Tuesday, January 31, 2006

假期完結前的年初三 [熱]

在又一城和何曉珊、陳普建及蘇海明吃晚餐,早到了,去了 Page One 看書。書架上有《斷背山》,想起那是李安的得獎電影,於是看了。原來是本短篇集,《斷背山》只是其中的一篇;原來《斷背山》是西部牛仔同性戀的故事,之前對它實在一無所知。

故事沒有看完,陳普建和何曉珊就來了;蘇海明到達的時候,我們一起離開書店。

本來是為了吃 Cova 的甜品自助晚餐而來,最後卻吃了「火百合」和「皇后飯店」。「火百合」嘛,將來可以不用光顧了;「皇后飯店」以後可以再去。

明天要上班了,真不爽 =( 希望可以賺得多些紅封包作補償 *,*

Monday, January 30, 2006

拜年話題 [和暖]

大年初二,不用隨爸爸媽媽去拜年,可以找周公釣魚 ... 嘿嘿 ... 結果三時多才起牀,真舒服 *,*

不外出拜年,不代表沒有人來家拜訪。由下午五時多至晚上十時,都有人客來家訪,有一個更沒有事先致電,自己跑上來,弄得正在吃晚飯的我和爸爸要匆匆完結晚飯。好可憐吖,新年的第二晚只有十分鐘的吃飯時間 @_@

今年的拜年人士,除了說一貫的無聊話題外,還加插了新問題。
1. 「你今年幾多歲了?」 // 「六十五 ... 哈哈」
2. 「有男朋友了嗎?」 // 「哈哈哈 ... 」 // 「幾事請飲吖?」 // 「呵呵呵 ... 」
3. 「現在做銀行的甚麼工作?」 // 「做一些投資銀行有關衍生工具的工作 ... 」 // 「咁係咪分行嗰 d 投資顧問?」 // 「 ... 唔係嘅,我的工作多與倫敦那邊有關 ... 」 // 「咁咪賺好多錢?」 // 「唔係,我係『旦散』 ... 」
4. 「點解妳個樣咁細個?」 // 「 ... 」
5. 「妳睇落個樣好精神喎!」 // 「吓 ... 」 (之前一晚凌晨五時睡覺,睡了四個小時)
6. 「妳睇落個樣好青白喎!」 // 「吓 ... 」 (之前一晚凌晨三時睡覺,睡了十二個小時)
7. 「你大哥唔响屋企吖?」 // 「我得一個細佬 ... 」
8. 「你讀會計有冇諗住考番個會計師牌?」 // 「我已經攞左會計師牌 ... 哈哈」

明年真的應該考慮去外國旅行避年。

Saturday, January 28, 2006

平凡的大年初一 [放晴]

大年初一,重覆著每年年初一會做的事,沒有甚麼改變;這當然包括了我的「午睡時段」 ... 哈哈 =P 今年由下午四時睡至八時才起牀,真舒服 *,*

晚上電視播放電影《行運超人》,那是三年前年初三的時候看的電影。我、郭婉汶和朱文恩在那時許的願望已經在很久以前實現了,往後的新年願望都頻頻達成。可我想今年再沒有這個年初三之約了,因為郭婉汶正在英國旅行,朱文恩年初四也要到加拿大去。

怎麼唯獨是我一人沒有去旅行? 我要去旅行、旅行、旅行 >,< !!

Friday, January 27, 2006

《魔幻王國:獅子.女巫.魔衣櫥》

和蘇海明及 Patrick 在 APM Palace 看《魔幻王國:獅子.女巫.魔衣櫥》。也可以嘞,不過我還是今天看電視廣告才知道戲名是「魔衣櫥」而不是「魔衣櫃」 =P

吃過元氣壽司,我和蘇海明買了街邊十一元三塊的燒尤魚邊走邊吃,從觀塘走回家。其實真的不太遠,我們走了廿十分鐘就到了。我回家當「清潔女工」,蘇海明獨個兒在 Starbucks 看書等候。

「清潔女工」的工作很簡單,就是擦地板,就像阿信一樣,不過再仔細一點,要用清潔粉末及擦子大力擦再清洗。這是陳家的傳統,每年除夕才擦舖地階磚,一年一度;平日嘛,就是用地拖拖地就行了,不用擦。幸好住的地方小,差不多一個小時便洗擦好了;不然,那又會是另外一項偉大工程了 *,*

生日會與麻雀爭霸戰 [冷]

今天是林詠欣的生日, Darians 在梁杏華的家開生日會。特備節目:
1) 「保祿耆英」1998 參賽+ 賽後韓燒之毛片
2) 梁杏華 2005 載歌載舞教師表演團

三時三刻和蘇海明先行離開,因為要去看電影。

晚上十時半又回到梁杏華的家,蘇海明參加她們的麻雀爭霸戰。不懂打麻雀的我當然是負責記帳、看電視和吃東西 =P

最後沒有行花市,清晨四時多回家。坐在的士上,突然下起豪雨。要是去了行花市就要命了,必定被淋濕透。真好運吖 *,*

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Last working day for the year of the Rooster [Cold]

Last day in office before the Lunar New Year, kept on working busily. The bank offered early leave by 4.30pm today, but for sure I won't be able to enjoy this benefit. Indeed I was off by 9.30pm @_@ Left only one task unaccomplished by the time I left office, but I didn't wanna work any further; if I would have to complete the task, it'd certainly take me another 1 hour at least. Though it's not my habit to delay work, it won't be too irresponsible left only a single task for the close of the lunar new year, wasn't it?

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Chan's Tuan Nian Fan @ Simply Thai Telford

It's the turn for Chan's family to have tuan nian fan tonight. Escaped from office by 8.30pm, I was pretty sure that I could work until 10pm if I didn't rush out.

Father, mother and Ming were standing nearby the restaurant when I arrived by 9.03pm. We're going to try out the newly-opened restaurant "Simply Thai" at Telford tonight. Brother reached by 9.30pm just after we've finished the first-round orders. Foods were better than expected; my mother was fond of them all. Ordered quite a lot of dishes and felt very full again, but the bill didn't go up high --- on average of around HKD80 per head you should be able to tell how economic costs of dishes were *,*

Long-awaiting peaceful lunch [Sunny]

Hadn't have lunch alone for a couple of weeks, today came the chance. Wanna have egg tarts from Maxim the Pier but all were stocked out. Instead I had the sponge cake, or what I preferred to call, the "liar cake" =P

Guessed that it might be cold sitting at the City Hall Podium, however, it's not the case at all. Sitting on the bench facing the Victoria Harbour, I started have my great lunch under warm sunshine. So comfortable it was! It didn't take long for me to finish my lunch --- after all it's just a small cake, and I knew I won't be starved since a manager would treat for snacks in the afternoon. Sat there enjoying the harbour view for a while before I went to the public library. The construction of new pier distorted the beauty of the harbour. Couldn't it be stopped?

It's the first time for me to go to the library on the 3rd floor from the podium through the City Hall Marriage Registry --- its door was closed the last few times I went there for lunch. Seemed that a just-married couple walked out from the Registry for photo-taking after their wedding ceremony, and happiness extinguished their obligations to close the door behind them after the ceremony =P Anyway I should be thankful to them, since they brought me a shortcut to go to the library, and also lead the way for my first visit to the City Hall Marriage Registry ... haha

Spent at least half an hour in the library after I grabbed the "Lonely Planet: East Africa" from the bookshelf. I was not reading that book though --- that's for my home-reading; instead, I watched two pieces of short fictions from the author "Yee Shu". To be honest, I didn't read any passages of cultural values for long, and finally I did it today. Wanna go on for the 3rd piece of reading, but it's time to go back to office ... Gosh, gotta work hard again =(

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

蘇氏團年飯 @ 屯門稻香

七時四十五分,拋下完成不了的工作迅速離開。真不明白,我的 official working hours 應該是七個半小時,六時離開是天公地道,為什麼我每天都要像避難地逃走 @_@

一個多小時後到達屯門市中心的稻香,人山人海。據蘇海明稱,他們等了一個小時才入座,真誇張 *_* 五個人吃八道菜,我沒甚說話、不斷吃,很飽。十二時多回到牛頭角下邨,累得很想立即睡,又飽得睡不著 *_*

傻女 [冷]

農曆新年前最後一次和郭婉汶見面,她明天就到英國去旅行,真羡慕 *,*

與周嘉怡在蘭桂芳的 KFC 等著郭婉汶來吃午餐,來到的是一個淚人。郭婉汶,下次別傻了,不用為公司的蠢人哭嘞,知道嗎? =)

繼續忙 [冷]

工作排山倒海,仍然很忙 @_@

Monday, January 23, 2006

工作、工作、再工作 [冷]

同事放假回來了,但為什麼我還有那麼多工作?! 明明今個星期放假的同事的日常工作與我無關,為什麼又扯到我身上來 @_@

Sunday, January 22, 2006

《我不難過》 [陰]

很累,想睡覺;但約了人,別爽約。

下午到銅鑼灣 CEO 唱卡拉 OK 。很久沒去了,全部新歌都不懂;想唱和懂唱的都沒有唱 ... 哈哈

鄧詠琳帶了新男朋友來亮相,又是叫 Michael Chan ,頓時想起蘇婕的 Michael Chan =P 這個 Michael Chan 有一雙中東人的眼睛和輪廓,讓我聯想到埃及人 *,*

卡拉 OK 後,是香辣屋晚餐和 Haagen-Dazs 雪糕。早開始,完結的時候也不過是晚上十時。

今天被人誤會成「我不後悔」、「我不雖過」的歌曲 =P :

《我不難過》 孫燕姿
作詞:楊明學 作曲:李偲菘 編曲:Kenn C.

又站在你家的門口 我們重複沉默
這樣子單方面的守候 還能多久
* 終於你開口向我訴說她有多溫柔
雖然你還握著我的手 但我已不在你心中
我真的懂 你不是喜新厭舊
是我沒有 陪在你身邊 當你寂寞時候
別再看著我說著你愛過 別太傷痛
我不難過 這不算什麼
只是為什麼眼淚會流 我也不懂 *
# 就讓我走 讓我開始享受自由
回憶很多 你的影子也會充滿我生活
我並不懦弱 你比誰都懂
雖然寂寞 這會是我最後的寬容 #

Repeat * #

抱緊我 再抱緊我
這一份感動 請你讓我留在胸口
別在說是你的錯
愛到了盡頭 是非對錯就讓它隨風
忘了所有 過得比你快活

Repeat *

不要再說 或許這是最好的結果
現在分手 總好過你不愛我一拖再拖
鬆開你的手 離開你左右
我向前走 這會是我 真正的解脫

Saturday, January 21, 2006

找不同 @ 孫燕姿演唱會 [天氣一般]

試找出今次與九月中孫燕姿演唱會的不同之處。

1) 表演歌曲的次序不同,但有九成的歌曲是一模一樣的
2) 孫燕姿穿的舞衣出場次序不同,但全部舞衣和上一次是重覆的
3) 特別嘉賓多了,有蔡健雅、林一峰和劉德華
4) 今次和我的中學同學一起看,上一次和蘇海明的中學同學一起看
5) 今日看演唱會前吃了打冷,上一次是在都會海逸商場的 food court 吃晚飯

Friday, January 20, 2006

第二圈

由中大回到城市,在旺角出席 PwC 一月生日晚宴。想去買禮物,但沒有喜歡的,作罷。陳普建如周嘉怡所願在晚飯前見了一面,周很興奮地拖著陳的手,陳卻好像很害怕她會上前擁抱他地往後退。我在一旁看這有趣的情景,大笑 ... 哈哈 =P

生日晚宴在「利苑」舉行。又是「利苑」! 一個星期去兩次,幸好只有一道菜是重覆的。飯菜外加生日蛋糕,飽得想吐 @_@

晚宴結束,和何曉珊到蘭桂芳去會合陳普建和梁善儀。他們和 Damien 吃了地中海菜,該也是很飽的了。到了 Anson 開的 pub ,看見發脹了的 Anson 。

回家,乘小巴到旺角去。又是走了一圈回到起點,今天盡在打圈走。旺角回家的小巴本來快如閃電,卻遇上九龍城修路改道,八分鐘車程變成廿五分鐘。終於明白為什麼今晚 PwC 九龍灣代表乘的士到旺角竟花上半小時以上。真相大白。

Thursday, January 19, 2006

中大半天遊 [陰/ 雨]

終於放假了 *,* 不過很早便起牀,因為要替蘇海明到銀行找換。

與陳普建到 APM 和蘇海明共進午餐,然後我們出發往中大。三年沒有回大學去,一出火車站口便看到新修葺成的小型廣場。或許那小廣場已存在了一段時間,只是我們不知道罷。

走前一點,到了校巴站。陳普建怪叫:「怎麼校巴倒了頭?」我立刻著他別吵叫,以免暴露我們年齡的秘密 --- 要知道以前非學生或職員坐校巴是要付錢的,現在可不知是怎樣了。可是踏上校巴不到一分鐘,就發現這顧慮是多餘的 --- 我想我們的樣貌比真的學生更像學生;究竟是現在的學生長相太老成,還是我們看上去太年輕?

或許大學的人都在想,沒有「街外人」會有閒情逸緻,在星期五的下午從大老遠跑來中大。可惜偏偏有兩個無聊的人,專誠到中大來走走看看 =P

乘校巴到新亞書院,尋訪新興景點「水天一色」。「貴人出門招風雨」,天下起雨來。打著傘走到聯合書院,途經外型像足球的天文臺。看到傳說中的卡拉 OK 房和有 DVD 借讀的胡忠圖書館,大開眼界。再沿昔日交功課的路線走到 KK Leung Building ,開始搜尋那些 Professors 還留在中大。和 Kitty 打個照面,但她認不出我們,以為我們是來問功課的學生。看,我們仍是停留在學生階段的模樣 *,*

在地庫 TA 房外,我們除了看人家的功課,還看到很多 BA Soc 的海報,想起現在正是上莊、諮詢的季節。找到 CUSA 的海報,今年已經是第十五屆了,莊員人數由十三人躍升至十五人。可無論從那個角度看,他們的樣貌都是很不濟的;還是我們這些第八屆的老祖宗比較帥 ... 哈哈 >,<

經過被拆卸正在重建的李達三樓,我們去了書店和飯堂。 重溫舊日吃下午茶的日子,我們在 Coffee Corner 要了沙嗲牛肉公仔麵、沙嗲牛肉通粉、兩客牛油方包加火腿、西多士和兩杯飲品,吃得很飽,合共卻只用了三十一大元,抵! 我們都認出沖飲品的嬸嬸還是以前那一位,看來這份工作可是挺穩定的嘞 ...

吃飽了,去做賊,看看我們那幾個 Soc 櫃和以前開會的地點 --- 富爾敦樓。打開門,看到林林總總的宣傳品給隨意棄在房的一角,像垃圾崗; Soc 櫃沒有鎖,我們「取」了幾份宣傳品回家。似乎我們的「後人」不太整潔,做事也不太仔細 ~,~ 最不可思議的,是我們發現了我們那一屆由某人寫的字條和我們上一莊第七屆的照片仍然貼在 Soc 櫃裡,歷史悠久。難道第十五屆打算繼續供奉祖師遺物? *_*

離開富爾敦,走下山到崇基書院。眾志堂沒有眾志,有人正在 Chapel 裡辦座談會。荷花池仍然美麗,但鴨子都不見了,是怕禽流感給搬到別處去嗎? 荷花池旁的樹不知是甚麼品種,有的一整棵變成紅色了,和綠油油的草地及青翠的權木相映襯,又是一幅賞心悅目的圖畫。猶記得在這裡拍過畢業照,感覺像到了歐洲一樣。

終於走回火車站,這樣跑一圈用上了四個小時,還沒有走到偏僻的逸夫書院去。想當年真有魄力,通山跑趕上課、不遲到不喘氣。現在就算要脅我,我也不肯從火車站跑上山頂 ... 哈哈 =P

再見中大。有緣再會。

Mark Six [Windy/ Shower]

This is the first Mark Six I've ever bought, and you won't believe why I had it --- all because I felt annoyed and wanna get some ways to spend my money with potential returns.

Back to office in the morning, working non-stop as usual due to Joyce's absence. Felt very annoyed with K's attitude and performance. I didn't wanna mention it in details again, but I was quite sure I didn't look good or else Yaqub won't talk to me just before lunch. He said I could assign some work to K so as to reduce my burden, but he's kind enough to remind me simultaneously that the teaching process would be suffering since K never bare in mind every single procedure he should do in order to accomplish a task. Exactly! How could a so-called "Master graduate" work so badly as if he's an idiot?! Oh help!

Yaqub suggested that I should try out my luck at Mark Six so as to grasp the chance of working no further and just traveling around to enjoy what life should be. Had a quick lunch and wandered around before going back to office. Stopped by the betting branch at Central, suddenly I recalled what Yaqub said. I jumped into the branch and got the first Mark Six in my life --- weird, right? It's a computer-generated one, pay HKD20 and you'd have one piece ... haha *,* [Btw, the result of my weird act was rare --- didn't even got a single number hit =P]

Anyway, I was back to my mood after lunch, kept on thinking about my annual leave tomorrow. My first AL taken after joining this company ... Wahaha >,< ... Continued to work, work, work ... finally left by 10pm again @_@

No more work this week.

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

繼續上夜班 [涼快]

昨天遊玩的結果,就是今天工作至晚上十時 @_@ 可我想就算昨晚沒有去吃飯、乖乖工作至夜深,我今晚還是得工作至十時;這樣反過來想,倒覺得昨晚賺了 *,*

今天有趣的事:和周嘉怡帶了何曉珊到「鏞記」吃午飯,這可是她的第一次 >,<

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

利苑歡迎晚宴 [晴]

七時半,急趕做好自己和放假同事每日必須完成的工作便離開了。明晚再繼續做餘下的工作罷 @_@

到達銅鑼灣,陳普建、何曉珊、金詩韻和梁善儀剛巧吃畢 Haagen-Dazs ,據報陳何二人共吃了十個球,真誇張 *_*

去年我是最早到達的,今年卻變成最遲。明年會怎樣?

八時多到達「利苑」,依舊由金詩韻負責點菜,叫了一桌子的大餐,吃得飽飽的。今次沒有拍照,因為梁善儀只帶來沒有電的照相機 =P 噢,不! 我們用了陳普建那掛著有眼無珠「三眼仔」和脫了色「黑武士」的手提電話拍了一張合照,不過短期內應該取不回的了 ...

Monday, January 16, 2006

My new seat [Sunny]


[Extracted Floor Plan of L17 after renovation]

This is my new seat in office. A very BAD seat indeed -_-"

Joyce's on annual leaves from today upto this Thursday. I gotta take up most of her duties again. A very poor start --- left by 10pm @_@