better or worse.

生病了第六天了，雖然聲線好了一點但眼睛好像發炎了，很不舒服喔!!  好在有個藥劑師仔好朋友可以問藥物的問題。希望快點好起來!! 現在什麼都不想做，什麼都不想理…
好想快點找我的energy回來，出去的時候會enjoy多了。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 新年快樂！

我最喜歡嘅節日就係新年。每年都好熱鬧，與家人一起慶祝，食團年飯，真係覺得自己好幸福。幸福能夠有個好開心同完整嘅家；爸同阿嫲會煮好多好好味嘅食品比我地食。糯米飯，肉粽，年糕，蘿蔔糕，糖圓。 我好渴望有一日，我地成家人返香港同全部親戚一大班一齊慶祝！仲幾得細個去酒樓同表哥表姐坐 kids table，玩得好癲。我諗要等到我畢業之後先有幾會同屋企人返香港團聚。好期待！

最緊要係 身體健康！笑口常開！合家歡喜！

plus 事事如意 ! 工作順利！生活美滿！

sick as.

I haven’t been sick for awhile, so now that its catching up with me, its hit me pretty hard.  The most uncomfortable feeling when your whole body aches, skin is sore & sensitive, and feeling cold with goosebumps then sweating like crazy from being too hot. Then, to lighten up the whole situation, I had double the amount of medication required within an hour… which was probably what was making me sweat so much.  Now, I have also completely lost my voice.  This is all within 24 hrs.  Damn.  

Anyway, this whole week off has been very productive.  Got my room painted; furniture assembled; caught up with friends; had chinese new year dinner with family.  Thanks so much to bb* and Jay for helping!  A new environment really freshens me  up. This will definitely give me the boost I need to be initiative & organized this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wallpaper.

I could spend hours browsing through flickr or just the web for stand out pictures.  Since using the BBB, I have never seen such a high resolution screen on a mobile phone before (the most comparable is probably Sharp japanese mobiles). Such a screen needs a sharp and vivid photograph as a wallpaper to show off its capability.  Here are my favourites. 

p.s. getting really sleepy; update with more favourites later. 

 

up and go.

I don’t know how many times I’ve opened wordpress in the past week to write a blog entry. But everytime as I’m trying to write, I get distracted or I have to leave to go somewhere.  So, I just came back from a girls’ night out. Lovely chatting with you girls! We shall do it again soon before Lolo and Maggie go back to HK.   Since my last blog, I’ve just been flat out with this and that. Actually, I feel kinda guilty that I haven’t been with the family for some time.  Its work, rest and play.  Work in the morning, play at night, rest when I get home straightaway cos it gets so tiring.  

A lot has been going on in my head lately; so much that I don’t even know how to put it into words.  Maybe its the start of a new year and there’s more thinking about what I want to get done in the new year.  Work, uni, friends, family, me… There’s so much I want to change, so much I want to do and some things I want to do differently to 2008.  First step for me is write it all down and believe those things will happen.  And, it will!  Its comforting to know that whatever happens along the way, there’s always someone to share it with.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

money matters.

I’m surprised that such a lazy day at home could give me a headache for a whole day.  Maybe I still need to catch up on sleep missed from the parties and random late nights recently.  I quite enjoy my days at home.  It gives me space and time to organise and think.

Most of my time goes to calculating my finances, making shopping lists and planning on how to organise my room. 

The credit card bill has come again.  I’m dreading this one in particular because of my Christmas splurges.  December is just that month where all the retailer’s advertising makes all consumers particularly vulnerable.  
You buy because its ‘tradition’.  
You buy because its on sale.
You buy because you can. 
You buy because everyone else is buying.

I remember a few Christmas’ ago, I dreaded going to work.  Back then, I was in the mindset of working as comfortably as I want, that is, if it gets too much, take days off or when asked to work extra days, say no.  Immature really.  
But now, I say ‘yes’ to any extra shifts I can get.  My mind is focused on one thing:  money.  Once this first step is underway, second and most enjoyable step is to decide what to buy.  Though, I should really focus on saving rather than spending. 
The more I think about it, the more I want to find a job which gets me more pay but for lesser hours.   But even with money, each thing must be prioritized to maximise satisfaction from the process of earning and spending.  

What do I want? 
   What do I need?

How much does it cost?
   How much do I have? 

What do I want to do with it?  
   Does it help me with my goal? 

With taking on more responsibility, I have changed my perspective from working to spending on myself to spending for myself AND family and friends.  Sometimes there’s more satisfaction in spending on someone else than yourself.  Learn to spend with happiness, not stress.  Even if its things we love to hate like insurance, spend it with the thought it will come back to you and your family as a benefit rather than be engulfed thinking about it as a liability. 

 

 

Spend hard.
But work even harder.

 

 

 

happy year 2009

Welcome 2009!
Overall, I was pretty happy with 2008. Saw new things, made new friends and got to know some old friends better. Of course, I would’ve liked to done some things differently. But, no point living a life of regret when nothing can be done about the past. I’m looking forward to 2009 so I can change my old ways and make every year more meaningful and fulfilling than the previous. 

Mum’s friend brought over dessert: Cup-A-Cakes.  Although I only had a nibble of  b’s cookies & cream cupcake, they do taste as good as they look.