April 15, 2007

  • COMPLETE MADNESS

    I mentioned him before here. To give you a feel of how boring his lectures were :


     


     


    I was not looking forward to his revision lectures because I thought they would be as boring as the previous ones. But to my surprise Mr Hutton really has a good grasp of what part-time students are all about : We don't have the time to really look into a subject and all we needed were concise and exam-oriented revision lectures.


    Anyway last night I spent 3 hours revising for my exam in Evidence before I went to bed, then I dreamed of Mr Hutton!!  


    And I have been having problems with sleep lately. Last night, or this morning, I was in bed by 2am. I drifted in and out of sleep (light sleep) until about 5am, then got up at 8:30am for work. I am on hyper-mode now after drinking a bottle of Lucozade, but really I am exhausted!! Help!!


  • LE FINALEMENT

    I had what hopefully was the last of my LLB lectures today. We usually have 2 breaks in our 3-hour sessions. At the second break today I went outside and took a few pictures.


    I first started my lectures in October 2005. I cannot believe the whole process has come to an end now. And all I have to focus on now is my exams in June. Very scary!! Eeek!!


    View of Pokfulam from our usual classrooms :


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    The parking space where my classmate Debbie usually parks her car :


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    Random ones of classroom P3 :


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    Last lecture was Trusts and taught by Prof Swalding. I like to sit in the front row so I can really concentrate.


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    The bus-stop outside HKU :


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April 6, 2007

  • FOOD BLOG?????

    We had Filipino dinner tonight!!


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    Longanisa sausages (made by jkpiggy's Filipino maid) + garlic fried (brown) rice + fried eggs + sweet corn.


    *slurp* I love longanisa!!!


    This looks more like breaskfast than dinner, especially since we had juice with it! Ha ha!!


    jkpiggy  left for work after dinner and he ordered me to revise. I could not focus so I decied to bake a cake.


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    I've been wanting to test my culinary creativity. So here it is : Ovaltine Cake! *LOL* I made a small one (6" tin) in case it turns out bad. I'm sure a lot of people have baked cakes with Ovaltine before, but this is my own recipe!!


    This is what I used :


    1 sachet of instant Ovaltine mix
    1 egg
    35g sugar
    50g butter
    60g self-raising flour
    2 tbsp milk (which was added because the batter looked dry)


    Oven : 190C for 35 minutes.


    And this is what it looked like :


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    Hee hee!!


    Comments :


    It tastes *chomp*chomp*chomp* alright, nothing spetacular, as expected. The sweetness is just right *chomp*chomp*chomp* for me. And the testure is good too but could be more moist. It does not have a strong Ovaltine taste though. *Finished all 6" of the cake.. OMG!!*


    Gosh it's 10:10pm now!! I must get back to my revision!!


     

April 4, 2007

  • COMPANY LAW REVISION CLASS

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    This guys always sits in the first row, and he sleeps throughout the class, right in front of the teacher!! This teacher is actually one who likes to get everyone involved in discussion. Other teachers tend to feed us with info.


    LOL!


    Last Company revision tonight. Then only one more set of revision lectures left. OMG! The exams are coming!!


     

March 29, 2007

  • Roast Chicken


    Dinner last night : Honey roast chicken with mushroom saute with garlic and cream. Look how tender the meat was! My chef has come lightyears since he started cooking for me in 1998!


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    Remember when I went missing? The day after I informed my alma mater of my new address, this Carol person replied and thanked me. Then a week later I got this from her! The package included a bi-annual magazine and also the usual booklet with alumni (or as we call it "guild members") voluntarily sending them news about themselves. One old lady wrote something which was very sad. Basically her husband died and she has been lonely. Recently her driver's licence was revoked because of her age (90!!), making trips to the local supermarket difficult. I feel sorry for her. A very sad account in deed. But do I really need to know about this?


     

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    I made banana bread last night with a new recipe - I replaced white sugar with brown. The result was a nice looking, brown banada bread. But it was not sweet. And we like things sweet. So it's back to white sugar next time!



    Updates on Bitch :


    I got home yesterday and I briefly spoke to Mr Chan, Bitch's surpervisor. He was very apologetic and he said he thought Bitch got a strange personality too.


    This morning pig's mum phoned Bitch. When I saw Bitch she actually smiled at me. It was creepy.


    Anyway I'm glad it is all over now.


     

March 27, 2007

  • There are two entrances to the building where I currently reside. On "P" floor there is a password-locked door next to where the security people sit, and on "G" there is a locked gate, which leads to the car park with a capacity of 6 cars (ie. tiny), then another door to the lifts.


    The whole mess started on 14/Jan when I moved home.


    As you can see from the link. I had more than 10 big bags to move. On that day I opened the gates which normally are closed so I could move faster so the lorry won't block the street for too long.


    Bitch, one of the day-shift guards, marched up to me and said, "What's going on here?"


    She insisted on standing there because the gate was opened and she said it was her job to keep the building secured. I gave her that. So she stayed.


    10 minutes later I had moved all the bags inside the carpark and I closed the gates. I said, "You can leave now. The gate is shut." And she insisted she had to stay to watch the carpark (which was empty). She sounded like a responsible employee, except that she was actually listening to my cousin arguing with the lorry driver who suddenly decided to charge us an extra HK$200. I said to her, "It really is none of your business. The doors and gates are locked and they cannot come in. You should leave." Bitch said the same thing about her job required her to stay, blah blah.


    What I did next was really childish and was what started the whole crap. I said, "You're old and fat and ugly and you make me sick. Now get out of my sight" (§A¤S¦Ñ¤SªÎ¤S¼Ë"Áö", §Ú"´£"¨ì·Q¹Ã§r! §A§Öd¨«§r!)


    That totally destroyed her! She repeated what I said several times loudly. I couldn't be bothered to deal with her any longer and I went home.


    Then her annoying abusive antics began...



    No. 1
    A week or two later, we crossed paths (literally) down the street. She was on her own and so was I. She looked ahead and whispered to herself (but in fact to me) at the point when we crossed paths "Crazy!" (·ö½u!)


    No. 2
    She refuses to open the doors for me or addresses me when she sees me around. This is a not usual practice with all other doormen in her company. All of them smile and say, "Hello Mr/ Mrs/ Ms Whoever!" when someone walks in.


    No. 3 
    At times when me and jkpiggy left the building and walk past Bitch's seat she greeted loudly and cheerfully as if we are deaf, "Good morning Mr Kwan!" to which jkpiggy can only respond with a smile. Note : I was with jkpiggy and she did not greet me. I told jkpiggy not to respond in case Bitch thinks, "Ha ha even your boyfriend thinks you were wrong to call me old fat and ugly!" 


    No. 4
    I went home with a friend yesterday. Seconds earlier she had just let a stranger (I think he was a gas company employee) into the building and she held the door open for him. She saw us, and quickly closed the door while looking into my eyes. I deliberate knocked on the door (which was made by glass so she could toally see me) to get her attention, instead of opening it myself. She looked at me for 3 seconds then carried on talking to the gas man. In the end the gas man opened the door for me.


    No. 5
    I was leaving for work yesterday and I walked past the carpark. Bitch was there chatting with the cleaner. When she saw me she yelled, "It stinks!!! It stinks of rats!!!" twice. (¦n¯ä§r!!! ¦Ñ¹«¨ý¦n¯ä§r!!!) Seriously, I could smell nothing strange in the carpark.


    I have had it. Last night I decided that sometime this week I will go talk to her co-worker and ask him to tell her that will not put up with her non-sense. The reason why I have not filed a complaint is because I don't want her to lose her job. If situation does not improve within a week then I will write to the management company and have her removed from the building.


    I consulted jkpiggy, who has not been very support since he believed that I got myself into this with my childish act. But this morning he said I should not warn her and should go ahead with the letter instead. But he also said, "I don't think you can get rid of her easily." And I replied, "Yea? I will pull a Shawshank Redemption and write to them every week until she disappears!"


    I was very pleased that he took my side.


    5 minutes later jkpiggy's mum called. I told her what happened and now she is going to do the dirty work for me!! OMG!!  Bitch is on leave today and will be back tomorrow for a little surprise!! Muahahahahaha!!!


    What bothers him and his mum is the fact that, despite me saying something extremely stupid which I shouldn't have done (which I agree), Bitch should provide the quality service which we have paid for, and which her company has promised on their website.  


    I will keep you posted!


     

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    This is a painting of my late aunt Mamie who died in 1987. It once hang in her room at my Grandma's. And when Grandma died in 1990, my mum got the painting. It now hangs at home in Vancouver.


    As usual, I kicked jkpiggy out of bed at 6:30am for work, and I went back to sleep. This morning I had a nightmare. I was at my late aunt's house, somewhere I have not visited since 1987. There were paintings of her all over the place, and the she was moving in the paintings!!! It was really scary but I didn't tell anyone because I didn't want to scare them too. (How considerate!!) Eventually the fear got better of me and I told mum (in my dream of course) and she said, "Don't worry. It happens all the time." Bloody hell! What a weird dream!


    I also dreamed of aunt Mamie several years ago. It was some sort of family lunch, and she sat with us like she was alive. I was totally freaked out. And mum said, "Don't look at her! Pretend she is not here! Don't look!"


    And this was not my first dream of a moving painting. more than 10 years ago I had a poster in my bedroom of a local band called Beyond whose lead singer had died from a fall. I was too scared to take the poster off my wall, fearing that his ghost might come after me because I was disrespectful to him. (Ha ha! So childish!) Later I dreamed that the deceased singer kept spinning inside (?) the poster! OMG! I was petrified! The next day I got my maid to take it off the wall so she was the one who was disrespectful to the dead singer, not me!


    I am probably going crazy ha ha ha!!!


     

March 26, 2007

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    nathantsang


    Introducing MR NATHAN TSANG


    Born on 19 March 2007 to my friends Gracie and Jason.


    I know a newborn's face changes everyday but from the picture Gracie sent me, young Nathan is a spitting image of Gracie!! He is so cute! I can't wait to see + touch him!


    It is weird to think that me and everyone who sees this actually knows Nathan's name before Nathan himself does???!!!


     

March 25, 2007

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    I was supposed to have the last of the 5 Trusts revision classes at 2:30pm today. At 1:27pm I got this on my mobile :




    URGENT : Today afternoon trusts class has been cancelled due to lecturer's sickness. Make-up class will be informed by letter later.


    I'm lucky because I live really close to school and I was not even ready to leave the house yet. But a lot of my classmates travel up to an hour for school.


    I wish they had told me earlier so I could go on the boat with jkpiggy!!! Now I'm stuck at home revising!!!