The best thing about my annual trip(s) to Vancouver is the vast number of TV stations that I am exposed to. And for the past week I have been glued to various entertainment news programmes. All of them have been devoting 75% of airtime to the tragic death of Anna Nicole Smith, 20% on Britney and her lack of hair, and 5% on other lucky celebrities who have managed to fight their way through to be in TV!

I just feel sooooo sorry for Anna Nicole Smith. Everyone is totally exploiting her! She had a difficult life and now a difficult death! Someone new comes up on TV everyday to reveal their "secrets". Bloody hell! Will her poor soul ever RIP? And what's with the emotional judge? This world is so screwed up. It is just so so so hard to trust a person!

The wacko judge was right about one thing though, that Anna Nicole Smith should be buried next to her beloved son Daniel.

I hope something new will come up and the frenzy over Anna Nicole Smith's death will be over soon.

Just a short note to say hi! My flight to Manila was delayed by 2 hours yesterday and I got here at 10pm. Then I went to pig's uncle's house and had a 1.5hr massage. It was around HK$160 for the two of us, including tips. It was so cheap that I felt sorry for the masseuses who left the house at 1am!

This morning we got up and had a Philipino breakfast of corned beef and tiny potato cubes (mixed) with garlic rice. Then we walked around the main shopping area called Makati. We also went to ShoeMart - a place I visited the last time I came in 1989! Ha ha! We each bought a pair of flip-flops

I also had a lovely lunch : longanesa sausages with garlic rice! *slurp* It was soooooo good! Now we are waiting in the Mabuhay Lounge at the airport and waiting to leave again at 5pm. In around 15 hours time I will be seeing my mum and dad! Yay!

The funniest thing is : everyone here thinks we are locals! Ha ha ha!!

Au revoir!

The new Chinese Lunar Calendar starts this Sunday, and the coming year will be the return of the Year of the  .

I am leaving for Manila this afternoon. This means I will be spending a night in the Philippines.  is already on his way and will meet me when I arrive this evening. We will catch a flight to Vancouver from Manila tomorrow afternoon. We will arrive in Vancouver just in time for my Dad's birthday and also new year's eve when it is our tradition to have dinner together as a family. 's parents are going to Vancouver too. Everyone is flying different routes ha ha!

KUNG HEI FAT CHOY EVERYONE!!!!!

On second thought, perhaps I should say WE are enagaged.

Got a little carried away ha ha!

For more info please refer to this protected entry.

I have asked  not to send me anything because we are leaving Hong Kong in 2 days.

I am really looking forward to this evening! Hee hee!!!

Have a really lovely day everyone!!!

FRIDAY

Went to HKU during lunch to hand in my forms. I was on my way back to Central when I saw this school bag on the minibus. I also went to the same kindergarten from, hmmm, 1983 to 1986. Back then our bags were of a different design. Ours were ones which hang off one shoulder and goes across the body diagonally. The school must have changed it so that kids can fit more books in. Poor boy!

SATURDAY

A taste of how boring school is. This lecturer has given us an excellent and thorough set of notes. But during the lectures he just reads off the notes ha ha ha!!! Got 2 more lectures left, and all class for this year is done! OMG! When I return from Vancouver I will have revision lectures. OMG! Very worrying!

I waited at this bus-stop for over 20 minutes, which was really unusual. I took a bus to Central for dinner with some classmates. That night I had a dream about exam results being really poor. But it was not Law exams, but rather I had French, and got 4% for it! Ha ha!  said, "Thhat's a wake up call for you to start your revision!" Yes, totally! The dream freaked me out completely!

SUNDAY

Went to a seafood restaurant on an island in the middle of no where.

fresh fish!

Random canine.

Could her life be anymore dramatic?

Financially deprived single mum... Playboy Playmate of the Year... Marriage to J. Howard Marshall, 63 years her senior... Fought to inherit his fortune... Got fat... Reality show... Got thin... Birth of daughter Danielynn... Sudden death of son Daniel... Non-legally binding marriage (marriage?) to Howard K. Stern... Sudden death!

Gosh!

R.I.P.

I will always remember your stunning appearance on Guess? ads back in the 90s.

 had to work last night and I spent the whole evening sorting out the 100s of Cantopop songs on my computer. Over the years I have collected sooooooo many songs through illegal sources. Most of the songs come from CDs which cannot be found even at HMV. Last night I focussed on ±i¥ß°ò, §d°ê·q and ±h¼á¼y.

Okay I know I am old, but I don't care. Young local singers aren't even singers. I can sing better than them for God's sake!  thinks I am really sad (as in pathetic not unhappy) because I listen to song which people are embarassed to listen to. And I don't care!

I am happy to share my MP3s with anyone who is interested. I also have a bizarre collection of Cantopop including ¾G¤Ö¬î, ®ü«T³Ç, ±ç²y (the blind singer), ¸­¼w¼_, ªL·¡ÄQ, Citybeat, etc. Ha ha ha!!!

±i¥ß°ò, often associated with ºÂ·¡­Å, has never been my favourite or one of my favourites, not even when he was "in the scene". This guy has been missing (but perhaps not missed) from local showbiz since mid 90s. His best one is ¬ß§A¦¹¨è©b¦V§Ú :

±q«e¬O¹ï¬O¿ù
µL¿×¿ë§O¡@±IÀR©]²`¥æµ¹§A©M§Ú
¬°¦ó©ñ±ó·R¡@©ñ±ó¦¹¨è³o¨Ç¹Ú ¦A³o»ò¶Ì
¬ß§A¦¹¨è©b¦V§Ú

I have the following songs : Electric Girl (ha ha), ©]®ø¨I, ©p¨«¤F, ©p¦n¶Ü (recentlyresung by At 17). The one I really want is P-A-S-S-I-O-N! Ha ha!!!

P-A-S-S-I-O-N ¤õ¿S¤õ¿S¤õ¸Ì§k¡@²`®d²`²`¤ß¦L¤ß P-A-S-S-I-O-N

I can spell the word PASSION thanks to this song! Ha ha ha!!!

§d°ê·q's ·Q©p is one of my favourite songs. 

¤´µM´Á±æ¦A»E¡@«o¥¼¯à¹J ¨Ƥw®ø¥¢­·¸Ì
¤´µM§b¥ß³o¦aÃh·Q©p
·í¤Ñ®ü­·¸ÌÂ÷§O©p ¨­Ãä¦AµL¦ñ«Q
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I once had the real-audio version but never the MP3. I went on this website last night and asked for ·Q§A and °s©±¤j°ó and within 10 minutes the songs were uploaded for me! Omg! I also have ¬O§_ on my computer, downloaded from when I was in London. Don't really like his songs during his brief "come back" in the late 90s.

±h¼á¼y sings better in his live performances than in the recording studio. ¾aªñ is my favourite. The acoustic version is amazing.

¾aªñ§A´N¦b¤µ±ß¡A·P¨ü©¼¦¹¤ß¤¤·Å·x¡I
¯à¤£¯à¡H ¾aªñ§Ú´N¦b¤µ±ß¡A¤£­n¦AÅý©¼¦¹¿ò¾Ñ¡I
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I also have ·Q­ú´N¨ì§ÚÃh¸Ì­ú, ·Q©À§A, Åý§Ú¤@¦¸·R­Ó°÷, and ¬Kªd.

Ha ha!!!

And my favourite singer in the 90s is...

On Saturday  came home with two cuts of Kobe beef with the intention to panfry them for dinner. When he got home he got a little nervous because the steaks were quite expensive and he really did not want to screw them up ha ha! This was the end result :

It was SO good!!! The beef melted in my mouth. *slurp* He also put potatoes and carrots with parsley and honey sauce on the side and they were absolutely delicious too. He called it "Heaven Eleven" ha ha!!

Dinner last night at Rei Sushi at IFC. This is probably the only Japanese restaurant in HK that charges you for green tea. We only went there because  wanted to eat his favourite glowing squids which I think look and taste revolting!! The squids were cut up into small strips and they came in a bitter sauce. Ewww.

I saw some colourful macarons on my way to Rei Sushi and told  I wanted some. And after dinner he got me a box of macarons! Hee hee! And he said, "Damn it! I didn't know they were so expensive!" Ha ha!

To my fellow female HKers:

I found books by Taiwanese actresses on beauty, skincare, etc. online!

BIG S

YEE NENG JING

NG PUI CHI

I recently found a roast chicken recipe online and asked  to make it. This is the photo of the chicken in the recipe :

Roast Chicken with Carrots

And below is 's second attempt :

*slurp*

The chicken was really tender and juicy and sweet (from the carrots)!!! He also added mushroom slices and leek too. The secret is to let the spring chickens sit in a bath of chicken broth and let the carrots caramelise. Chicken is done when the broth evaporates.

Will bake a banana bread this weekend. I miss baking very much. Now that I have my stuff around me I can give  a treat from time to time!