Day 6

我呢d重色輕友之輩,今時今日仲有朋友肯隨傳隨到,真係幾生修到...

Bobo, 多謝你今晚陪我成晚發0翁瘋呀, 真係好感動 :D

有時真係覺得你0地對我仲好過我隔離0個個...


P.S.完成今晚既考試,發覺自己果然唔係會計既材料.
都唔明d人為乜搞到d數咁複雜!!

人總係將簡單既事情複雜化...

Day 4

Study for the whole afternoon in the hot office (almost suffocated when I was about to leave, can I request for purchase of air-conditioning??), so I go to HMV for window shopping to reward myself.

I was attracted by Coldplay's new singles, "Speed of Sound", which released 18months after their last album. Their thrid album, "X&Y", will be released in early June.

As quoted from Chris Martin (vocal), "The songs are huge. The music is sometimes quiet and intimate but at other times builds to a massive, layered sound that breaks new ground for Coldplay. The lyrics are about big subjects like life and death, love and loss, about being fascinated by the world around us but also about accepting that something can never be fully understood. In mathematics X and Y were always the answers, but in life no one knows. The album is about those unanswerable questions, and what you should do about the fact that you can't explain all the unknown variables." (http://www.coldplay.com/site.php)

Yes, in life there's no definite answer. Looking from another perspective, there are too much variables to make our lives unique from one another. What we can do is to enjoy at its most, and seize our days.

Just share with you one of the songs in their singles:

Things I don't understand
how tides control the sea
and what becomes of me
how little things can slip out of your hands

how often people change
no two remain the same
why things dont always turn out as you plan
these are things that i dont understand
yea these are things that i dont understand

and i cant decide
wrong from right
oh my day from night
oh the dark from light
but i love this life

how infinite is space
and who decides your fate
why everything will dissolve into sand

how to avoid defeat
where truth and fiction meet
why nothing ever turns out as you plan
these are things that i dont understand
yea these are things that i dont understand

and i cant decide
wrong from right
oh my day from night
oh the dark from light
but i love this life

Day 3

The rain is so heavy tonight.
What's more, this is the first time I saw lightning, while I was in open space.

Though frightening, the flash of light is beautiful. When the light stikes through the dark sky, it lightens the sky but yet it can be very dangerous. How amazing it is!

Unluckily I didn't bring the camera! Maybe take a look at pics taken from others!



Haa, I'm very passionate these days... :P

Day 1

I'd like you to know, though I always say "I miss you", this is the first time I whole heartedly say so.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy your holidays and have a nice trip.


My mind keeps playing this song for the whole day...

早已忘了想你的滋味是什麼 因為每分每秒都被你佔據在心中
你的一舉一動牽扯在我生活的隙縫 誰能告訴我離開你的我會有多自由 ...
0800

Our promise

When we had our field trip to Cyprus 4 years ago, we promised we'll meet again in Cyprus in 2005.

Time flies... I'm not sure if we've had too much expectation on ourselves previously...
So easy to go everywhere we like not long ago, but now... so much you need to consider!
Just 4 years have passed by, but I can feel the heavy burden deep inside me... that's not what I would have expected 4 years ago.

Angel suggests we should meet in next year. I'd really like to go with you guys, you all are the best companion for travel, but... frankly I'm really not sure where I am, and what will I be the next year.
Hope I have enough $ and holiday to go next year~

The good old days...I look much younger... (jot me a message if you can't spot me!)

Crazy gals meet

Just haven't meet for a long time! Thx for Joyee's organization plus her marvellous exhibition. I'm proud of you, Joyee!!! :)


J's model


Mr. C's model

And yet, we are still crazy and noisy, just dunno why it's always like that when we get together, haha... are we still doing the same when we get old?!


Grace's new hair style~

Wan Chai Camp

Nice photos of our wild camp to Wan Chai on 30Apr.
We were kept disturbed by the cows in the whole camp. They are really naughty (We called them "不良牛")!!
By the way.... it's not the Wan Chai in HK Island, it's in Sai Kung!!


On the way to Wan Chai... (U can know the speed of the boat from the waves generated... so lucky that we arrived the destination safely!!)


Enjoying our hot pot dinner!


Our dinner being destroyed by the naughty cows... >.<

Breakfast time! (see their sleepy eyes, we were disturbed by murmuring from cows... the cows were having rave party the whole night!)


The funny mushroom growing at the camp site (Dunno if it's poisonous... anyway the cows dun eat them but prefer our food!)

Establishment

It's so tiring to make your home sweet home...
My legs keep aching the whole day after working for two days (just furishing the walls)!
Oossh!


Famous Star's Hand!

讓我想一想

Just stay at home to revise for my AGE interview this Thur.

Time flies... I was just flipping over my notes 2 years ago. I didn't realize I was once so enthusiastic when I just joined the Graduate training...
I'm not clear what I want to do, or what I want to pursue.
After my MSc exam, I should really think about what I wanna be...

Suddenly think of this song:
讓我想一想 - 陳綺貞

漫步在荒原 我想找一棵棲身的樹
有陽光 有流水 還有微風吹
該如何面對 這未知的一切
讓自己的思緒沈澱
隨著天色的改變 心情的外衣也要多加一件

這些對 那些好 我想追 我想逃
其實我也害怕
可不可以就這樣停下來
我要多一點時間好讓我再想一想

隔著玻璃窗 我早已沈醉在藍色的街
有寂寞 有笑語 還有看不見的雪
該如何整理 這忙亂的城市
還有我的心事
躲在十二月熱鬧的夜 我只要一個人 安安靜靜地

什麼對 什麼好 不要問 不要猜
不要太靠近我
可不可以勇敢地停下來
我要多一點空間好讓我再想一想

Sense of belongings?

The tiny bit of sense of belongings to my organization has lost.

As a trainee in my organization, it is usual for others to exclude me from theworkforce. I am, however, annoyed by the different status between contract and permanent staff. Regardless of income and benefits, contract staff is being excluded from the establishment of the division in current policy. That is part of the reason why our division has so limited space (the space granted is according to the number of permanent staff in the division), consequently all our colleagues in the division have to be crowded together as there is significant amount of contract staff.

In terms of workload, contract staff shared the same amount. But there is not even a place for them to work! How sarcastic is the whole matter!

I am just pissed off. Not until the administrative people review this matter,they can no long attract high calibre people to the organization.

Oh... by the way, they don't need to attract people to join the workforce anymore.

Song of the Day - Little Girl Blue

Few of my U-mates love Jazz, and that was the time I fell in love with it. (Certainly I was heavily influenced by my ex, but that's a good one! :P)

The marvellous thing that Jazz brought to you is its variety - different performers can play the same song in a completely different way, thus giving a completely new flavours to the song.

And I just like to listen to female jazz vocals. Different vocals have their styles and you can always have new feelings on the same songs.
(To people who seldom listen to jazz: there are some jazz standard songs that are "must-sing", so you'll hear the same song sang by different singers, which is very different from pop songs)

So, from now on I'll share with you some songs (especially jazz ones) that I like, just jot me a message if you feel interested in the song. :)

Today I'll like to introduce to you a jazz song called "Little Girl Blue", sang by Stacey Kent. This is indeed a sad song, but I am really touched by the lyrics.
Maybe I found I'm not young anymore...

Little Girl Blue
When I was very young
The world was younger than I
As merry as a carousel

The circus tent was strung
With every star in the sky
Above the ring I loved so well

Now the young world has grown old
Gone are the tinsel and gold

Sit there, and count your fingers
What can you do?
Old girl, you're through
Sit there, and count your little fingers
Unlucky, litle girl blue

Sit there, and count the raindrops
Falling on you
It's time you knew
All you can count on is the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue

No use, old girl
You may as well surrender
Your hope is getting slender
Why won't somebody send a tender
Blue boy
To cheer up little girl blue?

Easter holiday (1)

One of the longest holiday of the year...

A good day with my colleagues and friend, especially playing Monopoly (just haven't played for ages!!). Suddenly I felt I'm much younger, haha...

Hope all of you are having a nice Easter holiday!

my snaps!

Just to announce I've opened a new blog for putting my snaps (you can also find the link on the bottom right):
http://wyliesnaps.blogspot.com/

Please visit them and your comments are always welcomed!

Tree Cotton

When I was small (actually not really small, should be during my teenage years) I remembered mama would picked the tree cotton flower in the summertime, for making soup after the flower was sun-dried... in order to remove 'wetness' from your body during wet seasons.

In the past I just hated those fallen tree cotton flowers, making the ground so dirty and you need to 'bounce around' to prevent stepping on them.

I have never noticed tree cotton are so beautiful, until I saw them on the bus on my way to work yesterday. They give a different 'taste' to the tree cotton, which is dull and lonely trucks when there's nothing on it.

Just take a look how beautiful they are! (hope they won't fall off so soon...)


Tree cotton dressed in red... longing for the summertime~


Old estate, old trees... will they be gone soon?

Sweeties gathering

Again a nice and relaxing gathering, although this time just four of us were available...

And, thx for all your suggestions... i really need to consider what is the best for me!


Same smile~ :)

Simple Love

To love someone is a simple feeling, but as your feeling towards someone 'builds up' it starts to get complicated – to an extent that sometimes you doubt whether you are in love anymore.

For an emotional idiot like me, I have sometimes thought too much even everything's fine. I have too many expectations and projections on someone, somehow making myself uneasy, while there's nothing wrong happened. I started to get suspicious of every of his act and lose my temper easily.

Just wanna jot this down when I'm conscience, and as a reminder to myself. Love is just simple – there's no need to make any sophisticated thought, and put myself in hell.

Agree, my dear?

EGG's last stop

I'm staying in-house for my design training! This is my last stop of my 3-year training.
(To those who cannot figure out what I am doing: throughout my training I need to post to different divisions within my department or private civil engineering firms to gain my training experience... so a bit like Gipsy...)

Frankly, to be seconded to private firms will be a good way to gain hands-on work experience, and a good way to have a feel of the 'dynamic' of the industry. But given that my training will last for 6 months only, I will be leaving the firm after I have get used to the working environment. Consequently, I am not be able to get full use of my time in acquiring required skills.

Though the scope of job is more limited in-house, I think it's better for me to equip with basic and simpler projects before I can work on sophisticated tasks.

What's more, I need not move my belongings to far far away... just one floor downstairs! :P

I just feel glad!

Hey, I just wanna say a big thanks to all of you, who 'keep track' of my OD everyday. :)
Hope you can enjoy here !

You know, ade, i really can't imagine u'll jot me a line, and there's more than one, hee, anyway, i love your words :D

5, just wanna say "I missss you so!!!". I feel so happy to see your comments here! I just missed our times in GHS!

I should really hold our 5F gathering la... hope my good hope sweeties are getting more smart and beautiful ("a mature lady" as said by Helen Law.. haha)

CPD

This is the most interesting CPD I've ever attended. Although I felt asleep in one or two sessions... :P

Today's CPD titled "Use of Natural Materials in Hong Kong's Engineering and Building Development". Other than technical aspects like testing of aggregates in cement and alkali-silica reaction in concrete, there were some sessions that relates to the use of Hong Kong's natural materials in the past, such as ore extraction (there are no mines in Hong Kong anymore!), reclamation development(with emphasis on the use of marine sand), and quarrying techniques dated back from pre-colonical times.

More interestingly, the speakers for these 'Hong Kong's History' sessions are foreigners! (Should I say it's sad?!) I think we native Hong Kong citizens should really know more about the history of our land, a place with lots of amazing "East meets West" stories.

Wanna know more about our place in our parents or grand grand parents 'good old days'? I think the best is to start with museums. The Hong Kong Museum of History and The Hong Kong Heritage Museums have excellent permanent exhibitions about our place. Just check out the following links:

Hong Kong Museum of History
check out the permanent exhibition "The Hong Kong Story": http://hk.history.museum

Hong Kong Heritage Museum
my recommendation: new town development in Hong Kong
http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/

Self evaluation

I need to write a summary for my AGE application.

Frankly speaking, I think I didn't do well for my entire training period, mainly due to laziness and I'm always slow at work.... but yet I found that I've gained quite a lot during the time.

Mapping is the best thing I've gained in the meantime. Back to the school days, I was just hanged out and played around... But now I really, at least, know and understand what is mapping. By the way, this skills really needs experience. I'm just at the starting point! :P

For better or worst, I will continue to work hard for the rest of my training. :)