Diary Re-Organizing

My close friends will know I used to keep an Online Diary. Just transferred part of the oldest entries here, will gradually finish the rest. It was surprising to know I started that in 2002... seems a long time ago... I even forgot some of the incidents mentioned. But it brought back memories bit by bit.. this is the amazing effect of diary.

p.s. When your energy has been fully exhausted by a day's work, and your mood is being ruined by too-long hair & closed hair salon, a dinner with your loved one is enough to regain your strength. No doubt many working dads & mums are desperate to rush home and play with their children.

Macau

Relaxed weekend in Macau, staying in the 'upper middle class' residential area. Below is the scene outside the balcony... feel like travelling back in time.


Seems like 15 years back in time!

My Brother

I have to admit that I got a wonderful brother. Though at times he is rather annoying, dependent and indecisive, he is a good humoured, kind hearted, expressive and funny boy. I went home at 12am yesterday, once started chatting with him, we laughed and laughed until 2am that I lost the strength to take a shower. Hahaaa~~~ My hair is so greasy now that I want to go home and wash it immediately!!!

I can expect certain jealousy will root in me when he has a girlfriend. Somehow I can understand why there is 婆媳 conflicts in every family. Once he was so dear and close to you, once he was trying his very best to get your attentions. Now he shifts all these to another woman, your little comment on that woman can easily trigger his temper. As nature of all female creatures, you see nothing but a hideous rival who took away your previous possessions.

So treasure the time when he still needs me, and willing to bug me with his daily events.

Keep the mood low...

Friends gathering, overnight VCD watching, 8 hrs sleep, cheese cake, chocolate tiramisu, window shopping, Mcmug pins cannot turnaround my spirit. Yick!!!!!!!!!!!! >_<

P.S. Building age, and size of the house are not much matter to me, as long as I can feel it is a home and a place I feel safe and warm. Location is a concern, but it can be overcome.

Everything is not depended on size, location, interior design, but with whom you are going to share the place.

Bad Mood

Definitely not in a good mood, at least up till now. Not the Friday mood expected ahead of a short weekend. Dunno the real reason for this... hmm... or maybe I know.

A Day in Dongguan

A few observations during day trip to Dongguan...

1. Waiting bus at Lo Wu, a local security guard in uniform was shouting at a middle-aged 外省 woman. I guessed he was asking her to leave the area together with her garbage she picked up around the station. The woman shouted back in her own language to defend. Someone put them apart, but they continued to shout at each other for a minute. Then the guy went over and pushed her. I thought he would beat her up even before eyes of the public... some people are leading a harsh life.
2. On the bus, before driving away, 售票員 came aboard with a video camera. She walked through the bus and taped down each passenger's face. We guessed the tape would be used after a traffic accident to identify the passengers on board... a cold breeze went down my spine when I thought of the purpose, as if she was taking the last photo of mine.
3. On the return bus trip, two men on the next aisle had a small argument. Old man at the front push his chair back a bit so he can sit more comfortably. Young man at the back growled that he did not have enough space. Old man explained he was forced to do so because the one before him also pushed back the chair. I thought the incident would end at this point. But Young man punched the chair back so severely and angrily that the old man was being knocked against... CHILDISH was the only word on my mind.

Recalled the conversation in bar with the New Zealander...

He asked me, 'Do you like old men?'

I said, 'I like men.'

He laughed, 'Men are good, but never boys.'

I see his point today.

Protest against Japan in China

Protests have been seen in various regions in China against Japan. I agreed peaceful protest by shouting slogans and displaying banners. Hurting Japanese citizens / students in China are just too barbarous. An eye for an eye should long be abandoned by civilized people in resolving conflicts.

Yet I feel bit proud, excited and glad to hear Chinese authority's
reply as '中日關係變成今天的局面, 責任並不在中方.'

Finally people up there have found their backbones.

On Sale

If I ever be sold as a piece of merchandise, I wonder how much will be marked on my price tag... someone is willing to offer HKD100,000. Hmm...

"To organize your life, clean up your room first." --- tingzi

In the Bar

I went to a Bar in Lockhart Road with my boss and managers yesterday after work. We met a New Zealander aged around 50 and as tall as a tree, he was a former colleague of my boss and now the President of a US based Insurance Company.

He openly talked about his personal life...

1. Changing different women every night no longer interests him, as he tried this during his 5 years work in Thailand.
2. He is now in second marriage, and his wife is younger than me!@! eh... he knows I just graduated 2 years ago...
3. He has a 9-month-old baby. Waa..
4. He is still good in bed, though not VERY GOOD. He does not need the help of Viagra.
5. His friends would cut the Viagra pill into 4 shares and take one at a time. Coz they are not yet an 80-year-old, so 1/4 is of good help already.
   

During this short encounter, I swallowed 2 bottles of Heineken on empty stomach...

Ching Ming Festival

I asked my grandma to have tea in the morning of Ching Ming Festival. She spotted my bro and I at the entrance of the restuarant, then she ran towards us as if she was a delighted little gal, that someone was about to bring her to the zoo.

Anyways, we had a joyful chat over the tea. While she brought up the issue of marriage, my response flew out naturally, "marriage should not be driven by age or family/peer pressure, it should determined by the will of the two.". I believed she agreed with me as she did not push any further.

The Pope

The Pope died yesterday morning. I recalled that I did cry when 家駒 of Beyond was dead. Generally I only took celebrities' death as a piece of news and forgot it at the moment I heard it. But now death takes more of my attention...

The pain of loss is beyond expressible, I do not think time can heal unless I face it directly. For I found myself avoiding it as much as I can. I do not want to call on my grandma actively, unless I am being asked to. And the longer I do not talk / see her, the more guilty I feel, the more unwilling I want to call. I can only see an endless circle of avoidance.

Before, Ching Ming Festival was only an extra holiday for me, but not so anymore... not anymore.