Thursday, June 26, 2008

Addicted to Taiwanese Drama



Current watching this Taiwaneses Drama. It's HELLA GOOD!!!!!!! It's funny, it's a good story, and it makes me cry too! hehee... Highly recommand to everyone who understands Mandarin. This show is not over yet. I am watching it every Monday =)

watch it here--> http://www.xiaoli.cc/video/detail/1390



這個都市,有一段「貼來貼去」的愛情故事……  

故事,就從某一種盤據全亞洲的女孩類型說起。這種女孩,叫「便利貼女孩」。她,樸素、簡單安分、願望也小小的,從來就不是什麼Somebody,也不期待變成一個Somebody。她們功能小小,但是又不可或缺,就像是一張隨手可撕的便利貼,不起眼也不特別,但你的身邊一定有她!一趟『豪華郵輪』之旅,讓這樣一位平凡的女孩碰上史上最不平凡的際遇

  欣怡她從小就很害怕別人不喜歡自己,所以她一直很努力的要對別人好,只要有人給她一點點回應,她就很容易喜歡上對方,大家都叫她便利貼女孩,因為當有人需要她,撕下來就能用,不需要時隨手亂扔也無所謂。但她卻是個很重感情的傻瓜,個性不夠強讓她該下定決心的時候常常會心軟,某日為了挽回花心男友古馳,花費大把旅費上愛之船旅遊,沒想到陰錯陽差走錯房間,醒來之後,愕然發現自己竟與一名陌生人發生一夜情,又發現男友古馳偷吃,搞上了有錢的寡婦拋下她離去,讓她有如晴天霹靂的打擊。一個月後,當欣怡看到驗孕棒的結果時,她很後悔沒在船上跳下海。一個25歲的律師事務所職員,為了一個爛男友,負債20萬,還懷了一個來路不明男人的小孩,簡直是全天下最諷刺的笑話。她向公司請了一個星期的假,準備回到故鄉「薑母島」,想想自己該怎麼辦。

  那天床上的陌生人名叫紀存希,他是所有女孩理想中的白馬王子,多金帥氣、青年才俊,當他碰上平凡的上班族女孩陳欣怡,不知是麻煩的開始,還是幸福的啟航。由於紀家的隱疾遺傳,每代都男丁式微,至今九代單傳。這讓家中長輩珍珠奶奶每天都睡的不安穩,深怕這麼一丁點的香火一不小心就斷了!奶奶一心希望孫子紀存希能和其他的企業小開一樣,四處留情。偏偏這個孫子卻潔身自愛。一日,奶奶無意中發現欣怡竟懷了存希的孩子,或許是紀家的祖宗庇祐,沒想到老天竟然真的賜給她一個『小金曾孫』,讓奶奶說什麼都要存希把欣怡娶過門。這樣等她駕鶴歸西的那天,也有臉面對紀家的列祖列宗了。於是奶奶以要打給存希交往三年的女友爆料為要脅,要存希娶欣怡,被「騙婚」的存希不得不娶欣怡以完成奶奶在世的心願。但存希發現他不願意面對結婚的事實,也無法決定是否要臨陣脫逃,或是鼓起勇氣承擔後果,這時突然發現他們在奶奶的要求下必須開始約會談戀愛。

  其實存希還有個交往三年的芭蕾舞者女友ANNA,期間多次浪漫求婚ANNA都讓存希碰了個軟釘子,但存希始終默默的等待著,等待著ANNA願意放下一切答應他的求婚。ANNA為了事業不婚,而他此時卻因意外讓欣怡懷孕,幸好ANNA在國外巡迴表演,好讓存希可以隱瞞這次的烏龍事件。但存希卻瞞著奶奶,和欣怡簽了一張婚前協議,載明生完小孩兩人就要離婚,存希答應給欣怡一筆錢然後拍拍屁股互不相欠,欣怡為了肚裡孩子的將來,認真思考後也同意了。存希的如意算盤打的是,當欣怡把孩子生下來後,ANNA巡迴演出結束回國,他和欣怡的契約關係正好到期,便可以和ANNA再續前緣。

  不知情的欣怡搬進存希家,開始學著和存希相處,兩個陌生人從不適應到習慣彼此的存在,是非常微妙的進化,本來以為只是住在一個屋簷下互不相關的兩人,卻因為許多生活瑣事漸漸有了交集,欣怡在奶奶的要求下搬進存希臥室,存希便藉故搬到客房去睡的,卻發現漸漸不喜歡一個人睡覺的孤單,三更半夜存希總是會回到原來的房間,久而久之睡覺時身旁有個人好像是種習慣了。不喜歡回家吃飯的存希也開始回家吃飯,誓言絕不幫忙任何事的存希,也開始採買嬰兒房的壁紙、小朋友的玩具。在以為這就是所謂的幸福時,一直被忽略隱瞞的未爆彈ANNA出現了,存希萬萬沒想到他跟ANNA沒有說清楚的關係傷害了欣怡,只留下一張離婚協議書就消失不見,原以為這樣的結束是最好的句點,沒想到欣怡早在不知不覺中佔據他的心中,他發誓,如果再讓他找到欣怡,他一定要重新追回欣怡,不再是從前孩子的爸對孩子的媽的模樣,而是以一個男人對女人的姿態……

info from <http://www.ttv.com.tw/drama08/destinylove/story.htm>

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

回鄉探親II之: 友緣相聚

Left Southern California and was heading to North Cal! Hello Bay Area. What would I be doing if I never left San Jose? I ask myself this question everytime I come back to the Bay. I got one day to visit Ah Tung & Vera before going to the company conference in Monterey.

Dinner with Ah Tung in Milpitas. He's happily drinking his papaya smoothie. He always attracks attention, see the girl behind him? ;-)


Then I spent a nite at Vera's. Their couch is soooooo comfy! I'd love to take the couch home with me if my luggage is big enough. hehe... I think we're starting to look alike here... my good old DCS twin!


Next day: Off to Monterey for a week-long conference~ What do you do with a bunch of colleagues in a vacation resort without a rental car? You drink til you drop! I don't think I've consumed that much wine in one week. Thank god for Trader Joe's wonderful wine selection!


and I fell in love with White Zinfandel! It's pink and it's sweet =)


Before we say goodbye to Monterey, we visited the Aquarium there. It's an amazing aquarium with cute otters, penguins, sunfish, & lots of very cool jellyfish! The jellyfish exhibition is awesome! lots of cool jellyfish in different sharps and sizes, with sci-fi music in the background, makes me think that I've enter the jellies world.


These cute pastel color jellies are so animated-like!


See how blue the sky is?! Lovely weather. lovely people. That's the end of my June adventure.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

回鄉探親 I

You're about to begin a journey with me. My 2nd US trip in 2008. I am taking a few days off to visit family and friend before my conference in Monterey Bay that begins next week. That only means one thing-- EAT!!


Hello business class! hehe... Lucky me, I was the lucky winner for the upgrade coupon =) This is my first time with this new Cathay Pacific buz class interior with my own bed. However, I didn't sleep much on the plane. I spent my time watching 5 movies! hehe... yeah, get my money worth. Cloverfield, 27 dresses, Leon & Kelly's movie, The Spiderwick Chronicles, & Definitely, Maybe.



A snapshot of LA right before I land, and I have the song "This this LA~ all I wanna do is have a little fun before I die~" in my head! Please play this song when you read if you have it on your PC. =)


In-N-out burger!!! The first thing I wented after my arrival. Don't you wish there's one in HK?!


Then I went to get Mallow's favorite snacks, wine, steaks & ribs at Costco. Yup! We're staying home for BBQ dinner tonite & Anson is coming to mom's after work. yay~


The next day, I went to Denny's with mom for breakfast! Yummy American breakfast that I long craved for! hehe...


What's next?? SHOPPING!! Mom lives 15mins away from the Desert Hill Outlet! wooohooo~ Shop 'til we drop! heh



Then we had Vietnamese Pho for lunch!!! I LOVE Pho!!!! The vietmanese Pho in HK is not quite the same. The beef broth is DTF!



Then we went to Pasadena to have dinner with couson Tim. He brought us to an awesome Mexican restaurant with live music and good food. Mexican food is the next thing that I craved after Denny's and Vietnamese Pho. =)



They were sing a song for Anson. To congratulate him for getting his new job! Cheers~

Cousin, bro & wife, & I went to see The Hulk after dinner. It's not as good as Iron Man, but I still enjoyed it. I haven't see a movie in such a big movie theatre in a long time. Theatres in HK are just too small =)
Today. I was just chilling and Anson's. Got a nice tan by the pool and kept pouring down California wine. LOL!
Stay tuned for 回鄉探親 part II!

Monday, June 9, 2008

My Spring Break 2008- DBF!

Dragon Boat Festival@ Stanley Beach!!!!! I had so much fun last year. Since then, Dragon Boat Festival has become my favorite festival of the year. Love the atmosphere, the booze, and the randomness! We ran into so many random people yesterday, crashed a few parties, & met new friends. =)



$20 water taxi will get you to "Cancun"!


Boat#1- Goldman's boat when we're still sober and proper. heh... Can't ask for a better weather! It was raining dog sh*t yesterday. Hardest rain in years! School were closed, ppl didn't have to go to work 'coz of the rain, mudslide everywhere... even the highway to the airport was flooded. Can't believe how nice it was on DBF!! Thank goodness for Diane's spy on sunblock =)



This picture summaries our day.

Boat hipping begins! The next destination is the boat with yellow balloons. The best boat out there with live DJ, cool music, buffet, more boozes, and our lovely friends.

Noticed we even changed into their boat uniform! hohohooo...




Boat#3: UBS. This boat is right next to the starting line. We watched a few races from here.



Another cool thing about DBF is the paddlers' costumes. It's like an early Halloween.


Ah~ what a wonderful day! See you all next year.


Tuesday, June 3, 2008

亞燦的故事





噚晚上咗第一堂啦! 數數手指, 原來我8年無拉過大提琴啦!! 今次學返真係要多謝Lesley。 唔係佢lau我一齊學嘅話, 我個cello都唔知會喺屋企ou都幾時。可能ou到生蟲都無人知. Lesley 同我講, 我地嘅相遇係命中注定架~ 大家都係學到grade3就無學。 而家咁大個人先至學返, 如果無個伴我諗我會唔好意思自己走去學lor。努力呀! 我地一定可以學到grade5,6,7,8 架~



以前拉school orchestra嘅同學仔都會幫自己件樂器改名. 我都幫我個cello改咗個好貼切嘅名。各位觀眾,佢叫亞燦!佢喺中國出世,喺命運安排之下被人賣咗嚟香港。亞燦有一般土產嘅特色,就係有啲貨不對版。明明話自己係個size 4/4嘅大提琴,但係就比真正full size嘅大堤琴瘦少少, 一定係佢貪靚學人減肥啦!十三年前被我老竇以超低價二千幾蚊買咗返屋企, 我用咗三年唔夠就被我遺棄。亞燦一直留喺香港嘅雜物房,過咗十年不見天日嘅日子。我就喺美國另覓新歡。佢有佢嘅生活, 我有我嘅忙碌。直至噚晚,亞燦終於有機會做返一個會出聲嘅大提琴啦。以前教我個missy話過,你個琴就好比你男朋友, 你要珍惜佢,同佢經歷風雨,一齊成長。噚晚重遇亞燦,就好似返兜十年無見嘅舊男友一樣, 感覺唔陌生,但係大家都變咗啦, 亞燦把聲好吵,四條弦太舊吧!支弓變黃,甩頭甩骨,已經唔用得啦。換咗新弓,亞燦好似好少少。就係咁,我嘅回歸第一課又同亞燦一齊度過喇。


雖然同亞燦有些少感情。但係今次重遇,我更確切知道佢並非終身對象嘅才料。而家決定要繼續考五至八級,我更應該揾個新partner陪我奮鬥。所以我決定要買個新琴! 原來一個好嘅琴都唔平架... 不過既然決定要學, 不如破釜沈舟, 俾自己多一個堅持嘅理由。如果唔學就會"徙"咗個好琴啦... 亞燦,我希望你明白,亦希望你原諒我再次同你分手。


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