二月中

剛過去的一星期非常忙碌...

先是我最愛的農曆新年的來臨,然後便是學校測驗,再來一個令女人突然變得精神緊張的情人節。

 

本來想著要在這裡寫篇文 懷緬一下以往的新年
(因為聖誕時我也好像感觸良多,便覺得對於我最愛的節日應該有更多情感可抒發 -_-)

但因學校的測驗不斷地在精神折磨著我

blog entry草草地寫了三份一,也沒時間把它完成
今天再上blog,決定把那三份一的文都刪去了,新年也過了,現在說,好像很不合時lol

 

但我也有在電腦中找以往新年的照片,其實很少 :/

已是第四年沒在香港過年,
這是去年的新年我獨自跟家人進行的"webcam拜年"

>>今年我們照樣也繼續"webcam拜年"的傳統
那天剛好在經歷這裡五年來最大的雪暴 x_x 真的好厲害..
我為了娛樂家人,步出家門"玩雪"給他們看
爸爸不斷讚嘆"好靚啊!好靚啊!錄低佢啦!"
但其實那時我的手指已冷得變成冰條...
然後鞋子內都進了雪..恨不得馬上躲進屋內

幕前幕後的分別真的很大。

 

拜年時爸爸說我最乖(因我不斷跟爺爺嫲嫲說恭賀的那些說話),但懶洋洋的弟妹還沒起床,還沒到爺爺家準備吃團年飯 lol

係架我都好乖下架`

 

電腦內存著某年新年(那時我還未來這邊念書)的照片:

家裡的年花

姑姐姑媽爺爺嫲嫲...etc

不經不覺已經過了約五年...

 

自從爸爸開了個我們家的whatsapp group chat後(哇~科技犀利咯),
我不斷收到他們的活動近照^^
(不得不提:最可惡的是年初一`二`三那幾天,在我痛苦地準備測驗時,爸爸不斷傳來他們拜年呀,去day camp呀,吃火鍋呀,拆利是呀等等的照片 .\/. !!讓我飲恨!

那一刻覺得自己很可憐lol 還我假期!!)

 

今年家中(HK)的年花:

氣球好像是妹妹買的...
是我最愛的公主系列!!妒忌.\/.

最愛水仙:3 最芳香^^

 

這邊廂...

相比起去年,今年有姑媽在,二人團年總比一人好:')

當然...我們兩個龍蝦狂...慶節怎能沒了牠...

lol 我姑媽只可以喝一口酒(左邊)

我做的燘冬菇啊^0^ 吃了三天才吃完...

有個小故事一定要記下xD
姑媽在超市買了一罐罐頭鮑魚回來(碟上那幾塊)..
我們一邊吃一邊想 為什麼這鮑魚的口感那麼奇怪,像嚮螺...又像魚蛋...

過很良久,才驚覺這不是鮑魚! (可笑的是我們吃下了整塊才醒覺-_-)

把罐頭從垃圾堆中拾起...上面中文字寫著"玉鮑"(非常有誤導性)
但英文翻譯是"False elephant's snout"!!!

怪不得有點像象拔蚌... 但它是"false"的,即是這只是用麵粉/化學劑做成的素鮑魚?!?!
假中帶假... 氣死我們lol

現在我晚餐時只會吃這個份量的白飯:D
(大約是兩件壽司的飯)
我跟姑媽說,我的飲食習慣不斷地在西化...
她記得我剛來的時候是"純正中國人" LOL
每天要吃大碗白飯;
不吃麵包;不愛花生醬;不愛牛奶;不喝咖啡。

 

現在卻可以整天不吃白飯;

但每早一定要吃花生醬多士;也變了咖啡人。

是我入鄉隨俗了?

團年少不了吃湯圓
話說我剛來這邊的時候
跟姑媽介紹了"豆漿湯圓"

(是我在[豆漿大王]餐廳學回來的湯圓吃法)

那之後,每逢我們買湯圓回家煮,也會把豆漿一拼買回來

真的很方便<3

若要弄那個傳統湯圓糖水實在太費時了lol
(把薑去皮+把片糖切成適量的大小<<這實在很難!)

 

姑媽從日本帶來回的零食終於大派用場!

(最下方的是一排不同口味的茶包,我最近的新寵...喜歡喝茶也是因為被西化了 lol)

 

新年來了又過了(嚴格來說現在還是新年期間!)

 明年的新年再過後,如無意外,後年我便可以在港過年了^^
屆時必定超級興奮!

 

昨天便是情人節
女人的荷爾蒙最有機會被影響的三個時候:
一是M
二是pregnant

三是V day

-_-

 

在這些時節,對身邊的事物都特別敏感!
其實我一向也不喜歡情人節
但這年的情人節我突然覺得Mr. Y對我很冷淡(又係呢d老土野-v-)

-___,-然後失望了一整天

現在沒什麼了:3

 

另外!情人節當天被上載到facebook的照片呢....
閃死人了 :/:/
跟自己說,我已經很幸福,要知足:)

愛他 <3

 

生活記錄:

1)

M記的咖啡杯蓋呢...真的很像"囧樣"嘛 -v-

囧 囧 囧 囧 囧

 

2) 摯友Karin已踏入forever XXI這階段 :D
(意味著我也快離開XXI階段 TvT...那麼快啊,還說是"Forever"...)
那天為她造生日卡...
因為Karin像翠兒;Wendy愛Elmo;她們說我像小雲(只限於戴眼鏡時的我);
那麼我便想把這三個卡通人物畫在卡上...

 在畫小雲時心裡嘀咕:oh God,為什麼我不可以像個較容易畫的人物?
(美術很差的說...)

*其實Wendy較喜歡Mickey mouse,但因為Elmo比Mickey易畫..所以... muahaha 謝謝妳喜歡Elmo!

製成品像個CD套 0_0

 

3) 昨天要上學,但沒測驗(^^),猶豫了很久是否應該去Gym
(好啦,我認當時剛踏入2013,說要每星期至少做gym一次 -_,-然後只維持了兩星期 <-其實已早料到!)

但因為很久沒去,那股動力已經消散了lol
我去了參加leadership workshop

只有八個學生參加,但他們準備了4個pizza給我們!!
(正呀!_!)

那天...由說好的做gym變成狂吃pizza TvT

兩個極端....

 

但workshop很有啟發性...
我們在討論怎樣可以令工作變得更有趣
(把"play"融入所有日常工序中)
怎樣可以把歡樂感染給身邊所有人 :D
(正是我人生的其中一個大目標)

 

RRReading week開始了!
希望在這個星期多點更新blog :)
其實我愛打blog但這活動真的需要很多時間...

根據淇淇的說法xD 時間要像乳溝般擠出來 lol
這星期我會盡量多擠一點!

 

Happy Reading week!

Winterlicious 3

Cafe la Gaffe

 

I'm keeping today's "report" brief

(coz I have to start my revision << good student !_!)

 

We used hours and hours to plan out today's event -_-

(it's so hard to organize an even and get everyone agreed on the time and place! I had NO idea that it could be SO hard! Any professional event planners out there? I adore you.)

Participants: Wendy, Nicole, Me, Alice, Janice, Felix

sorry for those who couldn't come >_<

 

This French restaurant is one of the three that are located near campus, this is one of the reasons that we chose it.

It's a small restaurant and the place was packed :/

They changed the menu a lot, the options for main course were no longer those I saw on the website lol

Salad

Soup (a little spicy)

Pate (my plate), the pate tasted like rabbit's meat (but the last and only time I had rabbit was when I was ~7 years old, in French lol)

Chicken breast + pasta

I think the sauce was nice :)

Grilled salmon + pasta

Didn't choose this coz I already have a few pieces of salmon fillets sitting in my fridge lol but this looks so yum! (love pasta to death!)

My risotto Fav plate of the meal!

with scallops (very tender) :)

However there were pieces of beef/pork (not sure what -_-) mixed in that were dry, tough and chewy :S

 

Desserts:

Belgium chocolate cake, baked with rum and banana

If I were to choose again, I'd go for a lighter dessert ._.

Another choice.

 

No one chose lemon cheesecake, which I wanted to try lol

Regret!

 

For my overall 2013 Winterlicious experience (pretend to be a pro -_-)
I'd rank Horizons Restaurant as 1st!
Oliver & B and Cafe la Gaffe both take the 2nd place :)
coz Oliver & B has a great dessert (impressive bread pudding) while Cafe la Gaffe has a nice main course (Risotto) :]

My aunt and I have already come up with some "strategies" that we should use for next time's Winterlicious/Summerlicious,
For example:
1) Never order salads coz preparing salads doesn't require much cooking skills lol
2) Go for Winterlicious on alternative days (I just did 3 days in a row), so we could enjoy every experience to the fullest. :)

Next thing to do:
Go burn all that extra fat off!!! lol

Winterlicious 2

Horizons Restaurant in CN Tower

Spectacular view from the restaurant's window :)

The first time I heard about Winterlicious was when Jon told me he dined in Horizon Restaurant (last year), and I was so jealous :P

This year, it's my turn to try out!

(Aunt caught me taking pictures of Everything lol)

(Aunt's friend came in the restaurant and said that the restaurant would rotate later [she thought we were dining in the 360 restaurant which is located on another floor of CN Tower, and that restaurant is constantly rotating so customers get to see a 360-degrees-view from the windows], then we told her that we were in Horizons, not 360 -_-)

 

[side-story: Something annoyed me...

When we got into the elevator that took us up the Tower, there was this group of kids and their parents, taking the elevator with us.

And one of the kids (boy, around 8 years old) talked to the CN Tower staff, who's responsible for taking the guests up the tower.

He said "I'm soooo sorry for you, having to travel up and down the tower so many times a day without doing anything." (SO rude!)

That staff was a little embarassed, and gave him a "standard" answer "No, I love this job, I get to meet amazing people everyday, and admire the gorgeous view from the elevator (the door of the elevator is a clear glass)."

The boy went on "And I hate your manager! he makes you stay here in the elevator and do nothing! I hope you'd get promoted, so that you could do something! Do something for your life!"

I almost shouted out "Shut up KID!"

You know Nothing about this job, you know Nothing about how hard it is to find a job.

Neither do you know this person's plan!

I HATE people who judge/comment/look down on others while they really know NOTHING.

Pissed off :(

Hope that staff didn't get too upset.

(This reminded me of my other aunt, who used to give me so much advice, e.g. "you should go to XYZ professional school, or ABC grad school, you should be a XXX in the future, good pay... blah blah blah."

Hey you know nothing about what I wanna do with my life.

Thanks for your concern but I don't need your advice. -_-

(P/S but I still love her.) ]

 

First time to have lunch beside a breath-taking view.

Could see Lake Ontario, Center Island and a small airport from here!

(The lighting wasn't perfect for taking pics... the sun's shining bright outside ^^)

(dining in the air! As if we're on a plane! because of this, I felt like some of the foods tasted like those provided on planes lol MUCH better versions of those of course.

This could be a romantic place to dine in (if I have the special someone with me lol).

THE FOOD:

Pumpkin soup

(I was about to order a salad but my aunt didn't allow me to lol she said eating salad is just like eating grass -_-)

The amazing main course! stuffed chicken :)

so tender (glad that it wasn't chicken breast), and it's stuffed with my favourite mushrooms!

Close-up of the stuffing:

 

Although it looks kind of like trash in this photo lol, I swear it's really good!

 

Another main course:

Not sure what this is called... there were two kinds of fish, in a cream sauce.

but there's no carbs lol (just like eating a pasta sauce alone -v-) But my aunt loved it so much.

(pieces of fish)

 

Best dessert:

Chocolate Lava cake :) yum...

Although I only had one bite of it (coz it's aunt's plate), I call it the most delicious plate of the meal!!

*missing the Lava cakes my sister and I made last summer >_< they were equally tasty!

pumpkin cheesecake

Really good too!

 

Overall, this restaurant's very impressive, we shall return :')

 

The view:

The surface of the lake's so sparkly <3

(Center Island covered with snow)

 

Glass floor:

 Not too interesting as I had already been here before :)

(The daddy was holding his tiny baby over the glass floor lol I can't handle this kind of cuteness >v< 

No offence, but why are white babies the cutest (in my eyes)?

They have those big, bright-coloured eyes and long, curled lashes that win everyone's heart <3 omg)

 

Hope that tomorrow's lunch would be as good as today's, or even better!

Can't wait!
(NEED to go  to the gym this week to burn off all that fat!

I usually don't eat till I'm 100% full for each meal, but I just did :S)

 

P/S wore make-up today and my aunt asked me whether fake lashes can be used more than once, I told her "Sure, but I'm not wearing fake lashes now."

And she's surprised as she found my lashes looked so much longer today!

Thanks to kiss me mascara! I have never got any comliments on my lashes and I just did because of this awesome product :D lol