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| i am totally jealous. two of my best girl friends here were supposed to go to taiwan this weekend, but the typhoon ruined their plans. so what did they do instead? (classic case of a blessing in disguise) they went to Seoul. AGAIN. for like the zillionth time this year!!! they're totally the girly girls I chillax with whenever i go back to korea. ya know, just shopping around for cheap clothes, shoes, accessories and cosmetics! then eating loads of spicy food from hof & chicken to sam gyup saal to rakbokki to budae-chigae to kalguksu to odeng to lots of coffee bean!!! aaahhhh!!! i want to go back to seoul so badly!!! i want to buy these cheapie (but good quality) barrettes so that i can sell in my "box". yup. walt is letting me have a box at his shop free-of-charge where I am allowed to sell whatever the heck I want, so i'm kind of excited thinking about what to put in there.... and i started reading twilight yesterday cuz my friend gave me the whole series of 4 books as she's moving out of her flat and wanted to get rid of them. i never understood the craze before. and i now i am even more disenchanted. the book isn't very good. and i'm being nice. i actually think it sucks. it's so cheesy and the writing is choppy. i don't get the accolades...but meh. oohhh and matt and sam(antha) are engaged!!! congrats to the happy couple!!! wow...finally fmp is really starting to settle down. just waiting for merx up next! ;) | | |
| i went flat-hunting today for rich cuz he was stuck in taipei working amidst the mother-typhoon. he'd been meaning to find a cheaper flat for ages, but hadn' thad the time. so he asked me to check out places in his area to see what the market was like. and ya know, i was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the apartments i saw, along with their price tags (rental/month). i happily (or not so for him) reported that he was grossly overpaying for his current place. in fact, he can get a flat in the exact same complex (basically everything is identical) for $4000 HKD less per month. Which is pretty substantial. i also saw places that i would love to move into myself -- and was shocked at how low the prices were in central HK. For a tiny bit more than what I'm paying now for my eentsy teensy studio, I could get a much bigger place in a much cooler area. altho, i do have a priceless full-wall harbour view. hm. but anyway, it's kinda fun flat-hunting here cuz you walk into an agency, tell them your criteria and usually they'll have a few places to show you right away that are very nearby. and it's cool to see an empty clean apt, envisioning the furniture and decorations, and how you'd live out your life in that very space. but then oh yeah, i had to keep remembering that it wasn't for me, it was for someone else. but well, i'll prolly spend lots of time there, so i can imagine too, right?? hahahaha i actually checked out a place in the building where my two friends caleb and justin live. but i ixnayed that cuz the corridors are a bit dank and i know rich is picky about the age of a building. and if i saw those buddhist shrine thingees with incense out in the hallway of a potential flat, i immediately ixnayed those too. that kinda creeps me out. i don't even care if rich cares, b/c i do. | | |
| whoops, 3 months since my last entry. it's been incredible the flood of weddings of friends back home in Toronto. I was there for Olga & Jer's union, unfortunately had to miss out on Steve 'n Sherry's and super-sadly I won't be there for Ant 'n Julie's in two weeks!!! In addition to these three couples, there were countless others of uni friends and from the younger set at RH3C (eg. Eric and Bernice's/ Kat 'n Mike's). it made me think how funny life is...that when we're young we think "I'm going to marry such and such" or that "those two are definitely gonna stay together forever" etc. and we're so sure of it. but in hindsight, looking at both the predictable and unpredictable couples it's still an amazement to me how God unfolds his plan. i never thought i'd be where i'm at today. nor where Vix is. or Merks. or Ant even. Ask me 5 years ago and it'd be a wholly different picture. even with regards to my brothers (and their gfs). and i never would've challenged the me i was two years back. my mind has been opened, my heart softened and i am just in wonder of how my perspective has grown. and i definitely was never a believer in that whole "you just KNOW when you've met the right one" feeling....but now i know. and i can't explain it. i just know. i am no wiser years later, but i do know what real  is finally. sounds gay. but i get the sense we're all in a happier place now after the youthful dreams 'n expectations have evaporated into reality. and this reality is just as sweet if not better. you are my carl and i am your ellie. i'd drag a house across south america for you. work is blah. all my friends have left, maxine resigned two weeks ago to go study mandarin in tianjin next month. so i'm really praying for my direction. am juggling ideas and balancing these with the reality my hahahhahahhaah harvard lawyer bf will quit his job soon and become "an english teacher". this has been something of a joke for a while now, but seems more and more a reality as his hours pile up and he goes green in the face from lack of sleep and stress. and it's fine. i'd rather a happy healthy, if more budget-conscious bf than a grouchy overpaid absent one. | | |
| I haven't blogged in nearly 3 months! Quick update bout what's on my mind: -work has been a mega-coaster; ups and downs; so busy it's overwhelming & i'm beginning to keep my "ears 'n eyes open" for other things..people at work can be twittish (not to mention lazy, incompetent and just so hugely out of touch!) -going home to T.O. (and a hub of swine flu) on Friday for Jer's wedding ^__^; dun worry, I'll wear a mask (on the plane, not to the wedding) -am still feeling wobbly and nauseous from my junk fishing trip with my brother and several random HK people. 8 hours...seasick...it was not a pretty picture. longest day of my life and i was sooooo relieved to hit firm ground. plus, in that entire time i only managed to reel in 1 measly fish while everyone else was pulling 20+ -me 'n the boy are happy as sunshine! -am feeling mighty sick of running around to the firms all over central cuz it's really stressful. it used to be semi-fun and exciting, but after doing this for the second time around, i'm starting to dislike it. it's high-pressure to sit in a boardroom with a firm's senior partners for hours at a time talking about how wonderful and top-tier their practice is, and then pretending to be knoweldgable on finance trends that are like???? in my brain. | | |
| Oh wow, I haven't blogged in 1.5 months!!! bad me. what can i say? other things have kept me occupied, like um, . in my last post, it was the day before valentine's and i got great news from the doctor + i got a grand bouquet of flowers sent to my office :) well, my bf took me to singapore for the weekend (!!!) where i ate a lot of amazing hawker food (discovering my love for hainanese chicken) and sweated in the humidity. it was really really freaking hot!!! best part was the night safari...this giant bat took a piss and a dump less than 2 feet from our faces!! ok that was a bit shocking and gross, but it was really cool to get so close to the animals. yeah the night safari and its tram ride...definitely recommended if you're ever in singap. then well, back in hk it's been a bit less happy...three of my friends got let go from work and i was pissed. actually for a while i was really worried about my job b/c they actually shut down the magasine i predominantly write for!!! but, they couldn't quite get rid of me yet cuz they need me to manage and edit the ranking publication i did last year. so at least until september, i pray i'm employed. but the mood is really sour as most of my good friends, save one, have all gone. and i am still "adjusting" to my new boss. hmm... the month of april will be crazy for me. next week i'm flying to tokyo, the week after to vietnam (ho chi minh city) - these trips are for play - and then my company is sending me back to seoul (yay!) in the 4th week on business. i'm still frantically trying to get my toronto ticket booked for jer's wedding...but ugh!! flights are so full right now. well my bf is back home in california at the moment and i miss him dearly. hahaha it hasn't even been a full day since he left! hahaha! oh well. but yeah...i'm starting to understand what he always warned me about dating a lawyer. their long hours and being at a client's beck 'n call 24 hours a day...he said maybe there would be days or even weeks i'd never really see him even though we're in the same city! booooo....i just feel sad sometimes he has to work so hard and be so stressed...and for what...? money, ok. but is it worth it??? no corporate lawyer genuinely loves what he/she does. | | |
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