童言之一

4歲半的C話:
"我1歲就鍾意 xx(某卡通人物);
兩歲就鍾意 Thomas;
3歲就鍾意 yy(某卡通人物);
4歲就鍾意巴斯光年;
5歲就鍾意 CARS..."

"我地男仔鍾意啲嘢成日轉...
女仔我就唔知喇..."

哦, 原來係咁...

不過佢其實係想話:
(1) 我地男仔鍾意啲嘢成日轉, (鍾意咗啲)女仔(會唔會成日轉)我就唔知喇?
抑或係...
(2) 我地男仔鍾意啲嘢成日轉, 女仔(鍾意咗啲嘢會唔會成日轉)我就唔知喇?

口罩

同事的小兒上幼稚園, 近日衛生安全起見, 有時都會帶口罩上學.
一天放學時, 發現小朋友的口罩不同了.
原來,
他跟同學仔交換了卡通口罩.

同道中人

昨天下着雨, 天色相當壞, 卻是近來少有的輕快順利. 雖然都有令人輕輕氣結的蠢事.
早上沒辦法 tennis, 卻讓我乘機清了兩本食之無味棄之可惜半天吊的書.
中午到海運睇 car show 吃 lunch. 經驗所得停車場在雨天(lesser extent 暴曬天)特別爆, 因為大家都不想泊露天而都擠在下層有蓋部份. 一心想早點兒出發, 卻因喫書而晚了, 到達時已接近1點, 有蓋部份果然已 Full. 大部份人都不信邪, 還是先兜個圈碰碰運氣. 我們還是有點運氣, 加上一點策略與耐性, 吊着一對龜速漫步男女的尾, 終於等到他們驅車離開.
先吃個 lunch, 走到 BLT Steak 點了 Certified Angus Hamburger ($88) and Spicy Tuna BLT Sandwich ($128), both served with fries, 飲品另計. Burger 真的不錯, 是 Main Street Deli 以外有意欲再光顧 burger 的一家, 而且比 Deli 便宜多. 現在 Citibank 有優惠 $99 with coffee/tea, 如果 a la carte 的話 10% off. 至於 spicy tuna was overdone, 跟在美國吃的是兩回時.
稍不滿的是服務上的不足. 我們見門外有 Citibank 優惠, 便問 reception 優惠詳情是什麼, 姐姐只說是 a la carte 10% off, 完全沒有提有特別套餐, 坐下來後亦沒有人補充, 到我們發現之時已是 after the fact. 埋單時便跟西裝人"提醒"了幾句, 他的回應禮貌周周卻九唔搭八, 當下認定講多無謂, 有其上司必有其下屬, 打發他離去也罷. 這些小事情理應無需驚動鬼佬老闆, 不過若有下次, 就只能怪做細的不爭氣了.
VW Carshow 尚算人山人海, 相信不少是 Golf fans 或冒名而來的人, 想看看最新 MKVI 如果成為 World Car of 2009, 有機會一定要試試. 自己就真的十分十分喜歡 MKV GTi, 從來對"車仔"不以為然卻一試傾心, 不知道MKVI GTi 會有什麼更正的改動及何時引入香港呢... hehee. 雖然外型上, 暫時我還是較喜歡 MKV.
另外有趣的事, 昨天停車場內有不少 (relatively) Golf and GTi, 看見那麼多同道中人, 心中也是輕奮的. 離開時還正正遇上一架跟我們是一模一樣顏色的, yeah! 好似好低能, 但那奇怪 pearly greenish grey 不常見喎, 而且... (下刪30,000字)
另一驚喜是簽 Citibank 有3 小時免費泊車, 夠我們喝過咖啡才走, 滿足.
下午做了一個15min 水 mask, 還終於終於看了 HOCC "快樂是免費的音樂會" DVD, 重溫有感動有笑, 之前有提過, 不贅. [http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2009/02/sharing-is-happy.html] 還是那一句, 有心人請支持.
晚上再到尖沙咀跟20多中學同學相聚, 8,9 個墟好嘈好好笑, 跟昨天沒兩樣. 後來大家都滿場飛拍照的拍照, 吹水的吹水, 最後大家都不捨得離開, 癲一輪計完數還要多站半個鐘才在三催四請之下清場, 誰不知走到酒家的樓下, 還要在路邊'曬馬'吹水嬉笑多半句鐘才勉強散去. 現在想起來, 當時的情景在外人看來, 可能又要大呼'港女'哩樣嗰樣了... hahaaaa WE DON'T CARE!!!
真的, 一切在心中.
掛住講大家都志不在吃, 話說回來這家潮州酒樓我沒有到過, 但我吃到鵝片和蠔酪還不錯, 可能可以回頭細嚐清楚.

昨晚, 還是睡得比較像樣了.

Back to Merry

A small step in clearing back logs... start with something festive

Mine was one of the biggest! yeah!!!


Set the table before the big feast


Leading roles of the feast - Roast ham and turkey (not in scale...)

Like this very much, showed before. Assembled real stuff.

From the other angles


Leading role for count-down

Self-made cake by Edmond. SUPER SUPER SUPER delicious and satisfying with the simplest and purest - sponge cake, fresh banana, fresh cream, almond flakes and chocolate!!! aaarrrrrrhhhhhhhh
Look at the lovely Mr Clock, telling us time flies... especially good ones...

In Mood For

Was going to search something on a's blog, then found this... aiyo...
http://shallwetalk.blogspot.com/2008/12/in-mood-for-mo.html

Thanks wor, that sounds quite (overly) flattering, hohohohooo...
Time flies. Indeed, I miss those times too... those were the days.

I Jap

I 'jap', therefore I am.

7/F of that building opposite CWB Sogo, forgot the name of the restaurant. I've never been there for any of the eateries. Not until Bjie brought me there, as recommended by her friend - 金庸位公子 - and we (actually she) surely took that advantage and made 查大俠 Jr. talk to the Chef.
We just sat there and took whatever prepared by the Chef. Sashimi was very fresh and thus good, but not great.

Look at the overflowing urchin sushi (R) and it showed the magic of referra.

This was grilled 'chicken fish', quite tender and juicy. We ate a lot more other stuff and sake, not pictured here.


Then, here's the reborn Sakaegawa. Only so-so if judge by the quality of lunch we had. The menu now is quite cheap, yet I miss even much the old one in Ritz-Carlton.
Those were the days.
The days when we would go for early lunch and got a bargain. The days when we could ask for free ice cream. The days when we were a team. The days when we (believed we) were carefree.

New Year News

Just heard that my successor at xxx has resigned.
ha ha ha...
Push factors? Pull factors?

Back lah!!

Mom and bean landed safely 1ish on Monday morning.
Have received numerous messages and calls from you buddies - big thank you to all of you, for the care, suggestions, and news.
No worries. THANK YOU!

ps. to be continued with the stories...

沉澱

個多星期以來, 各方好友人物都少不免'問候'一下我的新地埗如何如何.
臨別之前是 hectic 的, 說得難聽一點可能就是(其他人)'唔見棺材唔流眼淚', requests 蜂擁而至, 最後一個 presentation 安排到 last day 的 1630, 還有之後跟 BJ 老頂的 'last call'. 終於 notebook 也來不及交還, 還差點進不了 office, 因為我的 badge 在 office hour 後已經失效, 幸好有 buddies 相伴.
在新環境只花了兩天, 暫時跟 expectation 還是差不多, 當然 moments of truth (reality shock?) 也不缺.
近來無論是大環境還是小圈子都有不少的 news & changes... 實在需要沉澱一下.
再說.

傻婆的年度生日禮物

20081013 @ 尚膳潮州, HarbourCity & 糖朝
傻婆遲來的生日慶典. 與會還有 kp 和 hw. 4個人點了不少東西, 差一點點才能完成, 已盡了力.
~ 滷水鵝片
~ 滷水墨魚, 鴨舌及滷水蛋
~ 椒鹽白飯魚
~ 梅子蒸烏頭
~ 蠔仔肉碎粥
~ 方魚肉碎粥
~ 豆醬炒白菜
~ 鮮百合腐竹素菜
(嘩... 難怪吃不下...)

既然沒有什麼可送妳, 就不如借花敬佛 - 我以這篇章見證, 讓傻婆妳自己的笑喊料流芳百世, 做個紀念 (睇我咁都記得, 感動啦啩):
~ 公司的一位員工, 說不要"跟"傻婆, 要"跟大佬". 其實"大佬"是傻婆的下屬
~ "慢慢嚟, 唔洗急" 那位呷着咖啡的意大利歸僑, 還未明白皇帝急時太監不能不急, 送走佢吧啦
~ 早前皮膚敏感, 爛面了. 一晚夜深十分不適, 雖討厭醫院, 還是考慮過叫白車送院. 愛美而且有潔癖的她不無疑慮: 可否請救護員入屋前除鞋? 不然的話, 回家後豈不是要拖地? 還是請他們在樓下等不要上樓? 自己換好衣服才出現? 但那豈不是表示不用叫白車? 會行會走好地地自己搭的士好了... 咁清醒, 應該冇 mud 事, 瞓吧啦.
~ 傻婆的包租公原來住在隔壁. 早知如此就不會簽約 - 可惜看樓簽約時包租公西裝骨骨的像從"老遠"到來. 從那時起就再沒有見過他穿西裝.
~ 成為新租客, 包租公卻說不用換門鎖了 - 因為他"可以睇住"...
~ 嚷了很久要求包租公換一個雙頭煮食爐, 一路沒下文. 一天包租公突然主動出擊, 換爐不特止, 還義務幫忙等送貨. 原來煮食爐做推廣, 送飯煲...
~ 平日老死不相往來, 包租公卻送上聖誕卡 - 聖誕快樂. 加租 $xxxx...

當然除了笑料, 傻婆其實是很感性(又性感?)的:
~ 見到面差不多是劈頭第一句, 竟然是"我地初初識嘅時候得十幾歲, 宜家已經幾十歲啦"...
~ 她說喜歡看 House, 又說我似 House. 歡喜都來不及, 她卻說 "你話世人唔明白你; 你又何嘗明白世人呢?" 妳話呢?
~ 19歲時的"劫" - 是他, 也是你和我... hahahaaa

其實呢, 正如妳所講"我地識嘅時候得十幾歲"又正值"多事之秋", 都算是睇住妳大又睇住妳mudmud物物, hehe.
現在妳有自己獨立的生活, 有自己喜歡又勝任的事業(那些搞笑'靚s'好得), 有需要時搵下丁醫生俾機會佢傾訴吓, 除了要好好搞搞(或不要搞)妳身邊的那些蜜蜂蝴蝶同妳手車外, 我真心的 proud of you! as long as 妳好好的生活.

ps 幾時有空寫返兩手畫返兩手?

老闆啊老闆

在路上, 陳總來電 "想同你傾吓計咋". 好 sweet. 雖然聲音聽得出來有點累.
她貴人事忙, 每星期都要飛, 卻會在星期六晚主動來電, 好感動.
早兩天我 send email 告訴她我要離開的決定. 沒有直接打電話給她, 一是因為她常出差工作很忙不想打搞, 二是... 不知道怎開口, 雖然她已離開敝公司, 但是她的時代就是我在 xxx 的快樂時代, 也是剛踏入敞公司還叫 Consulting Group (!! 我應該還有名片) 的時候. 後來在某大客戶的項目, 我們一班人人鬼鬼一起花了不少時間, 數一數, 自己都花了23個月 (都未做完).
如果她還在敝公司, 或許我會像3年前 (原來差不多同一時節) 一樣, 捨不得離開, 即使人工稀薄. 其實想想, 陳老闆跟我只有一段過渡性的 direct report 關係. 畢竟她太高級, hehe, 我不用 report 到那個 level. 另外就是 M&A 加季節性 re-org 加恆常性高層音樂椅的關係, 轉來轉去習以為常.
老闆啊, 你永遠是我的老闆. 尊敬的老闆.

p.s. 還在

http://shallwetalk.blogspot.com/2008/10/fw.html
果然, 有先見.

馬虎 Rewind 之一

前幾天跟一個黃皮白心英文人聊天, 說着說着興致勃勃之際, 她突然很認真的問
"... you sure you didn't live in Canada or the States... ever in your life?"
愕了然, 當然 "I'm sure" 實在有點尷尬.
"... but your English is perfect!" aarrr... 百份百飲香港水流香港血, 可能敝公司鬼佬多啩...
"No way... it does not matter"
老外都是誇張x100的, 不必深究. Perfect 是不可能, 只是見得人, 溝通得來吧了.

我想說, 小女子是香港中文大學畢業的. 中小學也不是什麼大鑼大鼓的所謂老字號, 不過我的老餅 buddies 都是質地優異... (下刪三萬字) hohohoo...
那位聲稱要"搓 our breast"嘅民建聯掹衫尾新立會議員兼前特首辦什麼助理實在是個人水準問題, 與人無尤.
(Disclaimer: 無意以語文能力評論作為人的質素. 明啦.)

說起質地優劣, 除了一些客觀的素質外, 有心有理想有承擔更是談何容易.
希望各界有心人繼續有心有力.
http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/geelee-gooloogutgut/article?mid=79674&prev=-1&next=79600

Surprise

Got a surprise-present today. Thank you kids =)

Though I've been to this concert.

http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2008/04/khalil-at-star-hall.html

致潮女

在地鐵有意無意間看到別人手上"無料報"的一宗新聞, 標題大致為:
汽車撞牆冒煙
潮女醉駕被捕

不是說笑, 就是想起那個傻婆, 不由得心頭一震不安起來.
當然, 是因為"潮女"二字 (先不要 objection, 要知道傳媒的水準是差差差不多的了, 我只是代入那個水平去 interpret).
當然, 想必妳不會"醉駕"這樣不負責任幼稚.

立即就 eye-ball 一番希望盡快找到蛛絲馬跡去推翻這個念頭, 終於發現照片中的不是妳的小辣椒, 也就放心了.

喂, 總之快啲補鐘啦.
熟能生巧.
千萬要小心.

抄

Feel like to 拾人牙慧 today.

都話愈忙愈x. 唔想做就係唔想做.
http://pomxpom.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post_03.html

都話我好勇
http://shallwetalk.blogspot.com/2008/07/deduction-induction.html

又一週

這個星期會有怎麼樣的 moments of truth?
要作出什麼 "取" "捨"?
會 make a difference 嗎?
雖然 Snoopy 曾經講過: 100 年後, 又有什麼分別?
即是, 又如何?

傻婆終於買了大玩具, 可算是一個 milestone.
感覺個象徵意義就似... 大個啦, 自己照顧自己啦... 咁.
喂, 車得你多啦, 幾時車我? 連本帶利...
最緊要最緊要小心, 心情(萬一)唔靚就唔好亂片.
仲有兜風還兜風, 唔好 "兜" 其他無謂人等啦.

7.1

7.1.的一天, 原本有些想法, 也想去舒筋活胳一番.
誰知6.30 late afternoon 的一個 call, 一番盛情, 使我7.1傍晚得往SZ走了一趟.
其實心裏不踏實. 在各大空港可說如履平地, 但對SZ過關卻只有浮躁; 而且事情又來得突然...
畢竟要賞這個臉, 於是查好地埗, 從落馬洲過關再打的.
人少到呢...

回程叫車到皇崗, 打算再享用一下超爽的落馬洲過關加港鐵.
誰知司機哥哥竟開到直通巴士那邊的皇崗, 而我當然"唔知諚", 過了大陸關後唯有跳上往旺角的直通巴士(點知又要上車落車過香港關好煩)再轉折回家, 費時失事, 仲貴啲...

原以為還一個人情見一個面就好... 原來是有'手尾'的.
現在要好好的想想.

Blissful Ending

It reads:
Farewell, Thank You and All the Best!
Wednesday, 28th of May, 2008 will conclude the final chapter of our endearing Pantry.
天下無不散之筵席. 別了, 珍重!
As boss said, it seems just yesterday when we had the Pantry opening party. I'm so proud to be witnessing its journey, having the chances to mess up the counter, the kitchen and even the POS; and most importantly taking advantages of the great mission and ideas of ES and AC. Thank you, and all the best.

Was, the making of - http://www.pantry.com.hk/InsidePantry.htm
my take - http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post_05.html
a's take - http://shallwetalk.blogspot.com/2008/05/re-blissful-ending-to-blessed-beginning.html

I told Bean that today is last day for Pantry but forgot to mention that it would serve only till lunch. Turn out she's too busy to go down herself so she ordered delivery. It was 3-ish almost 4 and a lady in suit came to deliver. Just wonder who this lady friend is - would be a farewelling friend who helped one of Pantry's last delivery?

To Whom It May Concern

Thanks for all the regards (and intellectual/gossipy curiosity alike) sent through re my once-in-a-life-time incident.
I'm intact. And lessons well learnt :)

2Q is always an expensive quarter personally:
Mom's birthday, Mother's Day;
Dad's birthday, Father's Day;
Mom & Dad's anniversary;
2nd tax instalment.
and this year with this once-in-a-life-time incident.

So I'd better skip fancy and unfunctional get-togethers in the days to come... :)