抱歉我缺席了好久

好像我忘了和你請假，親愛的部落格，抱歉我缺席了好久。

很大場的兩場試都考過了，聖誕新年諾亞方舟首航也過了。

2012，來了。

那天不知道是看到報紙還是什麽，突然才開始慢慢相信那個瑪雅的預言，原來真的有可能，會世界末日。

你，相信嗎？如果你相信，最想做的事情，還有什麽呢？

我不知道在這個犯太歲的龍年我又會發生什麽事，只求我可以工作順利，有更多機會回家這樣應該就够了。

很錯的馬克杯喝香檳呵呵~！管他的呢。

嗯，一起……乾一杯！

Welcome 2012~~

Hong Kong Style

Another famous food in HK and especially in Yaumatei-- Claypot rice (煲仔飯).
And this place seems to be very famous. 四季煲仔飯 (my own translation- Four Seasons Claypot Rice, lol)
At 6.45pm, there were only 4 people in the line. And at 8pm, there were around twenty people queuing up for the food.

They sell Fried Osyters too.

Not bad not bad. I had Lapcheong Chicken Rice.
Nevertheless, I would still think that Penang's Sar Poh Pui is better haha. As for the Fried Oyster, it is quite different from the Malaysian style, and I kinda like it in both styles :)

Sweetheart Garden Steakhouse

其實完全無法瞭解它叫Sweetheart Garden Steakhouse的原因。
呵呵。
明明花園餐廳這四個字裏面沒有Sweetheart的意思。

嗯，一直以來也挺喜歡吃扒的。認識的大扒家就有花園餐廳和扒王之王。但一直以來都覺得貴，所以都沒有去吃。
這次是在看完了《那些年》以後，朋友建議去吃所以吃的。

還挺滿意的。而且我們六個人吃飽前後坐了3個多小時都沒有被趕XD
加分加分。
而且不會太貴哦，一個set包括飲料才HKD40。物有所值:)

Country Art Museum

Somewhere so isolated from the city. 26 minutes MTR+30 minutes bus to reach this place we call.....Dai Mei Duk. And within it there's this cute lil restaurant called Cafe de Country Art.

Alex bought this from Groupon and because he is not in HK anymore, me and Xiaoqin went for it on a weekday evening. It is a very kanchiong one cause the place is just so far away and Xiaoqin might not be able to finish up work early and get there just in time to finish our food. But luckily in the end we made it.

First, I was amazed by this place, it is so un-HongKong. 2-3 storeys instead of tall buildings, the sea instead of rows of shops and swarms of people. Good environment, and a place that I would consider living in.....IF I drive. Haha.

Second, the food is actually pretty GOOD!

Appetizer, my fresh Salmon Salad

Xiaoqin's Fish

Chocolate Curry Beef! I thought it was weird initially, but it turned out to be pretty good! :)

木糠芝士蛋糕. I don't know how to call it in English leh...Sawdust Cheese Cake? LOL.

A nice place to chill actually, well that's if we don't have to go to work the next day.

Will definitely cycle over here one day.

Owh, one more thing, this area is also called.....

LOL. Long Boay Paya Terubong equivalent in Penang. Yes I wana go back home^^

Cause I wanna.

Cause I wanna skip talking about Mock Exams, so I skipped blogging on Oct 31st. And pretend that Oct 2011 only has 30 days, and I pretend that Halloween 2011 does not fall on Oct 31st.
YES.

Hmm....I decided to blog about FOOD from today onwards for the week. LOL so what's first?

Let's go to Watami 和民。ワタミ株式会社 ！
Cause I have their CC and cause the CC is tied up with Watami, I got this HKD100 coupon for dining in during my b'day month. Yummy.

Xiaoqin's Cold Noodles 冷麵. 冷そば :)

HKD52 (including Miso soup+drink. My Garlic and Butter Seafood Rice in Stone Pot Set
(LOL the names are always long....)
石鍋蒜香海鮮飯. 石燒海鮮ガーリックライス

Cause I've always enjoyed Japanese food, although I can say that this is genuine Japanese food. But still a nice treat.

Well, one interesting which happened when I was eating the above rice. While I was about 60% away from finishing my food, I realized a HUGE crack at the Stone Pot =.= Yes, one whole line straight through. And so I ate away most of the seafood and ask for a change for a new pot of it. LOL. So I had almost 1.8 portions of the rice and 2 miso soups for the meal. So it's lunch+dinner.

Lol. Satisfied.

And another feast

A lesson about what is a sheep a goat a lamb and lambs could be alive etc lol.
A nice gathering with all. 
And I enjoyed cooking mum's signature prawn balls cabbage soup :)

And definitely not to forget the super duper GOOOOOOOOOOOOD dessert brought by Bernard.
Owh and we had dessert wine from Canada!

And the super rich and yummy chocolate cake.

What A Nice Day.

Yipppeeeeeeee.

Well if I only I didn't have to ............worry about tomorrow XD

Milo in the office

What it used to be

Minum milo anda jadi sihat dan kuat!

Lol people who know what I'm talking about, knows what I'm talking about and correct me if I'm wrong cause I haven't heard of that song for a damn long time.

I used to LOVE milo alot. Yes, I love it.

During my schooling days, every morning, my mum will prepare a cup of milo for each of us (dad+mum+sis+me) as breakfast before we head for school. And during most of the nights, we will drink milo before going to bed. I guess it's the same for lotsa families and Malaysians do rely on milo A LOT. The price has hiked up pretty much till I stop being so addicted to it years ago (I think the other reason was because mum realized that the sugar content in milo is too high). We use to buy a whole tin (1.5kg?) of it which costs around RM15+- till they start producing the 3-in-1 packets to make mum's job easier. But no joke 3-in-1 started with a price of around RM8.5+- and now it's on average RM13 (if I've not mistaken). Fuyohhh....inflation. When milo is on sale (I remember it used to happen quite a lot in Lai Lai Supermarket on Burmah Road), I used to be the useful family member trying to grab as many tins/packets as we could in front of the storeroom door. No shock, every else does that too! It's a matter of whether you're fast and ganas enough. And I remember being pretty ahem...proud of myself for being able to get 12 units (capped at max 3 per customer) for my family during each sale.

And now.

Those were the days.

When we started to feel that milo is just cutting consumers throat with the rapid price increase, we did thought of alternatives such as Vico or Ovaltine. But they're just not....milo. Haha, so today, it is still guaranteed that there'll be some milo in my house cause my dad is still so loyal to that drink.

Well, for me, not drinking it at home doesn't mean that I don't like it anymore. I was pretty excited to learn that my company has this beverage vending machine which also makes milo, yes and unlimited and for FREE! And so, milo is the next beverage I'll not miss whenever I'm in the office after coffee. 

Lol, sure kena diabetes leh....one day.

A production of my uni

This documentary was actually aired in several television stations in HK a couple of weeks ago. I guess it's a pretty cool thing.

Well, it is definitely a miracle. Especially for those founders who witnessed the establishment till the growth of the university since 1988+.

Although I really hate the study-stress I had all the while in HKUST, I still have no almost no regrets for choosing to come over. (Well, sometimes I do think that things will be so much simpler if I hadn't choose this path). But being in HKUST for three years had made me seen so much more than I've expected, so much that I think I've realized more of what I actually enjoy doing, and what I am capable of.

Well, back to the topic. This great uni has really great research and great opportunities for people who share the vision to make a little difference to the society, and bit by bit, to the world. And although it's true that me and many of my peers are not directly related to the video (some very high-tech results and mostly postgrad related), I'm still proud to see this video and proud to say that I'm an HKUST alumnus. 

Brands Class

一直不瞭解香港的超級積極補習到底是怎麼一回事。

這個星期終於有機會體驗了。

就是不斷的一直告訴你怎麼準備考試很快地很快地用最短時間地告訴你很多很多資料你不停不停地寫字腦袋一直一直地轉，每天連續六個小時以上。

這個星期連續五天終於終於體會到了。

這樣好累好累，但不能不出席，因為是公司要你出席的。不能不聽，萬一真的錯過了些什麽的話好像心會很不安。

這個星期…………深深讓我感覺到我是多麼的不適合這樣積極地讀書=.=

是的，每次上課就會有這種被困在籠子裏面的感覺……苦@.@

BLUEK (嘔).

下周就是第一次mock exam了。我？會死吧？

The squeeze

The first time ever....I had to wait for the FOUR MTRs before my turn to get on board.

The peak hours for the peak areas in Hong Kong Island would be from 5pm till perhaps 7.30 or 8pm.

Lucky me, if I am working in Central, I can get on board easily as the Central is the first stop of the line I'm taking, and usually I will try to secure a place to sit and stay in my own world till I reach Mongkok, which is just 5 stations away. 

But if you have to switch lines, i.e. from Hong Kong Island to Tsuen Wan line it is definitely a disaster. 

Admiralty, the interchange station will be so full that might make me give up going back home on time when I see it. Haha, I [might] rather go back home a lil later to not squeeze in with the crowd. 

T-shirt reflecting the crowd in HK=.= And Lucy on the first row is ANGRY.

The experience was painful. I was waiting with the crowd of god knows how many people and I decided to take my own sweet time until I got the space to get into the MTR. After four trains had passed, it is finally my turn and I just stood on wherever tiny space I got in the train and boooooooom I was on fire when people behind me just couldn't stop SQUEEZING. YES, and so they PUSHED. Well I wouldn't mind that much if I wasn't standing behind a primary school kid. I was trying to go against the pressure on my back cause I really don't wana push the kid and cause any uncomfy-ness. But the pressure behind me is just crazy. I almost couldn't stand it and bang on the kid and his mum started protecting him after noticing the crazy pressure around him. Yes, it's just unbelievable.

And well, people are just so used to this right? So used to it that they just don't make any sound and just accept the squeeziness and the pressure everyday. Well, perhaps making noise wouldn't help anyways so why bother. So used to it that they might be one of those people who tries their luck by sucking in their belly as much as they could to get in the last tiny tiny lil spot in the MTR......

Hmm........無奈。