Last Thursday, our dear CEO Mr Mohl presented our half yearly result to the media, which also concluded our half yearly valuation task.... You know there had been so much effort behind those pretty numbers..... Now I am on an insane project which is enough to drive me crazy before the next valuation

 

I guess a highlight of this project so far is that I just wipe out a potential extra 25 millions profit hahaha.... but I am not out of job..... In fact it is a concern if there are large extra profits, the process of analysing the source is somehow troublesome. The lesson I learned was that:

 

 

Beside the excitment I have at work, another thing to panic about is the APEC next week. When the APEC meeting was hosted in Thailand, the government made the whole week as public holidays, whereas we only got ONE day on Friday.  

 

My office is located at the sea side which have a great view across the Darling Harbour and the Sydney Harbour Bridge which also make it a high risk area of any "hazardous" activities. I would need to get myself prepare for the police and high security guard around that area next week (better find my elegant business suit for next week )....

 

Btw I would like to see Mr. W Bush, but probably not this time hahaha

 

 

 

Due to transportation problem, I was forced to "muck around" Eastwood after work today....

 

Then I came to this real estate agent shop, I was curious to find out the current real estate market..... but I was annoyed after taking a quick look at advertisment board through the shop window...

 

Out of those properties, at least 70% of them was sold in which they have the little "SOLD" label attached on them....

 

Why would they still advertise those "sold" properties?!...... I believe the purpose of advertising is to sell the product right?..... So why do they put them up if they are sold? Do they just want to tell you that you have missed the opportunities, giving a sense of regret? i.e. "Only watch, can't own", I really hate this

 

So what's their intention?!..... I find it is hard to figure out and understand...... 

 

 

Today is 農曆七月初七 which is my 農曆生日. I guess Chinese is very clever in that way they make two New Year(s) and two birthdays into the calendar for everyone which is wonderful =)

 

農曆七月初七 also reminder me about the story of <<牛郎織女>>. In fact I had a conversation with my mum about this.

 

母:「星期日是七月初七, 你的農曆生日」

子:「七月初七? 牛郎織女的故事?」

母:「這是人間以前的傳聞, 可能將來你和的你的老婆都會分隔兩地, 哈哈!」

子:「........」

 

What kind of thought is this? Wanna his son and daught-in-law to separate?!.. haha

 

Despite the trueness of the story, I do find some similar stories happen to my friend and colleague around me. Ofcoz their stories are not as sad as the original one becoz there are now so may communication tools for them to talk and even see their other half. And I really appreciate their love which overcome long distance and obstacle......

 

If this happen to me, will I have the courage go on???... HAHA I am again thinking too far...

 

 

P.S. A song relates to this story, hope you enjoy it!

 

 

歌曲：七夕

 

編曲：Wayland Lee/歐陽業俊

 

問　織女怎會熱愛牛郎
淚隔幾光年　柔腸似餓狼
謝七巧佳節　渡鵲橋一趟
天規哪管圓還是方　讓苦戀釋放

＊難道愛　未滿資　其實幸福非天賜
　誰在意　逆聖旨　為何定要到七夕
　方可見一次　難道中國傳奇是
　情要變慘事　憑遺憾出詩意＊

是　今天的我遇上牛郎
在故宮輕狂　離愁卻難防
為北京嚮往　但再度交往
不想變織女來硬闖　就各自淡忘

誰願似　舊女子　重逢若果得一次
懷念怨　預約苦　遺忘大概更不易

＃不想上京師　然後親口跟你講
　又過了一年　期望未必一致＃

REPEAT＊＃

如面試　換襯衣　然而真不好意思
事隔已多年　連容貌都不似

 

 

Yes today is my 24th birthday, and also a remarkable birthday to me for three reasons:

 

1) I have celebrated this with a group of my best friends

2) I am progressing toward at the end of the "accident hump" of the mortality curve, which means there is higher probability I will reach my next birthday =P

3) This is last year that I need to pay expensive premium for motor haha

 

With an age of 24, I reckon I am mature enough to choose and do the right thing. It also means I need to plan my future more seriously and move toward the goals that yet to achieve.   

 

This year is the "year of pig" which is also the second cycles of "12生肖" since I was borned, thus it means much more to me..... There are not many "12生肖" cycles of human life, and now I reach my second one.... The next one will be in 12 years time which is a long long way to go.....

 

I am very sure I celebrated my 12th with my family. Now I celebrate my 24th with my friends and it is very likely (or hopefully) I will celebrate my 36th with my own family..... How about the 4th and 5th cycles?... Perhaps I have been thinking too far

 

Well I would like to say thanks again for all my friends who celebrated with me today, I really enjoyed the dinner and also seeing the smiley faces of yours. I have known many of you since High School and Uni... You guys symbolise my history in Australia  

 

 

Just said goodbye to half yearly valuation, another big project is coming up.... whenever I have a look at the complexity of the project... it just gives me a headache....

 

 

In the past I saw myself as a bull.... exhausted myself to head on the "red flag".... Now the stuff in front of my life, are they the "red flags"?.... well I have started to stuggle in distinguishing the colours..... It seems like I am chasing something that will never exist or turn real....

 

 

What am I doing?..... Indeed I find it difficult to answer the question....

 

 

Need to take a rest - "我很累"......

  

 

 

Previously I posted a message about Vincy's <<賣火柴的女孩>>, it seems like some of you have shown interest in the song... and a couple of you actually asked me to give them the song tim. I guess EEG should pay me for the promotion haha ..... Anyway I just shared a bit of my thought (no commercial interest), hope you will enjoy it too~~~

 

If you are upset by <<賣火柴的女孩>>, then I should recommend the other impressive song in the album - <<黛玉笑了>>. In contrast to <<賣火柴的女孩>>, the background of this song is taken from a Chinese fiction - <<紅樓夢>>. 「黛玉」refers to「林黛玉」, more details are as below:

 

    「   林黛玉
          四大名著 紅樓夢 第一女主角

          男主角寶玉的表妹兼愛人 林黛玉 
          黛玉一生體弱多病又多愁,
          詩作為全書人物中最多
          全書很少寫黛玉開懷快樂

          寶玉跟黛玉兩情相悅,奈何最終未能結為夫婦
          寶玉被騙跟薜寶釵成親,林黛玉卻含淚而終       」

 

Very often we put heavy weight on relationship issue which causes us depression and lost in direction. Why not just step back and look at the positive side? Let the「黛玉」in your heart smiles, make it a happy ending of yours?....

 

 

作曲：翁瑋盈

填詞：周耀輝

編曲：Terence Teo

 

 

一間間西廂　幾多間像破廟
一朵朵紫釵　幾多現在閃耀
一一的想起　幾多的舊記憶未散掉

一天天開始　幾多日後揭曉
一息間分開　從來並沒先兆
本本詩歌小說　場場聚散誰能意料

或者　所有的奧秘已經寫了
地有天　月有星　然後眼淚就有歡笑

＊緣和份碰著了　又匆匆失了
　紅樓夢過後應該醒了
　也許再過一秒
　錯過的一切統統得到了＊

離和合接受了　又拋低不了
紅樓夢向著我呼召
不需要葬花　卻要微笑
哪個為舊人哭　太笨了

(Rap)
一朵朵　一朵朵微笑
綻開了　又匆匆謝了
得到了　又匆匆失了
只有什麼忘不了　真了　假了
我一一的明白了　又糊塗了
最後只有什麼忘不了

一位位寶玉　幾多位是我的
一位位千金　幾多位在執著
一一的想起　幾多的舊記憶未散掉

一天天開始　幾多日後揭曉
一點點青春　原來並未失掉
本本詩歌小說　場場聚散後才開竅

REPEAT＊

離和合接受了　又拋低不了
紅塵內發現我渺小
即使要痛哭　更要微笑
哪個羨慕黛玉
明白葬花不夠捻花美妙
遺憾了　就趁破曉　忘了

 

 

Recently I have been working late. When I said "late", it means I got off work at around 7:30pm. Ofcoz it is considered as nothing compared to HK's standard, but you know I am in Australia.... gotta to level down the benchmark to suit the environment

 

Well in fact I don't really mind working late, I find it is quite enjoyable to do so. After 7pm there are really few ppl on the train, it is such a nice and quiet place. In the 45 mins trip, I find my own time - listening to music plus a bit of "fishing", which are two important activities which recharge me everyday

 

Also there are quite a lot of "big days" approaching. Yes it is in August, a few of my friends' birthdays are coming up and including mine too.... Thinking of doing some special things on my 24th which will be in less than 2 week time. Indeed I always want to do something special on my birthday, but it never has been the case.....

 

P.S. My internet connection is very slow at the moment, this is becoz my bro used up the monthly download allowance and they now cut my speed down as 56k dial-up.... So if you have any exciting files for me, please don't send them to me now.... Having a slow internet connection is painful, can't even do my internet banking properly