万事俱备只欠香蕉

We went to landlord house to pass him some cheques last week, he made me strawberry banana smoothies, from the blender he just bought! So easy. and the smoothies taste good!!!

So I went home and keep thinking about this...

Finally, I went to The Bay and got myself a blender yesterday. It was a $109 blender, from Gordon Ramsay (the Hell's kitchen chef leh?). I was prepared to pay this price, as the Kitchenaid is selling at $189, so I thought I have a good deal, consider that this blender from Ramsay is even easier to remove the motor and clean it.

At the cashier, the bill came to $50 something. I said huh?? Oh, I didn't know it was on 50% discount! wah... so happy lah =) hohohoho... Jay wasn't too happy because he has to carry the thing home, it was heavy lah (even though the mall is just in front of our house)... but I promised I will make him a good smoothie. hehehe..

Then I bought strawberry and milk just now. It is not a strawberry season now, so it is a bit pricey and small and not very red. Sigh... what to do... so I text Jay, "save a banana for me, I am going to make strawberry banana smoothie tonight!". He replied, "I finished the last one this morning...."... What the.... aiyoh!!!!!!! Normally our house has abundant banana one!!!!!!!!!! (he loves to eat, I also like to eat). The day I most needed the banana he told me he finished the last one:( Sigh...

Now I am like a basketball, except the air was let out... very 泄气neh!! Now I have to just make strawberry smoothie.... without banana the texture won't be the same... and then the sweetness also won't be the same... eeeeeeeeee.....

:< why why why~~~~~~~

@#$%!!! 忍！！！！

I
think
my
boss
has
PMS + Menopause
.

饺子

这是“before”的照片。I bought a pack of 饺子皮（一袋50个），一磅碎肉，一扎韭菜，一些虾，再切些冬菇，ta-da~~~ 包了45个水饺！

包水饺很容易，是之前的洗，切--耗功夫和时间。

我喜欢我包的水饺因为有虾，呵呵。外面买的没有虾。但是我觉得好像味道少了些什么...就是没有以前在家父母包的饺子好吃。可能我没有把肉marinate好。hmmm...有没有可能是皮的关系？这个现成的皮，当然没有我老爸杆出来的皮来得香和好吃。

ok. 请看之后的照片！：）我们马上吃了25个，我藏了20个冰箱freezer里面。Ah Bui 一直想把它们都干掉...

包饺子？

I planned to 包饺子 this weekend.

We had been addicted to eat jiaozi ever since we saw one it was selling at a supermarket. Frozen one. 28 pieces at $6.88. Then I tell bui for $6.88 I can buy 3 lbs of minced meat and make many many many jiaozi loh... so he dared me, "then u do it lah, since we both love to eat".

Haha... stay tune... will share the success/failure soon~~~~

p/s: every time I eat jiaozi, I think of my dad. The memory was so fond when dad and mom bao jiaozi at home. Yummy...

#$%^@#!#$%!#%!@##%^&&&&&

What I am experiencing in Canada now, is very much like my first year in China - frustration, shocked, surprised, helpless.

You know Fedex, some company in Toronto is sending a cheque to my boss by courier. Actually, I also don't know why they want to use courier, regular mail would have reached us in 5 business days anyway.

So anyway, they sent out on Nov 10. Should have reached us on Nov 11.

I don't know which idiot, put in wrong address, so delivery cannot be made due to incorrect address. That was on Nov 14. Then I let the other party know, because she is the sender. She only gave me the tracking number to track it. Hallo... you sent it leh, shouldn't you be tracking and let us know the status? Instead, she asked me call 1800. Fine. That was yesterday, Nov 21. I didn't call last week because I thought she was dealing with it. Only yesterday that I find it 忍无可忍, I tracked it and I called and I solved it (well, at least I thought I solved the issue). Apparently they have the wrong street address. Anyway, happily waiting for the cheque today so I can bank it in for my boss so I don't have to hari hari go bank. Well, guess what, the status is still "incorrect address". I api pun ada. Called 1800 and it is an acha, speaking acha english (@#$%!) and I scolded her how can  you still have incorrect address? She got the guts to say this to me, "it is due to lack of buzzer information". I said I read online it says "incorrect address". She said there's a second line says "lack of buzzer info". I said I could not see your SECOND line!!!!!!! I told her I never have ANY issue with ANY courier company, they don't need buzzer they just come right in, the door is not locked, it is a commercial building, come in, take the lift to 3rd floor!!!!! She said, "ok, let me write down?". After like dunno how many seconds, she said, "you said you are on 3rd floor?" Wah I tell you, my api goes to roof already. I told her, "THE ADDRESS SAYS unit 310!!!! YES, 3rd FLOOR!!!!!!"

Blardy hell.... I black list Fedex already.

I black listed DHL before too... they got the guts to tell us we not at home on their 2 times delivery. We said we are at home. THey said  no body answered the door. At the end, I caught the uncle DHL guy (acha again) coincidently, he was ringing 50X instaed of 50Y. @#$%!!!!!@#$%!!@$#$!#!%@$@#$!!!

And then UPS once put the package outside the door, did not sign. Just leave the package out there.

I missed China kuaid systems. They never fail me in that so many years.

I think I officially hate Canada.

Busted

说的是2008年美国房产泡沫的始因。看了似懂非懂... 不懂的是因为不明白为什么这么荒唐的事情可以发生的如此明明白白。懂的是1+1=2这样简单的道理，为什么就有人以为1+1可以等于10这么荒唐？

U.S. real estate bubble, 是因为这些不知所谓的银行家 (Citigroup!!)，Fed Reserve, Insurance companies, Mortgage companies, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac 搞的鬼！借钱买屋子不用提交pay slip, income tax statement （no-doc）, 也不用交一分钱的deposit （100% loan）, 傻子都知道这是不行的！这是要方便那些破了产的人和欠了一屁股债的人也可以拥有房子。把这些烂臭loan 打包再分拆弄成其他的security instruments，转卖给其他投资者。投资者因为相信那些credit rating company 如 Merrill Lynch 说这些是triple-A rating就投资了，哪里会想到投的是一个烂臭东西呢？人天性是optimistics的，想到real estate一定会直线升值（听来很像温哥华和上海北京广州的房产）。好运的condo flipper 在还没有烧焦就转手把房子卖了，赚了个difference，当然不用deposit payment也可以生钱了。但是房价往下掉的时候，就烧了个焦头烂额！（这个就像股票中的margin）也有很多人当时不知道这样的subprime loan 要交很多的interest fees的。但是银行帐单也太行了，amount payable 其实是 minimum payment, 当你交了 amount payable, 你以为已经交完该交的钱，其实你还有那个minimum payment difference 没有交到，等等。

现在明白为什么那么多人这样生气这些credit rating company & banks. 他们知法犯法，把整个美国全世界的经济都拖垮了好几年了。稍微缓些气来，竟然来个欧式大“杂”蟹！什么时候全球经济才能正常起来呢？！越看这本书越生气。难怪有人要在华尔街示威！虽然内容未必相同，但是这些大公司只手遮天的行为也太让人气愤了！

She's 92

Saw my neighbor Dave in the lift yesterday. He was so nice, holding up the lift so I can have time to get mail from the mailbox.

In the lift, he told me his mother just passed away today. I thought I hear wrongly... I repeated, "your mother??". He said she's at Ottawa. I told him I was sorry... He smiled and said she's 92.

92??!!! Then I don't feel sorry at all. Hey, your mom outlived my dad for more than 1/4 of the century ok!

He didn't look sad at all... or he has not have time to reflect to the news? I don't know... Even if my mom live til 200 years old and if I know she passed away, I will be really really really sad.

One thing I find guai lou here, they not close to their parents at all... parents died, just die loh. No big deal.

:-( Why so different one?

Miso Soup

最近爱上 Miso Soup. 试了2个牌子，这个最好喝了！

Yum Yum... ^_^

What?!

Today, two things I discovered and my face was like the attached picture...

1) I owned some US stock, and they paid out some gei mun gai dividend. There's a 30% withholding tax on dividend because I am not US citizen. But because it is really gei-mun-gai, I bochap and tak hirau. Today I got some time and I googled and realized I should be paying 15% instead of 30%!! Apparently I missed filling in some form. W-8BEN. Wholly Mama.... I have received 4 times of dividend already and now only I realize this huge discovery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2) I Live Chat with an agent on my brokerage firm. Told him the situation. He said normally they won't missed asking client to fill in the form. But since damage has been made, he offers me a $2.50 rebate. I told him I don't think it is fair. I have been paid 4 times of dividend this year.. the difference is more than $2.50 (more like $3 something actually). Then the agent said he will rebate me with $4.95. This is the second time I have the startled expression... wah.... good wor... 做错就认，unlike in China, this kind of situation, the agent sure aji ajo one.

So I filled in that form and send it back to Ontario.. Hopefully my next dividend will be withhold at only 15%. Finger-crossed...

挖鼻屎

I thought this only happen in China...

Dim butt ji... in advanced country like Canada also can be like that....

The person sat next to me on skytrain this morning, was digging his beisi and he kept digging and digging, and then finally he digged out some, and he put them into his mouth... sucked them.

He is young, age 20-25, caucasian.

I am seriously thinking of driving car to work next year.........

>_<"

放荡

又一则笑话，directed by Bui Bui.

ok, 2, actually.

1st.
我生日的时候，bui写了一张很lum人的生日卡。正当我看到眼泪流下时，我却哈的一声笑出来。原来bui写了一个错别字。一帆风顺（你们也奇怪为什么爱人的生日卡有这一句？哈哈），写成一般风顺。差一点晕倒。差一个字，意义却非常的不一样了。哈哈。Oh my Bui...

2nd
今天我提到我老板。我说他其实善事做很多，但是却对下属时常发脾气。Bui就说，做老板当然得有老板的样，不然下属会放荡。我傻掉了。放荡，不是形容女人那种的行为吗？后来我想了一下，立刻知道Bui其实是想说，“不然会放纵下属”。Oh mama....

晕倒了没有？？: s

原来...

2周前，心疼得买下了这3本书，繁体的（幸好我会看繁体），应该是台湾著作。

就快要看完了《痛快皇帝》，讲的是雍正皇帝的种种事迹。我看呢这个作者好像对篡位没有什么见解，有些许失望，但是读着读着，竟然有很多事情让我惊叹：

1）原来废太子喜欢男人，也喜欢女人！（wah.....）

2）原来四阿哥小时候不是被亲生妈妈带着的，所以嘛，他妈妈比较喜欢十四阿哥（他的亲弟弟哦），而且深信康熙是传位给到十四阿哥，四阿哥是篡位的！她临死也不接受雍正给她的封号。好一个倔强的女人。可能失去母爱，造成雍正皇帝的这一些性格。

３）原来红楼梦的作者曹雪芹，是雍正的时代的。曹雪芹的叔叔（我忘了他名字咯），最后被雍正折磨要他还债，还抄了曹寅家族。

４）原来香港的第一批中国人也是那时候开始的。那时有一些贱民生活在船上水上的。即便后来“仁慈”的雍正准许他们上岸生活，但是岸上的居民都不喜欢他们，处处刁难，这一帮人就只好逃到一个荒岛生活，就是后来的香港！

５）原来康熙溺爱太子，是因为太子的母亲生下他后就死掉了。康熙很喜欢这个女人，所以就把太子亲自调教，无奈盲从的溺爱害死了太子。这一点这一代中国父母需要学习了。中国的 one child policy, 弄得１０个父母，１０个都溺爱自己的孩子。这是很危险的事情。你看康熙的废太子就知道了。

６）原来雍正很记仇。那些胤禩党和跟从胤禟的太监们，说是流放到西边，但是却后来把他们都杀掉（因为传说这帮太监们在民间散布谣言，说了些对不住雍正的话）。实在记仇。当然，胤禩（八阿哥）和胤禟（九阿哥）早就被雍正害死掉了。一点兄弟情也没有。

７）原来雍正记仇，但是也有仁慈的一面。以前康熙以及之前的，人民都是按人头缴税的。雍正（忘了哪一年）开始，就按你有多少亩田来缴税的。（富人多缴一点税咯，Obama新政策！哈哈）

。。。

继续看，再来总结：）

p/s: 这本书没有讲到这么贤能的八阿哥，是不是也像步步惊心电影里的八阿哥那样lengchai呢？！

清史

最近因为朋友的教唆下，把《步步惊心》这个中港人演的连续集给看完了。剧情有一点婆妈，但是里面的阿哥们实在令人赏心悦目。哈哈。我最喜欢八阿哥（他的痴情令我感动），然后是十四阿哥（他实在是太帅了！！高大英勇！），然后是九阿哥（是的，我就喜欢坏坏的性格）。一点也不喜欢那个四阿哥，就是后来的雍正。讨厌他的残忍（蒸人也想得出！），讨厌他的不择手段（虽然历史只是怀疑他篡改皇旨，但是我深信不疑！讨厌！！！）

为了查明他有没有篡改皇旨，我想买清朝的历史书来看。如果这句话传到我家人耳里，第一个立刻马上晕倒的人应该是我妹妹。哈哈。没想到你姐姐越来越像妈妈？？我今天在amazon.cn里找书的时候，看到那些什么DVD清朝讲坛类的，竟然想click! haha... 我也后怕。在此申明，我买这些历史书，只想搞清楚四阿哥的皇位是怎么得来的！康熙的阿哥们，是不是都是这样如虎如狼般的"hao zhu"皇位？

很好奇呢！那天在Richmond的一家中文书店看到类似的书，可是要加币$25. 我12月经上海，加币25元可是可以在中国买到很多的书呢。想着想着就没舍得买，现在后悔着....

谁说那些连续集都是浪费时间的呢？至少它挑起某人的历史线，很神经病 right?

Oops, I did it again...

Last week already saw the VPL (Vancouver Public Library) got the notice big big outside the building, Book Sale Oct 27-30. I told myself "ignore it!"

But then, this whole week I am counting down to Oct 27th. Yesterday, I curi-curi happy a while, because tomorrow is going to be Oct 27th (which is today).

After lunch, I grabbed my bag, and crossed the street to VPL. Boss said he aint coming back to office today because he has meetings, so, I have unlimited time to spend at VPL!!! hohohohoh.... so happy...  Went there at 1.30pm... by 3.30pm, my back was very very sore.. coz I took so many books with me, and my bag, inside just got wallet only, but still got some weight, so my shoulder and back are sore from holding bag and books.... If not because of this, I would have stayed longer and bought more!

我的战利品!

I wanted to see more, but beh tahan my hands... so, I have to come back to office. $15.25 is the price for all of them. I only picked the new looking books, and I saw so many of the books I bought on kindle, they are there too, new looking, and so cheap! I regretted. But well, at least I know there are some of my taste books selling at VPL, which is not bad. hehehe..

Shoulders still sore... I need a massage. I told bui what I did... his replied was "how you gonna bring home?".... I guess I have to drive to work one of these days to bring the baby back.

But I do make mistakes. Some books I bought before, which I thought was good to read but turned out other wise, I am thinking to donate them out.... to clear some of the shelf space for my newbie... I told Bui the bookshelf we bought before is too small, he no listen. Maybe I will sell the bookshelf and get a new bigger one next time, when our new house is ready.

While I was choosing the books, because the books are getting higher and higher, and I kept having to keep moving to the side because I am blocking people, then I suddenly found I'm missing one of the book that I selected. I panicked, I make rounds and rounds of where had I been moments ago, and I thought I will never see it again, but my eyes are good, I spotted it lying in between the other books! Hahaha... happy.

I will go tomorrow again... Shh... don't tell Bui. :p

Pontianak!!

We were talking nonsense one night. And I forgot how we get to the below conversation:

Me: "I dare you, there's no malay words you know, that I don't know."
Bui: "oh yah? Let's see..."
Me waiting patiently...
Bui: "... er... hahaahaha... I know this one you sure don't know one. This is a very difficult malay word oh!"
Me very curious...
Bui: "you sure you want this test?"
Me is very impatient already.... fists were ready... hmm.. hmm... hmm...
Bui: " PONTIANAK!"
..................... what the...

Bui actually think pontianak is a very difficult malay word.... I was trying to hold my laughter, but I failed...

Hahahahahahaahahahhaa.....

And he still dare to test me! He said he don't believe I know the meaning. I told him it is "vampire".

Bui has the most defeated look on his face... he turn around and sleep with his back facing me.
=_="

But I actually am very surprised he know this word. "Pontianak" is sure a very high level malay word for my Bui... no wonder he feels I won't know this word. Hahahahhahaha. Imagine, he doesn't know those common words like tunai, najis, etc etc leh...

He very ng dai duk... he still wants to dare me.
Bui :"what do you call sunny side up egg?"
Me :"mata kerbau lah!" (I think I am right... but I know what he says next is definitely not how you call sunny side up egg loh!!!!)
Bui :"oh yah? Listen up babe. I called it "matahari telur" one time at mamak, and I was given a very ridiculous stare from that an neh neh"
At that point... I really cannot tahan liao... what the.... aiyoh!!!

My Bui.....

I squeezed toothpaste from middle

Bui said I squeezed toothpaste from middle. He asked me why. I am surprised. No one ever told me that. Not my sis and brother where we obviously shared a toothpaste when we were young and stay with parents. So I make some effort to observe myself when I squeezed the toothpaste. I definitely don't like to squeeze it from the bottom. hahahaa... I think it is because middle is so 就手. hehehe.

So, do you squeeze toothpaste from middle or from the bottom? Not from the top gua I hope:p

Elfin Lakes

Elfin Lakes!

So beautiful... no words to describe the feeling

Doesn't it look like Sounds of Music?:)

美丽的倒影

See the biker?

spiky snow leaves

Summer was officially over two weeks ago, but winter is not here yet, we are in Fall. It was rainy for the past 2 weeks. But we saw the weather forecast said the last weekend was sunny!!!! WOW!!! 机不可失, one of the couple we know said they are going to Elfin Lakes at Squamish, so we said we will join. So, 5 of us, woke up very very early on Saturday (which is very difficult for bui and I), and started the journey.

From our place to Squamish is about 1 hour drive. Then from the highway, there's a half an hour unpaved road and gravel road to drive up to the parking lot, before we start the 22km journey (11km each way), by foot. We started at 10am from the entrance at parking lot, all pumped up and energetic, even feed the bird with part of our lunch half way through. And we reached parking lot at 6pm, almost half-dead, drained, and just want to go home. Have you seen people walking with auto-pilot mode? That's me... just one mission in my mind on the return journey, "reach car park!" hahaa... We don't feel strenous going forth. But we feel extremely strenous coming back. Don't know why...  But let me tell you one thing, the strenous hike is worth it!! Look at the lakes!!!! So beautiful! We didn't expect there's snow up in the mountain, but look! Amazing view!:) And what's more amazing is, there are people biking up there!! The elevation is 1200m (we, by foot). Imagine these bikers... the roads are not smooth, there are uphills, downhills, rocky hills, and snowy hills. Very challenging on foot, what's more on bike!

I think my limit is 6 hours of hike per day. Anything more than that, it had better be a very amazing view to tempt me to go. haha...

Our friend said she wants to go for anotehr hike again this Sunday.. hmm.... let's check weather forecast:)

刻骨铭心求婚记

最近听到某某要结婚，就联想到自己的那时候，然后就很生气。因为那时候也不知道为什么，随随便便就"O"了，然后才意识到他还没有正式求婚，就在车里随便讲，“不如我们结婚吧”，这样不算求婚，但是我答应了，想想就后悔！！！

昨天很生气，就跟bui bui说，“不如我们离婚吧！”bui bui说，“为什么？”我：“这样你才有机会再跟我求婚！”然后bui bui骂我发神经。我更生气了，我说，“那我给你7天的时间，我要刻骨铭心的求婚记！”bui bui给我痛苦的表情，我就折磨他，捏他打他出气，搞到半夜1点钟，我还是很生气！！！

女士们，如果你们的男人没有刻骨铭心的求婚，不要随意答应，多年后，it will come back to haunt you.

现在bui bui还有5天。他这样不罗曼蒂克，肯定不会有什么刻骨铭心的下场！我得再想法子整他!! bleah!

"I am eating Bao at shenzhen, 20 hours ago"

越来越觉得facebook很没有privacy... 是我多心还是...?

看到很多人去某某地方，甚至是去个餐厅也post location at facebook，post picture of you in the restaurant is OK, but post the location like "xxx am at Tropika Restaurant, 20 hours ago" 就很那个，弄得很没有私隐，然后有一些人本来没有很多动作在facebook的，突然间生了baby，就天天post 她baby的照片，拜托，这个世界上，除了你的小孩，还有很多很有趣的新闻的ok?! 顶不顺。如果他是平时这样hiao的也ok,就是生了小孩后才这样发神经的，这才令人发指。

昨天去了Whistler 一趟，本来想弄个location at Whistler的，但是觉得这样很那个，然后让我想起某某某去吃个包也post location的，很欠揍，就没有兴趣post了。越来越想把facebook给弄掉，是老了吗？

Jokes

I come across this joke before, but everytime i read it, it is so funny. I am sharing it on my blog now. hahaha...

A store that sells “New Husbands” has opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:  

You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increases as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 -  These men Have Jobs 

She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:  

Floor 2 -  These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.

'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.' So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 -  These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.  

'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads: 

Floor 4 -  These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help with Housework.

'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!' Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 5 -  These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.  

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 6 -  You are visitor number 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor.

This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please!!!

Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.   

(scroll and keep reading!)  

.....

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a “New Wives Store”

just across the street.

The 1st Floor has wives that love sex. 

The 2nd, 3rd, 4th,5th and 6th floor have never been visited.

The Scent of Woman

At my age, I didn't know I still can get so hooked up at watching the korean drama series. I am recently watching this (no.... I finished it last night actually, haha), in english name it is called "The scent of Woman 女人的香气". So nice to watch.... there's laughters and also tears in each episode. I cried like watching 大常今 last time. Jay hates it when I watched movie and cried, he said it is not healthy. But I find it very healthy... got laugh must also balance with tears ger mah, right? hahaa... sometimes I will exclaimed out loud, "where on earth can there be such good drama series like this one???!!! wah..................."

The man is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo handsome in this movie... I really love him!! arrgghhh.... hahahaha... and I thought only girls at age 18+ are like that. I am not normal I guess... :P The part he took off his shirt showering and show the six packs, wahhhhhh..... I asked J come and look at his six packs.  But Jay is not even a bit of jealous wor... he is very full of himself. I told him if the man in this movie come and kao me, he might have a marriage crisis. He laughed... yiu... slap him.

The story line is very moving... but a bit unrealistic lah... you watch you will know. But hey, the handsome man part can offset this part easily. hahaha....

What's next?;)

By the way, I am so busy lately... at work. So many companies under my jurisdiction is having year-end... have to prepare this and that. Even have to yeng chao by having lunch with accountant. But good also. Today is the first time I met one of the accountant that I always spoke with on the phone. He looks like one of my friend in Shanghai (Winston) though... haha..

My eyes are so tired lately... of course lah, hari hari after work my eyes glued to tv for 4 hours... wah....  must rest liao now that I finished this series. I don't know what's it called in Korean tim.... hmm....

I love korean drama series!!!!! My next target is, 公主的男人, korean drama series too!! Hooray~~~~ more tears and laughters to come! But not these few nights, let the eyes rest rest first.

由买书延伸的一段童年回忆

我妈是个嗜书狂，我虽然很小就很爱看书，识字能力也比同龄的高（这个是我邻居跟我说的，他有一次跟我借书，那时好像是3-4年级，他看了我的书，竟然challenge我，‘里面的字你都会?不要骗我啦！’我说‘是的啊，不信你问我？’问了几轮，他终于投降，哈哈。但是上了中学后我就没有再进步了），但是老笑我妈，“你太恐怖了，满屋子都是你的书！太吓人了。”讲后必被她骂，老妈最讨厌人家讲她的书多，她说她就只有这么一个嗜好，又不打麻将，又不花钱妆身，也不花钱乱吃东西。听了也有道理，但是有时候就是忍不住要说。哈哈。

我小时候，很小很小的时候，妈妈就知道我也爱逛书局，她就久不久就会带着我一起搭巴士下坡到大众书局买书，一逛就是一整天。她那时也“玩臭”的，每次都是先看她的书，看得我都不耐烦了（要知道，我那时真的很小），她才拧着她买的一大堆的书，到我的儿童部门去看我的书。我都忘记细节是什么了，只知道每一次去书局，我们两个女人回家的心情都超棒的，很开心很开心。然后你知道的啦，两个疯狂的女人去买书，这么多，肯定不能搭巴士回家了，一定要坐计程车。但是你们也知道吉隆坡的天气的啦，下午（是的，我们每次都待到很晚）4-5点多数下雷阵雨的。苦了我们咯。计程车一听到我们住哪里（到我们家，要经过出名下雨就淹水的旧巴生路）都拒载耶。每一次都要碰上好人司机才会载我们。载我们的司机大概都是可怜我们母女俩，呵呵，有时候还会搭讪说怎么买这么多书？？;)

我笑我妈，但是我却越来越像她了。嗜好也能遗传的吗？但是我喜欢的内容和我妈妈的不一样。她喜欢国家地理杂志的类型，读者文摘，动物、地理、文化、历史等。我喜欢的是好笑的包括漫画，爱情、感人、真人真事类、赚泪的、商业(management)的、医疗健康的、女人故事、真人memoir的等，所以遗憾的是，妈妈的collection 我一点也不感兴趣... hahaha...

我在上海的时候，妈妈还狂到时不时把list给我，让我在上海买（中国买书真的很便宜！！！），她来看我的时候或者我回去的时候带给她。我上海回吉隆坡的行李每一次都几乎超重，一点也不夸张。但是看到妈妈幸福开心的笑容，就什么也值得了。

我来了这里后，也一直很担心没有了中国的source我的精神粮食怎么办呢？福建人讲的“没有鱼，虾也好”就是我这种情况啦。就看英文的咯。Bui 买了kindle给我，因为我投诉很多书很重，背着上下班我的肩膀都要断掉了。kindle很好，但是让我发觉到有时候去书店买书，那个价格比kindle version的还要便宜（碰上打折）。所以我就有时候kindle，有时候还是手捧着真的书。

我公司100米就是全温哥华最大的图书馆，1km以外却有着一间很特别的书局，它不是很大的bookstore chain，但是价格却让我很开心。里面不常有当今畅销的书，但是却有很多的宝贝。我买过很多本很好看的书，之前都在这里有介绍过。所以这一周当我看到它说“closing sales”我真的很伤感。大概这边租金太贵了，它赚来的钱只够让客户开心，不够让他们交租。唉哉！

我周二买了2本，折后才5块多，我都不敢相信。前天我又去买了两本，也才7块多。今天老板不在公司，吃了饭我就只带了信用卡，包也不背（嫌站着看书的时候背着重，影响心情）就去了。快乐不知时间快过，我竟然待了2个小时！看着摘选的8本书，有一点不知所措。都买吗？为什么这个情景这样像我妈妈那时在大众书局的情景？也是买单的时候叠的高高的。（她不止买8本的... 3-4倍还差不多）。我最后狠下心都买了，也不就是32块多。哇那个快乐的感觉真的很棒，即便带点幽幽的伤感。以后没有了这个书局，我的日子要怎么过呢？太单调了。：（

天下没有不散之席。我们再会吧。或许我会碰到另一个新欢。世上没有绝对的'忠心'，不是吗？;)

"Why my Third Husband Will be a Dog"

I was strolling aimlessly with bui at Chapters few weeks ago, and saw this book. Chapters is a book store that is located just within 200m from my house. In fact, the biggest mall in this city is located within 200m from our house.  hahaha... love it.

Anyway, there are many short entries in this book, and they are so hilariously funny. First of all, who will think of such a title for a book??? and it was on sale, original price was 24.90, on sale for only 6.99. So damn cheap. So I bought.

Turns out there is no single entry about the title!!!! phff... what the... but then, the author Lisa Scottoline is so funny, she described her 1st ex husband as Thing One, and 2nd ex husband as Thing Two. Hahahahhaa... Who will call their husband as "Thing"? I love her writing style:) I finished reading already loh... feel so sad, the fun is over:(

Besides the humourous side, she does have the sentimental part... talk about how as a mom, you feel happy that your child grew up, graduated, and left the city, and yet you feel so sad that they are slowing leaving you from the first second they were born. I am not a mother (yet, haha), but I can sort of relate this feeling from the way my parents expressed their love. Parental love is the most unselfish love on the earth. Yes!

OK... if it gets sold in KL, try to find this book to read. Very very funny, and yet warm. Have I told you she has 3 dogs (or 4??), 2 cats, and some chickens as pet... Yes, you heard me right, chicken.... the way she described her chicken is also damn funny....

I just hope she writes about the title "why my third husband will be a dog". This remains a mystery!

Eat healthily

I have a close colleague, he is going to have a heart surgery next Wednesday. He has 9 blockage on his heart arteries.. he is having a high chance of going into stroke if he does not go through surgery soon. The doctor at first wanted to just balloned out his blocked artery. It was in that process that they discovered he has 9 blockage (each is about 70-90% blocked), that they can't just do balooning, they have to do surgery. He was put on priority list, even that, he has to wait for 10 days later only can do the surgery, which will last for 7 hours... I guess it is a big surgery?

I wish he is alright... He is only 54... he didn't even have strength to talk to me on phone. We just rely on text messages to update each other. He is a good man. I hope he will survive this surgery with little or no damage.

I went to visit him at hospital over the weekend with Jay. Seeing he is hooked up with the heart reading equipment, makes me think of my dad again....

Lesson here is, eat healthy food. Do not hari-hari starbucks with 3 packs of sugar and 2 packs of milk. Do not A&W every week even though it is just around the corner downstairs our office.  All these will come back to haunt you when you get older. Guaranteed!

Get well soon my friend!

马来西亚时间的现在

3年前的这个钟数，你决定撒手离我们而去。

我知道你已经很努力在撑着等弟弟回来（以生命迹象来看，你其实5天前就可以走的），但是估计你已经知道他已安全抵达吉隆坡国际机场，你不想再撑了？还是你真的撑得很辛苦？我们不得而知，因为你已经在麻醉药的作用下昏迷了好多好多天，插了喉管，即便不昏迷，也不能说话。真的很矛盾，我们也不希望你醒着，深怕你会感觉到疼痛而痛苦。阿觅只要大声地叫你，你就会企图睁开眼睛，不知道是药水的作用还是什么，你的眼白都泛黄的，看得我们都心疼。从出世到那时，从来没有流过这样多的泪水（即便经历过几段现在看回去觉得幼稚的恋情），可再多的泪水也不能换回我那健壮，面带笑容，和什么样阶级的人都可以打成一片的父亲。那段时间，世界似乎都停下脚步，我们每天的生活就是医院，回家换班，再医院，没有其他有意义的事情可以引起我们的注意力。连和bui bui 通电话的时间和力气都没有，也不在乎有没有和他通电话。那段日子真的不堪回首。没有经历过的人不会明白。也不希望有人会经历这样的一段日子。那时每天想的事情就是，希望医院的帕车位能在低层，靠近电梯，这样就能少走几步路可以快点看到爸爸。唉，即便是这样小的希望，也不是天天可以达成。

妈妈每天以泪洗脸，她一直认为你还没有入院在家里休养的时间里，她对你的照顾有欠。她认为她可以做得更好，也希望能亲耳听到你说你没有责怪他。但是你一句话也不能说，你知道她有多想你吗？我们都很想你。人家说时间可以冲淡一切，是骗人的。时间或许可以冲淡失恋的痛苦，但是绝对不能冲淡对家人的思念。多么想再靠在你强壮的肩膀看电视；多么想再看到你在知道我买了你爱吃的东西回来时，你像小孩子童真般的笑容；多么想吃你周日在巴刹买的猪畅粉；多么想再吃到你煮的螃蟹... 你有太多想做但还没有做的事情，你说过还想来上海找我的，然后我们再去北京一趟，你食言！我只能带着你的骨灰再和妈妈去一次北京。妈妈那次很棒耶，她竟然爬上好一大段的长城，连我都不敢相信。我们在长城的一端纪念着你，你知道吗？你晓得吗？你看到吗？你听到吗？

本来还以为3年了，再写上这些陈年回忆会不那么伤感，至少可以不流泪，还是不行。人家都说女儿是父亲前世的亲人，看来是真的。真希望能在梦中和你再相会，再聊天，再珍惜彼此。

3年了，有时候觉得好像昨天才发生的事情，更多时候是觉得好像发生了好久好久。这三年很多事情发生了，我移民了，阿觅换工了，你儿子也博士毕业在大学教书了（你欣慰吗？），妈妈和阿觅搬家了。妈妈在老家老是想起你，我们想想这样不是很好，刚好阿觅的condo建好了，就搬进去，刚开始不习惯，现在应该好一点了。家没有你，就是不一样。你为什么要这么早离开我们呢？很多很坏，对社会没有贡献的人都比你长命耶，这又是为什么呢？为什么无所事事的乞丐可以活到七老八十，而你是为国家社会培育人才的却要这样早走呢？这个世界真的不公平。

无从知道你现在过得怎么样，但是阿觅老是告诉我她知道你在天堂。世上都这样不公平了，确定真有天堂吗？怎么样确定的？能通梦告知吗？

爸爸，真得很想念你。如果有来世，我想做你的父亲，让我好好无条件无回报的疼疼你，爱护你。

Najis vs Tahi

My bui bui is very poor in Bahasa Malaysia (BM), everyone who knows him knows this is a fact. But people generally still think you will know the basics vocab of BM as you are a Malaysian right? Well... ladies and gentlemen, please listen to the following 2 jokes. The first jokes happened 5 years ago, the second jokes happened just last night.

Joke #1
You know the highway in KL? got so much toll to pay. When we first dating, I got questions but not dare to ask (pretending lah that time. hahahaa). It is regarding I everytime see he go line up at Touch-N-Go lane, but he got no touch-n-go. He used cash. But then the cash lane is so empty, so I really don't understand. So after a few dates, I asked him, "why you use cash but no go to cash lane?" Then bui bui answered, with this typical blur blur bear face, "is there a cash lane?? I don't see one??". I said, "huh? oi, there's a tunai lane there leh... you don't see? Empty some more oh!"... Then he continued with his blur blur bear face... "tunai means cash??? wow!!!!!!!!" I shocked... I asked, "you don't know what is tunai???" Then he said, "I always see that lane..  but I don't know what is tunai... and I thought it is related to tuna fish... and tuna fish and highway toll doesn't jive... so I am confused and thus I do not use that lane..."

You guys cannot imagine how shocked I was that time... my face is really like this : |

Joke #2
Yesterday I was browsing the facebook updates as usual... and some emails... and read about Najib's wife use dunno 73 million tax payer's money to buy the stupid diamond. So I was telling  bui bui, "this najib family, whole family all screwed up one. No wonder people now call Najib as Najis... memang correct...", and I hahahahaha there myself, expecting bui bui to join in laughing with me. But then.........

Bui bui, "what is najis?"
Me, "you don't know najis????? sigh... it means 大便 lah!!!!!"
Bui bui, "are you sure? but 大便 is tahi wor... i never heard of najis."
Me, "......." (really speechless)
Bui Bui, "why 大便 can be called tahi and najis?"
Me, "....... (really beh tahan liao)... babe, it is just like 粪 is 大便... they are the same..." (really no energy liao)
Bui Bui, "oh..... if you explain like that, I can understand. Ok, najis is 大便... hahahahahaha"
Me, "...." already no mood to hahahaha with him liao...

Sometimes my babe is really really really funny.... and the funniest part is, he didn't know he is funny... Oh my oh my....

不吐不快

最近我们旗下有一间公司要报税(year-end了）。所以我就乖乖把所有的资料发给我们的会计师。但是因为这一间公司跟老板的好朋友公司co-own了2间公司，所以那两间的资料也要报上给会计师。因为这两间公司的账目是老板的好朋友的秘书管理的，所以，我的会计师要什么我就转达给那个女人（那个女人就是那个老公一天到晚来我们公司无所事事的那个女人啦），她再呈交就是了。

怎么知道她的账目record的不清不楚，我的会计师就长长的邮件过来了。我就只有转发的份儿啦，那账目又不是我管的，我能怎么样呢？还好我聪明，我cc我老板。

等了好几天，她都不回，因为她要等她的accountant回复。这就奇怪了，会计师问的问题都很简单的，为什么你要等你的会计师回答呢？

后来好不容易回答了，那个答复，真得很像金马伦清晨的雾，很“朦”。anyway, 我也只能转发给我的会计师咯。

我的会计师有一点火了，他说，为什么账目这么不清楚的，还要我帮她进一些transactions???? （我们有地产的买卖的，这一些账目我管的公司我都会纪录land 的fixed assets, building的fixed assets, 不然那个数不能对上的。我就跟那个女人讲，好声好气的，说，你能不能记录这一些账目在发给我的会计师，因为他不想等一下他帮你记了这个帐目，整个帐盘会乱掉。那个女人说我这边的做法就是这样的。我把资料给他，难道他自己不能进这个账目吗？

我转达了女人的意思。

会计师打给我，说这不行的。幸好我老板刚好在我房间，他要我开speaker phone一起谈。把女人也叫进来一起谈（我们的公司是一起的，奇吧？）。女人来了，会计师解释说为什么需要她自己进帐，她一听然后我老板又在场，立刻不同嘴脸，说“我等一下做好就发给你，没问题的”。脸换得比四川变脸的功夫还要快。这个女人...

然后，转身等老板走了，跟我说可以不可以给她看一下我是怎么对店铺的买卖进帐的。哦！！！！原来你不会！！！！你不会可以早早跟我说啊，我可以教你的，你干嘛事先耍我呢？爱脸？？？这个死女人!!!

anyway, 该做的我都做了，包括叫她怎么进那笔账。再次让我看清这个女人的真面目，很可怕！！！她真的很贱的。她很有阶级观念的，一知道我级别比她低，就从来没有正眼跟我说话，每一次都用很官僚的口音说话，我真的真的很讨厌她！！！！！！亏我老板还以为她做事很厉害。是很厉害，很厉害耍手段啦！笨蛋老板！

加拿大奇怪的现象

我记得我去上海不久，写过很多篇我不能理解上海人作风的一些奇怪现象。原来，人到每一个地方，即便是很发达（某方面）的地方，还是能“发掘”到一些奇怪，不能理解的现象的。

（一）这里因为地方小，人口少，很多店铺都是one man show 或是夫妻档的。夏天是“放假黄金期”，但是我万万没有想到竟然“黄金”到可以关铺放长假。Bui Bui 的理发店，就是放了2个星期，害他摸门钉。公司附近的一个one man show 咖啡店，昨天就开始关铺了，也没有字条说什么时候回来，真是的。搞不懂。然后负责我们银行户口的Account Manager, 也放假去了（1个月！！！），害我们要转帐都很麻烦。拜托这些Account Manager, 我们一周至少通一个email的，是不是应该很道德的跟我们说声她要放假了，什么事找谁谁谁？这样会不会好一些呢？？！！！

（二）我公司有一个窝囊男人，老婆这里做的，他是做保险的，公司离我们公司好几条街远。可是他可以时常出现在我们公司，在他老婆房间里面chik chak 转！不是窝囊是什么？？我自己也要买保险的，可是就是因为他这样，我打死也不会跟他买，也不会买他做的那间。太窝囊了！！！不用做meh??而且来也不会跟人打招呼，当然，他老婆的老板是例外的。真是si-kui!!!! bleah! 现在更是进化离谱到10点就在公司出现然后霸占厨房弄东西给他老婆吃！！！晕！！！令人“发指”，真不知道他到底有没有工作的？？！... help~~~~~~

ok. Enough complaint for today:(

咳咳咳

吃几颗荔枝而已，就咳嗽。

不过除了荔枝，我还同时吃了一包 chips, 一点 ice-cream, 一小杯yoghurt, 一杯果汁，一杯咖啡etc etc... i think i ate too much..

健康真的很重要！

709

After seeing what's happening back home on July 9th, I have decided, if by the 2013 election I still hold Malaysia passport, I WILL GO BACK JUST TO VOTE!!

Najisb, I don't know why you so afraid of Fair and Free Election, this is international standard. And I don't know why as a leader of a country, you can mock Anwar in such a kindergarten tone, about he kena tear gas. You just lost my last 10% respect to you. And you are a big fat liar, "no physical contact was made at all"... you are such a jocker. The rakyat were just peacefully rallying on the street, did not burn down any public property nor looting but the polis were hitting people, chasing people with such a trait we never seen them on chasing the snatch thief, and shouting bahasa kasar at harmless women. YOU ARE A BIG FAT LIAR!!

And to the big flock of polis man out on that KL downtown day, finally, you make me realized you do have the "power" and "resources" but unfortunately, you used it on weaponless, unarmed citizens who paid your salary. Please, I beg you, to consider use your power and resources in catching snatch thief! You looked so garang, and so capable on 709. Use the same traits in catching snatch thief I GUARANTEE you won't fail rakyat!!

Damn angry, pissed, and heartache!!!! 公理何在？

败家子

Seriously, you are such a rich man's son, can you just quit your job and don't ka ka cau cau in the office by being unproductive, not following up on the projects you are supposed to, setting appointments with someone and having that someone came to office sit impatiently waiting for you but you are not showing up and none of us know where you are????

实在看不惯这种败家子，好吃懒做。替他的父亲感到心痛。完全不难预测到如果父亲的产业到他手中会怎么败法咯！败家子！！！都近30了，还这样！！！

arghh.. damn angry...

gum dou duk??

Have been quite stress for past two days because the item that I redeemed on Asia Miles (they really have good stuff to be redeemed), comes in DHL, but the DHL guy has not been able to delivered to us (they left the "you have been missed" note) even though Bui Bui works from home and thus should not have missed any delivery at all.

This morning, I went to work, late. As I hurried going out the door, I spotted the DHL guy. I faster go ask him is the package for us. He said yes. But he said he just buzzed us but it was said that no such person. Apparently he buzzed the wrong unit!!!!!!!!! Instead of 50x, he buzzed 50(x+1). I wanted to faint... gum dou duk?? Of course you missed us for 2 days lah!!!

Canada, you memang boleh loh!!

p/s: hou choi I go work late today jeh!

《爱有来生》

Summary excerpt: 一棵银杏树，一段人鬼情未了的故事。一个痴情之鬼阿明，前世深刻爱上了孤女阿九，但因为两个家族的火拼，二人生死离译。阿明死后，成孤魂一缕，在一棵银杏树下，深情等待已经转世的前世爱人50年。

《爱有来生》是根据上海女作家须兰在1990年创作的短篇小说《银杏银杏》而改编的爱情史诗电影。

不能用文字来形容，这个电影很美丽、很凄丽。看了心情久久不能平复。当然，我又泪洒:(

“你的茶凉了，我再去给你续上”。这么简单短短的一句，竟然是整个影片的核心！

看完了，我红着眼睛问Bui Bui, 你也会等我50年吗？你这么笨，肯定我来了你也认不出来，苦苦等待，笨死了！！Bui Bui 说，“我等你100年！就不信等不到！”

中国真的人才济济，太多好演员和好导演了。这电影，是我今年看这么多电影里的 No.1!!!!

演员名单:
俞飞鸿饰阿九、莫小玉 　　
段奕宏饰弟弟阿明 　　
姚鲁饰哥哥 　　
李佳饰小兰、雅萍 　　
涂松岩饰秦言 　　
高虎饰阿九哥哥
而饰演阿九的俞飞鸿，也是首次执导电影，Geng!!! 从准备剧本到完成拍摄，历经了十年的时间。她用《无间道》摄影师、《功夫》剪辑师、《集结号》录音师 、《刺秦》的服装设计师打造钻石级制作群。


这一幕，是震撼我许久的一幕：
...阿明想起，九儿临死前躺在自己怀里跟自己说“来生，你若不认得我，我就说：你的茶凉了，我再去给你续上。你便知那人是我．．．．．．”

　　小玉也仿佛在说了那句“茶凉了，我再去给你续上吧”之后，断断续续想起了前世的自己与阿明，在去续茶路过一面镜子时，立刻痛哭不止，镜子前的自己，分明是前世身着嫁衣的阿九。她什么都明白了。可等她重回银杏树下的时候，任她呼喊，也再不见了阿明．．．．．．　

Tomorrow is Canada Day

Yay, Holiday!!! Long Weekend!!! :)

I hope my fever  will be subsided by tomorrow. Have been sick for 2 days:(

不再让你孤单

I haven't had such a great love story for a while... I cried in the end!

导演：刘伟强


编剧：邓洁明

主演：舒淇

　　　刘烨

　　　田亮

　　　黄秋生

单身男女

导演： 杜琪峰

主演： 高圆圆 吴彦祖 古天乐

Nice!!!!:) I love this kind of love story, very "warm" and "romantic" (minus the ugly frog part)

Postal On Strike

Over here, if your job is unionized, you have the right to go on strike if you are "not happy" with your package, as a group.

Our dearest postal office have decided to go on strike for many days already. No mail, no bill, no cheque, BUT you are still responsible in keeping all of your accounts in good standing - meaning, pay bill on time.

Banks are so quiet lately too. Yesterday I went banking, I saw the teller all standing there doing nothing but staring at the screen (pretend do something?). It is so rare. Normally at the hour of 2-3pm is the busiest time for them! I guess they love postal onstrike. haha... of course lah, it means no cheaque in the mail therefore no deposit transaction; no bill in the mail therefore you can't pay your miscellaneaous bill at bank due to no stub; no monthly statement available in the mail, therefore you can't spot their mistake and go to bank ask for a readjustment (trust me, this happens very frequently here, canadian teller are very bad at numbers).

But it is a time to train people go paperless and pay bill online. Though some people rather incur interest due to late payment, also won't want to go paperless and pay bill online (e.g. my boss). I don't know why the older people they gets, especially older rich-ass people are so scared of online transaction.

During this period of time, besides the bank teller, another group of people who are very happy is the courier company. Their business are so good they are grinning from the furthest left to furthest right. Good for them, bad for us as consumer. Courier here damn expensive. I don't know why everything so expensive here and everything in China was so cheap. Anyway...

OK... news said that government intervened already and demand them to go back to work next week wor... don't know how true it is. $100 million sales has been lost in revenue because of their 任性. Oh btw, at the same time, Air Canada was also on strike, asking for better pension benefit, but also intervened by government to ask them go back to work on the 3rd or 4th day. I don't know what to say, I can only say to them, if they don't want to do their job, tonesssssss of qualified immigrants will be happy to take it, but too bad it was controlled by the stupid union. Union is supposed to be a bridge between communication of government/employer to employee, but somehow, I think the union here is very slanted towards the employee. Hmmmmmmmm..... negotiations? or 任性行为??

3 years ago, the waste-removal company was on strike for more than 1 month. Imagine your rubbish got no way to go to, pilling up at your garage, the smell...... the bacteria.... the micro-organism stuff there... yucks... I can only imagine... I don't want to experience it. And year on year, the waste-removal company increased the cost more than the inflation rate, so I don't know what else they want. Do you know over here, you have to pay for the waste-removal company to clear your rubbish, if not they won't touch your garbage bin. And, you have to place the garbage bin nicely outside, the direction has to be accurate (handle facing outward), and the color of the bin has to match exactly what it was for (food, dried leaves, recycle newspaper, recycle magazine/brochure/leaflet), if any of this fail, your garbage bin will be left untouched and until you corrected them, they won't get picked up. It is so "bereucratic"... hmmmmmmmmm

ok, i am bored, no mail means nothing much to do, no need to pay bill coz i won't know the bill amount because boss don't want to go online (i think it is for control purpose too), so yay... as soon as my boss go into meeting, i will read my kindle. muahahaha:)

First day of summer

According to weatherman, today is the first day of summer. I don't know how he arrived at this conclusion and predicted it, well, today really seems hotter. Finally, something above 20 degree celcius!!! Waited for so long. Summer this year is like a 丑妇，总归见家翁了！hahaha... i know i know... lame joke:p

And guess what? Even Google is celebrating first day of summer! hahaha.. so cute lah:)

I am waiting for the cherry season. Last year this time, I don't know finished eating how many bags of cherries already, this year the season is not even started yet... testing my patience... really testing.... yiu... but this year, we have really sweet papaya, the same kind of sweetness (if not sweeter) than those we can find in KL. It was from Hawaii, and it ain't cheap. Yiu... buy 2 already like C$9. @#$%

SUMMER!!!!! I command you to come and stay, don't come hide come hide and gao gao zhen. Are you listening??!!

狮子座的我

有时候我觉得狮子座的我，在家里更像一个丈夫。

什么螺丝起子screw driver电钻电池类的东西，我比 bui bui 还要厉害。他很体贴，但是他绝不是handyman. 这一点当有事发生的时候，我就很想念我的父亲，他是一个精通家里电器的人。bui bui 呢，如果家里电器坏了，他会先咨询我。如果我也搞不定，那就要找专业人士了。家里的router，电视机，电话，微波炉，heater的操控器的操作和installation都是我一手教bui bui的，我厉害叻？哈哈。

我现在静下来想，可能不是bui bui 不handyman, 而是我狮子座的性格根本没有给他机会发挥。好像搬家要把床dissemble, 再assemble,我就叫他不要乱动。因为他会想到拆什么就拆什么，而我会按照说明书一步一步来的。然后我会发号施令，说拆那个先（还要教他怎么反用那个电钻拆钉子），然后拆这个。他也很配合我，他也懒得看说明书，哈哈，让我当husband :P 有时候他动作慢，我还抢过工具自己来。我的性子太急了！

不管怎么样，bui bui 的脾气真的是很好的。这样也好啦，如果我嫁的是跟我一抹一样的脾气的男人，估计不懂离了几万次婚了。这个是真的！

Skytrain here sucks

在上海住了近5年，地铁发生故障/事故的次数，1个手掌的手指都够数。

这边的skytrain发生事故延误，一个礼拜至少1次！！！！！

真他妈的娘！So stupid!!!!

Huh..... @#$%!

难得可以比准时差15分钟就“早”到，往往就是这种日子，给我弄个大迟到，所以总的来说，我是几乎天天大迟到！（本来只是小迟到）

笨死了

越来越觉得加拿大人的数学很差！真的很呕血...

难怪我大学一年级的Calculus, 闭着眼睛都能拿满分，那些本地人死读死读也只能望个pass.

笨死了！

My old buddy, Samsonite

Finally, we moved out on Saturday. It was a very tiring day, and yet satisfying. The most difficult part is moving the bed and bed frame. huh!!!! Our tall friend's motorbike cannot start, by the time his bike started and came to our place, we already finished moving and half dead. haha... but it was very nice of him to help us sweep the floor of the old apartment:)

We like our new place a lot, quieter, lots of natural sunlights. The only thing we don't like is the carpetted floor, means need to take care of it. Sigh...

In the process of moving, due to lack of communication (Jay moved some stuff while i was working last week), Jay threw away my 1st samsonite carry on luggage. I was very very sad... If he just leave it out side the building, I am sure it could be of use to someone else. But he throw it into the big garbage bin!!! The handle was rosak due to my choh loh usage (i transported books and heavy stuff on this carry on luggage for a few times, if the handle still intact, then it is more scary. haha). Everything is still very good despite my choh loh usage, the clothe not broken, the clothe not even pecah a bit. So, once again proof that Samsonite is a very good brand!!!!! I bought another hardcover (my this old one is soft one) in red color, Samsonite again in last christmas while The Bay was having sales. It was a good buy. I love it. It has 4 wheels so it is easy to spin and to carry. Love it.

I really feel sad because Jay threw it before he can discuss with me. :(( Don't know where is it now leh?? I have lots of travelling memories with it. It was the first carry on luggage I have due to my ex jobs required lots of short trip to Southeast Asia last time. It was perfect for a 3-5 days trip to Singapore too. Sigh.... I didn't get to say goodbye to it:(

Why...........................

Go Canucks Go

Tonight is Game 5 of Stanley Cup Final... so gun cheong... I was not a hockey fans, but following the last few games has turned me into one!!! Vancouver's Canucks vs. Boston's Bruins. Tonight is home game. Last 2 games were a bit disappointed, 1-8 and 0-4. Sigh... I hope they can score the first goal tonight, that will add up to the motivation.

GO CANUCKS GO!!!!

Bosses are all hockey fans, so whenever there is a game night, they all ciao at 4pm, and I ciao at 5pm too. Hahaha... But today I will ciao at 4.30pm. I want to be at home with TV when the game starts at 5pm!

Can you imagine how expensive is the ticket? It is $1200 per ticket for tonight, and it is only the Game 5. Imagine if it is a Game 7, I think the ticket will go to $2000. Who says people here are poor??!!

My favorite player is #1 Roberto Luongo. He is the goalie.

Kayaking

I took this photo over the weekend. Jay and I went for a minor hiking at Deep Cove. And I saw so many kayaks there and you can actually sign up for classes.

I so want to learn. But then Jay does not know how to swim.... how leh?:(

It was a beautiful day on Saturday. And I really love this photo I had taken. So colorful, and yet so peaceful :) This photo is now the wallpaper of my iPhone:)

Sold another 2 chairs

We are moving. Our new landlord has so many stuff in his small apartment he "refused" to remove them, so that leaves us less space for our stuff. So, I posted this two chairs up on internet for sale. At first I posted $80. No take. Then I put $60 if take both. Got a girl negotiated $50, what a steep discount (these chairs, if buy from Ikea new, each cost $69.99 + HST tax), but I agreed to it. Then she came back and text me said after checking with her husband, he thinks this chair is too small, so she is going to give it a pass this time. What the @#$%! Don't you check with your husband first before you negotiated a discount? @##$%!

Luckily the same night, another guailow (i think he is russian because his name is Konstantine) emailed me. He didn't even talk about the price, he just said give me the address, I will come pick them up tomorrow. Wow... Love this kind of customer. hahaha... And when he give me the money, he thought it was $70 (because I advsertise if take one is 35, take both is 60, I guess he didn't read the full line). I told him it is $60, but if he wants to give me $70, I don't mind too. hahaha...

So, 2 less junk with us. We really have lots of stuff... I don't know why... I already not buying much stuff over here. Some of the stuff were shipped from Shanghai and we have not removed from the box yet. Can you believe it? haha... Anyway...

Sigh... Very headache lately lah....

My plant

I blogged about my "plant" last August... the only plant I have in vancouver. hahaha. I planted Chives and Chillies.

One year has almost been past, winter came, snow came, sun came, rain came.. I never go out water them or take care of them, I Just put them on the balcony and let them "sendiri makan sendiri". haha...

The chillies cannot survive the winter and snow I guess. It is dead. But the chives... my gosh... it is still alive, and I didn't even know chives flowers are so romantically purple. So nice!!!!

I am moving this weekend... I am still deciding should I bring them over to the new balcony?? If I do, I think I should remove the dead chillies. Hahaha... btw, I have harvested the chillies 3 times over the summer last year. But I have never harvested the chives. Hmm....

HST

Holy Moly, this HST is really getting a pain in my butt!

Buy books only have to pay 5% tax. But magazine is 12% tax???? WTF???!!!

Damn angry at this.

Why am I not a citizen yet? I want to vote next month to ABOLISH HST! Taking so much money from us and do nothing in return. @#$%!

I ain't going to buy another magazine here liao. Too much!

:<

Central Park

The weather is cooperating over the weekend, sunshine, great days!!

We went to have a walk at central park on Saturday. We saw lots of squirrels out, they want us to feed them, but we were not prepared! Jay wanted to trick them by throwing some small rocks at them, I scolded him. He is very bad. haha... He said maybe they will mistaken rocks as peanuts wor... speechless me..

Next day, we went back to the park again. But this time, the hours were later. So perhaps someone fed them already. They don't seem very desperate unlike the previous day. They are lazily walking here and there... now, we holding the peanuts are the desperate ones. This world is so funny. Sigh... anyway, we really have fun feeding the squirrels. And we found out that the crows also fighting the peanuts with squirrels, and we thought they are meat eaters!

Happy Anniversary

Exactly one year ago, we came to this land.

It was so amazing to realize time really pass by so quickly, wait for no one.

During this one year, we made lots of decisions together, we laughed a lot, sometimes cry a bit (mostly because I watch sad movies, or read some touching novels), talked about future a lot, and supported each other always. We also made some wonderful trips together with some friends, to Okanagan Valley, and to San Francisco. Some people love to go for trips just with each other, but to me, I prefer go with a group of friends. The trip is always much more memorable with a group of friends, because my friends are so funny! hahaha....

We celebrated the one year anniversary with a red wine Shiraz (from Okanagan), and a piece of Tiramisu. The shiraz is really good. I always don't like shiraz but Jay loves it. I find that it has a dry taste. I prefer merlot or ice wine. But this shiraz is surprisingly smooth, and really smells good. We started at 9pm, and finished by 12. Actually, by 10am, I a bit gone. I am easily drunk with alcohol. There's one time at Shanghai, we whole group of friends go to a nice little restaurant/bar to have some drinks after dinner. We called some white wine and red wine. And then I happily drinking... and suddenly, I feel I needed to vomit. I told Jay I wanted to go to washroom (i a bit dizzy at then) but he didn't know waht I really meant is, I wanted him to carry me to washroom. hahaha... the washroom is just like 100 ft away, but I went blank and collapsed half way. Jay carry me back to our table, placed me on the sofa, and gun cheongly ask me, "oi oi, u ok?????" it was very very funny. hahahaa... but very strange loh, after I lie down for 5 minutes, i am back to conscious and I don't feel nausea or the need to go washroom. I sat up again and chat with friends. ahhaa.. of course, no more wine for me that night.

Anyway, back to last night, after the red wine, we had a good night sleep. Don't know why leh? It seems to relax us and gives us a good night sleep til morning.

We must plan another trip to Okanagan. This time, we have gotta buy wine in boxes!!! hahaha... it is cheaper over there and have so many selections!!!! Most of the shop, if you buy the wine, you don't have to pay for tasting. So, practically free tasting, i f not, just for small fee like 2-5 bucks per person. Last time we did that, after 3 shops, we were a bit "gone"... of course lah, each shop taste like 3-4 different wines... so the trip should last for 3-4 days if you really like wine. I think they are easily 50 winery at okanagan, or I could be wrong, it could be more! hmmm...

Happy Anniversary!!!!!:)

乱乱的

最近好多事情烦啊，搬家（跟新房东沟通，跟旧房东玩他妈的游戏）换地址，老公注册公司兼要开公司银行账号，换bc hydro名字到我们的名字，还要看住钱财。我们是去年的今天到温哥华的，所以很多东西都这个月或下个月到期，车保险啦，这个那个，还要留住一笔给新房子的第三笔deposit, 开公司咨询会计师的费用，哇.... 生活真的很柴米油盐！！之后还要搞租房的保险，还有自己俩的医疗CI保险（不怕一万只怕万一）。最近想太多了，连以后放骨灰/棺木的地地也买了，每个月供400，供7年。迟早要用的东西，以后更贵，我们还多买了一个位子，打算以后可以卖掉。这种投资的capital gain, 不用交税！

你看，这样多烦心事，昨天就因为一点小事跟bui bui 吵架。也不是吵架，他对我大声了一句而已。昨天晚上和今早已经把他给教训了，要他跟我道歉。唉，两公婆，毕竟也不可能天天腻腻的。像他这样的脾气，竟然也会跟我大声！再有重犯他就知道！但是我自己也知道自己的语气也很差。我脾气真的很坏，就像美国的龙卷风，快来块去。

什么时候生活才能平静下来呢？乱乱的！

Miss you...

Reading this book now.

It is amazing how some books can soothe your mind... make you feel calm...

This book includes some real stories of how people deal with the loved ones who are dying, or are dead. Reading some of the stories brought me back to the time when I was losing my dad.

I am the eldest daughter to my dad. Though he never explicitly admit, I think his love to me is more than to my siblings. I was the first who is born, first who went to university, first to drive him here and there, the first to seek his tutorial in Algebra when the first few algebra homeworks I brought home, I almost cried because I don't know how to make them work, the first who laugh at his pronounciation when he teach me single bond and double bond in chemistry, and first to make him proud in many things. Though it is certainly fair to say that my brother and sister do make him proud too, but I guess the feeling is never the same when you are the first. Of course, that includes the bad things too, the first to argue with him and broke his heart many times, which I regretted big time and is willing to do anything on earth, to take those moments back.

He is also the first person I tell when I got admitted to my dreamed university, scored flying scores in university, obtained the Honors Rolls. I emailed him mostly for this kind of news, or I wrote him letters (yes, 15 years ago, writing letters is still a normal thing to do). After he was gone, my sister and I were cleaning his files, and I saw he kept those letters. I must have really made him proud. Or, he was keeping the letter and all the university receipts so he can throw this at me when I made him mad and screamed to me, "who gave you the life you having now huh?":)... I still remember he calculated and he told me I costs him 3 mercedez in my school fees! Wow... plus a Proton Iswara of course, the car he bought for me when I came back to work. Actually, I was not that into car that time. I was taking bus to go to work in KL, I don't remember I complaint about the commute to him, but he did it anyway. He loves me a lot. I didn't feel that way last time, but I certainly can see clearer now.

Right before he was sick, I remembered I called home to complaint something the china police station. Something they make so difficult to get me the residence paper. My dad was not home when I called. But he called me back to comfort me, that means a lot to me. He is always my hero. Though as he aged, I realized he is becoming more dependant on me in many things, but he was still a hero to me. Knowing I had a dad at home gives me hope in many things. And holding his hand crossing the busy streets buying newspaper, or buying fruits, makes me feel strong and yet at the same time feel protected.

His whole life was busy planning for his students, and for us too. I just hope he could have stayed a few years longer, so we can be busy planning for him and mom too. Planning for their trip (though I did once, and that memory of inviting them and having them in Shanghai is still surreal now) could bring so much joy to me when I see his contented look. My dad is such a contented person. Every small things his students did for him, he will tell us how happy he felt.

And speaking of his students, sometimes when he told me they celebrated his birthday, and bought him gifts, I will feel very jealous. I jealous because I didn't get to do these to him while his students who live daily around him can. I jealous they can bring him out for dinner while I can only give him a long distance call. I jealous they surprised him with the birthday cake while this job should have been my job. I jealous because he spent his birthday at Terengganu (he was a professor there) more than in KL, so even before I moved to Shanghai, I already didn't get to spend his BD that much on his real birth date.

Why can't my dad still be here leh?:( Next month is Father's Day again. Yes, I use the word "again" because I really don't like this day. It makes my heart ache. Several days in the year always make my heart ache, Father's Day, Whole of June, July and August, and his birthday. And I really envy my friends who still have their dad. You guys do not know how lucky you are, so lucky...

I really miss him. I used to think he is at heaven. But now I don't believe in God, so the image of Heaven also not there anymore. And I feel so frustrated don't know what to believe where he is now. :( I kept some of his ashes in a small urn and placed it in my drawer. So I will always know he is there.

Miss you daddy. A lot! And I will share this book with mom after I finished reading it. I hope it will bring her peace too. The pain of losing someone to death never goes away, we can only try to comprehend and embrace it with positive attitude. whoever says "time can wash away pain" is only trying to make you feel there is hope at the end of the tunnel. Time did not wash away pain. Or maybe there is not enough time I put in yet...

After "Something Borrowed", here comes "Something Blue"

I mentioned previously I finished reading Something Borrowed right? It was so good. I continue to buy the next book, "Something Blue". It is like the second episode after Something Borrowed.

I was reading it on Kindle... and it only lasts me 2 days, sudah finished! Something Borrowed talks about Rachel. Something Blue is totally about Darcy. I really love the story!

Selling our dining table set

This is was our dining table set.

We actually bought this set from our landlord 1 year ago when we moved in, because it was already there. The landlord said it was not used before (table lah), it was in a box, so we trusted him. I think it was new lah. Anyway, he sold the table to us at $150, 5 chairs at $200. Now I think back, is very expensive (on the chairs, the chairs was not that new, got scratches). No wonder we call him sikappang.

We are moving soon, and we have to get rid of it because our "new" home comes with an antique dining table set that the new landlord refused to move away, he says, "it is antique leh... u don't want?" When we said we really don't want because we have a set already, he implies he won't move it because it was too heavy to move... I find that ALL landlord is sikappang in this world... #$%!.

And so, We have to sell this set.

And don't know why, my ah be always got the $$ sense wrong. He don't know why go and tell the new landlord we bought this whole set for $50!!!!! He sot plug already!!!!! The new landlord quickly found a buyer for us, said he jacked up the price to $100 for us. I was like "What? $100?!!!" Then the landlord (we called him old uncle) said, "your hubby said u bought with just $50, $100 no good deal??" I nearly fainted! I told old uncle there is no way I am selling this for less than $200. He said he will bet me I can't sell it for $200. I said, let me try first. That was Friday 7pm.

So, quickly finished dinner, I quickly clean the table, and arrange it nicely and took photographs and go online to post it to sell, that was 9pm. I sell it for $250. I figured out since I bought it with $350, $250 is a fair price to get rid of it. The table and chairs are very new still. As usual, we use things with care and our used stuffs are normally in great condition.

5 min I posted it up, got a chinese woman called me want to view. I said sure. She said let's set it 11am next day, but she will call to confirm. Then there are few emails communicating about its availability. I see people very accurate one. I knew the chinese woman is not serious, so I clicked on the next email to schedule for them to come have a look, also 11am next day. They were a philippino couples who just moved to this part of the world. We  met them next day, they are very nice people. And, the deal is sealed. They transfer money to me, and arranged for pick up today.

Even last night, I still kept on receiving enquiries about this set via email. I guess I must have priced it too low :( what do you think? But we are glad we got rid of it... one less thing to worry about loh.

We feel quite sad to have our "last" meal on this table last night... I am always full of emotion, even a cheap pen like kilometrico if I used it, and I lost it, I will feel very sad. So imagine saying good bye to this table and chairs...



p/s:we actually saw this exact table over the weekend at some other store. It was on sale, and it was selling at $399, just the table alone! And even that, I think our table looks more leng chai than the one at store, don't know why? haha..

Trapped

I just finished this book, "Trapped". First time I read books they have the reviewed version, and the uncut version. By the time I finished the story on reviewed version, my head damn pening with all the violent scenes in the book, and sick psychopath thingy in the book. I definitely won't read the uncut version again loh, unless they highlighted where are the changes. so far I flipped flipped, the only changes I saw was the ending. The uncut version, got one chi xin lo still survived, where as the reviewed version, every bad persons is dead. Hahaha...

I give this book, 7 out of 10. It's toooooo violent... all the eating cannibals, and torture scenes are too much to visualized. But this is a perfect story for movie along the same lime as "I know what you did last summer", something like that. Or "Scream", those kind lah.

By the way, I bought the kindle version, is only US$3.00, vs $12 something if you bought the book. I love my kindle:)

Missing one, from the four

This morning, I was still half sleeping and half awake, and I was trying to put back some of the dried plates and cups back to the cupboard, and then suddenly, "piang", I "retired" one of my favorite plate in the kitchen. The plate splattered into hundred pieces...

落地开花！

That set of plates, is really my favorite. I bought them when I was still attending university here, I think that was in 1995 when I bought it. And then, after I graduated, I packed them nicely and bring them home with me to KL, in the luggage. And when Jay and I relocated to Shanghai, I, again, packed them nicely and brought them to shanghai, in the luggage again. And now, we are in Vancouver, I packed them and shipped them over here all the way from Shanghai. It has been with me for the past 16 years! The set has 4 big plates, 4 small plates, 4 bowls, 1 big bowl, and they are in white! They are from Cornelle. I love it because it is light, white, easy to clean, and is very user friendly. Just love it.

Now, I destroyed one of the small plate, the set is incomplete liao :( I feel bad....

Lesson learnt: Never, ever try to re-organize your plates back to the cupboard when you are still half asleep and wearing the bulky nightwear (in winter mah)! The plate was dragged to the floor because of my bulky nightwear lah. Silly me..... :(