To do list for 2H09...............

I know I know.... it's a bit too late for the new yr resolution..... but since my 2009 plans has changed completely this yr and now I'm in Van..... So..... I've decided to come up wi my 2H 09 plans......

1) Get a job

2) Get my driving license ---> then get a car

3) Get a dog (or a cat, or a rabbit.... sth......)

4) Get my own place (I mean leasing..... lol.... how I wish I can buy a house....)

5) Make more friends (yea... get my *ss out to socialise.....)

6) Get my website done for my new busi idea (yeah... am going to start Korean Language Courses hopefully soon)

7) Get my book finished..... (yup.... am writing a book.....) ;)

8) Get CSC cert. & CGA cert.

9) learn to play golf & get better at tennis

10) get tipsy but not drunk...... ;)

11) remember to have fun doing all the above......

So.... wish me luck guys!!!!!!!!!!

In memory of my old home......

It'll always have a special place in my heart......

In memory of my old home..... where I grew up......

Got a call from mum the other day..... she's been trying to sell one of the places back in Macau.... and finally our old home got sold.... I guess we should be happy given the economy was really bad and she managed to sell it at a gd price......

She said "I feel so empty..... it's like having one of my daughters marrying off to someone...."

And now, that feeling is sinking in me as well............. It was a home that I grew up back in Macau...... the first home that my parents bought, designed, decorated, where me and my 3 sisters grew up together, where I spent my teens, where I got into lots of sh*t and troubles, where I learnt to cook, where I studied, where I always returned when I was feeling down or happy..... and we had so many birthdays, new yrs, x-mas..... *Sigh~*

It's like a place u know u can always go back and totally be urself.... I dunno why I always thought it'd always be there..... it's like u think ur parent will always be there kind of feeling..... so yeah.... I'm feeling homeless now........

I think... Macau will never be the same now...... I'm missing it terribly......

I need a Big Bear Hug today......

Wot makes me smile??

Hmm.... it's really late now.... am sooo dead tired from a long day...... but am too tempted to write wots in my head rite now..... since I just might forget tomorrow.....

Someone asked me what makes me happy / smile..... ummm.... lots of things..... silly things.....

1. finding rainbow out of no where

2. looking at soap bubbles flying in the air (yup.... am childish for my age.... at least am happy!!)

3. listening to nice music

4. having gd chat over a drink

5. going on a nice drive

6. looking at old photo albums and old treasure/memory boxes

7. reading silly joke books (yeah am pathetic... so wot?!?!)

8. sleeping in and waking up not to a alarm clock.....

9. just plain doing nothing and being soooo lazy in my bed and wiggling my toes.... hahahaha.....

10. having coffee/tea/wine next to a big window looking outside raining...

11. day dreaming abt the craziest and most random stuff

12. hanging out in a sexy dress wi my Sex & the City galies (yes.... 4 of us incl. me -- see the pic posted above) and having our ritual of sake & yakitory -- champagne -- wines -- cocktails, and chatting abt anything and everything to details and laugh our heads off and cry (yeah... we do have our moments)...

13. having McDonald's breakfast (have to have 2 hash browns)

14. kicking someone's butt (verbally) when they really get on my nerves (they must be really pushing it cus I'm quite patient) lol.......

15. shoe shopping!!!!!! A gal's luv for shoes will never die........................

16. and rite now..... getting a gdddddd nite sleep....... and a cold shower!!! haha.....

17. listening to X-mas carols and wrapping gifts

18. breathing in the crisp cold winter air.... watching snow.... and stepping on the snow making foot steps (and mine's gotta be the first one!!)

19. ..... and many more..... (to be continued.......) ;)

Arrrggghhh..... So tired now... it's 3:30am..... gotta wake up by 8am..... suckx........... Been a long day today...... but it was a great one!! :) *Smile*~~~~

Welcome to Vancouver~~~ ;)

Went through some of the old pictures......... made me smile..... can't believe it's been almost 4 mth since I wrote last (...and arrived in Van)........ Seems like my life's been in a lil whirlwind and I've been trying hard to get it back on track........

It's funny how sometimes people equate getting back on track to having a routine life -- waking up, working, meeting people.... and I must admit, I'm no exception....

I've been soooo craving for a long-break after a decade of working, studing and partying hard..... but now that I've got so much time on hand, I'm craving to go back to the busy life..... I've been trying extra hard to fill up my time -- taking on exams after exams, teaching Korean, desperately trying to find myself work -- which made me wonder if I thought my 10 yrs of career really defined who I was..... sth to really think abt..... I am who I am but may be it's that I, like the others (back in HK), fell into the trap of having work take over the better part of myself and my life.... >.<"

Me and my friend were chatting the other day online.... it seemed like pretty much everyone was going thru something new..... He def didn't like choices he had.... (wish him all the best!)..

Do we all make changes cus we have to or cus we choose to?? My two cents on this -- at least to me, it feels like there is always an element of both...... may be one stronger than the other..... but wots really imp. is wot and how u make of it.....

Well..... one thing I do know..... I've made my choices, and it wasn't an easy one... but am gonna make it an worthwhile one, rite here in Van!! :) Wonder who's gonna be taking part in my Van Adventure -- voluntarily or involuntarily!!!! lol........

"Welcome to Vancouver, Angela!!"...... Wish me luck guys..... I def. need it...... ;)