Friday, October 31, 2008

萬聖節

萬聖節,沒外出,做個乖乖女回家去。(註:不代表外出了的不乖 =P)

到馬莎買了 wine gum ,那不是給 treat-or-trick 的小朋友,而是蘇海明指定要帶回香港的糖果。他在倫敦吃了一次,回味無窮,說那在香港店沒有長期出售,而且價錢雙倍。

走經金絲雀碼頭的廣場,喧嘩四起。起初以為人群慶祝萬勝節,細看下才發現他們在示威:在金絲雀碼頭這投資銀行區內,宣示不應以納稅人的錢補助金融危機,資本主意已死。

我質疑他們的說法 --- 本人相信金融體系倒塌牽連甚廣,影響百業一發不可收拾 --- 但不反對他們示威。偏偏警察嚴陣以待,還不准行人自廣場門口進出商場。天氣已經夠冷了,還要繞個大圈走進室內地方,真想罵人 >_<

返抵家中,弄了晚飯,坐在窗前好好休息。忙碌的十月即將完結,寒冷的天氣提醒著一年的期限快到來。這是賺來的假期,讓我在僅餘的時間,透徹地刻劃出這景致;儘管將來可能重返故地,心情已經不同了。

Ati [Cold]

她是 Ati ,馬來西亞人,少年時代在英國念書,然後留在英國工作,起碼十載。

看得出她是兩個孩子的母親嗎? 就是因為兩個孩子來不了英國,所以 Ati 放棄英國的工作,回到馬來西亞去。

可她安排妥當,已經在馬來西亞政府機構覓得(高薪)厚職,同事們都替她高興。

她最喜歡站在我身旁,因為她鮮能找到一個比她「嬌小」的同事 -_-"

大多數人的 farewell 都是 leaving drink 或午餐,但她因時間短促而來一個 farewell breakfast 。大家早上八時回到公司,當主角的她卻遲了廿分鐘 --- 可那已比她平日回到公司的時間早了一小時 =P

大家都笑了。

她說我和 Eleanor 是公司年青的一群,會玩 facebook ,要保持聯絡。

一路順風。

Thursday, October 30, 2008

You know you are from St. Paul's School (Lam Tin) when... [Cold]

在 SPS 的 facebook group 裡頭有這樣一個連結,非常長篇,以下已經是節錄了!

You know you are from St. Paul's school (Lam Tin) when...

- you know they deliberately hire weird-looking male teachers - there are proofs! [Yup they do that deliberately, Mr Siu and Mr Lam are good examples!]
- you get hit by ball (volleyball or netball) at least once during lunchtime [I was the one "hitting" others =P]
- when you are in f.1-4, you spend at least 10 english or chinese lessons doing nothing except to practice choral speaking [Guess it's not only for F1 – F4, still doing the same in F.6!]
- your skirt covered your knee when you were in F.1 [My skirt were always covering my knee -_-"]
- You can walk from the MTR station to the school within 10 minutes and you HATE that up-hill road [Actually, I like it quite well ...]
- you go to toilet during lesson breaks [Or else what would be best time to go?!?!?! =P]
- you would NEVER take off your vest in winter [Of course! The yellow blouse is so ... ]
- you know who 'Cha Siu' (roast pork) is [Oh, that weird man is still there? He's still a source of jokes I suppose =P]
- you hang out at Scenery garden or Mc donalds after school [KT Pizza Hut and Tak Tin 7-11 as well – for Volleyball team]
- you spend days decorating the classrooms , from windows to ceilings, before Christmas Party [A whole month!]
- you pretend to have your leg sprained so that you can take the lift - and you bring frds to 'look after' you [I didn't pretend but I had twisted my leg once and really needed the lift ... ]
- you were forced to recite the freaking long school hymnal when you were in F.1, but once you recited it, you will never forget it [That’s true – Hark! Daughters of the great St. Paul’s ...]
- you know Ms. T Cheng never ends her lessons on time [I only attended her Geography class in F.3 but I knew that already ...]
- you would NEVER EVER wear the winter sports tracksuit [I didn't wear it in my secondary school life but wore that in hostel when I was in Uni =P]
- you know sapphire and emerald always beat amber and ruby in swimming gala and sports day [Is it? Anyway, SAPPHIRE is the best!]
- you are told to 'sit up straight', 'open your jaws' and 'use your diaphragm' during music lessons [Ms Lau! She’s a lovely lady anyway from my interactions with her in choir, despite that her perfume was too strong ...]
- you are not allowed to eat on the street [Yup, but I always did so =P]
- the only thing you look forward to in Christmas Concert is Santa Claus handing out sweets [I like it and would yell for sweets ... hoho]
- Mr. Chiu took a photo of you [Missed it so much! Okay 1-2-3!]
- you were forced to join the cheering team in your house and shout slogans every day after school when you were in F.1 [Yup, I hated it, especially have to make that pong-pong >_<]
- all the teachers, except males and PE teachers, wear dresses [Oh really? I didn’t realize that ...]
- you see many junior girls 'transformed' into TBs, and you see some TBs 'transformed' into girls again [How to transform? =P]
- you see many schoolbags on the tables in canteen after school [One of them was mine ...]
- you had a 'big sister' when you were in F,1 [I never had one but I was the ‘big sister’ for a class of F.1 which I could hardly recognize now ...]
- you hear Ms Chau shout "keep going...keep breathing" at least three times in the PE lesson which you have to do a 9-min run [That really doesn’t make sense --- you need to breath even if you’re not running =P]
- you hear Mr. E. Wong says "CHU!CHU!CHU! Girls~~" and "Can you understand Girls?" over 200 times in double physics lesson… [No matter how many times he repeated the same stuff, I could never understand what he said =P]
- you heard Mr TH LAM says "You need to install an unistall program to unistall an installed program." And "If you don't know say I don't know or I don't know if you don't know." [Mr Lam is always funny ... hahaha]
- you know we have a mini concert in the playground before christmas party [I know, because it was started by Choir when I was in F.4 and I was in the group until F.7!]
- have to watch the same drama in the christmas concert every year and wonder why the angels can remain on the same spot till the end [That’s a hard task, isn’t it =P]

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

滋味 [寒冷]

昨晚下雪了。真可怖,現在才十月份嘞!

天氣寒冷,吃著暖烘烘的海鮮蛋炒飯加上炒菜及蒸肉餅,特別滋味 *,*

Monday, October 27, 2008

清倉晚飯

雪櫃裡的食物快到期了,清理行動刻不容緩,請來柯維景及陳雅詩共進晚餐。晚上九時一刻開飯,四餸一湯加大碗飯,大家吃得飽飽的 *,*

陳雅詩仗義洗碗,柯大少頻頻看黑草莓及上網。開了 Facebook 看相簿,無意間看到有關潘健怡結婚的照片。看著我那一屆 NABA 莊員的照片,柯大少自誇記得他們所有人的名字,開始逐一數出;一切順利,唯獨有一個,他想了十多分鐘也記不起人家的名字,又堅持要靠自己想出來。結果當然是說不出嘞!

柯伯,算了罷,老了就是老了,忘了就是忘了,節哀順變 =P

話說回頭,那個給人遺忘了名字的是誰? 猜猜看 ...

天氣 [氣溫急降]

一天內氣溫由攝氏十多度降至一度,深夜時份更跌破零度 – 這是甚麼怪天氣!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

冬令時間後一天 [涼快]

一如以往,首天回到辦公室,忙得要命。

不到下午五時就開始天黑,以至七時半離開公司的時候,感覺像是晚上十一時 @_@

一路順風 [雨]

剛把爸爸、媽媽送上回香港的飛機,自希斯魯返抵家來。

兩個多星期內來回希斯魯五號大樓三遍,第一次是接機,第二、三次分別是送別弟弟及爸媽,該對五號大樓瞭如指掌。可是自己卻從沒有在五號大樓進出過:去年來的時候五號大樓還未落成,年中兩度回港都在希斯魯三號大樓進出。

今年十二月,將會是我第一次在五號大樓出境。不知往後會否再到那裡去了。

關於家人的來訪,還滿愉快的。雖然弟弟有兩隻龜陣亡,賠上兩條性命 (在他的角度)/ 一張機票的價錢 (在我的角度) ,不過我想他是忘不了獨自走上多少路去搜索英倫龜店的過程。爸爸、媽媽是很雀躍,在少女峰上拍的短片很惹笑。

我嘛,自覺像「賓賓」,不斷地煮飯。自家做飯沒問題,但材料是差不多,一樣的東西要用不同的煮法連續做幾晚,那就有點傷腦筋。在倫敦只有三晚外出吃飯,有一晚是弟弟下廚;連在瑞士的五個晚上,有三晚都是煮食。要不第一晚住在沒有廚房的酒店、最後一晚和依沙具吃晚飯,可能五天都在煮食嘞 ... 真的比上班還勞碌 @_@

遺憾是,剛才方發現,整個旅行,我們只拍下一幅全家福 *.*

生活又要回到正軌去,首先要收拾家居。可是,我已經好累了,不如 ... 留待明天再做吧 =P

哎呀,明天要上班 ...

Friday, October 10, 2008

家人來訪前的週五夜

下班,到公司附近的 Bluu 出席同事的 multi-purpose drink 。依舊是 lemonade ,但今次喝了兩大杯,以至到 Monument 與何曉珊及李政立吃日本菜的時候仍覺飽得要命 *_*

明天家人早上五時半抵達倫敦希斯魯,我凌晨三時就要起牀準備出發,心想今晚當早點睡覺;可結果還是午夜過後才入睡 ... @_@

咀咒 [涼快]

原定計劃,新加坡的同事十月底離開往新加坡,我十二月頭回香港。之前常常與她打趣,說我會比她更早離開倫敦。

怎知這竟成真了 --- 因為人事安排關係,她要延遲至明年二月才回家。

我歸期依舊,全賴我的 work permit 是一年 non-extendable 。想想還該感謝辦理我的 work permit 的羅公司夠愚笨。

新加坡同事記起我老是說我會比她早回到亞洲去,說我咀咒有效,下次應該說她會中彩票才是 =P

Thursday, October 09, 2008

了結 [和暖]

和客戶開會,了結這個項目的大部份工作。

雖然仍然要繼續,但心情輕鬆多了。好,弄一頓豐富晚餐來慰勞自己 =P

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

以不變應萬變 [涼快]

市場色變,突然波及到我的公司來。有點置身事外,沒甚麼特別的感覺。

繼續忙碌工作,同時安排好家人來訪事宜。開始倒數 ...

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

小錦三訪英倫之旅 [涼快]

從蘇菲那裡取回吹氣牀 --- 那是下兩星期弟弟/ 我的良伴 =P

匆匆把吹氣牀拿回家,然後跑到金絲雀碼頭地鐵站與何曉珊踫面。一起前往一站以外的北格林威治與柯維景會合,然後和林志錦到 O2 去吃晚飯

這是本年度林先生第三次到訪英倫「工幹」,亦是最後一次了。想想還覺蠻湊巧,他參加外訪的這一年,大家都在英國。他第一次來訪的時候,我剛搬進現居,仍在摸索倫敦的生活;他第二次來訪之時,我已經發据了自家的英倫生活模式;他第三次來訪之際,我開始捨不得英國的生活了。

每次踫面,他都帶來契仔 Bu Bu 的消息,這次也不例外;可今回說的,竟然已經是關於幼兒/ 幼稚園的事 --- 哎呀, Bu Bu 還未足一歲 @_@

也不知道現代的小朋友是幸抑或是不幸,在牙牙學語之際,一切都給安排妥當了。想想我們當小孩的時候,沒有那麼完美的計劃,又或許家中根本沒有能力給小朋友計劃未來,我們還不是都長大了。

時代不同了。

今晚吃的是西班牙菜,大家從沒在那兒吃過,看著餐廳空無一人,亦有點卻步。最後還是進去了。菜式非常一般,份量少且不突出,相信不會再來訪了 =P

離開 O2 時拍照留念,才發現小錦打扮得像內地人。他描述自己早上遊格林威治天文台的造型,惹得我們都大笑了 ... 哈哈 =P

Monday, October 06, 2008

新項目 [涼快]

工作忽然又忙碌起來,因為要為新一個項目籌備。舊的未好,新的又來。

那項目跨越我從英國回香港的時間,不就是回到香港後還得與英國客戶視象/ 電話/ 電郵聯絡? 想到那八句鐘的時差,頭痛了 ... @_@

Sunday, October 05, 2008

在家 [涼快]

起牀,吃早餐,外出採購食物,回家去。

然後就沒有再步出家門了。

乖乖在家洗熨衣服,已花上幾小時。真要向天天做家務的家庭主婦致敬,要兼顧工作及家務的更勇氣可加 --- 我媽媽就是佼佼者!

家人下星期來訪,不得不加緊腳步完成行程。十六天的旅行,首兩天我可以「全陪」,往後五天得靠弟弟;弟弟回香港後的九天由我再接棒。聽起來很累人,比上班還忙碌,不過對象是家人也就沒所謂了。況且沈班長決定不保鏢,相信他們是旅居吾家的最後一批港客,就讓他們有個悠閒美好的假期罷 ...

Friday, October 03, 2008

飲茶 + 《Wicked》 [涼快/ 驟雨]

依沙貝明天返回日內瓦,今天與她「飲茶」和看音樂劇。

「飲茶」,當然是到至愛的金絲雀碼頭「皇朝」。依沙貝、柯維景及我自家中出發,到了「皇朝」與何曉珊會合。又是一桌的點心炒飯,真美味 *,* 席間熱門話題,就是柯先生突然活躍的 facebook account ,弄得滿城風雨 ... 哈哈哈,雖然我只是幫凶、不是主謀,不過還是覺得很有趣 =P

特地替他與心形椰汁糕合照,以便將來配合面書上的「關係欄」發表 ... 嘿嘿

午飯後,返回家做家務。旅行的後遺症,就是要徹底清潔家居兼洗熨衣履,還要採購食物 ... 短短三小時,做不了那麼多東西,買了東西、吸塵打掃後又外出了。

六時一刻,到達維多利亞站,與依沙貝及柯維景吃過簡約晚餐便去看音樂劇《Wicked》。自從來到倫敦,柯先生就老是說《Wicked》好看;這是他第三次看了,還看得津津有味的。依沙貝對音樂劇要求高,卻亦說除了故事簡單外,整體都不錯,可想而知這真的是不錯。

看畢,很滿足 --- 想一睹的音樂劇都看過了,以後再多看的就是 bonus 了,可以安心回香港 ...

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Outing @ Dulwich [Cold]

參加了公司的社區活動,今天到近英國南部的 Dulwich 郊野公園當義工

四人一組,我們的小隊給分發的任務,是築起一個盛載木材的木架。聽起來很輕易似的,實際功夫卻一大把:除草、鑿石、剪樹枝、移平土地、鋸木、憑空想像設計木架、鎚釘 ...

對於在石屎森林長大的我,每項工作都新奇有趣;看同事架輕就熟,原來這些根本是他們平日做的 gardening work !

這就是我們的製成品,有型有款又實際 =P

一天下來,手都酸了。回到倫敦,淋浴更衣,再外出與何曉珊及李政立吃晚飯。拿湯匙喝湯的時候,雙手仍覺無力,真誇張!

漸入佳境 [涼快]

依然忙碌,但情況受控,也就沒把工作帶回家裡去。

返抵家中,全身放鬆,弄了一頓豐富晚餐來慰勞自己。

望著窗外夜景,悠然自得 --- 夫復何求?

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

繼續忙碌 [涼快]

一如所料,超級忙碌 @_@

沒有和依沙貝及維也吃晚飯,在家工作至夜深 ...