Exact 10 days away from my trip. I have already took my new luggage out and started to make my plan to pack. Most of you might know, I like to plan things. Enjoying the pleasure of planning. I know it is kinda weird but it creates some sort of comfort for me, because it will minimise any panic I will face on the actual date. Some of my friends had commented “You don’t need to pack that early maaa…”

Well, there are MANY things to do before you can start packing:

- Ironing (I hate ironing and I will do anything to avoid it. So it probably will take me a week to do the job which only take an hour for others)

- Washing (I don’t mind washing, but Macao is a very humid place, it is damn hard to get anything dry)

- Matching (Since I have clothes in both Macao and Hong Kong, I will need to arrange the “look” that I want to wear and decide which items of clothing I will take)

I love my new luggage, it is huge and able to fit in a skinny teenager in there. (Not that I’m thinking to fit one in there though) I learn my lesson from my Japan trip last year. I need a luggage that can move without pulling from an angle… that’s one of those. I hope you know what I’m talking about.

I’m not so looking forward to the long flight. The longest that I’ve been through was 14 hours. I think it will be 16 hours this time, from Hong Kong to New York. I can feel my bloated and cramped legs by just imagine the hours on the plane. I hope I can sleep. (or they must have some good movies on board!)

Reply to Danny: Yes, I have been to Amsterdam. I think it is quite an expensive place to travel!

As I have written in my previous post I like to listen to music when I’m doing things, even I need to concentrate, it doesn’t bother me.

As most of you know if you work in the quiet office, sometimes it is inconvenience to listen music, because people might not like it. Since I have moved my desk, I have such problem. So I cannot turn on my music as normal volume, or even sometimes I feel I shouldn’t turn it on at all… When there is no music, I sometimes hum without realising it… I has been pointed out from my next door colleague, she told me not to hum, because it will give her headache. I tried not to, but I guess I was lost guard today again… I hummed… my next door colleague asked me “Can you please turn on your music?”… I realised that I was humming, and I laughed so bad… it was funny, coz she is now lower her standard… I immidiately turn on my music and of course hum with the music la… hahahahahahaha….

Had the coolest goose bumps ever last night…

I’m sure the other 5000+ audience had the same goose bumps as me. It was one of the finest performance on live, it was better than Beyonce and Maroon 5. He is James Blunt.

Love the way he performed… when he sang No Bravery, he asked the lightman to take the spotlight off him so we, the audiance, can ‘feel’ the song… when everyone is so high, he jumped down to the audience crowd and ran around the place… he’s also funny, he joked that his next goal is to have the world #1 divorce song since he already got the #1 one wedding and funeral songs…

The atmosphere was great especially all audiances have a pair of ‘blow up clappers’… it was fun and kind of different, because we normally have that in ball games, not concerts.

Went back to Macao after the concert last night, it was late but very worth it. Once you have been to the international artist’s concert, you won’t go back to the Hong Kong local one… who wants to listen to out of tune performance?

A lovely song by Joanna Wong…

Click HERE to listen

One step too far
多走了一步
All at once I’m falling
我的情感失控
Just like a star
像一顆星
I’m burning for you
我為你發光發熱
Thought I could keep myself from feeling this way
自以為可以逃避這樣的感覺
I guess that was my first mistake
我猜那就是我的第一個錯誤

Cause suddenly I’m walking’
突然間 我穿過幽暗的街道
Down a dark street to your door
走到你的門前
Wanting you is driving’ me insane
對你的渴望讓我瘋狂
And now my feet are standing
如今我來到了一個
Where they’ve never stood before
未曾去過的地方
Guided by a twist of fate
是命運的安排

If I lose myself with you tonight
如果今夜我和你一起失陷
Fall apart or hold on tight
分手或是相守
Wrong or right
對或錯
I won’t be afraid
我都不會害怕
Cause ever if my heart should break
就算會心碎 我也無所謂
You’d be the best mistake I ever made
因為你是我犯下最美麗的錯誤

I’m in your room
我就站在你的房間裡
Now there’s no denying’
What’s in your eyes
你的眼神 也無法掩飾
When I look at you
當我看著你
Two shadows talking’ but they don’t make a sound
我們的影子無聲的傾訴著
Words have lost their meaning now
所有言語 都失去意義

And the air has turned electric
愛的氣氛四處瀰漫
Now I know the time is right
愛的時機已經來臨
To put myself into your hands
將我自己交給你
And suddenly I’m shaking’
突然間 我全身顫抖
As your fingers touch my skin
當你的指尖滑過我的肌膚
I don’t need to understand
一切盡在不言中

And if tomorrow proves me wrong
如果明天能證明錯的人是我
I swear I don’t belong
我發誓我若不屬於你
I know I’ll carry on
我會好好往前走

So I will lose myself and bare my soul
所以我獻上赤裸的靈魂
Take this chance cause heaven knows
冒個險吧 因為天知道
I’m so far gone, my choice is made
在我心中早已作了決定
And even if my heart should break
就算會心碎 我也無所謂

When I lose myself with you tonight
如果今夜我和你一起失陷
Fall apart or hold on tight
分手或是相守
Wrong or right
對或錯
I’ll always say
我一定會說
You’re the best mistake I ever made
你是我犯下最美麗的錯誤

Had our third session of Self Cooking night on the 30th of April. Took an advance of the Public Holiday on the following day, so we don’t need to worry about having a late night.

Our theme this time is ‘international’, since different people want to cook different things. We also got new people joining us this time – Michelle from the leasing team and Steve from the construction design. There were 7 of us and the dishes are:

Vernette – Malaysian Curry Chicken & Red Wine with Japanese Plum liquor

Adrian – Potato and Leek Soup

Jane – Lotus Leave Steam Rice

SK – Black Sesame Rice Balls with peanuts powder

Michelle – Chicken Wings with Cola sauce

Mendy – Garlic Bread & Cheese Fondue with broccoli

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After dinner, we had the most interesting conversation ever about horrible experiences with insects & yucky animals… that’s including how I asked my neighbor to kill a big mother spider & millions of baby spiders flying out in Australia; Michelle left a rat died in a toilet bowl with urine; Vernette’s experience with huge flying cockroaches in Malaysia… hmm… very pleasant!