餅子生活

Life is short.

2011-11-04T00:05:00.001+08:00

又是另一個同學去世的消息，雖然只是點頭之交，仍然感到非常心痛，也許是為他這樣年青就離去而惋惜，亦為人生無常而感到無奈。

回想起中學的日子，其實非常懶惰，每天只是混混噩噩的過日子，但同學之間的相處是非常單純。偶然會有點是非，但都是無關痛癢的小事，比如是誰不做壁報板、誰和誰比較熟、誰暗戀誰等。青春就是有本錢可以浪費時間吧﹗

現在的我，好像是希望把每一分鐘都塞滿工作──返工、練琴、瑜珈、和朋友食飯，一來怕浪費了時間、二來是把寂寞的機會減到最少。

不論怎樣，我很喜歡現在的我，起碼我熱愛自己的工作，又可以追尋自己的興趣。雖然我沒有浪費青春的本錢，但我可以追回生活的樂趣﹗

恆仔、一路好走，我們會想念你的。

開始

2011-10-31T22:09:00.001+08:00

不敢相信，再次打開這個BLOG已是三年後的事﹗

希望從今天起，把「荒癈」了的BLOG，激活起來。

人家九把刀一天寫五千，我就來個一星期五百，總能做得到吧。

寫生活、寫感受、都是希望把生活點滴留下來作個印記。

就像是這一幀照片，記下了在沖繩的美好時光....

今天開天吧﹗

一個人的牛肉湯河

2008-04-03T23:30:00.002+08:00

上過YOGA堂後，獨個兒去食牛肉湯河，一進店發現店中已有兩名客，連我在內一共有3名女子一個人在吃河粉。想不到在假期前夕都有像我一樣 ... ...

以前是很抗拒獨個兒去餐室，總似是怪怪的。但在有選擇下，我寧可"食自己"也不想和討厭的人食... 起碼可以做番自己，更不需顧及儀態呢﹗

美味的牛肉河，盛惠$30大元﹗

春節後感

2008-02-19T23:22:00.006+08:00

每年的新年假期，都是惰懶的最佳時候，今年也不例外。除了煲了一套日劇外，最開心的是可以一家人食飯、做賀年食品、燒野食、打麻將… …

大年初一，早上吃過老媽的素菜後，便到爺爺那邊拜年，還跟堂細佬們打麻將…. 晚飯還是吃早上的素菜呢。

年初二，先到大舅父家拜年，接著是今年的重點項目–春節BBQ。一行15人出發到城門水塘，但我們首先碰到的不是美味的雞翼，而是頑皮的馬騮仔。他們把我們的一盒曲奇餅偷了，還掉進山頭裡。不過這當然不會影響我們的興奮心情，要知道可以和一班表兄弟姊妹BBQ是很難得的，當天還一嘗由姨丈親手炮製的炭燒出前一丁… yummy!

年初三，金鼠行大運，一行五人從大埔出發，行到粉嶺鶴藪，以流水響為終點，水塘景象非常優美，給人很寧靜的感覺。晚上看了一部爛片，真的想不通它和片名有何關係。幸好，晚餐是和大學好友打邊爐，我們還買了一大pint Haagen Dazs 做賀禮，足以補賞看過爛片後的無奈。

經過三天的勞碌，初四主要是留在家中，但仍敵不過打麻將的引誘，在家中開台起來。妹妹在爸爸的從旁指導下，居然以一敵三，連熟悉章法的媽媽也自嘲運氣不夠呢﹗

年初六 – 開工大吉 ! 工作順利 !

年十一，一個很特別的聚會，出席者是接近十年沒有正式見面的中學同學。我們一共有八位單身女子出現，可能大家都未結婚，感覺上大家的轉變不大，傾起來也是老樣子呢﹗常說世事常變，套用在我們身上似乎不太合適呢，我們的心境還停留在會考完的那一刻﹗

今年的春節雖然十分寒冷，但連綿不斷的家庭及好友聚會，令今個假期份外溫暖，還留下了許多難忘的記憶，時間一點也沒有白費呢﹗

這一星期 ... ...

2008-02-03T19:30:00.000+08:00

這星期真的過得很快，除了因為工作忙碌；社會上發生了非常震撼的淫照風波，而國內則發生旱見的雪災。若以新聞價值來說，後者應該更被重視，因為涉及幅員遼闊，更有人命及財物傷亡。但論對香港的影響力來說，前者則嚴重挑戰社會的道德呎度，更印證了互聯網的威力。所謂「水可覆舟﹑亦能載舟」，此話比諭互聯網的力量，可謂十分貼切。看OBAMA女郎的YOUTUBE宣傳片大受歡迎，可見internet + sex appeal = publicity 的方程式是最佳宣傳技倆。

若從公關角度看兩件危機的處理，高底可見一班。淫照風波的主角不斷逃避，以「不變應萬變」；那邊廂溫總則四出巡視重災區，慰問濟留車站的民工，重複又重複政府的Key messages ... 香港要成為中國的NEW YORK，首先要學懂「做秀」呢。

樂天的我要完結繁忙的一星期，當然是要開心啲啦。星期五晚終於買到一個自己很喜歡的袋，今天還為新年作出第一個準備 ---- 整年糕﹗

我的新寵兒

2008-01-24T22:08:00.000+08:00

看多幼滑的泡沫，加上香濃的綠茶，就是我近期最受的新口味 — green tea latte! 喝下去的感覺就似是暖暖的綠茶雪糕。下午的氣溫突然轉涼，還下著微微細雨，手中的熱飲倍覺窩心。

午餐中，與友人討論有關婚宴的問題，因為她將會在年尾結婚。其實現在很多婚禮的rundown已層出不窮，星期一去了一對好朋友的婚宴，他們的出場是由天花的吊車飛出來的，中場還需要以舞會「客」，怪不得有人說「而家人情真的好難賺」!

其實大家擺酒的原因，是為show off 自己的幸福，還是要與大家分享新婚的喜悅？很多人在籌辦婚禮已發生了不同的爭吵，可以是家長之間﹑與未來的另一半﹑更可以是姊妹之間 ... ... 能推動自己攪婚宴的唯一理由，只是為了老人家們開心!所以在剛剛的婚宴中，由新人獻花給雙方父母的「節目」最為人感動!

野火會

2008-01-21T00:09:00.000+08:00

星期六晚與同學一起進行野火會，感覺有點像中學時代的聚會，當然大家是老同學呢!我們所討論的問題也很廣泛，工作﹑結婚﹑日劇﹑下一代教育... ...。當中我們也有討論過博客的出現，其中老師提出一點使我反覆思量。他說我們的人生就是每天一點一滴累積，若我們不將它記下來，很快我們會把生命中的小事忘記，但它們就是組織成我們的人生呢!我們應很多謝博客的出現，使我們多了一個便捷的途徑記下來。就像我的朋友把他們子女的成長記錄在博客裡，珍貴的時刻除了可與朋友分享外，更重要的是見證了小朋友成長。

「樹高千丈．落葉歸根」這是今日從傑出華人節目中的一位物理學家所說的。成就有多高也要回饋培育我們的地方，這對自己的意義又是什麼呢? http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/successtories2007/20080120.html

攝影習作-上窰郊遊徑

2008-01-20T23:56:00.000+08:00

在雜誌的推介下，我們決定去這約3小時行程的郊遊徑。這條路線一點也沒有讓人失望，難怪一起步已見到兩對新人在拍攝結婚照呢!

野蝴蝶

鄉村裡的仙人掌

風繼續吹

The Tendo Club

2008-01-06T23:39:00.000+08:00

Four girls met in Uni and formed their own club and sworn to support each other in lifetime. Does it sound so familiar? It's a novel I read last week. It's about what happened to the 4 girls in their mid-30s.The story begins with Freddie got 2 shocking news on the same date – a request of divorce and a message of father’s pass-away. They were very sad news to her at the beginning and also radically changed the rest of her life. When she was trying to realize the news, with the help from her nostalgic friends, she finally fixes the problems and finds her new life.

We always, like Freddie, think that relationship goes wrong with sudden changes or problems. But what actually happened that love is drained away slowly and being unnoticed years by years, days by days. We take care of love is just like take care of plants, we have to watering it everyday.

滋心．知心

2008-01-06T23:10:00.000+08:00

等了很久，終於在今個聖誕節一嘗心願，就是某歐洲著名雪糕店的雪糕火鍋。不同口味的雪糕﹑生果﹑雜餅…… 加上暖暖的朱古力，一個近乎完美的配搭。

實物送上，最重要的雪糕球比想像中細和少，口味亦不可由自己挑選，實在是美中不足。但一起分享的是兩位摯友，大家都在快將來臨的08年也充滿著新挑戰，在品嚐誘人朱古力雪糕之餘，有心靈上的交流更為窩心，這一切已補償了食物上的不足呢﹗

攝影習作-南山村

2008-01-01T22:51:00.000+08:00

常常聽說有關南山村的故事，終於可親身見證了﹗

南山大樓

久違的牆壁

潮髮

Welcome ! 2008

2008-01-01T18:17:00.000+08:00

I have been sneaked away from blogging for ages and hopefully I am back for the new year!

Most of my friends would know that I have started up a new career which is very different from my previous jobs. I have felt much pressure on it coz I am so afraid of getting things wrong. Hope time could heal ..

Besides my new job, I have also developed some new intersts in the past year, they are :

1. English Reading - It's great that I have started to build up a habit in english readings. I was so sick of novel before coz I thought that I can't read English for a long time. Thanks for the encouragment from my teacher and now I do love reading english novels. It's just feel like that you are being exposed to a new big world and full of excitments.

2. Classical Music - Thanks to Nodame .. a character from a japanese TV series! She has let me get known to the world of classical musics... when you are listening to it and just like travelling from city to city and seeing different places and people.

3. Photograhy - This is much caused by my brother and he is a professional photographer and he has so enthuastic to introduce me different shooting skills, of course, he is the one providing me the equipments. What he taught me the most important thing about shooting is about how you see things. Shooting is about how you see the "object" from your own perspectives..

My new year was come with a breath-taking firework at HK. I didn't expect to see such dramatic view from the West Kowloon District. Here you go, a snap shot from "Saying Goodbye to 2007".

3rd of October in 2007

2007-10-05T17:25:00.000+08:00

3rd of October is my birthday and I was celebrating it with my colleagues at Lunch and Superman at dinner. I ate salmon salad and pasta and lemon tea during lunch. I ate caser salad and a pepperoni pizza for dinner. We went to Haagen Daz after dinner and I ordered 2 ice-cream scoops and a chocolate cake. I was very happy on that day.

My colleagues brought me a birthday cake and we ate the cake and took lots of photos. I received a handcream and a bed set as birthday gift. I continued my birthday celebration with my family on 2007-10-04 and we ate dinner at home. Mommy cooked me Fired Broccoli with Beef, Japanese Tofu, Big Prawns in Tomato Sauce and Steamed Crabs. I liked them all.

I finished reading “The curious incident of the dog in the night-time” on the same day as 2007-10-04 and this is the way the book is written. It is funny and I enjoy reading it !

Colleagues brought me a birthday cake !

Jane & B'day Cake.

The Fantastic Mates: Women & Desserts

2007-09-04T16:26:00.000+08:00

We went to a brand-new dessert house at Central last week. This small dessert house is opened by a young lady called Jennifer and she gave up her job in Bank and went over to France to be the apprentice of a local dessert shop. We ordered “ Chocolate & Strawberry Pavlova” and “Strawberry Trio”. I liked the little jelly most coz it tasted like orange first and you will feel the flavor of Champaign at the end.

The best accompany to dessert is my soul mates, they are usually girls coz most of the man I met don’t like sweeties. It is such a good time to have lovely food and talk wildly. I have realized that friendship is so important to my life. You might not always need it but they are always standby your side. I am so lucky that I’ve met many good friends in my life, from college to work! Spending time with your soul mates will nurture your own heart from sorrow! Hey friends! How can you resist this!

My best Mates : gorgeous dessert & my soul mate - Jacq

My first boat trip !

2007-08-25T13:01:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday, I finally went for my first boat trip in HK. We had about 20 people boarding the ship at 10:00am. It was a very nice day and God did give us a great present (Because it had been kept on raining the for whole week!). We were heading to the sea at Sai Kung and we started the water sports right away. But I was too scared to try the banana boat coz I really don’t want to be flown off!

Soon after the lunch, we started the key activity of the day – wakeboard! It was the first time I did and guess how many times for my trial to get “standing” on the water … here you go…. The ever first time! It might because I was doing snowboard and the balancing skills are quite the same. But wakeboard is a very energy-consuming sport. I only did about 5 – 6 times and I still feel the pains at my back and shoulders right now!

It was a great adventure and it was so fun to go out from the hustle and bustle life of Hong Kong. Here are some nice pics taken during the return journey!

Hey … Sunset at Sai Kung …

This is the speed boat for wakeboard !

風風雨雨

2007-08-11T12:33:00.000+08:00

昨天本來是出海的日子，可惜天公不造美，更掛上了八號風球。起初，還為少了半天休假而耿耿於懷(因我已為遊船河而申請了休假)。但回家後看見新聞報導，人流一湧而出趕車﹑趕船回家，更有OL在中環站暈倒，有點慶幸自己沒有上班呢﹗

沒有出海，但去了看”Ratatouille 五星級大鼠”。戲中有一個很重要的信念，就是任何人都可以成為大廚。只要是用心去煮，就可發掘不同的食物配搭，創造新菜式。這是一個很令人鼓舞的訊息，也解釋了為何媽媽煮的皆是美食，也是我的心靈良藥。

在看戲前，我們到 Relaxing Tea House食午餐，食物水準ok。最開心的是可和弟妹一起享用，因為現在大家也要工作，一起用餐的時間也不多。沒有出海的日子，我們也很開心呢﹗

三份午餐，我﹑弟弟和妹妹 !

Super Power! by Heroes

2007-08-08T14:58:00.000+08:00

Last night, TVB Pearl began its new TV series – “Heroes”, which is talking about people with super power! It seems to be an interesting subject. Do we believe in super-nature power? In china, there are many people claimed to have this “unusual” abilities. Would that be a gift or burden to them?

If I was given the chance to have super power, what should I opt for? May be I would wish I can move in a second to wherever I want. The first benefit is that I don’t need to spend more than 2 hours time per day in commuting between office and home. The second benefit is that I can travel around the world whenever I wish… just like one of the character in “Heroes” that he can freely go between Tokyo and NewYork.. It’s fascinating!

Oops.. I should come back from my day-dreaming! I was having a wonderful this afternoon. It was a small but cozy café near my office. The nicest thing is to have lunch with an old colleague (met her at about 4 yrs before, is that counted as “old”?) and we haven’t seen each other for nearly 1 year. There are not so much changes between us… at least both of us are still at the same job! The only thing scares me is the speed of the passing of time…

Here is my lovely lunch…. costs me $42 !

A new family member

2007-08-05T23:51:00.000+08:00

I have been lazy in updating my blog and so I got to do some write up tonight..

My home has a new member to join.. yes, she is from Indonesia and have been working at my home for about 2 weeks. Her name is Faye and this is the first time she works aboard as housemaid. At first,I was very hesitated to hide a domestic helper at home and I always think there will be some problems..and it turns out - so far so good !

Faye is quite willing to learn and she really helps my mom a lot. I felt so relief coz I don't need to feel guilty of spending less time at home. Since my mom used to take care both the housework and the our little grocery shop, I am so afraid that she will be exhausted !

Faye, Hope you will enjoy the time at my home....

"Chase" ... by Leslie

2007-07-11T23:14:00.000+08:00

"Chase"... a song from Leslie Cheung, a local male singer who stay at the top of pop in 80s and 90s ... Although he has chosen his way to leave us and I ( and lots of other people ) always feel that he is still with us ...

What reminds me about this song is the random play by my iPod Nano on my way home. I was quite unhappy when I left office.. the politics is getting stir up now.. everyone is trying to protect against their own interests, people used to be close are started work against each other .. yes,what can you expect from a work place ?

The lyric of the song is about what we are chasing in our life.. time, money, power or just the one you loved.. the loved one could be your second half, you son and daughter or even your parents...it make me remind all my close friends and family around me.

I also want to dedicate this song to my dear dear flatmate whom has been in an unhappy state, I hope this song remind her that we all have many good things around us and never stop to love the ones who really deserve your care...

Enjoy..

Sushi...by jane

2007-07-06T15:51:00.000+08:00

I love eating and so do cooking ! In the times studying in UK, I was cooking almost everyday. After returning to Hong Kong, since we have an official cook - my mom.. cooking seems to be a bit unnecessary for me.

Last weekend, I made a new type of Sushi ( Tai Rolls ) with mushrooms, sweet eggs, crab meats and japanese cucumber. I used to make rolls with eels, but has given up as some toxic chemcials were found last year.

So.. here we are

Ten Years ...

2007-06-30T10:28:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong handover to China. This 10 years have been a really remarkable times for most of the people in Hong Kong. We passed over the Asian Financial Crisis, the SARS and the strike in 1 July 2003 .....

This times, I would like to share my personal changes in this ten years with you :

1. Age
Ten years before, I was only 18 ! So young and innocent ! Today, I am being called as "Auntie Jane "

2. Education
I got a degree from Birmingham University, not very tought couse but I had to face many new chanllenges of starting a new life in another country. I still remembered that the frist day I arrived England - taking coach from Heathrow, ariving in coach station of Birmingham and reaching Griffin Close with cap.. all just happened yesterday.

3. Career
I spent 3 years in Banking but found that I am not satisfy with numercial works. I started my adventure in exhibitions and it was one of the jobs I like most. Today, I am i the field of marketing of property. It is also an interesting job but I need to decide whether I should stay in this field or not... let's time to prove.

4. Family
In deed, it was the area that sought my concern most. My parents are getting old and all my younger brothers and sister all went to work now ! The times we could dinner with all the members become less and less ( about 1 per week). But luckily, we are still very united and close with each other. Especially, my relationship with my elder brother seems getting better and I always feel that we could be together to handle all the problems !

5. Love Affair
Yes, in the 10 years time , I've spent 8 years with the same guy ! At this moment, he is my Mr. Rigth... and hope same to the future ! God bless us!

6. Interests
I learnt swimming ( yvonne, remember that I was almost drowned in B'ham) and snowboarding. It was really a big change to me as I used to be very lazy of doing exercises. Started from last years, I have also developed my new interest - Yoga.. hope I could continue this .... coz Yoga is claimed to be ANTI-AGING !

7. Friends
I am lucky that I have met many good friends in the ten years. My flatmates and seniors in B'ham, my ex-colleagues ... all are still very close to me and we can really "talk". This is very important coz friends are the one who support you hold and belief, whenever you fall !

To conclude, I wish the next coming 10 years would be another good times to me ... I guess I will have quite a dramatic changes .. let's wait and see !

Dear Chairman Wu,

Thanks for coming over to see us in HK. You are the "CEO" in China and I hope you will lead us to a new era - a country which is prospect in terms of both economic and political and therefore we could really become a strong and healthy nation and being recognized in the world !

Salute to Chairman Wu !

Baby Sitting !

2007-06-26T08:53:00.000+08:00

Last Sunday, I went to visit baby Leanne again. She is now 3 months old and I found she is more "mature" than she was first born. When she slept, she can stay very stable and peace... but when people talked , she would open her eyes and see... so curious she is.

We had in total 4 babies coming for this gathering, it recalled my memory of childhood times. My cousin, brothers and sisters were used to get together during different occasions, like CNY, Mid-Autumn.... and it was just that noisy.

Here you see, I am trying to let baby Leanne sleeping in my arms, it seems she is quite enjoying... hum.... am I qualify to be a baby sitter !

Babies are getting very excited during "cake cutting" time, even not their own birthday and baby Leanne is still sleeping...

My very first Cuttlefish …

2007-06-20T17:31:00.000+08:00

As living in Hong Kong, one of the hottest activities in summer times is boating. However, as renting a boat is quite expensive (abt 3-5 thousand dollars a day), people usually have to gather a group which is big enough to share the costs. However, I hardly find any group that I could join in the past times.

After years of waiting, my virgin “boat trip” in HK came last Saturday and what we did is fishing for cuttlefish at nighttime. Shouldn’t use the word “fishing” but “hooking”. We drop a hook to the sea and keep pulling the fishing line up and down to attract the cuttlefish. (A spot light was pointing to the sea and created reflection to the hook). Once the cuttlefish gets caught, it will squeeze its ink out and therefore we had to be very careful to make sure that no inks was left inside its body…. Finally, we got 3 cuttlefishes in total and we had a “Master” as its size is much bigger than the others …

Warning to my ex-flatmates: the following photos might cause discomfort to you!

The Enthusiast

2007-06-14T17:50:00.000+08:00

Suddenly, I want to understand myself more and therefore I did some Enneagram test from website. However, I am quite confused that I got the results of type 4 and type 7 - The Individualist and The Enthusiast ... and their characters are :

The Individualist - I am unique.

The Enthusiast - I am happy and open to new things

After reading the descriptions and try some more tests, I might say I am quite a typical 7. What I am pursuing in my life is "Happiness" , here are some desciptions to Type 7:

How to Get Along with 7s :

Give me companionship, affection, and freedom.
Engage with me in stimulating conversation and laughter.
Appreciate my grand visions and listen to my stories.
Don't try to change my style. Accept me the way I am.
Be responsible for youself. I dislike clingy or needy people.
Don't tell me what to do.

I would say they are fairly true to me ..... ....

http://www.9types.com/

My dearest flatmates ...

2007-06-09T10:56:00.000+08:00

I am writing to my dearest flatmates in Blk 26, Unit 161, Griffin Close, Birmingham ...

Thank you so much for your love, care and support and I am sorry to make you worry about me. In deed, my relationship with S has been for such a long time and we still have disagreements.. I would see this as a lesson to both of us and I hope that we can overcome the problems in our lifetime.

No matters how this is going, at least, from this incident, I am very sure that I have true friends around me and I am no longer afraid of being handle problem by my ownself... I am sure that in case there is any problems in my life.. like work, family, relationship.. I will let my flatmates know and support me !

Thanks for your love...

What a blue blue day!

2007-06-06T14:26:00.000+08:00

This picture was taken this morning when I was queuing for bus. It’s such a blue and clear sky that has long been disappeared in Hong Kong.

However, this summer is extremely hot and evenly in the early morning, you could get sweated after a few steps walk. I heard from the news that we have “red tides” in different beaches due to the badly warm weather. Hey, I still think this is a clue of warning to the human beings to take care our planet !

Deep down my heart, I felt a bit "blue" (upset) coz I was having a quarrel with BF last night. Why can’t man tell what they are thinking? Why can’t they just let you know how they feel? I don’t know why that every times he only tells when you felt intolerable ….may be I shall take some lessons any learning “how to speak with mankind!”……

2 happy things I done on Wed’s night

2007-06-01T15:39:00.000+08:00

Last Wednesday, I went to my yoga class as usual. I was originally planned to get on the class on 6:45 but it was already full. So, I straightly go for the next class without knowing what type it is. Finally, I found it … the first half of the lesson is doing Asana – seating in still posture and working on some breathing exercises. Like breathing from your tummy, breathe in and our from different sides of nose .. At first, I was being so impatience coz I always hate to sit still. I would say I prefer for hard physical works then cannot move. After the 30 mins exercise, I really found that I was so relaxed and filled up with positive energy.. So , I hope I can tolerate “Asana” and take up more classes.

The second thing made me happy is just what women always love – shopping. H&M has opened its flagship store in HK and I was so curious about it as I read from the news that it is always patched with people. Remember that in UK, we seldom went there simply because its apparels just too old fashion to us. However, this visit surprised me – the clothes are chic and cheap. I brought – 2 skirts, 2 tank tops, 1 scarf and 1 necklet… they costs me about HK$600. H&M success not only rides on its promotions ( H&M X Madonna / H&M X Kylie Minogue) ; but its genuine fashion at fairly affordable prices.

H&M Store at Central

H&M Super Promotion at HK with Mandonna Collection !

What are we going to do after 40?

2007-05-09T17:18:00.000+08:00

I am now doing some market research for a new property project and try to find out some advantages of "work at home", and it seems to be a lot:

- no commuting, no traffic jams, you can start working earlier even you wake up late.
- 100% control over your own schedule, you can take a break whenever you want.
- Just wear anything you feel comfortable, no make-up
- No office politics, no need to be sociable as going into the workplace.

Is that a dream? they all seems to be the key elements in an ideal life which we never find in office.

In deed, I’ve been discussing with my friends about our career life? We’ve just started thinking of what I should do after 40 ? In the field of marketing, I seldom see " Officers " and "Executives" in age of 40. Sometimes, even Managers in 40 are a bit "old" now. What shall I do by that time? Should I learn a new skill-set so that I could still "work" if I couldn't survive in the office environment? I need to think this …....

Secretary's Day

2007-04-26T18:10:00.000+08:00

I have no idea of what is "Secretary's Day" for until after joining this company last year. We have 2 secretaries in our department, one is directly serving our GM, another one is serving the leasing team. They are different in job functions, so as their outfit.. one is very skinny and one is a bit fat.. regardless of this, they are all very helpful and they teach me the "greatest love" of secretary and their hardness in works. For example,if we are eating out for lunch, they are the late comers also the earlest one to leave.

I have never thought of myself to become a Sec since I always think their work is too clerical. In fact, after organizing a reunion dinner with more than 20 executives last year by myself, i know "making appointment" is never any easy job. Anyway.. happy Secretary's Day to my dearest Skinny and Fat secretaries.

you see... skinny sec. is working overtime ... again!

Who are we ?

2007-04-20T13:33:00.000+08:00

We are friends meeting from form 1 ( first year in Secondary School) and strickly speaking, we have been met each other for 17 years... such a long long time.

Back to our old school time, we were so close to each other and one of our habits is to speak and chat on phone... may be this the old version of ICQ / MSN... we talked till midnight and did that everynight (i just can't remember why we have so much to talk).

Today, one of us has move to live in England and 3 of just are staying in HK. One become a kindergarden school teacher ; one is working in Bank and me, jane , is working in marketing field. Instead of speaking on phone everyday, we usually meet 2-3 times a year, mostly fall on one of the birthday.

The photos was taken as Janice coming back to HK , she is now starting her new live in Bournmouth,UK. My "old" friends, I wish we could stay in our relationship forever !

An Inconvenient Truth

2007-04-17T18:32:00.000+08:00

Dear friends,
I have just read through a film called "An inconvenient truth " ( presented by AL Gore, Former Vice President of US ) which talking about global warming. I guess most of you have already experienced this in our last "HOT " Chinese new year and, indeed, the planet has already sent us a WARNING!I strongly recommend you to see this film and what it has mentioned is so important and serious to our life... not only us.. but our next generations ( ie. your babies, your nieces and nephews.....).

You will find out :
- level of CO2 have been raising by more than 10 times in the pass decades
out of the 20 hottest summers and 14 were found in last 20 years, the most hottest one in 2005
- the world largest lake was dried out
- the iceberg in Arctic Ocean and Antarctic Ocean are melting ....... and more and more

If we are not going to do some things.. we , the human being , shall have to bear the consequences.. like heat waves, giant & destructive typhoons, drought, flooding ... all the things that have been sneaky come into our daily life..My friends, don't wait and pls do some things to save our planet...

Video at ChimeLong Paradise

2007-04-11T07:33:00.000+08:00

Back to Blogging

2007-04-10T13:37:00.000+08:00

I just read through my last blog which is dated on 16 March 07, about 3 weeks from today. That's mean I have been laggin behind for 3 weeks too.. no excuse.. just being lazy lor.

We have just passed the long long easter holidays ( 5 days ... ) and I went for a 2-day trip at Cheung Long Park at China. We went to the funfair park , the zoo and also saw a circus performance which is all about our expectation.

I have not been playing any amusement rides since gratuated from uni. In the Cheung Lung park, there are a few of exciting rides which I am not brave enough to try... One is like a free-fall drum swung from side to side and at the highest point, you will be hanged upside down which about 10 m from ground.. Mr Cheung did try it and also felt a bit hang-over afterward.

The circus part is amazing.. usually , the circus at Mainland china only makes me think of Monkeys, People overlap people.. but this one is very different, it have performing dance, Animals Act, Cradle... the entrance ticket is only at RMB 70.. really worth to go for a visit...

Zao 2007 - Day 1

2007-03-16T09:30:00.000+08:00

Have been scolded by friends about not updating my blog for ages...... yes about two weeks coz my heart has been left in Japan and don't want to work at all..

Last night, I have started my very first trial - Movie Making ... here you go ... the clipping of our first day ... still 8 days coming...

Pls drop me some comments so I can make it better in the coming clips....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFKnHvkhiIE

Auntie Jane ... ...

2007-02-25T21:08:00.000+08:00

" Auntie Jane.. no no .. don't call me Auntie.. should be Sister instead "

I always said this before. Now, i have changed coz I really feel that I should be in Auntie "grade" now. Many of my friends delivered babies in the past two years, Ryan, Malaika, Chun Chun, Ting Ting, Lam Lam.... and many will be coming in the Pig Year too. Some of the older Babies are now 4 -5 years old and it seems that they are more right to be called as "sisters".

Baby Lam Lam, Sister Ting Ting and Auntie Jane ...

China Home Visit

2007-02-25T20:28:00.000+08:00

On the first 3 days of the chi new year, our family went to China and visit the village which my parents used to live in during their childhood time.

The interesting time of the visit is a hiking trip as we went over the route which is our parent's playland in the old times. The route should be close to the sea side, however, the recent development has extended the costal line and we no longer could see the sea la ! A prove to the rapid development in CHina.

Also, our cousin took us to the fireworks area in the night time. Every chi new year, the local government will set-up a restricted area and all the fireworks have to be lighted up there. So , it was so impressed and every night you could hear " Band Band Band..... for at least a few hours. This gov't is more clever than HK's, our gov't have to PAY for the fireworks which only last for 30 mins....

A very warm new year ...

2007-02-16T22:30:00.000+08:00

Only 2 days left before the year of PIG, as usual, we will clear up the house and then decorate it with new years items, such as flowers, 揮春Fei Chung ( red paper with greetings) and 吉Tangerine ( chi meaning auspicious ) ....

This CNY will be warm standing at 20 degree!!! I still remember that in our childhood times, we used to wear very think cloths in the new year visiting. Also, the Chinese lily ( 水仙) brought my mum is nearly all open due to the warm weather ! I think it's a god's hint of global warming.

Tulips brought by my mum..

The hint is also found during the planning of my ski trip this year. Our original plan is going to a ski resort at the middle part of Japan ( about 1.5hrs bullet train journey), however, due the the lack of snow in the area and we have to change our destination to the northern part of Japan ( about 2.5 hrs bullet train journey). The snow depth of the middle part is only to 100cm where last year during our visit, it was about 200cm.

So, my new PIG's year wish is - Save the Earth !

Chi Lily at Home New year greeting !

Learning Yoga....

2007-02-08T18:04:00.000+08:00

Have started practicing yoga for about 1 year and I've never thought that it would become one of my favorite sports.

I remember that I took my very first yoga class in University and my first impression is - SLOW SLOW SLOW .. move slowly , breathe slowly and think slowly. It seemed to be a bit boring to me. Therefore, after a few lesions, I dropped out.

Not until the end of 2005, when I started my new job and I had more spare time to work for my own interests. Yoga become my first trial, after all, I love it. The yoga club I now attending is hosted by an Indian instructor. The classes are completely different from the uni one. It is a real powerful exercise and it tests your endurances, strengths, flexibility and balancing. Every times when I went through the classes, I felt so relax since you needed to be so focus in the class and therefore all the troubles from works, family are throwing away.

To me, the most difficult part is not the physical challenges (yes … … it sometimes pretty hard and you feel like your foots are torn apart and never be back together), but the metal one. At the end of every session, we are required to RELAX the whole body and just focusing on your breath. But I never success on this and there are always different thoughts pop in to my mind… like works, food, homeworks... just anything. One times, I tried the meditation class and the whole hour is just like that. I just couldn’t stop thinking and keep twisting my body from here to there….

Vagina Monologues

2007-02-04T19:57:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, I went to see a drama called " Vagina Monologues"... yes ! it is a story about Vagina.. Vagina of different women at different corners of the world .

This drama was written by Eve Ensler in 1996 and has been translated into 35 different languages and performed world-wide. It was written in a times that woman are still linked up to guilt and embarrassment with their sexuality. It talks about Vagina in different contexts :

- Vagina and Old Woman who has no sex in her life time
- Vagina and Man who love to see it
- Vagina and War where woman are being bullied
- Vagina and Birth as it deliver a new life.

For Chinese , this would be a bit strange if you voice out the word " Vagina" directly.. it sometimes like we shouldn't talk about it. After seeing this drama, I have changed a bit as I felt that I have to take care it as it is a very important part of my life.. no only about sex, but also to our health, to being a woman and being a mother !

Yes.. It is the most beautiful place in HK

2007-01-29T22:55:00.000+08:00

People always know about Hong Kong is full of tall building. We just sometimes ignore that we are living in a seaside with beautiful coastal line and greenery hills. The pic you see is taken from another hiking trip at Sai King. It is named at " Big Wave Bay" as you can see the sea thundered against the rocks ..it was so amazing.

Also, during the hiking trip , a senior was taking a look with my hands - some sort of fortune telling and he said that I got good health and good career.. wish all he said would come true ! Also, he taught me a very valuable lesson.... we got to be relax in all sorts of life. In hiking, when you see a long uphill road, we always feel tense and hard to run through it.But if we relax and just treat it as normal straight road, it become so easy ! Because when we clam down ourselves and stay relax, all our muscles and joints will relax too. This "theory" does apply to all sort of our life... remember RELAX, RELAX and RELAX ! it does work !

Hey. we are getting to the hilltop soon! Just RELAX!

Hey.. I am back

2007-01-29T22:44:00.000+08:00

Haven't updated my blog for a week time as I was engaged in company's work. Sorry lor..

Anyway, could like to back to the "Baby Jane" series. The picture you see is taken with my eldest brother when we were about 5 -6 years old. We were living in a old village house. At that time, we don't have air-con or even a proper bath room. I remember that we used to taking shower in a plastic big bowl.. it just like the old people using the wooden bath tube.

But the time living there is quite funny, coz we are free to walk around in the village area. There are many different kinds of plants, just like the "Shy Leave" . When you touch it, it gonna fold up ! Have u seen this also ?

Baby Jane 2 - Guess who am I ?

2007-01-18T23:47:00.000+08:00

Yes... It is a birthday party, but more than 20 years ago.

In Kindergarten, teachers organized birthday party every month and it became my beloved childhood event. First, we usually had more than 1 birthday cakes to eat( see fr the pic).. of course, there was many other choices.. just as red eggs, potatoes chips, pawn crackers , flower biscuit ( 肚臍餅) ....

More important, we had the chance to take photos !!! last night, I was browsing the old album kept by my parents and i could only spot a few photos taken fr my baby time. Today, babies are so lucky and they take photos almost everyday... I wonder when they grow up, they can actually see every single months of their childhood time .. how will they feel ? BTW, can you find out who I am in the pic ???

Baby Jane

2007-01-17T20:48:00.000+08:00

Many of my friends are blogging about their Baby.. since I am still a little "girl".. I could only blog my Baby Jane..

This photos was taken in about 1-2 yrs old. The "half man" you see is my Father. My parents took me to a very popular place in old Hong Kong time - Ocean Park.

It seems that I was very happy and running from here to there. Hey.. Daddy... I am going to catch you !

5 things you don't know about me ……

2007-01-17T18:15:00.000+08:00

Just realized being tagged and have to tell you that you 5 things that you don't know about me… here you go:

1. Must have breakfast within 30 mins after wake-up. No matters where I am, I have to “eat” something.. like bread, biscuit or even candies ( if I can’t find anything else)

2. Like to be naked after bath. Just feel so free after bathing and I do think the best thing to do is being naked and hang around my own bedroom. Sometimes, I will light up some lavender aroma and put my masks on, just pretend to be doing facial at beauty house… a bit silly, isn’t it ?

3. A scar at my forehead. When I was 4-5 years old, there was a TV ads. about medical bandage sand I pretended to be the children at the TV ads that jumping from one place to another. As a result, I was fallen from my balcony to the grassland outside and with a big scar left.

4. Always mixing up things. I am so careless and always overlook something. For example, when my mum asked me to buy light soya source, I always brought the dark one. The worst example came to my work life that I’d typed one “ZERO” less at one of the tender bid and the cost was submitted at $15,000 (supposed to be $150,000). It was so embarrassed that the government officer asked me why the cost could be so low with such scale of works …… dam, what should I reply?

5. Last but not the least. I was so addicted to Häagen-Dazs…. and my beloved flavor is “Strawberry”. Years and years, Haagen Dazs become a MUST in my birthday and I was so glad that one time my boyfriend brought me a Lai-chee Haagan Dazs birthday cake..

That's all.. do I need to tag somebody else ?

What's a beautiful day!

2007-01-15T16:13:00.000+08:00

On the 14th Jan, it was my first Hiking trip in this winter and we were planning to walk from Ma On Shan to Sai Kung for about 3 hours.

We start from 10:30 from Ma On Shan village. The starting route was quite easy at the beginning, but after 45 mins, it came to a long long staircase. After a long “battle”, we were at the mountain ridge which could see the buildings behind and also sea. What’s amazing view !

The hiking rail is part of the MacLeon Trail which is a 100 kilemetro long country parks hiking trail. Every year, there will be a Trail Walker charity event and the participants are required to walk through the whole trail non-stop for 2 days. I just wonder if we could break it down and walk through it in 2 years?

Do you have a toxic manager ?

2007-01-15T16:01:00.000+08:00

Have read through a news about the TOXIC BOSS, very insightful.. here is the checklist of how you can spot if you have one ..

• Is inconsistent and unpredictable so you can never be sure what they will say or do.
• Has a low tolerance of provocation and be known for their moodiness.
• Appears self-indulgent and often deeply selfish.
• Displays a total lack of long-term planning for future eventualities for themselves, their staff or their product.
• Frequently appears restless, seeming to become bored easily and unable to pay attention.
• Has learning problems reflected in the fact they may have few educational qualifications.
• Shows poor emotional control causing them to shout, weep, sulk and gush with little embarrassment or control.
• Places little value on skills and despise attempts by staff to upgrade their skills.

For details.. you might check with

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/text/article.html?in_article_id=428232&in_page_id=1770&in_main_section=News&in_sub_section=&in_chn_id=1469

Hi… My name is CHUN CHUN 俊俊 ”

2007-01-15T10:53:00.000+08:00

I could like to introduce a new “character” in my blog. His name is Chun Chun and he is my bf's nephew. He is abt 1 yr and 1 mth old and his beloved characters are HelloKitty ( coz his mum is fan of it) and Anpanman. He can now walk with the support and also able to call “mummy”. His favorable toys are Mobile Phone and he fancy new models.

We usually meet him 2-3 times per months and usually we will have dim sum” together. He does not cry very often and sit properly and play around with his own toys .. likes mobile phones, spoons and pens. Just any thing he could grab in his hand could be his playmate… um.. quite a easy to handle baby.

This picture is taken at my bf’s Candy House. He is curious with different type of Candies.. May be he is a bit fussy about which one to pick ???

Being lazZZy......

2007-01-09T18:32:00.000+08:00

I Have been stop writing blog for a week.. just being too lazy.

Is that because that I found no specific moment I want to record during last week? I start to realize that photos are very important as it does help to remind you the little happy moment and make your blog more interesting to read. Therefore, I decided to bring my new DC with me most of the time so that I could be a little journalist to record every memorable moment in my life.

Here you go… my new pair of slippers!

Spanish & Spanish Food

2007-01-01T20:38:00.000+08:00

Have you ever though about learning of an European lauguage ? My friend has been studying Spanish for about 1.5 years and I am so interested in her study ? I heard that Spanish is easier to learn among those European Lauguages. But I found that it isn't ! My friend told me that a single verb will have different version if it is spoken by different person. Like you say , I say, he say, she say, they say.. Say have to be in different versions. My friend told me that both Spanish and French have female and male verb. German even have neutral... oh.. i understand why my friend gave up of learning German !

Besides the Spanish, we had great spanish food too ! We went to one of my favorite restaurant- Ole .. we have paella, fly shimps, egg potates.. and also a jam of Sangari .. I was a bit drunk after drinking.. :p

Happy New Year !

2007-01-01T20:07:00.000+08:00

Oops .. it got to the last day of 2006 . On the New Year Eve, we went up to the Peak. When we reached the tram station, there was a long queue and got to wait for about 45 mins. Up at the peak, it was so windy there and I just worn a long dress and a scarf.. it just like freezing. We went up to the Scenic Platform and took a few snap shots with the Victoria Harbour. Only in Winter time that the sky of Hong Kong is that Clear !

After visitng the peak, we needed to queue for another 30 mins to get off. Then, we went up to the Soho Central for Dinner. The restaurants is called Alfredo and we order a Texas Chicken Fillets, Pumpkin Soup and a Spagetti.. all tasted very nice. and I finally had my last dessert in 2006.. Icecream and Chocolate Pudding in Custard source.. yummy...

At the last five mins, we paid the bill and went up to the street for count-down. There was "double" count-down as 2 groups of people counted differently. Anyway.. it was a lovely time as we welcome the new year !

My Home School

2006-12-29T10:30:00.000+08:00

On the 23 Dec, I was back to my home school – Hang Seng School of Commerce (HSSC) for a X'mas Gathering at my Teacher's Home. Ms Ng has been my closest teacher for these years, she is the one who encourage me to continue my study in England (since I was thinking of giving-up the scholarship and studying journalism in Hong Kong). In other words, she was a very critical person in my life. A few weeks before, I told me that I do not regret to study abroad as it has been a lifetime experience which make me see things from a boarder view. Ms. Ng: Thanks very much for your advice!

On that day, I met many graduates from HSSC and I am the second oldest graduate. My senior was a Chartered Accountant and now has his own CPA firm. He used to be the chairman of Student Society and shall be counted as an “activist”. He told us that he just completed a Master Course from Kellogg's Business School (at HK by HKUST). It costs him more than $700,000… wow…such a “luxurious” master course.

His coursemates are from very diverse backgrounds and they fly from their home countries, like Singapore, Tai Wan and Philippine to attend course every week. They have to stay over at the school quarters for 2-3 days too. However, what he have learnt most is WINE & GOLF ….. are they the necessities for a successful businesses executive ?

You Sexy Things !

2006-12-27T00:13:00.000+08:00

It's all about Christmas Party ! Another fun time with my Uni friends at Florence 'shome. It was the second / third christmas party after she moved in to her new home. This year, we have wonderful home cooked food ,as usual.. Tomato Soups, Ceaser Salad, "Drunk' chicken wongs, Cold Crabs and Chocolate Fondue.. you see.. the great food here

The party organizer thought of the event dress code : Big and Funky hair plus Red, Black and White.. Can you recognize them ?

Left : Wendy, Man and Jane Left : Florence, Jane and Fai

Curse of the Golden Flower

2006-12-26T23:36:00.000+08:00

For this Christmas Eve, I went to see a new film called "Curse of the Golden Flower" directed by the world renowed chinese director Zhang Yi mou. It was talking about a golden dynasty of ancient China and a Queen's Rebellion. The main characters include Chow Yuk Fat , Gong Li and Jay Chow.

It is a fascinating story showing different emotions - POWER, LOVE, RESENT, HATE, REVENGE etc. And it is presented with different visual impacts, like the golden "suit of armor" (in fact, the movie name in Chi is "the whole city wears golden armor") and the red blood after the flighting. The interesting things is all the queen and female servants have to wear low-cut tube top dress with their bust bursting out.. y0u can see from the trailer :p

This is the suit worn by the Queen (Gong Li)

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/curseofthegoldenflower/index.html

Watching moving with my beloved Superman at IFC ,Hong Kong at Christmas Eve!

Plain English Campaign

2006-12-23T13:15:00.000+08:00

A website introduced by my lectures. As learning english for more than 20 years ( started from A.B.C.. from Kindergarden) , I always get an impression that using a more difficult words sound to be more professional ... ... however, in this campaign , they tell you that simple is the best. If we can say one meaning in one word instead of two , why should we do that ?

Hey friends, pls visit the link :

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/index.htm

Winter Solstice

2006-12-23T13:00:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, it was the "Winter Solstice". In Chinese, there is some old words that "Winter Solstice" is a even more important festival than Chinese New Year ! It is a time for family reunion.

My mum as usual cooked a lots of food for the festival and one of my favourites is Fired Prawn with Tomato Saucse... yummy ! My family always prefer seafood as my parents used to be living along the seaside. They used to catch fishes , oysters and other kind of seafood.

However, in the last few months, there were so many news about the unsafe seafoods. As many of them are imported from Mainland, people are adding different chemicals to make them look fresher. The latest news come with my most favourate type of fish ( see the photos) and the chemicals applied are used for dead body.. oh my god ! You know every time I ate at least more than 6-8 fishes...

Don't know that also happening in other regions... feel so unsafe with our food quality.

Another X'mas Gift - iPod Shuffle

2006-12-21T18:08:00.000+08:00

Another X'mas party with my colleagues under Sales and Marketing Department.

Another crazy time with Karako Singing..

Another X'mas present - Ipod Shuffle ..

I am quite lucky at this X'mas as I has got quite lots of stuff from my lucky draw. Also I got 3 numbers right for the mark six - $20 back !!! Hope this luck will come with me to 2007 !

Hey Friends, Have you noticed that I got my hair permed ? I am more mature than straigh hair !

I got a new DC !

2006-12-20T16:42:00.000+08:00

I am lucky enough to get the second prize at my company X'mas party which is a Casio digital camera.. it is my second gift camera after joining this company. This one is much better than the old one since it is 7.2 mega pixals with mpeg 4 video taking. I am happy that I could take this new camera for Christmas and also my skiing trip early next year.

Envy me ! I got my new DC !!!

For the party, it was wonderful and a little game was prepared for the seniors - pulling table cloth with tablewares on top of it. The game rule is what ever any item fall, it cost them a $100 dollars on top of their basic payment. The total amount will be as our x'mas gift for lucky draw. Sound interesting , isn't.. here are some of the snap shots:

You see.. the broken dishes are hidden underneath..

An easier option ....

A Perfect Demonstration !

Blogging !

2006-12-19T12:59:00.000+08:00

Have started writing blog for a few days.. it was a fascinating job ! It just like writing up your own diary . The last time I wrote in my diary was more than 10 years ago . I had given up due to :
1. My lack of determination
2. Messy hand-writing
other excuse.. etc etc.

I can n0w change my habit with blogging ! I can write my diary online !

In my last PR lectures, it was talking about PR writing. My lovely lecture told us a very important message - writing is a intellectual process ! In deed, it is a mental thinking process with involved use of logic, language skills, knowledge and also affection / feeling. After college life, I have not been writing in a long message ( most of my writing are business related , like emails, proposal, memo... . With blogging , I can train up my writing ability...

Also , the key point is every moment life is our treasures - blog can note down our memorable moment and shared with your beloved friends.

Here we go.. must not give it up again !

I always challenge myself of whether I should write diary but ever

Annual Dinner 2007

2006-12-19T12:50:00.000+08:00

On the 13 Dec 2007, it was the annual dinner of my company. On that day, some of my colleagues went for a crazy dance performance with the "Hip Song - Na..." from Alan Tam and Heckin Lee. Here are some snap shots during that night..

Christmas is coming !

2006-12-16T13:56:00.000+08:00

During the past week, I have been occupied for many reunion dinner.. like dinner with ex-colleagues, ex-classmates, friends from university...

Also, I am so busy with the christmas buying as I have to prepared many christmas gifts for friends and also X'mas Party gift exchange.

Anyway.. looking forward to see all my old friends soon .

致梁家傑先生

2006-12-16T13:45:00.001+08:00

我謹代表部分香港市民

感謝你勇敢找戰曾先生競逐下任特首 .....
感謝你為這小圈子選擇帶來一點衝擊 .....
感謝你使更多人了解普選特首的意義 .....
感謝你為前路汒汒的香港帶來一絲希望.....

願你在07年的特首競選中再創佳績 !

A sudden thought from MTR

2006-12-14T15:31:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, it was the annual dinner and the venue is at TST. I was taking MTR from Causeway Bay to TST. Everyone in HK knows that Admiratly station is the most busy station. If you would like to see how people running over the platform, it would be the best place.

If you have been to other metropolitian cities, you might realize that HK is the only place where people are "running" to catch the train. If you think deeply , it normally takes about 2-3 mins to wait for another train. People could loose the few minutes in all other way easily ( e.g. over-slept, playing TV games , gossip). But they could put aside thier manner (儀態) for this few minutes ? I always wonder why ??

Is that becase of the social norms ? You will look strange if you not "run" ? From economic point of view, is that the opportunity cost of time in HK is so high that we do not afford to wait for a few minutes ?

I personally also "run" in the perform, especially during the morning time as I always need to catch every second to avoid late... it might be the PRESSURE in HK to make people run. It seems like if you are not running , you are not busy and you have no pity.... so poor .. people in HK.

Welcome to Little Eyes

2006-12-13T13:59:00.000+08:00

Hi.... I have very little eyes... but I wish I could see the world in big

Everyday, things happen and pass through us . I hope I could remark all of the little things in my life and share with people around the world