, whether they do them or not is a whole other matter. Labour has been quite good, though. I am not sure about John Key yet.
I have started to write a bit more about The Plague. I will try to write some more when I have time.
1/29/2008
My best friends
I am going to send Jo a present for her birthday. I will find something to send to Eve, Alice, Shu-ting and Summer in Taiwan as well. I have to ask Shu-Ting and Summer for their address at home so I can send them the presents.
I've known Alice since first grade, and we see each other when we walk home everyday in Dragon Street. She moved away when we were in Stonedoor Primary, and we kept in touch since then. She went to university to become a teacher, and I am a research associate in AgResearch now. Wow! I can't believe that we have known each other for so long. We grew up writing to each other about what's happening to us. She talked about her friends, her love of comic books and drawings, and Japanese songs and dolls. I told her how I learn English and live my life here in New Zealand.
I met Summer and Shu-ting in intermediate school, both of them distinctive person with cool personalities. Summer is definitely an artist through and through, a poet, a writer, and a passionate girl. She loves reading. We used to write poems together. Shu-ting is a great artist that makes beautiful cards and draw pretty pictures and take fantastic pictures. Summer is married now, and Shu-ting is working and flatting with her friends.
I met Jo in university here. She's quiet and hard-working, smart and kind. I like writing to her and hear news from Scotland and Europe. She's having a great time there in Dundee and her boyfriend, Christian, sounds like an adventurous soul like her. I hope they are enjoying their life there.
I don't know how I am going to pull off going to three parties this Saturday, but I am sure I will be able to manage that. I have a party next weekend. Looking forward to that.
I've known Alice since first grade, and we see each other when we walk home everyday in Dragon Street. She moved away when we were in Stonedoor Primary, and we kept in touch since then. She went to university to become a teacher, and I am a research associate in AgResearch now. Wow! I can't believe that we have known each other for so long. We grew up writing to each other about what's happening to us. She talked about her friends, her love of comic books and drawings, and Japanese songs and dolls. I told her how I learn English and live my life here in New Zealand.
I met Summer and Shu-ting in intermediate school, both of them distinctive person with cool personalities. Summer is definitely an artist through and through, a poet, a writer, and a passionate girl. She loves reading. We used to write poems together. Shu-ting is a great artist that makes beautiful cards and draw pretty pictures and take fantastic pictures. Summer is married now, and Shu-ting is working and flatting with her friends.
I met Jo in university here. She's quiet and hard-working, smart and kind. I like writing to her and hear news from Scotland and Europe. She's having a great time there in Dundee and her boyfriend, Christian, sounds like an adventurous soul like her. I hope they are enjoying their life there.
I don't know how I am going to pull off going to three parties this Saturday, but I am sure I will be able to manage that. I have a party next weekend. Looking forward to that.
1/24/2008
What do I want to do in life
Design clothes for people and dolls
Cook
Tailoring
Organic make-up
Buy a house
Travel to Beijing
Travel to Africa
Travel to Rome (again), Eastern Europe, U.K., Ireland and Scotland
Travel to China and Taiwan
Go to Japan
Read more books on several subjects to educate myself
Build schools and hospital
Build a hotel
Write a novel
Cook
Tailoring
Organic make-up
Buy a house
Travel to Beijing
Travel to Africa
Travel to Rome (again), Eastern Europe, U.K., Ireland and Scotland
Travel to China and Taiwan
Go to Japan
Read more books on several subjects to educate myself
Build schools and hospital
Build a hotel
Write a novel
Plan
1. Make Emma's birthday presents: decide on what kind of doll to make, draw patterns, and start making it using some old fabric. If I need new fabric, I will have to go shopping in Spotlight.
2. Finish my old projects: butterfly, cello, angel, scarf, and Taurus charm.
3. Give back library books this week and borrow some more interesting ones.
4. Prepare to go to Auckland this weekend.
5. Babysitting on Friday.
6. Tidy up my wardrobe and room more, put things that I don't use in Salvation Army's bin.
7. Think about business ideas.
8. Find a new job in my work now, or have to apply for new position else where. Think about what to do at the end of 2008. Shall I start studying PhD or a medical degree? Is there any chance of getting a scholarship in other countries? Work overseas?
9. Set up my own finance plan, create more passive income.
2. Finish my old projects: butterfly, cello, angel, scarf, and Taurus charm.
3. Give back library books this week and borrow some more interesting ones.
4. Prepare to go to Auckland this weekend.
5. Babysitting on Friday.
6. Tidy up my wardrobe and room more, put things that I don't use in Salvation Army's bin.
7. Think about business ideas.
8. Find a new job in my work now, or have to apply for new position else where. Think about what to do at the end of 2008. Shall I start studying PhD or a medical degree? Is there any chance of getting a scholarship in other countries? Work overseas?
9. Set up my own finance plan, create more passive income.
I Am Legend
(Thanks to the Rotten Tomatoes)I Am Legend is a good movie because it is a horror movie made without the conventional scary music, and for a zombie movie, the zombies look more human than ever.
Will Smith is the doctor who will not leave New York until he finds a cure for KV, a virus created to cure cancer in 10009 people. The story starts from the beginning when the virus was injected into people, and in three years time, it has mutated into a deadly virus that some people are immune to on Earth. People who are not killed by the virus become zombies that hunt healthy humans with blood thirst.
I don't understand why people who are infected have to become zombies in any zombie movies. Just like Resident Evil movies. I Am Legend is a movie about a person who will not give up on something even though all the people he loves died.
New York is transformed from a densely populated city into a ruin. I feel sad when I saw the broken Brooklyn Bridge. Wildlife takes over New York city once again, possibly escaped from New York Zoo when people are evacuated and died from the disease.
The doctor's only companion, a dog, is his only friend in the first part of the movie. He erects models with clothes and hats as his friends in a record shop. What are you going to do when the end of the humanity come? He listens to all the CD and watches a lot of DVDs when he has the time. He hunts animals, possibly for studies and food. He also hunts for zombies, with lots of success.
V for Vendetta is about a totalitarian society where people are controlled by a chancellor, and it just gives me the feeling of loneliness when V was with Evie in his lair, similar to how I feel when I watched I Am Legend. I guess people who had seen 28 Days (and the subsequent movie) will have a similar feeling. Was New York a CG? I guess it must be, with all the buildings without people, streets full of cars and grass growing everywhere, it's pretty difficult to have that in the middle of the city. They must have built a huge stage where fake fronts have been put up, too.
I remember watching The War of the World, Armageddon, Deep Impact, Children of Men and also The World After Tomorrow. Apocalypse, by definition, is revelation at the end of age. I Am Legend is definitely about Apocalypse, not in the Christian sense, but in the biological sense.
What will a world be like if there's no people? Less people are driving cars and polluting the planet so theoretically the planet will be a lot greener. It's a lot quieter, like the actress said. Time will not mean anything because we give time a meaning. Animals will roam the streets, and planets will grow whereever they like. Sun will shine, it will rain and days will be dry. Snow will still fall, and storms will come and go. Earth will still be beautiful, just without people.
This movie makes me think about the impact of human activity on Earth. I hope we are wise enough to live here and not destroy everything that we hold dear.
1/22/2008
Goodbye, Sir Ed
(Curtesy to Scholastic)Goodbye, Sir Ed,
I have been a New Zealander for twelve years now, and you are a hero who is respected by people in the world. You have conquered Everest, and also helped people who lives in Nepal a lot. I wish that people can continue your work.
Heroes are often unknown to the world, you are one of the exception. You have worked hard on climbing up the mountain, and also exploring the South Pole. I feel proud that you are from New Zealand, and we can all learn from you. You persevered in extremely difficult conditions, and never gave up. I think I have to keep that in mind when I am doing my scientific experiments and research.
You came to accept the Honourable Doctor of Philosophy when I got my Masters degree. I had the privilege to stand up on the stage to accept the degree with you at the same time. I was so happy! I worked very hard when I was doing the experiments and writing my thesis. I almost gave up, but I didn't. I am so glad that I completed my study.
You have had a great life on Earth, and I hope that we will do you proud, too. We will do what other people can't do here in New Zealand. One thing in particular, New Zealand is a green country that had signed the Kyoto Protocol. We can reduce our carbon emissions and help the world to combat global warming and climate change. We can all contribute to keep the environment as it is for the future generations. There will still be a snowcapped Mt. Everest to climb in the future if we work hard on this. I also think that New Zealander believes in helping the others and social justices. We will continue our effort to assist people in need all over the world, and one day that our world will be a paradise for everyone, big and small, young and old.
Goodbye, Sir Ed, we will miss you.
Level 32 I am still at the same place
Yodah and I went to kill some Warmonger Ogres and mountain lions for my quest. We grouped with someone else for ogres in a small tavern with huge ogres. Just wondering how they got the huge creatures into such a small confined space. It's becoming a bit too claustrophobic for me.
I went to Stormwind to sell the things that I've picked up from the previous day, making some money selling grey items. I got silver ore today, which is a rare item. I love my Hydrocane. Yodah and Zaraak (sorry if I spelt your name wrong) were killing the monster by Menethill Harbour. I managed to get on the boat quickly. Yodah and I walked to Tabetha's farm in the middle of nowhere and handed in the quest. I am glad that there's a road to her farm that's marked in Duskwallow now.
Just wondering what I am going to do next. I am working on getting to level 40 and getting trained up for riding a horse. That will make travel so much faster and elegant. I will travel with style.
I went to Stormwind to sell the things that I've picked up from the previous day, making some money selling grey items. I got silver ore today, which is a rare item. I love my Hydrocane. Yodah and Zaraak (sorry if I spelt your name wrong) were killing the monster by Menethill Harbour. I managed to get on the boat quickly. Yodah and I walked to Tabetha's farm in the middle of nowhere and handed in the quest. I am glad that there's a road to her farm that's marked in Duskwallow now.
Just wondering what I am going to do next. I am working on getting to level 40 and getting trained up for riding a horse. That will make travel so much faster and elegant. I will travel with style.
1/21/2008
Naughty Secretary
Naughty Secretary Club
Crafty girl with a good-looking blog that I had fun reading. You can make your own earrings and wear them. Carole and Gina made their own necklaces and skirts, now it's my term. I think I will be able to make my own doll and even make some accessories, too. I am knitting my first scarf at the moment. It looks very funny indeed. There are mistakes in the scarf! However, as this is my first try, I will finish the scarf and wear it with pride. It will be handy in winter time.
I have tidied up my wardrobe and moved the winter clothes into the other wardrobe. I am going to deal with my boss's old clothes in the future. I am thinking about either changing them into a more stylish cut, or using the material to make dolls, cushions and bags for myself. They will be reused!
Wow! Fuzzy reminded me that it is the 12th year anniversary for our family's immigration adventure. I can't believe that I have been here for 12 years already. What a great time I am having. I don't even want to leave.
Crafty girl with a good-looking blog that I had fun reading. You can make your own earrings and wear them. Carole and Gina made their own necklaces and skirts, now it's my term. I think I will be able to make my own doll and even make some accessories, too. I am knitting my first scarf at the moment. It looks very funny indeed. There are mistakes in the scarf! However, as this is my first try, I will finish the scarf and wear it with pride. It will be handy in winter time.
I have tidied up my wardrobe and moved the winter clothes into the other wardrobe. I am going to deal with my boss's old clothes in the future. I am thinking about either changing them into a more stylish cut, or using the material to make dolls, cushions and bags for myself. They will be reused!
Wow! Fuzzy reminded me that it is the 12th year anniversary for our family's immigration adventure. I can't believe that I have been here for 12 years already. What a great time I am having. I don't even want to leave.
My name is Luke
My name is Luke and I am a level 31 Mage human. I now reside in Hillsbrad Inn, where Horde and Alliance sometimes clash. I was in Stranglethorn Vale the other day and got killed by some Horde, but I am over that now. Hillsbrad is a beatiful village close to the sea, and there's a mine full of Yeti as well.
I own a staff that helps me to breath under water. I love this staff as I will drown normally if I stay down too long. I joined Dagobah a while back, with guild member like Yodah. I am learning a lot in World of Warcraft now with Yodah and Effervesences' help. I like travelling around on the continents and see the sights, cooking, making clothes, and now I am considering about whether herbalism is a good profession for making money or not.
My goal in life is to become an efficient Mage who is proficient in fire magic, owns a horse, then I will work hard on getting a chicken and a dragon eventually. I like to go on incidences and even been in one raid recently.
I have brown hair and change clothes when necessary. My pet is a squirrel that runs with me in the wild.
If you see me in World of Warcraft, don't forget to say hi. I will write in this diary now and again when I am not busy solving quests or working in another universe.
I own a staff that helps me to breath under water. I love this staff as I will drown normally if I stay down too long. I joined Dagobah a while back, with guild member like Yodah. I am learning a lot in World of Warcraft now with Yodah and Effervesences' help. I like travelling around on the continents and see the sights, cooking, making clothes, and now I am considering about whether herbalism is a good profession for making money or not.
My goal in life is to become an efficient Mage who is proficient in fire magic, owns a horse, then I will work hard on getting a chicken and a dragon eventually. I like to go on incidences and even been in one raid recently.
I have brown hair and change clothes when necessary. My pet is a squirrel that runs with me in the wild.
If you see me in World of Warcraft, don't forget to say hi. I will write in this diary now and again when I am not busy solving quests or working in another universe.
Raglan 2008
Richard and I went to Raglan on Saturday. We didn't take any pictures, but it was one of the happiest day of my life. We drove there with umbrella and half tent that I got from my work. I made a sandcastle, we had chips and the sand got into the sour cream and chives dip. The bread was delicious, we lazed around in the tent, napping under the afternoon sun. I love Raglan!
This is the first time that I've been to the beach with Richard. He said that his childhood memory of the beach is that he's always happy there, probably running around by the water and swimming, building sandcastles, and having lots of fun with his sisters. I miss the times that I had on the beaches in Taiwan, with dad's friends' kids, digging the dark sand and making sandcastles, and later, I would dip my legs into the waves and enjoy the cool water in the hot summers. I remember those days vividly, and no wonder everybody loves the beach.
I have nice jandals now, a brown pair with little white flowers. I also have a nice bikini with candy decorations. I have a nice pink beach bag with Hawaii pattern. I have a sarong from Thailand with elephants and looks very elegant and green. I have a nice tablecloth to sit on. I have my sunscreen to protect me from the sun. I wonder whether mum and dad remember the days when they were going out and hanging out on the beach or not, but from the stories that I've heard, they never mentioned a beach somewhere. They camped in lots of places, and went tramping together. I should ask dad whether they went to the beach or not. Mum doesn't know how to swim, so I guess it's a bit too much for her to swim in the ocean, but dad is a good swimmer.
I will go back to the beach and the swimming pool this summer. Just feel a bit cold at the moment because I am a bit weak. I will be right soon.
This is the first time that I've been to the beach with Richard. He said that his childhood memory of the beach is that he's always happy there, probably running around by the water and swimming, building sandcastles, and having lots of fun with his sisters. I miss the times that I had on the beaches in Taiwan, with dad's friends' kids, digging the dark sand and making sandcastles, and later, I would dip my legs into the waves and enjoy the cool water in the hot summers. I remember those days vividly, and no wonder everybody loves the beach.
I have nice jandals now, a brown pair with little white flowers. I also have a nice bikini with candy decorations. I have a nice pink beach bag with Hawaii pattern. I have a sarong from Thailand with elephants and looks very elegant and green. I have a nice tablecloth to sit on. I have my sunscreen to protect me from the sun. I wonder whether mum and dad remember the days when they were going out and hanging out on the beach or not, but from the stories that I've heard, they never mentioned a beach somewhere. They camped in lots of places, and went tramping together. I should ask dad whether they went to the beach or not. Mum doesn't know how to swim, so I guess it's a bit too much for her to swim in the ocean, but dad is a good swimmer.
I will go back to the beach and the swimming pool this summer. Just feel a bit cold at the moment because I am a bit weak. I will be right soon.
1/18/2008
There's a Beckam in all of us
(Thanks to NY Times)I love playing soccer. Richard invited me to play soccer with a bunch of boys yesterday and I've tried to strike the goal three times! I've been playing for a few times now, and it's so much fun to run around and kick the ball on the field with such nice weather. Fuzzy came with us this time and she had fun, too. She said she's coming again next week.
This brings me to the subject: is there a Beckam in all of us? Professional football players train hours and hours everyday, they have started young, and they gain experiences playing in football clubs and the good ones eventually play for the regional teams or national teams. Are they still having fun playing soccer, though? Do they remember why they started to play football in the place? Is it all about money and women? That makes me wonder. I think there is a Beckam in all of us and we can all strike a goal if we are confident. To reach Pele's skill, you need to practice and perhaps do a bit of acrobatic training, but we can all dream about becoming Beckam. Why do people find playing sports fun? It's because your brain releases endorphins when you are exercising.
Gogo plays soccer, too. He plays with a club in Hillcrest. They play in a tournament and have a friendly competition to win a cup. It's good to go out there and enjoy yourself when most of the time we coup up working inside. We should be enjoying the sun and sweat a little.
With this, I give you a shot of Beckam. We salute all the football players, young and old, big and small. We may not be famous today, but we are having so much fun that we don't care.
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