Mrs. Henderson Presents....

Cloudy.Breezy.18C

GMAT is history! Even though the result was nothing splendid, I'd still consider it as acceptable[still have to wait for the score of the AWA to mark it complete and final.]

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My friend, Aditi, is leaving HK soon, marking her almost 4 years life here as a close. I guess she probably enjoyed working and living here in the beginning, but as Angie left for INSEAD, her life seemed to have become so dull that she has decided to go back to school. She will be flying out at the end of the month and will be travelling around India before heading to Boston. She had her farewell drinks at Pi last Saturday, which I dropped by for half an hour (to confirm my anti-socialness and fear of being sighted as horizontally gifted). I knew that it wouldn't fare as a formal goodbye so I suggested we do dinner and/or movie tonight. Dinner was at McD (I tried their new Chicken Fantastic, which was quite fun despite a little too sweet in the rice) and movie was Mrs. Henderson Presents... The movie was good fun, humorous (sometimes a bit over the edge - "Are you American?... Strange people, but very good manners..." :D), anti-war(of course!). Dame Judi Dench was as marvellous as ever. The costumes are SUPERB! Music was brilliant. Bertie (played by Will Young) was such a good singer; Maureen (aka Caroline Bingley in Pride & Prejudice 2005) was portrayed gorgeously; and Lady Conway (Mrs. Henderson's close friend) was a most commendable character! I love this movie.

So, it's not such a sad ending to a rather short friendship. I doubt if I'll visit Aditi, but I'm sure we'll email. On my way home, I took a picture of what MO has become - the ultimate billboard for Christian Dior - now disguising as my mobile's wallpaper.

[picture unavailable due to some unforeseen technical difficulties...]

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I have to say, the bus ride home was rather pleasant, because the advertiser has generously put on a jasmine perfumed air conditioner. That would, of course, serve a purpose: Tempo is promoting its new Jasmine tissue paper. It's actually quite delicious, as Mrs. Henderson would have said!

是我不夠努力

又是陰天.18C.春天,妳在哪?
(因是春光明媚,所以得用粉紅色!)

算是良心發現吧.昨晚在床上臨睡時突然想起離考試的日子無多.(是把魂招回來啦~~) 哎呀呀,害我緊張了一下子睡不著,怎辦?還是得面對現實,就算是多不願考,也已經報名了,也為了不要再向人家報壞消息,我今年一定要合格!! がんばてね！！！ [但插了我現在的桌面圖案--睡公主...唔...春雨綿綿正好眠嘛!]

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好友Daisy今天到東京開會去,好像是下雨.希望天氣好轉,讓她看到櫻花朵朵的美景.

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今天下班時在巴士上讀著The Devil Wears Prada,頭一回作者就先透露一點女主角的老闆如何的不人道,要求是如何的不合理.... 第二回呢,就從旁人描述老闆時既敬且畏的態度中塑造出一個能在時裝界裏呼風喚雨的女大魔頭.讀到這裡,剛好到站,腦海裏卻跑出了一個念頭:就算是這個女魔頭如何的囂張跋扈、吹毛求疵、蠻不講理,她能坐上紐約最火的時裝雜誌總編輯一位,就證明她多多少少都是有點真材實料的吧.那,這些「真材實料」又是哪來的呢?應該是她過去多年來的努力和洗鍊囉.縱使她多好運,遇上了好機會,她還是得好好的把握,付出一定的努力和代價,才能修成正果吧.

所以我在想,很多時後我總是很幸運的,這一點我得很感謝上天對我的眷顧.我好像都不用比別人多付出或吃甚麼苦頭就能得到許多.很好的機會好像都會自己找上門似的.可是,我怎麼總是庸庸碌碌,沒甚麼大作為呢?要是我就努力多一丁點,下一站的風景該會美好的多吧?

婦女節快樂

天陰.靜悄悄的風.20C

很邪門.我昨天才說他久不久會在我們的走廊上走過,今天就只有走過一次.還要是很晚的時候.難道他看了我的blog?!哇~~~

Anyway,他整天在我們的走廊上走是因為他要去洗手間啦... 我們的office是中間被lift lobby分開成南北兩邊;窄窄的通道穿梭兩邊的辦公室.而他那邊的正中間呢,又被reception和會議室分開了左右(東西).他的位置是在西北,而洗手間剛好是在東面的中間(因洗手間兩邊都有門可進).西邊的通道呢,是比較接近他的座位,而又不用穿過兩扇要用security pass就能過的門.所以我的猜測是: 他懶得走中間的路,穿過來我們這邊直接一點嘛.[而且我們這邊有Bloomberg,又有電視.]

可是,公司不久前有一小小的改動:會議室被拆掉了.那就是說,reception的後方是東西相通而又不必用security pass便能過了.可是,他還是一如以往地在我們這邊的走廊上逛來逛去的.大概是習慣了吧.

算了,我想是我自己想得太多而已.哈哈,該是小說看太多了. :P

今天雖然沒有在9點前回到公司,但9.10也算是一個大進步了!明天要早起去上body combat... 我...要去睡啦!!

他他他...在哪裡?

天陰多雲. 19C

最近越來越經常遲到,雖然老細無詐型,但自己都覺得唔好意思. 聽日一定要9點前返到公司!!

昨日是我一位不常聯絡但又感情不錯的中學同學生日.十分行貨地寄了一張e-card給他.得來的回覆竟然是他5月要結婚啦!!!恭喜恭喜!!這個週六就會跟他聚一聚.這是我們這三年來一直說要聚的第一次行動.實在十分慚愧!

然後,我就想到我自己.(唔...抱歉,我本來就是一個蠻自我中心的人...) 為甚麼我還是一個人呢? 是不夠主動還是眼角過高?是太天生麗質還是嚴重遲鈍?(不過這幾年真的沒發現有追求者.嗚嗚嗚~~) 確實身邊也都沒有適合的人.就算自己覺得可能適合,對方卻好像對我視而不見.唉..... (寫不下去了... :P)

其實公司裏有一個看起來是不錯的,可因為工作上沒有直接關係,我也沒那麼厚臉皮的去找機會接近他,只好巴巴地整天看著他在我坐位前的走廊上走來走去.我那行的盡頭是一部公用的Bloomberg machine,除了那些芬佬每人檯頭一部外,應該是全層就我們那麼一部了.他每天起碼都會過來一次.如果有日很遲都未過來的話,我就會想他是不是無返工了(好似今天咁.不過其實他是有返工o既).

有一點很奇怪的就是...他久不久(一天中)就會在我們的走廊上走過...雖然我知道他要去那裏,但其實他不用走我們這邊!!明天再續...

GMAT 倒數:13天

哀悼本來是天生一對的乳房

今天去看了《天生一對》.

看了trailer之後便覺得一定要看這部戲.為甚麼? 說不出.

看完後覺得自己的決定是對的! :P 其實這部戲是應該很沉重的,可是編劇跟導演都以正面和輕鬆的手法處理.當然每人看法會不一樣,可能有些人會覺得把這樣可怕的病就這麼輕描淡寫的帶過有點失實.但這部電影的定位是始終是偏向娛樂性的,所以太著墨於病情的話,就會失去了導演想帶出的訊息而流於過分傷感.

楊千嬅演得自然,有廣告女強人的成熟硬朗、有等舊男友回來的堅持、有為了嘗試逃避現實的而做出一連串天馬行空行為的神經質,但仍不失一向的生動.比在《新紮師妹》裏的傻大姐、《千杯不醉》裏的強說愁、《餃子》裏裝出來的端莊、毒辣要自在多,演技也越來越成熟了. 楊千嬅,努力加油呀!

我是智能人士!

陰天.吹和緩東風19C.

我的智能身分證終於拿到手啦!從今天開始我就是智能人士了。哈哈哈哈!不過這又代表甚麼呢?其實我也不太清楚.... 除了以後圖書證便失去了效用了.... 嘻嘻嘻嘻...

身分證上的照片拍得還可以.拍的時候是可以讓我馬上看的,我還覺得拍得又胖又醜... 不過昨天看了之後覺得還可以.哈!居然還跟我9年前拍的那張照片差不多一模一樣!!哇~難道真的是十年如一日?!

I'm 27 (not quite..), with no money and no prospects. Oh, what should I do?!

Clear/Cold. 13C.

Oh no.. I'm not that pitiful (yet!), but it's a line that I remembered most from watching "Pride & Prejudice" last night. Dear Jan shot me a look when Elisabeth Bennett's best friend, Charlotte, was bringing her the news of her own wedding. It made me think - life back then was really simple. It's (for the girls) about finding a good husband and do nothing for the rest of your life! It's such a luxury that Elisabeth could stand in front of the mirror for a whole day (depicted by the change of sunlight in the movie) when she found out some very shocking news. Anyway, isn't it still the same in our time? Look at Bridget Jones (it's almost like Helen Fielding's tribute to Jane Austen).

Anyway, it was a charming and very enjoyable movie. The castles and the art pieces are most incredible!!! I often wonder, when I was reading Austen, what work did the men do so they could make that much money to have a mansion like that! "The stained glasses already cost 20,000 pounds!" (not an exact quote from Mr. Collins about Lady Catherine's mansion.)

Keira Knightley is as beautiful as ever, though I just realised last night that her jaw was tilted a bit upward, and her teeth look a little odd when she laughed. It wasn't so noticeable in "Bend It Like Beckham" (or maybe I didn't pay attention), but I couldn't help it because there were so many close-up shots of her!! As Jan said, she wasn't witty enough in the beginning, though she has the air of an 18th century young English lady (um.... might not be an appropriate word, but whatever..)

I couldn't recall Mr. Darcy being so passionate in the novel (that means I must re-read the book!) as in the movie. I don't think Matthew Macfayden was a good match for the role at first look, because he looks rather wild and hunky, instead of the Colin Firth style. But anyway, he was a really good actor and a good surprise.

Mr. Bingley looked like a drag queen, with his eyes that are not shuttable. I don't know... he looked more like a doll than Jane. Try imagine that..

The only thing that I really don't like is that it couldn't walk away from the typical ending of a romantic movie - the protagonists must kiss in the end. Oh well....

犀照... 49 days

Clear.17C.

昨天去了換新身分證,之後有些時間,就"lur"阿媽陪我看《犀照》!
看後感...有空補上! :P

Valentine's @ Amigo

Hazy/Sticky. Very Humid (89%!!!). 22C (!!!! it's winter?!)

So, it's another single Valentine's day. Situation at work was actually not as bad as I had imagined - no questions and all that stuff. The office on my side was not clustered with bouquets (I'm not sure what it was like on the other side of the toilet, but I saw girls transferring the bouquet into a vase.) And since I'm still relatively new at the team, my teammates have not attacked me with questions or teases; instead, they have all targeted at Mr. Chan as usual. [but then it seems that he's been in quite a good mood these couple of days, and left office before 7pm; when leaving at 8 or 9 was a norm for him!] As I have rightly forecasted I would have no date on the day, I have suggested to Dad that I would take Mum out to dinner at Amigo on his behalf. To make the whole plan looks good, I have ordered a bouquet with 11 champagne coloured roses:

Anyway, dinner was ok. The food was of course great, but the restaurant is just so unromantic! It's not because I went there with Mum. First of all, we went for the first round (6.30 - 8pm), so that we won't have to be hungry, etc., but yes, it's quite rush. Second, the restaurant was rather bright!! You could see so clearly what the next table was eating. Third, it's crammed of tables. It is of course the best time for a renowned restaurant like Amigo, but still......

oh well, maybe I'm just being sour. Thanks Dad for the dinner! :P

雞去狗來...

不經不覺已經是初十三啦!狗年原來已經過了十三天,實在是很快!希望今年的願望都能實現!

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近來禽流感越趨嚴重,已經發展到不能散養雞隻了.我同事妙品的媽媽在新界的家是有養幾隻雞,每逢過年就宰一隻來吃.其中一隻公雞已經養了好幾年, 聽說毛色還非常鮮艷,神氣十分的模樣.可因香港政府愛民的政策卻遭到了無妄之災而不得好死...

可這又讓我想起媽媽小時候的一個小故事:
媽媽長大在偉大的祖國動盪的時代,久不久就會有甚麼甚麼運動,我不肯定對一個小孩長大會造成甚麼的影響,不過肯定帶來了不一樣的回憶.適逢"除四害"的運動,學校要求小朋友們每天交出一些東西當作功課.甚麼東西?就是"四害"呀!哪,"四害"又是甚麼呢?就是:蒼蠅、蚊子、老鼠、麻雀 (其實那天問起媽媽四害是甚麼,她居然忘了其中一樣!)
我媽從小就被培養成超級潔癖,要她抓老鼠、蒼蠅就跟要了她的命一樣,所以最後苦差當然就落到她那可憐的保母身上囉.
交功課的方法是:
1. 把老鼠的尾把切下來,綁起來一吊吊的拿去交給老師
2. 把蒼蠅一隻隻放進去火柴盒子裏,一盒盒的拿去交給老師
3. 蚊子嘛,我想該是跟交蒼蠅的方法一樣吧
4. 麻雀呢,就是把牠們的腳一對對的剪/切下來,也是綁起來一串串的拿去給老師
當然,很快就發現了麻雀是非"害物".因為抓光了麻雀,蝗蟲就來了.這也是讓我想起現在殺雞,會否帶來類似的問題.雖然這年代香港已經沒甚麼農業,但若到時有甚麼蟲害,問你怕未?!

而且,我覺得對小孩子是有一定的心理影響的.這麼容易就把這些所謂"有害"的昆蟲/動物"處理"掉,小孩子們或許長大後就不怕這些東西了.(我媽是例外,老鼠依然是她的死穴!)可他們對生命的看法也可能有點不一樣了.

上天有好生之德,這樣子的除四害實在是... 善哉善哉!