Happy CNY!

Thanks so much to my friends who remembered my birthday! :) Love ya all~ Ok, i dont mean i dont love those who didnt remember :P ... I understand that everyone's busy lately! At the same time i'd like to wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! Hope your year is filled with lots of good luck! Smooth sailing in everything you do and for the singles I hope that special someone will show up soon! :D

Loneliest Bday Ever

I went and paid my speeding ticket today, i just thought i should get it over and done with
before the new year starts. I was only doing 68 on a 50 zone! Arrrh. I remember why i went so fast! It was because i had to switch lanes to try and avoid this drunk driver (at least i suspected he was drunk, cuz i was on 17th Ave). :( I tried to fight the ticket and hoped the constable wont show up, but she did! She told me that there's no way i can fight the ticket and asked me to plead guilty. Well, i accepted the plea bargain; as a result she slashed the mileage that i went over by half, so i only paid $75 instead of $13x. It's better than nothing i guess, esp with my current financial situation; every penny counts!

After work i went to Purolator and picked up my new monitor. It is an awesome mon and it is a
lot bigger than my old piece of crap! I can now see details in pictures that i was never able to
see on my old mon! I think i need to take out all my pics and view it on this monitor again! As I do every year I spent my birthday with my family. As some of you may know my mother just had an eye surgery not too long ago, so she cant cook. :( They were gonna go to Cheesecake Cafe and get me a cake, but the South location was closed for renovation until Feb 8!!! Arrrh, no cake, no dinner! Oh well ... :( I did get my "Red Pocket" tho. Let's hope I'll have a better birthday next year!

Sushi @ Zipang

Tonite I went to sushi zipang with Gigi and Andy to celebrate my birthday. I got an I-pod Shuffle case by Coach from Gigi! I love it! It's a blue leather case on a neck strap with a butterfly on it. I dont have a case for my shuffle and this is just what i need. :D Thanks Gigi! The food at Zipang was awesome as usual; it's one of the few "real" Japanese restaurants in Calgary and i'd definitely go there with Peter this week. Anyways, we had fun chatting that nite and we actually had some intellilectual conversation about politics. We all voted this year and at the end we agreed that the political parties in Canada are pretty much useless.

It's kinda weird how Gigi and I became close friends. In fact, we simply couldnt recall how we became friends! We will always remember how we met tho; we were competiting in a singing contest. (yes, how cool is THAT! @_@) Altho we didnt win anything at the contest, this friendship we have at the end made the contest worthwhile! :) Ok i know this sounds kinda cheesy ...

How I Met Your Mother

I know this sounds stupid, but i really like the new show How I Met Your Mother. It's just one of those silly sitcoms, but maybe there's been a lack of sitcoms lately... and i sort of need that weekly comic relief. This week they did a Before Sunrise-like episode! Hmm I don't believe it, the writers must've seen that movie! And of course there's Neil Patrick Harris! Hehe, i was a Doogie Howser M.D. fan! :D He's awesome in the show, actually he's LEGENDARY!!! Hehehe.

I do hope that there's a season 2....

Selective Hearing - My 2005

01. Royksopp - The Understanding
02. Annie - Anniemal
03. Goldfrapp - Supernature
04. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
05. Jamie Cullum - Catching Tale
06. Ladytron - Witching Hour
07. 陳綺貞 - 華麗的冒險
08. 五月天 - 知足 Just My Pride 最真傑作選
09. The Killers - Hot Fuss
10. Oh frack, i dont have a 10....

*not in any particular order

Aquarius - the bad luck sign of the month?

January's been such a long and dreadful month for me! I don't believe all the bad things that has happened to me so far! Arrrh. Things are not going well at work, cuz I don't think I am being aggressive enough. Oh well, good thing is that I always look on the bright side and I am taking this as a challenge. Altho I still hope that Program Support will contact me soon ....

Anyways, i was pretty stressed out in the last couple of days to a point where I started looking up my horoscope on the internet for some answers. I stumbled upon a few sites about my sign, and what they say about Aquarius is so true!

AQUARIUS
BORN: January 20 - February 18
SYMBOL: Water-bearer,
ELEMENT: Air
PLANETS: Uranus and Saturn
COLOUR: Electric blue
PLANETARY STONE: Turquoise

TRAITS:

» Refuse to follow the crowd
» Strong desire for knowledge
» Strong will-power
» Relate well to diverse personalities
» Open-minded
» Idealist
» Easily bored
» Humanitarian
» Logical
» Artistic
» Intelligent
» Unorthodox
» Emotionally detached
» Inventive
» Resentful of being told to what to do
» Skeptical
» Highly developed sense of social equality
» Most comfortable in the world of ideas
» Intuitive
» Honest
» Independent
» Unpredictable
» Dogmatic
» Impatient
» Freedom-loving
» Progressive
» Altruistic

FAMOUS AQUARIANS:

» Galileo
» Thomas Edison
» Abraham Lincoln
» Charles Dickens
» James Dean
» Charles Darwin
» Oprah Winfrey
» Jennifer Aniston
» Matt Groening
» Justin Timberlake
» Christina Ricci
» Alicia Keys
» Seth Green
» Michael Jordan

Hmmm, they forgot Mozart...who was born on the same day as me! :D

Anyways, as you can see, Aquarius people can be quite annoying. Honestly i dont know what i'd do if I have a friend who's an Aquarius. (come to think of it, I dont have one!) I guess this is why my friends are quite precious to me, cuz unlike my family who's got no choice :P , they actually choose to tolerate my sometimes unusual behaviors.

知足

五月天 - 知足

怎麼去擁有 一道彩虹
怎麼去擁抱 一夏天的風
天上的星星 笑地上的人
總是不能懂 不能知道足夠

如果我愛上 你的笑容
要怎麼收藏 要怎麼擁有
如果你快樂 不是為我
會不會放手 其實才是擁有

當一陣風吹來 風箏飛上天空
為了你 而祈禱 而祝福 而感動
終於你身影 消失在人海盡頭
才發現 笑著哭最痛

那天你和我 那個山丘
那樣的唱著 那一年的歌
那樣的回憶 那麼足夠
足夠我天天都品嚐著寂寞

(知足的快樂 叫我忍受心痛)

This is such a beautiful and peaceful song. It reminds me that I should always be grateful for everything I have now. We can live a simple life and still be happy, as long as we know how to appreciate everything we have. And you just have to trust me on this one, the best things in life are free! :) Remember to pray for the people you care about and wish them the best.

(I learnt this from someone who was important to me, and i didn't think i understood everything he was referring to until i was in Sri Lanka and India last year. I will try to write about it if I have time)

阿信說："如果我愛上妳的笑容，但你的笑容不是因為我，那麼我就該放手，看著你為別人綻放笑顏而知足"

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Looks like the seller who sold the Pink Razr V3 to me was a scammer. :( Within a few days, the seller's profile was flooded with negative feedbacks, and today, he/she is no longer registered on eBay! I know I will get my money back, since i used a credit card for this purchase. I just can not believe all the bad things that has happened to me lately. I've never had any problems with eBay before, probably because I've never brought anything over CAD$100 in the past. I've made 2 big purchase lately, and they both turned sour! Arrrh!

It's been really busy at work too. As some of you may know, I am now in a new position, and I've been trying very hard to learn my job for the last 2 weeks. I think i am doing ok, but the comfort level is still kinda low. :( Yesterday, a Team Leader came by and asked me if I am interested in working at Program Support (sort of like Tech Support in our division) temporary, he said that the dept is short staffed, and they know I have some computer-related background, but there's no guarantee on whether or not they'd switch me. I really hope that they will do the switch, cuz i know that I dont exactly enjoy what i am doing right now.

Here's a reply from the seller

Hi, You have to wait 30 days because you placed a claim on my account, now my account is on hold because Paypal is now investigating.

Frack....

Arrrhhhh!

Since I still haven't got my X'mas present (ya the one i brought for myself!) yet, i contacted the ebay seller for answers. I almost got an instant reply and the seller just said they had some trouble with Dell and have to give me a refund instead. Question is, why it took them so long to tell me? Maybe they were hoping that I dropped dead during the holiday season so they wont have to give the refund or something? It's already been a month! I am simply ticked. Meanwhile, Dell.ca have raised the price of that monitor again, so i can't get it from there! Arrhh this is very upsetting, as I was so looking forward to my new monitor!!! I hate this!!! When will Dell.ca have another sale?

The Incredibles

I watched The Incredibles tonite finally (ya after having the dvd for more than 6 months!) and as a long time Pixar fan I gotta say it was a TOTAL let-down. :( I guess Pixar is trying to compete with Dreamworks (who puts out movies with ugly animation like Shrek and Shark Tales! Ok i agree they are funny ... ), so the storyline of The Incredibles is aimed at a more mature audiences. By doing this I think Pixar has lost its touch; cuz Pixar films are suppose to be suitable for all ages right? The script sucks and it's probably the worst Pixar's ever done! So surprise that the movie is not a flop at the theatres.

Seriously, i am disappointed, i thought Pixar can do better than this.....

Happy 2006!

Happy New Year! I don't really know how to judge my 2005; it wasn't a bad year at all, but then it not the best either. I have a few New Year resolutions, but of course i won't say it here, cuz it'll not come true unless i keep it to myself!

Anyways, I do have some plans for 2006. First of all, I should be going to Thailand sometime after September (must be in Calgary on September 2 for Gigi's wedding!). After talking to Pazu for a bit, he got me convinced that Thailand is the place to be! :) I just pray that he's still in Thailand after Sept, or else this might not work. I should be stopping in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and even Singapore and Cambodia perhaps? I want to go to as many Asian countries as possible this time. That should be fun! Pazu told me that everything in Thailand is quite cheap (For eg. HKD$16 for a movie and cheap accommodations!) This will make it quite affordable as I should be taking some time off from work (right now i am thinking 2 months!!!) Hehe i better go pick up a backpack in MEC soon! Arrh i can't wait, it's something to look forward to, something that'll give me a lot of motivation to do things through out the year!

I picked up a great deal on ebay last nite after coming back from a NYE party, and finally I won a Pink Razr V3!!!!! Special thanks to 'Conan' in London who saw it and told me about it. I guess ppl are still suffering from hangovers in the UK and so they couldn't bid! What a great way to start a new year! Hehehe. I cant wait to flash it and get it to work.