Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Muji & Uniqlo

Muji & Uniqlo come to City Plaza! 東區終於有啲潮啲的日本鋪頭!

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

我的師弟結婚了,大個仔啦!


原來我最近take的Spreadsheet Modelling的lecturer竟是我師弟IS的舊同學(即都是我師弟). Oh my God! He is already an assistant professor and I am still a Year 2 student for Master degree! 哈哈.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

今天聽了一篇很好的道

殷兆威牧師今天的講道很好,很感人,亦很能刺激我們思考.
他既能帶出今天的主題,就是在驚濤駭浪中如何去感恩,亦道出一個個長者基督徒在病榻時所表現出的信心和忍耐.好讓我們年青人能學習並懂得欣賞和尊重長者.
原來聖經中亦指出了很多信徒之間的人際關係問題或教會管治的不合一,我們可從聖經中借鏡如何去處理意見的分歧,亦要知道大前題是上帝會在我們中間帶領和掌管我們.He will lead our way.這正正便擊中我教會現存的最大兩個問題:就是年輕新進長執破壞了教會的規律和諧,以及因主任牧師的緣故所導致的分黨分派.教會長執在討論的時候好像缺乏了肢體之間的愛心,亦忘了聖經的教導,往往只順從人的意思去行,用世俗的管理學問和知識做決定.
最近知道很多人被抑鬱病嚴重影響生活,原來這病將會很快變成香港人口第二號殺手.導致抑鬱的原因有很多時是因為人和人之間的關係變得緊張,如處理不當,會變成心理病.讓我們學習去愛別人,關心人,讓都市化的香港仍有綠洲.

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

今天很唔開心

今天早上接到教友的電郵,告知我以前的一個主日學學生於今晨跳樓身亡.這段新聞更登在蘋果日報的要聞版呢.
其實他在小學時代已常來主日學,亦很勤力和聰明,但人緣卻一般,常被人誤會.
但當他進入中學後便因要讀書而減少到教會. 後至會考更完全沒再到教會. 他曾告訴我回教會是很浪費時間的. (雖則他是住在教會旁邊)
但怎也想不到他原來在會考中只有13分而更因壓力問題導致患上精神病,真可惜.
要為他的家人和妹妹禱告.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

又被人利用

New class starts. The module needs us to form groups to do homework. Lecturer asked us to form groups of five. My usual group may turn out to have 5+1, and I know that another group may only have 4, so I want to join that group. However, even without my consent, the cheap classmate by default thought that I would join his group and told lecturer that we wanted to have 6 persons due to synergy blah blah blah (bull shit) and include my name in his group! The cheap guy will ride on others' success and get the marks for him to pass the course! I really don't want to talk to him at all.

What I can say is: cheap, Cheap and CHEAP!
God, please help me to get away from Satan! Please save me!

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Branded Bags

1. Louis Vuitton
2. Samantha Thavasa / Vega
3. Porter
4. Rabeanco
5. Koji
6. Arnold Palmer
7. Tite

Brands 4 - 7 are at good price and quality! Good value for money.

Cute stuff


Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Cheap people

I learnt two cheap guys recently:

1. A master classmate
- an ex-colleague
- he joined our group project once and then sticked to us forever
- relied on others to get marks
- no contribution in group assignment
- pretended to be knowledgeable
- disturbed others during lectures
- could not follow lecturer's progress and asked about fundamental things while lecturer was teaching new stuff
- very thick skin
- even asked me to help look at his own assignment (and I found that he has not given a thought to the assignment at all)

2. A new colleague
- thought I was the secretary / admin staff when he came for interviews
- pretended to be gentlemen, but actually was a salty-pig hand
- always touched on females' shoulders unnecessarily
- not capable in doing his work and asked irrelevant people how to do his work

I don't know why there are so many cheap people these days! Let me learn how to deal with them. If I succeed, I think my people skills will improve much!

Thursday, September 07, 2006

ABN AMRO Van Gogh Banking Branches

Taipei Branch

Shenzhen Branch

明洞餃子 Myeongdong Gyoja

The Seoul office is just next to the Millenium Seoul Hilton hotel. So, we usually stay in this hotel. Given that Seoul Hilton is so close to Myeongdong 明洞, I visited Myeongdong every time. It is an exciting place for ladies, as you can quickly know the Seoul fashion trend by looking at the shops and the people. Also, they have some hawkers selling cheaper stuff e.g. accessories.

You can easily find the following stuff: necklace, hair clips, watches, belts, bags, shoes, sunglasses, socks, pantyhose, etc. In the Migliore department store, you can get all kinds of business shirts, skirts and coats. They like to wear dark blue, beige and white clothes a lot. Knitted wear is so common for summer time.

Other than Migliore, people can get variety of goods from 明洞衣類. Also, the Amore Star shop is where you can buy Laneige cosmetic products. The underground shopping mall in the Myeongdong station also sells cheaper stuff. I highly recommend a stall selling corn-taste small buns.



For food, there are not many choices. I heard that 明洞餃子 is very famous. I think it is true, as there are long queues for all the 3 shops inside Myeongdong. Since I was on my own, I could get a table easily. In my first visit, I thought dumpling (mandu) should be the most famous food so I ordered that. However, it was not that good. After some observation, I found that most people were eating noodle instead of dumpling. So, in my second visit, I ordered the noodle that was shown on wall. However, again, my decision was wrong. The one I ordered was cold noodle while others were enjoying the hot dumpling soup noodle (kalguksu). Too bad! I must go there again to try the hot noodle!



People can just order one noodle but can ask for unlimited kimchi and rice! People first ate the noodle and kimchi. After they finished the noodle, they just added the rice into the soup and mix them. Wow, they are not wasting anything.

This shop has one very good design. As I need to share a table with a stranger, they have installed a partition between me and the other customer. So, I can get privacy but at the same time can see other customers in the restaurant.

My Tokyo trip (2)

About shopping

Years back, I spent quite some money to buy Hello Kitty stuff in Japan. I also liked to visit Ueno 上野 to buy some market / household stuff. Before I set off for Tokyo, my husband had warned me not to spend money on useless stuff. I bare this in mind.

This time, I tried to look for reasonably-priced good-quality stuff. I bought the followings:
1. Burberry towels and handkerchief (can also be used as a small cotton scarf)
2. Ultra-light umbrellas


3. Porter bag for my husband (ace-company.net/~coolcat)






4. Samantha Vega bag for myself (www.samantha.co.jp)









5. Majolica Majorca cosmetics (www.shiseido.co.jp/mj/index.htm)

6. Anna Sui bracelet (+ phone strap as a gift)
7. Some clothes from Suzuya Japan
8. Hello Kitty x Anna Sui towel + Charmmy Kitty stickers


Originally, I planned to buy Burberry Blue Label bag / Agnis B bag. However, the prices were not as cheap as what people told me. Also, for Uniqlo clothes, there were only a few good choices but they were not cheap. I used to think that Japan department stores have summer sale from July to August. However, when I was in Tokyo near end of August, not many shops were offering discounts. The Sanrio shop at Ikebukuro used to have very lovely Hello Kitty stuff. But this time, the goods were just so-so. In the past, I mainly took JR Yamanote line 山手線. This time, as my hotel is close to Metro station, so I tried hard to take Metro as much as possible. This is really new experience for me.

My Tokyo trip (1)

I have not visited Japan for 4 years. This time, I spent 1.5 extra days to walk around Tokyo. I got to places like Korakuen 後樂園, Ikebukuro 池袋, Omotesando 表參道, Harajuku 原宿, Shibuya 涉谷 and Shinjuku 新宿. The hotel and my company's office are located at Roppongi 六本木. I also visited the future BCP site at Ariake 有明, which is close to Odaiba 台場.

It's my first time going to Omotesando Hills 表參道山 and Roppongi Hills 六本木山. These are pretty new shopping malls. I also tried a 居酒屋 at Roppongi which has a Western-style setting. I am so happy to see the Tokyo Disneyland on my way to Narita Airport.

The Japanese data centre is quite different from the Hong Kong ones. Their raised floor and rack doors are designed differently. Also, seems that FM200 is not a commonly-used fire control system in Japan.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

我的日本與韓國

I suddenly need to visit both Seoul Office and Tokyo Office in 2 consecutive weeks. It was so tiring for me as I did not fly directly between the 2 offices. I had to fly from Seoul to HK and then fly from HK to Tokyo the next morning.

It's my 3rd time in Seoul office and people were so warm to me. Also, I got exposure to their day-to-day work and I learnt why they are always so busy. They always tried to bring me out for lunch or even dinner / drinks.

It's my 1st time in Tokyo office and comparatively, they did not have much interests in visitors. Also, people were from different nationalities and there were so many expatriates who could speak fluent Japanese!

Funny thing is, the ladies in both countries will brush their teeth after lunch. For Tokyo office, whenever you use the ladies' toilet, you have to push on the "Flushing sound" 流水音 button. Don't ask me why. Maybe this is an etiquette to other toilet users. [Update: I later saw a similar thing but the kanji is 音姬. There was an english translation saying that the sound can muffle the toilet sound.]

In terms of office facilities, the most impressive thing was about drinks. Seoul office offered all kinds of bottled soft drinks in the fridge. Also, there were lots of hot drinks. In Tokyo office, they have a free vending machine that provides cold and hot drinks including CC Lemon, Coffee, Tea, Green Tea, Cocoa etc... I think there were more than 30 choices just in one machine!

These 2 trips gave me some time to escape from Hong Kong and can rest before school starts on 8/28. I have not visited Japan for 4 years, but frankly speaking, Tokyo is more or less the same to me. I am a bit surprised that the Japanese are dressing so casually to work! I was cheated by those Japanese drama! Seems that the Korean business clothes are more elegant and stylish.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

以前有拔尖計劃就好

如果以前有此計劃,我便可較早大學畢業...
今年有512人是會考6A或以上.
當中有25人更得到10A呢!

Friday, July 21, 2006

Few bad things happening

1. My boss is a smart and cunning guy. He discriminates females. Also, his own promotion + company reorg have affected my career.

2. The current MFin module is too difficult. I may need to drop it even I have attended 1/3 of the lectures. This may also affect when I will graduate.

Anyway, life needs some torture. God gives us challenges for us to grow and mature. People will be closer to God only when their life is not straight and easy.

But there is one good thing happening, my sister finally gets a job and seems that she is happy with it! Hope she enjoy the new work and keep on to it!

Thanks God!

Monday, July 10, 2006

Germany+Austria+Switzerland Itinerary

Highlights of the trip:

5/25 Hong Kong -> Frankfurt (Cathay Pacific)
5/26 Frankfurt tour
Frankfurt -> Rudesheim (Train)
Rudesheim + Drosselgasse tour
5/27 Rudesheim -> Koblenz (River Rhine Cruise)
Koblenz -> Heidelberg (Train)
5/28 Heidelberg -> Stuttgart (Train)
Stuttgart tour (Mercedes Benz Museum, Palace)
Stuttgart -> Heidelberg (Train)
5/29 Heidelberg tour (Universitat, Schloss, Brucke, Haupt Strasse)
Heidelberg -> Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Car)
5/30 Rothenburg ob der Tauber tour
Rothenburg ob der Tauber -> Dinkelbuhl (Car, thru Romantische Strasse)
Dinkelbuhl tour
Dinkelbuhl -> Augsburg (Car, thru Romantische Strasse)
Augsburg tour
Augsburg -> Fussen (Car, thru Romantische Strasse)
5/31 Fussen tour
Fussen -> Schloss Newschwanstein (Car + Walk)
Schloss Newschwanstein tour
Schloss Newschwanstein -> Fussen (Bus + Car)
Fussen -> Munchen (Car)
6/1 Munchen tour (BMW Museum, Karls Platz, Marien Platz, Maximillan Strasse)
6/2 Munchen tour (Allianz Arena, Residenz, Residenzmuseum, Schatzkammer, Maximillan Strasse, Viktualien Markt)
6/3 Munchen -> Salzburg (Train)
Salzburg tour
Salzburg -> Munchen (Train)
6/4 Munchen -> Zurich (Swiss airline)
Zurich -> Winterthur (Train)
Winterthur -> Rheinfall (Train)
Rheinfall tour
Rheinfall -> Lucerne (Train)
Lucerne tour
6/5 Lucerne -> Alpnachstad (Lake Lucerne cruise)
Alpnachstad -> Mount Pilatus (Cogwheel railway)
Mount Pilatus tour
Mount Pilatus -> Kriens (Panoramic gondola)
Kriens -> Lucerne (Bus)
Lucerne tour
6/6 Lucerne -> Interlaken (Train, Brunig Express Goldenpass line)
Interlaken -> Lauterbrunnen (Train)
Lauterbrunnen tour
Lauterbrunnen -> Wengen (Train)
Wengen tour
Wengen -> Interlaken
Interlaken tour
6/7 Interlaken -> Grindelwald (Train)
Grindelwald -> Kleine Scheidegg (Train)
Kleine Scheidegg -> Eigergletscher -> Eigerwand -> Eismeer -> Jungfraujoch (Train)
Jungfraujoch tour
Jungfraujoch -> Interlaken (Train)
6/8 Interlaken -> Bern (Train)
Bern tour
Bern -> Interlaken (Train)
Interlaken -> Brienz (Lake Brienz cruise)
Brienz -> Lucerne (Train, Brunig Express Goldenpass line)
Lucerne -> Zurich (Train)
Zurich tour (Niederdorfstrasse)
6/9 Zurich tour (Churches, Bahnhofstrasse, FoxTown, Airport, Hauptbahnhof, Airport)
Zurich Airport (Watch FIFA 2006 Germany vs Costa Rica)
Zurich -> Hong Kong (Swiss airline)
6/10 Hong Kong

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

朝鮮日報內有趣的足球新聞

最近一年我因為工作的關係深深被大韓風所影響,所以對韓國人民和韓國隊都是蠻支持的. 今天竟偶然地發現原來朝鮮日報是有中文版的! 以下的文章很有趣.

http://chn.chosun.com/big5/site/data/html_dir/2006/06/27/20060627000022.html

難以成為朴智星女友的25個理由


韓國足球的心臟朴智星(曼聯隊)是萬人眼中的白馬王子。最近,一家婚介公司對20~30多歲的未婚男女進行了問卷調查。結果,今年25周歲的朴智星被選為“最佳結婚對象”。而且在對老一輩進行的“最佳女婿”問卷調查中,朴智星也位居榜首。

此前,安貞桓、洪明甫、黃善洪等足球明星受到青睞,但如今外表平平卻名氣最大的朴智星平定了天下。既然這樣,每個女性都會夢想成為朴智星的女友,但那無疑是“畫中餅”。這麼說自然有合理的理由。理由就在最近通過網站迅速流傳的“難以成為朴智星女友的25個理由”中。

一位網友對成為朴智星女友後可能發生的所有情況有趣地進行了整理。結果,通過女性專門網站留言板迅速成為網上熱門話題。因為,25個理由個個都像模像樣,都是女性曾經想過、擔心過的事情。家庭主婦文恩京自稱偶然發現了這篇文章,並轉載到自己的賽我網迷你小窩中。她說:“25個理由個個描述得非常精彩,說到了女性的心裏。笑的肚子都疼。”

製作“難以成為朴智星女友的25個理由”可能是為了讓人們用笑聲來淡忘對落選16強的遺憾,但伴隨著朴智星的人氣引起了話題。“難以成為朴智星女友的25個理由”如下:

一、戀情曝光的同時,身份資料會被公佈在網上。
二、畢業照乃至小學、初中、高中時期恨不得撕掉的照片會大量流傳。
三、不認識的人瞬間成為我的熟人,隨時都有可能出現緋聞。
四、隱私會被公佈於眾。即使在高中時期上課時只睡覺一次,也會被說成“000是上高中時 經常流著口水睡覺的人”。
五、結婚的同時會成為所有女人的公敵。
六、偶爾亮相電視和雜誌,就會被罵隨便抛頭露面。
七、如果挎著名牌皮包的照片在網上曝光,就會受到球迷的猛烈抗議——“用智星哥哥賺的 錢在家亂買名牌”。
八、如果把自己和丈夫恩愛的照片上傳到賽我網迷你小窩,就要做好被線民回帖謾駡的準備。
九、長得漂亮就會被稱為人造美女,長得醜就會被罵成醜八怪。
十、即使長得很普通,多數女人都會說很醜。如果不是長得特別漂亮,就要做好心理準備被不認識的人說“長得醜”。
十一、要做好服侍獨生子朴智星的父母的準備。
十二、一年回不了幾趟娘家。甚至可能會被剝奪與娘家人見面的機會。因為在國外生活。
十三、如果菜做得不好,直到死為止都會被朴智星在心裏拿自己的母親做比較。
十四、不努力打理生活就挨批。
十五、穿著始終要乾淨整潔。絕對不能穿裂口的牛仔褲和迷你裙。
十六、即使丈夫經常不在家,也不能與朋友見面,而要在家裏學做菜。如果見朋友後晚一點回家,網上就會出現妻子有外遇的謠言。
十七、即使對朴智星不滿,也要忍耐。一旦忍不住抱怨幾句,網上就開始流傳離婚的謠言。
十八、由於朴智星經常不在家,要學會獨立。還需要學習功夫,以便在小偷入侵時將其制服。
十九、無論什麼時候都要笑臉迎人。如果哪一天心情不好而陰沈著臉,下個月的女性雜誌上就能看到《朴智星夫妻關係出現危機》的文章。或者在網上流傳朴智星的妻子性格古怪的謠言。
二十、不能奢望像其他新婚夫妻一樣親密地逛市場。到市場購物要自己去。
二十一、與其他夫妻不同,生孩子時丈夫不在身邊的概率高達98%。即使生10個孩子,也要自己生。
二十二、如果長得不漂亮,至少要做好胎教。總之,孩子一定要可愛。孩子一出生,網上就會流傳孩子的照片。如果孩子長得不漂亮,就要承受人們不友好的目光。
二十三、如果朴智星在球場上的表現不好,作為妻子一定會受到猛烈的批評。要做好心理準備。
二十四、要有流利的英語實力。要學會一個人也能玩得開心。婚後要把過去的男性朋友全部清理乾淨。
二十五、要做好被偷拍的準備,人們可能會認出,因此無論去哪里都要化好妝。即使出門扔垃圾,也要穿著整齊。

《體育朝鮮》記者 崔萬植

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Seoul Lifestyle Hotel (只需港幣約650元,包按摩池及各樣先進設施)

http://www.lifestylehotel.co.kr/

Lifestyle Hotel 有48間不同設計的房間,房內設施包括:42吋LCD電視,DVD機及2.1揚聲器,冷熱水機,水杯消毒機,空氣淨化機,按摩池,智能馬桶,按摩式花洒,免費寛頻上網,自助販賣機,分體式冷氣機,三種模式燈光控制(日,月,星)--房內先進的設施令人目不暇給,最奇妙的是,大部份設施都能透過一個遙控器便能操控.位置離首爾主要蒲點有點遠,但亦非常鄰近本地人蒲點永登浦區和樂天百貨.物照所值.


我有去探大長金


仲同閔大人合照呢

Monday, June 26, 2006

The largest church in the World! (in Seoul)




I finally have visited the largest church in the World during my business trip to Seoul. There were so so so many people and the Korean Christians dressed quite well when attending church. They had a reception area specially for visitors like me. At the visitor seats, I can choose to listen to 8 kinds of languages. They even provided a sheet listing the major points of today's message. After Rev's message, they showed how they had sent missionaries to some African countries to spread the gospel. That part was really good! May God bless the ones who seek for Him.

My Husband with Klinsmann

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My photo with Klinsmann 奇連士文

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