A&F's Phuket Wedding

A&F's fabulous wedding in Phuket! It's a definition of sweetness, love, romance, & friendship. I believe god sent me there to listen to those heartfelt speeches. This is also the reason why I was away from HK and missed my dodgeball finals and the crazy season end party. However, it was all very worth it!

There were a few messages that I got outta the wedding that truly touched my heart. Yes, sentimental Jane was crying a river as she listen to these messages:

Message #1
The Pastor said, "Before you get married, choose the one you love. After you're married, love the one you chose."

Yes... we do take things for granted most of the time, and might not appreciate little things that we do for each other anymore. We might have forgotten what it's like to love and to be loved. However, stick with your choice. Remind yourself what you have chose and cherish what you already have. Awww... sob sob... yes... I seriously forgot what it was like, and how I was like...

Message #2
Alistair's dad said, "No matter how busy you are, always make time and spend time with each other!"

Yes... put each other as your priority. What's the point if you don't even spend time with each other anymore? No matter how busy work gets, how often you need to travel, how crazy your kid's schedule has affected you, ALWAYS make time for each other. Sob sob...

Message #3
Fiona's vid, "If it comes back to you, it's meant to stay forever."

Enough said. Sob.... Then Fiona's dad's speech was soooo touching that I think my mascara were all melted. Then I'm sure I had no mascara left when Fi mention her bridezilla moment at home and then realized she was missing the big picture when she saw Alistair & her parents laughing out loud watching TVB soap...

So much love! So fortunate to have such loving families. So lucky to have met in college. So magical to have been together for 14 years surrounded by the same group of friends. So amazing to have grown together. So much history from the Maid of Honor & Best Man's speech, where they're friends since they're kids. I'm so honored to be there at their wedding to witness it all.



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During the banquet, MC Paulina invited all guests to step out to the beach to send lanterns along with our wishes to the sky. This has got to be the MOST ROMANTIC THING I have ever done!!! Geezus!!! So overwhelming watching couples after couples setting lanterns to the sky. It's something that you'd see from a Disney movie! (yes... as seen in Tangled) It was amazing!









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Then there was the after party!!!!!!! hahaha... pool party with lots and lots of shots! Oh Hed Kandi round 3, except it's open bar ;) Cherie & Me were the first one to jump in! Wohooo!! The live band was awesome, I think I was singing with them towards the end. LOL!


Congratulations to Fiona & Alistair! I'm sure they will live happily ever after!
- Michelle xx

我等到了!

1994年的聖誕, 我第一次自己買飛約朋友仔睇演唱會. 當年我12歲, 幾百蚊並唔係一個少數目! 但係當年我都好願意買最貴嘅飛去睇王菲演唱會! 因為從小學開始已經好鍾意王菲! 對亞菲嘅鍾愛程度一直有增無減. 98年聖誕嘅Faye Wong Scenic Tour, 同2003年嘅菲比尋常演唱會我都無緣返香港睇. 直到尋晚, 等左16年半, 我終於有機會再睇亞菲唱live啦!!!!

尋晚王菲一出場開口唱 "還記得當天旅館的門牌 還留住笑著離開的神態..." 我真係激動到喊呀!! 實在太太太太太好聽啦!!! 之後嘅 "眉目裡似哭不似哭　還祈求甚麼說不出" 完全表達晒我當時嘅心情! 唱到"我願意"時個種震撼, 將呢首我聽過幾百次嘅經典金曲加上真實感. 情緒都而家都未平復到!

王菲嘅演唱會唔可以同其他香港歌手嘅演唱會相比. 真正愛聽王菲嘅人就會明白佢唔講野齋唱嘅演唱會, 比起搞好多花慎嘅歌手嘅演唱會同樣可觀! 對我而言, 呢個係我睇過最震撼最好最鍾意最珍貴嘅演唱會!!







*多謝@tochapman1999 & @issam 微博的照片分享!!

My 2010

Happy 2011 everyone!

It's time of the year again to review what i have done last year... I usually post up fun and loving pictures to convince myself what a great year I have had. Not this year. I feel like I have accomplished absolutely nothing in 2010. Let's see... I had a nervous breakdown in Jan and enrolled myself in my own 4S rehab program:

1. Slow down. Telling myself I don't need to fill up my schedule everyday, every week.
2. Spend more time at home. It is worth more of my time than my hobbies.
3. Sacrifice. Don't be a FOMO all the time. Need to believe that I won't be forgotten if I don't make it to every social event.
4. Schedule wisely. Make good use of my Saturdays!

Then I bought 20DVDs and 30 books. Ended up reading 2 of them, and a stack of DVDs that's now laying dustily in my room. Failed to free up my schedule as dodgeball season continues and ridiculously joined 3 dodgeball teams at the same time. I didn't even have time for dance classes with the off-the-hook busy dodgeball schedule, traveling to HK side at least 3 times a week late at night... However, once the dodgeball season was over, I felt emptier than ever!

Part of the de-FOMO process was to cut down my partying activities. So I haven't been to LKF as much as I used to. Instead of LKF, I have migrated to the dark side! hahaa... MK or TST ghetto bars ROCKS!!!! No more dressing up with feet-killing heels, and cocktail sipping. Somehow the dark side migration = not partying... but really, it's still partying, just in a more down-to-earty-not-dressing-up way.

2010 was a year of materialism... got super inspired by Helen To & I've been shopping like I have a sugar daddy... but I don't. Got a few truly unnecessary items that the shallow me enjoyed wholeheartedly. Traveling was also a big part of my 2010 spending, CNY Phuket trip, April Osaka Lady GaGa trip, Shanghai+ TPE biz trip, Taipei EMB offsite, U.S. of A. shopping spree, & another TPE trip... I know... super FU CHIN! I guess my FuChin-ness made up what it seemed to be a fabulous (yet meaningless) year.

Going forward, I'd like to make my 2011 resolution simple: take my daily multivitamins, keep exercising, & spend more time with family. Treasure my days with Mallow xoxo

Drunken Performances

I nagged BFF for a Christmas song... and she did. She begged me not to post it online... and I did. It's way too cozy and sweet :) Merry Christmas everyone!!!



... and then I had to play one song too. The one and only song I know how to play on the piano since I was 8. (still is the only song I know after all these years... )



xoxo

You'll always be in my heart

It didn't really hit me til you called before you board the plane. I have lost someone that would never say no to my random ideas. Lost a costume partner, a party crashing buddy, my one and only PIC... Your departure only means one thing-- that LuLu Lin will come home to generate more fun and memories in Shanghai! It'll be a new chapter of our lives. Watch out for more fun and memories!

Love you xoxo

一世的承諾

住大澳嘅公公婆婆, 喺背山西面海嘅番鬼塘村定居幾十年。兩個人一手一腳起屋, 種果樹, 種菜, 到海灘打蠔, 自製果醬... 公公婆婆一直都係用原始嘅煮食方式-- 燒柴煮飯。他們過著都市人不能體會嘅簡單生活。生咗一竇仔女, 仔女又生咗一竇孫比兩老。幾個孫兒小時侯放暑假都會返番鬼塘村度假。天氣熱, 公公和孫兒在天台吹著海風睡。睡醒一起到海邊捉蟹仔。

孫兒都長大了。公公婆婆兩個人一直住喺番鬼塘村。年紀大了,公公襯還有氣有力時, 和婆婆上山擘了一輩子也夠用的柴。好多好多! 堆砌得高高的, 整整齊齊的放滿前園空地。幾年前公公先走了。婆婆每天煮飯, 也用公公早為她準備的柴。剩下的柴, 真的一輩子也夠用。這就是公公對婆婆要照顧她一世的承諾吧。比 "P.S. I Love You" 入面嘅情節更體貼窩心!

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前幾日舅父打電話嚟, 話柴枝發現白蟻, 要通通燒燬。雖然婆婆而家已經唔需要燒柴煮飯, 但係大家都好唔捨得! 怕無堆積如山嘅柴枝, 前園會變得空蕩。

攝於婆婆家, 前園對出的無敵海景。

SO LOVED!

Jenna loves to sing, so are her friends. So we held a "Jenna & Friends Mini Concert" at BACKSTAGE for her birthday.



Three hours of live music & awesome performance, with the rowdiest and extremely beautiful audience made up entirely by my loved ones!



With many shots and laughters in between :)



With songs that i don't remember singing, things that I don't recall myself telling, and the cakes that I don't remember cutting (yes... memory lost for the 1st time in history... )



in an extremely FUNG SO pose that I believe I was enjoying myself...



Super thankful to have you all in my life! Thank you for putting up with my dramas, listening to my whinning, accepting the crazy person that lives in me, & being a true friend to me!

We: Michelle, Jenna, Miso, Jane Paris, M. So, Salmon, Ella Koon, LuLu, Mimi Wetmore, Mishimo, are forever grateful!

xoxo

廿一年來的一次

去年二十週年六四燭光集會的報導感動了我。上Youtube知道了「六四」是怎樣一回事，了解加深。今年是我二十一年以來笫一次參與燭光集會。親身睇驗感覺很震撼！在球場上的每一個人都令我好感動。最深刻的是坐我前面的一對老公公老婆婆。老公公推著坐輪椅的老婆婆到場支持，幾小時的集會中一直照顧老伴。我完全感受到他們對平反六四的堅持！身後的一班年青人也不是來鬧玩的。看樣子８９年他們應該還未出世吧！但一班９０後有秩序的也安靜地參與，還一起高聲響亮地高唱二十一年前的民運歌曲。我可以安心了。因為他們使我肯定六四的精神會薪火相傳! 在場所有燃點的燭光紀念著每個為民主而犧牲的死難者，也為他們在國內不能公開祭拜的家人燃點。有幸與十五萬人一同見證歷史，我們不會忘記!

sweet爆

上星期六去公園玩, 突然落大雨. Sweet爆Hannah擔遮去小食亭救我返去避雨. LUM爆過程仲比同行攝影師影底咗添! 好鍾意呢張相呀~

感觸

二零一零年一月十六日, 那天我情緒崩潰了. 正好碰巧是好友牙生牙太的大好日子. 在婚宴上我失控地哭. 太感觸了!

伴郎細心地準備了幻燈片, 在晚宴中和大家分享新人的相識經過與拍拖點滴. 回顧著他兩的愛情故事, 我們都一直再旁見證. 感情是累積回來的. 歲月把累積回來的感情變得深厚. 直至牙醫向她求婚, 到今天在眾親友面前承諾愛對方一生一世... 太感動了! 然後牙太在台上哭著說她很掛念爸爸, 忍不住跟她一起哭. 但從今以候請世伯放心, 因為牙太已找到幸福了!

還有幾十年的路要一起走, 途中必有風浪. 無論遇到甚麼困難, 也要一起勇敢面對. 請記得今天對對方許下的承諾, 對對方父母的承諾. 要好好照顧對方. 不做傷害對方的事. 不離不棄. 從今天起, 你們的感情只會赲來赲深厚. 不怕樣子變老, 頭髮變白, 也永遠相親相愛! 祝幸福快樂!

喜歡婚禮

喜歡婚禮, 因為喜歡戀愛.

Can you feel the love?

Welcome 2010!

Spent the last day of 2009 dancing with my fellow Crewplayers' Players at World Trade Center. We spent over a month to rehearse for this count down show and I was loving every moment of it! At first, I was super worried that I couldn't keep up with everyone, couldn't remember the steps when the music plays. I had to book a studio to practice with my spare time to make sure that I won't bring the team down. I have gained so much from this experience. Thank you DY for signing me up!

CPJT & CPT dancers:



On stage :D video is posted on facebook links. Don't have the original clips though.




CP family picture! Go Crew Players!!!




Looking back at my 2009 resolution, I think I have achieved most of them:
- learn thai boxing (checked! well, kinda... i took a couple lessons & couldn't fit into my busy schedule ;P)
- Have fun with my dodgeball team DLS! (CHECKED!)
- Cello exam in Apr/May (Checked!)
- Dance more (Checked!)
- Eat healthy (Checked with occational MackaDs & KFC... oops!)
- Spend more time with family & friends (not so much with family but with friends... )


For 2010, my resolution is... hum... I'm actually feeling quite content at the moment. Every single 2009 resolution is still on the list: dance, dodgeball, cello... yet I'm not brave enough to say I should drink less :p There's a goal though,

I want to move out!

Not sure if it's possible. Moving out is not that simple for me. Wish me luck!

Us 5: 鍾愛Pina Colada 的姐妹團!

The last time all 5 of us were together... that's the day that I ran into Mavis on the busiest cross walk in MK, when we screamed from top of our lungs and hugged each other, then got honked at from standing in the middle of the road... That was 12 years ago. All of us came back to HK for the summer from around the world. Fate bought us back to Eliza's grandpa's good old appartment that day. Then we talked and laughed, just like the old times...



We performed on every Mid-Autumn Festival at the Club when we were little, with bright blue eye shawdows and suicidal red blush on our cheeks. Why oh why did they put heavy makeup on us on every Mid-Autumn Festival Performance? Year after year, we spilled hot wax on the soccer field. Now they tell me wax burning is illegal? Since when did we stopped hanging out at the playroom and moved our base to the bowling alleys? Why did we always sneak out to buy fries during the middle of class? Was it Mavis or Eliza who always set the clock 10-15 minutes early so Mrs Kam would end the class early? How did you meet that boy from the ice rink and started dating? Were you two even dated or was that just pure stalking? How did Eliza became friends with my ex-classmate? Why did I cried out of control when you guys sent me off to the airport? How we witnessed one of us almost left us for good 'coz of sickness?




Here we are today for a special reason-- not only we wanna travel with each other and have a fantastic trip, not only because we love water sports and seafood... it's because Vicky is getting married in Kota Kinlabalu in 8 days!!!! We will be the loudest bridesmaids ever! We will be there to see her walk down the aisle and live happily ever after! In sickness and in health =)

xoxo

Jenna's Very Happy Birthday

Birthday celebration Part I: PJ/Lingerie Party

I did something very different this year. I let my BFFs to organize my birthday party for me instead of doing it myself. It's also Ray's big 3-0 birthday too. I don't really know who goes on the guest list and what I should expect and it turns out GREAT! As promised, it's a pyjamas/lingerie party. Surprisingly a lot of them came in costumes!! Great sportmentship y'all =)

Orbis Walk teammate =) Go Heroes!

Girls with pearls. I was trying to be a robot but turns out to be a wax statue in most of the pictures. LOL!

Lovely strawberry shots by Lam9!

Chocolate cake from Doublechin!! Thank you Amie for organizing the party for me! It was awesome!! I had a blast and I hope you all enjoyed it just as much as I did!

Birthday celebration part II: dinner with BFFs

I Shyan's spirit was there! hehee...

Lesley had became the Lang Gag Queen of 2009! CEO fry bad eggs, 食白果, warm sake vs. chill sake, Chan Jim's eye width, DY's colour matching drink, male nurse, 魚蛋妹, I.T. person at 收數公司, mence beauty, 叉燒包's feeling... a night filled with jokes and laugher! Oh I love you boyz & galz!!!

We do this 3 times a year. BFFs! Let's hit all the BBQ restaurants in HK before we die!!!!

CoCo cake!

Yung said, "This cake tastes soooo good if you eat it layer by layer!"

DY, "but you're supposed to eat all layers together... " =.=!

I say, regardless of how you eat it, it still tastes delicious!

Birthday Celebration Part III: Family Din Din

It actually started a week ago. Had dinner with lovely sisters and the kids last weekend in SoHo. Then dinner again with Dad & Aunt's family on my real birthday. Thank you Aunt Haidy for the super sweet mango cake =)

Thank you y'all for your facebook wall posts, SMSs, phone calls, pressies, cakes, sexy costumes, & all your joyful laughter! I had a blast and very happy birthday weekend =)